Chapter 517: Conspiracy Against Yuan Shao! [Monthly Vote Requested]

"One hundred thousand yuan, just gone like that?"

Diao Chan got out of bed to pour a glass of water, and when she came back again, not only had the one hundred thousand shopping money been spent, but Mu Guiying also put in tens of thousands.

One hundred thousand, just now I was so tired of choosing hairpins, clothes, headdresses and ornaments, but I didn't expect that it was all spent in the blink of an eye. The little money-grubber was so shocked that her jaw dropped.

Mu Guiying said with a smile:

"Clothes are boring, if you want to buy, buy these things that are needed in the village...Now that the cement factory is gradually getting on track, with these equipment, our modernization process will be faster."

Hearing this, Diao Chan planned to return all the clothes and shoes she had just ordered:

"Buy the equipment first, it won't be too late to buy clothes later."

"No, no, you should buy what you need. No matter how poor Mu Ke Village is, you can't spend the money of the second master's wife, otherwise my husband will be angry."

Diao Chan saw through her at a glance. Thoughts:

"You don't like my little money, right?"

"Yes, I spent more than an hour choosing and spent more than 900 yuan, and I can't even afford an accessory... Little Fairy Chan, you can be our housekeeper in the future, so that I don't spend all my husband's money."

"Just don't spend it recklessly. Buying equipment is a normal expense and can't be saved."

The two chatted for a while, and Mu Guiying added some machining lathes to the shopping cart, planning to ask Zhou Ruotong tomorrow whether these equipment are suitable for Mu Ke Village at this stage.

After making their choices, the two good sisters turned off the lights and went to bed, looking forward to tomorrow's crane meat feast!

On the other side, the Three Kingdoms world.

Cao Xing and Song Xian finally passed the path hidden in the mountains. This path, comparable to Yangchang Slope, made the soldiers suffer a lot.

However, because it was rugged and difficult to walk, the Jizhou army was unguarded, allowing the two guys to quietly touch the ten miles outside Longli City.

The two men reorganized their troops in a valley, took out compressed biscuits and various dried meats for the soldiers to have a full meal, and after a short rest, they hurried on their way in the dark, and just before dawn, they reached the foot of Longli City.

Everyone quietly extended the telescopic fire ladder that they had carried all the way, fixed the lock, quietly set it up next to the city wall, and climbed up the city wall without anyone noticing.

First, they shot the dozing soldiers nearby with crossbows, and when there were nearly a hundred soldiers climbing up the city wall, they gathered in formation, killed the captain in the city gate tower, and then walked down the city gate tower to seize the city gate.

The soldiers of Longli County were already negligent in their defense, and they had never thought that someone would seize the city at night. In addition, they attacked at five o'clock in the morning, when the soldiers were sleeping the most, and many Jizhou soldiers had their throats cut in their sleep.

Half an hour later, Cao Xing led his soldiers to attack the county town, first captured Cui Juye, the garrison commander here, and chopped off his head without saying a word, and had people ride fast horses to show it to the garrisons at the four city gates.

Song Xian placed several explosive packs, and used a loud speaker to ask the people to stay at home and not go out.

When the sky was bright, Longli County had been successfully captured, and the four city gates were officially taken over by the court army.

Cao Xing took a multi-functional long-distance walkie-talkie, switched to shortwave mode, and then turned up the power to report the matter to Huang Zhong stationed in She County and Xun You stationed in Huguan.

Xun You reminded the two to hold a grievance meeting in the city first to win over the people's hearts, and then open the warehouse to release grain, and use the method of work-for-relief to call on the people to repair the city walls, raise city defense equipment, and prepare for the counterattack in the direction of Jizhou.

Longli County is related to the safety of Yecheng. Once it is captured, the army will be able to march straight into Yecheng in the future... At this time, no matter who is in Yecheng, as long as they hear the news that Longli County has been occupied, they will lead their troops to counterattack as soon as possible, otherwise Yuan Shao will have to move the capital to another place.

The capital of a state covers all aspects of people's livelihood and military affairs, and there are also a large number of local nobles living there. Once relocated, it will definitely be a major event that will hurt the bones and muscles.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's troops have no other choice but to seize the city.

Cao Xing took out a Furongwang and lit it, and replied with the walkie-talkie:

"Mr. Gongda, don't worry, we will start preparing for the city defense immediately."

Xun You said:

"I will contact the direction of Henei now, and let Xu Taishou and Mr. Gongren advance northward as planned."

Before Dong Zhao returned to Henei from Shangdang, he had a small meeting with Xun You to confirm that Henei would advance northward and take down Dangyin County and Chaoge County occupied by Yuan Shao.

In this way, the imperial court can threaten Yecheng from three sides: Dangyin in the south, Longli in the southwest, and Shexian in the northwest.

Yecheng is located in the North China Plain and has no strategic location to defend. Once Dangyin and Longli are captured, it will be attacked from three directions by the imperial court army.

At this time, even if Yuan Shao wanted to stay in Yecheng to fight the enemy, his advisers would not agree, and relocating the capital became the only option.

Once moved, the strength of Jizhou would be greatly reduced, at least several times.

It doesn't take much manpower to reduce Yuan Shao's strength. This is the strategy planned by the top advisers.

And when Yuan Shao takes the capital away, those nobles in Weijun who can't follow him can only choose to surrender and join the imperial court.

Land, population, resources, aren't they all there?

As for the fate of those nobles, when Weijun stabilizes, they should be liquidated and their homes should be confiscated. Anyway, with Dong Zhao, the former governor of Weijun, there will be no bad guys to go away.

At this time, Dong Zhao was leading Guo Yuan to attack Chaoge. When Xun You contacted him via walkie-talkie, Dong Zhao was directing the drone team to pour gasoline into the city.

"Mr. Gongda, has Longli County been taken? We will speed up the attack immediately. After taking Chaoge, we will attack Dangyin and not give Yecheng a chance to breathe."

After Xun You reported the incident, he contacted Huang Laohan in She County and asked him to lead 5,000 troops from She County to the east, pretending to attack Yecheng, so that the defenders there could not split their troops to go to Dangyin.

At the Chaoge front, after Dong Zhao issued an order to speed up the attack, he contacted Xu Rong with a walkie-talkie and said:

"Prefect, pay attention to the direction of Yanzhou. Cao Aman has been staying in Chenliu. Be careful that he will take advantage of the opportunity to harass Henei."

At this time, Xu Rong was leading people to build fortifications on the Yellow River beach:

"Don't worry, Gongren, I have made arrangements along the Chenliu line. If Cao Mengde dares to come, I will let them throw themselves into the Yellow River to feed the fish and shrimp."

At this time, the Yellow River began to freeze. Normally, Cao Cao's troops could come directly on the ice.

However, if they really dared to do so, Xu Rong would definitely fire a volley at the Yellow River, using black gunpowder to blow up the ice layer, turning Aman's army into drowned dogs.

While they were talking, Cao Cao was sitting next to a charcoal stove in a small courtyard near Chenliu, analyzing the feasibility of taking Henei with his advisers.

"Now that the Yellow River is frozen, it is a good time for us to make achievements. Once we take Henei, we can echo with Yuan Gong and form an offensive and defensive alliance."

Cao Cao stroked his beard, picked up the browned bread on the charcoal stove and took a bite:

"Yuan Benchu ​​is now being attacked from both sides by the imperial army and Gongsun Zan, and we are not able to take care of him. If we form an offensive and defensive alliance with him, we will probably die faster."

He thought about it and said to everyone:

"Let's go back to Dongping and find a way to conquer the bandits in Taishan County and then attack Qingzhou. The imperial court is powerful, so we can only avoid the sharp edge for the time being and let Yuan Benchu ​​take the lead."

After more than a month in Chenliu, he drank a lot of wine and held meetings one after another, but in the end he gained nothing.

Occasionally, I feel poetic. Just when I am about to write a poem, the poem "Viewing the Sea" flashes in my mind unconsciously. What a good poem, it expresses all Cao's thoughts. Wen Hou is really a strange man!

In the direction of Chang'an, when the victory news of taking Longli County came, all the ministers in the court were very happy and congratulated His Majesty.

Everyone knows the strategic position of Longli County. Taking it here is equivalent to standing on the threshold of Jizhou. In the future, Jizhou will be the Yihong Courtyard of the Han Dynasty. The court army can come and go as they please.

Liu Xie was also very happy and directly announced the edict on the spot:

"Cao Xing led the artillery to make great achievements, and was named Yueqi Lieutenant; Song Xian worked hard and made great contributions, and was named Shesheng Lieutenant."

Although the two were only lieutenants, their treatment was more than a thousand stones, and these two official positions were both under the Weiwei sequence, and they were absolutely the emperor's personal soldiers.

Of course, such rewards also determined the direction of the two people as professional soldiers.

If there is no need in the future, they will probably continue to hold military posts and will not be involved in local governance.

Lv Bu, who rarely attended the court today, stepped out to report:

"The meat sent by Zhang Tianshi is being cut up, at least 100,000 jin."

So much meat cannot be eaten in a short time, so it can only be made into jerky as military rations.

Worried that the spiritual energy is too abundant and mortals cannot eat it, Yunxiao specially extracted the spiritual energy from the crane meat before Zhang Daoling sent it, so as to avoid a large number of earthly immortals appearing after eating the crane meat.

However, even so, the soldiers who ate the meat will probably not get sick within three to five years, and their physical strength will be much higher than that of ordinary people.

Liu Xie also knew that this meat was precious:

"Students of Chang'an University eat crane meat once every ten days, and the rest is distributed to the army and court officials."

After the court was dismissed, Lu Bu hurriedly found Sun Facai, put his arm around his neck and asked:

"Have you figured out how to eat it?"

"It's delicious if you just boil it in soup... Let's go, let's try the crane meat soup."

For such delicious meat, everyone must study several ways to eat it. As for the bones and marrow, they can be boiled in soup later. A bowl of soup in the coldest days of winter is absolutely delicious.

A few people came to the mutton soup restaurant opposite the Weiyang Palace. As soon as they entered, the waiter inside brought everyone crane meat soup, and there were also staple foods such as sesame biscuits.

Lu Bu tasted the meat and thought it tasted very good:

"I didn't expect that the white crane would die so fragrant. I hope that the Conferred God World will kill more mounts so that everyone can eat meat."

Sun Facai touched him with his shoulder:

"The high and mighty Yunxiao Niangniang, are you really going to become my fourth sister-in-law?"

"Yes, my master takes all the beautiful girls home when he sees them, without considering whether my brother Li's kidneys can bear it."

Sun Facai broke the pancake and soaked it in the broth and said:

"Can you make me a shrine for Yunxiao Niangniang? If I need anything in the future, I can just call her fourth sister-in-law. It's so simple."

Lu Bu was afraid that this guy would cause trouble:

"They are now fully focused on dealing with the Conferred God World, and they can't be distracted."

I, Old Lu, dare not interfere in the affairs of that family. Brother Facai wants the statue of the fourth master's wife, so let His Majesty find a way. Yunxiao Niangniang is very generous and will definitely not bother with a child.

In order to prevent Sun Facai from continuing to talk about this topic, Lu Bu quickly changed the subject:

"Chief Cai's due date is coming soon, right?"

"Soon, when you get there, tell Brother Yu and ask him to prepare the gifts. My child's diapers, milk powder, and baby food machine are all in his hands."

While eating, Zhang Daoling came in with a whisk in his hand:

"How does it taste? Give me a bowl to try."

Sun Facai quickly stood up, took the initiative to help Lao Zhang fill a bowl, sprinkled it with chopped green onions and coriander, and came over and whispered:

"Master, my wife is about to give birth, will she be in danger?"

Zhang Tianshi raised his hand, and there were two pendants, one large and one small, in his hand:

"This is a gift from the Queen. The big one is for your wife, and the small one is the longevity lock for your child. As long as you carry it with you, everything will be safe and sound."

"Thank you, Tianshi. I will make more offerings for you at home tomorrow."

"Okay, okay!"

Zhang Daoling ate the crane meat soup happily and said with emotion:

"I just came from the Water Margin Yue. They made a lot of dishes, and they skewered them and roasted, fried, and deep-fried them. They are going to turn the collective wedding into a full crane banquet."

Good guy, they are also a group of people who know how to live.

After eating and drinking, in order to earn merit, Zhang Daoling specially gave his share of crane meat to the garrisons in Shexian, Longli County, and Chaoge County. In addition, Gao Shun at Jingxing Pass, Cheng Yu and Dian Wei who retreated to Dai County, Zhang Liao and other soldiers stationed in Jiuyuan, as well as Xiliang and Western Regions, also received the crane meat sent by Lao Zhang.

To reward the army, they must be sent directly to the front line.

In the real world, it is six o'clock in the morning.

Li Yu got up and went to the study room. He saw Dao Ge and Dun Dun sleeping together and whispered:

"It turns out that cats and dogs can get along so harmoniously."

Zhou Ruotong felt sorry for Dun Dun:

"The best graduate of Meow Star was sent here. Before leaving, he was not allowed to see his brother. Later, his brother disappeared from Meow Star. Anyone would feel uncomfortable."

Last night in front of the statue, the empress told the two about Dun Dun's life experience.

The little guy was born in the slums of Meow Star. He depended on his brother Short Nose Tiger since he was a child. Short Nose Tiger was diagnosed with congenital disability and could not go to school. As the hope of the whole family, Dun Dun studied hard, hoping to lead his brother to a good life in the future.

Short Nose Tiger was also very sensible and worked hard to make money. It covered all of Dun Dun's expenses at school.

Unfortunately, on the day of graduation, Dun Dun was manipulated and sent to Earth.

Fortunately, it mastered the ability of luck, and accidentally founded the Meow Meow Religion. All the cats in the whole Meow Star became his believers, and the short-nosed tiger finally lived a good life with meat every meal.

But not long after Dun Dun passed the accumulated good luck to his brother, the short-nosed tiger entered the Meow Star teleportation array and disappeared.

Until now, Dun Dun has not heard from his brother.

Even Lin Xu knew only half of these things. Because of the language barrier, the two could only communicate by luck points, which was somewhat inconvenient.

And the empress who could read the brain's thoughts was simple. As long as she was within the range of the statue, there was no secret.

After running back, Lin Xu had already started making breakfast in the kitchen. In order to make the big boss's trip worthwhile, Li Yu directly called Qin Qiong, Lu Bu, Yue Fei, Li Shimin, Xuanzang and other administrators over.

As soon as Li Shimin came over, his little mouth was filled with honey:

"Are you the boss of Linji Food? Your cooking skills are so good. We can't bear to eat those Linji snacks, Linji condiments and Linji stewed food, especially Sister Wugui, who secretly hid them in a box and planned to take them out and share them during the Chinese New Year."

These words made Lin Xu a little embarrassed:

"I'll send you a car tomorrow."

"That's great, thank you, Boss Lin!"

Little Shimin was feeling proud, and Yuwen Chengdu couldn't help but slap him:

"You are so young, can you not be so mercenary? Are you really going to be a little traitor?"

"You are not from our Sui and Tang world, so don't bother... Big guy, I was wrong. In front of Boss Lin, can you give me some face? Grandma Nuwa praised me as a good child yesterday."

Yuwen Chengdu picked him up and swung him around. Lin Xu originally thought that the little emperor was going to get dizzy and vomit, but the first sentence he said was:

"You didn't eat?"

Well, it refreshed my understanding of Li Shimin.

After Xuanzang greeted Lin Xu, he sat on a stone bench in the yard and recited a prayer scripture to the brothers Lin Chengye and Lin Jiye.

Lin Xu hurried to the kitchen to make several kinds of vegetarian meat to express his gratitude, such as Jianzhen vegetarian duck, vegetarian chicken, vegetarian sausage, vegetarian ribs, etc., which made Xuanzang repeatedly express his guilt.

"Eating vegetarian food is to purify the mind and reduce desires. Such delicious food will increase appetite, which is a sin!"

After Xuanzang thanked him, he tasted everything and continued to eat dry biscuits and pickles.

Lin Xu did not expect this to be the case. He said that he would take time to make some vegetarian meals for Xuanzang that take into account nutrition. Just eating dry biscuits and pickles is not nutritious enough.

After breakfast, Lin Xu and his family drove to Longqi Mountain Scenic Area and came back to eat crane meat at noon.

If it was ordinary meat, they would not miss it, but this is the meat of the white crane boy, it would be a loss not to eat it.

After Zhou Ruotong went to work, he looked at the lathes in Mu Guiying's shopping cart, removed the ones that were not used at the current stage, and ordered all the rest for her.

Mu Ke Village already has a certain industrial foundation, and now it is time to add some new equipment.

When we go back to train a group of talents, the worlds can communicate with each other, and we can achieve the goal of mutual promotion.

At noon, Zishou sent some meat, many of which were braised, and some raw meat. Lin Xu cut some and made green pepper pork shreds, boiled pork slices, and cumin meat strips, which tasted very good.

After eating this meal, the family said goodbye to everyone and prepared to leave. Dun Dun also waved his paws to Dao Ge reluctantly and jumped on the luxurious Sprinter.

Before leaving, Li Yu gave Lin Xu hundreds of kilograms of crane meat so that his family could also taste it.

After sending this family away, the collective wedding in the Water Margin world is about to begin; Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms world is also preparing to drive to the oil base and Jiuyuan to deliver a new round of aid.

At Sun Facai's home, half of the city's midwives were invited by the Secret Service, and Zhang Zhongjing led a few of his favorite disciples to personally take charge to avoid accidents during delivery.

At the same time, Xuanzang and Wukong finally arrived at the little white dragon's habitat - Yingchoujian after a long journey!