Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Reverse·==

But what everyone didn't expect was that just as the armies of Qin and Chu faced each other in front of the battle and was about to fight, the Chu State suddenly withdrew its troops.

When Wang Ben found that the Chu army suddenly chose to retreat instead of attacking, he thought he was wrong.But the fact is that when the armies of the two countries were about to fight, Chu chose to retreat and defend.

Wang Ben: "..."

Something must have happened to the Chu Kingdom!

When Wang Ben realized this, he acted decisively, and immediately sent several spies to lurk near the Chu State barracks to inquire about news.

There was a lot of noise from the Chu army.

But this matter seems to be of great importance. Not only the soldiers, but even most of the generals don't know what happened. Everyone is noisily guessing the reason behind the switch from offense to defense.

But their guesses were so outrageous that the spies couldn't believe them at all.

The spies failed to find useful information, but Wang Ben sensed an opportunity for the reversal of the situation, and immediately sent someone back to Xianyang to deliver the letter.

The army couldn't find any specific information, so they could only let the people of Qin State ambush in the capital of Chu State to work hard.

After Yingzheng learned about this matter, he paid special attention to it, and was about to order someone to investigate the reason behind it, but he didn't want the spies from the capital of Chu State to pass the news back to Qin State first.

Behind all the changes, there is only one thing——

The king of Chu, Xiong Han, died.

Yes, at the critical juncture when the two countries were about to fight, King Chuyou Xiong Han, who had been in bed for almost two years and everyone was getting used to his illness, died suddenly.

Attack Qin?No, they are now more worried that Qin will take the opportunity to attack them!

But will Qin Congress attack at this time?

of course not!After all, there was a severe drought in the country of Qin, and the whole country had no idea of ​​sending troops to attack other countries at such a time, and then adding burdens to their own country and people.

Unless you want to drag Qin to death!

So Wang Ben and the general of Chu State looked at each other from a distance, and they tacitly chose to lead the troops back to the safety line, and sent most of the soldiers back to their hometown to work in accordance with Ying Zheng's order.

During the severe drought, water is the most scarce. If too much labor is lost, the family's harvest this year may not be good.

After King Chuyou died, because he had no son, the throne was finally inherited by King Chuyou's younger brother Xiong Hao.

Although the two countries almost fought before, but now that the gold has been withdrawn, at such a critical juncture of the succession of the new king of Chu, it is natural to send people to mourn and celebrate.

Yingzheng sent his eldest son Fusu to watch the ceremony, while he stayed in the country to sit in charge.

……

Even though he clearly remembered that since Yingzheng started to attack the Six Kingdoms, other countries basically failed to get any benefits from him, Lin Qian was also worried, after all, a lot of history has changed since he traveled through.

Now that she learned about this, Lin Qian was completely relieved.

After she was relieved, she put all her energy on the drought in Qin State.

The drought in Qin State is not as serious as that in Zhao State before, but if you are not prepared, famine will also occur.

Fortunately, potatoes and corn are about to be harvested, but they are not affected much by the drought.

The sweet potatoes that have just been planted this year are also drought-tolerant plants. As long as the land is dry and cracked, the water will not be affected much.Cotton is even more drought tolerant than sweet potatoes, and it's also about to be harvested, so it hasn't been affected too much.

Lin Qian was only responsible for the promotion and planting of cotton, and the severe drought had nothing to do with her.

But now she is in Yingchuan County, and she has to go to the field under the sun to observe the growth of cotton almost every day, so she uncontrollably sees the changes in the surrounding environment in her eyes and remembers them in her heart: Apart from a small amount of potatoes and corn around her 20 mu of land, there is also a lot of land that is about to dry up. The five grains planted in it, especially the rice, have mostly withered and yellowed and cannot be seen.

Lin Qian watched the common people get up before dawn to fetch water from a distant river every day in order to save rice and other food. The heavy burden almost bent their backs into a bow, and he also felt that uncomfortable.

Moreover, due to the lack of water during this period, there were faint conflicts between the originally peaceful villages. If it weren't for Qin Lv's pressure, they might have started fighting long ago.

Affected by the surrounding environment, Lin Qian couldn't help being impetuous.

She forced herself to calm down, and seriously thought about whether there was anything she could do in the current situation: she couldn't control other places where the drought was more severe, but Yingchuan County seemed to be saved.

Lin Qian pondered for a long time, and finally thought of a good thing——

waterwheel!

There are also many irrigation systems in later generations, but they are difficult to implement due to the limitations of materials and the lack of water storage due to severe drought. However, in places like Yingchuan County where the river has not been completely cut off, some simple The irrigation system is very useful.

Among them, the waterwheel can reduce a lot of burden for the people.

Lin Qian quickly found the sheriff and told him the idea of ​​digging ditches to divert water to irrigate the farmland, and at the same time mentioned the waterwheel.

Digging ditches to irrigate farmland and sheriffs can understand it literally, but waterwheels?

The county guard was a little puzzled: "It refers to the 'Take a water cart with a lotus cover' mentioned in "The Songs of Chu"? But doesn't that mean using water as a cart?"

Lin Qian quickly explained: "I don't mean to use water as a car. The water wheel I mentioned is a tool that can be driven by water to reduce the input and consumption of manpower. It is mostly used to lift water and irrigate farmland."

Seeing that the sheriff still didn't have a clear idea, she turned to look at Lin Mo: "Mother Mo, go and fetch my sand table."

——When there was no paper, the sand table has become Lin Qian's favorite tool, and he will take it with him almost everywhere.

Lin Mo immediately turned and went out, and soon brought the sand table and branches.

Lin Qian doesn't really know the details of the waterwheel, but she still remembers the most basic structure and the shape of the big wheel, after all, it always appears in various ancient costumes, movies and TV dramas.

So she simply drew a river and a waterwheel placed in the river for the sheriff.

She looked at the sheriff seriously: "There are probably two types of waterwheels: Lanzhou waterwheels and keel waterwheels. As long as the hydraulic power is sufficient, the former can run automatically under the drive of hydraulic power without manpower. It is mainly composed of runners, scrapers and rectangular water wheels. Water bucket and other structures."

"The water flow pushes the scraper, driving the water wheel to turn slowly, and the water bucket is filled with river water one by one and rises slowly. When it rises to the center above the wheel, the mouth of the bucket turns downward, pouring water into the wooden tank, and then the water is introduced into the wooden tank. The water channel, and then the water channel leads to the field. 【Quoting Encyclopedia】”

"Lanzhou waterwheels are less effective in irrigating, but they can run day and night when driven by water power, so they are very popular."

"But this kind of waterwheel is more suitable for use in large rivers with huge flow such as the Yellow River. Although there are rivers in Yingchuan County, but now it is experiencing drought and the water level of the river has dropped. I am afraid that it will not be able to run completely by hydraulic power. Therefore, It should still need human or animal power to pull."

"The structure of the latter is not much different from that of the Lanzhou waterwheel, but basically it can only rely on manpower and livestock to pull the waterwheel to lift water for irrigation. The advantage is that the irrigation is powerful, and it can be used directly without modification."

She told the sheriff about the two waterwheels she knew and the irrigation methods that came with them.

But without seeing the real effect, it is difficult for the county guard to have positive emotions about the water truck irrigation that Lin Qian talked about.

Fortunately, the sheriff has a good vision and is really worried about the drought, so he made a decision on the spot: "I will order people to go to the government office to call all the craftsmen who are raising them to have a look, and then let them build one to see the effect. If it is good, I immediately sent someone to send a letter to His Majesty to report the water tanker, and at the same time promote the water tanker in Yingchuan County."

Lin Qian breathed a sigh of relief: At least the fields near the river will be saved.

Soon, the craftsmen followed the simplified version of the waterwheel drawn by Lin Qian and its oral structure. After studying day and night, the craftsmen quickly built a waterwheel that was only one person tall.

They mounted it to the riverside, secured it and let it go.

Soon, the water flow hit the scraper, and the water wheel, which was turned without help, started to turn under the impact of the water flow under the watchful eyes of everyone, and the water wheel turned to the highest point with the water bucket as expected, and fell down. After entering the bamboo tube, it quickly flowed along the bamboo tube to the soil beside the river.

Seeing this, the craftsmen burst into astonishing cheers.

"Ah, this waterwheel is really useful!"

"It can really turn by itself, no need for human pulling!"

"Is our food saved?"

……

The sheriff who came over to watch was even more bright-eyed, and immediately rushed to the front, stretched out his hand lovingly to grab the frame of the waterwheel, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Yingchuan County is saved——"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately cheered excitedly!

……

Soon, the sheriff reported the waterwheel to the imperial court.

Yingzheng soon received the structural diagram of the waterwheel painted on the cloth, and when he learned that the waterwheel came from Linqian, he felt a sense of pride.

But he didn't allow himself to be immersed in emotions, but immediately had someone call Wang Wan, Li Si and others to the palace.

Although the emergence of waterwheels cannot completely relieve the severe drought in Qin, it can also alleviate the current drought and appease the anxious emotions of the people, so the promotion of waterwheels is urgent.

But he didn't want Li Si and the others to have happy events to report.

As soon as he saw Ying Zheng, Li Si couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, the potatoes and corn have a bumper harvest!"

Ying Zhengteng stood up suddenly: "Really?"

Li Si nodded excitedly and couldn't even say a word.

Wang Wan also couldn't hide her excitement: "The people in Xianyang City have harvested almost all the potatoes and corn. After weighing, it was found that these two kinds of grains were hardly affected by the drought. The reduction in production of the two was so small that it could be ignored!"

"Your Majesty, our Daqin is fine!"

Holding the blueprint of the waterwheel, Yingzheng walked around twice with restrained expression, and let out a low growl excitedly!

After knowing that Lin Qian had taken out the blueprint of the waterwheel, which could reduce the losses of some people affected by the disaster, Wang Wan and Li Si clenched their fists even more, and tears welled up in their eyes——

Fortunately, they have Mrs. Lin!

After the bountiful harvest of potatoes and corn, the people who were already restless became much calmer without the threat of starvation.

With food, there is confidence, and Qin is no longer afraid of aggression against other countries.

They were even vaguely looking forward to the attack from Chu State, so that they could beat them to the point of crying, and vent their pent-up and anxious emotions in the past few months.

However, unlike the changing situation of Qin State, Chu State, which originally wanted to take advantage of Qin State's accident, sent troops, but now the situation is completely opposite to Qin State's.

After Fusu participated in Xiong Han's succession ceremony, he returned to Qin soon.

Then, Fusu, who was worried at first, learned the good news that the corn and potatoes had a bumper harvest, and the newly planted cotton also had a bumper harvest, and even the growth of sweet potatoes had not been greatly affected.

Before he had time to be happy, there was a piece of good news from Chu State——

Just three months after Xiong Hao's accession to the throne, Xiong Hao's brother-in-law, Xiang Chu, suddenly launched a palace change, led troops into the palace, killed Xiong Hao, and became king himself.

==·Kneel down·==

Ying Zheng didn't recover when he heard the news.

It wasn't just him, Lin Qian, who had just watched the cotton harvest with his own eyes and rushed back to Xianyang non-stop, was a little dazed when he heard the news.

Yes, Lin Qian did remember that after the death of King Chuyou, his brother Xiong Hao was passed on to his brother Xiong Hao, but he was killed by the concubine brother who launched a palace change and then made himself king.But the situation in history is not the same as it is now.

Historically, there was a famine in Qin State at that time, and Zhao State had just been conquered. The whole country urgently needed to recover, and they had no intention of making troubles. No matter how chaotic Chu State was, no one would take the opportunity to act.

But now?

Because of the bumper harvest of potatoes and corn in Qin State, although the production of five grains has been seriously affected, it will not cause a national famine. He also wanted to make trouble at the border to attract Qin's army.

Under such circumstances, how dare the state of Chu make such a fuss?

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng: "What's the current situation in Chu State?"

Yingzheng is in a good mood: "The forces of King Chuyou and Xiong Hao are trying their best to support the other brothers of King Chuyou to bring down Negium, while Negum and the forces behind him are trying their best to secure the throne. It's a mess."

Lin Qian couldn't help looking at Ying Zheng: "Do you want to fight?"

Ying Zheng laughed: "What do you think?"

It happened that Qin's autumn harvest was almost over, so Ying Zheng immediately sent troops to reinforce Wang Ben and ordered him to attack Chu.

The state of Chu is at a time when the power transfer is chaotic, and the government orders cannot be communicated at all. Many times the current King of Chu has issued orders, and the opposition forces will turn a deaf ear to his orders regardless of whether they are correct or not, and support the King of Chu. For those who are humble, in order to consolidate his prestige, he can't care whether the order is correct or not, and he will push it all.

The two forces are fighting, well, there is a direct problem with the leadership of the frontline army and the supply of food and grass.

Wang Ben seized the opportunity and took down more than 20 cities in Chu State one after another before October, taking a big bite out of Chu State, which was originally the largest country in terms of land area.

After taking down more than 20 cities, Wang Ben called for money to withdraw his troops.

It's not that they can't take more land, but because news came from behind again——

King Wei Jing had a sudden illness and passed away.

King Wei Jing was different from King Chu You. Not only did he have a son, but he also learned the lesson of King Chu You before he died, and specially issued an imperial decree to pass the throne to his son.

In order to survive this transfer of power smoothly, Wei Guo made all preparations.

And the most important thing is to send all the troops to the border of Qin and Wei to prevent Qin from taking the opportunity to break in.

Up and down the Qin State: "..."

No matter what, since Wei Guo sent troops to the front line, Qin Guo couldn't let it go.Otherwise, Wang Ben would sweep everything in Chu, and Wei, seeing that no one was defending, took the opportunity to attack him with a fierce tiger in the rear, cutting off the supply of troops and food, that would be a lot of fun.

So Wang Ben returned to the defense and divided his troops into two halves, one half was used to prevent Chu from taking back the city, and the other half was used to defend Wei.

Of course, there is another reason——

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and seeing that there is no way to take down the Chu State in a short time, we might as well rest for a while, and wait until we go home for the New Year before talking about other things.

This year, because he got a lot of seeds from Hua's hands, and seasonings such as onion, ginger, and garlic, Lin Qian had a rare chance to eat hot pot on New Year's Eve this year.

Every New Year's Eve, even Ying Zheng would prepare a palace banquet.

But the food at the palace banquet is really nothing to mention, so Lin Qian went back to the side hall early after eating two bites at the palace banquet, and asked Lin Mo to go to the kitchen to ask for a lot of condiments, meat and vegetables, etc. Temple cook hot pot to eat.

Due to the limited materials, the hot pot base is fried with sheep oil, and the taste is not as pure as the butter hot pot.

But at this time, the slaughter of farm cattle is prohibited, and it can only be done.

Lin Qian and Lin Mo started the stove and got busy soon.After a while, the oil was hot, and various seasonings were added in order, and soon there was a "sizzling" sound, and a pungent spicy smell quickly spread to the whole room.

Lin Qian wanted to eat delicious food wholeheartedly, but she never thought that her body had never been exposed to such a stimulating taste, so she was choked to tears on the spot.

She quickly poured the mutton soup that had been simmering all day into the pot, then dragged Lin Mo out of the house.

Once frozen by the cold air outside the house, the whole person feels comfortable at once.She stood at the door for a while longer, feeling that her nose had adapted to the smell of chili, and then took a deep breath and prepared to go back and wait for the hot pot to boil.

Lin Mo was worried about the food, so he went in first.

Lin Qian lagged behind, smiled and asked her to wait for him, and raised her foot to go in.

Unexpectedly, from the corner of his eye, he saw a somewhat strange young man appearing at the gate of the palace, communicating with the soldiers in charge of guarding the gate.

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look, and found that it was Fusu who came.

After Fusu got married, he moved out of Xianyang Palace, and perhaps entered the palace many times, but Lin Qian had not seen him a few times in Yingzheng's palace, and she had never seen Fusu even in the court hall. In a short time, Fusu just disappeared from Ying Zheng's life.

Seeing Fusu suddenly now, and Fusu who has grown into a young man, she still finds it quite novel.

But she has nothing to do with Fusu after all, so she was just thinking of going up to say hello.

But she didn't want to, as soon as she lifted her foot, she saw Fusu kneeling upright at the gate.

Lin Qian: "!!!"

What is this doing? !

Lin Qian was startled, and hurried forward to ask, but he didn't want Fusu's mouth to be closed like a clam shell, and he refused to say a word after greeting him.

Ask the two soldiers again, and they also look blank.

One of them replied: "Young Master just came here and only asked me two questions, one is that His Majesty is in the palace now, and the other is when His Majesty will come back. The humble official replied that His Majesty is attending a palace banquet at this time, and I am afraid that the time will pass." When he came back, the young master knelt down with a 'plop'."

The faces of the two soldiers were full of panic, obviously frightened by Fusu's actions.

Lin Qian was also stunned: What do you want to do with this nonsense?

wrong!

Today's palace banquet, she has a part to attend, did Fusu not attend?

He didn't even know that Ying Zheng was attending the palace banquet?

Lin Qian thought about it again, and vaguely remembered that he did not see Fusu at the palace banquet just now, and it seemed that he had never seen Fusu when he was watching the New Year's Eve last year.

What exactly is going on?

Lin Qian glanced at Fusu who was kneeling on the cold ground without saying a word, and quickly looked at the soldier who had spoken before: "Hurry up and go to the place where the palace banquet is held, and inform His Majesty."

The soldier didn't dare to delay, and immediately lifted his feet and ran away.

Fusu wanted to stop him, but before he could speak, the soldier ran away and disappeared.

Lin Qian was also embarrassed, for a moment he didn't know whether to go back and continue eating hot pot, or stay here and wait for someone.

It was Fusu who saw her embarrassment, and took the initiative to say: "I seem to smell some food aroma, Gu Fenghou should be eating, right? Please don't delay your time to enjoy the food because of me, I will wait here Father, please don't worry about me."

Lin Qian moved her nose, and she smelled a strong fragrance.She hesitated for a while, but in the end she accepted Fusu's kindness, turned around and went back to the house.

It was late at night, and she hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls of food at the palace banquet, so she was already hungry.

But someone was kneeling outside, even if the hot pot was boiled in the pot that he missed for a long time, Lin Qian really couldn't enjoy it with peace of mind.

She ate a few mouthfuls indiscriminately, and couldn't help running to the window to see the situation outside.

Ying Zheng hasn't come back yet.

This is also a matter of course. After all, not only concubines and princesses participated in the palace banquet today, but also civil servants and generals who have won the trust of the government. Usually, he will stay at the banquet until after midnight before leaving.

But if he really waited for Midnight to return, Fusu's legs might be crippled.

Lin Mo came to Lin Qian with a bowl in his hand: "Mother Qian, what are you doing to help Mr. Su?"

Lin Qian shook her head: "I don't know, he didn't say."

but……

Thinking of the twenty or so cities that had just been captured by the Qin State, Lin Qian had an answer in his heart.

Lin Mo looked at the tender mutton in the bowl, hesitated and said, "Isn't it good for him to kneel there all the time? Shouldn't we have someone light a few stoves beside him?"

Lin Qian looked back: "Genius idea!"

Before Lin Mo could react, she immediately called a servant, and after giving such instructions, the leading servant quickly led out several servants with stoves, and placed them directly around Fusu.

Fusu: "..."

After looking around for a week, he said dumbfoundedly: "You don't have to do this, Marquis Gu Feng, I'm only doing this for my mother..." His eyes dimmed a little, and he sighed, "If my mother knows that I don't even come to ask my father for mercy, Light a stove by your side to keep out the cold..."

Fusu knew that Lin Qian was doing it for his own good, so he didn't speak too harshly, but his attitude of rejecting the stove was extremely firm.

Lin Qian looked at Fusu and could only compromise for a long time.

But not completely compromised either.

She asked the maid to remove the stove from Fusu's surroundings, and placed it two meters away from him, and then ordered someone to enter the side hall to bring out the hot pot, and she and Lin Mo sat in front of the stove to heat the hot pot.

Facing Fusu's helpless expression, Lin Qian said: "Eating hot pot inside the house is too choking, it's much better outside."

Fusu looked at the row of stoves not far away.

Lin Mo took the initiative to explain: "It's cold to eat hot pot outside, of course we have to light the stove to keep warm."

Lin Qian picked up the vegetables again and again, nodding in affirmation again and again.

Fusu: "..."

He couldn't help but move back.

Seeing this, Lin Qian turned her head and raised her chin at the waiter.

The waiter understood, held back a smile, and moved the stove and hot pot to Fusu's direction, and didn't stop until he ensured that Fusu could be roasted to the fire.

Fusu: "..."

He was about to persuade Lin Qian to give up, but he heard a series of footsteps coming from behind.

Fusu thought it was Ying Zheng, but turned around and found that it was his wife.

He was stunned for a moment, a little sorry: "It's rare to come back, but I didn't go home first, I'm really sorry."

The girl from the Wang family shook her head, and knelt beside Fusu without saying a word.

Lin Qian: "???"

No, kneeling is a buy one get one free?

Lin Qian just wanted to ask: [I just ate hot pot alone, what kind of serious crime is this?Why throw such a big problem to punish me? 】

Fusu also seemed to be shocked by his wife's actions, and quickly grabbed her hand to get her up: "The woman is weak and cold. Kneeling on the ground in this weather will definitely affect her health. You still..."

The girl from the Wang family shook her head: "I can't let you bear it alone."

Fu Su frowned: "This is my business."

The Wang family girl seemed a little angry: "I am your wife, I should have advanced and retreated with you!"

Fusu had no choice but to accept that she accompanied him.

But for the sake of his wife's body, he finally compromised and pulled her towards the stove.

Lin Qian: "..."

【Hello!Are there still so many living people in front of you? ! 】

The meat in her bowl became stale in an instant.

==·Hot Pot·==

Ying Zheng was standing not far away, looking at the young couple kneeling in front of his palace in a bad mood, but he didn't expect to hear Lin Qian's long-lost complaint, and his bad mood improved a lot.

He waited on the spot for a while, and then walked over when Li Si and others looked at him questioningly.

Li Si and the others quickly followed.

Such a group of people walked over in a mighty way, and the footsteps alone were very loud, which naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone went out to greet Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng glanced at Lin Qian, then at the tumbling pieces of meat in the pot behind her: "...The widow seems to remember that when you left before, you said you were unwell?"

Lin Qian blinked, followed Ying Zheng's gaze and looked back: "..."

【How embarrassing, my God! 】

Lin Qian wanted to turn around and run away, but because of Ying Zheng's existence, he could only stand still: "Well, I'll be fine after I come back and rest for a while, and I feel hungry again, so I bought some food myself..."

Ying Zheng looked at the meat in her pot with a meaningful expression.

Lin Qian: "..."

[Ahhh, I just want to eat something delicious, what's wrong?Leave me alone, Fusu and his wife are still kneeling on the ground! 】

Ying Zheng glanced at Lin Qian, the trumpet whose face was as red as a monkey's ass on the top of her head, and was still bubbling and smoking like boiling water, and couldn't help a chuckle from her throat.

Lin Qian: "..."

I wish I could turn back time, she would never meddle in other people's business then.

Ying Zheng finally turned his eyes away mercifully, and turned to Fusu who was on the ground with a worried expression on his face: "What are you doing?"

His tone was calm, but Fusu's heart skipped a beat: "No, it's nothing..."

Ying Zheng lowered his face: "It's nothing. What are you doing kneeling in front of the widow's palace? The stone slabs in front of the widow's gate are extra warm, right?"

Fusu's face flushed instantly, he hesitated and couldn't speak.

On the contrary, the girl from the Wang family next to him took a deep breath and said, regardless of Wang Jian's winking eyes next to Ying Zheng, "Return to Your Majesty, we came here today just to ask you, I hope you will not send troops to attack Chu State next year!"

Yingzheng's face darkened immediately: "How can the important affairs of the court be influenced by the private affairs of the children? Fusu, you...

Before he finished speaking, he saw the girl from the Wang family kowtowed, not only did she kowtow by herself, but she also pulled Fusu to kowtow together.

After kowtowing, the girl from the Wang family raised her chin: "My daughter-in-law thinks what your majesty said is right! Today is my daughter-in-law who collided with Fusu recklessly, and I will never disturb your majesty over such trivial matters in the future!"

Fusu looked at his wife in shock, and wanted to say something, but was elbowed by his wife, and his expression changed on the spot due to the pain.

Ying Zheng, who saw the small movements of the two of them, said: "..."

He subconsciously looked at Wang Jian.

Wang Jian paused, and slowly looked away.

[This old man's granddaughter is already married to the young master Fusu, so she won't return it! 】

Ying Zhenglue found it ridiculous.

But at this time, I heard Lin Qian muttering in her heart: 【This girl is quite smart, she has a future! 】

Ying Zheng looked up, and found that there was a square frame on top of her head again. The trumpet Lin Qian dragged the trumpet Yingzheng to look in the direction of the Wang family girl. The trumpet Yingzheng kept a straight face, but the trumpet Lin Qian Qian's eyes were replaced by two strange red symbols.

The symbol can be enlarged or reduced.

Ying Zheng glanced at the shocked Fusu, then at the girl from the Wang family who was obviously more decisive than Fusu, and then at Lin Qian who admired the girl from the Wang family, and suddenly felt that he had lost for no reason.

He looked at Fusu and waved his hand for a while: "Forget it, those who celebrate Chinese New Year, you should go home quickly."

The Wang family girl got up immediately, dragged Fusu and left.

Fusu: "???"

Lin Qian's starry eyes: 【This girl is so sassy! 】

Ying Zheng couldn't hold back, and turned to look at her again.

Lin Qian looked back suspiciously: "???"

== Dilemma ==

Seeing that the backs of Miss Wang and Fusu were no longer visible, the others finally came to their senses.

Li Xin is still young, and his temper is also jumpy. He couldn't hold back and was the first to speak: "Um... Mrs. Lin, I'd like to ask, what are you eating?"

His eyes were almost glued to the bubbling hot pot.

Lin Qian came back to his senses and turned his head to see that the food in his bowl had been frozen into a layer of white oily meat, and then sniffed the spicy and delicious hot pot smell in the air: "..."

It feels like being caught by so many people leaving early to steal food...

Absolutely!

She smiled a bit reluctantly: "It's just, very common food, but the spices in it are rare."

Li Xin was curious: "Spice?"

Meng Tian glanced at Ying Zheng and saw that he was not angry, so he also asked, "Is it the onion, ginger, garlic, pepper and other crops that Madam took out and planted in the ten acres of land on the outskirts of the city?"

Lin Qian nodded: "Yes, this year's disaster did not have a good harvest, but it is completely enough."

After a pause, she said, "But if I want to supply more people, I'm afraid it will take a few more years of planting. Nowadays, many seasonings still need to be kept as seeds, and they cannot be eaten casually."

When Meng Tian heard this, he immediately shut his mouth.

Li Xin was a little disappointed, but he also understood the importance of seeds, so he didn't ask any more questions.

On the contrary, Ying Zheng sniffed the residual fragrance in the air, and then saw that most of the people present seemed to be quite curious and greedy for the food that Lin Qian made by himself, so he simply asked Lin Qian: "Should these crops be just seasonings? "

Lin Qian paused and nodded: "Yes, it's usually only used as seasoning..."

Ying Zheng nodded: "Since it's just seasoning, there's no difference between promoting it earlier and promoting it later. Just this year, the generals won a lot of land for our Daqin, so it should be rewarded. If Madam still has stock in hand, you might as well set aside some of it to hand over. give them."

Lin Qian had no objection.

After all, seasoning is important, but it does not involve the lives of the people. As long as it does not affect her life, Lin Qian doesn't mind Ying Zheng using some seasonings as favors to win over ministers.

Lin Qian called Lin Mo and told her to go get the seasoning after turning off the stove.

But I didn't want Li Xin to shake his head and refuse: "Your Majesty, you don't need it. These things are left in Gu Fenghou's hands. Maybe next year we can spend our own money to buy them. Wouldn't it be cheaper to eat them when we want?"

He rolled his eyes, "If possible, it would be great to add a meal that Gu Fenghou is eating for today's dinner."

Lin Qian turned to look at Ying Zheng.

Li Xin, Wang Jian and others also turned their heads to look at Ying Zheng.

There is no way, the smell floating in the air in this hall is really too fragrant, they have never eaten food with such an overbearing fragrance, and they are inevitably curious.

Ying Zheng met the eyes of many people, and was a little dumbfounded for a while.

But when it comes to matters that do not involve the fundamentals of Qin, he is still very willing to meet the small demands of these ministers of the Great Qin, so he nodded to Lin Qian without hesitation.

Lin Qian smiled: "Then I'll let the kitchen prepare. Your Majesty and all the ministers will go to the main hall to wait first?"

Ying Zheng nodded, and led the others back to the main hall where the palace banquet was prepared.

Lin Qian took people to fetch all kinds of seasonings, and found the kitchen staff to help make a lot of hot pot.The only troublesome soup base is not difficult because stewed mutton is prepared for today's banquet.

Soon, Ying Zheng and the others ate hot spicy hot pot.

Considering everyone's tolerance for chili, these hot pots don't put too much chili in them, so except for those who can't eat even a little chili, most of them ate heartily and fell in love with hot pot thoroughly.

==·blank paper·==

Yingzheng and the ministers had a happy New Year's Eve, but Fusu, who had just left the palace, had an awkward fight with his wife.

Fusu has a gentle temper, and he can't say anything hurtful, but he can't help raising some objections to his wife's actions just now: "Yunniang, I didn't intend to really ask my father to stop attacking Chu, but since my mother asked me I have made a request, and I must always take action, otherwise it will inevitably make my mother sad."

Wang Yun rolled her eyes: "The action you mentioned is that Mrs. Chu called back from Berkshire for the reason of being ill during the Chinese New Year, and then didn't return home, so she ran directly to kneel in front of His Majesty's palace, and planned to keep Kneel until His Majesty leaves the banquet?"

She doesn't mind Fusu's filial piety, but she really minds that he uses his own health to do his filial piety.

Wang Yun thought of the scene she saw when she first entered the palace, and the news she learned from Fusu's attendants, and immediately became angry.

If Mrs. Lin hadn't sent someone to invite His Majesty, they might have been able to kneel there for most of the night.

Kneeling all night in this weather, my legs will be useless tomorrow!

Fusu sighed: "Chu State is mother's home country after all, so it's normal for her to worry about it. As a mother and son, I feel very guilty for not being able to share my worries, so how can I express that I won't do anything?"

Wang Yun looked at Fusu, she liked his gentleness and thoughtfulness very much, but sometimes she hated his gentleness and thoughtfulness deeply.

If in the past, Fusu had said this, Wang Yun didn't bother to say more.

After all, no matter what, Mrs. Chu is Fusu's mother, and Wang Yun, as Fusu's wife, will still need to rely on him for the rest of her life, so it's not easy to break up the relationship.

But thinking of Mrs. Lin who had already entered the court, Wang Yun suddenly didn't want to bear it anymore——

It's not like she has no other way out!

Wang Yun looked at Fusu and said seriously: "But even if you knelt in front of His Majesty's palace all night, so what? Even if His Majesty knows the reason behind your doing so, he will only think that you don't care about the seriousness and turn your elbows outward; Chu Madame will not remember your filial piety, she will only think that you are incompetent, and will suppress you with filial piety as before, forcing you to go to His Majesty to intercede again."

"Why would you do something so meaningless?"

Fusu was taken aback by Wang Yun's attitude, but soon came back to her senses: "My father is going to attack my mother's mother country, she is already very sad, as her son, I can't do nothing, it will make her more sad