I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 229 Bitter Osmanthus Cake
Zhou Guo.

Lingnan Road.

Xinyi City.

Bai Qi, dressed in military uniform, stood upright on the city wall, staring into the distance with sharp eyes.

It can be vaguely seen that there are scouts in the distance.

beside.

The deputy general reported: "General, the Huben Army has left Jinnan Mansion, and it will arrive at Lingbei Road in at most three days."

Bai Qi nodded, but did not speak.

Seeing this, the deputy general hesitated and said:

"From the first village, the enemy has sent 20 people this time, of which about [-] are the Tiger Army.

With our current manpower, if we encounter it outside the city, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with it.
See if you can ask Prime Minister Fang for instructions and send us some more troops. "

Bai Qi fought all the way to the hinterland of Zhou State. The original elite men were less than 10.

In addition, some people have to be assigned to maintain the law and order in each city.

Therefore, the entire Xinyi City, counting the remnants and defeated soldiers who surrendered, only had 8 people.

8 people against 20 people.

In particular, the 20 people also include [-] tiger and cardinal troops.

Unless you stick to the city, there is absolutely no possibility of winning.

If you want to go one step further and destroy the state of Zhou, you can only ask Fang Xiang to send support!

Although the deputy general has been following Bai Qi, he also knows that Fang Xiang has recruited many new troops this year. Even if he wants to leave some to guard the border, he can squeeze out another 10 troops.

Even if these 10 people are not as elite as the Shenji Battalion, they are still easier to use than Zhou Guo's soldiers.

Hearing this, Bai Qi turned his head to look at the lieutenant general, and wrote lightly: "It's not time to ask for help yet."

The lieutenant was slightly taken aback, and hesitated: "But, if there is no support, once the enemy attacks the city with all their strength, the general will be worried."

Speaking of which, stop abruptly.

Bai Qi understood what he meant.

It's nothing more than worrying about not being able to defend the city.

Xinyi City is located in the hinterland of Zhou State, so the city's construction is naturally not as good as Jing'an City located at the border.

In addition, some of the 8 people under their command are soldiers of Zhou State, and their fighting will is low.

If the Huben army attacked the city with all their strength, they might not be able to defend it.

"With this general around, they won't be able to attack."

Bai Qi looked at the enemy's scouts in the distance, his tone was flat, but it made people feel strong confidence.

When the deputy general heard this, his heart instantly became more stable, and he didn't say any more.

Bai Qi looked at him and ordered: "Send more Xuanjia cavalry patrols these few days to drive away the enemy's scouts."

"Yes! General!"

The lieutenant bowed his hands in salute.

Bai Qi said again: "Seven days later, a batch of supplies will arrive from Chang'an, and you will lead 3000 people to meet them."

Hearing this, the lieutenant general was slightly startled, and then a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes.

What kind of materials need to be supported by 3000 people.

He was curious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and he didn't ask any more questions. He just saluted and promised: "The general will definitely complete the task!"

Bai Qi nodded and didn't say any more.

Looking into the distance again, his face showed a little vicissitudes, without any expression.

On the other side, Chang'an City is thousands of miles away.

Prime Minister.

Drizzle.

Under the eaves, Fang Xiu reclined on a recliner with his eyes closed.

There is the sound of pattering rain.

Under the feet is the white tiger lying on the ground.

In my mind is the interface of the system mall.

Before exchanging encyclopedias, he spent almost all of his savings.

Today, the emotional value column is only a pitiful 11.

In the past, for Fang Xiu, 11 emotional points were considered an astronomical figure.

But right now, it's not enough.

A flintlock gun costs one hundred emotion points.

11 emotional value, exchanged for a flintlock gun, can only be exchanged for [-] pieces, which is useless at all on the battlefield.

Nonetheless.

From time to time, Fang Xiu still visits the shopping mall, hoping to find some good quality and cheap things with high cost performance.

[Maqqin gun design blueprint: 50000 emotional value]

[Thomson gun design blueprint: 30000 emotional value]

[Subsequent famous general summoning card: 30000 emotional value]

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Looking at the tens of thousands of emotional values, Fang Xiu sighed helplessly.

With [-] emotional points, you can get the design drawings of the Maxim gun, which is known as a life harvester, which seems inexpensive.

But in fact it is not the case.

After obtaining the design drawings, it is necessary to find a way to mass-produce them, and the production of various parts requires a lot of time, materials and money.

Even if mass production is achieved, it will not be able to be put into the battlefield in a short time, because there must be supporting ammunition.

So for Fang Xiu at the current stage, this thing is more like a chicken rib, it's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to throw it away, and the price-performance ratio is not high.

Do not know why.

I always feel that with the development of Daqian, the role that the system can play is getting smaller and smaller.

The main reason is that the emotional value that the little empress can provide is relatively limited.

Even if Fang Xiu tried his best to squeeze the wool, he could only gain less than [-] emotional points in a month at most.

At most, two blueprints can be exchanged.

But with the development, especially the construction of engineering schools, these expensive drawings will become worthless.

If it is exchanged for raw materials, it is a drop in the bucket for a huge country.

All in all, it's not that the system has little effect, but that there are too few emotional values.

"It would be nice to be able to change the target of the system's emotional value."

After Fang Xiu came up with this idea, he shook his head lightly, and said in his heart: It would be nice to have a system, don't think about it all day long, and be greedy.

Thinking of this.

Fang Xiu stopped thinking about it and continued to search in the mall, trying to find a suitable gift for the Queen Mother.

Today is the Queen Mother's birthday.

As the only outsider invited, Fang Xiu couldn't be fooled at will.

"The empress dowager lives in seclusion and has few desires. She has no hobbies except health preservation. From this point of view, it is better to choose a precious health product."

"I don't know if there is melatonin in the mall."

Fang Xiu searched while thinking.

After a while.

A pill called Zhuyan Pill attracted his attention.

[Zhuyan Pill: 20000 emotional value]

"Thousand-year-old ginseng only has one thousand emotional points. What is this Zhuyan Pill? How dare you ask for [-] emotional points!"

Fang Xiu looked at the four zeros behind him, first startled, then frowned.

There are many pills like this in the mall, and the emotional value is generally between one hundred and three thousand.

This is based on the medicinal materials used in the pills.

Even if all kinds of top medicinal materials are mixed together to make a pill, it only needs [-] emotional points.

Why does this Zhuyan Pill need [-] emotional points?
"Zhuyan Dan, the name is quite bluffing, but I don't know how effective it will be."

With curiosity, Fang Xiu inspected Zhuyan Pill for a long time.

"It's the first time to meet the queen mother, so the gift should not be too bad."

"Although I don't know if this Zhuyan Pill has any effect, but the [-] emotional value is enough for my son-in-law."

With this idea.

Fang Xiu chose to exchange.

White light enveloped the room.

A blue pill appeared in his hand.

After careful observation for a while, I found that it was no different from ordinary pills.

It seems to be trapped.
That's it.

Not so with gift giving.

Don't want to be good, as long as it is expensive, it will be fine if you want it.

Thinking so, Fang Xiu took out the delicate wooden box that he exchanged earlier, and put the pills in it.

As soon as it was put away, I heard footsteps not far away.

Fang Xiu raised his eyes and saw a familiar figure standing in front of him.

Standing in the rain with an oiled paper umbrella, Shangguan Haitang said, "Yan's army is gathering on a large scale."

Regarding this news, Fang Xiu looked very indifferent, and nodded slightly.

After a pause, he asked, "About how many people are there?"

Shangguan Haitang replied: "A rough estimate is 30, of which [-] are Yan country cavalry."

When Fang Xiu heard this, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He expected that Yan Guo would take advantage of this opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Yan would send so many troops at once.

20 ordinary soldiers, plus [-] Yan State cavalry, it is no exaggeration to say that they are the absolute main force of Yan State!
"Emperor Yan sent so many people all at once, is he planning to destroy me in one fell swoop?"

Fang Xiu showed a sneer on his face, and said in a flat tone.

Shangguan Haitang replied: "I think that Emperor Yan wants to save Zhou by encircling Gan and annexing my Dagan and Zhou's territory."

When Fang Xiu heard this, a smile appeared on his brows.

"If his 30 people are all wiped out, will the old man Emperor Yan die of anger?"

Shangguan Haitang never reacted to such jokes, but kept silent.

When Fang Xiu saw this, he didn't say any more, he just said: "As long as there is no accident, everything will go according to plan."

"Yes! Master!"

Shangguan Haitang saluted, but did not leave.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu frowned, and asked curiously: "What else?"

Shangguan Haitang hesitated for a moment, took out a letter from his bosom, presented it with both hands, and said: "This is a letter intercepted from the Dongchang spies."

Fang Xiu reached out to take it, opened it, and looked at it from top to bottom.

The letter was written by Emperor Zhou to Li Yaoyue, the content was very simple, except for pleasantries, it was to ask Li Yaoyue to find an opportunity to assassinate her and the little empress.

After reading it, Fang Xiu returned the letter to Shangguan Haitang, and ordered: "Send the letter back to Dongchang."

When Shangguan Haitang heard this, a look of bewilderment appeared in her eyes, she didn't understand Fang Xiu's purpose for doing this.

Fang Xiudao: "I want to see what Li Yaoyue will do after receiving this letter."

Shangguan Haitang instantly understood his intention, it was nothing more than using the envelope to test Li Yaoyue's attitude.

In fact, there is no point in doing so, but Fang Xiu finds it interesting.

"Understandable."

Shangguan Haitang put away the letter, bowed to salute, turned and left.

The drizzle continued.

Rainwater flowed down the eaves like beads with a broken thread.

The air is filled with the smell of earth mixed with grass.

Fang Xiu stood up from the reclining chair, stretched his waist, picked up an oil-paper umbrella from the ground, and planned to take a stroll into the palace.

Not out of the eaves yet.

I saw a small head protruding from the gate of the yard, secretly observing.

"What are you doing there?"

Fang Xiu looked at Tao'er cautiously and asked.

Tao'er looked at Xiu Shang, a blush appeared on her delicate face, and she stood up in embarrassment.

Holding the oil-paper umbrella in one hand and the pastry in the other, she whispered: "This servant is here to deliver the pastry to Master Xiang."

Fang Xiu frowned slightly, and said, "Why did you sneak in to deliver the cakes?"

Tao'er whispered: "I am afraid that the master is not here."

"Wouldn't it be better to put it on the table?"

When Tao'er heard this, her face blushed, and she whispered: "In that case, you won't be able to see Madam's intentions."

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This little girl is sincere.

Fang Xiu looked at her expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Didn't the truth tell her that no matter what she does, the truth will never let her go."

When Tao'er heard this, she hurriedly said: "Madam just wants to make cakes for the master, she doesn't ask for anything."

Speaking of this, he paused, lowered his voice, and muttered: "It's like a person who likes another person and always wants to do something for him without asking for anything in return."

Fang Xiu was silent for a while, and said a little speechlessly: "Madam taught you this?"

Tao'er blushed, and said: "This is what I heard from others."

Fang Xiu asked curiously, "Who said that?"

Tao'er said, "Sister Yuhuan."

It seemed like something Yang Yuhuan could say.

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Put it in the room."

"Yes, sir."

Tao'er nodded, took the cake, pushed open the door, and walked in.

Seeing the sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table, she was slightly taken aback, and then the scene of Madam working hard to make cakes could not help appearing in her mind.

Gathering up his courage, he came to Fang Xiu and whispered, "Master, if you don't eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, it will go bad."

Hear this.

Only then did Fang Xiu remember that he hadn't tasted the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Li Yaoyue sent a few days ago.

After thinking about it, he ordered, "Take it and taste it."

"Ok!"

Tao'er saw that Fang Xiu was willing to eat his wife's pastry, her face showed joy, she agreed, hurriedly entered the room, fetched the pastry with square characters on it, and presented it to Fang Xiu with both hands.

After Fang Xiu reached out to take it, he glanced at it, and it was still the same as a few days ago, nothing changed.

The pastries of this season can be stored for a few days, and there should be no problem with a taste.

Thinking about this, Fang Xiu picked up the pastry and took a light bite.

In the next second, an indescribable taste swept over his taste buds.

Sweet, salty, and bitter, mixed together, made Fang Xiu frown.

"Why put salt in pastries?"

Fang Xiu held the pastry, looked at Tao'er, and asked.

At this moment, he even suspected that Li Yaoyue was taking revenge on himself by making this pastry.

Tao'er was taken aback for a moment: "When madam was making the osmanthus cake, the maidservant was right in front of her. Apart from sugar, no other seasonings were added."

Fang Xiu frowned even more when he heard this, and wanted to ask why this sweet-scented osmanthus cake was bitter and had a salty taste
Before he could ask, what happened that day couldn't help appearing in his mind, and he suddenly realized something, and fell silent.

perhaps
At that time, she made the cake with tears in her eyes.

That's why the sweet-scented osmanthus cake is mixed with the bitterness and saltiness of tears.

Fang Xiu was silent for a while, looked at Tao'er, and said calmly, "Let her deliver it by herself next time."

Tao'er was slightly dazed, not understanding Fang Xiu's intentions, but still nodded and responded.

Fang Xiu put the rest of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in her hand, and without further words, he walked away from the Xiangguo Mansion holding an oil-paper umbrella.

Tao'er watched him leave, hesitated for a moment, picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and took a light bite.

next second.

She frowned tightly.

"Bah, bah, bah! It's so bitter!"

In a blink of an eye, it was time to apply.

Royal Palace.

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Wu Mingkong looked up and down Fang Xiu who was wearing a crimson official robe, his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he said in displeasure:
"You plan to wear this to see your mother?"

(End of this chapter)