Chu and Han 21

Chapter 217: Kill Xiang Guan

In Liyang County, Xiangzhuang was traveling to Bailixian and Wushe had a drink.

However, what I drank this time was no longer a tasteless water wine, but a real shochu. This was another luxury that Xiangzhuang, a time traveler, brought to this era. Xiangzhuang was addicted to alcohol in his previous life. Sometimes he performed tasks in the primeval forest and stayed for several months. Xiangzhuang could not get addicted to alcohol, so he learned to use wild fruits to prepare shochu.

The principle of creating soju wine is actually very simple. It is to ferment grains and grains first, then put them into a distiller to steam them, steam them out, cool them, and collect them. It is a very high-value soju wine. The slightly difficult part is the production of the distiller, but this is not difficult at all, the master of the craftsman of the bus.

A few months ago, a large distiller designed by Xiangzhuang and processed by buses was prepared. So far, hundreds of jars of shochu have been created. There are still about 20,000 stones left in the tens of thousands of stones of grain looted from Guanzhong. Xiangzhuang plans to make all of them into shochu, and then hide them, and take them out from time to time to reward the soldiers who have made meritorious.

Like papermaking and printing technology, Xiang Zhuang is not planning to openly prepare winemaking technology. At least before the reunification of the Great Chu, he would never let other princes master these technologies. To apply later terms, this is a patent. If it is used well, it will definitely bring endless financial and tax revenue to the Great Chu.

Moreover, winemaking technology is not suitable for papermaking, printing, papermaking, and printing technology once leaked, at worst, the rest of the princes have mastered these two technologies. This is certainly unlucky for Da Chu, but it is beneficial to the entire China. However, once winemaking technology is leaked, it is likely to become *!

The reason is very simple. Drinking this tool is addictive, especially the mellow white wine!

Once the technology of creating soju spreads on a large scale, once all the nobles in the world become addicted to alcohol, they will try every means to force food to create soju. However, the grain output in this era is extremely low. Once a large amount of food is used to prepare soju, the remaining food will not be enough, which may even cause famine.

Therefore, Xiangzhuang is not planning to make the technology of creating soju to the public, at least not for now.

When Baili Xian and Wu entered the table, Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and had already walked in with his personal soldiers holding the wine utensils. He first put a customized small wine cup on each of the short tables in front of the three of them. He poured half a cup of soy wine into it. The crystal clear wine had just poured into the wine cup, and a tempting mellow fragrance had already spread.

Wu She couldn't help but twitch his nose and praised: "Scent, really fragrant."

Bailixian also agreed with the address and nodded, praising: "Yes, I'm drunk just by smelling the fragrance of the wine."

Wu She had been incorrect with Bailixian from the beginning. Many times, Bailixian would say it. Wu She would say it without reason. However, when it comes to evaluating soju, the two people's opinions were rarely unified. It is precisely because of this that Xiang Zhuang would invite them to drink from time to time to ease the relationship between the two.

Not to mention it. After drinking a few drinks, the relationship between the two has greatly eased.

Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, raised the wine cup and said to the two of them, "Come on, let's do this cup first."

Wu She picked up the wine cup in front of her, first toast Xiangzhuang, then covered her sleeves and drank the sour wine in the wine cup, then smacked her lips and said in admiration: "Good wine, it's really good wine, not only smells the fragrance, but it tastes so intense! When the wine is drunk, it seems like a ball of fire burning in the belly, and the chill on her body immediately dissipates without a shadow!"

Bailixian did not drink it all in one go like Wu She, but savored it in small mouthfuls, and then savored the mellow fragrance in the wine with his tongue. Obviously, Wu She enjoyed the warm feeling brought by the soju, while Bailixian paid more attention to the supreme taste pleasure brought to him by the soju.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the three of them returned to the main business.

Wu She drank the sour wine in the wine cup again. She smashed her mouth again with unsatisfactory feelings and said, "General. Calculate the time. General Xiang Tuo is almost time to return to Wuzhong County. I don't know what reactions will be made of the major tribes in Wuzhong after receiving the thread-bound books given by the General?"

Bailixian said confidently: "That's all right, it's certainly overjoyed!"

After saying this, Bailixian emphasized and said, "This is a great gift!"

Wu Shedian nodded and asked Baili Xian directly: "General Xiang Tuo has made a clear appearance and is willing to support the general. If more than a dozen old tribes in Wuzhong and Xiang are willing to support the general, Xiang Guan will not be able to make much waves. Then, next, can we directly cross the river and return to Wuzhong?"

Bailixian smiled slightly and then said, "If nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to cross the river in the next few days."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Xiang suddenly entered in high spirits and reported loudly: "General, there is someone outside the headquarters who wants to see you, and he also claims to be your nephew."

"Nephew of clan?" Xiang Zhuang was stunned.

"You will come whatever you say, most of the time it's Lingyin's arrival." Bailixian said happily.

"Xiang Ha?!" Xiang Zhuang immediately stood up and reminded Jin Xiang, "Jin Xiang, please invite him in."

"Here!" Jin Xiang took the order and left. In less than a moment, he led a young man into the hall of the headquarters. The young man was fair and innocent, and was about thirty years old. However, Xiang Zhuang actually didn't know him, because when he came through time, the battle of Gaixia had already begun, but Xiang was not in Xiang Yu's army.

However, Xiang He recognized Xiang Zhuang, immediately bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "Captain Xiang of Dang County, pay homage to the general!"

When he heard that Xiang claimed to be the governor of Dang County and Baili Xian, a slight smile appeared on Wu She's mouth at the same time. He thought to himself that Xiang was indeed a clever man. Not only did he come to Liyang to meet Xiangzhuang in person, he did not call himself the ruler, because the ruler of Chu was actually the prime minister. The prime minister and the prime minister had all the major affairs of politics and his power was still above the general.

"Ziyi, get up quickly." Xiang Zhuang quickly stepped forward and helped Xiang him up.

Xiang Ha, whose name is Yi, but when you are formally given the name Zi, you should add another character before it, such as Xiang Yu, whose name is Yu, the elder or friend will get the title Zi Yu.

After the chirping, Xiang directly got to the point and said, "Uncle, Jiangdong's elders are looking forward to your army crossing the river as soon as possible and reviving the Great Chu as soon as possible. My nephew is here to represent the more than 2 million common people in the two counties of Jiangdong and all the old Chu clans. I beg you to lead the commander across the river as soon as possible."

"Oh, why don't Uncle Wei want to cross the river as soon as possible? I really don't want to be slaughtered by each other." Xiang Zhuang was really not used to being called uncle by Xiang Zhuang. In terms of age, Xiang Zhuang was only twenty-six years younger than Xiang Zhuang, but in terms of seniority, Xiang Zhuang was serious and her parents and nephew of Xiang Zhuang tomorrow.

Xiang said, "Is Uncle worried about Xiang Guan?"

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "Xiang Guan has nearly 40,000 troops, and has the support of the clans of more than ten counties south of Kuaiji County. If Wei Shu crosses the river rashly, he may have a conflict with him. Wei Shu is not afraid of him. With Xiang Guan's tens of thousands of mobs, Wei Shu really doesn't take it seriously, but if this battle begins, the elders of Jiangdong are suffering."

Xiang said: "Uncle, don't worry, my nephew has already thought of a countermeasure."

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang's heart moved slightly and said, "Ziyi, you are talking about it."

Xiang said: "Uncle, for the sake of the present, we can only use thunder to eliminate Xiang Guan to ensure peace and peace in Jiangdong! Although Xiang Guan has nearly 40,000 troops, they are all temporarily pieced together clan children. They can be said to be a mob. As long as Xiang Guan dies, these 40,000 clan children will immediately fall into a state of headlessness and will collapse without fighting!"

"You mean to kill Xiang Guan? Will clans in each county cause trouble?"

"No, Xiang Guan's power is mainly in the dozen counties south of Kuaiji, and is headed by the clans of the Lu family. However, the clans of these dozen counties are not a monolithic. There is also a conflict of interest among them. As long as they can kill Xiang Guan with thunder and then win over some of them, they can quickly control the situation."

Xiang Zhuang said: "You mean, as long as you can kill Xiang Guan with thunder, the situation will not be out of control?"

"Yes." Xiang Guan nodded and said, "Xiang Guan is a fool, not to worry about it, but his clan brother Lu Yuan is a difficult person. Therefore, how to kill Xiang Guan must be well planned. If you act in a careless manner and let Xiang Guan run away, there will probably be a melee in the dozen counties south of Kuaiji County."

Xiang Zhuang pondered silently, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this point, Xiang Tuo and Xiang had expressed their attitude one after another, and the time to cross the river was finally ripe. However, before the army crossed the river, one thing had to be done first, that is, kill Xiang Guan! Including Xiang He, Xiang Tuo and others, most people believed that Xiang Zhuang would not defeat Xiang Guan after the army crossed the river, but Xiang Zhuang insisted on doing the opposite.

All of this was actually determined long before Wei Liao's calculations, and before Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, and Yu Ziqi brought Jiangdong's veterans back home, all of this had been confirmed. These more than a thousand veterans were the elite among the elites, and at a critical moment, they were enough to 10,000 elite soldiers! Using them to hunt Xiang Guan can be said to be a killing chicken with a ox knife.

Moreover, there were more than a thousand people of these veterans when they crossed the river. As for now, there are probably tens of thousands of people, right?

Of course, Wei Liao set the time to determine the time, but he is not sure who will be the final hunter. Maybe it is Xiang Guan, maybe Xiang he, or Xiang Tuo, but now, Xiang Guan is undoubtedly Xiang Guan. This can be said to be the best result for Xiang Zhuang, because Xiang Tuo has the talent of a general, while Xiang he has the talent of a prime minister, but Xiang Guan is a fool.

Seeing Xiang Zhuang pondering but not speaking, Xiang said again: "Uncle, do you think you have sent 5,000 elite soldiers across the river?"

"The five thousand men are too big, and Xiang Guan can't help but notice it." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "However, Xiang Guan's men have actually crossed the river long ago. Ziyi, after you return to Wuzhong, you can go to Gao Chu."

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ps: Good news, the Internet line was pulled in the afternoon, so I quickly coded a chapter to repay everyone's strong support for the swordsmen during this difficult period! Brothers, the swordsmen are back, really come back, starting tomorrow, and will explode in three consecutive updates until all the bad seals are filled, hahaha...

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