There was a long silence.
Yan Shiyue looked under the vat and saw that there seemed to be a hole in the ground, so he said, "Forget it, don't scare them."
She lowered her head and said, "Don't be afraid. We are just looking for something to eat. We bought the celery from your vegetable garden. I've left the money on the table."
There seemed to be rustling sounds inside. Yan Shiyue was about to leave when he heard an old voice saying, "Are you the army of Dayan?"
Yan Shiyue raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Yes, we are Dayan's army, and this is also Dayan's land!"
Someone suddenly pushed open the water tank, revealing a face: "Are you really Dayan's army?"
Yan Shiyue pulled the personal soldier beside him, revealing the word "Yan" behind him: "Yes."
The man was somewhat surprised: "Dayan Army! The Dayan Army fought back?" He came out and compared himself to her: "We are also the people of Dayan! We are all the people of Dayan!"
Da Xiren was short, with cold yellow skin, eyes that were close together and mostly narrow, and her appearance was obviously different from that of the people from Dayan.
Yan Shiyue nodded slowly, and the family came out one after another. The young man ran outside and ran back and forth, shouting: "It's the Great Yan Army! The Great Yan Army has fought back! Don't be afraid, the Great Yan Army is here to pick us up!"
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After a long while, people began to come out one after another.
It was not until then that Yan Shiyue realized that the people here were all pale and thin. They did not look like real people, but more like... slaves who had been tortured for a long time.
Those who are not of my race must have different hearts, and this is not false.
Da Xiren is here, but he is just a robber. They will definitely not treat the people of Dayan well. They will not kill them, but just try to squeeze their surplus value. It is not wrong to say that they are slaves and slave owners.
Everyone was a little afraid at first, but when they saw Dayan's military uniform and saw how pretty and amiable she was, their eyes lit up. They gathered around her and asked her all kinds of questions, and Yan Shiyue patiently answered them one by one.
She stayed here for a long time, until Yan Shiwei came to pick her up in person.
Seeing her surrounded from a distance, Yan Shiwei was startled and quickly jumped off the horse. As soon as he came over, Yan Shiyue said to everyone: "This is our Great Yan's general, General Yan."
The people's eyes instantly swept over, full of admiration.
Yan Shiwei also quickly switched to business mode, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "The villagers have suffered!"
Yan Shiyue gave the stage to her brother and went back to cook for Emperor Ming Yan.
The dishes were served, and Yan Shiyue told Emperor Ming Yan what had just happened. Emperor Ming Yan stopped eating and listened carefully, and sighed after a while: "I am late, I feel so ashamed of them!"
The Duke of Dai said: "This is a chronic disease. It cannot be cured unless the right time, right place and right people are all in place."
Yan Chengyuan also said: "Now that we are here, it is not too late."
Yan Shiyue said: "Yesterday's day cannot be kept, in the future, we can just give these people some money or some compensation or something like that!"
Emperor Ming Yan shook his head and laughed, then sighed after a while, "That's how it should be."
Yan Shiyue made him some cold shredded chicken and coaxed him to eat it like a child, but even though it was made to be fresh, crispy and spicy, Emperor Ming Yan didn't eat many bites.
Yan Shiyue was almost dying of anxiety: "I should have known not to tell you anything. You can't even eat properly!"
Gu Jiuxing was also anxious and couldn't help asking, "I don't know if these families have ice?"
"Ice?" Yan Shiyue said, "How can these people have ice? If there is ice, can my father eat some?"
Gu Jiuxing looked at Emperor Ming Yan's expression and said carefully, "In the past, when it was hot, if there was ice, I would still use some."
Emperor Ming Yan laughed and scolded: "You old man, you are starting to talk too much!"
"Ice..." Yan Shiyue held her chin up: "Actually, making ice is easy. If we have saltpeter, it will be easier to make ice."
Emperor Ming Yan asked: "Can saltpeter be used to make ice?"
"Yes!" Yan Shiyue said, "It's very simple."
Emperor Mingyan said, "Give orders to take some saltpeter mountains if you see them along the way."
Before he finished speaking, a personal soldier came in and reported: "General, there is a lot of saltpeter on the mountain ahead. The villagers call it Dishuang Mountain."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
This... When I mention saltpeter, there just happens to be saltpeter. Isn't this too mysterious?
Yan Shiyue quickly came to his senses and quickly passed the buck: "Father, you are so eloquent! As soon as you mention saltpeter, there will be a saltpeter mountain!"
Emperor Mingyan is a great emperor, why should he be afraid of Fu Rui? He calmly took the blame: "What a coincidence."
So Yan Shiyue went to make ice happily.
Gu Jiuxing wiped his sweat, and silently swore in his heart that he would never offend Yan Shiyue. At the same time, he told others this "news" at the speed of light, seemingly unintentionally. Soon, everyone knew about it, which made the soldiers even more awed.
After Emperor Ming Yan and Yan Chengyuan had their meal, they went to watch Yan Shiyue making ice.
Making ice with saltpeter is very simple. First, take a jar or basin and half fill it with water.
Then place the tank in a pool, put some raw saltpeter in the pool, and pour water into the pool. It will be ready soon. If you feel that there is not enough saltpeter, you can add it slowly.
Because saltpeter is soluble in water, it absorbs a large amount of heat and can cool the water down to the point of freezing.
With this method, it is easy to make ice in summer, and the saltpeter can be reused.
Several people watched, marveling at the scene.
Yan Shiyue cut the fruit into pieces, sprinkled sugar on it, added scraped frost, and served it to Emperor Ming Yan. Emperor Ming Yan took a bite and felt the cool crunch in his mouth. He nodded and said, "Not bad."
With this, Emperor Ming Yan was finally able to have a good meal. When marching during the day, he put a basin of ice in the car and had a fan for ventilation, so he did not suffer from the unbearable heat. Emperor Ming Yan's appetite also gradually recovered.
Yan Shiyue saw it and finally felt relieved.
The Dayan army approached the Daxibie Palace day by day, and then stationed there, preparing for the final battle.
The spies continued to send back news.
We discovered the location of the large raiding army's camp, which was called Tianlu Mountain, just before the other palace, only a day's journey away.
At the same time, it is said that Emperor Oosokuni had already hurriedly returned to his country by boat after his defeat at Koanran Pass. Here, there was only the Shogun Matsudaira Hirotada, who led an army of less than 5,000.
The Yan army that came here numbered nearly 30,000.
Yan Shiyue, who had heard all this, couldn't help but ask, "Why did they hide in Tianlu Mountain? Instead of guarding the other palace?"
Yan Shiwei said: "Because the other palace has no moat, they only occupy a tiny piece of land. It is not easy to build the other palace and the city wall. The emperor does not seem to intend to use the city wall to resist the invasion, so it is not strong. Therefore, they either retreated to the front of the other palace or retreated to the back of Anlan Pass."
He sneered: "At that time, the wall of Anlan Pass was mostly destroyed in the war nearly a hundred years ago, and it was not seriously repaired. So, the other party probably thought that if they failed, they would die."
"Don't take it lightly," Yan Chengyuan said, "They can be called mourning soldiers at this moment."
Indeed, although it seems that the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, the situation is still serious.
As the saying goes, the army in despair will win. At this time, Da Xi has no way to retreat. If he loses, he will die. It is a real fight with his back to the wall and he must burn his boats.
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