Chapter 341: Death at the Hongmen Banquet

Seeing Zhuge Guo beside her so happy because of the news from his father, Huang Yueying also felt much better.

So she simply threw down her hard pen, took her daughter to the yard to stretch her muscles, and told her the mystery of the glass house.

It is not a new thing to grow fruits and vegetables out of season in a greenhouse. For example, Huang Yueying remembered that she had found a hot spring near Chang'an during the Western Han Dynasty.

Even if it snowed heavily, the hot spring was still covered with green grass. The royal family at that time therefore allocated the hot spring to the royal family and planted fruits and vegetables in it for the palace to enjoy in winter.

Later, the greenhouse palace became a standard feature in the imperial palace.

However, the records of the Western Han Dynasty believed that the growth of plants and trees relied most on "heat", but Huang Yueying felt that this should not be entirely true.

After all, greenhouses are not a rare thing nowadays, and merchants also build greenhouses to make profits in winter.

Huang Yueying had seen and tasted the fruits and vegetables produced in the greenhouses of these common people. Almost all of them were not as plump and sweet as those in season, especially the ones produced in the greenhouses, such as leeks, which were completely different from their original appearance.

Regarding this, Kong Ming had said in a previous letter that the difference between the east, west, south, north, yang and yin of plants and trees can be seen that sunlight is very important for the growth of plants and trees.

Zhuge Kong Ming noticed the bottleneck of Huang Yueying's skill tree!

Zhuge Kong Ming activated the skill of careful consideration!

Zhuge Kong Ming initiated technology transmission!

"Alkali Production Method" and "Glass Firing Details" have been successfully transmitted, with outstanding results!

Now in this small mansion, there is a greenhouse built with rough glass in the courtyard, and a traditional light-proof greenhouse in the backyard.

Comparing and observing the two greenhouses, recording the differences, speculating the reasons, and then verifying them, this is also one of Huang Yueying's life pleasures this winter.

There is no way, the planning of Gong'an County can only remain in the draft for the time being. Looking at Zhuge Guo jumping in the courtyard, Huang Yueying sighed:

After all, we are still in troubled times.

On the top of Jiangling City, Jiang Wan stood here and watched for a long time.

He still remembered the secretary's room in the Gong'an County Office, and he also remembered the shock he felt when he first saw the light curtain in the side hall.

He felt sorry for General Guan, was indignant at Cao's methods, lamented the fate of his lord, and was afraid of his own death at an early age.

Now these emotions have been suppressed in Jiang Wan's heart, and he doesn't show them easily.

But now watching the fire slowly devour the remains of Gong'an County, Jiang Wan can't help but sigh a lot.

Compared with Jiang Wan's sigh, Lu Meng was really furious:

"They..."

Since the target is Guan Yu, then Lu Meng has certainly studied the Battle of Jingxiang.

Although detailed intelligence is difficult to collect, based on rumors and the statements obtained from secret contacts with Cao's army, Lu Yi finally pieced together a general idea of ​​the Battle of Jingxiang.

Advancing by land and water, the giant boats locked the river, conquered Fancheng in a moment, and attacked Wancheng at night.

According to Cao's army, Fancheng was defeated by a large ship equipped with a giant crossbow.

The moment he heard this description, Lu Meng remembered the eye-catching giant ship that passed through Jiangxia.

And at that time, he recalled that this giant crossbow was not the one arranged on the riverside of Gong'an County?

Jiangdong was good at making bows, and Lu Meng once took the huge crossbow arrow to the bow maker to ask for imitation, but it was not successful.

The craftsmen in the army either couldn't make it, or they lifted the bed crossbow that Lu Meng had long been tired of.

Since the military couldn't do it, what about the folk craftsmen?

As a result, after searching around, it was found that the folk craftsmen in Jiangdong had disappeared at some point.

Not only bow makers, but also shipbuilders, blacksmiths, etc., and according to various signs, these craftsmen eventually went to Jiangling.

Since they couldn't make it, they just robbed a few giant crossbows!

Lu Meng remembered clearly that night, and he could tell by the sound that there were no less than twenty giant crossbows along the Hudu River!

And the best thing is that there is no wall to defend Gong'an County, so Lu Meng came here with high spirits.

But he didn't expect that what greeted him was the ashes all over the ground of Gong'an County.

At this point, Lu Meng finally confirmed:

"Those thieves have been plotting to this point, and they have long had second thoughts!"

In an instant, Lu Meng's mind was filled with Lu Su's silly face that looked a bit annoying.

If this thief had not secretly communicated with Liu Bei and persuaded the lord to give Jiangling, how could he have become so powerful!

If it weren't for Lu Zijing's strong persuasion at that time, Sun Hou listened to Gongjin's words and imprisoned Liu Bei in Chaisang, waiting for an opportunity to kill him to eliminate future troubles, how could we have today!

And yesterday, someone from Jianye said that Lu Zijing disappeared strangely...

Thinking of the implicit look of the person from Jianye when he told this news yesterday, Lu Meng couldn't help but tighten the hilt of the sword.

If we don't listen to Lu Zijing's advice and take action earlier, we will have this huge boat and powerful crossbow when attacking Hefei, and the 100,000-man army may...

It's useless to think about it, Lu Meng shook his head and forced himself to turn his attention back to the present.

Now that the other party is putting on a fortified and long-term confrontation, Lu Meng naturally knows how to respond:

"Set up camp here in Gong'an and confront Jiangling."

"Send out warships to block the north water gate of Jiangling City."

"Send out the running boats to patrol and don't let anyone escape from Jiangling City!"

"Send out the running boats and scouts to search upstream for a radius of 30 miles."

Jiang Wan naturally saw the arrival of the Jiangdong Navy, but after a while, watching the opposite camp and scouts doing their own things, Jiang Wan was immediately a little disappointed:

"Shouldn't Lu Meng come to the city to curse and shout at this time?"

"He took the initiative to break the alliance, and he didn't even explain it?"

But as soon as he said this, Jiang Wan remembered that Ma Liang had already received Kong Ming's secret order to work in Jingnan, and Zhao Lei also followed Guan Yu to the north to fight in the more important Jingbei battlefield.

Now Jiangling is alone, and it feels quite lonely to think so.

But an unexpected voice sounded behind him:

"It is said that Lu Meng has seen the power of the giant crossbow. If he shouts in front of the city, the giant crossbows on the top of the city will be fired at the same time. I am afraid that even the corpse will not be able to be sewn intact by then."

"General Zhenwei... General Zhenwei?"

Jiang Wan turned around and was a little speechless for a while.

Jiang Wan had seen Liu Zhang when he entered Jiangling City. At that time, Liu Zhang was smiling, and it seemed that his eyes were full of the prosperity of Jiangling City.

At this time, Liu Zhang was a little fatter than before, his skin was whiter, and he looked a lot more prosperous.

But at this time, Liu Zhang's face was a cold white, with a lot of blood on his face and body. He held a sword in his right hand and Zhang Yu's head in his left hand.

Liu Zhang looked at Jiang Wan, raised the head in his hand and handed it over:

"This beast gathered thieves in the mansion, intending to blackmail me to invite Governor Jiang to a banquet and do something illegal."

"I thought about it, since Jiangling is locked up, there is no need to worry about their escape, and a few thieves will not bother Governor Jiang, so I will deal with them myself."

Jiang Wan took it while suppressing his nausea. This experience was too exciting for him.

"Are you injured, General?"

Liu Zhang wiped the blood on his hands on his clothes, sheathed the sword and shook his head:

"The singing girl held eight crossbows, blocked the door and fired indiscriminately, and this general and Zhou Qun led the servants in with swords to kill them."

"There are 17 heads of thieves, all in the mansion. Please send someone to check. If they are left for a long time, it will affect the taste of the mansion."

Jiang Wan handed Zhang Yu's head behind him and told him to collect the body quickly.

He turned around and praised:

"General Zhenwei's sword is still as sharp as ever."

Liu Zhang sneered:

"It's just that he doesn't want to be manipulated by others."

Jiang Wan was distracted for a moment:

So the previous fragmentation of Yizhou was all caused by you personally?