Chapter 696
Fang Beichen took the two of them to take a look in the kitchen. The wooden structure was quite solid, but the sun was shining through.
With a big pot and a big stove, I can imagine how I tied my mother.
Emperor Yongtai entered the kitchen. At this time, the chefs were shirtless and greasy. They stirred up vegetables with big shovels. The steaming steamer was steaming in a large pot of mung bean soup and the large pot of large pots of mung bean soup were served.
"Let's go out! It's too hot here." Fang Beichen said quickly as he looked at the dense beads of sweat on Emperor Yongtai's forehead.
"Oh!" Emperor Yongtai breathed a long sigh from the kitchen.
"Is it okay?" Chen Zhouheng looked at Emperor Yongtai worriedly and said.
"It's okay, it's just that the room is too hot." Emperor Yongtai said with his lips pursed.
"In summer, the kitchen is like this. They cook more, and the fire will be more intense and the room will be hotter." Chen Zhou stroked his index finger across his forehead and threw out a slight sweat.
Emperor Yongtai took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, swaying the handkerchief in his hand, hoping to be cooler.
"Are you okay!" Fang Beichen said to the two people who were a little embarrassed.
"It's okay!" Emperor Yongtai nodded lightly and said, feeling a little cool when the breeze blew.
"Let's go! Let's go to the kitchen." Fang Beichen said with dark eyes looking at them.
"Okay! OK!" Emperor Yongtai nodded hurriedly and followed Fang Beichen to the kitchen.
Emperor Yongtai saw the wooden shed and said with a smile, "There are ventilation on all sides, so it is much cooler."
"It's time to be cold in winter." Chen Zhouheng said to the soldiers sitting neatly.
Fang Beichen looked at Emperor Yongtai and quickly explained, "In winter, this wall will be surrounded and can block the wind."
"But it's cold!" Emperor Yongtai said again after hearing this.
"It's not too cold to eat here." Fang Beichen said patiently, this is a barracks, not a place to enjoy.
The food, clothing and food here are much better than the soldiers' lives at home.
"Aren't you hungry?" Fang Beichen simply changed the subject.
"I'm hungry." Emperor Yongtai immediately said when he heard this. He had never walked so far in the palace and had long since his stomach been hungry.
Fang Beichen recruited small soldiers and asked them to bring three meals.
After receiving the order, the soldiers hurried down, and Fang Beichen and the others found a corner to sit down.
Everyone was familiar with Fang Beichen. He would have dinner with them whenever he was in Shenji Camp, so after saying hello, he sat down quietly.
As for the two innocent faces of Emperor Yongtai and Shen Zhouheng, they looked at the white-faced scholar and nodded in a friendly manner, and then continued to eat.
Emperor Yongtai watched them eat very quickly, "Are you not afraid of being hot?"
"I'm used to it." Fang Beichen's dark eyes swept across the soldiers and said, "I don't have time to eat during the war, but it just seems like I'm pouring it into my stomach."
"Ah!" Emperor Yongtai looked at him with innocent eyes.
"The enemy will not wait until we are full, so we will fight again! The attack will continue day and night." Fang Beichen looked at him with deep eyes as deep as ink and said, "This is Shenji Camp, and we must always maintain a state of fighting."
"Oh!" Emperor Yongtai nodded repeatedly when he heard this, "Did my uncle also be very motivated before he came?"
"No! Very lazy!" Fang Beichen said the truth, "It has only been the past five years of rectification that has achieved its current appearance."
"What about the three camps in the capital! Are they all like this?" Emperor Yongtai asked with concern.
"This is hard to say." Fang Beichen said obscurely, "I have a closer relationship with Shenji Camp, because the Jinyiwei is responsible for the manufacturing of firearms."
Emperor Yongtai suddenly understood that the situation in the Five Military Camp and the Three Thousand Camp was not optimistic.
The Five Military Camp was composed of elite troops drawn by provinces across the country. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, this army was divided into the central army, with left and right cavalry, so it was called the "Five Military Camp". The Five Military Camp also had the task of training the new army. In addition to the Beijing Guards, the Ming Dynasty transferred 160,000 soldiers from each capital, Shandong, Henan, and Daning, and took turns to the capital to receive training for the Five Military Camps.
It is the general base for military training in the country.
Although this unit is called this name, its number is far more than 3,000. This unit is very special, and the number is indeed about 3,000 cavalry. Later, it was expanded. Now, before Emperor Yongtai came, he transferred the roster from the Ministry of War and found that the number of people was as many as 70,000.
The three thousand battalions generally do not go out to fight. They are divided into five departments and control the emperor's flag, chariots, soldiers, golden drums, imperial treasures, etc., and belong to the orthodox emperor's guards.
Emperor Yongtai muttered in his heart: It seems that he still has to go to the Five Military Camps and the Three Thousand Camps to see it!
When the meal was served, Yongtaidi rubbed his hands excitedly, "What is this?"
"Watan noodles with sorghum noodles, seasonal vegetables, and mung bean soup." Fang Beichen lit the meal on the long table.
"Do you only eat this on weekdays?" Yongtaidi stared at the vegetable, "It seems that there is no oil? Can you eat enough? Do you have the strength to practice?"
"The wok is enough." Fang Beichen looked at him with deep black eyes and said, "The soldiers can eat seven or eight of this wok in one meal." He picked up the wok as big as his fist.
"So much?" Yongtaidi said in surprise.
"This daily exercise, where can I get the strength if I don't eat enough?" Fang Beichen looked at him with dark eyes and said, "You can try it first, can you eat it? If not, I'll let the kitchen do it for you."
"No, no, it's okay, it's okay to have a meal? Don't bother." Emperor Yongtai picked up the steamed bun and whined... He took a bite, his eyes widened, and his throat was so thick that it was like eating a mouthful of sand.
Emperor Yongtai picked up the mung bean soup and took a deep breath and continued.
"Why didn't there be sugar in this mung bean soup?" Emperor Yongtai murmured in a low voice.
"There is no sugar here." Fang Beichen was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly said, "I feel wronged."
Emperor Yongtai rubbed his index finger with embarrassment and asked for a supplement, "No, no! In the past, mung bean soup either put honey or sugar, but I didn't expect it would be delicious if I didn't put anything."
"If it's not delicious, don't force it." Fang Beichen looked at him with heartache and said, "No need to do these things, really, you are..." He gave him a look that he understood.
"Because of this, we cannot fight together to kill the enemy. We must share the joys and sorrows!" Emperor Yongtai bit the waffle by himself, broke it off, and put the remaining half of the waffle in a basket.
I ate the steamed buns in my hand with mung bean soup.
Fang Beichen took the steamed buns that Emperor Yongtai had broken down and ate them.
Emperor Yongtai picked up two more bites of vegetables, one word salty, there was nothing but salty, "Why do you put so much salt on this?"
"After practicing, I sweat too much, eat more salt to get the strength." Fang Beichen quickly explained.
Chapter completed!