jdhmnovel Chapter 1096: Food Request Again
Chapter 1096: Food Request Again
Zhou Guo said, "If you have a lot of money, then it's suitable to grow cloud fungus. Our northern land is also suitable for growing cloud fungus. It doesn't take much effort. Besides, I've already grown it. It's a mountain delicacy, not cheap, and it won't take many days."
Li sighed and could only find different ways to prepare delicious food every day, including bird's nest, sea cucumber, and anything that could nourish the body.
I just didn’t dare use ginseng.
She had people cut down a lot of wood. This stuff is needed every year, and there are still a lot of it in the mountains.
She has sown a lot of seeds. If they grow in large quantities next spring, she will take them to find Qianduo.
The old man came back with a big fish in the afternoon.
It was roasted over a fire with just a little salt sprinkled on it, nothing else.
Zhou Guo ate with gusto. It had been a long time since he had eaten this. It tasted more delicious than crab meat. It was so big and he didn’t even have to spit out the shell.
She stayed at home for more than ten days, and the cloud ears had not yet sprouted. Then Zhang Lian sent someone to invite her over in a hurry, saying that there was something extremely urgent.
She had no choice but to give the rest to Li.
After all, Li has been growing flower mushrooms for so many years. She can only grow cloud ears like growing flower mushrooms. There is nothing she can do if she can't grow them because she doesn't know how.
She hurried to Yunzhou.
Zhang Lian said with a sad face: "News came from the front that General Xu's army of tens of thousands was surrounded by the enemy. I'm afraid it's not going to be safe. There is news about General Xu. It is said that he was ambushed and his life or death is unknown."
Zhou Guo's eyes went dark. "Is the news accurate? Where did you get it from?"
Zhang Lian said solemnly, "It was reported from the border that General Xu asked me to stabilize the North. This news is only known to the two of us at the moment."
Zhou Guo was restless, his mind was spinning, and he asked an irrelevant question, "Why didn't I receive any news?"
Zhang Lian was speechless, "Maybe he didn't want you to worry."
Zhou Guo asked again: "Will there be any action at the border?"
Zhang Lian shook his head. "I don't know about that. How could I know that? I only know that 5,000 garrisons were suddenly transferred from Huaishan Camp to Yunzhou yesterday, and 2,000 were also transferred from other prefectures to Yunzhou. Judging from this, the North will not be peaceful. Fortunately, the autumn harvest has passed and the taxes have been collected."
The people's food was also collected.
At least this winter, as long as there are no major accidents, we should be able to get through it safely.
Zhou Guo frowned tightly. It was such a big matter, and if the eldest brother of the Xu family didn't tell her about it, could she go and ask by herself?
If the North is not stable, Zhou Mai and the others must hurry back. There are a few of them outside with bare hands and they can't deal with a few of them.
Zhang Lian asked her what to do next.
Zhou Guo hasn't made up her mind yet, but she knows that as the lord of the prefecture, Zhang Lian definitely cannot leave Yunzhou. He has to maintain stability in the north.
When we left the government office, it was already dark.
When Zhou Guo got home, he asked his personal guard, "Did anyone receive any letter from the border?"
Several soldiers shook their heads, "No."
Zhou Guo frowned, "I want to meet with the Major General."
Several people looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Yes, I will arrange it right away."
Zhou Guo nodded.
She said to Er Pang, "Go check where the young masters have gone. Whether they have finished their study tour or not, they must come back."
It's not peaceful outside.
Erpang went down.
She locked herself in the study and thought about things.
In this situation, it would be better for her to meet with Xu Xiaobei. Although the only thing she could help with was logistics, logistics was also of utmost importance.
But before her personal guards came back, she was called up late at night as soon as she closed her eyes.
……
She looked at Xu Xiaobei who was sitting opposite her, still a little dazed, "Brother, can you leave the border?"
Xu Xiaobei said: "It's okay, I'll leave after a few words, it won't waste your time."
Zhou Guo nodded but said nothing. It must be unusual for him to come to see her so late at night. Just listen.
Xu Xiaobei looked at her and said solemnly, "I don't know if you have heard that your brother, with tens of thousands of troops, was trapped at the front line. Ju sent a letter saying that he was besieged for more than half a month. No other news is known yet."
After a pause, he continued, "Dad is also in danger. This is a matter of life and death for our Xu family army!"
Zhou Guo was startled and looked up at him, "How can it be so serious? In addition to Dad and little brother, there are several armies on the front line. Don't these armies have any help? It's like besieging Wei to save Zhao. They have also surrounded them now."
With several armies surrounding the capital, who would still have the energy to eliminate Xu's army?
Xu Xiaobei said calmly: "The Xu family army is a fierce tiger, but also a roadblock. To those people, removing this roadblock is much more important than saving the capital. Besides, the advance of several armies is not smooth, and they must have been tripped up."
There was a cold light in his slightly narrowed eyes.
These people want his Xu family to die.
Zhou Guo understood, "They want to fish in troubled waters!"
If we take this opportunity to dismantle Xu's army, without this powerful enemy, it is still unknown who will become the master of the world in the future.
Xu Xiaobei said, "I will stay at the border. Your brother will only bring 15,000 people. There are 80,000 troops at the border, plus Huaishan's 90,000. I can spare 50,000. I will send someone to lead these 50,000 troops to the south to rescue people. Before the armies capture the capital, rescue General Xu and your brother."
Zhou Guo was shocked. She didn't expect it to be so serious. She said, "Yes, tell me what you want me to do."
Xu Xiaobei was silent for a long time before he said, "The army needs food and fodder when it goes out to fight. I'm sorry, brother. You know that the border has always been supported by the tax revenue from the north. The autumn harvest in the south doesn't seem optimistic this time. There is no way to gather food and fodder for hundreds of thousands of troops. After much thought, you are the only one who can spare the money. Don't worry, these are all lent to you by the Xu family army, and we will definitely pay them back in the future!"
Thinking that an army of hundreds of thousands had fallen to the point of having to use the personal belongings of a young lady, Xu Xiaobei felt extremely guilty and too embarrassed to face anyone.
Zhou Guo said, "Okay, how much food and grass do you need? I'll send someone to get it right away."
This year is another bumper year for the North. Together with her own lands, the North alone harvested more than four million shi of grain!
Almost twice as much as in previous years!
Including the leftovers from last year, there are 5 million shi of grain.
An army of tens of thousands shouldn't require much food.
Xu Xiaobei pondered and said, "One million and five hundred thousand shi."
Zhou Guo took a breath and asked subconsciously: "Are there so many people transporting food?"
One million and a half shi, hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line rely on these grains?
Since several armies have been stuck, it means that the grain transportation route will not be peaceful. It will take hundreds of thousands of civilians to transport so much grain. Are you sure they won't be intercepted?
Xu Xiaobei said: "There are still more than 100,000 troops in the north. 50,000 will go south. In addition, I will allocate another 20,000 cavalry to escort the grain transport team south."
Twenty thousand cavalrymen are the elite of the Xu family army.
She knew that there were only 50,000 cavalrymen at the border.
When the general led the army south, he only took two thousand people with him.
The rest will not leave the border easily. They are the most important elite troops to stop the Hu people from moving south.
This batch is 20,000...
She looked at Xu Xiaobei and said nothing.