"What do you mean by that, you are a brave and loyal warrior from the countryside, and we give you a big welcome!" Mr. Xue Qi grinned widely.
Look, his hard work was not in vain, arranging people to train was indeed effective.
Was he moved by the wounded soldiers he sent?
Mr. Tian promptly interrupted his sentimental reverie: "This matter should be taken up sooner rather than later. What does Mr. Xue do?"
Mr. Xue Qi nodded repeatedly: "It needs to be faster, but Lao Tian, let's talk about other things...for example, the captured horses, cattle and sheep, and the heads of Beirong..."
Mr. Tian had a gentle face: "This time the border troops are the main force, and we are all assisting. The priorities are clear and there will be no confusion. It is too early to say about the capture at the moment. The battle situation is changing rapidly and the outcome is unpredictable. How about meeting later to discuss it?
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Yan Laoer helped from the side and said: "Brother Xue, it is useless for the government and our village to ask for military merit. The number of heads must belong to you, and the same goes for the war horses. The horses we left behind last time were tormented by the people in our village, and we almost didn't give them.
Bring them up and give them to you. It just so happens that the frontier army is short of horses. If everything goes well, we should be able to recover some of the food that was taken away before. Brother Xue, please don't fight with the government. Now the tiger's barn is full of food every day.
There is a lot of food to be distributed, which is quite stressful. As for the cattle and sheep, I don't know how many can be brought back. I really can't calculate the number.
This is not the first time we have dealt with each other. Brother Xue also knows that our village is a group of honest leaders who don't have any evil intentions and don't mind if there are too many or too little.
In the final analysis, whether it is the border army, the government office, or our Xiaoan Village, if we close the door, we are all our own people!
The border army is closer to our Xiao'an Village. Aren't they going to move to the edge of our village? Well, speaking of which, Brother Xue, when will your military camp move here? People in our village are looking forward to it, and they are still wondering if you don't have enough manpower.
, if you don’t mind, how about we help in the village? If we can’t do anything else, just leave the menial work of moving and lifting to us. We have cars in the village, so we can help.”
Mr. Tian listened with a smile and kept nodding.
Military exploits and war horses.
These two things are indeed important to Mr. Xue Qi.
In comparison, although he also cares about food, cattle and sheep, he doesn't care that much.
This matter would not have been possible without the border troops. The main force said that it was the duty to do so.
In this case, as a superior officer, what's wrong with striving for more benefits for his subordinates? He will definitely not give up too much.
However, Yan Er is right. It is too early to say this now. No matter how much is seized, it will not pass under his nose in the end. When the time comes, he will give an order to detain them at the pass. How will they be distributed?
, it’s not him who has the final say.
The smile on Mr. Xue Qi's face became brighter and brighter, and he had such a warm conversation with Brother Yan.
After sending the person away, Yan Laoer turned back.
Mr. Tian chuckled and said, "Just listen to what Mr. Xue Qi says. Don't listen to his promise. It's not an easy thing to take something from his hand."
Yan Laoer chuckled: "Isn't this a coincidence, Teacher? Your students are too!"
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"Dad, try the mushroom soup I made. Well, the temperature is just right now." Yan Yu filled a bowl and handed it to her father.
Yan Laoer glanced at the food box prepared next to him and asked, "Is this prepared for your master?"
"Yeah!" Yan Yu opened the food box. A bamboo tube stood in the corner, supported by two wooden sticks. There was also a small crispy fish, a plate of pickles, two steamed buns, and an empty bowl inside.
"Heng'er, you go and deliver it to me while I eat." Yan Laoer said.
Yan Xiangheng responded, packed up the food box, and carried it away steadily.
Yan Laoer drank a bowl of soup in one go.
He complained: "That Mr. Xue Qi really lived in vain."
While biting the steamed bun, he said: "Go back to the village to count the number of people, and ask someone to tell me. When General Xue Qi sets a date, our village will have to leave early. Are you sure you want to go through the mountains?"
"Take the mountain road in advance to let everyone get used to it." Yan Yu nodded.
Yan Laoer thought for a while and said: "It's easy to talk when you go. When you come back, you go out of the mountain in advance. Let's discuss a place to meet. I'll prepare more fodder so that you won't have to find it in the mountain."
Yan Yu's starry eyes said: "Dad, you are really thoughtful, aren't you? The hardest thing for me and Fourth Uncle Qi when we came back was to feed the cows. It was only one cow. If we brought back more, we might not be able to feed them all if we went out to look for them.
eat."
"This location needs to be chosen more favorably. You take the fodder and continue back to the village from the mountains. Beirong has released many spies in Guanzhou. Our village must be careful not to let them target us." Yan Laoer warned.
"In this case, let's prepare the fodder ourselves." Yan Yu thought about it seriously and said, "Dad, it's very conspicuous for you to find someone to prepare it. Why don't we do it ourselves? Grandpa Luo has saved a lot of fodder, which will come in handy.
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"Do you know how to compress forage?" Mr. Yan happened to hold a steamed bun in his hand. He squeezed it hard and changed it from a big one to a small one. "That thing is not heavy, but it just takes up space. If you press it well in the village, you can carry more."
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Yan Yu nodded repeatedly.
"The mushroom soup is really delicious. My Dabao is very good at making it. Is this a winter mushroom?" Yan Laoer chirped.
Yan Yu: "Dad, do you know me? I asked Grandma Rong and said it was edible, so I took the villagers to pick it. It's quite a big piece. I remember that place. I'll go check it out when I have nothing to do in the future, hehe!"
"Just remember the place. This is good stuff. It's nutritious. As long as it's not too cold and the sun comes out, be gentle. Don't damage that area. You can collect some from time to time." How could Yan Laoer not recognize it?
, these winter mushrooms are not cultivated, they are all wild. As long as they are labeled with these two words, everything will be expensive.
"By the way, are your boy scouts planning to go this time?" Yan Laoer asked.
"That's for sure! But don't worry, dad. If you are young, you will definitely not bring it with you. If you are walking in the mountains and lying on the snow, you will be in trouble if you get sick." Yan Yu said.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yan Laoer: "As long as you have an idea in your mind."
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The people of Xiaoan Village reacted strongly to the idea of crossing the mountains to go to Beirong.
During Yan Yu's absence, the people of Xiao'an Village did not even collect firewood. The Yan family's firewood business has failed to produce any revenue in the village today.
Everyone has their own accounts in mind.
What kind of firewood are you collecting? What firewood are you collecting?
Can you make money by going to Beirong to rob cattle and sheep?
Village Chief Luo and his people took out the bamboo crossbows and inspected them one by one. The iron arrowheads that they had been building unremittingly during this period also came into use. The whole village worked together to install the iron arrowheads on the straight bamboo wood in minutes.
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An archer like Hu Er, who was good at crossbows, also prepared some long arrows separately. The wood was solid and light-weight, and combined with the strong bow, the range was extremely long.
When the village provided food, Aunt Wang and the grandmothers in the village spread pancakes, baked flatbreads, and steamed steamed buns.
Nowadays, I can store everything without worrying about it breaking.
It will take several days just to be on the road, so you need to prepare your meals early to avoid being too late when you arrive.
Villagers also voluntarily modified their cars.
They all gathered in Qi's courtyard with their own cars.
This is the experience of escaping famine.
A large cart cannot travel on mountain roads. A two-wheeled cart is best, one that can be pulled by animals and pushed by hand.
Although Qi Si didn't understand what he was learning, he couldn't resist asking them again and again. Finally, several village elders concluded that there are two most important points, one is to keep warm and the other is to eat.
It's not impossible to find firewood in the mountains for heating. It's everywhere, but it was a waste of time. Xiao Er and Qi Si had brought charcoal with them on the road, so they took it with them too.
When eating, it also depends on what the waiter has prepared, such as frozen meat, dried vegetables, large pancakes, etc. You must bring the stove and the pot. When the time comes, boil a pot of hot water, throw in the meat and vegetables, and sprinkle
Just a little salt and everything is done. In Qi Si's words, soup is the best. It can be drunk as water and is not afraid of dry food being frozen.
Then there's the rope.
This is indispensable for roping cattle and sheep.
Village Chief Luo asked everyone to go home and take out the ropes and tie them one by one in one place. They should be long or short and untied.
There are those who work in the village, those who set up rakes to practice archery, and some who follow the butcher to practice hoops. There is a strong fragrance of rice and noodles floating around the big rocks. The children are jumping up and down, and later they go to climb trees in the forest.
, and for a while they were pupae on the ground... said to be crawling forward.
When Yan Yu came back, it was already dark.
There are torches lit on the big rocks, which is lively and bright.
She was really shocked!
I really didn’t expect the people in the village to be so active and have such strong executive abilities.
Except for the fodder, they did all the rest of the preparations automatically...
"Boy! What did your father say? Can we go?" Village Chief Luo's question was full of expectation.
"I can go!" Yan Yu replied loudly.
I saw the uncles in the village clenching their fists with happy faces. After looking at each other, their fists landed and hit each other with bang bang.
Cries of joy, cries of pain, sporadic coughs, and excited shouts of children... echoed in this supposedly quiet and peaceful village.
Yan Yu talked about preparing fodder, and asked Big Dog Brother and Little Dog Brother to go to her yard to find the square wooden box that Uncle Qi Wu had made for her house before, and carry it over.
She demonstrated the compressed fodder.
Pour the grass into it hard until the top comes out, then find the smaller wooden board to press it on, and press down hard with both hands.
The effect is immediate.
When you remove the wooden board, there is only a thin layer, and the fodder is pressed very firmly. After repeating this process several times, the box of fodder is poured out, forming a square and very regular shape.
She pressed another one.
Stack two large square pieces of hay together.
It's stable, except for the grass clippings on the edges, the shape of the block is maintained very well.
With such a demonstration, everyone in the village understood it. It was very intuitive and easy to understand.
Even the wooden boxes are ready-made.
What else is there to say, let’s get started!
Village Chief Luo immediately called for people to bring in all the fodder stored in the village.
Yan Yu called him to an emergency stop.
"Grandpa Luo, it's too late today. Let's do it tomorrow. I see that you guys are almost ready. This is the only thing missing. It won't be too late."
Village Chief Luo's attitude was very firm, as were several village elders.
Just hate living.
"This doesn't take much effort. Why leave it until tomorrow? Let's press it out now while everyone is gathered. We will count how many pieces there are tomorrow so we can load them into separate trucks." Village Chief Luo said.
Come on, Yan Yu didn't stop when he called for stop.
"...Your father is right. We can't be too conspicuous. Walking through the mountains, we don't feel bitter or tired. We can really pull the cattle and sheep back. We feel happy and full of energy." Village Chief Luo
He smiled so hard that his eyes disappeared.
"I will count the number of people here and tell my father, and he will discuss with Mr. Xue Qi what to do. He will definitely have to come back then to tell us how to cooperate."
Old Man Song nodded repeatedly: "No, no, we will do whatever we are asked to do." He asked uncertainly: "Boy, do you really want us to pull the cattle and sheep back? Don't they even pull them back?"
He was asking about the two groups, the border troops and the government officials.
Others also pricked up their ears, fearing that they would miss the waiter's answer.
Yan Yu smiled brightly: "Grandpa Song, the border troops value military merit and horses more. We can't compete with them for these two things. Besides, they don't have many people, only forty or fifty people. They can't pull them over, and there are not many government officials."
, so we are allowed to pull the cattle and sheep, but not all of them are ours, and we have to discuss with them how to divide them afterwards..."
Old Man Song said hurriedly: "Understood! Understood! Let's take them back and put them in one place. Find someone to watch them. I'm sure there will be a lot of them."
Old Man Kang coughed and the big guy looked towards him.
The old man said slowly: "As soon as the border troops take action, the cattle and sheep will be frightened and run away, and we won't be able to catch many.
It’s best to do it at night, when the cattle and sheep are in the pen.”
Yan Yu nodded first, then shook his head, and said: "We have nothing to say about this. It must be Mr. Xue Qi who makes the decision. I will send a message to my father and let him talk to Mr. Xue Qi and see what they decide in the end.
"Also, we must be on the road in advance. We will go back to discuss it tonight and tell me our names tomorrow morning."
Before the group dispersed, Yan Yu gathered the boy scouts again and told them that children would not be included in this operation.
The children were so angry that their faces turned red and they were filled with indignation.
"Why don't you let us go? Xiaoer, isn't it what you said? Although we are young, we are better than the adults. Can the adults do our training? And in archery, many of them are not as good as them.
we."
"I know all this." Yan Yu tried his best to reassure everyone: "But this is the season now. When the weather gets warmer, I will definitely take you there if I have the opportunity."
The boy from the Cui family seemed to be muttering in a low voice: "You can go, little two, why can't we? You are still the one..."
Wang Dalong was quick and happened to be right next to him, so he quickly blocked his mouth.
Yan Yu's eyes narrowed.
This is a clear challenge to her authority!
What the Cui boy wants to say is, you are still a girl, you can go, why can't we?
Haha, he is probably thinking that the boy is in better health than the girl and is less likely to get sick.
It's freezing cold and everyone is treated equally.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a boy or a girl, if you should get frostbite, you will get frostbite.
They didn't have her to rely on.
"Why can I go? Don't you know?" Her eyes scanned the faces of each child.
Her expression was very serious, her face was tight, and she looked so powerful that people ignored her age.
"If any of you is stronger than me, you can go!" She pointed at the two swaying grass and declared very domineeringly.
