The news of the burning granary in the western suburbs camp soon spread back to the city.
The generals and officials stationed in the Northern Army and Beiguan City were either on the front lines or in the City Affairs Office and other places, urgently dealing with a series of incidents caused by the war.
The women who had just returned home safely started moving around again.
Gao counted out the food in the house, enough for everyone to eat for half a month, gathered the rest, and ordered Dong Da and Liu Quan to deliver it directly to the carriage.
Wei Yunlan also got on the car. Just as they reached the street connecting the north and south of the city, they met Qiu Yuehua who was coming from the opposite direction.
Behind Qiu Yuehua's carriage, there were two carts following.
The wooden board pulled by the horse was piled full. Although it was covered with oilcloth, one could guess from the outline that it was filled with bags of grain.
"Is that Miss Wei in the carriage? Are you going to the City Affairs Office as well?" Qiu Yuehua took the initiative to stop the Wei family's carriage.
The two carriages stopped next to each other.
Wei Yunlan stuck her head out and saw Qiu Yuehua who had also lifted the side curtain beside her.
"Miss Qiu, have you also heard about the incident at the Western Suburbs Camp?" Wei Yunlan glanced at the two carts behind and asked, "Miss Qiu, are you going to the City Affairs Office to donate grain?"
I don't know whether it was the Tianshu Pavilion that found a way to pass this suggestion up, or whether the Northern Army and the City Affairs Office were flexible and knew not to put all their eggs in one basket and just wait for the court to send food.
Just when Gao had finished counting the remaining grain at home, news arrived from the City Affairs Office, calling on families in the city who had abundant grain stores to donate some food to help the army stationed in the north overcome the difficulties.
The fighting outside the city continued.
Although the Northern Barbarian Cavalry is ferocious, the soldiers under General Shi are no pushovers either.
With the protection of the city walls and the fact that the number of troops stationed in the north far exceeds the 30,000 cavalry sent by the northern barbarians, the border city walls are currently well defended and there is no sign of defeat.
This undoubtedly gave confidence to the people in the city.
In addition to the wealthy families, many ordinary people also voluntarily took out part of their stored grain.
The clerks in charge of registering documents in the City Affairs Office were writing so hard that sparks were almost coming out of their pens.
Leaving aside the grain from the wealthy families, those taken from the common people must be returned to the people according to the registered quantity, according to the rules just agreed upon by the City Affairs Office, once the imperial court sends grain support and the army stationed in the north has no shortage of food.
Wei Yunlan was the only one sitting in the carriage.
There were grain bags piled around and under his feet. More than twenty stones of grain were delivered in this trip alone.
As for Qiu Yuehua, whom he met halfway, the weight on the cart behind him was much larger than this one, probably nearly one hundred stones.
Didn’t you see how hard those horses pulling the carts were struggling?
"We are going to the City Affairs Office." Qiu Yuehua nodded in affirmation, not bothering to explain further, "I'm in a hurry, so I'll go first. After I donate the food, we'll talk at the entrance of the City Affairs Office later!"
After saying that, he asked the servant driving the carriage to pass Wei Yunlan's carriage and rush towards the City Affairs Office first.
If it happened at any other time, such behavior would be somewhat like snatching the road.
Nowadays, no one cares about these etiquettes, not to mention that they have known each other for nearly a year. Wei Yunlan already knows what kind of person Qiu Yuehua is. She is a straightforward, cheerful and casual girl.
There must be a reason why he rushed to the City Affairs Office in such a hurry!
Sure enough, when the Wei family's carriage stopped in front of the City Affairs Office, they saw that the grain on Qiu Yuehua's two carts had been unloaded, and Qiu Yuehua had just put his fingerprints on the clerk who was registering the amount of donated grain.
Upon hearing the news, Lord Qiu hurried out of the City Affairs Office.
But it was too late, the red handprint had already been pressed.
The Qiu family’s one hundred stone of grain has been donated!
Seeing Lord Qiu's face flushed, his brows frowned, and he turned around and walked back, Wei Yunlan suddenly realized.
"So you donated the grain without the knowledge of Lord Qiu?"
"How can you say he did it behind his back?" Qiu Yuehua shrugged nonchalantly. "I donated it right in front of him. At best, it was just a case of acting first and asking for permission later!"
"My father is a person who only takes in but never gives out. He must be heartbroken to take out so much food. As his daughter, I have no choice but to be understanding and share his worries."
It turns out that being considerate can be used in this way.
Wei Yunlan was amazed.
But if you think about it, you can guess a little bit. As a military supervisor, Lord Qiu was personally appointed by the emperor to be sent to Beiguan, which is equivalent to an imperial envoy. It is said that before the Liang family came, the Qiu family was the most ostentatious family in Beiguan City, and no one dared to offend. Wei Yunlan also experienced this when he first met Qiu Yuehua...
I won't comment on what kind of person Lord Qiu is, but he has accumulated a lot of wealth in private during his years as an official in Beiguan. Wei Yunlan heard some of it from Wei Maolin. It is said that even Lord Gong of the City Affairs Office has given gifts to Lord Qiu in private.
It's not that Lord Gong has ever done anything to abuse his power for personal gain or to violate the law, but since everyone else is sending gifts, then naturally he has to send them as well. Otherwise, if Lord Gong says a few words that are unfavorable to him in the secret memorials he submits to the capital every ten days, it would be very bad.
As the saying goes, it is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain. This is exactly the truth.
However, bad bamboo can also produce good bamboo shoots.
Wei Yunlan recalled the news about the Beiguan Women’s Army in his previous life.
The right-hand man of the female "general" Huang Yuling, one of whom was from the Military Supervisor's Mansion. At the critical moment, he did not flee with his family, but stole the Military Supervisor's Order from his family, assisted Huang Yuling in mobilizing food, grass, and horses, and defended the North Gate!
This is exactly what Qiu Yuehua is talking about.
In the previous life, Dayong was defeated in the border war. When the North Gate was lost, the military supervisor Qiu fled early, but Qiu Yuehua chose to stay and led the remaining soldiers stationed in the north together with Huang Yuling, Tu You and others to defend the North Gate City.
In the end, the Northern Barbarians’ cavalry rode over their corpses...
"Miss Wei, it's your turn."
Qiu Yuehua had just finished dealing with the steward around her father when she turned around and saw Wei Yunlan looking at her with dazed eyes.
"Miss Wei, is there something on my face?" Qiu Yuehua pointed at her face and asked in confusion.
Wei Yunlan shook her head, suppressed all the thoughts in her mind, and said with admiration: "No, I just admire Miss Qiu for taking the initiative to donate grain."
"That's nothing. Didn't you all donate food?" Qiu Yuehua waved her hand indifferently.
Wei Yunlan said nothing more. She admired more than just the donation of grain.
He took a few steps forward and registered his donated food.
Watching the servants from the City Affairs Office unloading the grain from the carriage, a line had already formed on the street outside the City Affairs Office, and many familiar figures appeared in the line.
Huang Yuling, Tu You and others were also among them.
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