Chapter 523 People's Worry-free Life
After the tiger talisman was lost, the Nanxia military camp suddenly became quiet.
Yu Guangping concealed the matter, but secretly sent his own people to intensify the search efforts.
Although the lieutenant generals in the army did not know what he was looking for, they knew in their hearts that he must have lost something important, otherwise it would not be so unusual.
They wanted to take action against the Luo family, but General Yu disagreed no matter what, so they had no choice but to give up.
Now, they can only wait for Jizhou and Youzhou to become completely chaotic so that they can reap the benefits.
The weather soon entered late autumn.
"How is it? Jizhou suffered from drought before, and now there is no food supply. It must be in chaos, right?" Yu Guangping looked at his returning subordinates with an earnest expression, hoping to hear the answer in his heart.
The subordinate hesitated and said carefully: "General, there is no unrest in Jizhou now!"
"How is that possible?!"
Yu Guangping didn't believe it, so he armed himself and entered Jizhou city that afternoon.
The streets were bustling with people, the cries of vendors were heard everywhere, and even the fields that were thought to be unproductive were now laden with fruit.
Yu Guangping and his group entered a restaurant.
"Waiter, let me get some information from you!" Lieutenant General Chen stopped the waiter who was serving tea and asked why there was no trouble here.
The waiter smiled and said, "You guests are from other places, right? Those who can enter Jizhou now are not ordinary people. Although we have cut off contact with the outside world, Jizhou is vast and rich in resources. We have everything we need and can still be self-sufficient. Especially the newly rich Ming family, they have generously provided high-yield grains. Now, we don't have to worry about starving to death!"
"Wait..." Deputy General Chen was surprised, "What high-yield grain?"
The waiter proudly said, "This is issued by the government. Only those with household registration in Jizhou and Youzhou can receive it. It's normal that you don't know about it. If you go to the government now, you may even see the grain seeds being distributed."
When they heard about grain seeds, they could no longer sit still. They paid for their tea and walked towards the county government office.
A quarter of an hour later, Lieutenant General Chen spent a lot of money to buy a red lump of earth.
"General, this seems to be called sweet potato. I heard it can yield a thousand kilograms per mu!" Deputy General Chen looked incredulous. "You're not kidding, are you?"
Yu Guangping didn't want to stay here either. If there really was a magical object that could produce a thousand kilograms per mu, then no matter how they blocked the supplies, it would be in vain.
"go back!"
Winter arrived in November, and life in the Nanxia military camp was not easy.
Emperor Kaiyuan did not distribute food and fodder, and the merchants coming and going also knew about the court's blockade of Jizhou and Youzhou, so they began to look for small roads to avoid those routes.
As a result, the military camp’s income has dropped sharply recently, and they can hardly get enough food every day.
Yu Guangping had sent letters to the court one after another, but there was no response.
"General, let's make sure everyone has a good meal tonight!"
Lieutenant General Chen lifted the door curtain, rubbed his hungry stomach, and looked pale.
Yu Guangping frowned, puzzled. "We only have half a month's worth of food and fodder left. If we lose all our income, have you ever thought about what to do?"
Lieutenant General Chen said with a bitter face, "But now we only have one meal of porridge a day. The soldiers have to train and go out on patrol. They can't bear it at all. Over a hundred of them have fallen ill. I am really afraid that if this continues, they will starve to death instead of dying on the battlefield!"
That's frustrating.
Yu Guangping's stomach also growled.
The atmosphere in the silent room gradually became stagnant.
"General, is there still no news from His Majesty?" Lieutenant General Chen couldn't help but ask again.
Yu Guangping also looked dejected. He was also worried that His Majesty would not give up.
Of course not, they have an army of 100,000 here.
Unless Your Majesty is really crazy!
"Maintain the status quo. I will send people back to Beijing to urge them!"
Otherwise, he was afraid that civil unrest would break out before he could pacify the enemy!
The Luo family knew everything about the Nanxia military camp.
Luo Tingshan felt sorry for those ordinary soldiers, so he sent his own people to shake the morale of the Nanxia army.
As long as you surrender to the Luo family, not only will you be fed and summoned, but you can also bring your family to live in Jizhou and Youzhou, and provide them with free arable land and high-yield grain seeds, so you will never go hungry.
Moreover, as long as they surrendered, they could receive a monthly military pay of two taels of silver.
The news spread like wildfire.
Yu Guangping was furious and warned everyone at the training meeting the next day that traitors would not have a good end.
"As long as everyone is loyal to Nanxia, His Majesty will certainly recognize your hard work. But if anyone is disrespectful, don't blame me for being rude!"
While warning the soldiers in the army, Yu Guangping secretly began to contact the Luo family.
When Luo Tingshan received Yu Guangping's letter, he felt surprised but also felt a sense of irony.
Zhu Mingqing: "I really want to know Emperor Kaiyuan's reaction when he sees this letter."
Luo Tingshan: "Then just give it to him directly."
"Huh?" Zhu Mingqing raised an eyebrow in surprise, then shook his head and laughed after realizing what was happening: "You, you, it's this!"
She gave a thumbs up.
So, when Yu Guangping was still expecting the Luo family to feel his sincerity, the letter had already been secretly sent to the capital by the Luo family.
At this time, it was only three days away from the Chinese New Year.
Worried about any further movement from Nanxia, the Luo family moved to Jizhou to celebrate the New Year.
The days of preparing New Year's goods were warm and happy. On New Year's Day, Zhu Mingqing had just gotten up when Luo Tingshan stuffed a red envelope into his hand.
"For me?" She raised a smile and opened the red envelope in front of him. When she saw the amount of silver bills inside, her smile became even bigger.
"Thank you, Lao Luo!"
Seeing her happy, Luo Tingshan took the opportunity to ask, "What about you? Have you prepared a New Year's gift for me?"
Zhu Mingqing's smile froze, and he immediately said, "Of course."
After quickly searching the Immortal Palace, he finally found a suitable jade hairpin. Looking at the hair accessories on the other person's head, he realized that it could be used perfectly.
"Here, this is a New Year's gift." She handed over the jade hairpin.
Seeing that the other party was reluctant to take the gift, he raised his hand in front of the other party, indicating that he should take it and not be embarrassed.
Luo Tingshan looked over with a silent expression: "You said, did you buy this?"
Zhu Mingqing hesitated. In fact, she didn't know where the supplies came from. There were simply too many of them collected from various places.
"Could it be that you know him?" she asked tentatively.
Luo Tingshan slowly picked up the jade hairpin. The head was engraved with lotus patterns, and the middle was hollowed out and inlaid with gold threads.
"Forget it." He took the jade hairpin, looked up and smiled, "Thank you for your New Year's gift, I like it very much."
"Wait!" Zhu Mingqing was very annoyed to be in the middle of a sentence. "Is this jade hairpin something you used to have?"
Luo Tingshan smiled faintly and nodded, admitting directly: "The items in the room of Prince Luo's mansion."
Zhu Mingqing felt that he was careless!
"Well..." She wanted to explain, but didn't know where to start.
"It's okay!" Luo Tingshan replied with a smile, "I'm very happy that you remembered to prepare a gift for me."
After hearing this, Zhu Mingqing felt even more guilty.
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