One morning, the prince got the news and hurried out of the East Palace. The young man waiting outside smiled happily and his eyes were bright when he saw him. He was full of intimacy.
Such a lively look made Chu Feng's Adam's apple move slightly, and it seemed that a small claw was gently rubbing his back.
He walked in front of Si Qi and cleared his throat: "Why is it so mysterious? I must take a look in person."
Si Qi usually had a cold face and was busy doing things outside. Outsiders generally did not dare to disturb him casually, which made Si Qi's image in the eyes of others even more aloof.
Even Chu Feng rarely saw Si Qi showing such a youthful and playful look. After confirming that Si Qi was in a good mood today, he couldn't help but feel happy.
Si Qi took his hand and led him outside, and couldn't wait to say: "I am so happy that I can't help but want to be the first to share the joy with Your Highness!"
The Crown Prince was led by the soft and boneless hand, and his steps seemed to be light as if he was walking on the clouds. He looked at the back of the boy and the small part of his white neck exposed under his clothes. The snow-white skin made his vision blurry, and his thoughts were scattered and trance, as if he was in a dream.
He came all the way to the blacksmith's workshop and saw a very strange iron block placed in the large open space. It was as big as a bronze tripod, but not as beautiful as a tripod. It was sealed like a big barrel, and there were a few strange bulges.
Did the boy want to take him to see this thing?
Although he thought this artwork was a bit... not very pretty, it was rare for the boy to be so happy. When the boy asked him how he felt about it, he would definitely praise it and make the boy happy.
Si Qi admired the steam engine in front of him, which had smooth lines and was full of power and beauty. He personally picked up a bucket of water and poured it into the steam room, and asked his men to light the firewood.
The water quickly boiled and gurgled. There was a crackling sound in the cylinder, which was the sound of the cylinder expanding due to heat.
When the steam filled the cylinder, the piston began to push the connecting rod outward, and then the connecting rod pulled the valve, and the steam pushed the piston inward again, and this step was repeated continuously.
The two connecting rods rotated the wheels rapidly back and forth, and as the firepower increased, the speed became faster and faster. In the terrified eyes of many ancient people, the steel monster made a huge and piercing roar.
"Buzz--"
The exhaust port spit out white mist with a sound of kuk-kuk, and the hot air flow hit the face, accompanied by a strong and unstoppable huge impact! !
Many people were frightened by this sudden change and screamed, and some stumbled and fell to the ground, crawling back several steps in fear.
His Royal Highness thought something unexpected had happened, and hurriedly protected Si Qi, holding the boy in his arms, and using his body to block the sudden threat for the boy.
Si Qi didn't care about anything else. He grabbed the sleeve of His Royal Highness, raised his toes, and looked over Chu Feng's shoulders with a pair of bright eyes, watching the steam engine running smoothly without blinking.
Seeing the steam engine running faster and faster, Si Qi laughed happily, pushed away the extremely nervous Prince, and said to Chu Feng: "Your Highness! Look! This is the machine I have been making all this time! With it! Peace and prosperity are just around the corner! No matter what you want! I can give it to you! A new era has arrived!!"
The hum of the steam engine forced the boy to speak at the top of his voice. The prince had never seen the boy so excited. Listening to the boy's words of love, his heart surged, and he couldn't help but blurt out, I only want you! I only want you!
Unfortunately, after the young man finished speaking, he did not think of asking Chu Feng to answer. He ran to the steam engine, gave a shout of joy, turned around twice at the steel monster that was as powerful as a waterfall, and said excitedly: "With it, any human or animal power is no longer necessary! It does not need to rest, and will not get tired. From now on, it will be the never-ending heart of our Chu State!!"
Everyone looked at the young man's appearance, the roaring monster and the young man who tamed the monster. This scene was destined to be engraved in their hearts and would never be forgotten.
From this moment on, the young man officially began his legend.
"Your Highness, do you like this gift?" The vigorous young man turned around and looked at the prince with a shy smile.
The prince was stared at by those beautiful eyes, and his heart couldn't help beating fast.
In this world, there may never be another person who is as amazing and beautiful as the one in front of him, who made his heart beat fast.
He tried his best to restrain himself and said, "I like her."
I couldn't resist the love.
He knew that he was completely fallen, but he was happy with it, as if he was intoxicated.
--The
emergence of the steam engine made Si Qi's engineering work go from slow crawling to rapid running in an instant.
Many ministers heard that there were always beast-like roars of terrifying monsters in Si Qi's iron smelting workshop, which made the people around panic, and they wrote to His Majesty to investigate the matter.
The emperor summoned the prince, and no one knew what they discussed in the study. As a result, Si Qi's iron smelting workshop was moved from the capital to the suburbs, and the area was expanded by dozens of times. Moreover, the noise became louder than before, and the number of beasts increased from one to three, four, or even more!
The officials who did not know the reason were quite afraid of this. They always felt that the powerful Si was preparing some big move. It was obvious that he was busy and did not know what to do.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been fighting with the Fourth Prince recently, and it was the time when he needed him to shine the most. Why did the key Si Qi stay in the simple and crude iron smelting workshop all day and did not even go to the court? He must have some ulterior motives.
That day, Si Qi hurried to the East Palace and said to the prince, "Your Highness, I have to go to the coast."
The prince reached out and gently touched Si Qi's cheek. Si Qi looked back at him with a puzzled look. The prince took back his hand, spread his palm in front of Si Qi, and said, "Is this how you got here?"
There was a touch of coal black ash on his fingertips, which was just wiped off Si Qi's face.
Si Qi laughed embarrassedly, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said, "Excuse me... The factory on the coast has reached a critical stage, and I have to go over to take a look." The
prince was slightly silent after hearing this.
Since the monster called the steam engine appeared, the prince who witnessed the power of the steam engine with his own eyes finally had a concrete concept of Si Qi's ability.
He was not a person who could be tolerated in a mere court struggle. His strength has long surpassed the reach of human power. As long as Si Qi is given enough time, he can even assemble a steel torrent that can easily crush thousands of troops by himself. As long as he wants, he can do it.
In comparison, being the crown prince of a country is nothing.
How to keep this person, how to make him stay by his side forever, and whether he can make him belong to him completely by using tough means, the crown prince has been thinking about these things these days.
When he heard that Si Qi was leaving, the crown prince's first thought was not to stop him, but if he stopped him, would the boy listen to him, and could he stop the boy?
The prince was silent for a moment, then said to the young man, "Do you have to go?"
Si Qi nodded, "You must go, it's very important."
The prince: "Then...what if I say no?"
"…………" Si Qi frowned, looked at Chu Xun carefully, and asked concernedly, "What happened? Have you encountered any troubles that are difficult to solve?"
The prince shook his head slowly, "There are troubles, but they are not something I can't solve."
Si Qi was puzzled, "Then why..."
The prince lowered his eyes slightly and said bluntly, "I don't want you to leave here."
Si Qi was silent for a moment.
Don't want him to leave here? Why? Afraid that he would run away?
Yes, as a ruler, he probably wouldn't allow someone like him to leave his sight at will. It's just like the leaders of the modern world will never allow the only scientist in the world who has mastered the controlled nuclear fusion technology to run around at will, no matter what the reason is. That's too dangerous.
However, Chu Feng is not such a person. He will not restrict his freedom for his own selfish desires. He said this, probably for other reasons?
Si Qi thought about it, nodded and smiled: "In this case, then I won't leave."
The prince was stunned and looked up at Si Qi.
He originally just said this, no matter how Si Qi reacted, he would let Si Qi leave in the end.
But he never expected that Si Qi would compromise so easily.
The prince couldn't help but said: "Didn't you say you must go?"
Si Qi is not the kind of person who will change his decision just because of someone else's words. Chu Feng deeply understands this.
"Yes." Si Qi nodded briskly, "But no matter how important it is, it is not as important as your wish."
The prince's eyes widened slightly, as if he couldn't believe his ears.
Si Qi said seriously: "The world is so big, where can't you go? But there is only one of you named Chu Xun."
The prince stared at Si Qi, his lips trembling slightly, his fists clenched, as if he was trying his best to suppress the words that came out of his mouth.
Si Qi: "But in this case, I have to write a few letters and send someone to keep a close eye on it."
Otherwise, if something goes wrong, a chain explosion will occur, and not only will all the previous efforts be wasted, but many people will even die.
The prince said directly: "It's okay, just go."
"Hmm?" Si Qi asked doubtfully: "But..."
The prince: "Go, come back early, I'll wait for you here."
Si Qi laughed dumbly, this didn't sound like what His Royal Highness the Prince would say to a minister.
Nodding, Si Qi said: "I'll be back soon!" Xiu Xiu
asked him curiously: [Master, what is so important that you would rather put down the daughter of the world and go to see it in person]
Si Qi heard this after leaving the East Palace, and answered casually: [Marine chemical industry]
[Marine chemical industry? ]
[It is the foundation of modern industry] Si Qi explained concisely: [Do you know triacids and two bases? Nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate. Almost all chemical industries involve triacids and two bases. 】
The ignorant Xiu Xiu said honestly: [I really don’t know...are they powerful? ]
[Of course they are powerful. With nitric acid, food production will no longer be a problem. The □□ that killed the original owner can only be used to set off fireworks from now on.]
[With sulfuric acid, the clothing industry will no longer rely solely on crop planting. Artificial cotton can allow everyone to wear strong and warm clothes.]
[Food, daily chemicals, building materials, medicine, metallurgy, textiles, petroleum, national defense, there is no field that chemistry cannot change.]
Si Qi smiled slightly: [And what I am doing now is to change the world.]
[Master is so handsome~!!! 】Xiu Xiu was so excited that she looked at Si Qi with starry eyes, which were flying in her consciousness: [I can't wait to see this world become as prosperous as the last world!! ]
[Of course] Si Qi looked up at the vast blue sky in front of him, and a wanton smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: [I will make that day come. ]
...
After Si Qi left, the fight between the four princes and the crown prince in the court became more and more intense, causing constant unrest in the court and the people outside the palace.
Such an important matter naturally could not escape the eyes and ears of the enemy. When the first snowflakes fell into the capital, a letter from the border arrived at the palace at full speed.
The neighboring country has mobilized its entire nation to invade, and the war has reached a point where it can no
longer be delayed. In the original history and in the world line changed by the Daughter of the World, the battle for the throne has always been one side strong and the other weak, and there has never been a situation where both sides are evenly matched and fighting endlessly like now.
Perhaps it was because of the disputes caused by the fight for the throne that the enemy country sensed an opportunity. The war that was supposed to break out three months later broke out early this winter.
Si Qi was caught off guard and almost didn't get back in time. When he hurriedly arrived in the capital after settling the matters at hand, the prince had already asked the emperor for permission to go to the border to preside over the war.
Si Qi said in disbelief: "Why would you go there at such a critical moment?"
The prince said: "The fourth prince and the fourth princess do not care about the safety of the people in the border cities, and are determined to oppose me. If I don't care, the people in several cities will suffer!"
As the prince said, in the world line that Si Qi had never come to, the daughter of the world did kill the people of the three cities and hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield in order to deal with the prince, and let everyone be buried with the prince.
She knew that the prince valued the safety of the people of the world the most, and she forcibly suppressed the public opinion of the pro-war faction in the court, so that the soldiers could not go to the battlefield and the money and food could not be transported to the border, just to make the prince take the initiative to leave the capital and go to that dangerous place at this critical moment in the fight for the throne.
If the prince does not go, the Daughter of the World would rather be defeated in the war, or even have the people of several cities slaughtered by the enemy and blood flow like a river, than she will definitely delay the war with him to the end.
On the contrary, if the prince gave in and took the initiative to ask for permission, she would open the door wide and cooperate with the prince to the fullest, even hinting that she would help him defeat the enemy.
Si Qi looked at Chu Feng helplessly. He was not surprised that this seemingly cold-blooded prince was so kind. He did not say anything to dissuade him, saying, "I will go with you."
"No!" The prince denied without thinking, "Absolutely not! It's too dangerous, I can't protect you."
"I don't need your protection." Si Qi looked at him deeply, "Besides, it's precisely because of the danger that I want to go with you."
Hearing this, the prince looked at the young man in front of him with complicated emotions, whom he missed day and night during this period. After restraining himself for a long time, he finally held him gently in his arms: "Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life."
"Me too." Si Qi smiled faintly and patted Chu Xun on the back to comfort him. His words revealed strong confidence, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you win this war."
Although the battle was advanced by three months, many of Si Qi's plans were directly wasted. But even with the chips on hand, it was enough for Si Qi to do a lot of things.
Because when he learned the news and rushed over, he ordered his men to bring countless bottles and jars.
Many workers who were transporting goods did not understand what was in the boxes. When they were transporting goods, if their movements were a little rough or they made a little loud noise, they would be scolded by the people in the factory with pale faces and fierce looks as if they were ready to fight to the death.
Later, when the workers learned that the boxes were filled with the legendary colored glass, they immediately dared not treat the priceless treasure that was said to be easier to break than white paper. Their cautious appearance made the craftsmen in the factory breathe a sigh of relief.
In fact, what they cared about was not the glass that could be made of sand, but the unremarkable light-colored liquid in the glass bottle.
Recalling the power they witnessed during the test that day...
several people were frightened and secretly complained why they had to take on this unfortunate escort mission.
The prince spent several days in the capital to raise military supplies. During these days, Si Qi was not idle. He stayed in the steam plant with increasingly complete functions all day and night, and no one knew what he was doing.
A week later, the troops were ready to go. With the farewell of the emperor and many common people and ministers, His Royal Highness the Prince led the army to leave the capital and head to the border.
That day, there was heavy snow in the capital, and many people were worried about the war situation that could affect the national situation.
The emperor felt deeply guilty for not being able to let the prince stay.
If it weren't for his indulgence over the years, how could that ambitious couple have grown to where they are today.
More than half of the ministers in the court knew that after they surrendered to the Fourth Prince, there would be no turning back. If they didn't help the Fourth Prince ascend the throne, they would never be able to make a name for themselves in their lives! They could only go down this path until the end.
In the end, the struggle for imperial power turned into a battle of who was more ruthless, who was more willing to kill more people... Whenever the emperor thought about this, he would feel heartbroken and resentful why he didn't see through the nature of the Fourth Prince earlier.
Perhaps it was because the weather was getting colder and he caught a cold, or perhaps it was because the sorrow in his heart was dragging down his body, the emperor found that his energy was getting less and less during this period.
After finishing the nourishing ginseng soup in his hand, he did not notice the flashing eyes of the eunuch beside him when he took away the teacup. The emperor coughed a few times, revised the memorial at hand, and ordered the Ministry of Revenue to ensure the supply of food and supplies for the prince's army and not to neglect it.
Then he rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and always felt that the vision in front of his eyes was a little dark.
...
After leaving the capital, the prince called Si Qi and asked him to ride in a carriage with him, under the pretext of discussing the war situation.
Si Qi was happy not to have to ride a horse, so he sat in the carriage, took out a vest as thin as a cicada wing from his arms, and handed it to the prince.
"What is this?" The prince took it.
"Stab-proof vest." Si Qi said, "This item can prevent piercing by knives and guns, and is impervious to water and fire. It was just made this morning. Your Highness, please wear it close to your body no matter what."
The prince paused and looked at Si Qi, "Just made this morning?"
"Yes, if it weren't for the limited time, I would have wanted to make the sleeves as well. Unfortunately, the materials were not available in time." Si Qi said regretfully.
The prince put the vest back on the soft couch in front of Si Qi and said, "What about yours?"
Si Qi was surprised: "Me?"
The prince: "I don't need this kind of thing, you can take it back."
Si Qi frowned: "Your Highness!"
The prince: "If Chu loses me, you can still assist father or other princes. However, if Chu loses you, it will cause irreparable losses for thousands of years to come!"
Si Qi understood the reason why Chu Xun refused, and said with a smile: "It's because of this..."
The prince's attitude was firm, and Si Qi was speechless for a moment. Not knowing whether to be moved or helpless, he could only say: "I understand. I will protect myself from any harm." The
prince heard this, and the worry between his eyebrows eased a little. He asked: "How are you going to protect yourself?"
Si Qi thought for a while and said: "I can make a set of clothes that are stronger than armor."
The prince was puzzled: "Why didn't you do this at the beginning?"
Si Qi looked bitter: "The clothes are too ugly... Your Highness will know when he sees them."
Si Qi got out of the carriage and ran to the back of the carriage filled with experimental equipment. About two incense sticks later, he ran back, holding a thing that looked like a plastic mold in his hand.
The prince was stunned. This was very different from the clothes he had imagined: "What is this?"
Si Qi said: "Compound armor, a material commonly used in tanks and rockets."
Although it was an extremely simplified version.
Seeing that the prince was about to ask what a rocket was, Si Qi tapped the "plastic mold" in front of him with his fingers and interrupted him, saying: "Look, how can you wear this thing on your body?"
It was just like a low-cost cosplay of Iron Man.
The prince took the so-called "composite armor" and found it unexpectedly light. He asked in confusion, "Is it really as hard as you said?"
"Rather than being hard, it's better to say that it can withstand more impacts." Si Qi said, "You can imagine that a piece of iron can easily break or deform when it encounters a heavy blow, but if there is a layer of soft and elastic rubber between two pieces of iron, it will be difficult to penetrate it directly."
"Rubber?" The prince said, "Is it the stuff you applied on the wheels?"
Before setting off, Si Qi sent someone to modify the carriage of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Not only did they add a few shock-absorbing springs, but they also coated the wheels with a thick layer of black rubber.
As a result, the carriage that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was riding in was as easy and comfortable as walking on flat ground, without any of the vibrations that could shake the food out of people's stomachs in the past.
Maybe this is what Si Qi said... to resist the impact. The prince tried his best to understand every word Si Qi said, so that he could get closer to the spiritual world of the person in front of him, even if it was just a little bit.
"Yes." Si Qi nodded: "But my composite armor is not made of rubber that has been fixed, but plastic that has not yet solidified..."
That is, the well-known non-Newtonian fluid.
In the ancient world, using such things as armor was simply a foul. The effect it could cause on the battlefield was like a steam train suddenly running out of a group of carriages and rushing forward.
It was clearly bullying.
Si Qi held up the armor that was too ugly and he was too embarrassed to wear it, with a worried look on his face. The prince understood and said with a smile: "How about this..."
Si Qi listened and smiled suddenly, praising: "Your Highness is wise!"
So on the march, the soldiers found that there were a few ugly and not elegant and beautiful weird things outside the carriage of His Highness the Crown Prince.
These things surrounded the carriage, even the bottom of the carriage, but they floated lightly and did not hinder the carriage from moving forward.
Everyone just thought that it was another novel outfit of Lord Si, who was full of wild ideas, aesthetic but always subtle enough to sympathize with him. Inwardly, I sighed that His Highness was really tolerant of Lord Si, and was willing to let Lord Si decorate the carriage with such ugly things.
And His Royal Highness, who was praised for loving talents as his life, was able to let Si Qi stay in the extremely safe carriage all day long, and be with him day and night, inseparable.
The only embarrassing thing might be that the space inside the car was not too spacious, about the same size as the couch in the bedroom. When resting in the car at night, the boy's breathing that seemed to ring in his ears made His Royal Highness feel hot all over, unable to sleep all night, and in pain and happiness.
The troops rode at full speed to the border, which took them ten days. When the dozens of carts of supplies were used up, they arrived at the city of Yan not far from the border to receive the food and rations that had been delivered in advance.
However, when they got there, they heard bad news. There was not a single grain of food and rations left. The county magistrate had been strangled to death in his mansion for several days, and his body had begun to stink. The granaries in the entire city did not have any extra food reserves, as they had all been taken away in advance.
In the cold winter, there was no harvest in the fields. They could not take away the scarce life-saving food from the people as military rations.
But if there is no food support, how to feed so many people in the army?
Thinking of this, the generals who saw the corpse of the county commander and knew the power of the army all turned pale.
If they go back, the army may be able to endure hunger all the way back to the capital, but the battle will definitely fail. The soldiers on the battlefield will die because of lack of support, and the people in several border cities will face fierce enemy soldiers.
If they don't go back, at least they can still go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, protect the country behind them, and protect the State of Chu from foreign invasion.
But what about after going to the battlefield? What will they eat? How long can they hold on?
That is almost a road of no return.
The prince stood quietly in front of the corpse of the county magistrate. At this moment, he finally saw clearly what the Fourth Prince was planning and how crazy a person could be.
He sighed and murmured in a low voice: "Father..."
His father might not live long at this moment.
If the emperor was safe, he would definitely order the Fourth Prince to be abolished after learning the news, or even put him in prison for life. The
Fourth Prince had the courage to do such a thing, which showed that he didn't care about the punishment afterwards, because the emperor might have already died.
No wonder they would rather make so many compromises and concessions to send themselves here. When his father was around, those agreements were unequal treaties that greatly benefited the prince's side. Now that his father is gone... they are all illusions, dreams, and bubbles, and they are completely untenable.
They calculated that after they realized something was wrong, they would not leave the border and rush back to the palace to fight for the imperial power.
That's why they took this opportunity to force the palace to rebel. As long as they were not in the capital, they had the final say in everything.
The prince had never thought that the fourth prince would be so cruel, nor did he think that the meeting at the city gate that day would be his eternal farewell to his father. But even if he had thought of it, what could he do? Would they really let these people die as sacrifices in their fight for the throne? He would come after all.
After leaving the county government, the prince put aside the matter and said to Si Qi: "You should leave here."
Si Qi frowned and looked at him.
The prince: "The front... is hell. I can go there alone, you... must live well."
This is what he said again.
Si Qi grabbed the prince's hand that wanted to leave him: "Are you going to die?"
The prince shook his head: "I am not going to die, I am looking for a way out for the people behind me."
Si Qi: "I can go that way with you."
The prince shook his head again, expressing his refusal with a firm attitude. Call his subordinates and let him take Lord Si away, even if it means using tough means.
Si Qi was forcibly dragged by someone, and after shaking him off several times, he said angrily: "Chu Xun!"
Everyone around was shocked. Si Qi actually dared to call the prince by his name!
Si Qi frowned and said, "I've said before, where you are, I exist. If you are in danger, I will do my best to protect you! Don't preach to me, I won't listen. You are very important to me, I won't let you die! Absolutely not!"
The prince encountered bad news one after another, and his mind was unstable at the moment. Hearing this, his expression was complicated and his voice was hoarse, "Why are you so concerned about me, could it be that you also... Ha, how is it possible."
Si Qi frowned: "You ask me the reason? Of course it's because you saved me, because you are my most important friend!"
"Friends..."
The prince chewed on the word, feeling sad but also somewhat fortunate. He said, "Going to the government office to save you that day was the most correct decision I have ever made in my life."
It was not because he gained a loyal minister who was unparalleled in the world, but because he met the young man who made his heart beat.
Si Qi: "I saw you sent people to check the granary in the government office. Could it be that because the baggage in the city was taken away, the troops have no food?"
The prince smiled bitterly: "You can't hide anything."
Si Qi helplessly: "Just because of this?" "
…………" The prince and the generals around him were all stunned, and after a moment, a strong hope burst out in their hearts!
Yes! Who is this person in front of him? It is Si Qi who has created miracles again and again! He can make honey as tall as a mountain, turn insignificant sand into glass worth thousands of gold, and he even subdued the powerful steel beast to work for him, making all the impossible things possible!
It doesn't seem so far-fetched to create food that can feed more than 100,000 people for a long time out of thin air?
Si Qi waved to the crowd and came to a few carriages.
Are there only a few carriages?
The crowd, who had originally had strong expectations, became a little disappointed.
Si Qi asked someone to lift the waterproof cloth covering the boxes and move one of the boxes.
He took out a small block wrapped in oil paper from the box, revealing the light yellow "brick" inside.
Everyone came closer to look and asked, "Sir, what is this...?"
Si Qi broke off a small piece and asked someone nearby to taste it.
The man saw that it was something Si Qi had brought, and even though he felt that it looked like dirt, he ate it willingly.
The people around him showed sympathetic eyes at the same time, wondering how he could eat it. But when the man was eating, he suddenly said in surprise: "- Peanuts?"
How come this mud tastes like peanuts? And it tastes quite delicious!
Si Qi: "This is compressed military rations, a small piece the size of a palm, enough for you to eat for a whole day without feeling hungry."
Everyone looked at the tiny brick in Si Qi's hand in astonishment, unable to understand how this thing could be fed to a group of warriors who consumed a lot of physical energy for a day.
Someone else said with a sour nose: "Is this Guanyin soil? There has been a famine in recent years, and many people have relied on eating this to endure hunger."
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized it, and looked at Si Qi with helplessness.
It turned out that this was the solution that Lord Si thought of.
It seems that even the resourceful Lord Si can't make food out of thin air. They are forcing the Lord too much.
Si Qi laughed and cried: "What Guanyin soil? It's said that this is food."
His Royal Highness suddenly stretched out his hand and broke off a small piece of military rations. In the panic reaction of everyone, he put it into his mouth.
The soldiers on the side immediately had red eyes and choked up and said: "Your Highness..."
They actually let His Royal Highness do such a thing. It's really shameful to face the cultivation of the prince for so many years! !
Si Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are really enough..." Isn't it just letting Chu Feng eat some military rations? Is it necessary to be so sad?
Chu Feng lowered his eyes slightly and tasted it carefully. Soon after, a look of surprise and realization appeared on his face, and he exclaimed: "It is indeed the taste of peanuts."
"It is originally made of peanuts and other grains." Si Qi said helplessly: "I was afraid that you would get tired of it, so I specially made several different flavors. Peanuts, corn, sweet potatoes..."
In the end, everyone thought these things were dirt, which was really infuriating.
He pointed to different boxes on different carriages: "There are so many military rations, enough for so many of you to eat for a long time. When you reach the border and defeat the enemy, all the food in the enemy camp will be ours. I have already calculated it."
Since he followed Chu Feng out, of course he would calculate everything for Chu Feng in advance to keep him safe and not encounter any danger or difficulties.
Seeing that Si Qi described the ferocious enemy as a paper man that would run away at the wind, everyone did not alarm him by telling him how serious the matter was. After all, scholars were better at talking about military matters on paper, so they did not want to embarrass Lord Si.
One by one, people reached out their hands and took the military rations chews from Si Qi's hands to taste them. Soon, they showed surprise and said excitedly: "It's really peanuts!"
"It smells so good! I want to eat a few more bites!"
"Did it add the legendary MSG? Otherwise, how could it be so delicious!"
"MSG? Then I must eat more!"
"I feel like my stomach seems to be full after eating it... Is it an illusion?"
Si Qi heard this and reminded: "It's not an illusion, this thing is very easy to fill up, so don't eat too much just because it tastes good, it's easy to upset your stomach."
Everyone nodded quickly to show that they understood.
Then, one by one, they smiled as brightly as if flowers were blooming on their faces. That was the joy of jumping back to the world from the edge of death.
They had already decided to go to the battlefield with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on an empty stomach, fight bloody battles and defend the country. But when they turned around, the food problem was solved by Lord Si. Lord Si was indeed the lucky star sent by God to save His Royal Highness.
A group of people bowed to Si Qi with great gratitude, but Si Qi just waved his hands casually, not caring at all about how great a thing he had done.
Chu Xun looked at Si Qi with a smile in his eyes, and his once gloomy mood unknowingly cleared up.
Seeing that he was no longer serious, Si Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a light smile: "I have specially prepared many delicacies for Your Highness. Would Your Highness like to try them?"
"Delicious?" The prince asked curiously, "What delicacies are they?"
"Aren't those fresh vegetables that we brought out from the capital at the beginning almost finished?" Si Qi said, "It's not tasty to eat military rations all the time, so I wondered if you could enjoy the delicacies of the capital in the barracks."
Chu Xun felt warm in his heart when he heard this. He felt that just relying on Si Qi's words, he could eat white flour steamed buns with relish for days and nights, because his heart was sweet.
Si Qi took out a bowl-shaped wooden box from the carriage, with various words written on the box.
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