"You're too modest, Commandant. We were able to burn the Western Rong traitors' supplies thanks to your brilliant and courageous leadership. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to burn their supplies last night..."
Yang Jingzhong spoke with admiration about the attack on the Western Rong camp the previous night.
The Western Rong army guarded the granary very strictly. Given their skills and small numbers, they couldn't even get close, let alone burn the granary.
They were just causing trouble to attract the attention of the Western Rong army; the burning of the granary was entirely done by Lu Shiyan and Jiang Tangtang.
In addition, there was the route to the Western Rong camp, and the route they later took to retreat. The route Lu Shiyan led them on was much shorter than they knew, which bought them more time to complete their mission.
Yang Jingzhong now admires Lu Shiyan to the point of complete awe, and speaks of him with nothing but respect.
Besides Yang Jingzhong, Xu Kun and others who had previously doubted Lu Shiyan also greatly admired him.
Zhang Kui was also filled with excitement. He was not a very capable person, and after being appointed as the prefect of Puzhou, a poor place, he had not moved for many years, and the area under his jurisdiction was not considered wealthy.
Although he wasn't very capable, he had the advantage of self-awareness.
Seeing everyone's trust in Lu Shiyan, she did not become jealous or make foolish moves. Instead, she respected Lu Shiyan even more, consulted with him on everything, and made sure that everyone under her listened to him.
After settling the wounded, Lu Shiyan said to Zhang Kui, "Although we burned the Western Rong's grain supplies, given their ambition, this alone is not enough to make them retreat."
Zhang Kui immediately became anxious, "What should we do?"
Lu Shiyan said, "Recruit soldiers to expand our forces first, then strengthen our defenses so that the Western Rong cannot invade. There are refugees everywhere now, so recruiting soldiers should not be difficult. As for defenses, I have a few easy ways to reinforce the city walls and enhance our defenses."
Zhang Kui's eyes lit up immediately, indicating that he would listen to Lu Shiyan.
Lu Shiyan explained the conscription and other matters in detail.
Jiang Tangtang was in her room, excitedly looking at her haul from last night.
Ordinary soldiers in the army eat coarse grains, so the space is mostly filled with coarse grains. But in addition to the coarse grains eaten by ordinary soldiers, the military rations also include refined grains for senior officers.
In particular, the commander this time was the second prince of the Western Rong. In addition to fine grains, there were also fine foods such as cured meat and wine, as well as many medicinal herbs such as wound medicine.
Jiang Tangtang planned to keep the food, but the medicine was of little use to her, so she decided to give it to Lu Shiyan and let him make arrangements.
She waited in the room for quite a while, but Lu Shiyan didn't come over. After learning that Lu Shiyan was talking to Zhang Kui and wouldn't be free for a while, she decided to go outside for a walk first.
Liu Chengfeng knew her true identity, so how could he dare let her go out alone!
He immediately called Erzhu and followed Jiang Tangtang out the door.
This was Jiang Tangtang's first time visiting an ancient city since she traveled through time. Unlike modern man-made ancient towns, this was a genuine ancient town.
In the past, when she traveled, she felt that visiting too many artificial ancient towns was not very interesting.
They're all pretty much the same houses, with similar layouts, then decorated with all sorts of trinkets and various kinds of food. People take photos, then spend several times the price to buy wholesale goods from Yiwu at major tourist attractions.
But now that she's actually in the ancient town, she realizes that she was a bit unaware of how lucky she was before.
This truly ancient city looks utterly desolate.
Not only were there few people on the streets, but many of the houses were also dilapidated.
She was a little disheartened.
Do you know where the blacksmith's shop is?
Liu Chengfeng asked, "Does Madam wish to see the ironware that the master forged for you?"
Jiang Tangtang turned to look at him and asked, "You know?"
Liu Chengfeng bowed slightly and said, "Since you have many things to do, sir, you have entrusted the blacksmithing to me."
I found the old blacksmith in the west of the city. I heard he was very skilled, and people in the countryside used to like to have him repair their farm tools.
However, things are very chaotic outside right now, so he doesn't have much business. I told him to hurry up.
"I imagine the ironware that Madam requested should be finished soon. Would Madam like to go and take a look?"
Jiang Tangtang nodded, "Take me there to take a look!"
The blacksmith shop in the west of the city wasn't too far away, so the group didn't go back to arrange a carriage. They just strolled around and walked towards the blacksmith shop.
Seeing a grain shop on the way, Jiang Tangtang went in for a look.
Liu Chengfeng followed behind, casually inquiring about the price of grain. Upon hearing the shopkeeper's reply, he nearly bit his tongue. "In just a few days, the price of grain has tripled?"
The shopkeeper sighed, "There's really no other way! The past two years have been bad, and the harvests in various places have been poor, so grain prices are already high. Now that there's war, the price of grain will be even higher. Right now, even if the price is high, we can still buy grain. But if this continues, we won't be able to buy grain even if we carry silver."
Liu Chengfeng sighed deeply. He secretly rejoiced that he was smart enough to follow Lu Shiyan; otherwise, he didn't know what would have happened to him now!
Jiang Tangtang felt a sense of peace thinking about the food in her space. At the same time, a burning fighting spirit rekindled within her. She was determined to work hard, earn lots of career points, expand and upgrade her space, and store even more things.
“Let’s go, let’s go to the blacksmith’s shop.” She turned around abruptly and headed west of the city with high spirits.
Looking at Jiang Tangtang's straight back, Liu Chengfeng felt that this delicate lady seemed to have changed.
Not only Liu Chengfeng felt it, but Lin Erzhu also sensed it, whispering, "Brother, Madam seems to have changed."
Liu Chengfeng gave him a warning look, signaling him not to talk nonsense behind his back.
They had all witnessed Lu Shiyan's abilities. Yet, during that dangerous moment yesterday, Lu Shiyan had deliberately brought Jiang Tangtang with him.
Although he didn't understand the reason, he felt that while Lu Shiyan doted on Jiang Tangtang, he wasn't the kind of person who couldn't distinguish right from wrong. There must be a reason why he let Jiang Tangtang come along.
Jiang Tangtang must also have extraordinary abilities, they just don't know it.
Receiving a warning look, Lin Erzhu quickly shut his mouth and obediently protected Jiang Tangtang's safety.
Soon, the group arrived at the blacksmith's shop.
When the blacksmith's eldest son saw Liu Chengfeng, he hurriedly said, "Young man, are you here to look at the ironware? This was made by my father last night. Please take a look and see if it's up to standard."
He walked with a limp, but he had great strength; he easily lifted a modified iron plow with one hand.
Jiang Tangtang looked at the strength in his hands and thought of his feet, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
"This is Li Jun." Seeing Jiang Tangtang's expression, Liu Chengfeng added, "Li Zhuangshi used to be a soldier. Later, he was injured on the battlefield and could no longer go to the battlefield, so he came back to help his father forge iron and run a blacksmith shop."
Many families fled this time, but the Li family did not move. Li Zhuangshi said that if the Western Rong attacked the city, he would also go to the city gate to do his part.
Liu Chengfeng had genuine respect and admiration for Li Jun, a man of spirit and courage.
In this chaotic world, many people just want to survive. It's rare to see someone like him, who, despite having injured his leg, is still willing to risk his life to do his part.
As for himself, he followed Lu Shiyan mostly out of self-interest, and he probably could never do what Li Jun did in his lifetime.
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