Chapter 7 The shop is gone?!
Chen Jinyue's face turned pale as he quietly disappeared into the dimly lit path.
Her whole body was still shaking until she ran out of the community.
All the houses in the family were auctioned off.
She had just rented this place and only her two elders had ever visited.
Thinking of the violent faces of those people just now, a chill ran down my body, so they sent the antiques to the company in a ostentatious manner today, not just to show it to the workers.
Or is it for a loan shark?
good!
That’s great!
The Chen family is really cruel from the beginning, so don't blame her for being ruthless!
Chen Jinyue booked a hotel, took a shower and tossed and turned but couldn't sleep, so he went straight to the factory to figure out how to deliver the goods tomorrow.
…
This way, the military camp.
The soldiers were so excited that they forgot that they had looked down on this useless prince from the capital. They kept pestering him to ask about the situation in the store.
Then they learned that the owner was a beautiful woman and her shop was as warm as spring.
In addition to her shop, she also has a workshop where she can make many cotton-padded jackets...
"What kind of place is that where the gods live?"
"God, please open your eyes! God will not destroy our Xiao family army!"
Some people lamented, while others were realistic, "Can we still go shopping tomorrow?"
Jiang Qi'an nodded, "Okay."
Another soldier burst into tears of joy. "So as long as we pay, we can be saved? We don't have to wait here to die?!"
"Your Highness! I'm willing to give you all my money. Please help us buy more tomorrow!"
"Your Highness, I would like to, too! Please buy some more!"
General Xiao saw that Jiang Qi'an was holding back and stopped them from asking any more questions. "Chengfeng, tell them to intensify training and increase nighttime guard duty over the next few days. We will purchase supplies as soon as possible!"
Cheng Feng was excited, "Yes!"
He will notify everyone now that no one can sleep from today on!
After these few days, they will have warm clothes!
No one wants to die on the eve of dawn...
Seeing that everyone had left and no one was curious about how the supplies would be distributed today, Jiang Qian'an was puzzled.
Before he could ask, he saw General Xiao kneeling on one knee, "Your Highness! On behalf of the people and soldiers at the border, I thank you for saving my life!"
Xiao Chengyu was reluctant at first, but he still knelt down silently to pay his respects.
"Generals, please stand up!"
Jiang Qi'an helped the father and son up and said, "I have also ordered a batch of ready-made clothes from the store owner. If nothing goes wrong, there should be 140,000 pieces."
As soon as the old general stood up, he was met with this bombshell and was almost overwhelmed by happiness.
"How many?!"
Xiao Chengyu's voice was distorted with shock.
Jiang Qi'an whispered, "One hundred and four hundred thousand, but the store is weird, I can't guarantee it until I get the item."
He didn't dare promise the soldiers that they could definitely buy it.
It’s like the supplies outside the city that have been delayed again and again, and now we don’t know whether they can be delivered.
He didn't want to give everyone hope and then disappointment.
The border is already riddled with holes and cannot withstand any further blow.
"Your Highness is truly thoughtful!" General Xiao calmed down. "You should get some rest first. I'll need you to handle the shipment tomorrow! Chengyu, bring a team and deliver half of today's supplies to the south of the city!"
"yes!"
"etc!"
Jiang Qi'an was incredulous. "General Xiao wants to distribute these supplies to the people first?"
General Xiao sensed Jiang Qian'an's disapproval and hurriedly explained, "There are still many orphaned elderly children in the south of the city. They are already weak and need this batch of supplies even more..."
The military camp is full of young and strong guys who can fight again.
Moreover, most of them are the families of soldiers in the army. Only by taking good care of them can the soldiers feel more at ease.
As for the remaining half, except for one portion given to Jiang Qian'an, the rest was given to the wounded and military doctors in the barracks.
After hearing this assignment, Jiang Qian'an didn't say anything for a long time.
He seemed to understand why the Xiao family army still had a high reputation despite being defeated at the border.
However, "You are the last line of defense at the border, and you should always put the soldiers first. Moreover, you are the commander-in-chief, and the battlefield is where you should be concerned."
He reminded in a low voice, his voice quite meaningful.
Now the people only know about the Xiao family army, not the imperial court. My father has already started to kill...
Xiao Chengyu complained, "The nobles are indulging in pleasure, the border guards are suffering and facing heavy taxes, and we don't consider it and let the people eat two-legged sheep?"
"Shut up!"
General Xiao rebuked him in a deep voice, then said, "Thank you for your advice, Your Highness. I now know what to do."
It was not until Jiang Qian'an joined the team distributing supplies that he understood what General Xiao said.
He said he knew what to do, which was to lead the team to distribute supplies.
Seeing smiles bloom on the numb faces of the people, and hope burning in their lifeless eyes, and listening to them constantly expressing their gratitude for the emperor's grace, I felt uncomfortable.
Is the emperor’s grace so great?
He knew very well that Xiao Chengyu's accusation was true.
After delivering to the last household, he walked out and asked Xiao Chengyu, "What did you mean by eating two-legged sheep?"
Xiao Chengyu looked at him for a while, "Want to know? Follow me."
The terrain north of the city is lower and warmer, and most of the surviving people are here.
As soon as I reached the intersection, I saw a skinny man wrapped tightly in clothes, struggling to drag a corpse out...
"Stop! What are you doing?"
The deputy general next to him shouted harshly.
The man wanted to run away, but the deputy general stepped forward and subdued him.
The skinny man lay prone in the snow, begging for mercy repeatedly, "General, please spare me! General, please spare me! We don't want to eat two-legged sheep anymore, but the crops have all frozen to death. We have no harvest this year, and the little food we have stored at home is all gone..."
The border is poor, and this kind of thing is not the first time. Xiao Chengyu and his team can only stop it every time they see it.
Then he distributed some of the meager supplies in the military camp to the people.
But this only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.
The court's taxes were getting heavier and heavier, and coupled with the heavy snow, the ugliest side of the lower class people was revealed.
Just as Xiao Chengyu was about to say something, he saw Jiang Qian'an's face turn pale and he quickly turned and walked away.
He looked at his back with a sarcastic look in his eyes.
A little prince who is ignorant of the sufferings of the world.
Jiang Qi'an always thought that the lack of respect he received in the palace was bad enough.
However, up to this point, the lower limit has been refreshed again and again.
Eat two-legged sheep...
His face turned pale, his stomach churned, and he suddenly started to dry heave while holding onto the wall.
The emperor's brothers were extravagant and licentious, and his father was addicted to the Five-Stone Powder, but he was unaware that the border was in chaos and people were eating each other.
…
It was just dawn.
The air was thick with a damp, cold mist.
The sound of armor rubbing against each other echoed throughout the entire street in the east of the city.
Jiang Qian'an walked in front, and Xiao Chengyu lagged behind him half a step. From time to time, he looked at the big box carried by the soldiers behind him, his face full of worry.
Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, does that girl really only want these worthless things?"
Jiang Qi'an nodded, "She asked for it herself."
Xiao Chengyu's face was full of confusion, but he still tried hard to convince himself.
That shop is weird to begin with, and she must have her reasons for making such a request.
"Your Highness, my father ordered me to tell Your Highness to ask the girl if there is any food in her shop and whether we can purchase some." The heavy snow kept coming, and the batch of supplies from outside the city was already more than a month late, and now it couldn't come in because of the heavy snow.
The people they stopped from eating two-legged sheep last night were just the tip of the iceberg of the cruel reality.
In order to appease the people and protect the fragile morality and humanity, he returned to the military camp and transferred some more food to the north of the city.
We can't hold out in the barracks for a few more days now...
Jiang Qi'an knew what General Xiao was talking about, "I will."
However, when he walked through the door again, he felt dizzy and his vision went dark. Where was the shop?!
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