Chapter 254: Winning People's Hearts Without Using Guns and Swords
Xie Yanyan’s first reaction was whether he should put away the weapons and horses immediately?
Zhou Shaoyu had already seen her staring at the sound of horse hooves and said, "I think my people have arrived."
Sure enough, a moment later, a team of elite soldiers came to Zhou Shaoyu, and all of them dismounted and knelt on one knee.
"Meet the Master"
"Meet the Princess of Yongning"
It was none other than Zhou Shaoyu's three thousand Zhou family soldiers.
They only obeyed Zhou Shaoyu. When Zhou Xiaocheng crossed the river, they did not receive any orders from Zhou Shaoyu. They all hid in their original fiefdoms and continued to train hard every day, because Zhou Shaoyu told them: "Be on standby at any time and obey orders."
When they set out from Lingnan, Zhou Shaoyu already felt something was wrong. Since Zhou Xiaocheng was going to be the emperor, why didn't he send someone to pick them up?
He guessed that something was wrong at that time, so he asked Zhou Huo to notify the Zhou family army and wait a hundred miles away in the suburbs of Beijing.
A few days ago in Yichuan, Xie Yanyan and his friends stayed in the town, played in the snow and sold noodles. He and Zhou Huo sneaked into the capital, first killed Zhuge Dan's family, then sent a message to Zhou's army, and met up in Ruyang City and followed him back to Lingnan.
He has already planned to stay in Lingnan permanently. Xiecheng is about to open, and its level of development can be imagined with one's toes, so the plunderers will definitely go to Lingnan, and he wants to bring all the Zhou family troops to Lingnan.
He didn't want to rely on General Zhao to protect Xiecheng, and Tang Zhan's thousand men were not enough, so Zhou's army had to go to Lingnan with him.
But he didn't expect that he had already decided to go to Lingnan. If he didn't fight for the position of crown prince, there would be people who wanted to kill him.
"You are a step too late," Zhou Shaoyu said to Zhou's army, "From today on, anyone who harms our group will be killed without mercy."
No matter who it is!
"yes."
Xie Yanyan and Zhou Jiajun returned to the inn together. The innkeeper was terrified. Who was this person? He brought so many elite soldiers with him. Was he going to be doomed?
He knelt down and said, "Please don't kill me."
Xie Yanyan:
Zhou Shaoyu said: "I will go to the Ruyang Governor and arrange for them to live in the city garrison."
How can the inn accommodate three thousand people?
Zhou Shaoyu went to see the governor of Ruyang and was quickly arranged. The residence at the East Gate was the most empty, so Zhou's army was allowed to live in the East Gate garrison.
The three thousand Zhou family soldiers were very disciplined and were waiting outside the East Gate garrison.
The governor personally accompanied Zhou Shaoyu and brought several carts of rice and flour.
The captain of the city gate at the east gate saw the governor winking at him, and said awkwardly: "It is an honor for your Highness's people to live here, but there are not enough quilts. We don't have that many quilts."
Everything is difficult now, including the military camp. There is not enough food and clothing. It is freezing cold now, and the soldiers take turns sleeping in each bed, with several people sharing one quilt.
There are three thousand people at once, where do so many quilts come from?
Zhou Shaoyu said: "You don't need to provide quilts, you just need to provide rooms, stables, and kitchen stoves."
When the captain heard this, he asked, "You still want to eat?"
"There is a kitchen, but the food is everyone's daily rations, and it's not enough for everyone." He was in a dilemma. His superiors brought several carts of food, but it was not enough. They were short of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Zhou Shaoyu said: "Except for the equipment, we will not use the rest of your supplies."
"It's not that I'm afraid of using them, Your Highness, but I don't have enough soldiers, and I'm very poor."
The military governor smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, Your Highness."
Zhou Shaoyu said: "It's not your fault. Don't worry, we will bring our own supplies and cook a meal later. The soldiers stationed at the East Gate can eat together."
The governor wanted to entertain Zhou Shaoyu, but Zhou Shaoyu refused.
Xie Yanyan came along, and Zhou Shaoyu pointed at her and said to the military governor, "This is the Princess of Yongning County."
The commander clasped his fists and said, "Greetings, County Lord."
【Why is there still a woman following you】
Xie Yanyan nodded, and didn't say much to him. He only asked the captain of the East Gate: "Where are their dormitories?"
The lieutenant asked in surprise, "Does the county lady want to go and see it too?"
The county magistrate wants to go and see where the men in the military camp live?
"Take a look," Xie Yanyan said, "look at the bunks."
The captain went with his belt on.
There are no decent beds here, and the soldiers' bunks are just brick platforms made of blue bricks.
Because it was a temporary place for them to live, there was not even a mat on the brick platform in the room.
"Please wait for a moment, and the mats and quilts will be delivered," Xie Yanyan said, "My father has gone to take care of it."
Not long after, Zhou Huo came in to inform Zhou Yunhe, the leader of the Zhou Family Army: "General Xie has delivered the mats and quilts. Go and get them."
Zhou Yunhe arranged for each group to go to the door outside the residence to collect mats and quilts. The mats were rush mats, which were thick but extremely convenient to carry, while the quilts were rolled up, not big, and were covered in a bag.
Zhou Jiajun was still poking his head in, asking, "Where is the quilt?"
Xie Anfeng said: "Here are the quilts and mattresses, take them with you and I will teach you how to use them."
The mat is a straw mat that is 2 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. It is spread on a brick platform and is just the right size for one person to sleep on.
Xie Anfeng untied the cover of the "quilt roll", and the compressed quilt inside was released. He spread it on the mat and everyone saw that it was a "tube".
"You can just crawl in and sleep. It can be used as both a blanket and a cushion. Don't worry, you won't feel cold."
The material in this sleeping bag can withstand the cold of minus 50 degrees Celsius. It is cold in Ruyang now, but at most it is around minus 20 degrees Celsius. This sleeping bag can completely withstand it.
Don't be fooled by its thinness, it is much warmer than a quilt weighing more than ten pounds.
Soft, light, warm and easy to carry.
Xie Anfeng said to them, "When you leave, roll up your mats and bedding and take them with you. You don't have to worry about where you sleep in the future."
The three thousand Zhou family soldiers worshipped their future mistress wholeheartedly.
Of course, they would not eat the food of the soldiers guarding the East Gate. Whether it was the governor or the captain of the East Gate, they were all so poor that they had to eat dirt.
Xie Yanyan asked the 18 digital brothers to show off their specialties - cooking noodles!
In the kitchen of the garrison, several large iron pots are cooking!
Our own people eat better. The salty soup is not just pickled mustard greens soup, but contains a lot of cracked eggs. If you stir it with a big spoon, it will turn into big egg crumbs.
Xie An presented eggs, and Zhou Huo asked people to carry eggs. Baskets of fresh eggs were cracked into the salty soup, and the eggshells piled up into a small mountain.
The Zhou family soldiers ate the hot noodles topped with shredded pork, egg, and pickled mustard greens soup with relish.
The soldiers guarding the east gate: You villains! Are you here just to tempt me?
Zhou's army has been hungry for several days. Each person eats more than three bowls of salty soup noodles. The 18 brothers' hands are almost cramped from scooping up the noodles!
At noon, Xie Anfeng brought each person a live chicken, cooking wine, onions, ginger, pepper, salt, and gardenia.
Xie Anfeng shouted outside the door: "Let's eat chicken today."
Today Yaner will teach you how to make scallion chicken and use the chicken soup to make chicken noodle soup.
18 The elder brothers of the Xie family are getting better and better. They cook noodles in the morning, chicken at noon, and meat at night.
Two days later, Zhou Huo came to Zhou Shaoyu and said, "The commander-in-chief of Ruyang City wants to see the master."
"Have you told him who he recognizes as Lord?"
"Yes."
Soon, people were brought in.
Ruyang Governor looked up and saw Zhou Shaoyu and Xie Yanyan sitting in the upper seats, and saluted respectfully: "This servant greets the two masters."
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