My God, what delicious food these are!
A lieutenant walked unsteadily to the whole roasted lamb, reached out and touched the stainless steel basin. When the scorching heat burned his fingers, he knelt down with a thud.
Her eyes were red, and she howled in a hoarse voice.
"It's true, it's all true! The gods have sent us delicious food again, and it's a whole roasted lamb!"
"Even during holidays, we can't afford to eat a whole roasted lamb. It's truly worth it to be able to enjoy such a delicacy now!"
Huo Tingye also walked to the large iron barrel and muttered to himself as he looked at the rice inside.
"My goodness, what kind of life is this? Steaming pure white rice like this, how satisfying would one bite be?"
"And these roasted meats, any one of them could be served at a royal banquet to entertain foreign guests."
"This material is... it's actually a vessel made of fine steel. I wonder how wonderful it would be if it could be forged into a weapon?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yue Zhao hurriedly said to Huo Ting Ye, "Uncle, the gods said that we should go to the prefect tomorrow to recruit the guards of the prefect's mansion, and at the same time offer the treasures of the prefect's mansion to the gods. He can guarantee that our soldiers will be able to use the gods' weapons."
"Clang!"
Huo Tingye's hand trembled, and the iron ladle fell into the soup bucket.
"What did you say? The gods are going to send us weapons?"
Qin Yue Zhao nodded.
Huo Tingye immediately straightened his armor, adjusted his helmet, and knelt solemnly before the treasure basin.
"The Huo family army thanks the gods for saving their lives! Huo Tingye hereby swears that he will worship the Treasure Basin for the rest of his life, burn incense for the gods for generations, and never forget the gods' great kindness for all eternity!"
Qin Yue Zhao pulled him up from the ground and urged, "Uncle, the gods have already sensed your sincerity. Hurry up and lead the soldiers to their seats to eat!"
"Wan'er, call Uncle Chen and the idle guards over to eat together, and also leave some food for the soldiers who are cooking porridge and building porridge sheds."
Wan'er nodded and hurriedly went out to call Uncle Zhou.
Everyone picked up their bowls and chopsticks, ready to start eating, when the sound of water splashing came from the treasure basin.
Qin Yue Zhao quickly placed the treasure basin into the reservoir and instructed Huo's army to guard it carefully. Once the water was full, she instructed them to have the water carried out and distributed to the people.
In an inconspicuous corner, a skilled figure nimbly leaped down the city wall, running towards the city tower not far away.
After finishing her late-night snack, Qin Yuezhao prepared to lead a group of people to deliver the large iron barrel to the back alley for the cook to serve porridge.
The gates of the general's mansion were pushed open from the outside, and more than a dozen people walked in with their heads down.
They all knelt down, tears streaming down their faces.
"Your Highness, we commoners deserve to die! We commoners should not have insulted Her Highness the Princess!"
"This humble subject was blinded by hunger and uttered malicious words against Your Highness. I have failed Your Highness!"
"Your Highness not only does not blame us, but also opens the granaries to distribute grain. We have no way to repay you... so we offer our valuables to Your Highness, hoping that Your Highness will forgive us."
The old man who had initially led his two grandsons to grab grain was the first to kneel and crawl forward, pulling out an inkstone from his bosom and holding it up to her with trembling hands.
“Your Highness, my family has been teaching for generations, and we have nothing to offer. This black jade inkstone was acquired by my ancestor in the capital. Please do not find it unworthy.”
Seeing the old man take the lead, the others also took out what they were carrying and held it above their heads.
Some items were strings of gemstone beads, some were several silver ingots, some were jade bowls carved with dragons and phoenixes, and others were ancestral paintings and bracelets.
But there was mostly withered tree bark and grass roots.
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