"I have never liked anyone, I have never liked anyone."
Han Yuchen spoke earnestly and looked serious.
"Okay, I believe you. We can get married first, but we can't consummate the marriage. She's still a child."
Looking at the "child" in his arms, whose breasts were already rounded and perky, Han Yuchen smiled bitterly. This little girl hadn't fully accepted him yet.
The two lingered for a while longer before leaving the warehouse, where Han Yuchen went directly to the official government office.
Points are important; they need to figure out how to earn them.
If it's about accumulating manpower, simply opening shops to sell grain isn't enough.
She and Han Ruoxue had discussed that if they wanted to expand the beneficiaries, the government had to step in. Each family could purchase ten catties of grain and ten catties of vegetables at a special price of one tael of silver.
This way, everyone in the city can eat Han Luoxue's food. By observing whether the points increase, we can basically determine the situation.
It must be said that officials in ancient times were very kind to the people. Upon hearing this proposal, the officials were so grateful that they wanted to kowtow to Han Yuchen. The document was issued immediately, and as for the food, it could only be transported from the Zhou family's warehouse.
Han Ruoxue couldn't have produced food out of thin air; it was the Zhou family's empty warehouse that came in handy.
Although Zhou Yuan had guessed something, she was a smart woman and said nothing.
Night fell in the blink of an eye. With a dark and windy night, it was the perfect time to seize supplies. The two slept most of the night, only making their move when dawn was breaking and they were at their most exhausted.
Fortunately, both of them had strengthened their bodies, and their skills had improved considerably. They approached the grain transport area in the dark.
After the space was upgraded, it could be operated from a distance. In less than half an hour, millions of kilograms of grain and fodder had been transferred into Han Luoxue's space.
Although he had experienced this many times before, Han Yuchen was still shocked to see countless supplies disappear into thin air again.
Fortunately, it was his own helper. If the Crown Prince also had such methods, how could he fight against him? He would just wash his neck and wait to die.
Having gathered all the provisions, the two decided not to linger and prepared to leave. But after taking only two steps, Han Ruoxue stopped.
"how?"
“Brother Chen, these horses and carriages seem quite nice.”
A glint of light flashed in Han Yuchen's deep eyes. He and his grandfather originally only wanted to rob the grain and fodder, and never thought of touching the horses and carriages. It wasn't out of kindness, but because these two things were not easy to steal, and it would be too difficult to drive away the carriages without alerting anyone.
Now they don't need to drive horse-drawn carriages anymore.
"Okay, let's collect them together."
What else is there to say? She even wanted to see Xu San's expression for herself.
...
"What did you say? The supplies are all lost?"
The barracks weren't far from here, and by nightfall the next day, Xu San had received the news. The provisions he had been waiting for for over half a month had mysteriously disappeared.
"How did you transport it? How could it have gotten lost?"
This is grain supplies! The Crown Prince has assigned a large number of troops to guard it, several hundred men in total. And yet, several hundred men managed to lose the grain supplies, right when they were almost at the barracks.
They should have received it in two days at most.
"General Xu, not only are the provisions gone, but the horses and wagons are also gone. We don't know what happened; we were all asleep and didn't hear a sound."
You bastard!
"It's one thing to steal grain and fodder, but to rob horses and wagons too! These bandits have no sense of honor!"
Xu San then proceeded to punch and kick the person who came to report.
What the hell were they transporting? They even lost the horses and the wagons! Who would believe that? Aren't they ashamed?
After beating him up, Xu San still felt unsatisfied.
He pulled out a whip from the side and lashed it out. The people who came to report winced in pain, unable to believe their eyes.
"General, the horses and provisions have just been lost. Over a million catties is no small amount. It's not easy to store or transport such things. Killing them now won't do any good. You should send people out to search for them as soon as possible."
The deputy general couldn't stand it any longer. They had 50,000 men under their command, but their food supplies were estimated to be enough for only three to five meals at most. Without provisions, what was the point of these men following the general?
Wouldn't it be better to go to the other side?
Although he betrayed the country once, it was only within the military, not treason. The old general is a good man, so he should take him in.
Reminded by someone, Xu San calmed down at this point.
After a moment's thought, she coldly ordered, "Send out more people to search with all their might!"
When Xu San hit the man, he didn't deliberately lower his voice. And because the two sides were so close, the commotion quickly reached the old general's ears.
The old general was stunned upon hearing the news.
"You mean they only allocated one million units of grain?"
"One million catties? That prince is really something..."
He had sent urgent reports back several times, but the court had yet to respond, yet they secretly provided Xu San with so much grain. The Crown Prince's actions couldn't be more obvious.
"Well done, though. They even stole the horses and carriages. I can't help but laugh when I hear that."
"Yes, old general. I wonder which chivalrous person did it, it was so satisfying."
"The Crown Prince is shameless. If such a person ascends the throne, our future will be bleak."
Several generals sighed deeply, but the old general was secretly delighted. "I know the chivalrous people you're talking about," he said, "they are my grandson and granddaughter-in-law."
But he could only keep these words to himself and couldn't tell anyone.
"If only we had these provisions."
Someone sighed, but the old general shook his head.
Although the Crown Prince's actions were unethical, what would happen if they robbed the imperial court's grain supplies? Would that be treason?
Besides, they don't need that batch of grain right now; Xueya has plenty of supplies in stock.
I wonder how they are doing, and when they will be back.
He was determined to reward the two of them handsomely. They had worked incredibly hard on the trip, and they had done even better than he had expected.
"We have people providing food now, so we'll have enough to eat in the future. What are you worried about?"
"Can we touch this grain?"
They really can't touch that batch of grain.
Fortunately, they brought the grain and fodder first, and then the other side lost the land; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to explain themselves.
"The old general is right, hehe, we're lucky to have anything to eat."
"However, I, Li Kui, still have to say that the man did a good job. I want to see if those little bastards will come begging for food when they have nothing to eat."
That's hard to say.
The old general's eyes were deep and unfathomable. Those people had once been his subordinates, and even after they returned, a distance had grown between them.
We'll talk about it later.
...
Recently, the city has been under strict security. Han Yuchen told the government that they were initially happy, but the news that followed frightened everyone.
"The provisions? Lost? Even the wagons?"
The officials were stunned. This was no small matter, so he hurriedly sent people to help, but the matter of selling grain to the people at a low price was not delayed.
Xu San also came in person.
Upon hearing the news of low-priced grain, he instinctively knew that it was the grain he had lost.
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