Chapter 122 Dare to Eat Her Baby
Qiu Liming led five hundred soldiers and sneaked to the border city wall. They were surprised to see Shen Yuexi standing by the open city gate.
"Madam, how did you open it?" Qiu Liming couldn't help but ask in a low voice, feeling both admiration and amazement.
The gate showed no signs of damage. How did the lady open it?
I feel like Shen Yuexi is truly amazing. No man is as versatile as her. She can make a repeating crossbow and pick locks. I'd heard Yang Cong say before that Shen Yuexi and Xiao Zhuo flew over here in a giant ball, and Qiu Liming thought Yang Cong was just kidding.
Now it seems that this lady is really not simple. I have to say that the lord has a keen eye.
"It's not locked," Shen Yuexi said, "Let's go in."
The universal fabricator is powerful and can do anything. She doesn't want to make it known to everyone, so keeping a low profile is always a good idea.
"It's rare for General Wei to be so kind."
"Probably. Let's go in quickly."
Everyone entered from the city gate, walked along the long corridor through the city wall in the dark, and the view suddenly opened up.
Shen Yuexi stood in the shadow of the city gate, looking out in the moonlight. Before her was a flat square, perhaps able to accommodate several thousand people. To the east and south of the square were rows of houses, while to the west were five or six massive, circular buildings resembling warehouses, each three stories high.
"Madam, there is a barracks on the east side of the square, and a granary on the west side." Qiu Liming pointed it out to her, fearing that Shen Yuexi didn't know.
Shen Yuexi glanced at the barracks. A light was on in one of the rooms. Voices could be heard from inside, seemingly someone drinking.
Two soldiers holding spears were standing at the west door of the granary, probably guards.
"Madam, there are guards." Qiu Liming asked the soldiers behind him to stop moving forward.
Shen Yuexi was suddenly in trouble.
It would be easy to deal with these two guards, but General Wei had good intentions, and it would be very wrong for them to injure the guards.
As she was hesitating, one of the two soldiers seemed to glance towards the city gate, coughed heavily, and waved to his companion, "Let's go. It's windy outside. Let's go inside and have a drink."
His companion agreed, and the two of them dragged their halberds backwards and slowly returned to the barracks.
Shen Yuexi nodded to Qiu Liming, and everyone quietly moved to the granary. Several soldiers worked together to open the door.
Shen Yuexi finally saw what it meant to have food and supplies piled up like mountains.
She walked happily to the food bag and pressed it with her hand. This bag probably weighed fifty to sixty kilograms. Assuming two kilograms of food per person per day, it could be enough for one person to eat for a month.
"Madam, this bag of rice is one hu, about five dou of rice." Qiu Liming reached out and picked up a bag. "This warehouse probably has over ten thousand hu. How much should we borrow?"
Shen Yuexi pondered in her mind. General Wei had already taken a risk by lending them rice, so she shouldn't be greedy. She only needed to take enough rice to take these Western Rong captives back to the Western Rong.
One pack for two people is enough for half a month. 2,500 packs are enough.
"Two thousand five hundred bags would be enough, but..." Shen Yuexi said while feeling worried.
Two thousand five hundred bags, five hundred soldiers each have to carry five bags, which is three hundred kilograms, which is impossible to carry.
She tried to pick up a bag, grabbing a corner with both hands and pulling it up with all her strength, but the bag of rice did not leave the ground and she still could not put it on her shoulder.
"We have to find a way. We can't carry it."
She muttered to herself, her hands on her hips, panting. She looked back and saw a soldier had already left the house carrying five bags of food.
She thought she was seeing things.
Three hundred kilograms of food, just carry it away like that?
"Everyone, move quickly, five bags each." Qiu Liming stood on the pile of grain, and he and another soldier put bags of rice on the backs of the sergeants waiting below. After collecting five bags, the sergeant used his hands to protect the rice bags to prevent them from falling, and walked out the door.
Shen Yuexi shook her head. It seemed that when it came to competing with men in strength, she was clearly at a disadvantage.
I borrowed 2,500 bags of grain from someone. I will return them after Xiaogang Village has the harvest next year, but I have to at least show some appreciation for them now.
"What does General Wei like?" she asked Qiu Liming.
Qiu Liming said as he took the rice bag, "We roughnecks have been fighting for years, so naturally we love weapons the most."
Shen Yuexi nodded, strolled out of the granary, walked south to a row of houses, and looked inside through the gap in the window.
Inside were rows of weapon racks, filled with all sorts of weapons: spears, swords, halberds, shields, iron ingots. They were neatly arranged. As expected, this was the weapons depot.
"Big Bear, make a spear."
Using the same iron ingots, the universal manufacturing machine crafted a spear with a craftsmanship far superior to those of ancient blacksmiths. It could be said to be incredibly sharp. However, it was extremely heavy.
Chen Yuexi held the spear with both hands and placed it outside the armory door. He then found a branch and wrote the words "Thank you" on the ground. When he was done, he stood up, clapped his hands, and walked back to the granary.
There weren't many soldiers left in the granary. Qiu Liming said to her, "Madam, we've almost finished moving. Let's go."
Everyone left the border and carried the food to the prisoners' camp. The Xirong prisoners were so excited to see the food that if they weren't so hungry that they couldn't even speak, they would definitely cheer.
With food, the five thousand captives finally survived.
Shen Yuexi told Qiang Lin her plan, asking them to return to Xirong and not harass Dayan again. Qiang Lin readily agreed.
The soldiers were full and strong after eating, and they returned to Xiaogang Village in the evening in just two days.
The villagers of Xiaogang Village had been notified in advance, and no one panicked when they saw the prisoners return.
Although Shen Yuexi felt the journey was arduous, she was deeply satisfied with having saved five thousand lives. She had Qiu Liming lead the troops to escort the Xirong captives north through Xiaogang Village. She wanted to go home and rest. She also wanted to check on Meipu, who was resting in the village.
The source of the drug for Meipu's illness has not yet been found, so I don't know what to do about this matter. I have already promised Xiao Zhuo that I will do my best to treat Meipu, and I can't shirk this responsibility.
"Madam, I think you're too kind to those captives." Yang Cong said with a frown as he walked. "They, the Xirong people, treat us so badly, why should we save them?"
Seeing that she still couldn't get around this, Shen Yuexi explained, "They are prisoners. We fight one thing, but we can't be so cruel to prisoners. If they lay down their weapons, they will be no different from us civilians. If we kill even prisoners, wouldn't we be cruel people?"
"I don't understand so many things," Yang Cong said with a smile, "but since Madam has done this, Yang Cong will definitely support it."
The two chatted and laughed as they reached the door of their home. They bumped into Li Wan who was walking out of the door.
"Be careful!" Li Wan warned as she put the steaming earthenware pot she was holding behind her to avoid knocking it over, and said hello, "Miss Shen, Onion, you're back."
Yang Cong snorted indifferently. It seemed that he still didn't like the other person.
Shen Yuexi smelled the aroma of chicken soup and looked at Li Wan in surprise.
How come this young lady can suddenly cook?
"This is the chicken soup you made. Who are you going to give it to?" Shen Yuexi turned her head and looked outside. Where is Li Wan going?
Li Wan held it in for a long while before whispering, "The Mei Prince next door."
Shen Yuexi was quite happy. It turned out that Li Wan had taken on the responsibility of taking care of Mei Pu during her absence. She hadn't expected this. She hadn't realized that this young lady was actually quite useful.
"Then you go and serve the chicken soup." Shen Yuexi was also worried that the chicken soup would get cold, so she moved aside to make way for Li Wan. When she was almost done resting, she also went to check on Mei Pu.
Back in the room, Shen Yuexi was about to lie down on the bed when she suddenly remembered something.
He didn't ask Mrs. Li and her son to take care of the two chickens he raised when he left. I hope they won't starve to death?
She quickly got up and ran to the chicken house, but both chickens were gone.
Did he get lost?
"Madam Li," she ran to Madam Li's room, saw that the door was ajar, and pushed it open and walked in, "Where's my chicken?"
Mrs. Li sat at the table, a pile of gnawed chicken bones on it. She held a chicken drumstick in her hand, half a piece of chicken in her mouth. She stared at her in amazement.
"We...ate...ate."
"Ah, you... actually ate my treasures. I saved them for laying eggs!"
"But those crowing... those crowing two roosters."
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