Chapter 357 Digging Yams
Nangong Min and Eunuch Li immediately followed. The army was short of food, which was a life-saving thing.
"Hey, Your Majesty, you can't dig. It will be troublesome if the wound breaks open!"
The military doctor chased Zhou Yu and shouted that the most troublesome thing was that the patient did not follow the doctor's advice!
"It's okay, I only injured my left hand, but I can still use my right hand."
The military doctor was at a loss and anxiously asked Bai Li for help.
"The soldiers haven't eaten for three days. They've run out of crossbows and don't have the energy to make more. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so overwhelmed by the Li army!"
Zhou Yu held the shovel with one hand and stepped on the shovel with the other foot. He pressed hard and dug, bringing out a shovel of soil.
What's more, his speed is not slower than Eunuch Li's at all.
Bai Li turned his head and looked at Zhou Yu steadily. He didn't expect that this emperor, who always said he loved the people and his generals, not only said it with his mouth, but also proved it with actual actions.
"You guys dig first, I'll go hunting."
This time, Nangong Min didn't ask to go with them. The entire mountain was filled with the Great Zhou army, and Bai Li would not be in any danger. The most important thing now was to dig yams.
Bai Li left this place and found a secluded place. He took out ten pheasants and two wild sheep from the space. After thinking about it, he felt that this amount of food was a little too little for tens of thousands of people, so he took out another hundred pheasants and ten wild sheep weighing over a hundred pounds.
So many animals suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and Bai Li would have been scared if it weren't for his own actions.
"Run, run!"
The animals were just leisurely eating grass and insects on the grass, but in the blink of an eye they found themselves in an unfamiliar place and were so frightened that they stood there motionless.
Bai Li...
The stupid chickens and sheep she raised in her space can't even run away!
Well, they are going to be put into the pot soon anyway, so it doesn’t matter if they are a little stupid.
He picked up a branch and swept it, and pheasants scurried everywhere, while wild sheep bleated and went into the bushes and grass.
"There are a lot of pheasants here, come and catch them!"
Bai Li shouted at the top of his lungs.
She had just seen that the soldiers carrying the corpses were staggering, obviously because they were extremely hungry.
Sure enough, her voice was more effective than that of a fairy, and people nearby came over when they heard the sound!
"Marshal Bai, why are there so many pheasants all of a sudden? We've already cleared all the pheasants out on this hill."
Bai Li: "Uh... maybe I accidentally found a pheasant's nest and scared them all out?"
"is that so?"
"Yes, hurry up and catch them. I'll ask the cook to make you chicken soup tonight!"
"Ahhh, there's chicken soup!"
Hundreds of people immediately joined the hunting operation. Bai Li saw that the corpses had been almost moved and were only left to be burned, so it would not have much impact if a few hundred people were withdrawn.
These hundreds of people returned home with full loads in a short while. Everyone had prey in their hands. Some had a pheasant and a wild sheep, some had several pheasants hanging on their arms, and some even carried a lot of hares.
Um?
Where did the hare come from?
Of course, Bai Li secretly released it when no one was paying attention!
However, a hint of confusion flashed through everyone's mind: Aren't these pheasants and rabbits too easy to catch?
I grab one with each hand and it’s effortless at all.
However, their minds were soon occupied by the bountiful harvest, and they were thinking about having food to eat tonight, so they no longer had to go through the trouble of peeling tree bark to eat.
As the sun was about to set, wisps of smoke rose from the forest, followed by the rich smell of chicken soup.
Bai Li applied medicinal powder to the emperor and prepared to leave.
"Your Majesty, the crisis in Weinan has been resolved. We are going back to Simon."
"You guys are leaving so soon? You haven't even had your chicken soup yet?"
"Time is running out. In three days we will lead our troops directly to Simon's Palace. Your Majesty, please wait for our good news!"
"Marshal Bai, I'd like to ask if these yams can be grown in farmland?"
The village head saw Bai Li was about to leave, so he hurriedly grabbed her and asked.
"Of course you can. Yams can be used as a tonic and a staple food. If you know how to plant and manage them, the yield is no less than that of rice."
"Then Lord Bai, please tell the old farmer how to plant the seeds quickly. Where is Eunuch Li?"
Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and wanted to know the planting method of Baili even more eagerly than the village head.
As for where she learned it, it doesn’t matter. It’s enough that she can teach others how to grow it.
Zhou Yu is now mysteriously confident in Bai Li. In his eyes, Bai Li has become omnipotent.
She can lead troops in battle, knows how to invent machinery, and understands agricultural planting. Most importantly, she has all kinds of high-quality seeds, and no one knows where she got them from.
Anyway, the Great Zhou Kingdom has Bai Li, and Zhou Yu is now full of confidence in the unification of the six kingdoms.
As for who will rule after the unification of the six kingdoms, he will first give the throne to Bai Li. He had mentioned this to her before, and she said she would talk about it later.
"Hey! This old servant is here! Your Majesty, are you calling me?"
Eunuch Li was holding a small clay pot, which was so hot that he was hissing and gasping for breath but was reluctant to let go.
When they got there, the rich aroma of chicken soup penetrated their nostrils, and they couldn't help but swallow.
Bai Li looked inside and saw two large chicken legs and several pieces of chicken meat mixed with a lot of snow-white yam in a pot of translucent orange chicken soup in a clay pot. It made people drool just by looking at it.
Bai Li swallowed her saliva. There were many chickens and rabbits in her space, but she didn't have time to make soup with them.
I haven't had soup for a long time, and now I'm so greedy that I can hardly resist it.
No, after she captures Simon, she will have to kill a few chickens, stew a big pot of soup, and eat a good meal!
Thinking of this, Bai Li said to the head of the village, "Do you remember what I just said?"
The village head nodded, thinking that the methods of planting yam were really different. It could be planted horizontally, vertically, and the seeds could be saved for planting.
The subsequent fertilization and weeding are similar to those for other crops, and every farmer knows how to do it.
So he nodded to indicate that he remembered it.
"Remember this and repeat it again later so that Eunuch Li can record it for easy dissemination and promotion.
But this thing can only account for one-tenth of the crops, and if you plant too much, it will be worthless!"
Bai Li was afraid that it would be troublesome if yam was planted all over the country. After all, food needs to be nutritionally balanced. It is not good to eat only refined grains and supplements. One also needs to eat some vegetables, fruits, coarse grains, etc.
They don’t understand when you tell them these things, but they will understand when you tell them that they are worthless.
“It’s so serious, we really need to control production.
Marshal Bai, this old farmer thanks you on behalf of the people of the whole country! "
"You're welcome, let's go!"
Zhou Yu had already buried his head in the clay pot. When he heard that they were leaving, he freed up one hand and waved it without even glancing at her.
The chicken soup is really delicious!
Bai Li and Nangong Min rode on the eagle and flew into the air while everyone was eating without even looking up.
Normally, everyone would have been attracted by the eagle, but now, no one had the time to look up at them.
"They are all very hungry!"
Bai Li said slowly, and a "gulp" sound of swallowing saliva was heard behind him.
"Are you hungry? If I had known, we would have gotten a free meal before leaving!"
"It's okay. I'll feel at ease when I go back soon."
"Yeah, it's been long enough. Hurry up, Big Eagle!"
The eagle has difficulty seeing at night, but it’s okay. Bai Li took out a solar incandescent lamp, and the sky suddenly became as bright as day.
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