At the moment when the soldiers were confused and excited, a bowl of warm porridge was stuffed into their hands by the women.
Old Madam Shen rolled up her sleeves and walked to Shen Yong with two bowls of porridge.
"Seventh Brother, you've been tired all morning, drink a bowl to moisten your lips."
Shen Yong looked at Madam Shen and smiled, "Thank you, mother."
Mrs. Shen smiled and handed the other bowl to Jian Guangqi.
"Military advisor, have a bowl too."
After saying that, Madam Shen looked at Ji Guangda on the side, "Master Ji..."
"I'll go drink it myself, haha..." Ji Guangda clasped his fists towards Old Madam Shen and walked quickly towards the female relatives who were distributing rice porridge.
To be honest, he was already starving after being busy all morning on an empty stomach.
Shen Yong took a big sip of rice porridge.
The thin rice porridge with a rice aroma is very thirst-quenching.
Or maybe it means that women are more careful in doing things.
This rice porridge is warm and just right for eating.
After eating a bowl of rice porridge, the soldiers worked even harder.
Jian Guangqi drank a mouthful of rice porridge and looked at Old Madam Shen with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, old lady, for taking such good care of the soldiers..."
After eating a bowl of porridge, all the fatigue of the soldiers disappeared.
Old Madam Shen smiled and looked at the busy soldiers.
"We can't do much else. We can only prepare some food for the soldiers so they can eat and work..."
Jian Guangqi glanced at Shen Yong, looked at Old Madam Shen and smiled,
"The old lady has been a great help. If it weren't for this bowl of porridge, the soldiers would have almost collapsed."
He was telling the truth.
Last night, their middle and upper-level officers and soldiers hosted a welcome party for King Qianhuang and used up all the remaining rice and flour in the prefectural government warehouse.
They had a full meal with King Qianhuang, but hundreds of thousands of soldiers were starving.
Last night the soldiers drank enough water and went to sleep contentedly.
After getting up in the morning and drinking some water, I started working, maintaining order and so on.
He saw that the soldiers' bodies were already unable to hold on and they were starting to shiver.
Fortunately, Mrs. Shen delivered rice porridge in time, which injected strength into the soldiers' bodies.
Chen Yong looked at the hundreds of women carrying buckets and distributing rice porridge to the soldiers along the way, and smiled with great satisfaction.
He retracted his gaze and looked at Old Madam Shen.
"Mom, I was just about to ask someone to find someone to cook, but I didn't expect you to do it first."
"Mother, that's so thoughtful."
Old Madam Shen felt a little embarrassed by the two people's praise.
She pursed her lips and smiled, "We can't help you with other things, so we can only cook."
"You can only work if you are full, and cooking is also very important."
Shen Yong looked at Old Madam Shen seriously, then glanced at the women who were still busy distributing porridge.
“It’s just that the manpower is not enough.”
Chen Yong turned to look at the military advisor, "Take some food and bring it to the barracks. Get all the cooks busy and make sure the soldiers have a full lunch."
"We must have meat dishes. Tell the cook not to make them too greasy. If you've been hungry for a long time and then suddenly eat something too greasy, you'll get an upset stomach..."
"Let the soldiers rotate their posts, and don't let the people wait in the scorching sun."
"...Yes!" Jian Guangqi looked at Chen Yong excitedly, "I will do it right away."
He really didn’t expect Shen Yong to be so thoughtful and considerate.
To be honest, the drought has lasted for so long and the soldiers haven't eaten meat for so long. If they were given a raw pig at this time, they would lie down and take a bite without worrying about whether their stomachs would get upset.
But Chen Yong happened to take it into consideration and even gave him some thoughtful advice.
Jian Guangqi raised his head and drank the rice porridge in the bowl in one gulp. He handed the bowl to Old Madam Shen with both hands and stood up to find someone to move the food.
“Wait!”
Chen Yong looked at the streets crowded with people, and was afraid that it would be difficult to transport enough food for hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Jian Guangqi paused, turned to look at Chen Yong in shock, "King Qianhuang----"
Shen Yong frowned slightly.
"If I go with you to the military camp, we won't have to carry food from the prefectural government office."
The food at the prefectural government office was not enough to pay the new soldiers' salaries, and it was a waste of time to transport it back and forth.
He simply went directly to the military camp warehouse to store some food and fodder.
Jian Guangqi's eyes lit up and he stared at Shen Yong with wide eyes.
"...Okay, I'll follow King Qianhuang's orders."
If he guessed correctly, Shen Yong should be doing the same as he did in the prefectural government warehouse, praying to God to fill up the military camp warehouse directly.
He couldn't help but get excited when he thought about the empty warehouse suddenly being filled with goods.
It’s exciting, so exciting.
King Qianhuang's visit to the military camp saved thousands of soldiers from traveling back and forth...
Shen Yong looked at Madam Shen and said solemnly, "Mother, I'll trouble you and your sisters-in-law to take care of the meals for the soldiers at the prefectural yamen."
"Don't worry!" Madam Shen nodded repeatedly. "Go and do your thing. We've set up over twenty stoves in the prefectural yamen, and they're all cooking. We guarantee the soldiers won't starve."
There were less than two thousand soldiers at the prefectural yamen who were responsible for distributing salaries to the new recruits and maintaining order at the gate.
They can take care of the food for these people.
"Thank you for your hard work---" Shen Yong nodded and turned his head to look at Jian Guangqi.
"Let the soldiers who maintain order on the streets go to the barracks to eat."
The women of the Shen family, along with these women, were lucky enough to be able to take care of the meals for the soldiers at the gate of the prefectural yamen. If there were more people, they would not be able to handle it.
Jian Guangqi nodded repeatedly.
"I will notify them immediately."
There is almost a cook per person in the military camp, and everyone can cook.
Although the food I cook doesn’t taste as good as those women’s, it’s faster.
And big men have more strength, they knead the dough vigorously, and the steamed buns are more chewy...
........
Seeing the sun gradually moving to the zenith and approaching noon, Shen Yong couldn't help but frown.
It is too troublesome to walk to the military camp step by step.
This distance is not short. Even if you walk fast, it will take at least half an hour.
Not to mention the crowds of people along the way, with bustling people everywhere, making the road jam-packed.
Want to speed up your pace? That's just wishful thinking!
He had only taken a few steps when the civilians and soldiers along the way saw him and knelt down to salute him, which caused another round of trouble and greatly delayed time.
Thinking of this, Chen Yong simply stopped hesitating.
"Go-----"
Chen Yong waved his arm and quickly picked up Jian Guangqi beside him. Then he lightly tapped the ground with his toes and shot straight into the sky like an arrow.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had landed steadily on a nearby roof.
Then, Shen Yong tapped the tiles with his toes, leaping between the roofs of the houses as light as a swallow, and rushed towards the direction of the military camp...
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