In the Flying Tiger Camp of the Xing Family Army, Xing Lie and four of his trusted advisors sat in the tent. The expressions on everyone's faces were so cold that water could drip from them, and the air was deathly silent.
At noon, when the fireman came to deliver lunch, he saw his cousin standing guard at the door winking at him, which made him turn around and run to his cousin instead.
"Cousin, what's wrong? Your eyes are twitching?"
"If my eyes don't twitch, your body will twitch. The Major General and the military advisors of the shogunate are in a very bad mood right now. Don't send them food. It's more appropriate to send them wine so that they can drown their sorrows."
"Is this true?"
"Of course it's fake. How come you can't tell the difference between good and bad words? Hurry up and leave. Don't bring bad luck to others."
After hearing this, the fireman had no choice but to take the meal and leave again.
Anger burst forth from Xu Shaoxuan's heart, and he looked at Xing Lie, "Major General, Baituo Town is your life's work! We've finally built it to its current size and possesses skilled craftsmen from all walks of life. We can't just give it up after the young lady returns. What will become of all our efforts over such a long time?"
Han Wenjing also said, "Major General, Baituo Town is currently earning considerable income for the military camp. If we let it go, how will the military camp maintain its food and fodder in the future?"
Xing Lie let out a long sigh of relief. "What can I do? After all, she's my sister, born of the same mother. She narrowly escaped death and returned to Huangmo Pass. The general and I are heartbroken. It's rare for her to make such a request, so how can I refuse?"
Lin Pingyu shook his head: "The one we should really pay attention to is not the eldest lady, but her husband Fang Pingshan."
"He entered the Xing Family Army camp through the relationship of the eldest daughter. Now he has become one with the soldiers and has lowered his profile to integrate into the camp. Many generals and lieutenants admire him very much.
Fang Pingshan's intention is a bit interesting. Everyone knows that the Xing family army will be promoted to the rank of Major General in the future. Who is he showing off to by being so high-profile and ostentatious? Whose hearts does he want to win over and where does he want to put the Major General?
"Major General, Fang Pingshan's background is suspicious. We must be on guard." Chen Zhidong pondered, "Specific preventive measures, first of all, we must use a trick to force him out of the barracks."
The military camp at Huangmoguan is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of civilians on the border. It is not a place for him to show off. No matter what, his ulterior motive cannot succeed.
Xing Lie sighed. Actually, he and his eldest sister did not have a deep relationship. As he was the only male in the Xing family, he was taken to the border by his father for training since he was young. As the daughter of a general, his eldest sister had a great interest in martial arts and weapons since she was young. Even being raised by her mother in the capital could not change her character. In her letters to her father, she mentioned many times that the husband she wanted to find in the future would not be a man who could only write, but a husband who was proficient in martial arts and could match her own martial arts.
The husband Fang Pingshan she is looking for now is not not in line with her eldest sister's thoughts, but he is too suitable for her husband. It seems as if he was chosen according to her preferences. The two are in love with each other, and the eldest sister is protective of him. Xing Lie has mentioned Fang Pingshan to his father several times, but he was met with a soft nail in the end, asking him to be more magnanimous and that a person with an outsider could not threaten his position of major general in any way.
"How easy is that!" Xing Lie sighed. His father already felt guilty towards his eldest sister, so how could he listen to her advice?
At this moment, the firefighters brought the food they had sent to the general back to the fire camp intact. Wang Da, the fire camp manager, was stunned when he saw it. "What's wrong? The young general doesn't like the taste?"
That’s not possible. No matter they are old generals or young generals, they don’t pay much attention to their appetite. They will eat whatever they are given and will be well-maintained. They won’t be so picky!
The fireman scratched his head stupidly: "I, I don't know either!"
Compared with the low pressure in the Flying Tiger Camp, Lin Rui's tofu business began to flourish. Lin and his group carried baskets full of tofu and sold them along the streets. In order to sell the tofu at a high price, Tao Xia and Tao Dong even sold the tofu in Baituo Town without hesitation.
The living standards in Baituo Town are much better than those in Huangmo Pass. The largest wave of disaster victims has passed. If they have not arrived after such a long time, the victims should have gone to seek refuge with other princes.
Today, Baituo Town has been completely supported and transformed into a large commercial transit station, and has also attracted many businessmen to come and trade.
The former receiving point has become a commercial center, and Baixing Town has become a receiving point for scattered disaster victims.
Tao Chun and Tao Xia were pushing a cart of tofu and had just completed a simple registration in Baituo Town, intending to go to the city to sell it. However, a young soldier guarding the city took a look at the gauze and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Tao Chun, a refugee from the disaster, had a natural fear of the soldiers defending the city. Seeing their interest, he immediately asked his brother Tao Xia to cut off two pieces of tofu, wrapped them in dry lotus leaves, and handed them to the soldiers: "Sir, this is a new food made by the Lin family of Huangmoguan. It's called tofu. The tender tofu can be used for cold dishes, while the old tofu can be used to make soups, cooking, and stewing meat. Eating it can supplement nutrition and prolong life!"
"Prolong life? Are you kidding? The emperor used to make elixirs all day long, but now he is sick and hiding somewhere else." The soldiers guarding the city said so, but they took out money from their pockets with a serious face.
When Tao Xia saw it, she kept recommending: "No, no, no, no need, sir, this is a gift from us to you."
Another young general guarding the city frowned and said, "If you are given money, you will take it. But those gatekeepers in our court will take bribes, right?"
"How much silver?" asked the soldiers guarding the city.
Tao Xia glanced at Tao Chun, who still had a simple and honest look on his face: "To be honest, sir, this tofu sells for five cents a piece in Huangmoguan. Now that we two brothers have reached Baituo Town, we can earn our hard work fee and sell it for six cents a piece."
The soldiers defending the city seemed to be in disbelief that such a novelty could be sold at such a low price: "So cheap?"
Tao Chun smiled and said, "The Lin family who make tofu said they wanted to make sure that the people who fled here and the Xing family soldiers could have something good to eat. They also fled from Longting Town. If it weren't for the Xing family soldiers giving them farmland and food, they wouldn't be alive today. They're so grateful!"
The soldiers defending the city couldn't help but smile and said, "He is a man who knows how to repay a favor. I give you money, but you should give us two more pieces of such a good thing."
In the end, the two gatekeepers each took three pieces, spent fifteen cents, and also received a tender tofu dipping sauce from Tao Chun. It was said that the Lin family specially developed it to be eaten with tender tofu. The children in Huangmoguan loved it very much.
The soldiers defending the city also had families and children in Baituo Town. Seeing this, they were very satisfied with the generosity of the two brothers Tao Chun and Tao Xia. Honey and sugar are very precious, and it is extraordinary that they are willing to give them away.
In fact, the soldiers defending the city were really wrong. These dipping sauces were specially given to the Tao brothers by Lin Rui because they were the first distributors of the Lin family workshop. The Tao brothers had lost their parents, wives and children when they fled, and there was no use for them since they had no children at home. So they simply brought them here to start their business first.
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