If it were in the past, Lord Zhou would have let Chu Mobai and Si Yin speak as soon as he arrived.

Moreover, he could find a lot of faults with just a few words, and both Chu Mobai and Si Yin were not only speechless, but also unable to refute.

Now the two of them are singing the same tune, what are they trying to do?

Lord Zhou had no idea what was going on between the two people, and all he could do was follow them inside.

The further they walked inside, the more they saw some undried clothes drying in an open space. However, the clothes looked tattered, and the soldiers sitting in a circle on the open space all looked pale and thin.

He was speechless for a moment.

At the same time, he turned his head slightly to look at another open space, only to see a soldier chewing his own straw sandals!

"Hey? What's going on? Your Majesty, look at your soldiers chewing on their straw sandals!"

But Chu Mobai looked as if he was used to it and continued speaking calmly.

"Alas... I don't want them to gnaw on this. There really isn't enough rations distributed. Now they can only gnaw on the grass. If it goes on for a while, I'm afraid my soldiers will have to gnaw on tree bark!"

"The rice and gold crystals that were distributed were only enough to sustain us for a few days. After a few more days, we couldn't eat any more!"

After hearing this, Lord Zhou immediately said.

"What's so difficult about this? There's no war going on right now, so you can eat less!"

"Since there is no war, you can divide the food for one day into three days. This way, you will have enough military rations for one month, which will last you three months! When you really set out for the battlefield, we can give you normal food, right?"

After hearing this, Si Yin almost laughed, but for the sake of his professional ethics, he had to hold back his smile immediately.

He never expected that the Lord Zhou in front of him would be so stupid, because the dining habits maintained in the military camp at this time were only one-third of those during the war.

But he didn't make too many excuses, after all, Chu Mobai hadn't spoken yet.

But at this moment Chu Mobai spoke.

"Master Zhou, you don't know something!"

"It's not that we don't want to divide the military rations into one third. We have already tried our best to make every soldier eat less!"

"Now only the soldiers who are training are eligible to eat every day. As for the people who cook, sweep the floor, and serve me, they are not eligible to eat. They can only eat once every five days. The rest of the time they can either drink some watery soup or just chew some tree bark!"

After hearing what Chu Mobai said, Si Yin on the side was completely shocked. He never thought that the prince was even stranger than he imagined.

He actually said such a thing. Would Lord Zhou in front of him believe it?

However, after hearing these words, Mr. Zhou showed an extremely shocked expression.

Obviously, he believed it.

Chu Mobai had only said this casually, but he did not expect that Lord Zhou in front of him actually believed him. He thought that even a fool would not believe this.

But Lord Zhou said.

"This... this... this is the only solution the imperial court can do now!"

"After all, the imperial court has allocated a large sum of money to prepare for the manufacture of medicine that can cure the plague. This money cost several million taels, so naturally there were fewer small considerations when allocating funds to the military camp. But please rest assured, you two, I will report to His Majesty after I return..."

After he finished speaking, there was even a lot of sweat on his face.

Because he had never expected that there would be such a situation in the military camp. For him, even missing a meal a day would be fatal, so he looked so shocked at this moment.

But in fact, this kind of thing is very common for both Chu Mobai and Si Yin.

Especially once you go to the frontier to fight, you may not have enough food for five or six days, and can only drink river water at most.

"Master Zhou is thoughtful. If Master Zhou really reports this when he returns, that would be great. Let's go, let's go back and have a good meal."

After hearing these words, Lord Zhou immediately became suspicious. After all, Chu Mobai had just said that he was very poor, but now he actually said, "Let's have a good meal?"

But he didn't say much at this time. He thought that if Chu Mobai and Si Yin had any route, he would definitely record it directly in his book and then report it to the court.

But just after arriving at the central army battle, Lord Zhou saw the truth of what Chu Mobai said about the good meal.

There was only a simple table in the central army, with a few simple dishes on it.

They are boiled wild vegetables, wild vegetable soup and some dried pickles.

When seeing this scene, Lord Zhou was stunned, but Chu Mobai and Si Yin sat down at the table happily.

Chu Mobai even picked up the chopsticks beside him and said to Lord Zhou.

"Master Zhou, come and have dinner. It's a rare opportunity for you to come to the military camp. It's a treat for us. Let's have a good meal!"

As soon as Lord Zhou sat down, Chu Mobai immediately took a bite of the wild vegetables in his bowl, and the food looked very delicious, which stunned Lord Zhou.

After seeing this scene, Si Yin, who was standing by, naturally started acting immediately and drank the wild vegetable soup in front of him in big gulps.

Although this thing has no taste, it is not bad for people like them who are in the military, so the two of them can enjoy the game so much.

But at this moment, Lord Zhou was unable to say a word, because this kind of wild vegetable soup and cooked wild vegetables were no different from eating dirt to him.

Just as he was about to stand up, Chu Mobai immediately placed a bowl of wild vegetables in front of them.

"What's wrong, Lord Zhou? Come and have something delicious. If you hadn't come, I'm afraid we wouldn't have planned to eat lunch today!"

Although Lord Zhou was stunned, he could only barely take a bite of the wild vegetables in his bowl.

This wild vegetable was quite astringent to him. When he bit into it, it felt like biting a twig, and he almost vomited it out.