In an era when ordinary people can't even afford to eat, they should be grateful if they can have a few bites of food to keep them from starving and occasionally taste a couple of bites of meat. How could they dare to ask for anything more?
"Heh." Black Snake glanced at the young soldier with a mocking smile and let out a cold sneer.
"why are you laughing?"
"You're laughing at the fact that you've followed the wrong people." Black Snake picked up a bowl of fragrant meat noodles and slurped it into his mouth: "The Zhou family does indeed only have 90,000 soldiers, but those 90,000 are worth a million soldiers of the imperial court."
“You don’t understand the young master, you don’t know how good he is.”
"Even if a crisis comes, as long as there is the slightest possibility, Young Master will not abandon us!"
The soldiers looked at Black Snake with pity and curled their lip.
Obviously,
They didn't believe the black snake.
Everyone thought Black Snake was too naive, holding onto a biased view of Young Master Zhou. He had only rewarded his subordinates with a few pieces of meat and a few taels of silver... But, but this meat smells so good! How was it made?
The soldiers drooled as they ate their white rice to stave off hunger, their mouths watering, while simultaneously expressing their envy and sour disapproval.
As time went by...
The next day arrived.
Black Snake kept checking the time while gazing at the road leading to Wangcheng. It wasn't until nearly noon that the sound of horses' hooves echoed from the corner.
Looking up, Black Snake saw Zhou Cheng riding proudly on horseback, with a stunningly beautiful and delicate figure in his arms. This breathtaking scene stunned Black Snake for a moment.
"Young Master has arrived!"
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The archers stood up in unison and went to greet Zhou Cheng: "Young Master, the granary in Lincheng has 330,000 shi of coarse grain, 30,000 shi of fine grain and wheat flour. Your subordinates have already counted them!"
The guards also stood up to make their presence known: "Young Master Zhou, you only brought one carriage. Isn't that too little? The treasury holds hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. I'm afraid it won't be able to hold it all."
Suddenly!
The carriage curtain was lifted.
The black sheep, its complexion having regained some color, poked its head out.
Upon seeing Black Sheep's familiar face, the soldiers were stunned for a few seconds before staring wide-eyed in astonishment and whispering, "Isn't he the Zhou family member who was shot in the shoulder by the rusty arrow?"
"Yesterday I overheard Lord Black Serpent and the others discussing that his wound has become infected and he might not be able to return to Jiangling City. What's going on?"
"Young Master Zhou even provided him with a carriage?! Wow?!"
Not only were the soldiers of the government office astonished!
Even Black Snake and the others rushed forward in shock. They examined Black Sheep's face and, finding no signs of infection, asked in alarm, "Your wound?"
"alright!"
"alright?"
The black sheep grinned, revealing eight teeth, and said, "Young Master gave me a potion to treat wound infection. I sweated it out last night, and when I woke up this morning, the wound had scabbed over. Young Master said that my wound is definitely healed!"
"Wow!! Really?"
"Does the young master have any medicine to treat infected wounds?"
"Those are rusty arrows. Once infected, even the royal physicians can't cure them. Black Sheep, you're lucky! The young master actually saved you! Hahaha, I was so worried yesterday. I thought you definitely wouldn't be able to return to Jiangling City in this condition."
"The medicine that can treat the infection must be incredibly precious, probably worth a fortune. You're lucky, kid. Your life is worth a lot now!"
“............”
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