The excited shouts of Zhou's generals and soldiers quickly reached the ears of Commander Zhang and General Wei, and were also clearly heard by the tens of thousands of captured imperial soldiers.
What did they hear?
Did every soldier of the Zhou family eat refined rice for dinner?
There was also wine and meat, and even half a roast chicken?
Has Zhou Cheng gone mad?!
"This is impossible..."
"The army has a large number of people, nearly 100,000 soldiers. How could they possibly eat so lavishly? When Zhou Cheng returned to the city, he did not take any supplies with him. How could he possibly afford to support such a large army that squanders money like gold!"
"And it's fine rice, which is scarce and expensive. How can so many soldiers possibly have enough to go around?!"
"It's fake, it's fake!" The tall Commander Zhang was huddled in the cage, his arms and legs bent, dried bloodstains on his cheeks making his eyes look even more wide and shocked.
He was unaware that he was negating the Zhou family's financial and material resources.
They are still denying that they chose the right side.
Commander Zhang simply couldn't believe that the Zhou family soldiers in Jiangling City were living so well.
Not only Commander Zhang, but also General Wei, who was imprisoned nearby, stared wide-eyed as he listened to the Zhou family members guarding the prisoners discussing the scale of their dinner, his face full of disbelief.
But what was the result?
An hour later...
Indeed, a rich aroma of meat and mouthwatering wine wafted from the cookhouse tents.
Immediately afterwards!
In the bewildered eyes of Commander Zhang, and under the envious and stunned gazes of the imperial soldiers, the tent curtain was lifted, and pots of cooked pork belly were carried out!
Baskets of roasted chickens were brought out!
Jars of warmed wine were dragged out!
"It's...it really is true..."
"Is there really wine, meat, and roast chicken?"
"How could the young master of the Zhou family have produced so many good things out of nowhere! Commander, is this real? Am I dreaming...?" The imperial soldier, whose limbs were bound by hemp rope, looked on with envy.
Pairs of drooling eyes were fixed on the pork belly that passed in front of them.
Even Commander Zhang couldn't help but lick his lips.
It smells so good!
It smells so good!
I don't know what seasoning was added, but the aroma was irresistible, and the meat had a golden-brown sheen!
This was an extreme temptation for the imperial soldiers who had long been deprived of food and drink. As soldiers of the imperial court, they ate only coarse grains twice a day to barely make ends meet, and could only see two pieces of meat a month.
Even so, it was still a wonderful day worth remembering!
"Dreaming? This is a dream for your imperial army!" Zhou's sharpshooter, who was carrying a basket of roast chicken, stopped and looked down at the prisoners.
then,
He then said with a proud expression, "It's just a pound of meat! Look how surprised you all are!"
"Only a bunch of starving ghosts like you would show such an ignorant expression!"
Upon hearing this, a soldier from the Zhou family raised his chin slightly and chimed in, "That's right! On the first day our young master returned to the city, he ordered that the food should be unlimited every day, and I've eaten until I'm stuffed."
"Those chefs are really something, they put so much oil in every dish they cook, and I've gained almost ten pounds in just half a month."
"Oh, right."
"We eat three meals a day, and we get an egg with our breakfast in the morning."
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