Zheng Quchi needed to build watchtowers, defensive walls, dig trenches, and build basements for storing supplies in a short period of time. The task was arduous and time was tight, so Yuan Xingzhou left most of the soldiers behind for her to command and use.
The remaining small group was assigned to Yuan Xingzhou to carry out tasks such as defense patrols, exploring the nearby terrain, and sending scouts to find out the enemy's location.
The two of them had arranged things clearly, one inside and one outside, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
The blazing sun relentlessly scorched the earth; today's temperature was estimated to be over thirty degrees Celsius. To prevent the soldiers from suffering heatstroke from overworking, Zheng Quchi had them take turns going to the lake to replenish their water, soak in the water for a quarter of an hour, and rest to maintain their best condition.
Yuan Xingzhou was gone for about half an hour when he sent someone back with a batch of game. Zheng Quchi was dumbfounded: "This is really combining business, official duties, leisure, and hunting on the side."
Speaking of the Golden Egret Hunting Ground, it was originally a royal hunting ground. It was lush with vegetation and teemed with birds, beasts, and deer. It was not open to the public on weekdays, so the livestock and animals in the hunting ground multiplied indefinitely. The annual "harvest" only yielded a small amount of fur.
"Quickly, prepare these fresh mountain produce, then we'll stew several big pots of meat so everyone can eat and drink their fill before getting back to work."
Zheng Quchi shouted, and his men immediately responded.
"Okay~"
Nearly two hours after Yuan Xingzhou left, he sent back a large batch of prey, including two white wolves with glossy fur, one male and one female, but they were alive.
Zheng Quchi was speechless after receiving this reserve of grain.
"Why send it back alive? To be slaughtered and cooked on the spot?"
"Uh..." Liu Chaiji scratched his head and asked in a low voice, "How about we don't kill them? We have enough food anyway, so why not keep them to play with?"
Liu Chaiji, possessed by two souls, was particularly fond of this handsome white wolf with its beautiful fur and domineering presence in the forest. He wished he could tame it and keep it as a pet, but he was also somewhat intimidated by the ruthless killing intent emanating from its icy eyes.
He has the desire to steal but not the courage.
“What nonsense! These are two man-eating wolves…” Zheng Quchi was about to scold Liu Chaiji for being so ignorant, but when he turned around and saw the two white wolves’ ferocious appearance, he suddenly had a good idea: “Liu Chaiji, hurry up and find two long shackles, big ones, and bring a basin of venison that the soldiers just unloaded.”
Liu Chaiji was taken aback, but quickly realized: "You really want to keep them?"
Zheng Quchi nodded: "Keep it."
“But these wild wolves can’t be tamed at all… I was just joking.” Now it was Liu Chaiji’s turn to offer some earnest advice.
Zheng Quchi raised an eyebrow: "They don't need to be fully tamed, they just need to be able to guard the gate."
Liu Chaiji: "..." You're really something, tying up two vicious wolves to guard the gate.
When the two white wolves were brought over, their limbs were bound and they could not move freely. Zheng Quchi carefully approached, pushed the bowl of venison to the wolves' mouths, and fed them. After the two hungry wolves finished eating, he chuckled and approached with a wicked grin, holding the shackles.
Seeing her recklessness and fearing that the wolf might pounce, Liu Chaiji quickly stepped forward to stop her: "Lieutenant Zheng, be careful!"
Before Liu Chaiji could finish exclaiming, the two white wolves, their eyes glazed over and their eyelids drooping, collapsed one after another.
Liu Chaiji was dumbfounded: "What...what's going on?"
"She was drugged."
Liu Chaiji was even more shocked: "How could he have been drugged?"
Zheng Quchi was squatting on the ground putting shackles on the unconscious white wolf: "You talk too much nonsense, naturally it's because I have medicine."
Others say that when you're out in the world, you have to carry some low-level tricks with you, but she thinks that when you're in the palace, you also need to be prepared with some clever schemes.
Some of these various powders were prepared by the military doctor, and some were given to her by Aunt Mei for self-defense. She had just taken a large bag of powder and asked the soldiers to sprinkle it around the camp.
Camping outdoors, especially in this sweltering weather, means encountering countless snakes, insects, rodents, and mosquitoes. In particular, their choice to camp by the lake means that large wild animals may also quietly approach to drink at night.
If no measures are taken in advance, it is possible that the food stored in the granary will be eaten by something the next day, strange footprints will appear in the camp, some soldiers will inexplicably have red and swollen bodies and pain, or someone will suddenly get an acute illness.
In this semi-primitive region, besides human-caused damage, the dangers lurking in nature are endless, a fact that Zheng Quchi is well aware of.
After knocking the white wolf down, she went over and put shackles on them. These things were originally prepared for enemy prisoners, but now they were being used on the white wolf first.
After securing them, she carried them to the "gate" of the camp, which was actually just a gap between two earthen walls, without any door panels yet.
She threw the wolves down and then hammered two more wooden stakes to secure them. She drove the stakes deep so that the two white wolves would have difficulty breaking free. Even if they did manage to loosen their grip, she wouldn't be afraid; she could just hammer them deeper whenever she had a chance to come and see.
Liu Chaiji followed him in and out like a little tail: "Lieutenant Zheng, what's the use of having these two white wolves guarding the door?"
“Their ears are incredibly sharp. If the other party is lurking in the distance, we certainly won’t be able to tell with our naked eyes, but they will definitely be able to detect it with their noses. Besides, don’t you think it’s impressive to have two white wolves guarding the gate for us?” Zheng Quchi asked him.
Upon hearing this, Liu Chaiji nodded repeatedly, deeply agreeing: "What the General's wife said is absolutely right."
"Alright, stop slacking off and hurry up and help the others with their work. I have other things to do."
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