Chapter 156 Hunting down ferocious beasts and intimidating the three schools!
With a mournful cry, the tiger crashed to the ground, the immense impact creating a deep crater in the snow.
Dead?
Wei Dongzhu stepped forward to check and found that half of the tiger's head had been dented by the force of the impact.
"Dead!"
Feng Wu sheathed his longsword, feeling extremely pleased. The strategists of Ghost Valley not only possessed extraordinary wisdom but also unparalleled martial prowess!
Only someone like this is worthy of leading their Guigu!
Shen Lanxi bent down to pick up the tiger, but Wei Dongzhu beat her to it!
"I'll do it!" He was also a man of great strength!
Wei Dongzhu bent over and used his knees to lift the tiger onto his back with a clever move.
This tiger weighs three or four hundred pounds. Although it was difficult for him to carry it, he could bear it and move around with it on his back!
Feng Wu cast an admiring glance at Wei Dongzhu. As expected of the young general of the Wei family, he truly is a tiger cub from a military family!
Zhang Liao and the others were unaware that Shen Lanxi had gone up the mountain to hunt tigers. When they heard what the women of Hongliutun said, they were almost startled and jumped up.
"That's the king of the mountains!" One swipe of its claws could take a life!
"Husband, hurry and go see! They've brought the tiger back!" Wang Shi patted her husband as soon as she saw that he wasn't moving.
This husband is good in every way, except he doesn't know how to curry favor or flatter his superiors. No wonder he didn't tell him about something as important as hunting tigers!
Zhang Liao turned and ran.
The street was already crowded with people. Shen Lanxi deliberately intimidated them and did not let Wei Dongzhu put it in the courtyard, but put it directly on the street!
The once majestic and fearsome mountain king is now no different from a dead dog!
Those who came to watch the spectacle didn't dare to breathe loudly.
Even though it was a dead tiger, it was still terrifying to look at!
Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen arrived, surrounded by the Shen family.
She actually dared to hunt tigers?
Seeing the enormous creature lying on the ground, Old Madam Shen was terrified and quickly withdrew from the crowd.
It's so big, it's terrifying!
Did she grow up with the courage of a leopard or something?
Seeing that Madam Shen's face was pale, Liu's daughters-in-law quickly helped her back to rest.
Before it even got dark, everyone in the nearby villages knew that Centurion Shen had hunted a tiger!
The news spread like wildfire.
The next day, Shen Lanxi and the others returned to Baihe County Garrison. They immediately ordered the other two garrisons to gather in Baihe County. Ostensibly, they were there to pay their respects to the newly appointed centurion, but in reality, they were using ferocious beasts to intimidate the three garrisons!
Shen Lanxi stood next to the dead tiger, lifted it up with one hand, walked around the training ground, and shouted three times!
Victory is certain!
Victory is certain!
Victory is certain!
Its sound resounded throughout the entire training ground, reaching the ears of every soldier, shaking their hearts and boosting their morale!
"Blue Centurion, victory is assured!"
"Blue Centurion, you are brave!"
"Blue Centurion, great warrior!"
...
Zhang Niu had been waiting there since early morning, and when he saw Shen Lanxi coming, he immediately went to greet her.
"Every part of a tiger is valuable. Tiger bones can ward off evil, detoxify, and stop palpitations. Tiger meat, tiger heart, tiger gall, tiger... even tiger whip, and tiger teeth, I can use them all!"
Shen Lanxi: "I never said I wouldn't give it to you!"
Zhang Niu: "..."
"There's one condition: you must teach the women of Liuzhao Village medicine. They will then be responsible for treating wounded soldiers!"
Zhang Niu didn't want to teach the female protagonist medicine. It wasn't that he looked down on women; he simply didn't want to be surrounded by a bunch of women and was afraid of the trouble!
But when he heard Shen Lanxi mention treating wounded soldiers, he swallowed back his refusal.
"OK!"
When Shen Lanxi saw Liu Yan coming over with a notebook, she pointed to the council hall and led him there!
It just so happened that Cheng Zheng and other students from Qinglan Academy were all there.
Liu Yan reported while holding the account book: "We have recruited more than two hundred soldiers. Half of them were sent to Caotuo Ridge, and the other half were distributed equally among the various garrisons. The resettlement allowance of twenty taels per person is too much. Many people said they don't want the resettlement allowance, as long as they can have enough to eat, they are willing to join our army. I suggest reducing the resettlement allowance to two taels!"
Shen Lanxi: "Okay!"
"The people who came to join the army were all dressed very thinly, and most of them had frostbite. We need to raise cotton-padded clothes and frostbite medicine as soon as possible."
Shen Lanxi: "I have connections for cotton-padded clothes and frostbite medicine. You compile the specific numbers, arrange the manpower and carriages, and go get them tomorrow!"
"yes!"
Liu Yan scratched his head, surprised that the problem that had been bothering him for days had been solved so quickly.
"We have enough food for now, but we're a little short on vegetables and meat. We also have enough charcoal!"
Shen Lanxi: "The soldiers have to practice martial arts every day, so their food rations cannot be lowered. They have three meals a day, two ounces of meat and two ounces of vegetables. If there is no meat, they will have one egg a day. If that's not enough, we'll send someone to buy some!"
This is what Liu Yan is worried about.
"Prices soared during the winter, and after King Cheng rebelled, grain and meat prices rose even more outrageously!"
Shen Lanxi: "Exchange it with charcoal!"
Liu Yan replied: "Charcoal is more expensive!"
Is she someone who lacks charcoal?
"Don't exchange them in the county; have the soldiers take them to the village to exchange them. Don't attract attention!"
"yes!"
Liu Yan continued her accounting: "There are over three hundred people at Caotuo Ridge now, and they consume more than a dozen bags of grain every day. If we continue sending people there, they'll need a few more bags each day. On average, we send people every three days, which is forty to fifty bags of grain. At one hundred catties per bag, that's four to five thousand catties. The current price of grain is twenty-five taels per dou (a unit of dry measure). Based on four thousand catties, that's..."
"Adding to the three schools here, every ten days, we'll use tens of thousands of catties, which is equivalent to more than 100,000 taels of silver. If it lasts thirty days a month, it'll easily amount to 500,000 taels a month!"
"Then there are cotton-padded clothes, vegetables, meat, eggs, and other necessities. A thick set of cotton-padded clothes and shoes costs at least five taels of silver. Vegetables, now a single cabbage costs five hundred coins, and an egg costs thirty coins. They used to be cheaper, but the heavy snow and the war have caused this. Since our lord has cotton-padded clothes, let's leave that aside for now!"
"We have soldiers, and we should have basic equipment: armor, weapons, warhorses, and chariots. One piece of armor... If we don't have armor, each person should at least have a sword."
The more Shen Lanxi listened, the more her head throbbed. She knew that raising an army was expensive, but she hadn't expected it to be this expensive.
Fortunately, she had accumulated a considerable fortune along the way; otherwise, wouldn't she have been unable to support even fifty soldiers?
After nightfall, Shen Lanxi flew to an abandoned warehouse near Baihe County. After checking that no one was around, she quickly put cotton clothes, frostbite medicine, vegetables, meat and other items into the warehouse!
The next morning, someone told Liu Yan the location and specifically reminded him to send someone to guard it, and to transport it back after nightfall!
Today is Lunar New Year's Eve. While everyone is celebrating, Shen Lanxi watches the soldiers transporting supplies back in truckloads.
Large snowflakes drifted down; the snow that had been holding back for several days finally came down!
"After the supplies are delivered, everyone will be rewarded with two ounces of meat and one egg!"
"Thank you for your generous gift, my lord!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
The year was far from peaceful. After King Cheng rebelled, King Dongliao also rebelled!
And she happened to be in the fiefdom of the King of Dongliao. Tian Maofeng's superior was a general under the King of Dongliao, and she was promoted by Tian Maofeng, so she was tacitly considered to be on the King of Dongliao's side. She did nothing, yet she became a confirmed traitor!
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