Chapter 266 The City Lord's Life and Death Gamble
Su Nuan asked curiously, "Did you encounter any difficulties?"
Cheng Feng nodded, "We don't have enough food. We didn't find much in Hancheng either. We're almost done eating now."
Su Nuan waved her hand and said, "Don't worry about that. I'm leaving this time just to harvest corn."
"There is a mountain in our area where it is spring all year round, so I planted some corn."
Cheng Feng's eyes lit up. "Does someone help you take care of it? Or can it grow without any care?"
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "Of course someone helps me take care of it. Crops will just become weeds if I don't take care of them."
Cheng Feng chuckled, with a hint of Li Shitou's silliness: "As long as there is food to eat, it's good."
Su Nuan looked at the ten cows in front of her and frowned, "Oh, I forgot to bring back the corn stalks. They are also feed for the cows."
She thought of something else and asked, "Do we have a blacksmith here? I want to make iron tools."
Cheng Feng said: "No."
Su Nuan, “…”
Don't you need to think about it carefully?
Cheng Feng suddenly came to his senses, "Ordinary blacksmiths should have it, but no one has tempered iron ore into weapons."
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "I need a furnace. I'll provide the fuel, and I'll smelt the iron into the existing farm tools to make a guillotine."
Cheng Feng asked in confusion: "What is a guillotine?"
There were no scythes in that era, so people had to chop the straw little by little with sickles or kitchen knives, which was not efficient.
Su Nuan thought for a moment and said, "It's a very simple little thing. It's mainly used to chop up large straw. It's better to chop it up and feed it to cattle and sheep."
Cheng Feng was used to Su Nuan's novel ideas, so he said, "Okay, I'll find someone to build it for you when we get back. But we don't have much iron, and we'll need it for things like cutting trees."
Su Nuan said, "Go back and collect all the iron tools, including the axe. Use the ones that are still usable first."
“As long as those things are piled up, who knows if we’ll use them or not?”
Cheng Feng's eyes were blank for a moment, then cleared up again, and he smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."
He glanced at Su Nuan's backpack, thinking that there must be other iron tools in there, but it was not convenient to take them out now. No one would think about using scrap iron as a cover and then smelting the fine iron hidden by Su Nuan.
Su Nuan added, "I hope this fat guy is smarter and can see the current situation clearly."
Cheng Feng didn't say anything. He felt that this fat man might not be so easy to tame.
When they returned to the base, Su Nuan found that Ling Cang, Li Shitou and others were surrounded by the city lord's guards.
Cheng Feng quickly stepped forward and asked, "Lord City Lord, what happened?"
He glanced at the men holding knives. The city lord's guards should all be here.
The city lord sneered: "Your people failed to protect my people, so they all deserve to die."
Cheng Feng narrowed his eyes and said unkindly, "Sir, didn't we agree that you would be the city lord and I would be in charge of these soldiers?"
"They are my people now, so their life and death is my decision."
Seeing that Cheng Feng was a little angry, the city lord softened his tone and said, "Your people are definitely not as obedient as mine. Why don't we have a competition?"
Cheng Feng sneered, "How can we compare?"
The city lord thought for a moment and said, "My people will absolutely obey my orders, but yours may not."
Cheng Feng narrowed his eyes. He finally understood Su Nuan's impatience. Now he didn't want to deal with it anymore and wanted to pick up a knife and chop this guy.
Su Nuan's eyes flashed, and she whispered, "Let's compete, listen to me..."
As Cheng Feng listened to Su Nuan's words, his face turned pale and blue, and then he looked at Su Nuan with strange eyes.
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "What? Is my idea bad?"
Cheng Feng forced a smile and looked at Ling Cang with sympathy.
Ling Cang is very calm now, and his expression did not change even when someone pointed a knife at him.
He was stunned by Cheng Feng's look. What was wrong with him? What was there about him that deserved his sympathy?
Cheng Feng analyzed Su Nuan's idea and thought it was feasible, so he straightened his back and said, "Okay, I'll compete with you."
The city lord waved his hand and said, "Assemble."
There are still eighteen of the city lord's men left, and they seem to be more capable than those who left.
Cheng Feng said, "Those who are willing to obey my orders, come out eighteen."
Ling Cang was the first to step forward, and as a result, the number of people at this station exceeded the limit.
Cheng Feng smiled with satisfaction and said, "Eighteen people will be enough. As long as the number is equal, the rest of you can leave first."
In the end, Li Shitou called out the names of a few people, and the rest left.
This way, there are the same number of people on both sides, which is fairer than anything else.
Cheng Feng came to Ling Cang and they whispered for a while.
Ling Cang finally understood why Cheng Feng looked at him with sympathy.
Because it was Su Nuan who said the insidious content of the competition, but Ling Cang was not distracted. She believed that Su Nuan would not use such treachery on her own people.
He smiled and said, "You don't have to sympathize with me. You and I both know what kind of personality she has. I believe she wouldn't treat her relatives and friends in this way."
Cheng Feng was stunned for a moment, then nodded in shame, "Yes, you are right."
The city lord on the other side saw that they were not having fun and said impatiently: "Now we have to compete in obedience. My people will definitely listen to me."
Cheng Feng said, "Okay, let's have a marching competition to see who is faster."
The city lord nodded and said, "Okay, if you win, you have the final say from now on."
Cheng Feng was waiting for this sentence and nodded immediately, "Okay!"
The two groups of people formed two rows of teams. Cheng Feng and the city lord gave orders together and they moved forward immediately.
Cheng Feng shouted, "Don't stop without orders. You must get your feet moving!"
The city lord snorted coldly and said, "Anyone who disobeys my order will be executed. Move forward."
The two teams began to move forward. Judging from their speed, the people on the city lord's side were much faster.
Su Nuan crossed her arms and watched the fun.
Everyone around the city lord had gone to the competition, so there was no one to carry him, and he didn't have the strength to stand up.
Gradually, the city lord realized something was wrong and said, "There's a river ahead. Let's finish by the river."
Cheng Feng said: "I didn't say it just now, and it's too late to give orders now."
The city lord's face darkened. "Come here, carry me over."
He waited for a long time but no one came, then he realized that all his people had gone to participate in the competition.
He wanted to stand up, but his hands and feet were weak, and she was very fat, so he couldn't move at all.
The city lord angrily said, "There's a river ahead. My men won't stop without my orders. Do you want to watch them die?"
Cheng Feng said calmly: "My people can't hear my orders, and they won't stop."
The city lord finally became a little scared and stared at Cheng Feng and asked, "Don't you care about your life or death?"
Cheng Feng spread his hands and said, "There are still many after these eighteen died. Don't be afraid."
The city lord was so angry that he choked on his saliva. He started coughing violently, but this cough could not close the back door, and a foul smell came out of his body.
Cheng Feng retreated silently. Wouldn’t this fat guy be quiet?
The team in front was still heading straight towards the river. Without any orders, they would be swept into the river like dumplings.
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