Mu Xiong felt ashamed when he thought of his previous attitude towards Pei Yun.
But you really can't blame him. If anyone saw Pei Yun coming without any baggage and saying that he wanted to feed 50,000 people who had been hungry for a long time, no one would believe it.
Even though he saw it with his own eyes now, Mu Xiong still felt like he was dreaming.
He took a deep breath, took a step forward, clasped his fists solemnly towards Pei Yun, and bowed deeply: "Master Pei, I am really ashamed for the offense I just caused!"
Pei Yun held him up and said, "General Mu, you are too serious. You used your isolated city to fight against the entire Northern Liang, allowing the court to concentrate all its efforts on dealing with Northern Yan. This feat is the pillar of the country. If you hadn't held on for half a year, I'm afraid Yongzhou would have lost most of its land."
"I just got some food, it's nothing compared to the general."
Mu Xiong shook his head and said, "Master Pei, you are wrong. It is my duty to defend this place, but you have come to my rescue and saved the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city. This is a truly righteous act."
"With this amount of food, I can hold out for another half a year without any problem."
Mu Lan was also confused. She didn't expect Pei Yun to be able to really come up with food. She just wondered where the food came from.
Pei Yun clearly didn't bring anything when he went in, so how come there was suddenly so much flour? This is too magical.
But no matter what, the facts prove that Pei Yun was not bragging, no wonder he dared to issue a military order.
She walked over and knelt on one knee solemnly, "Master Pei, I have offended you before. Please punish me."
Pei Yun quickly helped her up and said, "Young General, please stand up. You are embarrassing me."
At this moment, Zhang Huan had organized the people to buy flour.
When the people saw the snow-white and fine flour, they couldn't believe their eyes.
"This...is this really white flour?"
"Didn't they say the army had run out of food? How come there is suddenly so much flour?"
"I have never seen such fine white flour."
"Oh my God, we are saved, we are saved."
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The people who had gathered were very excited. When they heard that it was only ten cents per pound, they were even more excited. It was too cheap.
Such good white flour is so cheap.
They had been trapped in the city for so long that they had run out of food and money was no longer of any use. Now they could finally buy food.
"I'll buy ten kilograms!"
"I'll buy twenty kilograms!"
The people who bought the flour couldn't wait to go home, and long-lost smiles appeared on their faces. Now they could make white flour buns to eat.
"Everyone, hurry up and go to the military camp to buy white flour."
"It's all top-quality white flour, only ten cents a pound."
Some people started shouting.
"Is this true? There is white flour in the military camp?"
"Yes, didn't General Mu say yesterday that the army had already run out of food?"
"Why would I lie to you? I've already bought it. I heard from the military officers that it was sent to us by a man named Pei Yun."
"He brought people to support us and brought a lot of flour. Now we are saved."
"Da Lang, hurry up, go to Zhang's house and exchange our son for us. Now the barracks have food, and we don't have to eat humans anymore."
In a private house, a woman who was boiling water outside heard the shouting of people on the street and hurried back to the room.
Inside the room, a man was pointing a knife at a skinny girl.
This is the 'food' they got in exchange for their sons and others.
They were so hungry that they had no other choice. They ate everything they could. The children could not stand the hunger and his son fainted from hunger several times. Before he starved to death, he exchanged his daughter for him.
But the man just couldn't bring himself to kill the unconscious girl. Even though the girl was dying, she was still a living being.
Just as he was about to close his eyes, cruelly end the girl's life and then cook her to eat, he heard his wife's voice.
"Are you serious? Is there really food in the barracks?"
"Really, really, I've seen quite a few people buy flour. Go and get your son back. I'll go buy flour."
"Okay, okay."
The man's face showed excitement. He picked up the unconscious girl and rushed out, praying that his child had not been eaten, and at the same time feeling lucky that he had not done it yet.
Otherwise, this incident would probably follow him like a nightmare for the rest of his life.
There were many couples like this in the city. At this moment, they hurriedly exchanged their children and then went to the military camp to buy flour.
Many people were already too hungry to run, but now they were afraid that they would be too late and would not be able to buy the food, so they ran as fast as they could.
Outside the military camp, the number of people queuing increased instantly.
However, Mu Xiong had anticipated this situation and sent people to maintain order while setting up dozens of sales locations.
"Don't push, there is still plenty of flour, everyone has a share."
"If anyone keeps pushing the car, we won't sell it to them."
The soldiers who were maintaining order shouted loudly and were excited at the same time. If the common people had food, then they must have it too, and the cooks in the barracks were already busy.
The soldiers had already smelled the aroma of steamed white flour.
When the common people heard that there would be no crowding, they stopped buying and could only suppress their eagerness and queue up honestly.
Seeing that almost all the people in the city had come, Mu Xiong pulled Pei Yun aside and whispered, "Master Pei, how much flour do you have? Can this feed the whole city?"
Pei Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will definitely be enough. Even if there is no flour, there is still rice."
Mu Xiong's eyes widened, and there was also rice.
He couldn't help but wonder, "Master Pei, where did all this food come from?"
"To be honest, I know a little bit of magic, and I used magic to move all these here."
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