Chapter 152 Being an official is not as good as farming
"Settlement me before the war?" Gu Xixi grasped the key again.
"That is to say... once the war starts, he won't be able to take action."
Gu Xixi lowered her head, broke open the pancake, and dipped it into the soup, saying casually, "Isn't he a civil official? Why does he have to go to the battlefield during a war?"
Meng Chengping was shocked, his eyes widened and he was speechless. "Yes, yes, he is a civil official, what does fighting have to do with him?"
What a close call! I almost got the truth out of my head!
Before Meng Chengping had time to applaud his quick response, he heard Gu Xixi say:
"This time it shouldn't be the general's intention, is it Mu Nanzhao who doesn't allow you to say it?"
After a moment of silence, seeing Meng Chengping like a deflated skin, he bowed his head and said resignedly, "Boss Gu, I don't want to lie to you, so please, can you please stop asking?"
The sound was squeezed out from between the teeth, as weak as it could be.
But soon, he straightened his chest and said confidently, "This is a military secret that cannot be disclosed!"
Gu Xixi ate a mouthful of soup and pancake, nodded, and said, "Then pick the part you can say."
Meng Chengping was still hesitating.
In fact, apart from the specific personnel arrangements and tactical layout for implementation, nothing else about this matter is confidential.
But... we can't ignore our brotherhood.
He Jinglan snorted coldly and said with a smile, "It's all because we made it too difficult for General Meng, but General Meng, don't worry, we don't dare to listen to what we shouldn't know, even if you dare to say it."
Meng Chengping sensed danger, but he gritted his teeth and held on. "Anyway, no matter how you speculate, I won't say a word!"
Gu Xixi looked at Meng Chengping for a while, then said, "Okay, then don't tell me."
He Jinglan was surprised and wanted to say something unwillingly, but was stopped by Gu Xixi, "Jinglan, I admire General Meng for keeping his mouth shut and keeping his promise. Let's not embarrass him."
When He Jinglan met Gu Xixi's eyes, she was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and ate the cake silently.
Meng Chengping was as if he had been pardoned, "Boss Gu is such a good man, a very good man!"
After finishing her meal, He Jinglan said she wanted to rest and didn't want the smelly man to be around.
Meng Chengping was in a good mood because He Jinglan did not completely ignore him. He mentioned the guy who delivered the meal to him and left happily.
He Jinglan looked outside, made sure that everyone had left the yard, and quickly grabbed Gu Xixi.
"You winked at me just now. Do you know something?"
Gu Xixi praised with a smile, "How smart!"
She continued, "Whether Mu Nanzhao will personally go into battle, the answer is nothing more than two, yes or no, isn't it hard to guess? Just look at General Meng's performance and you'll know."
He Jinglan suddenly realized, "You mean, Mu Nanzhao is going to fight too?"
Gu Xixi said, "I am not involved in the situation. Just like what General Meng said, I am just speculating casually and you just listen casually."
He Jinglan nodded again and again. She was really curious.
In the past, although Mu Nanzhao, whom she knew, was very good at martial arts, almost no one knew that he was good at martial arts.
Because he said, "No wise man contributes."
He was very confident in his intelligence and had many ways to kill his opponents, so why bother using his fists?
At this moment, He Jinglan felt that this trip to the northwest was not in vain, as she was able to witness the miracle of Mu Nanzhao personally going to the battlefield.
She raised her hand and swore, "I, He Jinglan, swear to heaven that I will treat every word that Gu Xixi said today as a story, and I will not tell anyone after listening to it!"
Gu Xixi pondered and said, "If we win this battle, the situation on the Northwest border will definitely change, and the strength of the Northwest Army will definitely increase greatly."
"From what I know about Mu Nanzhao, he is not a man who likes to show off his bravery or fight for a short period of time. He is like a lone wolf lurking in the dark. If he doesn't move, it's fine. But once he moves, he will tear a large piece of flesh from the fatal part."
"The general is the king of the northwest. I guess their purpose, in addition to defending the country, is to make sure that no one can shake the general's position in a short period of time."
"And Mu Nanzhao is not only an ally, but also someone who will directly benefit in the future, so he should contribute to this."
"Of course, this is also his own wish."
Gu Xixi paused, "He wants to return to the court as soon as possible. No one can weigh the truth of seeking wealth and honor in danger more thoroughly than him."
After saying these words, there was silence and no reaction.
Gu Xixi thought He Jinglan had fallen asleep, so she turned her head and met a pair of eyes sparkling with little stars.
"Xixi! How do you know everything?"
"It would be great if the court could restore the previous dynasty's system of female officials. You would stop farming and become an official. You would definitely be no worse than the men in the court."
Gu Xixi imagined the scene, grinned and shook her head, "No."
“I still like farming.”
Being a female official was a must for her to attend the morning court, and after the court she had to return to her department to work and handle official business.
Even though I'm in a book, I still have to work from nine to five and be restricted. It's not worth it no matter how you think about it.
Furthermore, if an official does a good job, he may enjoy a glorious period for a while, but if he does a bad job, he may be thrown into prison, his property confiscated, his entire clan executed, or he may be sold into slavery and live a life worse than death.
Farming is different. She has the skills, and the land and crops will never deceive her. As long as she works hard, she can have a stable harvest regardless of drought or flood.
After hearing this analysis, He Jinglan held up her chin and said, "But what I often hear is that a higher-ranking official can crush someone to death."
"Now think about it, what about ordinary people?"
"You have no power, and anyone who has more power than you has the opportunity to bully you. What should you do?"
Gu Xixi smiled, "I have the support of the King of the Northwest, so what do I have to be afraid of?"
This was the promise made by Huo Jiang, and it was also one of the rewards that Gu Xixi agreed to give for helping the Northwest Army to open up wasteland.
Anyway, Northwest occupies the largest piece of land in Daye, so Gu Xixi can expand her agricultural territory in the future as she pleases.
The imperial court knew that the northwest was cold and barren, and the land was not suitable for growing crops, so it never paid attention to the vast land of the northwest. To this day, the country's granary is placed in the south of the Yangtze River and the central riverside area.
But they didn’t know that there was a farmer named Gu Xixi in the Northwest.
He Jinglan was greatly shocked. After a moment of digestion, she suddenly clapped her hands.
"Xixi, you are so cunning! But I like it!"
The break time is over and we have to continue working in the afternoon.
After digging for two and a half days in a row, we had collected enough sheep's epilepsy grass that we needed.
After all, we just have to find a way to mix epilepsy into the fodder of the Beili people. We can't be greedy. If we add too much at one time, it will be easy to be discovered.
At noon when Gu Xixi announced the end of work, she and He Jinglan paid everyone the last half day's wages.
Previously, the day’s wages were settled every evening.
Many women received their own wages for the first time in their lives, which encouraged them and made them work harder.
As a result, the project was completed half a day earlier than Gu Xixi had expected.
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