Song Wan not only ate the food herself, but also quickly picked up a piece of potato dipped in chili for Gu Yan, "Try it too."
Gu Yan hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and tasted the potatoes in the bowl.
After chewing it slowly, he gave his evaluation, "It's spicier than dogwood, but not as strong."
Song Wan was very excited, "With chili peppers, I can make a lot of delicious food!"
"Spicy potatoes, spicy boiled fish, boiled pork slices, spicy rabbit head..." Song Wan couldn't count them all.
After listening to this, Zhao Zhi sipped the porridge in his bowl and suddenly felt it was tasteless. He looked involuntarily at the potatoes in Jiang Zhen's bowl and secretly took a piece while Jiang Zhen wasn't paying attention.
Jiang Zhen noticed him almost as soon as he moved, but before he could stop him, he saw him stuff it into his mouth very quickly.
Then I heard him coughing non-stop, probably choking because he ate too fast.
Jiang Zhen was speechless, but he still poured him a glass of warm water. "Brother, if you want to eat, just eat. Why are you sneaking around like that? You deserve it!"
Zhao Zhi's face turned red after being told this, and he drank two glasses of warm water before the spicy taste in his mouth was relieved.
"This pepper is too spicy." He ate it secretly and didn't forget to complain.
Song Wan snorted, "You have an injury, so it's best not to eat spicy food. It will only harm the wound."
Even if she didn't tell him, Zhao Zhi didn't plan to eat it anymore. However, he still had a small doubt, "Princess, how do you know so much about this?"
He knew that Song Wan had lived in the northwest for five years. At that time, he was only a captain of a thousand men and followed General Mu. He had almost no interactions with the commander-in-chief, the Marquis's family.
"When I was in the northwest, I ran out of the city to play and accidentally ran into the Qiang territory. I discovered it by accident." Thanks to Gu Yan's anxiety, Song Wan was now able to come up with such lies with ease, and it seemed flawless.
Zhao Zhi did not doubt Song Wan's words, because he had often heard General Mu say that the marquis's granddaughter was extremely strong and liked to run around, and her two brothers could not take care of her alone.
"The Qiang are so hateful!" Thinking of the villages that were massacred, Zhao Zhi was furious again. "I really want to fight them until they surrender!"
Song Wan ate quickly, and after sharing his food, he responded, "This is very simple. Just attack their lair and capture all the leaders!"
To be honest, Song Wan doesn't like fighting. Fighting and fighting zombies are different. One is killing people, and the other is killing zombies.
Although some people are as inhuman as zombies, the vast majority of them just want to live their lives in peace, so all we need to do is control the few people who like to stir up trouble.
Zhao Zhi was discouraged. "Princess, it's not that easy to break into the Qiang tribe's lair."
Song Wan was puzzled, "Is it difficult?"
Zhao Zhi asked back, "Is it that simple?"
Song Wan was prompted by his question to quickly look through her memories and discovered that Dai Viet had never successfully eliminated border threats since its founding, which seemed a bit difficult for them.
After eating until she was 110% full, Song Wan put down her bowl and chopsticks, looked up at Zhao Zhi, and said casually, "Then let me show you."
Zhao Zhi: "...Princess, you are not kidding me, right?"
He obviously didn't believe it.
Jiang Zhen, standing by, had a completely different reaction from Zhao Zhi. He rubbed his hands and asked Song Wan, "Then Miss Song, ah, no, Princess, when are you planning to break in? Do you want to bring more people with you? I think I'm quite suitable!"
After hearing this, Song Wan turned around and asked Gu Yanji, "How many soldiers does the Qiang tribe have?"
Gu Yan thought for a moment and replied, "I only know that of their 120,000 troops, almost 90% were killed or captured. As for how many combat-ready Qiang soldiers there are, General Zhao should know better than I do."
Know thy enemy and know thyself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Zhao Zhi has been in the northwest for more than ten years, and he knows the Qiang people better than he knows his own mother at home.
"From what I understand, the combined forces of the several tribes don't exceed 150,000," Zhao Zhi cautiously judged. "Although the Northwest Army suffered heavy losses in the battle two years ago, they were able to make up for the losses by conscription. However, most Qiang tribes don't actually enjoy war, and their 150,000 troops were almost all recruited from those few warlike tribes."
In fact, there are not many Qiang people. Together with the ordinary people, there are only a few million of them. It’s just that some tribal leaders are greedy and want to get rich overnight.
If it weren't for the fact that there was a big mountain serving as a natural barrier where they lived, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhao Zhi thought that the Daye Kingdom would probably swallow up the Qiang people just like it had swallowed up other small tribes.
Song Wan: "So, they only have 40,000 to 50,000 combat-ready soldiers right now?"
Zhao Zhi nodded affirmatively, "That's about right."
Song Wan already had a plan in mind. "Since they love fighting so much, they must be quite strong. Let's capture them all and assign them to various cities to cultivate wasteland. All the food they grow will be used as military rations."
You are kept idle and anxious every day, with energy but nowhere to use it. All you do is go to war and bully ordinary people. Farming will tire you to death.
"Forty, forty, or fifty thousand, all brought back?" Zhao Zhi was really tongue-tied.
"That's right. We can't rely on Ayu's treasury every year to provide food for hundreds of thousands of soldiers. What if there's a flood or earthquake somewhere? Will Ayu prioritize feeding the soldiers or saving the suffering civilians?" Song Wan stared at him and said, "Since they love fighting so much, let's tire them out until they don't have the energy to think about it."
Gu Yan looked at Song Wan quietly with tenderness in her eyes. If A Yu heard this, she would probably be very happy.
So he took her hand and said, "Okay, when the war is over, I will write a letter to the emperor."
Song Wan was so happy to get support, "Ayu will definitely agree!"
Zhao Zhi lowered his head to drink water. If he heard correctly, the princess had been calling the emperor's name.
He couldn't help but admire the princess, she was really awesome.
After the victory dinner, Zhao Zhi brought Song Wan and Gu Yan to General Mu’s tent in a hurry. The military doctor was changing the hemostatic medicine and gauze for General Mu.
"Doctor Li, this is Princess Xiaoyao and General Gu," Zhao Zhihe, the military doctor, introduced them and asked, "How is General Mu doing?"
Doctor Li is an old military doctor. When he was a teenager, he followed his master to save lives in the Northwest Army. Now, thirty years have passed.
Hearing Zhao Zhi asking about General Mu's condition, he sighed, "Not very well. The arrow in his chest was quite treacherous. Ever since the arrowhead was pulled out, the wound has been bleeding non-stop. I tried so hard to stop the bleeding, but when I changed the gauze just now, I found that the bleeding started to flow out again."
And according to his experience, General Mu's face was getting paler and paler, and he might not survive until tomorrow morning.
Zhao Zhi frowned, "How could this happen!"
After hearing this, Song Wan walked around the doctor and went to General Mu's bedside. She pretended to take his pulse on his wrist, while secretly using her mental power to explore the specific condition of his body.
The doctor was right. General Mu's condition was indeed not optimistic. It was a bit similar to that of Brother Gu Yanji. However, Brother Gu Yanji had barely survived for four or five years relying on precious medicinal herbs. If General Mu was not treated in time, he might never be able to go to the battlefield again.
Gu Yan was anxious to hear Doctor Li's conclusion and was equally worried. He walked over to Song Wan and asked in a low voice, "Is it very troublesome?"
Song Wan shook her head. "It's not a big deal, but after he's cured, he'll have to rest for six months to a year, otherwise he can't go to the battlefield."
Zhao Zhi had sharp ears. When he heard Song Wan's diagnosis, he immediately pushed aside Doctor Li and trotted over. "So, General Mu can still live, right?"
"Of course I can, as long as I'm here!" Song Wan patted his chest, very confident.
Doctor Li was very surprised. He walked over and asked, "May I ask, Princess, what medicine do you plan to use to treat General Mu?"
Song Wan didn't know how to use medicine, but she could use acupuncture to scare people. "I can't use medicine, so I can use acupuncture first. For follow-up treatment, I have to rely on you serious doctors."
Needless to say, Doctor Li was really frightened. He quickly asked, "What is acupuncture?"
Song Wan put on a serious face and pretended to be dignified, "This acupuncture treatment is passed on to women, not men."
Doctor Li pondered for a moment. "Princess, are you accepting any disciples? I have a granddaughter who is studying medicine with me. She is just ten years old this year."
Song Wan: "How strong is your granddaughter? How many sacks of gold can she carry at once?"
Gu Yan was so anxious that she couldn't help but curl her lips, trying hard not to do anything wrong.
Doctor Li thought he had misheard. "How many sacks? Gold?"
Song Wan nodded and continued to bluff him, "If you want to learn my silver needle therapy, you must be able to carry at least 500 kilograms on your shoulders, otherwise it's easy to go crazy!"
Doctor Li: “…”
How can there be someone who is possessed by evil? Then don't let your granddaughter come to worship the princess as her master. First of all, they can't carry 500 kilograms of gold.
After successfully fooling the real doctor, the fake doctor Song Wan took the opportunity to borrow a set of silver needles from the real doctor.
After Doctor Li was pushed out of the military tent, he looked at Zhao Zhi who was also being driven out. He asked, "Why didn't the princess use her own silver needles?"
Every doctor will have his own set of silver needles suitable for his own practice, and rarely use other people's because the feel and habits are different, and the results will also be different.
Zhao Zhi didn't understand any of this and randomly guessed, "Perhaps the princess came in a hurry and forgot to bring her own, so she borrowed yours. Doctor Li, you wouldn't be so reluctant to even give me a set of silver needles, right?"
Doctor Li was so shocked when his character was doubted that he said, "General Zhao, what are you talking about?"
Zhao Zhi: "To be honest, you keep wanting to look into the general's tent. You must be reluctant to leave."
Doctor Li was so angry that he threw his sleeves and left. "General Zhao, I'm tired. I'm afraid I can't help you change the medicine tomorrow. Please find someone else!"
Zhao Zhi: ...
Why is he always the one who gets hurt?
The next day, inside the military tent.
The Qiang people would come out in full force to attack the northwestern border so unscrupulously. They must have reached some kind of cooperation with Daye, just like in the past.
However, the Southwest has not moved a single soldier recently. I think it is because it has been traumatized by the war more than two years ago. So it wants to wait for the Qiang people to severely damage the Northwest first, and then take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack when the Southwest sends troops to rescue.
This is also the reason why Gu Yanji did not propose to transfer troops from the southwest in the capital. Compared with the Qiang people, Daye is even worse. If the emperor of Daye were to take over the world, the lives of the people of the world would only become more difficult.
Now that the Qiang tribe has been defeated, if nothing unexpected happens, the news should reach Daye soon.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan hurriedly asked someone to bring out the deputy leader of a Qiang tribe who was not yet dead.
Gu Wu dragged the man from the dungeon in front of Gu Yanji and Song Wan and told them everything he had just seen, "General, Princess, when I went downstairs, I happened to see him trying to commit suicide. But maybe it was because biting his tongue was too painful. I watched him for a long time, and he tried to bite it back and forth four or five times but didn't dare to do it."
The deputy leader lying on the ground: ...
There are many ways to insult him, why choose this one!
Song Wan laughed without giving any face. This Gu Wu's words were really infuriating.
"Tell me the details of the deal you reached with Daye." Gu Yan was too anxious to waste time talking to him.
The deputy leader suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he was still alive. It turned out that he was still useful. He was no longer so panicked and no longer wanted to commit suicide.
"If you want to know, first, help me heal my hands and feet!" The deputy leader raised his head and weakly stated the conditions.
Gu Yan was anxious to use courtesy first and then force, but Song Wan didn't want to be polite with him, so she kicked him directly in the broken knee, causing the man on the ground to scream in pain.
"Hurry up and speak! If you keep hesitating, I'll knock your tongue off!" Song Wan said fiercely.
"The two armies are fighting! No prisoners will be taken!" the deputy leader shouted with difficulty.
Song Wan thought his voice sounded like a duck's quacking. Unable to bear it, she raised her foot and kicked him hard, saying, "Don't think you can deceive me just because I'm not well-educated! It's clearly said that 'when two armies are fighting, envoys should not be killed'! Is that you? I think you look like a piece of shit!"
Zhao Zhi next to him was stunned. The princess was so bold!
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" He really couldn't stand it anymore. This woman's kick hurt more than being hit by a stone!
Song Wan quickly cast a smug look at Gu Yan, as if to say: See! My method is still the best! It saves time and effort!
Gu Yan smiled anxiously and stroked her head with her hand, "Awan is awesome!"
Gu Wu looked away and raised his head to look at the roof.
However, Zhao Zhi still acted like an ignorant boy, staring at the two of them, secretly thinking in his heart that General Gu was treating the princess like a child.
The deputy leader, who was kicked to death, took two breaths and quickly told everything he knew.
"I heard from Zab that—"
"Who is Zabu!"
"That's the one whose neck you broke!" The deputy leader was afraid he would be kicked again if he was slow to answer. "He joined forces with the leaders of the other two tribes and the Emperor of Daye to agree that after we captured the two cities in the northwest and southwest, we would join forces to conquer all of Dai Viet. At that time, the Xihe River between Huaizhou and Xiangzhou in the south would serve as the boundary. The eastern part would belong to the Qiang, and the western part would belong to Daye."
After listening to this, Song Wan commented seriously, "He may not be very capable, but he does have a way of dreaming."
"It seems that the southwest is not completely stable either." Zhao Zhi pondered and analyzed.
"That's easy! Once we've wiped out the Qiang, we can capture the Daye royal family and bring them to work on the land. We'll subdue them all at once, saving us from having to fight wars every year, with so many people dying every year, and causing Ayu's treasury to be empty every year."
"So I plan to go to the southwest." Gu Yan hurriedly expressed his thoughts. "General Qin is the only one in the southwest. If the enemy harms General Qin, it will easily affect the morale of the southwest army."
"Go to the southwest?" Zhao Zhi didn't disagree, but the northwest had just won a battle and General Mu was still in a coma, so many things had to be decided by Gu Yanji.
"Then I'll stay here?" Mainly because Song Wan wanted to go to the place where the Qiang people lived to see how many peppers they planted and whether they were suitable for transplanting to Dayue.
"Awan, have you made up your mind?" Gu Yan looked at her anxiously, "Are you going to break up with me now?"
Song Wan didn't understand why he had that expression on his face, as if he would never see her again after this separation.
She replied inexplicably, "We'll meet again. When I've dealt with the Qiang people and you've dealt with the southwest, I'll treat you to spicy hot pot!"
Gu Yanji definitely doesn’t know what spicy hot pot is.
Gu Yan anxiously said: ...
Although he didn't know what spicy hot pot was, he always felt that Song Wan wanted to leave him and go to the Qiang tribe alone.
"Then it's settled. You go to the southwest, Gu Wu goes with you, I go to the Qiang tribe, and Song Qi belongs to me!" After Song Wan said this, she carefully observed the man's expression. He seemed not very happy?
So she thought about it and said, "How about this, Gu Wu follows me, and Song Qi follows you?"
"Anyway, there are only two ways to form a team, and you always have to choose one."
Gu Yan anxiously said: ...
Is it a question of who to team up with?
"Still not satisfied?" Song Wan used her imagination and suddenly came up with an unlikely reason, "Gu Yan is anxious, you can't bear to leave me and want to team up with me!"
Before Gu Yanji could react, Gu Wu and Zhao Zhi started coughing in unison.
At the same time, Gu Wu was still thinking that he should not have stayed just now. He should have gone out with Song Qi, even if it was to go to the dungeon to see the prisoners.
Gu Yan's anxious silence confirmed Song Wan's guess. She immediately said seriously, "Gu Yanji, you are already in your twenties. You can't be too clingy."
Gu Yan was so anxious that she didn't know what to say, "...What do you mean by twenty-something? I'm old?"
She told Song Wan directly that it would be dangerous if she nodded immediately, so she waited for a while and gave an affirmative nod under Gu Yan's anxious gaze.
Twenty-something is not considered old in later generations, but here, most children can still help with cooking.
After a long time.
"Then it's up to you."
"What do you want me to do?"
"I'll go to the southwest, and you go to the Qiang people."
Song Wan said "oh" and thought, why not just make this decision earlier?
That night, Song Wan came out of the tent after having a midnight snack. He looked around but didn't see the person he was looking for.
Gu Wu passed by her tent at this time and was grabbed by Song Wan, "Gu Wu, wait a minute!"
Gu Wu was preparing dry food and luggage for tomorrow's trip to the northwest. When he was called, he looked confused and asked, "Princess, what's going on?"
"Where is your general? Why hasn't he been seen since dinner?" And he didn't even eat two bites of dinner.
Gu Wu secretly rolled his eyes. How could the princess be even more naive than him?
Forget it, for the general's future happy life, he is the only one who can be the guiding light.
"Princess, my general is angry, can't you see it at a glance?"
"Angry? Why is he angry? Who made Gu Yan so angry? I'm going to beat him up!" Song Wan rolled up her sleeves and was about to do it.
"It's you, Princess." Gu Wu said bluntly.
"Me?" Song Wan didn't believe it. "Wan Liulian, did you make your general angry and want to secretly blame it on me?"
Hearing this long-lost name, Gu Wu secretly twitched his lips, "It really is you, Princess. Who told you to say in front of everyone that the general is old in his twenties?"
"Just because of this?" Song Wan was stunned. "But I don't mind him being old."
Gu Wu: "You said it yourself."
Song Wan felt guilty when he stared at her. She rolled her eyes and asked, "Then should I go and comfort her?"
For the first time, Gu Wu gave her a thumbs up and said, "The princess is aware of this."
"Then can you tell me where your general has gone?" Song Wan put her hands on her hips.
Gu Wuteng pointed behind her with one hand, "It's behind the tent you live in."
The master was afraid that the princess wouldn't be able to find him, so he chose the nearest tent. However, he waited for two hours but the princess didn't come to find him.
Song Wan came to Gu Yanji's tent and pretended to cough at the door, but no one responded.
She had no choice but to lift the curtain and go in herself.
Gu Yan was busy at the desk, dealing with all matters concerning the Northwest.
He heard someone come in, but he deliberately didn't look up.
Song Wan put his hands behind his back, walked over slowly, bent down, and softened his voice, "Are you still angry? I didn't mean that this afternoon. You're not old! You're still very handsome!"
Gu Yan looked up quickly, then lowered it as if nothing had happened.
Song Wan sighed deeply, strode over, and placed the thing behind her on the table with a bang. It was a plate of hot potato chips sprinkled with chili powder.
"Here! I fried it myself, specially for you." Song Wan emphasized that this was her first time cooking.
"Just make do with it. I'll cut off the mushy parts at the head and tail."
Gu Yan looked anxiously at the potato strips with the heads and tails cut off in the food box, and smiled without panicking.
Song Wan had a good look in her eyes and caught his smile, "Look, you're smiling too, don't be angry."
Gu Yan's face turned stern again, "Why do you think I'm angry, Ah Wan?"
Song Wan was now cautious. After thinking for a moment, she replied, "I noticed you didn't eat much for dinner."
She would never say that it was because of Wan Liulian's reminder, otherwise she would have to coax him again later.
Song Wan thought secretly, Gu Yan was never like this when she was anxious before. Could it be that all older people are like this?
But Gu Yanji is not that old, she is not even 23 yet.
Gu Yan stared at her anxiously for a long time, but ultimately chose not to expose her. Instead, she asked, "Then Ah Wan, tell me the truth, do you think I'm old?"
He thought of the handsome young men of seventeen or eighteen in the capital. Could it be that Awan likes that kind of guy now?
Song Wan shook her head. "You're not old. I nodded this afternoon because men and women get married early here."
Gu Yan was surprised and asked, "In the place where Ah Wan used to live, at what age did men and women get married?"
Song Wan recalled briefly and realized that when she was old enough to get married, zombies were crawling all over the walls.
"Anyway, women can't be under 20. We have regulations there, and men can't be under 22 either. Otherwise, the government won't issue you a marriage certificate."
"Marriage certificate?" Gu Yanji was always curious about the unknown words that came out of her mouth. "What is this?"
"It's your marriage certificate," Song Wan explained to him. "We will have a special agency stamp the marriage certificate with an official seal, just like A Yu approving memorials. The stamp means that the two of you are husband and wife recognized by the state."
"A couple recognized by the state..." Gu Yan seemed anxious and thoughtful.
"Yes, this can effectively prevent men from committing fraudulent marriage and bigamy, because our institutions will have records and can see how many times you have been married." Song Wan couldn't stop talking about the future.
Tired of talking, Song Wan glanced at the untouched potato chips, swallowed, and asked, "So, fried potatoes, do you still want to eat them?"
She fried the food for a long time and served it to him to appease him without even tasting a single bite. She didn't even know whether what she fried was delicious or not.
Finally, Gu Wu packed up the water and dry food he would need for tomorrow's journey, and planned to come over to see if his master had calmed down.
As a result, I heard the conversation inside before I even lifted the curtain.
“These fried potatoes are so spicy!”
"Don't eat so fast, drink some water."
"I just want to eat it and show you. It's very good. Try it! It's spicy!"
The sound here disappeared for a while. It should be that the master was eating the fried potatoes fed by the princess.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty."
"Are you still angry?"
Followed by a long sigh.
"I'm not angry anymore."
Gu Wu outside the tent: ...
He was worrying too much.
The master doesn't need to be coaxed. As long as the princess turns around and waves to him, the master will not be able to put other people or things in his eyes.
The author has something to say:
Because the title of the article cannot contain the word "end of the world" recently, I changed the title of the article as required~
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
