"Why are these two arguing?"
It wasn't that Qian Yong liked to watch the fun, it was just that he was too bored these days, doing repetitive rough work every day, he felt that his killing skills were getting rusty. It was rare to have something fun to kill time, so he watched it with fascination.
Qian Yong arrived late and didn't know the cause and effect, so other onlookers enthusiastically shared: "Alas, this chef is in trouble."
"Oh, is it possible that he had some sexual thoughts and violated military discipline?"
With Qian Yong's limited imagination, he could only think of this level - marching and fighting often involves tens of thousands of people, and not everyone will obey obediently. There are always some people who are lucky enough to think that as long as they do it secretly and are not exposed, they will be fine.
The onlooker said: "How can this be possible?"
During the war, prepare a lot of dry food, and during the ceasefire, try to eat something hot. Chen Tang supplies sufficient military pay and strives to ensure that the soldiers are well fed. Naturally, the logistics chefs have to prepare a lot of food to feed tens of thousands of hungry mouths.
There is work to do whether you open your eyes or close them. You are so busy with the upper body that you don’t have the energy to think about the lower body.
Qian Yong asked again: "Is it because the food was not enough?"
After experiencing the critical blow of Chen Tang's gender, Qian Yong became cautious and careful. Wen Xin Hua Ya/Wu Dan Hu Fu was no longer the only criterion for judging gender. Chen Tang had a female battalion under his command, and female faces were not uncommon. So, another guess was born.
Could it be that the chef saw that the person was a woman and thought that she had a small appetite, so he deliberately gave her less food to avoid waste, thus angering her
The onlooker said: "Not really."
Qian Yong was impatient: "Then why are you arguing?"
The onlooker pointed at the increasingly anxious and anxious girl who seemed to be about to cry, and introduced her, "This is the clerk of the Household Department of Longwu County... He has a very valuable box. But the contents got mixed up with someone else, and the logistics staff took it away."
Qian Yong said: "If you take something from someone, you should compensate them."
I guess the box contains other people’s belongings.
How can this be called "taking"? This is called "stealing"!
The onlooker said, "I don't think I can compensate you."
Qian Yong was puzzled: "How can it be impossible to compensate? Can the stolen goods be sold in such a short time? Is this the level of Shen's military management?"
The last complaint was said with the words in his mouth.
The soldier who was watching the fun obviously didn't hear it either, and said directly: "It can't be compensated, it may have been cooked."
Qian Yong: “…”
The clerk in the Household Department lost a box of seeds.
Yanzhou was in chaos, and county offices across the country began to shut down one after another. Officials with connections had already packed up and fled. Some rioters had nowhere else to go, so they gathered together and attacked the government warehouses. The Household Department was the poorest department among all the departments, and there was nothing good in its warehouse.
However, that is the opinion of laymen.
When Chen Tang went to the battlefield, Lin Feng sent a clerk from the Household Department to accompany him. No matter what kind of seeds, as long as they were not in his own warehouse, they were all collected. This clerk was originally an ordinary peasant girl, but because of her many years of farming experience, she was highly valued by Lin Feng.
After all the hard work I put together a box of treasures, the result was -
How could she not tremble with anger
The cook also felt wronged. The man in front of him was making trouble for no reason. He was only responsible for preparing three meals a day for the soldiers. He cooked whatever the logistics sent. He processed so many ingredients every day that he couldn't remember them all. How could he remember the box the girl mentioned? He couldn't take out the box, let alone the seeds in the box. The two sides argued over this contradiction and their tempers escalated rapidly.
The girl was so angry that she threw pots and pans.
The chef was also stubborn: "No! No, I just said no! You said there was a box, so it really existed? Who knows if it's true? Even if it's true, maybe you lost it yourself, and you're afraid of being punished by your superiors, so you put the blame on us and let us be your scapegoats!"
The girl gritted her teeth and said, "Someone saw you taking it!"
"You mean people? Where are they?" The cook asked everyone, holding a spoon, "Brothers, have any of you seen them?"
The girl took several deep breaths to calm herself down, then she pointed at the chef with her hands on her hips and said, "Okay, if you don't want to hand it over, I'll find it myself!"
After saying that, he wanted to rush to the logistics warehouse.
The chef immediately stopped her and pushed her shoulder.
The girl was just an ordinary person. The cook was lifting a pot weighing dozens of kilograms every day, so she was naturally not strong enough to resist. She was immediately pushed back and almost sat on the ground. The cook said, "The storehouse is a place where outsiders cannot enter!"
The girl said angrily: "You don't want to find it, and you don't let me find it - well, don't regret it! You just wait here!"
After saying that, he turned and ran away.
Qian Yong smacked his lips and said, "That's it?"
I thought there would be a conflict and a fight between the two sides, which was boring. Qian Yong turned around with the bowl in his hand and suddenly saw several familiar faces, all of whom were his confidants! The confidant smiled awkwardly: "General, do you think that box is real?"
Qian Yong rolled his eyes: "Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
Even if it was true at the beginning, it would be false after this. A box of seeds was treated as food. If these seeds were important, the logistics would be in vain. Rather than doing this, it would be better to destroy the body and leave no evidence.
After watching the show for a while, Qian Yong felt hungry again.
He asked his confidant to get another bucket of wheat rice, and poured half a bowl of fragrant sauce-colored gravy on it. The aroma whetted his appetite, and just as he was about to pick up the spoon to stir it, he heard another commotion outside. This time, Qian Yong went out with a bucket of wheat rice.
A large crowd of people came.
The girl led more than 20 strong and tall female soldiers over. He glanced at them and saw that they were all brave warriors! Although the one with the strongest aura was only second-class upper grade, it really opened Qian Yong's eyes and made the rice bucket in his arms smell even better.
The leading female soldier drew her knife.
He said coldly: "Search!"
"What are you doing! What are you doing! You can't just barge into the warehouse?" Seeing the female soldiers trying to force their way in, the logistics staff also jumped up. Although it didn't turn into a fight, the noise attracted people from the camp next door, and rows of heads were crowded on the wooden fence.
One of the heads looked very familiar.
Qian Yong: “…”
Is this how Shen Youli usually manages her troops? ?
Seeing that the situation was about to escalate, Chu Yao rushed over after hearing the news. The clerk in the Household Department was nominally affiliated with the Household Department of Longwu County, but now he was with the army and should have obeyed Luan Xin's orders. However, Luan Xin was sent out to find Wu Xian, and the clerk in the Household Department was an official under his student Lin Feng, so Chu Yao took over.
"What are you doing?"
Once Chu Yao arrives, how can the logistics department dare to stop him
Several female soldiers seized the opportunity to rush in, and after a while of searching, they finally found the box waiting to be cleaned among the food materials that were being prepared for cleaning by the logistics department. The box had been opened, and there was only half a mouthful of messy seeds inside, and part of it was gone.
The girl held the box and wiped her tears. After a while, the female soldiers brought two people out again. The chef's face was pale.
"What happened?" Chu Yao asked.
When he learned that the chef had taken something from the clerk by mistake but refused to admit it and was even going to destroy the evidence in order to shirk responsibility, his face suddenly turned cold. He ordered the chef to arrest the others and bring them back to question them. The chef was dumbfounded and didn't know how the matter could have become so serious.
He did accidentally take someone's things, but the box was full of food, and there were no valuables. In addition, he handled too many things, so he was not sure whether these things had been dealt with. He was worried about getting into trouble, so he insisted that he hadn't taken anything.
As long as there is no evidence, he will be fine. If evidence is found, he will be in trouble. The girl was angry and left, and he thought the matter was over, but who knew there would be such a thing. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he knelt down to beg for mercy.
After the chefs were taken away, the crowd of onlookers quietly dispersed, and Chen Tang sneaked up. Chu Yao noticed her early in the morning, and when he saw that Chen Tang was still holding the bowl, the corners of his lips softened a little, and he bowed and said, "My lord."
Chen Tang motioned for him not to be polite.
"I was just having dinner in the next camp, and came here when I heard there was something exciting to see. What's going on? Is the loss serious?"
The last sentence was asked to the clerk in the Household Department.
Perhaps because she has been working in the sun for many years, the girl's skin color is a little dark, but it is a healthy and shiny black. At this moment, her eyes are red, and she looks so pitiful. Facing Chen Tang's concern, she looked a little embarrassed: "It's not big."
Chen Tang looked down at the wooden boxes. Most of the boxes contained ordinary grains. No wonder the logistics department misunderstood...
but-
Chen Tang raised her hand to stop the clerk from closing the wooden box, and under her and Chu Yao's puzzled gazes, she picked up something.
This thing is a long string, with fifty or sixty thin "seeds" attached to it. The "seeds" are sparsely distributed, and the surface is slightly hard. Chen Tang picked one, broke it open with a little force, and prepared to put it in his mouth to chew.
Chu Yao raised his hand to stop him, but was stopped by Chen Tang, who did not forget to explain: "Don't worry, this thing is non-toxic."
Qian Yong came over and asked: "Is it delicious?"
Chen Tang said casually: "It's raw, not tasty, dry, and tastes like raw potatoes... Why are you here too?"
Qian Yong: "If you can be here, why can't I be here?"
If I don’t eat here at mealtime, where should I eat
Chen Tang nodded in agreement: "That's true."
If you are not active in eating, there is something wrong with your thinking.
Seeing that Chen Tang wanted to pick a "seed" and put it in her mouth, Qian Yong reminded her unhappily: "You are now the lord of a faction after all. Don't learn from Shennong to taste hundreds of herbs. Even with your strength, you may be poisoned to death..."
Unexpectedly, Chen Tang said, "You don't understand this, do you? This thing looks familiar to me, maybe it can solve the urgent problem."
What is her most pressing concern now
Of course, it was the spring ploughing in Yanzhou that was completely ruined this year. She urgently needed to find a high-yield, short-term crop that could be planted in late spring and early summer. The answer might be this thing in her hand. Qian Yong reacted a beat later, his eyes widened.
Taking advantage of Chen Tang's distraction, he stole one.
He stuffed it into his mouth, took two bites and spit it out: "Puh, puh, puh - what the hell, it almost broke my teeth. How can I eat this? It's bitter and astringent, and has a weird taste."
If the purpose is to fill your stomach with high productivity, the taste can be ignored.
However, even though Qian Yong was not familiar with farming, he could see that the bunch of "seeds" in Shen Tang's hand were dry, thin and sparse. Shen Tang was probably talking in his sleep when he said that this thing could solve the urgent problem.
He asked: "What is the yield per mu of this crop?"
Chen Tang replied: "It's hard to say now."
Upon hearing this, Qian Yong rolled his eyes to the sky.
Chu Yao was not worried about the yield per mu. After all, with Lin Feng and Chen Zhi, two powerful weapons, any grain variety could complete dozens or hundreds of generations of replacement in a short period of time, and the best of the best could be selected. As long as the fertility of the field could keep up, the yield per mu would not be low. He was curious about something else.
"My Lord, what is the name of this thing?"
Chen Tang said, "Corn."
"Corn?"
This name sounds a bit weird.
Chen Tang added, "Perhaps it can also be called 'jade wheat', but I am more used to calling it 'corn'. Don't look at its skinny appearance now. If it is improved, one ear of corn can produce 500 to 600 grains. From sowing and germination to maturity and harvest, it only takes three or four months. In this area of the Northwest Continent, it is estimated that it can be planted in June or July. Do you think it is important?"
After the introduction, she looked at the clerk.
"Do you remember where you found it?"
The girl didn’t realize at first that Shen Tang was talking to her, and nodded excitedly: “Remember, remember!”
She also found it by accident. This thing was planted in the dilapidated Hucao farmland, where there was still a large area, but unfortunately after the flood, most of them had died. She carefully selected the most plump and vigorous ones for collection.
"... According to the local household documents, this plant is widely planted locally, but it is not of much use..." If the household department does not have enough arable land, they can only try their luck in the wild.
"I'll assign a few people to you, you go and bring them all back." After Chen Tang gave the order, she recruited someone to pass the news to Sibao County as quickly as possible, and asked Lin Feng and Chen Zhi to go on a mission. If the jade wheat seeds were sent to Sibao County, it would be too late to wait for Lin Feng and the others to improve it. In order to ensure efficiency, she also specially found a military general to be in charge of this matter to ensure that nothing could go wrong!
He changed his mind before leaving.
"Forget it, let's take a batch with us."
Let Lin Feng and the others iterate while they are on the road.
When this batch of wheat seeds was on the way, the troops that were going to support Wu Xian also arrived. Chen Tang had just returned from the fields when he received the news: "Wu Zhaode and the others are finally here? They came just in time. I don't have enough manpower to work here."
He went to see Wu Xian without having time to wash.
"Brother Zhaode, I finally waited for you!"
As soon as they met, Chen Tang showed great enthusiasm, while Wu Xian's reaction seemed rather cold.
Although he had prepared himself mentally, Wu Xian's expression still froze when Chen Tang's pretty face came into his sight.
She was a little uncomfortable, but soon returned to her normal state, and said naturally and intimately: "I was blind before, and I didn't know that 'Chen brother' was Jiao'e. If I have offended you, please forgive me, sister Chen. I apologize to you here."
Chen Tang smiled and said, "Brother Zhaode, you are being too polite. I was the one who concealed the truth from you. If I really need to apologize, I should be the first one to apologize. Did you have a smooth journey? Did you run into Huang Lie and the others?"
Wu Xian was very experienced and soon relaxed. "Alas, Sister Shen, you don't know. If it weren't for Sister Shen's reinforcements arriving in time, I would have suffered a great loss at the hands of Huang Xiguang. As soon as the reinforcements arrived, he ran away in the middle of the night."
Chen Tang said modestly: "How can this be my little sister's credit? Brother Zhaode has a strong army and Huang Xiguang is afraid of him."
A banquet was specially held to celebrate Wu Xian's arrival.
At the banquet, people toasted each other and drank cups.