"Oh, stop saying these sad words, the more you say it, the more sad you are."
Yang Si waved his hand, indicating that Bi Jiang would skip this slightly troubling topic.
After smacking his lips, Yang Si felt a little thirsty, and asked the general, "Is there any drink in the cabin?"
The general said with a smile, "Where can you drink before the battle? Even if the last commander is facing the military division, the last commander can't know the law and break the law, right? Instead, he put a few baskets of lychees, saying that they were just picked yesterday. It’s small and has a lot of flesh, do you want to try it out?”
Litchi is a rare commodity. Although the output is quite large, because it is not easy to preserve, few people living in the north can eat such a delicious food.
Even if you can eat it, the value of that lychee is worth thousands of dollars. For example, you can dig out the whole lychee tree and use a boat to go north along the waterway. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources, and ordinary people can't afford it at all. Of course, lychees are not expensive in lychee producing areas.
Yang Si smiled and said, "You clever ghost, why didn't I hear that lychees were delivered?"
Bi will have people bring the basket of lychees, which has bright red skin and scale-like protrusions, and is of excellent quality.
"There are a lot of lychees in the last general's hometown, and the parents in the family once planted this thing for the local wealthy households." Bi Jiang said with a smile, "Since the last general has followed the lord, the life of the parents, wife and children is also better, relying on the last general to send it back. The money bought more than ten acres of lychee trees, and this year is said to be a bumper harvest. It just so happens that this place is not far from the hometown of the last commander.
The general is a sincere person. He also knows that his military advisor is powerful, but concealing it is courting death.
He said, "I heard that military advisers like these things, so the last general asked his parents to pick some and send them."
Yang Si went to study abroad when he was young, and naturally he also went to the lychee producing area to eat. This thing is really delicious.
"How many baskets are in the cabin?"
Yang Sikan looked at these lychees, which were plump and attractive. They were obviously carefully selected. They were also frozen and kept fresh by special means.
He twisted one, his fingertips showing a bit of coolness.
As a very cultural foodie, Yang Si is also different from others in peeling lychees.
The benefit is to peel off the shell with the fingernails little by little. It is easy to get dirty hands, and the lychee water will stick to the hands, which is not clean.
He twisted the tip of the lychee directly with his index finger and thumb, and followed the line of the lychee shell with a little force.
Hearing a very slight sound, the lychee shell cracked along the line, revealing the crystal clear and translucent creamy pulp.
The generals are still peeling, and Yang Si has eaten two.
"Fifteen baskets have been sent, does the sergeant want one basket?"
Pi Jiang saw that Yang Si peeled cleanly and quickly, and learned his movements, it was really much easier.
A literate person is a literate person. Peeling a lychee is more delicate than ordinary people, and it looks clean.
"So many?" Yang thought about the lychees he ate when he was studying abroad. The yield of lychees in the area where lychees are produced is indeed not low. He smiled, "Leave a basket for Feng Langzi and General Fu, and distribute the rest to the soldiers. How much is the lychee worth, pay the bill from me."
Pi Jiang said, "I planted it at home, it's not worth a lot of money."
"That's not possible. Without rules, a circle cannot be achieved." Yang Si said, "If the lord knows about it, she will not agree."
Although it was planted by himself, he does not need time and energy to serve the lychee tree, and as a military advisor, he cannot take advantage of his own soldiers.
Military generals in troubled times are all occupations with their heads tied to their trousers, so they can't be treated harshly.
The general can't beat Yang Si, so he can only accept his kindness.
Yang Si sent soldiers to distribute the baskets of lychees among the boats, and each person would only have one.
He was thinking about Xie Ze, the kid, and he made a special trip to have Xie Ze also give away half of it.
"If this war is over and there are still lychees, let's go eat more."
The general said with a smile, "If that's the case, then I really thank the military advisors for the local people."
Litchi is indeed a rarity, but not many people can afford it, and the annual output is relatively high, resulting in no local sales of lychee. The price is higher when sold overseas, but this stuff is not easy to store, and the cost of storage and transportation is terribly high.
Yang Si looked a little thin, but his appetite was not small.
If it weren't for the warm nature of lychees, he would really want to eat to support the wall.
Before long, a small pile of lychee husks and pits had accumulated on the deck.
Time passed quickly, as if it were passing quickly between the fingers, and a little mist slowly began to gather on the river surface.
Yang Sidao, "I really told Feng Langzi to be right. When it comes to fog, it will fog up. He ordered the entire army to be more vigilant to prevent the enemy from coming."
Pi will pass the message on immediately.
"Master, everything is ready."
Xie Ze and Yang Si were not on the same boat, but they were not far apart, so they could be heard louder.
Yang Sidao, "Well, tell General Xie to be ready to defend the enemy at any time."
He didn't have the full voice of Xie Ze, so he could only let the general convey it on his behalf.
If Yan Lin and the others stayed here, they would find that something was wrong with the ships carrying grain.
Let's talk about the appearance of the ships first, ordinary war ships are the color of the wood itself, but the appearance of Yang Si's war ships is painted in ink.
Besides ships and ships, each ship is tied with a thick and long hemp rope!
You must know that in order to ensure the mobility of water battles and prevent them from being burned clean by the enemy, ships are generally not connected.
Yang Si made a fundamental mistake
Not so!
Yang Si's arrangement is also very meaningful.
Today is the night of the new moon with extremely dark moonlight.
In order to ensure that the formation of the fleet does not disperse, it is temporarily connected with thick and long hemp ropes. If the enemy needs to change the formation, it can be cut off at any time.
In addition, they painted the exterior of the ship with black ink, which almost merged with the night and the river surface. If there is another heavy fog, not to mention the enemy can't find themselves, they can't even find themselves. It is always more convenient to have a rope attached.
The "grain and cargo fleet" follows the original route situation.
As time went by, everyone's nerves also tightened into a line, always worried that an enemy would suddenly appear.
The general said, "Master, it's getting late, you first enter the cabin to rest."
If the enemy came out, he would definitely attack with a shower of arrows, and Yang Si would easily be accidentally injured by staying on the deck.
Yang Si dangerously narrowed his eyes, put his index finger on his lips, and motioned for Bi Jiang to keep silent.
"Tell General Xie that if the expectations are correct, the enemy will be ambushed there in the waters further ahead."
This time, General Bi could not shout loudly when he sent the letter, so he directly semaphore.
Because the distance between the two ships is not too far, the message conveyed by the semaphore can barely be seen clearly.
At the same time, Yan Lin and the others were also waiting.
After half an hour, the fog was already thick.
Yan Lin pressed the hilt of the saber with his left hand, frowning tightly.
"Not yet?"
At this time, he faintly saw something floating on the water.
Yan Lin immediately ordered someone to salvage it with a pole covered with a net, and took a look at it.
Lychee shell!
The general said, "How could there be such a thing in the river?"
Yan Lin said, "The enemy is coming soon, order the soldiers to prepare for battle!"
Oh, I really have time to spare, and I actually eat lychees, and it is all over the river.