(You must have never thought that there would be another chapter, right? Did you enjoy reading it?)
This way to the northern border, I have been riding in a carriage all day long. I am extremely bored, and I will also do some needlework on the carriage when I ask Qing Wenlan.
The pair of guard brothers and sisters sent by Princess Wei followed Chu Lian. After all, Li Yue belonged to the girl's family, and Chu Lian would often call her into the carriage to pass the time together.
Li Yue has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her martial arts are stronger than some warriors in the army, but she is a layman when it comes to female celebrities.
This girl has already made a marriage, and her childhood sweetheart, seeing Wen Qing Wen Lan's female red is superb, and she wants to learn a few tricks when her hands are itchy, so Chu Lian asked Wen Lan to find a piece of He Changdi's clothes for her to practice.
Although this girl is serious about her studies, her craftsmanship is really not very good. A simple back pattern is embroidered crookedly.
Later, he simply broke the jar and never took needles again.
At that time, Chu Lian laughed so hard at this incident, but unexpectedly, Wenqing unintentionally picked up that dress and gave it to He Changdi.
Her snake-sick husband wouldn't think that she embroidered such crooked lines, would he
Chu Lian thought with black threads all over his head, if this is the case, He Sanlang really thinks highly of her, but she can't even make clothes, let alone embroider, haha...
After being raised by Chu Lian, Wen Qing also remembered this matter, and quickly patted his forehead, "Third Grandma, what should I do then."
The flowers Li Yue embroidered were taught by her herself. To be honest, they were too ugly to look at.
Seeing Wenqing's remorse, Chu Lian remained calm.
"Don't even think about it, it's just a few embroidered patterns. It's the clothes worn by men, and you're in the army. You don't pay so much attention to it. You can wear it."
The indigo shirt was already finished, and the top was simple, with only some fine stitches left during sewing. Although the pattern embroidered by Li Yue was ugly, it did not affect the wearing.
Wenqing was comforted by Chu Lian's words, and she no longer took this trivial matter to heart.
After soaking her feet, Chu Lian lay down on the warm kang, Wenqing blew out the lamp for her, and closed the door behind her.
Chu Lian stared at the dark ceiling, but didn't feel sleepy for a while.
Her mind was full of the lack of food for the frontier army. The original book only briefly said that the battle in the northern border was a tragic victory. The frontier army had 50,000 soldiers, and less than ten percent survived in the end.
Chu Lian couldn't know the details.
The biggest problem now is the heavy snow blocking the roads. As long as the roads are clear and the supplies can be transported to the northern border smoothly, everything will be fine.
But the weather is uncontrollable, this Great Wu Dynasty is not a modern society with advanced technology, water and land are impassable, and there is air transport...
Until the sleepiness hit, Chu Lian didn't think of an effective solution.
Above the court hall in Shengjing City, there has been a lot of quarrels about the northern border. Xiao Bojian was appointed as the secretary of the march, and he has already rushed to Sucheng with the garrison of Chongzhou Prefecture. Stationed in case the fortress of Liangzhou City in the north falls, and can respond immediately.
The next day, as soon as Chu Lian got up and walked to the courtyard, he saw Li Xing and his guards shoveling the snow. In one night, the snow fell to his knees! The entire Hefu was covered by heavy snow.
Wen Lan saw that Chu Lian just opened the door and came out, standing on the porch, hurried into the room to get a cloak to put on her, and put the hand stove into her hand.
"Third Mistress, the injury on your feet is better, you can't suffer from the cold anymore, otherwise the Third Young Master will blame the servant girl."
Chu Lian glared at Wen Lan, "It snowed really hard last night."
Wen Lan was also very surprised. She grew up in Shengjing City. Although it snows every year in Shengjing, it has never been so big.
"That's right, third grandma, you don't know, last night, my sister and I went out to have a look. The flakes of snow can block people's sight. If we go out in such a snowy day, we won't be buried by the snow."
Chu Lian glanced in the direction of the frontier army barracks, worried, not knowing what happened to the frontier army.
"Where's Guan Qin?"
"In the front yard, it's probably time to settle the carriages and horses we brought. It snowed heavily last night, the barn was overwhelmed, and two horses froze to death."
"You go and ask someone to find him, I have something to say."
Wen Lan went quickly, Chu Lian stood in front of the door and watched the guards shovel the snow, the snow piles shoveled out were like hills, four or five men took half an hour to clear Chu Lian's small courtyard The snow was cleared away.
After more than a quarter of an hour, steward Qin rushed over from the front yard.
He's mansion is very big, there are four or five entrances in total, the snow in the mansion can't be cleared all at once, and steward Qin always arranges with Chu Lian first.
The snow in Chu Lian's courtyard has cleared, and now it will be the turn of the outer courtyard, so the snow on the road in the outer courtyard has not been completely cleared yet!
Standing on the porch, Chu Lian saw Guanshi Qin, who was dressed like a ball, staggering into the yard stepping on the snow.
Steward Qin saw Chu Lian standing at the door from a long distance away. Before entering the yard, he gasped and yelled, "Third Grandma, it's cold outside, come in quickly, I'm walking slowly."
Isn't it walking slowly! This guy has two boards tied to his feet!
Chu Lian didn't speak, just smiled at him, and the next moment, his eyes fell on Guanshi Qin's feet, and he suddenly lost his mind, his almond eyes were hazy, as if he was suddenly immersed in something.
Manager Qin was surprised, and looked down at his boots with wooden boards tied on. There was nothing wrong, right
He tried his best to move his feet, entered the yard, and stepped on the snow-cleared stone road. He breathed a sigh of relief, bent down to untie the wooden boards tied under his boots, and stomped the snow stuck to his boots. He walked briskly in the direction of Chu Lian.
Chu Lian's gaze never left Guanshi Qin's wooden plank tied to the shoe not far away. Guanshi Qin followed her gaze and glanced at it. They were just two pieces of the most common willow, which were put in the warehouse in the mansion. It hasn't been used for many years, what's so good about it.
Seeing that Chu Lian was interested in the two planks, Guanshi Qin explained as he walked.
"Third grandma, this is taught by the old man in the house. He said that if you walk with wooden boards tied under your shoes, you won't be able to sink into the snow. Don’t worry about getting stuck in the snow and freezing your legs.”
When Steward Qin turned his head to look at his mistress again, he found that Chu Lian's apricot eyes suddenly became bright.
In the next second, Chu Lian stomped her feet vigorously and said excitedly, "I'm so stupid, why didn't I think of such a simple solution!"
After finishing speaking, he didn't care about Guan Qin, and turned around and entered the house.
Steward Qin stood in a daze on the corridor, Erkang, not knowing what happened to his mistress.
When Wen Qing came out of the side room, he saw him standing there in a daze, with a look of bewilderment.
"Guard Qin, let's sit down in the side hall. There is hot water on the stove. I'll go to the room to see what's going on with the third grandma."
Qin Guanshi waved at Wenqing, "Go, go!"
The third grandma's excited look just now was really scary. She was told that the stable had collapsed early in the morning, but she didn't dare to let anything happen to her master.