Chapter 1024
: The Imperial House Construction Team Arrives [3]
Chapter 1024: The Imperial House Construction Team Arrives [3]
Qin Xiaomi/Jiang Xiaozhu/Aunt Qin/Qin Xiaomai: "..."
You always say that Erlang was a fool before?
Although Jiang Erlang is not a fool, he lives his life in a rather dull way.
However, his elder brother didn't like his dull appearance, so he sent him to the county martial arts hall from the beginning of the school to learn and gain experience.
After Kang Rong's incident came to light, he was asked to follow Jing Lao, Qin Ershu and others to the capital.
After a few months of hard work, I finally made this kid a little smarter and more agile.
"Grandpa Qin, Grandma Qin, Aunt Qin, Sister Xiaomi, Xiaozhu Xiaomai, I'm back!" Jiang Erlang called out, then took out a leather bag and handed it to Grandpa Qin. "Grandpa Qin, inside are letters from Old Master Jing, Old Master Xun, my eldest brother, Second Uncle Qin, Xiao Gu, Second Brother Liang, Tianshi Qi, and Master Xue. There are also documents from the Provincial Administration Office, the government office, and the county magistrate."
"Oh dear, government documents! These are important documents, why are they all in one bag?" Grandpa Qin solemnly took the bag, immediately opened it, and inspected the documents inside.
Jiang Erlang was trained to be thorough and there was a list in the bag.
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin took the list and checked each letter and document one by one. After confirming that they were all in the bag, they finally felt relieved.
He closed the doors and windows and lit the lamppost... That's right, the Qin family now also uses lampposts.
There are ten lampstands on a lamppost, which can light ten lamps. If placed in a corner of the front shop, it can illuminate the entire front shop.
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin read the letter carefully in the light of the lamp.
"Mr. Rong's matter has reached the Taizhou Prefecture, the very Taizhou Prefecture we passed through when we fled the famine. The people of Taizhou Prefecture have opened their private granaries to support Mr. Rong... Good, good, we have food supplies now, and the soldiers will no longer have to fight on an empty stomach."
Grandpa Qin had fought in wars and knew the hardship of fighting on an empty stomach.
"Old woman, Marquis, Marquis Guo's family has been reinstated. Young Master Guo... no, no, he's now the Marquis of Northwest China. The Marquis led 30,000 troops to Taizhou Prefecture and is now the commander-in-chief defending the city!"
"Okay, okay, okay." Grandpa Qin said "okay" several times in a row, and was abnormally excited.
"Are you serious? Let me see the letter." Grandma Qin also excitedly took the letter and read it carefully: "The title has been restored, it's really restored."
"Okay, okay, Lord Guo is guarding the Taizhou Mansion..."
If the Northeast Province falls, the villagers who flee to Taizhou Prefecture will have a way to survive.
Young Master Guo will definitely open the city gate and let the villagers in, and will not turn anyone away.
Grandma Qin wiped away a tear and read another sentence: "Marquis Guo has also assembled a team of up to 30,000 people and has already rushed to the Northeast Province to prepare for battle."
"Let me take a look." Grandpa Qin took the letter again, read it carefully, and praised it again: "Good, good, good, worthy of being the Guo family of the Northwest Marquis. They will save Wei Min as soon as they have the spare capacity."
Qin Xiaomi: "Grandpa and Grandma, is the Guo family of the Northwest Marquis very powerful? Why do you two speak so highly of them? Do you know them?"
Grandpa and Grandma Qin denied it: "We don't know him. What kind of status do we have? How could we possibly know the Marquis? The Guo family of the Northwest Marquis is the founding family of our Great Wei. When we were young, the Guo family's fame had already spread to our Central Plains Prefecture."
"Soldiers who returned home from under the Guo family's command received an extra demobilization allowance. Some veterans who were in financial difficulty even received winter coats from the Guo family during the cold winter."
"Look, the Guo family is so kind. If Lord Guo takes charge of Taizhou Prefecture, our Great Wei's four major highways will be unobstructed, and supplies will be given priority to be sent to the Northeast Province waiting for the war."
After hearing the two elders' praise of the Guo family, Qin Xiaomi sincerely asked, "What about the troops to fight the enemy? When will they be sent here? And did Lord Guo really bring 30,000 Northwest Army soldiers to Taizhou Prefecture? Is it possible to mobilize 30,000 troops to fight the enemy in the Northwest?"
She didn't believe it, there must be something fishy about it.
There is definitely some exaggeration... The Northwest Army that actually saw combat numbered at most 10,000; the rest were auxiliary soldiers or laborers. But in order to boost morale, they had to portray all 30,000 miscellaneous troops as elite.
Even though there were only 10,000 elite soldiers, General Guo still selected 6,000 elite soldiers and rushed to the Northeast to prepare for battle.
"How can such a military matter be false? There must be 30,000 elite soldiers. You, a little girl, shouldn't talk nonsense if you don't understand, lest you ruin morale!" Grandpa Qin sat upright and lectured Qin Xiaomi seriously, adding, "Our emperor is about to take over the world, and he will definitely dispatch an army of no less than 60,000 to our Northeast Province to fight the enemy."
"Sixty thousand isn't enough, right?" Qin Xiaomi said, "Without two hundred thousand, this battle would be very difficult."
Dong Mo has spent a hundred years lurking in hiding. Once the war breaks out, there will definitely be an army of more than 500,000 troops approaching.
Sixty thousand?
Being trampled in mud by an army of 500,000?
"Qin Xiaomi, stop saying such morale-destroying things!" Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin were angry and glared at her.
"I was wrong, I was wrong. Please continue reading the letter." Qin Xiaomi admitted her mistake fluently, but she, Qin Ershu, Jiang Dalang, and Guan Shuli had already made preparations for retreat in private if defeated.
Although Guan Shuli was willing to die for the Wei Dynasty, he had to settle Madam Guan and Aunt Qin.
So when they asked him to discuss this matter, he was sad for a while, and then he prepared to retreat with them... At worst, he would not leave and return his life to the Wei royal family.
What else?
Qin Xiaomi would not let Qin Xiaogu remain a widow. When she really had to escape, she poisoned the clerk, grandparents and other relatives who did not want to leave, threw them into the car and took them away.
"Sweet potatoes and taro have spread throughout Taizhou Prefecture, and everyone has accepted them."
"Xiaobai, Young Master Ying and the others have gone to the capital. After that, they will head south to ask the powerful families in the south to open their private warehouses and donate grain..."
When Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin read this, they thought of Kang Rong’s death and burst into tears again.
After a moment, Grandpa Qin said, "Old woman, tomorrow we will use the sheep's head and the pig's head as offerings to worship heaven and earth, and pray that God will bless these young people with safety."
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin are not ordinary farmers. They had broadened their horizons when they were young, so they knew that opening a private warehouse was almost like digging up someone's ancestral graves.
In the capital and the south, it is estimated that more people will die because of this incident.
"Okay, I'll prepare well." Grandma Qin was familiar with and serious about offering sacrifices and asking for blessings.
Qin Xiaomi comforted them: "Grandpa and grandma, this matter has already become a hot topic in Taizhou Prefecture. Many powerful families have opened their private warehouses to donate grain. The matter is considered settled now. No more deaths will occur."
"hope so."
"They are all good children. They are risking their lives to fight for a way to survive for us people in Northeast China." Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin choked up again.
"Grandpa and grandma, what did the letter from Mr. Jing, Mr. Xun and my second uncle say? When will they come back? Can they come back for the New Year?" Qin Xiaomi didn't want the two elders to cry, so she changed the subject.
Grandpa and Grandma Qin continued reading the letter: "Old Master Xun and Old Master Qiong probably won't be able to come back before the New Year, but they wrote in their letter that they will bring the students back to try planting sweet potatoes and taro."
"Da Lang is busy with military duties, I don't know if he can come back."
Jiang Dalang is so busy that he doesn't even have time to teach at the local martial arts hall, so now it is Captain Zhong who is teaching the students.
"As for your second uncle... Humph, that bastard said he works day and night outside and is exhausted. He will definitely bring Xiao Gu back home for the New Year to rest up and enjoy a good meal."