newbobooks Chapter 1101 Why Give Me This
Chapter 1101 Why Give Me This
Old Zheng looked at the endless grain transport team and said to Zhou Guo, "Little girl, you are really capable. I can't believe that you grew all this grain by yourself. When I met you that year, I would never have thought that a few years later, you would be able to do such a big thing secretly! How many acres of land do you have at home?"
How much food is this?
Zhou Guo smiled, "Uncle Zheng, we did have little land a few years ago, but things have changed in recent years. We have several thousand hectares of land. I don't think this amount is small. We can still harvest a lot of food every year."
This year, she has harvested two million shi of grain from her own land. All of this extra grain was produced from her own land.
It's good to have your own land. At that time, she envied the Wu family for having so much land and harvesting millions of shi of grain every year. Now, she also has so much land and can harvest millions of shi of grain.
Old Zheng looked at her and said sincerely: "The general is right. One person like you can defeat an army of 100,000."
One person can support an army of hundreds of thousands, which is more useful than an army of one hundred thousand.
Zhou Guo didn't dare to take credit for it. "Even if I had three heads and six arms, I couldn't grow so much land. The food you see was all grown by the people in the north. I just played a small role."
Old Zheng waved his hand, "Why didn't you play a role? If you hadn't come, this northern land would have existed for who knows how many years, how come no one has grown so much food? In the final analysis, it's still you who's amazing. All this food was given to you after everyone paid taxes and had enough for their own consumption. The excess was placed elsewhere, and no one had any excess. How come it's not your credit?"
Zhou Guo said: "Don't I feel that I would be arrogant if I admitted it? I'm afraid you would laugh at me."
Old Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "They say that young people are not frivolous, and you are such a promising young man. If I were you, I would be so proud that I would want everyone to praise me. How could you be so young?"
Zhou Guo couldn't help but laugh. Although she often felt proud when she thought about these things, no one had ever said this to her. It sounded good.
Just before departure, the governors of several prefectures came, as well as the generals of the Huaishan camp.
The group escorted them ten miles away.
Along with him set out, there were 70,000 troops, including 20,000 cavalry.
Zhou Guo looked at these black knights in shock. They were all wearing armor and iron helmets. Their faces were not visible, only their eyes were exposed. Even the horses were wrapped in armor.
There was not a sound from the 20,000 people. From time to time, only the sound of horses snorting could be heard. It was so quiet that it seemed as if there was no human presence at all.
The armor is strong and the flags are fluttering.
Like an arrow shot from a bow.
Zhou Guo felt a chill on his back from the oncoming murderous aura. "Is this the iron cavalry of the Xu family army?"
Old Zheng said solemnly: "Yes, the elite troops of the Xu family were founded by the general and are called the Black Tiger Army."
The leading general of the Black Tiger Army stepped forward and saluted Zhou Guo, "Sir!"
Zhou Guo returned the greeting.
Lao Zheng reminded: "This man's surname is Yang, you can call him General Yang."
Zhou Guo called out, "General Yang."
General Yang nodded and said, "I will leave now."
His tone was flat, without any ups and downs, and his words seemed to come out with coldness.
After the people left, Zhou Guo couldn't help but ask Lao Zheng, "Why does he have something on his face? Have you seen him?"
Old Zheng said, "Of course I have seen him. He is like this. He behaves like this no matter who he meets. Normally, he would just ignore us and nod his head. But this time, he actually took the initiative to greet you. I have never heard of that."
"Really?" Zhou Guo felt that this was not a good thing. She still had to take them to find the general, and she didn't know if she could find him.
After saying goodbye to everyone, they set off.
Zhou Guo was riding on his horse, making small talk, "Don't they say that food and fodder should be sent before troops move? Why don't tens of thousands of troops set out first?"
Old Zheng said patiently, "Didn't they catch up? It's all temporary and there's nothing we can do about it. Normally, the food and fodder should move before the army. The army moves so fast. This baggage train takes them several months to travel the distance that the army takes a month. There's nothing we can do about it."
After saying this, Lao Zheng was called away.
With such a long grain transport team, he, as the chief grain escort officer, had a lot to take care of. For the next day, Zhou Guo didn't see him at all during mealtime.
But she could no longer follow the grain transport team.
If we follow them, I don’t know how long it will take to reach Huxi.
Several personal soldiers came up at this time, took out a wax-sealed box from their arms, handed it to her and said, "Sir, this is from the young general."
Another said: "Tens of thousands of troops have already taken a detour to the front and are waiting for you at Hutoukou."
Of the three personal soldiers, two have not been around for some time and have gone to the border.
Zhou Guo took the box from him, opened it, and his eyes widened. He closed them immediately, looked at the few people without saying anything, and asked, "Do you know what's in this?"
Several people shook their heads, "I don't know."
Zhou Guo breathed a sigh of relief. Damn, this is a military talisman!
She actually saw the military token! !
I can't believe it. She is just a farmer. How could she get the military token while farming?
How did you get this military token?
What can she do with this thing? Can she fight a war?
There was no one around her to ask, and she was a little panicked. There were tens of thousands of troops there. What if she was not careful and led all of them into the ditch?
Fighting a war is not like farming or doing business.
"What is it?" Lao Zheng happened to come back and saw the box she was holding tightly in her hand, and he became curious.
Zhou Guo looked at him and whispered, "Uncle, I want to ask you something."
Lao Zheng nodded, "Ask."
Zhou Guo whispered, "Do you know how many military tokens there are?"
Old Zheng was stunned for a moment. He looked at her, then at the thing in her hand. After a while, he said, "This, this, this...what's in here?"
He waved his hand and said, "Don't tell me anymore. I don't want to know. If I know too much, I will be beheaded."
He stood up and was about to leave. He was crazy. Why did he choose to come here at this time?
Zhou Guo hurriedly held him back, "No, don't leave. I still have something to ask you."
She was very strong, and Lao Zheng couldn't get away no matter how hard she pulled him. He had no choice but to sit down again and said, "Don't ask me about this. I don't know anything. I don't know anything."
Zhou Guo was puzzled, "Is it that scary? They brought this thing back with them."
He pointed at the two bodyguards.
Old Zheng sighed, "They didn't know what was inside, but now I know. I'm telling you, this thing is top secret, usually only generals know about it. How did it get into your hands?"
Zhou Guo was confused. "I was just about to ask you, what do you mean by giving this to me? Don't other people in the barracks need this? I don't know how to fight, so it's useless to give it to me."