C260 The Captain Was out on the Field
C260 The Captain Was out on the Field
In order to prevent the information from being leaked, they decided to set the meeting place at the King Jing Palace, and strengthened the guards on purpose. Upon entering, Xu Yanlin couldn't help but ask: "How's the situation? Is the war really going to start? "
The intelligence report on the border came at a sudden moment's notice. Even though he had already anticipated it, it still left him in shock and he was unwilling to believe it.
Mu Chen poured hot tea for him, "The reason I called you here is to discuss this matter."
Xu Yanlin just picked up the teacup, and after hearing his words, he put the teacup down again. He stared at Mu Chen for a while and asked: "His Majesty wants you to battle?"
Mu Chen had stayed in the Northwest Army Camp for more than ten years, so he understood the arrangement of the Great Qi Army teams more than any other martial general in the Imperial Court, and also understood the tactics of the Great Qi s better.
"Your Highness will also take the field." Mu Chen picked up the tea cup and started to drink.
"The prince is going to fight?" Xu Yanlin opened his eyes wide in shock, "What does Your Majesty mean?"
Send out King Jing to fight at such a critical time? Did he trust him, or was she testing him?
"The king has his own considerations." Yan Chenglee didn't want to guess what the emperor was thinking and went straight to the point, "The reason I came to look for you was to discuss the matter of the food. Before entering the battlefield, the imperial government would definitely prepare the rations and would set off first. However, there would definitely be people who would not let the rations reach the border without a hitch.
Xu Yanlin thought about it carefully and nodded, "I will think of a way to deal with this problem."
In a war, food was the most important problem. If there was no food supply, not only would it cause huge trouble for the soldiers on the frontline, but it could also disrupt the morale of the troops.
The three of them talked about the issue of food, then talked about the situation at the northwest border and guessed each other's plans for battle. Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin left the King Jing Palace together.
Returning to the County Prince's Mansion, Da Ji Da Lee happened to send all the stewards off. When the stewards saw Mu Chen back, they all greeted him and left while discussing.
"Sister-in-law's butler is doing pretty well." Xu Yanlin suddenly said to Mu Chen while listening to the discussions of the stewards.
Mu Chen nodded his head, after all, he was not a person from this world, and his thoughts were much more avant-garde than this world. In his mind, there were many ideas on how to do business in another world, and the managers in their stores were all old generals in the market.
Thinking about that, Mu Chen suddenly turned around, and stared straight at the group of leaving managers. Xu Yanlin had already entered the door, and seeing that he did not follow them, he turned to call out to him, but realised that he was looking for something, and did not hear his voice.
"Zi An, Zi An, what are you looking at?" Xu Yanlin walked out and shouted a few more times.
"Ugh …" Mu Chen returned to her senses, she simply did not hear his voice.
Xu Yanlin sighed deeply, "What are you looking at? Even I couldn't hear you? "
"I've thought of something that might help your mission."
"Can you solve the problem of food supply?" Although he patted his chest to ensure that he would be able to solve the problem of the grain, the grain was not the soil on the ground, and he said that he would be able to pick up a pile of it, he did not have any grain nor silver coins in his hands, so he was just annoyed. Hearing that Mu Chen had a way to solve this problem, he quickly asked.
Mu Chen snickered, but didn't answer him immediately. Instead, he asked Big Ji Da Lee what did he want the managers to do here?
"Madam asked the stewards to report the results of the previous year's harvest." Big Ji replied.
"What about the stewards' reports?"
The harvest is very good. Not only are the three warehouses in the south filled with food, the two warehouses near Beijing are also filled with food. Manager Zhang also said that he had also obtained a lot of medicinal herbs from the cultivation field. Big Ji said.
Mu Chen's smile became wider and wider. He was like a squirrel ready to winter, always thinking of ways to store more food, so in these past few years, as long as he had money, he would buy land and hire a group of people to specially research how to increase the yield of the food.
Xu Yanlin was stunned when he heard Da Ji's answer. It was only when they had passed through the long corridor that he suddenly realized what was going on.
"Jinglee has always been in the habit of storing food." He didn't understand why he was so keen on storing food at first, but after listening to him explain it later, he felt that he really had a foresight for what he was doing.
"Why?" Would their family even lack food?
"Because there is no escape from natural and man-made disasters." Therefore, he had to be prepared for the worst. He didn't want to be caught unprepared and suffer heavy losses in the face of disaster.
On the contrary, he had decided that Shen Jingli was a cunning businessman. In order to earn more money, he had stored so much food, after all, this was something that many grain merchants would do, when the price of food fell, they would buy whatever they wanted, waiting for the shortage of food and for the price of food to increase, and sell them without restraint.
"..."
Shen Jingli was busy dealing with the accounts handed over by the stewards. After hearing from Jin Yu that Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin had returned, he stopped what he was doing and let Xiao Hong and Nian Hua come out with the unfinished accounts.
Just as Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin sat down and saw him bringing people over, they stood up. Xu Yanlin was especially excited, knowing that he had food in his hands. When Xu Yanlin saw him, it was as if he was a beggar seeing food.
"Finished?" Mu Chen reached out and shook his hand, feeling that his finger was ice-cold, he rubbed it in the middle of his palm and passed on some warmth to him, "Don't you have a stove in the house? Why are your hands so cold? "
Shen Jingli retracted his hand and rubbed it a few times, "This is a problem with my physique, it has nothing to do with whether or not I start the furnace." His body was quite fearful of the cold, and once winter came, his hands and feet would easily turn cold. Even though he had spent the past few years diligently taking care of his body, there wasn't much of an improvement.
He turned around and had Xiao Hong and Nian Hua place the account books on the table. He opened the top book and said to Mu Chen, "I already know that you are going to fight.
Thinking about handing over the food in his hands, Shen Jingli felt heartache, but for Mu Shisi, he could only bear with it.
Mu Chen weighed the amount of the account books, his eyebrows raised slightly, "You started preparing since early in the morning?" His heart was filled with a warm feeling, making him really want to embrace Shen Jingli and have a good time loving him.
"I knew that you were going to the battlefield, so I sent someone to invite the stewards to come discuss this matter. After all, this is too urgent a situation, and it won't be easy to deal with it in a short period of time." Shen Jingli said casually.
After handing over the account book and the locations of the warehouses to Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin, Shen Jingli returned to the children's room.
Shen Jingli stayed by the stove for a while to remove the cold Qi on his body, then walked over to look at the two children. The two children had grown up a little, and could already recognize each other.
Seeing him smile so happily, Shen Jingli kissed him on the forehead and scolded him: "You little brat, you have no conscience. Your father is about to go to the battlefield, and you can still smile."
After saying that, she felt foolish again. What did a child who was only a few months old know? She had been stupid enough to tell him about it in all seriousness.
He laughed self-deprecatingly, playing with the ball for a while, before putting it back into the cradle. He then picked An An, who was much more mischievous than the rest, up, and the moment he was hugged, he reached out to grab Shen Jingli's hair.
"Naughty." Shen Jingli patted his hands lightly, and carried him around the house. The window was half open, and through the half window, one could see the trees outside swaying due to the wind. Shen Jingli watched with a dull gaze, and for some reason, he felt uncomfortable.
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In a blink of an eye, the day that Mu Chen and the King Jing were going to battle, Shen Jingli personally sent them to the city gate,
Xun Er obediently followed beside Shen Jingli. Seeing Mo Yu and Lightning following Mu Chen as they left, he lifted his face that looked somewhat similar to Mu Chen's and asked in a childish voice, "Mama, where is father going? "Why don't you bring us along?"
Shen Jingli lowered his head and looked at his well-behaved son, then reached out and rubbed his head. His actions were very gentle, causing Xun Er to feel that he cared about his son, which was why Xun Er squinted his eyes and smiled to him.
Shen Jingli felt even more pain in his heart now. He squatted down, hugged Xun Er's tiny body and softly said, "Daddy went to the northwest to fight. Daddy will come back after winning the battle."
"Why the war?" Xun Er blinked his eyes and asked in confusion.
Yes, why? Shen Jingli also asked himself in his heart. After a while, he laughed mockingly, what else could it be? For human selfishness.
"You're still young, don't worry about these things." Xun Er stood up and carried Xun Er. Looking at the advancing army, his eyes revealed reluctance and worry.
"Daddy's gone." Xun Er extended his hand, pointing at the disappearing convoy, and clenched his fist.
"Mm …" Let's go home. " Shen Jingli put Xun Er down and held his hand. They walked down the city gate tower, which Jin Yu and Nian Hua were waiting for. When they saw Shen Jingli come down, they quickly put on their cloaks for him.
"Madam, the weather is still very cold these days. You must take care of yourself." Jin Yu helped him up onto the carriage, then carried Xun Er up onto the carriage. Xun Er lay in her embrace in distress, reached out to grab her clothes, and said bitterly, "Father left again, and even took Mo Yu and Lightning away."
Seeing that, Jin Yu quickly comforted: "Young Master, don't be sad, master will be back soon."