On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Ren Ning taught Lei Er how to be a referee.
After asking the deputy general for instructions, he mounted Zhui Feng and prepared to leave the Yingshan camp with Xiao Gang.
"Wait, wait!" The two of them had just arrived at the gate of Daying when Lei Er's voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Ren Ning looked back.
Two shallow pits were dug one foot inside and one foot outside the gate of the camp, and they were filled with thick seawater for disinfection.
Lei Er held his waist and stood by the puddle inside, panting and waving, "I forgot to tell you just now that the roasted chestnuts in Nanshu City are delicious. Remember to bring some for me when I come back."
"Remember to go to Yuqian Street to buy the raw and stir-fried kind with garlic. Don't buy the ones from other streets. They are cooked directly by lazy vendors and then stir-fried. They are not delicious at all."
Ren Ning, Xiao Gang and the few soldiers guarding the gate of the camp stared blankly at the sweaty Lei Er with strange expressions on their faces.
"You came after me just to talk about this?" Ren Ning asked.
The Yingshan camp with more than 30,000 people covers a vast area.
Lei Er didn't have time to summon Ben Lei, so he rushed all the way on his own two feet in such a hurry. It was not an easy task.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"What?" Lei Er was confused: "As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. If these are not important, what is important?"
Ren Ning and Ren Ning were speechless for a moment. They silently nodded and rode north.
In the evening, the two of them entered the guerrilla general's house covered in dust.
"Happy New Year to you two young masters." Butler Li came up with a cheerful face and exchanged a few words with Ren Ning.
A few months ago, when Ning and the others arrived in Nanshu City, the guerrilla general's mansion had completely changed.
Guests come and go constantly every day, cars and cars of money and banknotes are driven into the house, and boxes and boxes are moved out, eventually turning into a variety of new products. Although the goods shipped to the north will not recover the cost for a while, the goods shipped to the nearby town of Nanguan have already begun to produce benefits.
It can be said that this year was the most comfortable year for Butler Li. He no longer has to worry about the supply problem in the mansion as in previous years, and he has even become the vague target of fawning over all parties in Nanshu City.
The only thing that made him scratch his head was the marriage between the eldest young master and the eldest girl.
Time flies, another year passes in the blink of an eye, and there is still no fourth generation in the entire Guerrilla General Mansion...
Ren Ning was not polite and asked directly after sitting down: "Butler, is your girl coming back for the New Year?"
Butler Li felt happy and then bitter, "Young master, the eldest lady did not come back to celebrate the New Year, but there was a letter coming home."
After saying that, he ran back to get Li Hezhu's letter.
Ren Ning waved his hand and refused, "This is a letter to and from your guerrilla general's office. What are you doing for me?"
In the end, he only asked for the letter written by Yingpan, and at the same time handed the letter from Uncle Zhongyong's house to Xiao Gang, who was scratching his neck next to him.
Several families have chosen to cooperate. Although they haven't started making a lot of money yet, they will inevitably have to work part-time as postmen for Ren Ning and Xiao Gang when traveling south to north.
Just like last time, Xiao Gang couldn't wait to read the letter home, while Ren Ning ate his meal calmly, still not choosing to open the letter in person.
After settling down in the guest house, he sat down and read the letter slowly.
This time the letter was several pages longer than the last time, and Yingpan described the situation at home in detail. For example, her little red horse has grown up, which attics at home have been renovated, how many more acres of land have been bought, etc.
Ren Ning did not feel bored and read slowly.
The second half of the letter talked about some recent events in the imperial capital.
"My lord, the whole of Yunchui has been uneasy recently. Just as Your Majesty finished writing and prepared to celebrate the New Year, a rare earthquake occurred in Qingshi County in the central and western parts of the country."
"The mountain collapsed and the post road was destroyed. The lives and deaths of the vast majority of ordinary people in the county are still unknown. However, it has been found that at least 18 iron mines suffered large-scale collapses, and almost no miners escaped."
"Princess Yiguang said that with so many mines destroyed, it is estimated that Yunchui's weapons and equipment manufacturing will be delayed in recent years."
Ren Ning touched the pocket on his waist.
Because Nanshu City is not far away, I didn’t bring the Yunchui map with me when I came out. But he also knew about Qingshi County, which was known as the Iron Mine County.
There were mines everywhere, almost no food was produced, and transportation was inconvenient.
It is surrounded by high mountains to the south and west, and to the north is the famous misty wetland. All ore has to be transported eastward.
In the early years, the empire had discussed building a north-south road in Misty County to lead to Qingshi County. However, the Misty Wetland is a terrain that is long from north to south and short from east to west. Building a road to the south was too expensive, so the project ended up being abandoned.
Trouble!
Ren Ning scratched his head.
A lot of medicine shops in Baihua County were burned down, and now the earthquake has destroyed the iron mines in Qingshi County, and the epidemic in Yunzhong County has not yet subsided. Seeing that the rainy season is coming soon, if a few more counties in the central and eastern areas are flooded...
If he didn't have a modern soul, he would inevitably wonder whether God was punishing Yun Chui because of the emperor's unkindness.
really.
"During the epidemic in Yunzhong County, the third prince Chen Xiuzhu stayed in Xingluo County to appease the people and became the king. This time there was an earthquake in Qingshi County, and several princes were trying hard to go to the disaster relief. I heard that there was noisy in the imperial study every day, and His Majesty has so far We haven’t decided which prince to send yet.”
Seeing this, Ren Ning was speechless.
The earthquake only has a few days or even a few hours of golden rescue time. If it drags on any longer, the entire Qingshi County will become a desperate situation, even more terrifying than the current epidemic in Yunzhong County.
He was angry, but Ren Ning could do nothing and could only continue to look down.
"During the Queen Mother's birthday, the surrounding neighboring countries sent envoys to celebrate her birthday and signed a number of peace treaties. However, after hearing that the Starfall Army was transferred to Zhennanguan, the Beixiong Empire's army had gone south. "
"The entire upper-class circle of the imperial capital is worried, and they are worried that the Yanhui Army will not be able to withstand it."
Ren Ning shook his head.
Wild Geese, as the name suggests, the wild geese flying north come here.
Like Tamaki County, it is the two northernmost counties of Yunchui.
In August last year, the Starfall Army was originally supposed to be transferred to the Tamaki County Guards in the north; while the Yanhui Army was supposed to be transferred to the Yankui Fortress in the west.
As a result, the emperor changed his mind.
The Xingluo Legion arrived at Zhennanguan, but the Yanhui Legion headed north back to their hometown.
After returning to his hometown, it can be said that he has the advantage of good location and people, but the Yanhui Legion can't even stop Xiao Nanfeng. Facing Beixiong's army, which was no less powerful than Xiliang, no one dared to have high hopes for them.
imperial study room
Although the Chinese New Year is still going on outside, the imperial study room is packed with people.
"King Beixiong is really shameless. He just signed the agreement and turned around and sent 300,000 troops south. He also said that two soldiers were missing and they were coming to find them."
King Qin stood up and said, "Father, when fighting against the outside world, we must first settle down the inside. Only with a stable rear can we support the front to the maximum extent. Now there is an earthquake in Qingshi County, and the lives and deaths of the people in the county are unknown. They are in urgent need of rescue from the court. There are also discussions in other places. . It’s better to decide on the disaster relief candidates first and open a warehouse to provide disaster relief.”
Emperor Changxing looked gloomy.
People everywhere are talking a lot. What are they talking about?
Everyone is talking about the epidemic that broke out in Yunzhong County last year when the Queen Mother celebrated her birthday; just as the New Year's Eve that the people are most looking forward to is approaching, a serious earthquake occurred in Qingshi County.
There is no peace in this world...
