Xu Yunyan had a lot of extra money and walked leisurely towards Huainan Road.
But what he didn't notice was that Li Chun and others couldn't help but froze here after seeing Xu Yunyan heading south leisurely.
"Li Tou, what should we do? Should we go back to the military camp to hand over the mission, or?"
Before the captain could finish speaking, Li Chun slapped the captain who was speaking next to him.
"You're stupid, that's our Great Protector. As the general of the White Tiger Army, of course I have to lead a team to protect the Protector's safety. Do I want to go back and let the Protector wander around alone in this wilderness? Isn't this right? Are you making yourself uncomfortable?"
When Li Chun said this, the captain next to him looked at him a little worried.
"But with so many of us, we don't have so much food and grass."
"Isn't this simple? Gather all your food and grass and see how much there is."
After Li Chun spoke, everyone gathered together. The dried beef and mutton meat was only enough for 100 people for three months. Li Chun watched them arrange it randomly.
"I will take 100 people to stay and protect Lord Protector. You take the remaining people back to Anbei and follow the orders of Lord Deputy Protector Shi."
Seeing that the younger brother in front of him didn't agree, Li Chun relied on his status to use his power to overwhelm others.
"That `s a deal."
Li Chun relied on the fact that he was a general to arrange tasks here, so that the people in front of him could not refute him, but it also made the general in front of him watch him muttering uncontrollably.
"General, are you seeking personal gain?"
When Li Chun heard this, he looked at him fiercely.
"What did you say? I'll give you another chance to organize your speech."
At this moment, the brigade commander assured him, "Don't worry, Lord General, I will take the brothers back immediately. But can you give us some dry food so that we can go back like this. In case we get lost along the way, What should I do if I’m so hungry that I can’t find my way?”
Li Chun waved his hand when he heard this, "Go over there. Isn't that the military camp of General Li? Go there to get some food and supplies and then go back."
After leaving these words, Li Chun led more than a hundred cavalry in pursuit of Xu Yunyan's direction.
Xu Yunyan was driving northward leisurely on the grassland, and he would soon enter the boundary of Wuyuan. Although he was in the direction of Yanmen and Dingxiang, to go to Huainan Road, he had to enter Wuyuan and then Hedong to Luoyang. It’s faster to take the waterway from Luoyang. If you don’t want to take the waterway, you can still enjoy the mountains and rivers along the way.
However, seeing that time is running out, we should still go to Hedong, at least to take Xue Li's brother and sister-in-law to Huainan Road.
Xue Li and Yue'er's marriage is a big event, and they cannot be prevented from attending even though they are just elder brothers.
On a new day, Xu Yunyan got up and continued on his way, holding his belly while walking.
"Mistake, mistake, why didn't I bring some dry food? Like the food I invented at the Anbei Military Camp using a cow or sheep as a ration, why didn't I bring some? If I had known that I would be traveling a long distance, no matter what You have to take three or five of them with you. If you can’t eat them yourself, it would be more honorable to give them away when you return to Chuzhou, right? One of these things is like a sheep or a cow!”
Xu Yunyan felt a little miserable. He traveled all night on the road last night and had nothing to eat. He had to enter Wuyuan again and look around the official road to see if there were any wild cattle, sheep, and horses.
Some time ago, the Turkic tribes made a resurgence, but some of the owned cattle and sheep became ownerless again. I don’t know if they were captured during this period.
However, it was a good idea for Xu Yunyan to come back. The reality was indeed cruel. After traveling for most of the day, Xu Yunyan looked at a place in front of him that was obviously temporarily built. It was like a pass and was closed to the store next to it. He could only lower his head and lean on it. passed.
But what he didn't notice was that in a pothole near the shop, nearly a hundred Tang soldiers were lying there with their heads down, staring at this side.
"Look, Sir, the Protector is here." A sharp-eyed man said, and Li Chun felt proud beside him.
"Let me just say, if I choose this road, Lord Protector will definitely take it. He is going to Huainan Road, and this direction is the shortest route.
I also looked at the supplies of the Protector-General. Except for the gold and silver we gave him, he didn’t bring anything to eat. If we don’t follow him, wouldn’t we, the Protector-General, be starving? "
Li Chun was talking proudly to the commander of the army next to him, while the commander of the brigade was nodding and bowing.
"You are the town teacher and you are an adult. What you consider is the most correct thing."
At this moment, Li Chun was so proud that he was laughing here.
Perhaps because he was too hungry, or because he had high expectations of being able to return to his second hometown to see his sister again, Xu Yunyan was not very alert. He looked around and saw that there was no one ambushing him, no matter how far away he was. Yes, if there is an accident, I can ride a horse and cross the mountains by myself.
With such a plan, Xu Yunyan came to the store.
Take a look after entering the store.
"Hey, why are there a few fat and round old men setting up stalls here?"
But Xu Yunyan didn't think much and asked directly.
"This store owner, don't you know what food is available in the store?"
"Meat!"
A big, round-waisted guy opened his mouth and came with meat.
This made Xu Yunyan stunned.
"Is there meat here?"
"Yes, yes, there is meat, beef and mutton."
"Forehead?"
Now Xu Yunyan became curious.
"Where did you get this meat?"
This man was just here scratching his head in embarrassment. He didn't think of an excuse. The person next to him, Xu Yunyan, seemed to be someone he had met before, but he hurriedly answered.
"Isn't this because of the resurgence of the Turks some time ago? I'm just waiting to catch a few ownerless cattle and sheep in the wild, so that I can have meat."
"Oh, that's what happened!"
After they said this, they thought that all the people they knew would follow Li Chun back to the camp to carry out new orders and would not appear here, so Xu Yunyan didn't think much about it.
"I wonder what else besides meat?"
"There is also some dry food, but we haven't processed it this morning. It won't be ready until noon. What do you think this is objectively?"
When Xu Yunyan heard this, he randomly took out a few copper plates and slapped them on the table.
"Can the store help me get something to eat according to this? I have to hurry on my way."
I took out a few copper coins, which made the people in front of me unable to help but complain.
"You can get over it now. Who doesn't know that there is one hundred and eighty taels of gold and silver in your bag, and you just took out a few copper plates?
However, after Xu Yunyan took out a few copper coins, the people in front of him were very surprised.
Where did you find the copper plate? We picked up very few copper coins on the battlefield. Although copper coins are the mainstream trade now, the Turks have no concept of money. Most of them are gold and silver stolen from the Han people.
They all know that gold and silver are more valuable, much more valuable than copper coins.
A little gold and silver can be exchanged for a lot of copper coins, so these copper coins are scarce. Xu Yunyan watched these people put away their copper coins, then went about their work, and quickly brought a bowl of broth.
Looking at the broth, Xu Yunyan was eating it, but it felt a bit strange.
"Why is it so salty? Did you add salt? Is there any salt in the Wuyuan area?"
When Xu Yunyan said this, these people were instantly surprised.
"No, no, there is no salt in the Wuyuan area. Didn't we encounter a horse that fell on the ground on the road? There was a bag immediately with such a bag of salt, which gave this young man an advantage." The smarter one was talking here, and suddenly realized that they seemed to have too many loopholes, and randomly gave another guy a color, and the other guy was waiting for him here for no apparent reason, meaning you just glared at me. What means?
Seeing that this person was careless here, Xu Yunyan looked at them.
"Is it because you don't have enough money?"
"That's enough, that's enough."
"Then you don't know who this store owner is?"
"Didn't we just open our business? Want to see what this young man thinks of our food?"
"tasty!"
Xu Yunyan raised his thumb, and the two of them smiled darkly and quickly retreated back.
After arriving at the back, these two guys were still staring at each other.
"Why are you still staring at me?"
The one who was a little dazed asked the somewhat shrewd guy, why were you still staring at him? And this one looked at him shrewdly.
"Why are you so stupid? Hurry up and tell the Lord Commander to prepare more food later. We only have this meat. If we make food for the Lord Protector, he will soon know that we are pretending."
"Oh, that's what happened!"
??????????????? Then this somewhat stupid guy quickly rushed out of the new small shop on the roadside and ran quickly towards the ravine in the distance.
After Xu Yunyan had eaten and drank enough, wiped his mouth, and mounted his horse, the smarter one came to see Xu Yunyan off.
"Have a good trip, sir. Welcome."
Xu Yunyan nodded to him, "I want to try more of such a delicious broth. I will definitely bring it to Nao Nao when I have the opportunity."
After saying this, Xu Yunyan quietly took out the silver from the package to see if it was poisonous and put it away when they were not paying attention.
Fortunately, I was alert and didn't get noticed by them. I was afraid of getting into trouble with this big, round guy who appeared out of nowhere to open a store.
Fortunately, I have money to control whether it is poisoned or not.
After Xu Yunyan muttered this, he got on his horse and ran quickly towards the county seat in the distance. He also wanted to buy some dry food. He didn't want to have such an embarrassing situation again. He didn't eat anything all night. Fortunately, he met a broth seller in the morning. It's a satisfying meal.
But why does it feel like this food is similar to the dried meat broth I made? They are all so chewy and chewy, not to mention the addition of salt?
Xu Yunyan thought about it but still laughed at himself.
I thought a little too much and laughed to myself. Didn't they already explain it?
Last time due to the resurgence of the Turks, they got a lot of things, so let's just go to the county to buy some things first!
Only after Xu Yunyan came to the county town to purchase supplies and headed south again, Li Chun, who was in the ravine, finally got a report from his younger brother who arranged to set up a stall there. After hearing what he said, Li Chun gave orders.
"Brothers, get on your horses and follow me to the county ahead. Buy a set of everything you need to cook, eat and drink!"
When Li Chun said this, everyone was indeed a little embarrassed.
"Lord General, I don't have much money!"
Um?
Li Chun was a little surprised at this moment.
"You won't give all the money to the Protector, will you? Why are you so stupid? You don't know how to keep some. Look, I still keep at least half."
When Li Chun said this, many people here lowered their heads.
"We didn't leave a penny behind."
Li Chun was helpless when he saw this.
"Forget it, let's use the money to buy supplies in the county. When we encounter wild cattle, sheep, and horses on the road, we must not let them go. This is all necessary for us to buy food for Lord Protector. of."
