"Not good! Master Yu, there is an enemy attack!"
Yu Fei got up from the carriage.
In the darkness, someone unexpectedly surrounded them from both sides and moved to the front of the team.
The horses in front made long neighs and rapid snorts.
But what is surprising is that the team led by Yu Fei did not panic at all.
Because of the calmness of the owner on the horse, even the horses calmed down quickly.
The men and horses in front and on both sides have already fought against the sneak attack.
The people escorting the sugar cane still showed no fear.
The rigorous training in daily life shows its effect at this time!
"The Divine Crossbow Camp is ready!"
Yu Fei gave an order, "Assist the left and right forwards to break out!"
Amidst the clang of sharp blades meeting, a "whoosh" sound broke through the air immediately!
This dense "swish" sound frightened the enemy.
"What's going on? The spies reported that they have less than 200 people! Excluding the escorts and guards, there are less than 30 archers!"
"Listen to the sound of arrows! With such a dense sound of arrows, I'm afraid there are two to three hundred archers!"
Under the cover of archers, the light cavalry quickly broke through the enemy's encirclement.
"Don't worry about so much! Grab the sugar cane! Grab as much as you can!"
"If we can't wipe them all out, then we can grab them and run away!"
The enemy troops who made the surprise attack planned to grab and run away.
But the dense arrows blocked their first wave of impact.
They used the person in front as a shield and secretly waited for Yu Fei and others to take a breather.
The dense arrows made them timid the moment they came into close combat.
But now, with his teammates as a shield, I have waited for several breaths... but the arrow has not slowed down yet!
On the contrary, the team transporting sugar cane is moving forward at a constant speed!
If they wait like this, they won't even be able to see the tip of the dog's tail!
"Come on!"
"Ouch, it tickles me to death!"
The enemies who were planning to attack again suddenly fell to the ground one after another.
They rolled crazily on the ground and screamed.
While screaming, he scratched himself, shouting that it was so itchy that it was so itchy!
Yu Fei commanded calmly, "The Shennu camp will be guarding both sides. The escort vehicle will pass through first, and the Shennu camp will be behind."
Those enemies who made a surprise attack, let alone attack, seemed to have difficulty even defending themselves.
Yu Fei didn't want to kill them all. After seeing that they had no fighting ability, she ordered no more arrows.
Until the truck transporting sugar cane, everything passed smoothly.
It's almost dawn.
A back door of the Yunning County government office was banged.
"Come on, come on...it's tickling me to death!" A man was holding a stick and scratching his ears and cheeks outside the door.
The people waiting at the back door quickly opened the door.
"Ho!" The gatekeeper was startled and almost slapped him outside the door again, "Who are you?!"
"I don't even recognize you, Fourth Master? Are you lame?" the person outside the door said vaguely while scratching.
Li Si pushed the gatekeeper and hurriedly entered the courtyard.
The gatekeeper frowned suspiciously, "The voice sounds like Li Si...but why is he swollen into a pig's head?"
Li Si came to the hall holding sugar cane.
The candles in the hall were almost burned out.
Sitting in the room were some of the richest and most important people in Yunning County.
Their faces were anxious and their eyes were bloodshot.
"Master, the little one is back!" Li Si said outside the door.
Several people in the room looked outside.
"Oh my God! Are you Li Si? What's wrong with you?" I gained a lot of weight overnight.
Li Si said vaguely, "I don't know what trick Yu Qin used. The arrows they shot seemed to be poisonous... The younger one missed the arrow, but was poisoned inexplicably!"
"Where's the sugar cane?" The people waiting in the room didn't care whether he was poisoned or not, they cared about the sugar cane!
"Here! Here it is!" Li Si offered the stick in his arms like a treasure.
"Just... just one?!" Everyone looked at the county magistrate with disappointment.
Li Si cried bitterly, "Just this one, the big guys fought hard to get it. They all fell down, and only the little one came back with all his might! Wuwu."
Look at him, a grown man, crying pitifully.
Others decided to put their incompetence aside.
"Come here, take it and peel it!"
Although they have never eaten sugar cane, they have heard from farmers.
The skin of this thing is hard and cannot be bitten. Peel off the purple skin, and the pulp inside is as white as snow, sweet and sweet to the heart.
Someone peeled the sugarcane skin, and everyone sitting in the room shared a section.
They hold snow-white "sticks" and don't know where to start.
It was the county magistrate who mustered up the courage first and took a bite...
"Huh?!" His eyes suddenly lit up.
While chewing, he sucked the juice from the sugar cane.
"Sweet! It's very sweet! Come on, try it!" He looked excited and his eyebrows were dancing.
Others saw this and imitated his behavior.
Soon, the only sound left in the hall was the sound of people crunching sugar cane.
Li Si looked at the men in the room and swallowed silently.
The sugar cane that he and so many brothers sacrificed their lives for...can you ask him to have a taste too?
But obviously, the men in the room didn't have this idea.
They themselves don’t think it’s enough!
One of them was thinking while eating, "This stuff is so good! It's sweet, and it has no astringent or sour taste at all."
"I heard that the Queen convened a group of talented craftsmen to specially optimize the cultivated varieties..."
Everyone looked at the person who spoke, with a hint of resentment...
Did you know you didn’t tell me earlier? Calling you guys even offended Wen Shengjun!
The county magistrate rubbed his hands and said, "Don't worry, don't worry! Look, their sugar cane is not sold in our Yunning County. Why?"
"I know this! Because there are not many rich people in Yunning County, prices are low. I heard that this sugar cane is a precious fruit, and it must be sold at a high price only for the rich and powerful."
"Actually, it's just to make the value of sugar cane high! Things are rare, so they want to make it more expensive!"
The county magistrate nodded, "In that case, wouldn't it be nice for them to save on travel expenses? Why do they have to come from Kyoto to Yunning, our most southwesterly place, to plant sugar cane? And then have to transport it back with all the effort?"
There was silence in the hall for a moment.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes lit up, "Because this thing can only be grown in Yunning!"
The county magistrate smiled, "So! If he still wants to plant sugar cane in the future, he can't fall out with us! If he still wants to plant sugar cane, he must take us to plant it with him!"
"Yuan Xingzhi!" Someone suddenly shouted, "Shilang Wen and Yuan Xingzhi have a good relationship, and they are brothers!"
"Yuan Xingzhi has a weakness! He only has a daughter, not a son!"
"Why did he go to help Minister Wen despite everyone's criticism when everyone was not optimistic about Kyoto's foreign officials?"
There was silence in the hall again.
Everyone looked at the person who spoke.
"Because the notice said that girls can also go to school... Why should they go to school? The Queen has a great future!"
"She wants girls to be able to take the imperial examinations and become officials!"
The county magistrate took a breath, "You mean...we can't make friends with Minister Wen, so we can start with Yuan Xingzhi?"
Everyone nodded.
…
The sugar cane left Yunning County smoothly and soon arrived at the first sugar cane delivery location.
The person in charge had already led people to wait at the city gate.
