Dingbeihou was silent for a long time, and then said to his two sons:
"Grain and grass can last for half a year. Mr. Qiu has already contacted grain merchants from various places, and several have agreed to find a solution.
As for military pay, I can only aggrieved brothers to wait any longer.
Even if he marries your sister into the palace this time, it is impossible for Li Yunkai to give money to Beidi.
This drought has lasted for two years, and the state treasury is probably already empty. "
Both brothers sighed. In the past two years, it was not only their Yunchao country that suffered from drought. All the countries next to them were in disaster.
Now there is no food anywhere, causing frequent conflicts on the border.
Foreign invaders came from time to time, and the soldiers stayed on the city wall. They could only receive four rations of bread every day, and even water was rationed.
Mrs. Shen followed behind with her two daughters-in-law and daughter. Thinking about the current situation, I feel very heavy.
But they, the ladies, can't do anything. The family's expenses have been reduced again and again, and her grandchildren haven't seen meat for a long time.
Eunuch Chen and his party had dinner at Dingbei Hou Mansion and left that night.
Their trip was in vain. I wonder if the Queen Mother and the Emperor will blame them when they return? My heart was heavy when I went back.
Ye Yutong, who had been keeping an eye on the outside, saw the group of them hurrying past, and waited for a while before leaving the space with Li Yunze and his two brothers.
They had already found a place to put their things yesterday, and it was in a large forest.
Ye Yutong led the horses out and tied all three of them to the tree. Finally, Li Yunze and Ye Mingzhe rode their horses and threw some horse dung on the road.
"Eldest brother, second brother, Tongtong, you stay here and watch the horses. I'll ask Dingbeihou to bring someone over to pull the things." Li Yunze explained to the three of them.
Ye Yutong nodded, "Make some noise when you come back so I can take out the things inside."
"good."
The grove was still half an hour away from the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and Li Yunze rode a tiger there.
It is night now and the city gate is closed.
He patted the tiger on the head and said, "Brother Tiger, find a place to stay for a while. I'll go in and do some errands. I'll be back in two-quarters of an hour at most."
The tiger followed him obediently, wagging its tail and ran towards the nearby mountains, and disappeared after a while.
Dingbei Hou was talking with his two sons and several counselors in the study.
Li Yunze was worried about Ye Yutong and his two uncles, so he went directly to the study in the front yard without going through the main entrance to let them report.
He stood in the courtyard and flicked a pebble against the window, and the study door opened instantly.
Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang came out with swords, followed by Dingbeihou and several counselors.
The guards in the distance also spotted him and surrounded Li Yunze in a short time.
Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang's expression changed drastically. The guards in the mansion were all top experts.
There are not many people in the world who can easily break into Dingbeihou Mansion without being discovered.
But this young man had been standing here for who knows how long, and not even the two brothers noticed him.
Such a powerful master is a teenager, how can he not frighten them?
Li Yunze's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't even glance at the guards surrounding him.
He looked at Dingbei Hou with a smile, "Master Hou, I'm here to ask for tea from you again."
Dingbeihou heard the familiar voice and looked at the young man standing with the backlight in surprise, confirming that it was His Highness the Crown Prince.
He immediately said respectfully: "Sir, please come in quickly."
Li Yunze followed him into the study with a smile. Dingbei Hou said to his two sons and several counselors: "You should go back and rest first."
After saying that, he closed the door and asked Li Yunze to sit on the upper seat before preparing to salute.
Li Yunze immediately held his hand and said, "Master Hou, don't worry about it. I brought some things for the soldiers. You immediately prepare three hundred carts and a thousand warriors who can ride horses will follow me."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Marquis Dingbei opened the door immediately without asking any further questions. I gave instructions to my two sons who had just left the hospital:
"Erlang, prepare three hundred carts and one thousand cavalry immediately. You personally lead the people and follow the young master to pull things."
The brothers are guessing who the young man was just now?
After listening to my father's instructions, I quickly went to prepare.
The two of them were very efficient. In just one cup of tea, the carriage and people were already waiting at the city gate.
Li Yunze whistled, and Brother Tiger jumped down from the mountain.
Through the moonlight, everyone saw a huge creature running down the mountain, and they all subconsciously took a step back.
Even Shen Erlang drew his sword.
Brother Tiger glanced at everyone with disdain, then obediently stopped next to Li Yunze.
"Second Young Master Shen, I'll take the first step. You just need to go straight with the others. There is a small forest in front of you. I will wait for you there."
"Yes, sir."
When Shen Erlang went out, his father told them not to ask anything and just follow the instructions.
Li Yunze jumped on the tiger's back, bowed his hands to everyone, and rode away on the tiger.
Seeing that he was the only one back, Ye Yutong asked, "Where are the people you brought?"
"They are behind. I'm not worried about you, eldest brother, and second brother, so I came back first."
"How long will it take them? Why don't they put the things out first?"
"Okay, let it out."
They couldn't help much when taking things out. Only Yutong was busy there.
The three of them stood next to the woods and let out some air. Although it was midnight and the area was deserted, they still had to be cautious.
The 150,000 catties of grain came from Uncle Lin Zhuangzi.
There are also more than 10,000 kilograms of potatoes, more than 20,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and several thousand kilograms of corn that were just harvested in the space in the past two days.
Ye Yutong took out everything that he didn't keep. Anyway, in two or three months, the space and ground can be collected again.
They don't lack these either, so they might as well take them all out so that next year they can grow a few acres of land and the soldiers can have an extra bite to eat.
The rest is chayote, pumpkin, winter melon and various dried vegetables.
The last ones brought out were bacon, chicken, duck, goose, rabbit and pig.
During this time on the road, the eldest and second brothers slaughtered all the livestock that could be killed on the mountain. There were more than a hundred big fat pigs killed.
There were more chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits, piled there like a hill.
There are also more than 200 baskets of various eggs, about 10,000 kilograms, all saved in the past two months.
Finally, there were dozens of baskets of apples and pears, and dozens of baskets of melons, which Ye Yutong had prepared for the women of the Beihou family.
Shen Erlang brought people over and were shocked when they saw those things.
He had never seen such a fat pig and such a big egg even before the famine, let alone in the past two years.
Not to mention the soldiers, looking at the pile of things, couldn't help but lick their lips.
Shen Erlang looked at Li Yunze, "Sir, these things..."
Li Yunze smiled and said, "Put it on the car. This is specially brought here to reward the soldiers. It is a little bit of my wife's kindness."
Ye Yutong stood next to him, smiling and nodding towards everyone.
But now she was disguised as a man, and everyone thought she was Li Yunze's servant, and did not think of her as Mrs. Li Yunze.
Shen Erlang bowed his hand to Li Yunze, "Madam is really a righteous person. I thank her on behalf of the soldiers in the north."
Ye Yutong shook his head, "Master Shen, you don't have to be polite. The soldiers are bleeding and sweating here, but they can't even eat a full meal.
My husband and I feel really uncomfortable, but now our abilities are limited and there is only this we can do. "
When Shen Erlang heard this, he felt something was wrong. Why did the voice sound like a girl?
After taking a closer look at her under the moonlight, I realized that I had made a mistake just now.
He quickly raised his hands and said, "Madam looks young, but she can still think about these soldiers. Moreover, these things are hard to buy now, but Madam is willing to take them out. She is really a kind person."
Ye Yutong looked at the soldiers behind him and said sincerely:
"These soldiers are the greatest. They cannot be happy in front of their parents, nor can they support their wives and children. But they choose to protect the people of Yunchao Kingdom on the border.
They are not afraid of difficulties and dangers and charge forward. This is the true righteousness. What my husband and I have done cannot equal one ten thousandth of what they did. "
When the more than a thousand soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but burst into tears.
A leader standing at the front shouted loudly: "Thank you madam, thank you sir."
The generals behind also shouted loudly, "Thank you madam, thank you sir."
