Chapter 340 A Day in Olina's Life (Part 2)

Olina didn't know that she was about to become the protagonist of the little girl's writing. She poured the cold well water into the pot, then spit out a flame to light the earthen stove and waited quietly for the water to boil.

Although letting her live alone brought her freedom, it also brought many troubles.

For example, cooking.

It's not that she has never been in the kitchen. After the family declined, the huge castle couldn't even afford to hire a few maids. At that time, she supported the family alone, including preparing meals for her brother.

But what she can do is limited to baking bread, boiling potatoes, and baking apple pie.

The methods are to spit out a small fire, a big fire, and a combination of the two. It can be said that in terms of fire control, few dragons can do better than her.

However, the food of Qi Kingdom is completely different.

Those rice grains will only turn into a black and charred mass when burned.

She still asked Miss Yu for advice before she mastered the most basic oriental cooking methods.

When the water boils, add rice.

If there is less water, the rice will be dry, and the result is rice; if there is more water, the rice will be wet, and the result is porridge.

In the morning, according to the past practice, porridge is naturally eaten.

Soon, a yellow-white paste was ready. Olena frowned and scooped it into a bowl, and couldn't help sighing - this thing can fill your stomach, there is nothing else to praise.

Daqi is not without delicious food. At least when she was in the capital, she participated in several court banquets, and the delicious food was overwhelming. But wanting to reproduce those delicacies is obviously far beyond her ability. In the East, cooking is also a secret that is not passed on. Only within the family will an heir be selected to learn the secret method, and the only thing she can do is to sprinkle some fine salt in the paste to make it taste less bland.

But you still have to eat.

If you don't eat, you won't have strength, and if you don't have strength, you can't work.

Olena knows that she endures humiliation for the sake of the family. Even if she can't exchange merits for the status of ambassador, as long as her brother can have a promising future and perform well in the academy, it is also possible to revive the name of Okan.

"May the sun god watch over you and me, and bathe in the glory of Hera wherever we are."

After praying as usual, Olena took a deep breath and swallowed the breakfast in front of her.

For some reason, she remembered the bowl of pork bone soup she had just eaten when she woke up.

No - hold back.

She suppressed the urge to embezzle the deposit to hire a cook or housekeeper, and slapped her cheeks hard.

This money must be sent back to the Saint Wing Islands, not a single tael of silver can be missing.

Olina walked to the table, picked up today's work schedule and confirmed the content again - it was almost Si time, that is, nine o'clock in the morning, and it was almost time to set off.

She locked the door, left her residence, and walked north along the street. After leaving the city from the north gate, she continued to walk east for a distance - this place was close to the estuary of the inland river. Although it was not far from the city wall, there was no sign of human activity around.

Olina began to run towards the sea, and her body swelled with it. Soon she turned into a dragon, spread her wings and flew towards the sea. She flew at this altitude for about a quarter of an hour, until she left Jinxia City far behind, then she suddenly pulled up the altitude and turned to fly to the northwest of Shenzhou.

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Shenzhou, Baihe City.

This is also the last big city in Shenzhou, located at the intersection of Baihe and Qujiang. The surrounding terrain is open and separated by water, which is not suitable for large troops to gather. In addition, since the Yong Dynasty, this place has been one of the hubs of Shenzhou, so its city walls are of the same specifications as Jinxia, ​​and it can be called a strong city.

And at this moment, this strong city has welcomed its challenger.

Prefect Jiang sat in the lobby of the government office, calmly comforting his "guests" - they are Anshen City Prefect Wei, Qiulu County Magistrate Kui, and Puxi County Magistrate Zheng.

The experiences of these people are very similar. Basically, they were wanted by Jinxia City first, and then the arresting troops broke the city in one fell swoop. But even so, they are lucky enough compared to those officials who failed to escape the pursuit.

"Please rest assured, my men have seen clearly that Ning Wanjun's troops only have about 1,500 people. There is still a chance of a sneak attack, but a frontal attack will never shake this strong city!" Jiang Taishou vowed, "We have five times the number of people as the enemy; we can defend the city with the terrain; as for the weather... without the replenishment of supplies, they simply can't fight for a long time in the snow! The weather, the terrain and the people are all on our side, so what do you have to worry about?"

This is not an empty statement.

The news that Princess Guangping was plotting a rebellion and was attacking opponents in Shenzhou had spread, and Jiang Taishou, who was warned, took precautions at the first time. He not only recruited people from the surrounding counties and towns to repair the fortifications in the city, but also spent money to recruit a large group of soldiers to intensify training. He did not expect them to take the initiative to attack, but only needed to keep the wall intact. Together with the servants and guards brought by other officials who fled to Baihe City, the defense force in the city suddenly increased several times, with catapults, crossbows, ladder-breaking carts, and hot oil basins. Even if the Shenzhou garrison came to attack the city, I'm afraid it wouldn't get any benefit.

In the eyes of Governor Jiang, the princess was too arrogant. If she first dealt with big cities like Baihe and Anshen, how could they react in time?

"But the other side has a mechanical beast..." Lord Wei of Anshen City was still a little worried, "That thing is invulnerable to swords and guns, and it's hard to be hurt by arrows. As long as the city gate is broken, even thousands of people will be difficult to stop it."

"I have been prepared for this." Jiang Taishou sneered, "I have laid thousands of kilograms of gunpowder under the four city gates. As long as the other party dares to enter through the gate, I will make them die inexplicably."

After hearing this, everyone's expressions could not help but recover a little.

"I really hope the imperial court can send troops as soon as possible to restore order in Shenzhou."

"That princess only dared to act so recklessly while the Shenzhou garrison was away. When the snow melts, it will be her turn to suffer."

Just when everyone was comforting each other, a strange whistling sound came to everyone's ears.

"Did you...hear something?" Magistrate Zheng had already been frightened. Now that Ning Wanjun's troops were gathered at the city, any sound would make him tremble.

"Is that an eagle howling?"

"It doesn't look like it, it feels much duller...I guess it's the wind."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch.

This time, the sound was suddenly much closer, as if it was coming from above!

what happened?

Just when Jiang Taishou was about to ask the attendant outside the door to find out, a guard ran into the house in a panic, "T-Sir, Taishou, no, it's not good!"

"What's wrong? Please tell me clearly!" The prefect was shocked and pretended to be calm.

"There are flying four-legged monsters in the sky, attacking the trebuchets and bed crossbows on our western city wall!"

"Flying...monster?"

Governor Jiang rushed out of the government office and looked up to the west - he saw a huge black lizard circling and swooping in the air, spraying out balls of flames towards the wall from time to time. The guards screamed and fled in all directions, with no thought of resisting with their bows and crossbows. The flames not only ignited the defensive equipment, but also affected the boiling oil. When the grease dripped from the overturned copper basin, the raging fire could no longer be controlled.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, half of the walls of Baihe City were in flames!