Chapter 640 Are There Casualties in the Army? Then Make Me a God and Continue the Battle! [Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket]
Zhou Yu looked through the information on his phone and asked:
"Is there a girl named Zhen Mi in the Zhen family?"
The surrendered general shook his head:
"She is an unmarried little girl, and she is a member of the Zhen family. We dare not ask about her name randomly... The Zhen Mansion is in front, and the general can go there to ask."
Gao Shun unscrewed the water bag he was carrying and drank a sip of mountain spring water:
"Why is Gongjin suddenly interested in Zhen's daughter? Could it be that you and Bo Fu want to recreate the story of you and Bo Fu marrying Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao in Wujun?"
Zhou Yu hurriedly said:
"Brother, don't joke. This is Zhen's territory. Teacher Sun is planning to send Zhen Mi to the real world. Be careful with your words."
We can joke among brothers, but when it comes to His Royal Highness the Son, we should be more relaxed.
Upon hearing this, Gao Shun waved his hand:
"Leave this county to me and Bai Tu to handle. You go to the Zhen Mansion on behalf of the court and send some food. Don't scare them... If they want to live in Chang'an, send some people to help escort them."
Zhou Yu flipped through his bag, took out two boxes of chocolate candies, four boxes of nougat peanut candies, and other snacks, and led a dozen strong soldiers along the wide road in the city to the door of Wuji Zhen's house.
As soon as he got off the horse, the door opened from the inside, and a young man in his twenties came out with a group of servants and guards:
"I didn't know that the court army was coming. I didn't welcome you from afar. I hope you will forgive me!"
The siege just now used artillery and large drones, and the noise was quite loud. All the people in the city knew about it. Now that the court army has entered the city, Zhen has also made preparations in advance.
Zhou Yu bowed his hands:
"Who are you?"
"I am Zhen Yan, the mayor of Quliang. I have returned to my hometown to visit my relatives recently. I didn't expect to see the real face of the army... I have prepared some wine at home. Please come to see me."
The mayor of Quliang means the magistrate of Quliang County. The "Book of the Later Han" introduces that a county with more than 10,000 registered households is a large county, and the official position is the magistrate. For example, the magistrate of Zhongmu, who Chen Gong served as before eloping with Cao Cao, was the magistrate of a large county, with a rank of 1,000 dan.
A county with a registered household of less than 10,000 is a small county, and is called a mayor, with a rank of 400 dan. The difference is still very obvious compared to the magistrate of a large county.
Zhou Yu knew very well that Zhen Yan had been a minor official under Yuan Shao, and he was appointed as the head of Quliang by Yuan Shao, but he did not point it out, but said with a smile:
"I heard that the Zhen family is a famous family in Wuji County, so I came to pay a visit as ordered."
"The general's order is..."
Zhou Yu bowed in the direction of Chang'an and lied:
"Your Majesty said that the Zhen family is well-known and cannot be disturbed by war, so I came to pay a visit with the gifts rewarded by Your Majesty."
When he heard that it was the emperor's entrustment, Zhen Yan quickly knelt down to thank him, and then hurriedly welcomed Zhou Yu into the house and asked his younger brother Zhen Yao to come to pay a visit.
After the greetings, Zhou Yu told the two brothers about the court's policies.
Land cannot be occupied too much, this is the red line of His Majesty. The excess land should be donated to the court, and the slaves in the family should also be restored to their household registration. If these two points can be achieved, the Zhen family will not be implicated in any way.
Finally, he also conveyed Gao Shun's meaning:
"Commander Gao of our Northern Army said that if the Zhen family wants to settle in Chang'an, our army will provide all conveniences, and Chang'an will also make arrangements and will not let your family suffer any grievances."
When Zhen Yao first heard that the land was to be donated, he was a little angry and almost asked the servants to drive Zhou Yu out, but Zhen Yan not only listened patiently, but also carefully inquired about the situation of the court officials.
When he heard that Taiwei Yang Biao donated all the land of the Yang family and asked his family to start mining, he immediately expressed his position:
"We, the Zhen family, are willing to donate our family's fields and distribute the oxen to the surrounding villagers. As for moving to Chang'an... As the saying goes, it is difficult to leave your hometown, please allow us to discuss it with your family."
Zhou Yu smiled and said:
"No problem... These small gifts are sent on behalf of Your Majesty, please accept them."
He took out gifts such as chocolate candies, peanut nougat, flashlights, lighters, glass mirrors, and demonstrated them before getting up to say goodbye.
When they reached the gate, Zhou Yu whispered to Zhen Yan:
"The world has changed, and the way the noble families survived in the past must also change, otherwise the wheel of the times will crush us, and no one will be spared."
Zhou Yu was also a child of a noble family, and he knew the court's policies and His Majesty's determination too well.
Zhen Yan thanked him and handed him a bag of gold cakes. Zhou Yu couldn't refuse, so he took it.
After returning to the county government, Gao Shun saw him carrying a bag of gold cakes and asked curiously:
"Didn't you go to visit? How did you make a deal?"
Zhou Yu took a bowl of cold tea and drank it all, then said:
"I reminded Zhen Yan twice, and he insisted on giving me the gold cakes. If I didn't accept it, he would think too much... Take it first, and when I meet Wen Hou or Your Majesty, I will ask them to take it to the real world. I heard that you like these."
Gao Shun asked:
"I saw the household registration information in the county government that Zhen Mi's father Zhen Yi died five years ago. Who is the current head of the family?"
"Zhen Yi's eldest son died young. Now the one who manages the family is Zhen Yi's second son Zhen Yan. He once followed Yuan Shao, and later he probably saw that the situation was not right, so he asked for the official position of Qu Liangchang. A few days ago, the army besieged Yecheng, and he returned home on the pretext of visiting relatives and did not take up the post again... The children of such a big family are more clever than each other."
If the situation is not right, go home first, and wait until you have a clear picture before making a decision. If the imperial court wins, you can continue to be a hereditary family with two thousand stones. After Yuan Shao wins, he hurriedly goes to Quliang to take up his post. He will make achievements in a short period of time, and then in front of outsiders. If you say some non-startling words in front of him, it won't take long to join the core circle of Yecheng.
This is an old routine of the Jizhou family, and the handsome man Zhou Gongjin has become accustomed to it.
While the two were discussing this in the county government office, a family in Zhen's house was tasting the candies brought by Zhou Yu.
"I can't believe that there are such sweet candies in the world. Little sister, don't look at the instruction manual of the Loshizi flashlight and come and eat it."
Zhen Yao chewed a piece of peanut nougat, strode up to a pretty girl of eight or nine years old, and said with a smile:
"Girls should learn from female workers. What's the use of reading and writing? Do you still plan to become a female doctor?"
The little girl said playfully:
"In ancient times, virtuous women had to learn from the success and failure experiences of their predecessors. If you are illiterate, how can you learn from it? Let's talk about Chief Cai of the Chang'an Royal Academy of Sciences. She is also a woman... What is the hydropower station that the general just mentioned? I wonder. I know.”
Zhen Yi gave birth to three sons and five daughters. Zhen Mi was the youngest and was more favored.
The younger sister was interested in these, and now that His Majesty valued the Zhen family, Zhen Yan asked with a smile:
"How about our family moving to Chang'an? My father knows Cai Shangshu, and there are letters written by him in the study. I will take you to visit Cai Mansion and let you meet Chief Cai."
The little girl was really moved:
"Does our family really want to move to Chang'an?"
Zhen Yan handed the little sister a piece of nougat wrapped in colored paper and said:
"We are in chaos now. Wuji County is too close to Youzhou in the north. Once a war breaks out, refugees and bandits will continue to harass us. It is too dangerous for us to live in Wuji County. It is better to go to Chang'an."
There was no chance before, and he couldn't leave even if he wanted to. Now that His Majesty attaches great importance to the Zhen family, he will take the opportunity to go to Chang'an. As long as his family settles down, Zhen Yan will dedicate his life to His Majesty.
Zhen's mother ate a piece of candy, looked at Zhen Yan and said:
"Chang'an is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. We, outsiders with no foundation, will overthrow our whole family if we are not careful. Has my son really considered this properly?"
Zhen Yan sighed helplessly:
"The situation is getting more and more chaotic. Only Chang'an is peaceful. It should not be difficult for the Zhen family to have millions of acres of fertile land in exchange for a worry-free life for the whole family. And judging from the words of this General Zhou, His Majesty and even the entire court have great respect for me, the Zhen family." They all attach great importance to it, and it would be unwise to reject it rashly.”
Zhen Yao asked:
"If I go to Chang'an, can I go to that military academy?"
Zhen Yan has a lot of things on her mind and doesn't dare to confirm:
"When the time comes, I'll help you ask. It shouldn't be difficult... First prepare the land deed at home, and then I'll have a banquet with General Zhou to explain the matter clearly. The food at home will also be donated to the imperial army. "
Zhen Yao then asked:
"Brother, is Mr. Yuan really dying?"
Zhen Yan opened it with a flashlight and shined a light on his younger brother's handsome face:
"The imperial army is not what it used to be. What can Duke Yuan do to stop it? The Zhou general said that there are several armies attacking Jizhou alone, and there are also wars in Bingzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, the Western Regions and other places... …He said there were gods to help him, and it seems that’s true.”
More than a year ago, His Majesty himself was held hostage by Dong Zhuo, but now he has transformed. He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers who are capable of conquering and fighting. Such a huge improvement can only be achieved by gods, right?
In the real world, in a moral education bilingual school, Li Yu is sitting in the classroom, listening to the class teacher commenting on the students' performance.
Diao Chan on the side seems to be taking notes, but in fact she is drawing a piglet.
She had been free to learn simple drawing a few days ago, and then she drew a bunch of chubby piglets in the textbook.
Li Yu took a pen and wrote two words on the paper:
"childish!"
When the little girl saw it, she immediately took the piece of paper and drew a pig-headed boy driving an electric tricycle. There was also a mighty golden retriever squatting in the carriage of the electric tricycle.
Obviously, the pig head represents Li Yu.
Not to be outdone, Li Yu used twenty years of painting skills to draw a little turtle on paper to fight back.
The two of them were gesticulating, and time passed quickly.
Finally, the parent-teacher meeting ended. Li Yu exchanged greetings with the head teacher, then went to the little girl's dormitory, helped her pack some clothes and bedsheets that needed to be changed, and drove back home.
"I thought the parent-teacher meeting would take a long time, but I didn't expect it to end so quickly... Do you want to drink milk tea? I'll treat you."
Diao Chan said with a smile:
"Since my husband is paying for it, I would rather be respectful than obey your orders."
Li Yu handed her the phone:
"Order what you want to drink from the mini-app, and remember to pick it up at the store so you don't have to wait there."
"Thank you husband, you are the best!"
The little girl unlocked it with a password, found the milk tea shop's mini program on WeChat, started to choose the type of milk tea she wanted to drink, and ordered a cup for everyone at the B&B.
My husband is treating me to a treat, I have to make him bleed profusely!
As Li Yu walked to the city, he was thinking about what to have for dinner.
Although the fried food at noon was delicious, it was still a bit greasy, so I had to have something light to balance it out in the evening.
He thought about it and finally decided to make pimple soup.
"Send a message to Sister-in-law Xiuhe and ask her to make some peanuts."
The little secretary in the passenger seat immediately replied:
"Okay, my husband, are you going to make something delicious?"
"Make some dumpling soup. It seems you haven't eaten it yet. You can try it. If it doesn't taste good, I'll make you something else."
Diao Chan said quickly:
"You must make it delicious. I want to eat two bowls."
The two took milk tea, and Li Yu bought some snacks for Diao Chan, and then drove back to the B&B.
After getting off the car, Diao Chan took the milk tea to Zhou Ruotong. Li Yu saw Yang Xiu in the yard and asked him:
"Has Xuanzang left?"
"He just left. He said he had to hurry on his way, so he didn't stay for dinner. I hope you won't be angry."
What a workaholic... Since Xuanzang was not there, Li Yu decided to put some shrimp in the dumpling soup and have a shrimp dumpling soup that he had never eaten before.
In the past, when making dumpling soup at home, people were usually lazy and easy. They put whatever they had at home and added the stirred noodles at the end. It was more flexible.
Li Yu's dumpling soup was relatively elaborate. In addition to shrimp, he also prepared side dishes such as black fungus, vermicelli, tofu shreds, diced mushrooms, and two kinds of peanuts, raw and cooked.
Raw peanuts taste good when boiled, and crushed cooked peanuts and sprinkled a spoonful into the bowl, which can instantly enhance the aroma of the dumpling soup.
When boiling the dumpling soup, he took out two packs of frozen fried dough sticks and fried them with the oil left over from making fried food at noon, making the fried dough sticks fragrant and crispy.
Then cut the fried dough sticks into small pieces, mix them with lettuce with seasonings such as aged vinegar, light soy sauce, sesame oil, and mashed garlic, and make fried dough sticks mixed with lettuce, which can be used as a staple food and can also be used as a side dish.
After dinner was ready, Li Yu came upstairs and saw Zhou Ruotong and Diao Chan sitting in front of their computers, one organizing thesis materials and the other busy learning English. Suddenly, he felt like he was holding back the family.
Mu Guiying, who was used as a negative example by him before, has now been indoctrinated by her mother to become a master's student. Although the little girl is still in high school, her future is locked in Tsinghua and Peking University.
The only person Li Yu can show off his academic qualifications to is Yunxiao.
But he is a congenital creature, and no matter his knowledge or experience, he is not comparable to Li Yu, a little guy.
Alas, accidentally becoming the bottom of the family, this is probably the fate of the savior... A certain saint sighed in his heart, called Tong Baby and Chan Baby to have dinner, and took a look at the map of the Song Dynasty territory hanging on the wall.
According to the time of the world in the book, the queen has been on the road for at least 20 days since Weizhou. If the cavalry attacks at full speed, they should be close to the holy mountain on the grassland, right?
At the same time, in the world of Yangjia Mansion, Mu Guiying stood on the top of the infantry fighting vehicle, watching the images from the drone, and gave combat orders to Zhao Xue through the intercom:
"Go to the left front, stab the leader riding a black horse and the fancy-dressed wizard beside him to death... We are almost at the holy mountain, but so many aliens suddenly appeared, obviously inspired by the gods."
Zhao Xue's reply came from the headset:
"Got it, I will lead people to drill through them, and you can drop incendiary bombs."
The aliens appeared in batches, making it impossible for Mu Guiying to go to the real world to find her husband to be intimate.
In fact, at this time, she could just call Zhang Daoling and others to help, and directly suppress the other party. Without the participation of the grassland gods, these aliens could not have come here as if they had installed a positioning system.
But Mu Guiying was angry, she did not shake people, but responded in an orderly manner.
Zhao Xue led a heavy cavalry to penetrate the enemy army, and some of her own light cavalry held flamethrowers and cooperated with the drone assault team responsible for airdropping incendiary bombs and Molotov cocktails, harvesting the lives of the alien race happily.
You have a lot of people, so I will kill them all directly. I don’t believe that your alien people can grow out of the ground like weeds.
In the Wahuang Palace, Zhang Daoling and Taibai Jinxing asked:
"Empress, do you really not need our help?"
"Not for the time being. If Guiying doesn't call you, don't intervene. We have instilled so much knowledge into her, and let's see how she responds."
As he was talking, the door of the quiet room opened, and Yunxiao, who had obviously gained a lot, came out.
After this period of understanding, she has a clearer understanding of her own Tao. The whole person is restrained and looks like a mortal, but Zhang Daoling and Taibai Jinxing know very well that this Saint Consort is closer to Tao.
She has now surpassed all quasi-saints and is only a small step away from becoming a saint. Unfortunately, she is limited by the heaven and earth and will probably stop here.
When the queen saw her daughter-in-law coming out of retreat, she quickly took out some snacks made by Li Yu to entertain her:
"How do you feel?"
"I have touched the existence of Tao, but I can't control it yet... Mom, what are you doing?"
The queen waved her hand, and a scene of Mu Guiying leading her army to fight against several foreign troops appeared on the wall of the garden.
Yunxiao saw at a glance that the other immortal was interfering, and was about to help immediately, but was stopped by the queen:
"Things are still under control, don't worry, Guiying has been used to smooth sailing since she was a child, and now it's time to feel some pressure... Qiongxiao and Bixiao miss you very much, go back to Chaoge first, maybe soon, you can go to the real world."
Yunxiao couldn't believe his ears:
"Can immortals leave the world in the book?"
"Brother Dao has to upgrade one more level. If you can do it, you will be the administrator of the Conferred God World. Go over there when you are not busy."
In order to prevent her daughter-in-law from shirking, the queen said:
"I am the administrator of the Yang Family Mansion's world, and your mother Hou Tu is the administrator of the Journey to the West world... You go first this time and help us explore the way."
"Yes!"
After Yun Xiao left, the queen once again focused on the battle situation on the grassland.
The troops of Mu Ke Village had suffered a small number of casualties, but the troops of the foreign race seemed to be endless.
Mu Guiying was just about to ask the gods for help, when she suddenly thought of another way:
"It is better to create gods than to summon them... It is just right to arrange for the brothers who died in the battle."
Thinking of this, she took out the imperial seal that Dun Dun had absorbed the people's mind power from the infantry fighting vehicle, and prepared to enthrone the fallen soldiers as gods on the spot...