Chapter 147 Duoti Was Stunned by Bamboo Tube Instant Noodles

Duoti originally thought that the treatment of soldiers in Jing State was worse than that in the grasslands, because Jing State valued courtesy and culture, and everyone in the grasslands knew it.

Even the horses of the cavalry were bought from their grasslands this year.

At the border, where the two countries meet, Duoti also saw soldiers from Jing State in the trade area. They were all listless and a little old, and it was not very good at first glance.

Those soldiers looked not as happy as the ordinary people of Jing State.

"Brother Duoti, we will reach our camp in the suburbs of Beijing in half a day." Hou Yuchuan brought Duoti and a dozen grassland cavalrymen with him, "We have to ride overnight, why don't we stop and have a meal now?"

The Beijing camp mentioned by the emperor was naturally not the base camp.

The capital of Jing State was the top priority of military defense, and it gathered at least 30% of the elite troops of the entire Jing State.

These elites were not concentrated in a certain camp, but were divided into five guard posts.

In addition to the Xishan camp, there were four other camps.

In each guard post, there were camping training for subdivided teams.

Hou Yuchuan brought Duoti and the others to the camp of a thousand-man team closest to the place chosen by Xiao Yunzhou for the exchange.

Even if the grassland has evil intentions in the future, the defense map of Jing State will be passed on, and at most the location of a thousand soldiers will be known.

Hou Yuchuan got off his horse, tied it by the tree, and rested on the spot.

He asked his men to prepare food, and then he smiled and greeted Duoti, "Brother Duoti, have you ever exchanged with our Jing State soldiers in Yun County?"

Yun County is the border between the two countries.

Wu Yun State and Jing State opened a trade, and each sent a hundred guards to take turns to maintain order in the market area.

There are no major conflicts, but small conflicts are always unavoidable.

All family members have quarrels.

"No." But Duoti answered straightforwardly.

The dozen grassland warriors behind him all showed a trace of disdain.

Some even compared their thick arms to Hou Yuchuan.

One punch a Jing State soldier.

If it weren't for the Emperor of Jing, they wouldn't bother to fight with the soldiers of Jing.

"If we fight you, wouldn't that destroy the rules of the trade? When you make trouble and don't sell us grain, we will suffer." A grassland man behind Duoti snorted.

"..." Hou Yuchuan's face changed, "Brother, do you underestimate the ability of our Jing soldiers? We haven't fought yet, the outcome is undecided, and we don't know who will fight whom."

Duoti frowned to stop the impulse of his subordinates behind him, and glanced at Hou Yuchuan, "The arrows of the grassland are only shot at prey."

When the trade was opened, it was the transition from autumn to winter. They were busy hoarding food and didn't even have time to hunt the last wave of prey on the grassland.

How could they have time to look at the Jing soldiers who had no fighting spirit?

"I guess your country is also busy harvesting military fields and preparing winter military rations." Duoti also knows the eating problem of the soldiers of Jingguo very well. "You and I are both self-sufficient and don't have much free time. Let's stop and discuss."

When the soldiers of Jingguo are not training, they have to farm and harvest food to feed themselves.

It's almost the same as their grassland soldiers who rely on hunting and robbing other tribes to feed themselves.

In short, the emperor of Jingguo and their Khan are equally useless.

Can't be relied on.

Thinking of this, Duoti has no hostility towards Hou Yuchuan, only a little empathy and sadness, "I heard that you don't get military pay at ordinary times, you are tired and hungry after fighting, and you have to farm your own land. The rice and flour you grow may be taken away by civil servants. In the end, you can only eat the little left, and you can't eat enough."

"It's also pitiful."

Duoti thought of what the storyteller said a few days ago, and he felt that the soldiers of Jingguo were really evil.

If it were him, he would definitely shoot the civil servants who coveted his subordinates' food and pay with one arrow!

"I don't want to fight with you who are hungry."

Hou Yuchuan: "..."

No, what?

Are the soldiers on the border of Jingguo so miserable?

Who is in charge of Yun County?

Hou Yuchuan was confused. Maybe there was a problem before?

But the problem of military pay should be greatly improved this year.

Just thinking about it, a strong fragrance suddenly came from their left.

Duoti and several people from the grassland were about to eat the dry food they brought from the foreign pavilion. Their eyes lit up, but they quickly held back.

"Commander Hou, I didn't expect that your camp is also adjacent to the people's homes. It smells so good. We haven't smelled it in the capital." The strong man behind Duoti, who had been the most disrespectful just now, took a bite of the cold and hard meat pie in his hand with envy.

"You Jingguo people eat really well. The roast duck is very fragrant and the pork is firm, but this fragrance seems to be more beautiful than the roast duck..."

The strong man was obviously greedy.

"You Jing people are really good at cooking."

"No way," Hou Yuchuan laughed, "This rice is not made."

"Huh?"

"It's not for the common people. This is instant noodles specially provided for the elite soldiers in our camp."

"???"

Duoti and a dozen grassland strong men were all stunned.

What.

Specially provided for elite soldiers?

Hou Yuchuan smiled and turned around. Just then, ten of his elite soldiers, each holding a hollowed-out bamboo tube, sat around the left side of the grassland man.

They started a fire, added clean water to the bamboo tube, and then placed the bamboo tube on the matchstick pile to bake it vertically.

Not long after, he took out the carefully protected small paper bag from the inner layer of his armor. After opening it, there was a whole piece of solidified red solid inside.

They carefully broke off a quarter of it with their hands and put it into the bamboo tube.

In an instant, the strong aroma was more fragrant than before!

Duoti and the other grassland cavalrymen were all staring.

What is this?

Dry food?

Oil cakes?

Wouldn't it be soaked and rotten if it was put into the bamboo tube with water? Could it be oil tea?

But this intense food aroma was something they had never smelled before.

In just a moment, Duoti and the others began to drool.

"We are on a fast track and it will take us a day to reach the camp. We can only eat a little bit on the way." Hou Yuchuan chuckled.

Simple? So delicious!

The grassland people instantly felt that the cold biscuits in their hands were in a hurry.

But just when they decided to suppress their curiosity, white curls of hot steam came out of the bamboo tubes.

Almost not long after, all the Jing soldiers under Hou Yuchuan took out the bamboo tubes, peeled off two branches and rubbed them clean, and used them as chopsticks to pick out the full and smooth noodles from the bamboo tubes, which were either covered with red oil or dripping with chicken soup oil!

Hula la——

Jing Bing finished the noodles in the bamboo tube in three or two mouthfuls, and took out dry food biscuits similar to those of the grassland people from his arms, and ate them with the hot soup in the bamboo tube.

A mouthful of dry biscuits, a mouthful of hot soup.

His expression was intoxicated.

It seemed that they were not here to march, but to spend money to eat in the street shops.

"???"

Duoti and the grassland people were stunned.

Not long after, a fast horse came running in front, "Who is in front? This is a key area of ​​the military camp. No one is allowed to approach without a written order."

The fast horse that came was obviously a patrol scout of the camp.

Beside Hou Yuchuan, the subordinate who had just finished his face-saving speech stood up and grinned, "I am one of you. Commander Xishan Hou is here. I came here by the emperor's order."

Hou Yuchuan quickly took out the token to prove his identity.

The scout on the fast horse was relieved, "Commander Hou, the captain ordered me to pick you up. I finally met you."

"Have you eaten, brother?" Hou Yuchuan's soldiers were also very familiar with each other, "Come and have some instant noodles soup?"

The scout smiled, "I haven't eaten yet, but the captain also rewarded me one, so I took it out to eat on the road today."

As he said that, the scout also got off the horse and took out a bamboo tube of instant noodles from the warhorse.

"???"

Duoti's eyes were straight.

Why is it different from what the storyteller said?

Didn't they say that the Jing soldiers couldn't get enough to eat and were exploited by the civil officials?

"Why don't you have this thing on the border?" Duoti had never seen it before.

"Brother Duoti, you mean instant noodles? We haven't had time for that yet. We have just developed the first few batches and are trying them out in our Jingying first. It will probably be shipped over in the spring."

"Hey, let me tell you, this thing is delicious. Even the palace can't have it. Only our barracks have it."

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