Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 47 I, Lin Dao, will shoulder the heavy burden of saving the people of the world without any hesitation!

The spring breeze swept through the camp, and the slightly moist air was filled with a faint burnt smell.

Amidst the cries of grief, hundreds of bound craftsmen and soldiers were dragged to the burned siege equipment.

Armor leaves clanged, footsteps were heavy, and a large number of Gaoli guards came forward.

One person held down the craftsmen and soldiers, while the other pulled their hair and stretched their necks.

There was another person standing on the side holding a sharp axe.

"Prince."

Liang Du, the commander of the Gaoli Army, bowed respectfully to Shi Xuan and said, "The prisoner has arrived."

On the gilded couch, a beautiful concubine used silver chopsticks to pick up a yellow peach from a glass bottle and carefully passed it to the corner of Shi Xuan's mouth as he lay on the couch.

Shi Xuan bit the yellow peach, supported half of his cheek with one hand, and closed his eyes to chew.

His face was full of complacency.

"This honey-juiced golden peach tastes really good."

During the Jin Dynasty, productivity was backward and it was a luxury for ordinary people to fill their stomachs.

But even so, for the royal nobles, accepting offerings from the people is certainly a great enjoyment.

They had honey to drink and golden peaches to eat.

However, there is no technology that can perfectly combine honey and golden peach to make the taste even more delicious.

In addition, the wine is served in exquisite and expensive vessels such as glass bottles, which naturally gives it a different style.

Shi Xuan raised his eyelids and looked towards Xiangguo City in the distance.

“It’s a pity there are so few delicious dishes.”

"I just hope that if we can capture Xiangguo City, we can find some."

Li Nong and Shi Min only brought back more than 20 cans of food for tasting.

As the crown prince, Shi Xuan only got a few jars.

Precisely because of its scarcity, it piqued his interest.

After finishing eating, Shi Xuan's gaze fell on Liang Du.

"If you can't keep the waste of military supplies, it would be a waste of food."

"They've all been dealt with."

Liang Du quickly bowed and accepted the order.

He stepped back, turned around, raised his arms towards the powerful guards, and then dropped them with force.

The axes in the hands of Gaoli's guards also fell.

Hundreds of heads fell and rolled on the ground.

The gushing crimson blood dyed the earth red.

The couch was carried away, and Gao Li's guards escorted Shi Xuan away.

These Gaoli guards are all Shi Xuan’s Eastern Palace guards.

Several years later in history, Shi Xuan was deposed and killed, and Gao Li's imperial guards were exiled to the border.

They were unwilling to suffer, so they rebelled under the leadership of Liang Du.

He defeated the army of Later Zhao one after another and his might was approaching Yecheng.

In the end, it was Ran Min who showed his great power and defeated them all.

After Shi Xuan left, the curly-haired and high-nosed Jiankun people shouted and urged the laborers to come forward and clean up.

Wang Meng mixed in with the civilians and walked forward with his head lowered.

They also worked together with others to lift the hands and feet of the corpse and throw it onto the cart.

They pushed the cart to an open area outside the camp and abandoned it in the wild.

"Brothers."

Wang Meng glanced at the Jie cavalry who were chatting and laughing while leading their horses about a hundred steps away.

He lowered his voice and said, "The army is about to attack the city."

"By then, we will all be cannon fodder filling the trenches, and there will be no chance of survival."

In the brutal siege, the soldiers were in danger of death, not to mention the cannon fodder whose linen robes were tattered.

Someone wondered, "Brother Wang, how did you know you were going to attack the city?"

"Those large siege weapons were burned," Wang Meng explained patiently. "There's no material available nearby to rebuild them, and most of the craftsmen were killed."

"Given the prince's impatience, it's impossible for him to wait another two months to rebuild the siege equipment."

Everyone knows that Shi Xuan has a violent and impatient personality.

Shi Hu and his sons almost all have this kind of temperament.

"When we dug the canal before, we cut off the water source of the moat." Wang Meng said again, "Once the river is cut off, the next step will be to attack the city."

"Brother Wang, what should we do?"

"Why don't we all run~~~"

"How can a two-legged person outrun a four-legged horse?"

"Even if they escape, they'll starve to death if they don't have any food."

"There's no one to cultivate the fields at home, and if I go back, my whole family will starve to death."

"I don't want to die. I miss my mother. I want to go home."

People endure hunger and live in misery just to survive.

Hearing that life is about to come to an end, it is inevitable that emotions will get out of control.

After a burst of outbursts, someone finally asked, "Brother Wang, you've always been alert. Is there still a way for us to survive?"

"Have!"

Wang Meng nodded vigorously. "If you want to attack the city, we will definitely be forced to fill the trenches."

"Everyone will follow my instructions then."

"I can't say that everyone can survive, but at least there is still hope."

After saying that, he looked up in the direction of Xiangguo City with hesitation.

"Beggar Army, give me a chance~~~"

Xiangguo City, parade ground.

Lin Dao, holding a basketball, nimbly pushed back for a post-up play.

Standing behind him was Qin Lang, a strong man who could wear armor weighing dozens of kilograms and charge back and forth in the enemy formation. He suddenly cried out "Aiya~~~", took several steps back, and fell backwards, sprawled out.

Lin Dao, with a fierce look on his face, quickly stepped forward and jumped up to make a layup.

In front of him stood a captain who was eight feet tall and looked like an iron tower.

With his eyes wide open and roaring in his throat, he jumped up with all his might to intercept.

The captain tried to jump up less than a foot, but he jumped backwards and watched the basketball go into the basket.

Lin Dao, who successfully made a layup, raised his hand to shake his hair back and let out a sigh.

Jinlian and Sun Rong, who were watching the game from the sidelines, cheered and cheered.

Everyone was praising him, saying that the master was really amazing and that we couldn't defend ourselves at all~~~
Teammates all give themselves opportunities, and opponents all put on a show to give in.

Lin Dao naturally saw all of this, but he wouldn't scold others for putting on a show at this time.

It's a good thing that everyone is here to put on a show for you and provide you with sufficient emotional value.

I glanced at the scoreboard not far away and saw the score was twenty to zero.

Lin Dao, who scored 20 points alone, waved his hand and said, "Snack at noon!"

Everyone cheered and was overjoyed.

The extra meals prepared by the master are always made with real ingredients.

That must be some big meat.

If you join the Lord's army, you will be able to have enough food to eat.

But if you want to eat meat, even soldiers can only do so during wartime.

Returning to the modern world, Lin Dao went to the Maozui Braised Chicken Shop on the snack street and bought dozens of braised chickens.

Back in Yonghe time and space, everyone who played on the field and the cheerleaders cheered and applauded off the field were given one.

The chicken marinated with spices is crispy, tender, delicious and full of aroma.

As for the taste, it's absolutely amazing.

Everyone was eating with their mouths full of oil. Even big eaters like Qin Lang and Liu Hu ate two less bowls of rice.

Lin Dao didn't eat the braised chicken, he just had some stir-fried cabbage and a bowl of rice.

He put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Liu Hu and others with their mouths opening and closing.

There were continuous crunching sounds in his mouth as he chewed the chicken bones into pieces and swallowed them without wasting a single bit.

Liu Hu was so aroused that he simply untied the belt around his waist.

Looking at his round belly, Lin Dao nodded repeatedly.

"This is a true military commander."

In movies and TV dramas, those weak and frail pretty boys dare to call themselves military generals?
They are so weak that they can't even wear armor!

In ancient times, real military generals were all big and strong with fat bellies.

The face is square, the belly is round, the neck is as wide as the head, and the arms and legs are as thick as they can be.

A handsome pretty boy?

If such a person really goes to the battlefield, there is only one place he will go.

Women's camp.

"The time-traveling girl is dumbfounded by watching movies and TV shows."

"I thought ancient military commanders were all those pretty boys in movies and TV dramas."

"I only want to travel through time and fall in love with handsome generals."

"If they really traveled through time and followed the general."

"My intestines have to be squeezed out~~~"

After finishing the meal, Qin Lang patted his big belly.

Looking at the ceramic bowl in front of me, I sighed a little, "One chicken, two bowls of rice less."

The bowls they use for eating are all large bowls similar to basins.

Two bowls of rice are about half a pound of rice before cooking.

"With oil and water in the stomach, carbohydrate intake will naturally decrease."

Lin Dao took the cup of water that Jin Lian handed over and said, "But if you eat too much high-fat, high-salt, and high-sugar food, it's not good for your body."

Glancing at the indifferent expressions of the crowd, Lin Dao laughed and shook his head.

In this era, being able to eat is a great blessing.

Who cares about the impact of eating too much on health?

Lin Dao no longer paid attention to the big-bellied men.

He turned to look at Lotus Sun. "How's the literacy class going?"

"Reply to Master Lang~~~"

Sun Rong, whose frail frame had ate a whole braised chicken, lowered her head and burped. "It's all arranged."

"We have recruited and trained hundreds of scribes."

"They usually go to various military camps after dinner to teach vernacular Chinese characters."

Vernacular characters are similar to simplified characters, with simple strokes and easy writing.

From a learning perspective, it is much easier than traditional Chinese characters with complicated strokes.

“The number of desks is still a bit small.”

Lin Dao smiled slightly and said, "We need to strengthen training in this area."

"Also, while teaching the soldiers literacy, we must also teach them moral principles."

"We must make the soldiers understand that we are the descendants of Pangu, the descendants of Yan and Huang."

"We must drive out the barbarians and recover Middle-earth."

"We must make them understand the greater good, why we are fighting, and for whom we are fighting!"

Qin Lang and others here stood up and cheered.

"Wear the master's clothes, eat the master's food, fight for the master~~~"

Lin Dao nodded repeatedly, pressing his hands down, "Okay, since everyone has high hopes for me."

"I, Lin Dao, will shoulder the heavy responsibility of saving the people of this world. I will shoulder this responsibility without shirking my responsibility!"

The next day at noon.

After finishing his work in the modern world, Lin Dao came out of the bedroom in the back hall of Jiande.

Sun Dalang, who is in charge of patrolling the city today, has been waiting for a long time.

"Master Lang!"

He stepped forward and bowed, reporting, "The water in the moat has dried up."

"Oh?"

Lin Dao frowned and said, "Let's go and take a look."

He climbed up to the top of the city wall, leaned out of the arrow slit on the parapet and looked down.

Sure enough, the moat, which was several feet deep, was filled with mud.

Some fish were struggling and jumping desperately in the muddy water.

"Master Lang."

Sun Dalang suggested, "It must be that the Jiehu have dug a diversion canal far away, cutting off the source of the river water."

"Let's count the days." Lin Dao looked up at the Jiehu camp in the distance. "They have been doing this for half a month."

"It was originally supposed to be built to complement siege equipment for attacking the city."

"Now that we have lost those siege weapons, we can only fill the trenches with human lives."

Lin Dao pondered for a moment and took a deep breath.

"In the next two days, the Jiehu will attack the city!"

(End of this chapter)