Traveling through time and space to achieve a well-off life with your family

"Deputy General Ke, thanks to you for helping me out just now." Cheng Mo expressed his gratitude to the general in sincere words.

Ke Ji smiled slightly and responded evasively: "Don't be so polite, I just don't like that old man!" After that, he waved his hand gently.

"Oh, by the way, Deputy General Ke, have you seen Banmu? I was planning to go look for him." Cheng Mo reached out and pulled the gauze on his head. The wind and sand were still raging. Even though he was in the camp, he could still feel the whistling wind from the outside world.

"Banmu... Banmu has been ordered to inspect the food situation and is not in the camp at the moment!" Keji made up an excuse. He naturally knew where Banmu was, but Cheng Mo must not be informed of Banmu's current situation!

"Food?" Cheng Mo showed a puzzled look on his face, staring at the section chief and asked, "Is there a food shortage?" During this period of time, Cheng Mo has been eating with the soldiers. Although the diet is a bit monotonous, it is nothing more than potatoes and wheat, but everyone's share is sufficient.

"Yes, you don't know since you just arrived. Due to the harsh environment here, there are very few crops suitable for farming, and the soldiers can only rely on potatoes and wheat to fill their stomachs." Ke Ji spread his hands helplessly, a trace of worry on his face.

The land here is barren, and the food produced is not only rare in variety, but also limited in quantity. Among them, potatoes and wheat are relatively high in yield, but even so, if people only eat these two foods every day, they will definitely get bored. In addition, there are very few crops suitable for planting here, and there are few residents around. In fact, most of the time, the soldiers need to go to the fields to farm after completing training. Despite such efforts, it is still difficult to feed all members of the army with such output alone.

Cheng Mo pondered for a moment, raised his head and looked at the department head, asking: "Deputy General Ke, can you allow me to check the crops you have planted?"

Hearing this, Ke Ji became suspicious, and his eyes revealed his suspicion of Cheng Mo's true motives. He was worried that Cheng Mo was just looking for Ban Mu's whereabouts in the name of checking the food.

Cheng Mo keenly sensed Keji's thoughts and waved his hand to explain: "Don't worry, I didn't make this request just because I wanted to find Banmu! In fact, I have always been very interested in farming, so I really hope to go there to visit and learn."

At this time, Ah Cao stood quietly behind Cheng Mo, with a trace of worry on his face. He advised: "Master, look at the sky outside, it's gloomy and windy. How about we go there later?"

After hearing this, Keji hurriedly nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, yes! Let's go later. Besides, it's not good for a precious body like yours to go to such a dirty place."

"Hmm? I think it's okay. I'm just going to take a look. I don't have to really work on the land." Cheng Mo looked at the disapproving look on Keji's face and had no choice but to give in and said, "Well, then I'll go take a look after the wind and sand stop. Maybe I can find a plant suitable for planting on this land!"

"Oh, my little master!" Ke Ji couldn't help laughing at Cheng Mo's innocent words. He looked Cheng Mo up and down carefully, his face full of contempt, and laughed: "Do you think farming is an easy thing? You are a noble son, how can you have the opportunity to come into contact with these things? I'm afraid you can't even recognize what wheat and rice seeds look like?"

"Deputy General Ke!" Ah Cao on the side shouted in surprise, and hurriedly interrupted Ke Ji's sarcasm and said quickly: "Our young master is different from those high-ranking officials in the capital who live a life of luxury! He is familiar with the book "Nongsheng" and knows everything about "Agriculture". Please don't look at our young master with prejudice!"

Upon hearing this, Ke Ji looked at Cheng Mo in astonishment. At this moment, Cheng Mo thought to himself, "This character setting is really great! In this way, even if I do something that is not in line with the young master's character setting, I have an excuse!" Thinking of this, Cheng Mo proudly raised his head and said, "That's right! Don't underestimate me!"

Keji smiled sarcastically and said, "Okay! After the sandstorm stops, I will take you there. I hope the books you have learned can really come in handy!" After that, Keji walked away. Although he didn't know how capable Cheng Mo was, as long as there was a glimmer of hope to solve the current predicament, Keji would never let it go easily.

Cheng Mo looked at the figure of Ke Ji walking away, and an indescribable feeling of helplessness surged in his heart. Although he knew that the other party did not completely trust him, he still longed to help in his heart. After several days of close contact with military life, he developed a deep love for everything here.

Although the soldiers in the camp rarely took the initiative to talk to him, it was not out of indifference, but because they were afraid of his noble status as the young master of the general's mansion and did not dare to approach him easily. However, whenever he needed something, the soldiers would quickly come to help. This silent care made Cheng Mo feel warm and wanted to do his best for them.

"Acao, let's go back first." Cheng Mo said softly, reaching out to hold down the gauze that was almost blown away by the strong wind. Acao hurriedly followed Cheng Mo and left. No one noticed that there was a figure eavesdropping in the corner.

It was not until nightfall that the sandstorm gradually subsided, and Ke Ji led Cheng Mo and Acao to their planting site as agreed.

As he walked along, Cheng Mo silently gazed at the endless sandy land around him, and his mood became increasingly heavy. The land was so barren that only a few plants could grow tenaciously here. Looking around, only the Achnatherum splendens was still swaying in the wind, while the rest of the plants had withered and died.

Facing this scene, Cheng Mo couldn't help but fall into deep thought...

Cheng Mo looked at the busy people coming and going to carry water for irrigation, and couldn't help but feel puzzled. He turned to ask Deputy General Ke, "Deputy General Ke, how do you usually get water?"

Deputy General Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied helplessly: "Alas, the water source here is too scarce. We must send special personnel to a place ten kilometers away from here to fetch water, and then transport the water back with great difficulty. And we have to always pay attention to the weather conditions. Once we encounter bad weather, such as strong winds and sandstorms, they can only wait until the wind stops and the sand subsides before they can return. In this way, the irrigation work will naturally be delayed." Before he finished speaking, Deputy General Ke rolled up his sleeves without hesitation and quickly joined the irrigation team.

Seeing this, Cheng Mo nodded thoughtfully, and then took Acao to inspect the surrounding environment. Since these soldiers have been working hard here recently, they are not familiar with Cheng Mo and Acao who suddenly appeared. Although many soldiers cast curious eyes along the way, seeing that they were brought by Deputy General Ke, they just smiled at Cheng Mo in a friendly manner and did not stop him too much. As a result, Cheng Mo and Acao were able to explore everywhere smoothly and had a deeper understanding of the terrain and landforms in this area.