Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

"This person doesn't care about the lives of the people. He is definitely not a kind person. Doesn't the court care?"

Zhao Yuanlan also felt that this bastard deserved to die, but the court could do nothing about him now.

“The court can’t do anything to him now. There was a severe drought in the country before, and the court was busy with disaster relief, but it’s not finished yet.

The Jin army broke through the border. The imperial court sent a lot of silver, money and food to the border, but they were all misappropriated by the rebels.

Not long after, floods started again, and large areas on both sides of the Yellow River were affected by floods, and people were in dire straits. The court began to allocate funds for disaster relief again.

Now the Sixth Prince is recruiting soldiers everywhere and has his own army. But the imperial treasury is empty and there is no money for war.

In addition, the current emperor is old and weak, and the princes and lords are restless. No one cares about the people's affairs, and no one dares to send troops to attack the Sixth Prince. "

This is truly a precarious dynasty!

"Does the Sixth Prince have any offspring?"

"I heard that there are two sons and one daughter."

If that's the case, both sons have to be killed. Otherwise, if the father is so ambitious, the sons may not be much better!

"Does Big Brother know what his sons are called?"

"The eldest son's name is Xiao Ziqiong, and the youngest son's name is Xiao Zichuan. Why are you asking this?"

"I just remember the name of my enemy."

Then scan accurately.

Zhao Yuanlan nodded. That made sense.

"Brother, where are you from this time? Where are you going?"

"I am a general promoted by the Third Prince. When the news of the Jin army breaking through the pass came, the Third Prince sent me to lead troops to stop them, but when I arrived

The Jin army had captured Yanshan Prefecture with great ease, and then I discovered that the Sixth Prince was frantically recruiting soldiers north of the Yellow River.

I had no choice but to report to the Third Prince, then return to Kaifeng and wait for them by the Yellow River."

I don’t know if I can defend the Yellow River!

Zhao Yuanzhen frowned when he heard this, meaning that all the troops north of the Yellow River were sent out, and then they would fight along the Yellow River! This battle would probably be difficult to fight, as there were many prefectures north of the Yellow River, and the number of troops would not be small. What was even more tragic was that the people would die in vain.

"How many soldiers does the court have now?"

"Only 10 men can be mobilized. The army is guarding the border. The emperor will not allow others to leave the capital. He must be protected."

In fact, the imperial city now has more than 20 soldiers, but they cannot be deployed.

"How many soldiers does the Sixth Prince and the Hu people have?"

"According to the information a while ago, there are 15, but now he is recruiting soldiers like crazy, and I don't know how many troops he has. There are not many Hu people, only 2 elite soldiers. Among them, there are 5000 cavalry."

There are really not many Hu people here, but with just these 20,000 of them they broke through the pass and occupied Yanshan Prefecture. Who would believe that the Sixth Prince did not betray his country and collaborate with the enemy?

"The Hu people don't have many troops."

"Well, otherwise the Third Prince wouldn't have sent me to stop it."

"Brother, if the Sixth Prince and his two sons were dead, and the remaining Jin army was gone, could we win this battle?"

"If the Sixth Prince and the two princes are dead, then the Sixth Prince's troops will be leaderless, and we can recruit them. Then it will be easy to fight the Hu people. But the problem is that there are too many troops in the Sixth Prince's capital, and we can't even enter."

After Zhao Yuanlan found out that the enemy behind the scenes was the Sixth Prince, he studied every day how to kill him for revenge. However, after much research, he found that he couldn't even get close to him, let alone kill him for revenge.

Later, she followed the third prince and saw a glimmer of hope for revenge.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought that it would take at least 10 days to get from here to Taiyuan Prefecture.

If I ride as fast as I can, it will still take me 6 days even if I travel day and night.

It now takes them three days to cross the river and three days to return to Kaifeng Prefecture, which makes six days. Once they return from Kaifeng Prefecture, it will take at least half a month to get to Taiyuan Prefecture.

I'm afraid that by then the Sixth Prince's remaining troops will be incorporated into the army by ambitious people!

But there is no other faster method at the moment. I can't just tell my eldest brother, "Come on, lead 10 soldiers with me to kill people." Even if my eldest brother believes it, I can't convince the third prince!

What should I do now? Zhao Yuanzhen thought in her mind.

Yes, there is a way, which is to first look at the character of the third prince.

"Brother, what is the character of the Third Prince like? Is he worthy of being the heir?"

"Shh, you can't say this outside, or you'll get yourself killed."

Zhao Yuanlan said in a low voice, discussing the crown prince without permission is a capital crime.

"I know, that's what I'm saying."

"The Third Prince is the one who loves the people the most among all the princes and nobles. He has ideals, ambitions, and means. He took on the pressure to provide disaster relief for the drought and flood this time. The Third Prince is also a man who values ​​his promises."

"That's good."

Zhao Yuanzhen nodded. As long as it wasn't too bad, it would be fine.

"What's that good?"

"I got a secret letter in the county magistrate's study last time. It was supposed to be sent out, but it wasn't. There was also a map in it. The general meaning was that the county magistrate hired someone to privately forge weapons and hide them on a mountain in Taigu County, Taiyuan Prefecture. There were about 10 knives."

It's all made up anyway, so why not make up a more attractive number?

"Is this serious?"

Zhao Yuanlan took this news very seriously. If this was true, and the Sixth Prince hadn't received the letter, he could have snatched the weapons in advance, which would give him a better chance of winning against them!

"Really? But I don't have the letter or the map. Come over to my place for dinner tonight and I'll show them to you."

The main thing is that she hasn't forged it yet, so she has to forge it first.

"Okay, sure. If this is true, I will report it to the Third Prince when I get back, and then I will bring people to intercept him. That way, we will be more confident in dealing with the Sixth Prince."

"Yes, that's what I mean. Then come over for dinner tonight, big brother!"

"Okay, I'll be there tonight."

"By the way, brother, are you going to pay for the crossing from the government account or out of your own pocket?"

"Don't worry, it's all paid for by the military. Someone from the military will pay for it when the time comes. It will be paid through public accounts."

"Yeah, that's fine. I'll go watch them build the raft first, and you can just follow the raft over here at night. If the raft isn't there, call me and I'll come pick you up."

"Okay, I know!"

Then Zhao Yuanzhen left with her small backpack.

Now the problem has been solved. They just need to wait for them to cross the river, talk to the Third Prince, and then they can order their troops to leave.

Then I can trick them into going to Taiyuan City. In this way, I can kill the Sixth Prince first, and they can take over directly after a day or two.

After Zhao Yuanzhen came out of the military camp, he went to the place where bamboo was cut.

Let them cut more, no matter how much, just cut as much as they can. The military camp will buy one ship for 10 taels of silver.

The army will definitely have to cross the river in the later stage, and the number of people will increase, so we have to prepare in advance.

When everyone heard that 35 bamboos could be sold for 10 taels of silver, that means an average of 285 per bamboo. This was not just cutting bamboo, this was clearly picking up money!

Then, everyone swung their axes, leaving afterimages.

You don’t have to drag the bamboo back after cutting it, you can start making it here.

We kept chopping until we could no longer see anything.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked everyone to make 14 ships first and then continue to make more when they have time.

Everyone said they understood.

Then Zhao Yuanzhen went back and had to forge letters and maps.

Zhao Yuanzhen found a raft, asked someone to take her back, and then got into the carriage to start her journey of forgery.

First, take out the county magistrate's handwritten letter and let the system scan it.

The system was then asked to start forging letters and maps based on the scanned fonts.

This is a piece of cake for the system.

It was forged in a short while.

Zhao Yuanzhen took them out for comparison. It can’t be said that they are exactly the same, but there is simply no difference at all.

And it was very cheap, only 15 points were charged for forging a letter and drawing a map.

Zhao Yuanzhen said that the system is still somewhat useful.

Qian Xiaohui has already started preparing dinner.

When everyone came back in the evening, Zhao Yuanlan also came over.

The people in the family bowed and greeted their uncle respectfully.

Zhao Yuanlan was also very happy. He waved his hand and gave each of them a silver note of 100 taels. Zhang Zijin gave 200 taels.

Seeing so many banknotes, several people dared not take them. They looked at Zhao Yuanzhen.

"What are you looking at your mother for? This is a gift from my uncle. It is a gift from an elder and cannot be refused. Take it quickly!"

Zhao Yuanlan was talking about the children.

Zhao Yuanzhen nodded.

"Since this is a gift from your uncle, please accept it."

Only then did they accept it with embarrassment.

For dinner, Qian Xiaohui ordered ginger rabbit, spicy diced rabbit, stewed pheasant, and stir-fried bamboo shoots with bacon. She also washed the fruits she had at home.

Zhao Yuanzhen also took out a jar of wine and asked his sons to have a few drinks with their uncle.

Just as she was about to pour herself a glass, Zhang Xinshu stopped her.

"Mom, your wound hasn't healed yet, you shouldn't drink!"

"What wound? Is your mother injured? Little sister, why didn't you tell me?"

"It's almost healed, isn't it? I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would worry."

"How did you get hurt?"

"My mother was very brave. At that time, she was in Xingzhou Prefecture...blah blah blah...blah blah blah."

Zhang Xinnian talked endlessly about her mother's heroic deeds.

"Little sister, you are too reckless now. You are injured this time, but what if it is even worse next time?"

The more Zhao Yuanlan listened, the more he frowned. His sister had really worked hard. Now that her brother-in-law was gone, the family had to rely on her alone to support it.

"Well, I learned martial arts from the kid's father. Don't worry, it's okay. I'm sure of it."

Zhao Yuanzhen was afraid that the kids might let slip what she had said before about the martial arts master her family had hired, so she said something quickly.

"You, even if you are sure, can't put yourself in such a dangerous situation! But having said that, little sister, you are really amazing for breaking into the city alone. You are brave and resourceful, and every step is calculated cleverly. Not bad. If you join the army, you will definitely be a general."

Zhao Yuanlan really felt that his sister had the talent to be a general.

"Yeah, I also think my mom is awesome. And last time, we met bandits...blah blah...blah blah...we met a pack of wolves...blah blah blah...blah blah blah."

The three brothers were like they had met a knowledgeable salesman, and they crazily talked about their mother's heroic deeds along the way.