Pig Killer

"It takes time to build up such a huge army. It's impossible to blow it up in one breath." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and clear eyes.

"The food and grass must be sent before the troops move." Huang Zhongchang took a deep breath and looked at them and said, "Food and grass also need time to grow. The most urgent task now is to restore the farmland and recuperate with the people. The people can't stand it anymore."

"The most important affairs of a country are sacrifices and war. We should not start a war lightly." Zhang Jixian said seriously.

"What if the Huns attack us? They will take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to rob us!" Shen Penglai said worriedly.

"Oh! Then hit him. This cannot be tolerated." Shen Hui'e said with sharp eyes when she heard it.

"They are cavalry, and we are infantry. The vast Gobi Desert and grasslands in the northwest are flat and wide, which is very disadvantageous to us." Zhang Jixian frowned and looked at her and said, pointing outside, "Even the Guanzhong Plain is advantageous to their cavalry."

"Grow sour jujubes and dig tunnels on the road that the Xiongnu must pass through." Shen Hui'e thought seriously and said, "Even if it takes thousands of miles, we have to dig." She pursed her lips and said, "The northwest border troops and people have seen the cruelty of the Xiongnu, so they won't have much resistance to digging tunnels."

"We can't be arbitrary about this. We have to see the topography of the northwest before we can make a decision." Huang Zhongchang said cautiously.

"I read in the bamboo slips that there is a kind of house in the northwest called a diwozi, which is used to keep out the cold, wind and sand." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with raised eyebrows.

"It's a cellar. Do you live underground?" Tie Feng looked at her with round eyes and said, "Like a mole."

"How can you talk like that?" Huang Zhongchang said with disdain, "Calling me a ground hole is better than calling me a mole!"

"Digout, digout." Tie Feng said with a smile on his face.

"We haven't seen it specifically. We can only know it by going to the northwest." Shen Hui'e looked at them with calm eyes and said.

"Dugouts and cave dwellings." Huang Shuchang said with a grin.

"Adapt to local conditions." Zhang Jixian looked at them with warm eyes and said.

"Then let's get ready and go to the Northwest District." Huang Zhongchang made the decision.

"How many people are left in the capital?" Zhang Jixian looked at his lord and asked.

"We will take away 5,000 elite soldiers, and the rest will stay here," Huang Zhongchang said, looking at them with his distinct black and white eyes, "The city will still be under martial law."

"What about the civil and military officials who are kept in small houses?" Zhang Jixian asked.

"Those who are willing to work in the fields can go and plant crops. There is no shortage of work now, such as weeding and catching insects. Those who are not willing can continue to reflect in the hut." Huang Zhongchang looked at them with his bright black eyes and said, "We don't keep idle people in our family."

"Don't you keep idle people?" Huang Shuchang frowned and said, "If you lock him up in a small room, he'll be free to catch mosquitoes."

"Doing handicrafts, weaving dung baskets, straw mats, and straw sandals." Shen Hui'e blinked her clear eyes and looked at them and said.

"Cough cough..." The coughing sounds came one after another.

"What's wrong? Aren't you guys making it up too? Why can't they make it up?" Shen Hui'e snorted, looking at them with deep eyes and said, "People have to have something to do, otherwise it's easy to cause trouble if they're idle."

"Okay!" Huang Shuchang and the others nodded, "I'll ask you to organize it and keep them busy."

"This civil official is very eloquent. Be careful not to be fooled by his sweet words." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "I have bewitched you."

"What can he do to deceive us?" Shen Penglai looked at them in confusion.

"They are trying to persuade you to join them in rebellion!" Shen Hui'e said in a shocking tone.

"Cough, cough..." These words caused coughing sounds to occur one after another in the hall.

"Second sister." Shen Penglai looked at her with a slightly gloomy expression.

"Why are you so surprised? This is normal!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her pure and innocent eyes and said, "Oh! Huang Laoer and his wife, who are butchers, can stand in this hall, so why can't we?"

"Some things have been said openly. If you want to give it a try, I'm always here to accompany you." Huang Zhongchang looked at them with his dark eyes and raised his index finger, saying, "If anyone drags the people into the war, then everyone will be punished."

"How can that be possible? I will accept whatever title my lord bestows on me without any complaints." Shen Penglai took the lead.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Huang Shuchang also expressed his opinion, "I couldn't even imagine the life I'm living now. At first, I just wanted to survive and fight my way out. Who would have thought it would get so big." He sniffed and said, "I don't know what will happen to the Northwest Frontier Army?"

"Also, and... the outcome between the Yu family army and the government army has not yet been determined!"

"That's right, there's no result yet! We can't start fighting among ourselves halfway and ruin our future. Let others take advantage of us!"

"General Shen, my lord, you must not let your imagination run wild!"

"No, no." Huang Zhongchang looked at them gently and said, "If we expand the world, we will get more benefits." He raised his eyebrows and said, "Now you know there is always someone better than you! We didn't know about the Xiongnu before!" He pointed to the map behind him and said, "What is at the end of this east, south, west and north? Don't you want to see it?"

"Of course I did." Shen Penglai said as he looked at them with a gleam in his dark eyes.

"Don't worry! Those bastards, don't try to seduce us."

"They are so cruel! They have so many land deeds and properties under their names that we can't even count them all. We let them oppress us. Now we can experience what kind of life we ​​have been living."

Zhang Jixian smiled secretly when he heard this. These two were really cunning! Before they could figure it out, he made it clear.

He forgot that he was the civil and military official standing in this hall.

"Then let's go once you're ready." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

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The team pushing wheelbarrows and carrying shoulder poles to deliver food and fodder to the northwest stretched for dozens of miles.

"If we keep sending food and fodder to the northwest, we won't be able to afford it." Tie Feng said as he looked at his second sister sitting on the shaft of the cart, "That's 400,000 mouths to feed, not 40,000."

"It's indeed a troublesome matter." Huang Zhongchang pursed his lips and looked at his wife and said.

Oh my! That day in the hall, the woman finally admitted that they were husband and wife. I was so happy that I tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep, with a smile on my face.

Accept it, he accepted his fate!

To describe their relationship, it is not quite like husband and wife. To be more precise, they are comrades-in-arms, who can trust each other's backs with confidence.

There is plenty of time, and we can slowly build up this relationship in the future.

"Military reclamation, military settlement." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "Strive for self-sufficiency."

"We can grow our own crops and raise pigs." Huang Zhongchang's eyes lit up when he heard that.