Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

The next morning, Bi Yue slept until 9:00 p.m. and only slept for five or six hours. She had important things to do today. After washing up, she opened the door and the two brothers from Luocheng came in. Luo Chen spoke first, "Yue'er, I brought you some rice porridge and steamed buns. Eat something."

Bi Yue and the two brothers sat down and started to eat breakfast. After drinking a bowl of porridge, she began to tell them, "I went to Zhu Jingtang's military camp last night to check the food and grass. It was probably the same as what was said in the letter. The food can only support one week at most. I guess there are not many other supplies.

After I checked, I went to the enemy's city, Baishui City, and first went to the enemy general Xiang Liancheng's study to look for a lot of letters, which I put on the table in the bedroom. "

Luo Chen went to the room and took out the letter, and the two of them looked through it.

Bi Yue looked through the letters with them. Most of them were ordinary communications. There were a few secret letters containing instructions from the general of the Ulan Kingdom, some arrogant words like how to find a way to occupy the Dachang Kingdom.

After reading the letter, the two brothers were very angry. Bi Yue comforted them, "I went to Baishui City after investigating Zhu Jingtang's military camp last night. After finding the letter in the study of the enemy leader Xiang Liancheng,

They also looted his general's mansion and took away a lot of food, gold, silver, jewelry, weapons and arrows. They almost emptied it out. This could be considered as secretly helping General Zhu.

I went to the military camp and set it on fire to divert their attention. I collected a lot of food inside. These supplies were just sent to Zhu Jingtang and his men. Wasn't the granary burned down last time? Let me treat them in their own way and take all their food and grass.

I have an idea. I have almost figured out the situation yesterday. Today we will rent a large yard in the county town. The yard is mainly used to store food and various supplies. Then we will recruit some residents or villagers who have ox carts and mule carts in the county, give each of them a few taels of silver, and ask them to help transport food and other supplies to the military camp. What do you think of this idea?"

Luo Chen nodded in agreement, "Yue'er, this is a good idea. It will allow the residents of the county to earn some money during the New Year." Han Chengzhang also agreed.

Bi Yue asked the two brothers again, "Should we inform the county magistrate of this county when sending military rations on such a large scale?"

"Not for now. We have rented a house and everything is almost ready. We can visit the county magistrate the day before departure and tell him about the situation." Han Chengzhang responded.

The three of them went downstairs and asked the shopkeeper where the pawnshop was. After finding out, the three of them left the inn and headed towards the pawnshop in the county town.

After an incense stick of time, several people arrived at the dental clinic. A man in his forties came out to greet them. They explained their purpose and needed to rent a larger house. The price was negotiable.

The three of them got on the pawnshop's carriage and went to look at two places. Later, they chose a house with two entrances. Each room was relatively large, which was convenient for storing supplies. The door was also wide, which made it convenient for carriages to enter and exit. Three taels of silver a month would have seemed a bit expensive to Bi Yue in the past, but it didn't matter now. All this money was taken from Xiang Liancheng in Baishui City, so she didn't feel bad at all.

After paying the money and signing the deed, the broker gave the keys to the three of them.

I opened the gate and walked in. The courtyard was cleaned regularly, so it was relatively clean. I only needed to tidy it up a bit if I was staying there for a few days.

Biyue placed orders on the system for some basins and rags, masks, hats, brooms, etc. The three of them first cleaned up two rooms, and then finished.

Biyue placed an order for some bedding and toiletries on the system. She didn’t know how many days she would stay here, so she didn’t need to buy anything else for the time being.

As for food, it is better to buy it at nearby stores instead of cooking by yourself.

Then he took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone and wrote a recruitment notice, which read, "For each ox used to pull goods in an oxcart, a subsidy of 6 taels of silver will be given; for a horse-drawn carriage or a mule-drawn carriage, a subsidy of 3 taels of silver will be given.

A total of 2 ox-carts and mule-carts are needed, and each car can only be equipped with two people, each person pays 100 taels of silver, and only 5 people are recruited until the quota is filled. 》Five posters were posted in several crowded places, and before noon, people came one after another to inquire about this matter, whether they could really get silver for helping to transport food.

The two Luo Chen brothers told them that those who needed to go had to register here and the recruitment would only take three days. They had to gather here on the fourth day and drive ox carts or mule carts to pull food and transport it to the military camp ahead. The silver would be paid immediately when they arrived.

Many people came to consult and join in the fun. Those who had ox carts and mule carts at home registered with the Luo Chen brothers. Those who registered wrote their own names together with the names of their brothers or relatives.

Others quickly ran back to tell the news to those who had ox carts, and signed up to team up with them. Who wouldn't be jealous of earning two taels of silver so easily?

In one afternoon, almost half of the people were recruited. There were not enough ox carts and horse carriages, so they would think about it tomorrow. The two of them were busy until the evening before they finished.

The next morning at 7 o'clock, someone knocked on the door. The two brothers got up and opened the door. There were more people coming this morning than yesterday. Many of them were from people who heard the news from those who went back to the county town.

I came to ask and confirm today that with one ox cart and two people, I could earn 10 taels of silver. How could I not be excited? It was not a big effort, just a trip to the military camp.

The two brothers asked everyone to wait for a moment. Everyone stood outside the gate waiting while the two brothers went into the house to wash up.

Luo Chen ran to Bi Yue's room and knocked on the door. "Damn it!" Hearing the sound, he got up from the bed, his hair was disheveled, and he went to open the door in a daze and asked, "What happened?"

Luo Chen looked at Yue'er who was still a little confused, and responded lovingly, "A lot of people came outside today, most of them are people with ox carts and mule carts who came to sign up. You said before that you only need 50 ox carts and mule carts in total. If we recruit all of them, we will definitely exceed the number. I came to ask if you still want more?"

After listening to Luo Chen's report, he knew the situation. "We'll take the excess as well. We'll take as many as we can."

After receiving Bi Yue's instructions, Luo Chen ran out and told his brother to collect as many as he could. The two brothers set up a table in the first room in the yard, and put out pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Then they began to register and asked everyone standing outside the gate to come in, line up and register one by one.

Bi Yue got up, washed, changed her clothes and got dressed. Knowing that the two brothers had not had breakfast yet, she gave each of them a large bowl of instant noodles with chicken legs and eggs. Worried that they would be cold sitting there, she lit a large charcoal fire for them.

They were busy from morning till afternoon before taking a break. Bi Yue checked the registration book of the past two days and saw that there were 48 ox carts, 6 mule carts, and 7 horse carts, a total of 61 carts, with 2 people on each cart. Tomorrow is the last day for recruiting.