My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

The guard who was standing up for Wei Zhenfang immediately clasped his hands and said, "Your subordinate knows his mistake. Your subordinate is just feeling sorry for the general. The general is fighting on the front lines and now he is suffering such humiliation."

Wei Zhenfang said, "You must not say that again. It is my fault for failing to raise my son properly. It is only right that the Lu family disrespects me and refuses to let me in."

The guard asked, "Then what do we do now?"

“Since you’re here to apologize, you should be sincere.” Wei Zhenfang sat down casually and said, “Let’s wait here until the Lu family is willing to let us in.”

Since Wei Zhenfang was already in such a state, the guards who came with him dared not say anything and could only follow his example and wait at the entrance of the Lu family's residence.

The villagers whispered among themselves, quietly speculating about what had happened.

Hu Chunjiao, however, was completely stunned.

She hadn't been able to hear much of the conversation between Wei Zhenfang and Gu Chunzhi. Even the parts she did hear, she couldn't understand.

However, Wei Zhenfang looked like a powerful and influential person, and she also heard the guards behind him call him general.

That's a general!

She had only heard of it in plays before, and never expected to see it in person.

Yet, the Lu family refused to let such a person in. Moreover, the general wasn't angry at all and even demanded that his subordinates show respect to the Lu family.

It seems the Lu family has truly prospered.

Hu Chunjiao was heartbroken. What had she missed? She dared not imagine what a good life she would have lived if she had married into the Lu family.

The more she thought about it, the more regretful she became, and the more she regretted it, the heavier her resentment grew. She blamed all the mistakes on her elder brother and sister-in-law!

She felt that if they hadn't urged her to break off her engagement with the second son of the Lu family, she might have married into the Lu family long ago.

She quietly slipped out of the crowd and headed towards Weisha Village.

Inside the Lu family courtyard, Lu Xumu peeked outside and quickly went inside, saying, "Mother, they haven't left yet, what should we do?"

When Gu Chunzhi saw her son come in, she immediately sat up straight, and there was no longer any trace of heartache on her face.

She said, "Don't go to the city today. If they're willing to wait, let them wait outside."

Lu Xumu thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright, I'll go tidy up the backyard first."

When the house was built, Ji Yunshuang deliberately left a very wide backyard.

Between the livestock sheds and their houses, a plot of land was left for growing flowers, herbs, and vegetables.

The main purpose of this is to prevent the smell of livestock from spreading to the house.

Before, when it was cold, that plot of land was left empty. Now that it's spring, Gu Chunzhi wants to clear it out and plant some vegetables to eat on a daily basis.

Feeling restless in the room and constantly thinking about the things on those carts, Gu Chunzhi took her tools and went with her son to the backyard to farm.

*

After five granaries were burned down, the Qi army had several times more guards in its camp than usual.

Ji Yunshuang did not go to the Qi army camp during this period.

She began to test the new recruits' training results.

She was very dissatisfied with the new recruits' training results.

However, this does not mean that Lu Yinheng's training methods were wrong, but rather that the soldiers' nutrition was too poor.

The three thousand soldiers assigned to her were all new recruits, and at least half of them were refugees who had fled famine.

Their bodies were already severely depleted, and without sufficient nutrition in the military, the high-intensity training only made them thinner and thinner.

Ji Yunshuang felt that these soldiers needed to be nutritious. Therefore, she approached Fu Ci, hoping he could improve the soldiers' meals.

Fu Ci rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. "Junior Sister, do you know where the military rations come from right now?"

Ji Yunshuang shook her head, indicating that she did not know.

"I have to pay for all the military rations myself. The court is not only not sending troops to fight against the Qi army, but also not providing any rations. We have to find our own way to get everything, from weapons to food."

Fu Ci sighed and said, "Because of the Qi army's invasion, grain prices have soared. Some people are even secretly manipulating things to prevent grain from flowing into Jiangzhou. We've done our best to maintain this situation."

Ji Yunshuang said, "But this can't go on forever. Those new recruits are too weak. Sending them to the battlefield like this is just sending them to their deaths."

She does have supplies, but it's inconvenient for her to take them out, and she can't just give them away for free.

Although there is war in this world, the land has not been polluted and the plants have not mutated. Compared to the apocalypse, it is much better. As long as we are willing to think of a way, we will eventually be able to find a solution.

She looked at Fu Ci, wanting to see if he truly put himself in the soldiers' shoes and tried to solve the problem.

When Fu Ci met Ji Yunshuang's eyes, he felt inexplicably exposed. It was as if she could see through all his secret thoughts.

He said, "I will transport two thousand dan of grain from my private estate to subsidize the new recruits."

Ji Yunshuang said, "Will these new recruits all follow me from now on? I won't wait until I've trained them and then find an excuse to transfer them away from me, will I?"

Fu Ci was taken aback again.

She was not only the first to make demands and ask him for an official position, but also the first woman and the first to establish ownership of the soldiers with him.

If it were anyone else, he would have shouted at them for being so bold. But facing Ji Yunshuang, he not only didn't think her actions were wrong, but he also felt a bit of admiration for her.

He chuckled and said, "Junior Sister, you don't trust me at all?"

Ji Yunshuang said, "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I need to find out the details first."

After all, if they are her own soldiers, she can just give them a subsidy. But if she trains them well and then someone else snatches them away, wouldn't that be doing all the work for someone else?

Fu Ci said, "Junior Sister, you can trust me."

Ji Yunshuang asked, "What kinds of grains are grown in the military farms?"

"Military settlement?" Fu Ci looked puzzled.

Ji Yunshuang guessed that the name might have varied depending on the dynasty, so she said, "It's the land that soldiers cultivated when there was no war! Isn't it called military settlement?"

Fu Ci understood her meaning, but he was even more shocked, because in the Great Zhou Dynasty, soldiers did not farm when there was no war.

Ji Yunshuang's words opened up new avenues of thought for him.

If soldiers could farm when there's no war, wouldn't that increase food production?

How did she come up with that?

No, the tone she used just now made it seem as if she believed the imperial court should have military settlements.

Fu Ci's silence made Ji Yunshuang realize that the country she had transmigrated to might not have a policy of military settlements.

She quickly added, "What I mean is, if we don't set up military farms, we can designate some land as military farms. When the soldiers aren't fighting, they can cultivate the land, which can also solve part of the food problem."