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

Thinking to herself, she hurried over to help Ji Yunshuang take the basket off her back, and said to the easy-going villager, "My Shuangniang is so hardworking. This family is where it is today because of her hard work."

Her younger brothers respected her the most. They all said that when choosing a wife, she had to pass their test first.

After she said this, those who came to help their daughter or those who were relatives trying to arrange a marriage couldn't help but start to think twice.

Although when Wei Zhenfang came to apologize that day, he kept mentioning "General Ji" repeatedly.

Many villagers nearby heard it, but none of them suspected Ji Yunshuang.

It is common knowledge in this era that women cannot hold official positions.

They never imagined that the Ji Cangjiang mentioned by General Wei was Ji Yunshuang.

The Lu family also kept quiet about Ji Yunshuang becoming a military commander.

In the eyes of the villagers, Ji Yunshuang was just a very capable woman.

In the villagers' eyes, Ji Yunshuang was the most capable woman. But no matter how capable she was, she couldn't compare to Lu Erlang!

Lu Erlang was an official of the same rank as the county magistrate.

Gu Chunzhi's tone clearly implied that even Lu Erlang was no match for Ji Yunshuang, and that Ji Yunshuang was the one who called the shots in the Lu family.

Many villagers who originally wanted to marry their daughters into the Lu family have changed their minds.

The mother-in-law favors her eldest daughter-in-law, and the sister-in-law is domineering; life after marriage is likely to be difficult.

Ji Yunshuang had no idea what these people were thinking.

After putting her things down, she went back to her room to change her clothes.

Gu Chunzhi quickly told the villagers that she had things to do at home and would visit them when she had time later.

After saying that, he hurriedly went inside to prepare food for Ji Yunshuang.

This morning she got up early to steam shepherd's purse and pork buns, which Ji Yunshuang liked. In addition to the shepherd's purse and pork buns, she also made the white fungus soup that Ji Yunshuang mentioned for its beauty and health benefits.

And also some delicious side dishes such as toon and egg pancakes, pickled radishes, and bitter green onions.

When Ji Yunshuang came out after changing her clothes, she had already set out a large table full of food.

Xia Biao's eyes widened when he saw the huge table of food. "Master—"

Ji Yunshuang handed him a pair of chopsticks and said, "Eat!"

Xia Biao immediately swallowed the long speech in his mouth and began to eat heartily.

Lu Yanqi looked at Xia Biao with some doubt, and Gu Chunzhi was also curious as to why this big man also called her eldest daughter-in-law "master".

How many apprentices has the eldest daughter-in-law taken on?!

Seeing that the two of them were full of doubt, Ji Yunshuang said helplessly, "You don't need to worry about what he collected before. Let's eat."

As she spoke, she also took a steamed bun.

Gu Chunzhi's steamed buns had thin skins and plenty of filling, including her favorite shepherd's purse and pork filling. She instantly squinted her eyes in enjoyment.

Toona sinensis and egg pancakes are also delicious.

Ji Yunshuang realized that she hadn't planted any Chinese toon trees in her space yet, so she decided to find an opportunity to transplant a few stalks there and plant them, so she could eat them whenever she wanted in the future.

However, the immediate priority is to arrange the estate and the military provisions.

Ji Yunshuang ate quickly while thinking about today's arrangements.

Gu Chunzhi said, "Shuangniang, when are you going to the army? You like mushrooms, so I'll cook these mushrooms you picked with chicken into a sauce. You can take it with you to the army!"

Ji Yunshuang said, "I'll be leaving the day after tomorrow. When I leave, kill a few more ducks and make roast duck. I'll take a few to the army and distribute them to the brothers there."

Gu Chunzhi readily agreed, and then said that they should braise the wild boar they brought back today and take it with them to her.

Ji Yunshuang didn't like eating wild boar meat, feeling that its taste was far inferior to that of domestic pigs, so she refused it.

Gu Chunzhi brought up the marriage arrangements for the three brothers again, saying that many people had come to inquire about it today, asking for Ji Yunshuang's opinion.

Ji Yunshuang said, "Mother, you must carefully watch over this person who has come up to us at this critical juncture."

If it's just that our family has become successful and life is better, then that's fine. As the saying goes, a woman marries a man for food and clothing; what daughter doesn't want to marry into a good family?

I'm afraid some people with ill intentions might take this opportunity to sneak in and do something bad.

Lu Yanqi narrowed his eyes instantly after hearing Ji Yunshuang's words. Just how many enemies had she made outside?

Gu Chunzhi was worried that she wouldn't be able to tell which ones were harboring ill intentions, so she decided to postpone the marriages of her sons for the time being.

After dinner, Ji Yunshuang took Xia Biao out the door.

She took her daughter with her when she went out today as usual.

This time, however, they didn't ride horses but instead used a donkey cart. She sat in the cart with her daughter, while Xia Biao drove.

On the way, she talked about her plans for the day.

Yesterday, she asked Wan Shi Tong to continue inquiring about estates for her, intending to buy as many as possible.

Besides the village, she also needed to find a suitable place to store the grain before transporting it to the military camp.

While Ji Yunshuang was busy, Qi Jun also put their plan into action.

They disguised themselves as bandits and robbed the people of Da Zhou and the grain of merchant caravans.

Although they had disguised themselves, the Zhou soldiers quickly discovered that it was the Qi army that was responsible, judging from their swordsmanship and the cruelty of their killings.

Fu Ci soon received the news reported from below.

He frowned and asked Li Mingrui, "How is the production of the crossbows by the Ordnance Bureau going?"

Tang Yiyang had already returned with materials and manpower, and the newly formed weapons bureau was now working overtime to produce crossbows.

Li Mingrui said, "Thirty crossbows have been made. However, the reason we didn't know how to make crossbows was because our newly recruited craftsmen didn't know. Ambassador Lu and Vice Ambassador Wang gave us guidance. Now that they have mastered the technique, we should be able to make them much faster."

Fu Ci nodded and then asked about the military rations.

He took two thousand dan of grain from his own private property and gave it to Ji Yunshuang so that she could provide extra food for the new recruits.

In fact, these two thousand dan of grain were his last remaining grain.

The army was short of food supplies, so he kept sending people out to find ways to transport food from other places.

Li Mingrui looked troubled. "We haven't received any news yet."

Seeing his young master's furrowed brows, he hesitated for a moment, then said, "If all else fails, let's pretend to be robbers and rob them!"

The imperial court is not providing them with military rations and is even demanding that they fight against the Qi army. It's clear they're trying to drive them to their deaths!

Meanwhile, the secret cooperation between Prince Xuan and Prince Duan prevented grain merchants from transporting grain to Jiangzhou, effectively blocking their path to survival.

These people all hoped that they and the Qi army would both suffer heavy losses, so that they could reap the benefits.

There's no need to reason with people like that. The Qi army's tactic was perfectly effective.

As long as we don't openly give them any leverage, that's fine.

Fu Ci pondered for a moment and said, "That is indeed one possible solution!"

After saying that, he inexplicably thought of Ji Yunshuang.

If his junior sister were here, I wonder what he would do.