I travel back and forth between ancient and modern times, hoarding goods to raise my grandchildren a

There is no food anywhere now, what can we do?

The generals lowered their heads, their hearts filled with despair.

Last night's battle left only 18,000 soldiers.

The army camp is now short of food and water. If they can't find food and water, the lives of the remaining 18,000 men will be in danger.

Pei Yi looked at the generals in the room, thought of the soldiers outside, and made a decision: "Gather all the uninjured people. Tonight we will go through the secret passage and launch a night attack on the Black Bear Army camp."

"There must still be food in the Black Bear Army's camp. Let's try to seize their food first, get through this period, and the imperial court will definitely send food after a while."

The emperor cannot simply ignore them.

The remaining uninjured generals stood up and said indignantly, "Yes, let's find a way to seize the Black Bear Army's supplies first."

"Staying here doing nothing will only lead to starvation, so we might as well take a chance and see what happens!"

"If we can't get any food, we'll just grab a few Black Bear Army soldiers and eat them."

Survival had become a luxury, and the generals even began to accept cannibalism.

Especially since it was enemy flesh.

***

Beijing.

The Duke of Dingguo led Xu Huaicheng to the entrance of the Imperial Study.

I don’t know if it was because the Duke of Dingguo was too hungry that he was hallucinating, but he felt like he could smell the aroma of food.

This further solidified his determination to plead his case to the emperor.

Even a wrecked ship has three pounds of nails, let alone a royal palace.

Even if there is no food in the whole world, the imperial palace will never be without food.

"Duke Dingguo, the Emperor invites you in."

Eunuch Wang opened the door and led them inside.

The Duke of Dingguo saw the Emperor.

At this point, the aroma of the food becomes even stronger.

The Duke of Dingguo knelt down with a thud.

"Your Majesty, please save me! My household has run out of food. If we have no more food, the lives of everyone in my household will be in danger."

He pulled Xu Huaicheng to kneel down with him.

Xu Huaicheng's gaze fell on the plate of pastries in front of the Emperor.

After receiving the Emperor's reward, Yu Wanwan generously shared some snacks with him.

The dessert plate now contains White Rabbit milk candy.

I have an impression of Xu Huaicheng.

His servants brought it back, and he picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth.

He was so hungry he was drooling uncontrollably.

The Emperor frowned as he listened to the Duke of Dingguo's words.

"The Duke of Dingguo's mansion is out of food?"

The Duke of Dingguo thought the Emperor was concerned for his family, so he nodded vigorously: "Your Majesty, my household has run out of water and food."

The emperor frowned even more deeply.

"Does the Duke of Dingguo have any dealings with the General of the Cavalry's mansion?"

The Duke of Dingguo thought the emperor was asking him to pledge his loyalty, so he immediately said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that unless it is for official business, I have no private dealings with the General's Mansion."

"Alright, you can go back now."

This person clearly has a bad relationship with the General's Mansion.

The general's family was almost entirely composed of loyal martyrs, and the ministers in the court with even a little bit of backbone all held the general's family in high esteem and sympathy.

The Duke of Dingguo was even in a hurry to distance himself from the General's Mansion.

Duke Dingguo? ? ?

"Let's go back; there's no food left in the palace."

"Duke, you must have heard about the Crown Prince and the other princes fainting from hunger a few days ago?"

He felt this matter should not be spread, otherwise, if the people found out, it would destroy the last glimmer of hope in their hearts.

Even the princes are like this? What about them, who are as insignificant as ants?

Even so, some ministers still managed to find out some information by various means.

The Duke of Dingguo was one of them.

"Your Majesty, I am truly at my wit's end."

The Duke of Dingguo still did not want to give up.

The Emperor sighed: "Is Xu Huai'an your grandson?"

After speaking, without waiting for the Duke of Dingguo's reply, the Emperor waved his hand, instructing Eunuch Wang to escort them out.

When the Duke of Dingguo left the palace with Xu Huaicheng, he cursed the emperor for being cold-blooded and heartless, even though he could smell the aroma of food coming from the imperial study.

On one hand, he was puzzled, wondering why the Emperor specifically asked him if he had any dealings with the General's Mansion, and also about Xu Huai'an.

Could it be that Xu Huai'an and the people from the General's Mansion went to the Emperor to complain about him?

But how could that be? The General's Mansion only has that crazy old woman Yu Wanwan and a bunch of starving children left. How could they possibly have the ability to speak ill of him to the Emperor?

“Grandfather, I saw candy on the Emperor’s desk.”

Xu Huaicheng turned back every few steps, speaking with reluctance.

"It's the same kind of candy I ate that day; that candy actually came from the palace."

"Are you serious?"

If the palace really does have candy, then he knows what to do next.

After that, he would stay in the palace after the morning court session and never leave.

He simply didn't believe that if the emperor was eating while he was standing right next to him, the emperor could still be so heartless as to not let him eat.

Yu Wanwan led a group of children back to the General's Mansion first.

The servants who remained at the mansion had already moved the grain and water she had previously released into the general's mansion's granary.

Yu Wanwan asked Steward Zhou to take some people to bring over some grain.

At first glance, it seems she brought quite a lot of food with her when she traveled through time.

However, Beijing currently has the largest population in the country, with a total of 600,000 people.

Most of them were locals from the capital, while a small number were people who fled to the capital from other places after the drought began.

If we simply want to feed all these people porridge, without making them full, then they would need 100 grams of grain per day. For ten people, that would be 1 kilogram, and for 600,000 people, it would be 60,000 kilograms.

Even if I only brought 500 bags of rice weighing 50 jin each when I traveled back, totaling 12,500 kilograms.

There wasn't even enough food for one day.

Not to mention that she won't be able to travel through time again for another ten days.

Therefore, providing porridge is impossible.

If porridge is distributed publicly but not everyone gets a share, it can easily lead to riots when everyone is starving.

So Yu Wanwan's plan remains the same as last time: to come secretly.

Let some people eat their fill first, earn points, and then gradually upgrade.

This group is mainly composed of children.

She prioritizes children she can access who can keep secrets.

Ideally, her family would give her a reward so she could take it back to the modern world to pay off her debts.

Food doesn't come for free, and it can't be given away for nothing either; we have to make her rich first.

"I brought you here because I need your help with something."

You probably know many friends who are about your age, and you know that they are probably also going through a period of uncertainty about where their next meal will come from.

Do you want them to have enough to eat?

Yu Wanwan seems to be involved in a pyramid scheme.

The children, as if brainwashed by a pyramid scheme, responded in unison, "Yes."

"Very good. Since you want to, then it's up to you now to take this food and share it with your friends."

When giving them food, you can tell them that it's a gift from me, but ask them to keep it a secret.

"Okay, we promise to complete the mission."

The crown prince took the lead in answering.

Being able to deliver food to everyone was something he couldn't ask for.

Only when his people are all alive and well can the royal family's position be secure.