During my escape from famine, I survived by eavesdropping on the whispers of food.

Qin Shuangshuang turned around and suddenly remembered how Jin Danian used to speak in the military camp. His voice was incredibly loud, and few dared to disobey him.

Qin Shuangshuang thought it best to have him relay her message.

Then Qin Shuangshuang stood behind him and said, "Then, Mr. Jin, you listen to me and convey what I want to say to everyone, understand?"

Jin Danian nodded and said to him, "Don't worry, I can do it." Then Qin Shuangshuang said to him, "Tell them that everyone will have something to eat today, but three hundred strong men must step forward."

"Come to the front! Only when we have three hundred strong men gathered can we officially begin preparing food for everyone."

At this moment, Jin Danian turned his head and said to Qin Shuangshuang in surprise, "300 strong men? Have you thought about it? Even if you stewed three hundred strong men, it wouldn't be enough to feed tens of thousands of people."

Qin Shuangshuang smiled and said, "With me here, there will never be another situation like the old days where people exchanged their own children to eat them."

Jin Danian frowned beside her and asked, "What do you mean?"

Qin Shuangshuang calmly explained, "There's so much snow around here, and I do have some ingredients. Why don't we give everyone a warm drink first? They barely have the strength to speak."

"Why don't we make them some soup first, and then tell everyone how to save themselves? We need to get through this first, sir, do you believe me?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zheng was overjoyed to find Qin Shuangshuang's idea to be excellent. He clapped his hands and said, "Your idea is indeed very good. In my opinion, this is the way to do it."

Jin Danian then said to Qin Shuangshuang, "Alright, then I will pass on your message."

Jin Danian stood before the crowd, beneath the government office, and addressed them, "I know you all come from many places. Although many of you are not from our county, I certainly hope that you will stay in this county and develop yourselves better and better in the future."

"Now, our county government has offered a solution: you need to send out 300 strong men so we can make some soup for everyone. We don't know if you'd be willing."

At this moment, several burly men in the crowd spoke up.

“不过要300个壮汉，怕什么？300个？别说300个，咱们500个600个1000个都可以？只要有口饭吃？”

"As long as our families have food to eat, that's enough!"

"That's right, that's right! Don't just say 300, we'll give you as many as you want!"

Seeing everyone rushing forward, Jin Danian quickly stopped them, saying, "Everyone, don't speak yet. Wait until I finish speaking, and don't push forward anymore. If you do, the adults won't care about your lives now."

Upon hearing Jin Danian's words, everyone immediately stopped in their tracks.

No one dared to speak, no one dared to take another step forward. Jin Danian turned to Qin Shuangshuang and asked, "What do we do next?"

Qin Shuangshuang thought for a moment, "Have the strong men come forward first, just pick 300, then follow us into the government office. The yamen runners will guard the entrance and tell everyone to come over tonight. They will be on this street, line up, and there will be drinks. Remember to tell them to find something to take the soup back with them."

Jin Danian noted down Qin Shuangshuang's words, then turned to everyone and said, "Strong men, step forward. I'll choose 300. The rest can all go back. Everyone will wait on this street tonight, as many as you can take."

Then bring some things to serve the soup, but don't forget, we don't have that many utensils here.”

Everyone rushed forward and signed up. Soon, Jin Danian selected 300 strong men to go in.

Qin Shuangshuang, Lin Zheng, and the two people she brought with her all went inside first.

The younger brother held Qin Shuangshuang's hand and said to her, "Sister, you are so smart. I didn't expect you to use this method."

Qin Shuangshuang gently pinched the tip of his nose and said to him, "You must be smarter than your sister in the future. I hope you can have a good job like Lord Lin. It's a government job, and it will provide you with meals for the rest of your life."

At this moment, the younger brother asked curiously, "What is weaving? I can weave things, does this count?"

Qin Shuangshuang smiled; she had forgotten that this was ancient times, not modern times.

Qin Shuangshuang then patted her head and said to her, "That's fine, as long as you can support yourself, that's good enough."

The courtyard was filled with hundreds of burly men.

Qin Shuangshuang said to Jin Danian in front of her, "Tell them to shut up and stop talking."

Jin Danian consciously told them, "Everyone, please be quiet for now, and listen to what this Miss Qin has to say."

Everyone was puzzled.

One of them said, "Why should we listen to a little kid? Are you trying to trick us into coming here to blackmail our families?"

"That's right, that's right! I think you're just trying to trap us! No, we have to go back now. If you keep going like this, you might really tie us up and use us to blackmail our families!"

By then, the door had already been blocked off.

The officers and soldiers all had very serious expressions on their faces as they stared at this side.

Jin Danian said to them, "If we really want to trap you and use you to blackmail your families, and then only choose a few strong men like you, wouldn't it be better to use the children as blackmailers?"

The burly men nodded in agreement, then their gazes fell upon Qin Shuangshuang.

"Tell us, what do you want us to do?"

Qin Shuangshuang said to them, "Right now, no one has water to drink or food to eat. If we really want to make soup, we'll need to get some snow and melt it all over the place."

I'll send five people to collect some large vats from the surrounding area. We'll use them to boil snow water. Then the rest of you can go find some clean snow nearby.

We carried it back in baskets, one load at a time, and then we started to melt the snow so we could make soup.

The 300 burly men looked at each other, hesitant, unable to believe the boastful words Qin Shuangshuang was making.

One of them stepped forward and said to Qin Shuangshuang, "Are you sure that after we bring Jiang Xue back, you'll have something to cook in it?"

Qin Shuangshuang nodded and said, "There's no problem with the ingredients at all. I can handle it by myself."

Seeing Qin Shuangshuang's confidence, the people around her had no choice but to agree and said to her, "Okay, then, let's go now."

Qin Shuangshuang then said to Jin Danian, "There are so many of them, and some of them are probably just here to have fun. We don't know if they're genuinely interested in doing anything."

So send a few soldiers to accompany them, so they don't have a chance to slack off; time is tight and the task is heavy.

Jin Danian patted his chest and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, I'll have my brothers follow them."