Chapter 341： Send food to the barracks

Chapter 341 Send food to the military camp

"Miss, don't think so. If you didn't care about your life or death, Madam wouldn't have saved you back then. The decoction has never stopped these days." Li Nanny hurriedly said.

"But it's not as good as before..." Wei Qingwan said with a sad face.

"Miss…"

"I should have thought that such a day would come." Wei Qingwan murmured.

"Miss, let's relax and think about the good things. Didn't Mr. Qi write back to you? Mr. Qi cares about you very much, Mrs. Qi. Miss will rely on Mr. Qi in the future, not to mention the current Captain's Mansion. Even the Uncle Zhongyi's residence in the capital dare not underestimate Miss."

Speaking of Qi Zhen, Wei Qingwan's eyes became brighter, and Mr. Qi wrote back to himself, saying that he was delayed by business a few days ago and couldn't get away.

also said to reassure her that after she recovers from her injuries, she will find a way to come to see her, and will also find a way to formally propose marriage to the Wei family.

Thinking of this, Wei Qingwan asked Nanny Li: "Is there any news about the medicine for removing scars?"

She had to heal the wound on her back without leaving a scar.

She couldn't let Mr. Qi be horrifying when he saw her back on the wedding night.

"This..." Nanny Li looked embarrassed, "Miss, don't worry, the doctor is not easy to find. Give the old slave some more time, and the old slave will definitely find him."

"If it's too late, will it be difficult to remove all the scars on my back?" Wei Qingwan worried.

"No, no, no, it will definitely be eliminated, and Miss will become the same as before." Nanny Li hurriedly said.

Wei Qingwan took off her bracelet and stuffed it into Nanny Li's hand: "Mommy, help me go to the street to buy medicine tomorrow, and then help me inquire about that Dr. Xu."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, Miss, I will definitely help you get things done." Nanny Li accepted Wei Qingwan's bracelet and promised.

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Wei Mingting only stayed at home for two days, and during these two days, except for being at home at night, the rest of the time was outside. He went to the magistrate’s office and went to the local aristocratic family to solve the problem of military rations.

Two days later, Wei Mingting went back to the barracks.

When he left, he frowned, because the ration issue was still unresolved, but it was useless for him to stay in the city. At least he could share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers when he returned to the barracks.

Wei Mingting returned to the barracks with worries, only to hear great news as soon as he arrived.

Xu Zhengyong said that he has a way to get food! And it has been reported to the garrison and the seventh prince.

Wei Mingting hurried back to the tent and asked Xu Zhengyong to confirm.

"What they said is true? Do you really have a way to get military rations?"

It is rare for Wei Mingting to be so excited, and the enemy has never seen him like this before.

"It's true. I have a cousin in my family who is rich and has some business skills. Now the granary is full. After I wrote to him to ask for food, he expressed his willingness to provide several truckloads of food to the army to help the army tide over the difficulties. And he said that for my sake, if the army wants more food, my cousin can sell more food to the barracks at the original price." Xu Zhengyong said.

Recently, due to the shortage of food, the price of food has risen again and again. Even if it is purchased at a high price, there is a price but no market, and few people sell it.

It is very benevolent to be able to sell at the original price.

"How much food can your cousin give?" Wei Mingting asked.

"This month, we can give five thousand shi of wheat and thirty thousand shi of sweet potatoes." Xu Zhengyong said.

"What did you say? So many?" Wei Mingting was shocked.

Nowadays, there are not many people who can produce so much food!

Xu Zhengyong explained: "Yes, my cousin can produce so much at present. There will be more after this year's autumn harvest." Xu Zhengyong replied.

"When can your cousin deliver the food?" Wei Mingting asked again.

"The first batch of food will be delivered this afternoon." Xu Zhengyong replied.

I didn't expect the other party to move so fast, this answer is quite gratifying.

After Wei Mingting was happy, he asked, "What do you say, Your Highness and Lord Garrison?"

"Your Highness and the garrison have already agreed, they plan to buy all the food in my cousin's hands. Your Highness will pay a part of it in advance to meet the urgent need, and then ask the court for an order." Xu Zhengyong explained.

"It's so good!" The stone in Wei Mingting's heart fell to the ground.

Then looking at Xu Zhengyong, Wei Mingting said: "Xiaoyong, you have made a great contribution this time."

Xu Zhengyong scratched his head embarrassingly: "It's not really a credit."

How could he have any credit, it was all arranged by sister Ruoer for him.

Sister Ruoer insisted on him saying that he asked his "cousin" for help, and that the cousin agreed to give the food for his sake, so as to highlight his importance in this matter.

"Military rations are the most important thing now. If there is no food supply, the tens of thousands of anti-Japanese troops will be defeated without a fight. When the Japanese invaders come, this Taizhou capital will not be able to defend. Can you help the army?" Solving the food and grass problem is not insignificant." Wei Mingting said with a serious expression.

The soldiers are not afraid of dying in battle, but they are afraid of dying because of insufficient logistics supplies.

"Sir Wei, please stop praising me. This is what I should do, as long as I can make everyone eat." Xu Zhengyong replied.

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In the afternoon of that day, Xu Zhushan led the food convoy to the military camp.

This trip brought a total of six carts of wheat and ten carts of sweet potatoes.

Although there is no rice, these are very filling foods.

Chu Lan and Zheng Shoubei personally came out to meet them at the gate of the barracks, which shows how important this food is to the barracks now.

Xu Zhengyong was also there, and Xu Zhushan looked happy when he saw his son.

"Father, thank you for your hard work." Xu Zhengyong said.

"No hard work, no hard work." Xu Zhushan smiled foolishly.

He didn’t have any troubles. The young lady’s rations were credited to his son, and he just delivered them.

Xu Zhengyong turned his head and explained to Chu Lan and Zheng Shoubei: "Your Highness, Lord Shoubei, my cousin is not free, and my father helped deliver the food."

"It's time to work." Chu Lan said.

Xu Zhushan bowed respectfully to Chu Lan and Zheng Shoubei, and then stood aside awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

Chu Lan asked Xu Zhushan: "When will the remaining food be delivered again? We have no problem with the price that Young Master Ling said. If possible, I would like to talk to that Young Master Xu face to face."

"for this I…"

Xu Zhushan was a little nervous. The lady had told him how to answer, but he was not good at words. Today was the first time he saw the prince, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

"Don't be nervous, take your time." Chu Lan said patiently.

After checking, one stone in the Han Dynasty was equal to 60 catties; in modern times, one stone is 100 catties. There is also a saying that one stone is equal to 120 catties. Here we take one stone equal to 100 catties.

(end of this chapter)