The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Chapter 1227 Asking for Herbs

Cheng Feng knew that his uncle was a man who cared a lot about his reputation, so in order to allow him to eat without any psychological pressure, he explained: "Uncle, there are too many people, and there is only a small pheasant weighing less than two pounds, and there is not enough for the soup."

Wan Lianxing said, "Can't you take a few people into the mountains to hunt some prey? There are mountains nearby, so there must be prey."

Cheng Feng didn't expect that his uncle would ask him to go back to his old job just two days after he came here. He glanced at the mountains in the distance and nodded in agreement, "Uncle, if I go out hunting at this time, I may be back late."

Wan Lianxing said, "It's okay if it's late, just don't come back empty-handed."

In order to allow these seven or eight thousand soldiers to drink meat soup, Cheng Feng took more than fifty people into the mountains to hunt.

However, Cheng Feng was more capable, and he returned with a large group of people and various prey before dark. When they arrived at the gate of the military camp, they stopped and asked a soldier: "What are these people blocking the gate doing here? Why are they holding bowls and basins in their hands?"

The soldier whispered, "Mr. Cheng, you don't know that these people are here to ask for medicine."

Cheng Feng also lowered his voice and asked, "Don't you have a stall in the city to distribute herbs?"

The soldier said, "The emperor wants to donate herbs to the city, but the people in this city are in a bad state of morals and are full of curses. The imperial teacher does not agree to actively donate herbs to them."

"Then why are these people here?"

"The emperor gave two baskets of herbs to each village today. As soon as the news spread, people came here to ask for herbs. Now the big pots in the camp are boiling, but it takes more than an hour to boil, so they have to wait!" As the soldier spoke, he glanced at the prey that Cheng Feng and his team had brought back. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "We even got a wild boar!"

Cheng Feng smiled and said, "We are going for wild boars. If we don't kill two wild boars, everyone will have to eat soup. You may think that there are many preys, but in fact, each person can't get much."

The soldier smiled and said, "It would be nice to have a bowl of meat soup! Hey, I have good news for you. The emperor has ordered that our food allowance be increased. We will now eat meat once every seven days instead of once every two weeks."

Cheng Feng smiled again when he heard this, "That's great! Then it depends on whether you have the ability to buy meat. I'm not trying to discourage you, but with a large army of more than 30,000 people like you, you probably need to kill 100 pigs to eat meat once!"

The soldier wanted to say something to Cheng Feng, but Cheng Feng had already brought his men into the camp. Because the soldiers were waiting to eat meat in the evening, and secondly, he had to find his uncle to take credit.

Cheng Feng asked a soldier and found out that his uncle was supervising the boiling of medicine. Wan Lianxing was very satisfied with the prey brought back by dozens of people. He praised everyone and sent them to collect the reward. Only Cheng Feng stayed.

Cheng Feng looked at the big pots bubbling with herbs and asked Wan Lianxing, "Uncle, what's so great about boiling herbs? Aren't you tired? Go back and rest!"

Wan Lianxing pointed at the small white porcelain jar and said, "Go and have a look."

Cheng Feng opened the lid and took a look: "Not much left?"

Wan Lianxing said: "Put one spoonful in each pot, ten pots means ten spoonfuls. I heard there are a lot of people asking for medicine outside, so this amount of medicine may not be enough!"

Cheng Feng then realized what his uncle was worried about. He said, "We can endure as much as we can. We can't let Sui Dan's blood drain out. Since Sui Dan's blood has such great power, we should keep Sui Dan well for emergency use."

How could Wan Lianxing not know this? "There should be a lot of people asking for medicine tomorrow, right?"

Cheng Feng pulled Wan Lianxing and said, "If you have medicine, give them a bowl. If you don't have it, you can't force them. Let's go back and rest. It's so hot to watch over the big pot!"

As a result, Wan Lianxing's worries came true.

Before dawn the next day, thousands of people blocked the gate of the camp. This time, they not only held bowls and basins asking for medicine, but also cloth bags.

Suiying reported to Wan Lianxing angrily: "Your Majesty, there are just a bunch of unreasonable and unruly people outside."

"Can't you persuade them to leave?"

Suiying said: "These people are simply bandits. They won't leave until they see what they want. I think we should just use force to solve the problem if we really can't."

Wan Lianxing had actually compromised in his heart a long time ago. He said, "Absolutely not. These are weak civilians. Let them shout as much as they want. Just don't enter this camp."

Sui Ying said angrily: "Your Majesty, do you know how much they are pushing you? They say you are incompetent and the people can't even afford bran to eat, but you are slaughtering pigs and sheep in this military camp and eating meat with big mouthfuls."

Wan Lianxing was so angry that he held his forehead with his hand: "When did I eat meat in big mouthfuls? It is true that I drank a bowl of meat soup, but does this mean that I am incompetent and unjust?"

Cheng Feng said, "I guess the people saw us when we came back from hunting yesterday, so they thought you were the one who led them to drink and eat meat."

"Even if we drink and eat meat, what does it do to the people of the eighth city of Chaizhou? We don't plunder our food and drink from them. How can they be so unreasonable?" Suiying was very angry when he said this.

Wan Lianxing said: "That being said, seeing that we have enough food and clothing, they will inevitably feel unhappy."

"What's wrong? It's not your fault that they can't have food to eat."

"Although it was not caused directly by me, it is inextricably linked to me."

Suiying glared and said, "What's going on? You're not really going to give them food, are you?"

"I can't understand! Why do they come to me with bags to ask for food?"

"It's because your Wan family distributed porridge in the eleventh city that they claimed that the Wan family distributed food to the people in the eleventh city, so they want you to distribute food to the people in their eighth city as well. These people are really good at spreading rumors."

Cheng Feng scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "That... the food distribution is not a rumor, the eleven cities are indeed distributing food!"

At this time, everyone looked at Cheng Feng, and Wan Lianxing said, "Feng'er, please explain clearly! Why did the donation of porridge become the distribution of food?"

Cheng Feng thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, I also received a letter from Shang Xi last night. She said that there was no need to let the people abandon their homes and wait on the street every day for a bowl of porridge. Since they had prepared two months of food for donation, it would be better to distribute the food directly instead of giving out porridge. So Shang Xi asked them to take a few kilograms of rice home and cook their own porridge, which saved the donation process."

"Show me the letter!"

"Uncle, this is what I said in the letter, please don't read it!"