Yuan Ying had a weak sense of family.
Since she could remember, she hadn’t seen many relatives.
After her parents divorced and remarried, she rarely contacted them.
Therefore, she never thought she would feel warmth from the villagers.
They even planned to help Yuan Ying unload the goods next time those truck drivers came.
However, Yuan Ying politely declined.
After all, if there was anyone other than her and Si Hongjing in the yard, the disappearance of the vegetables would be impossible to hide.
Even so, when the truck drivers came to deliver the vegetables later, Yuan Ying still saw a somewhat familiar figure from afar.
In the next two days, Yuan Ying went to help the soldiers of Dongping Pass buy a large batch of medicines.
As for rice and flour, Yuan Ying took the opportunity to ask the villagers this time, and they ran around to help her inquire and compare prices before giving her the address of the rice and flour factory.
She spent half a day getting it done and sent it directly to the warehouse of the Daqian military camp in the same way.
She had agreed with Si Hongjing that he would appear near the warehouse on time every day at Xu time (7-9 PM).
The soldiers in the military camp also went from excitedly watching at the beginning to coming to sort out the supplies sent by the gods on time every day at Xu time.
Until a few days later, Yuan Ying sent bags and bags of seeds again.
There were vegetable seeds.
There were wheat seeds.
But…
“Dongping Pass is arid all year round, and wheat yields so little every year. Even in a good year, I’m afraid it will be difficult to grow enough wheat for the soldiers to eat in Dongping Pass…” Deputy General Guo worried, and looked curious at the vegetable seeds: “The vegetable seeds from the gods are so novel. The appearance after maturity can be seen on the bags. This printing technique is amazing!”
“If people’s appearances could also be engraved, wouldn’t it be easy for the government to catch bad guys?” Zhong Yi also praised.
In the past two days, he limped around the military camp.
The things from the gods are so magical.
He can no longer produce any doubts.
Si Hongjing, listening to the two people’s discussion, thought to himself, more than a thousand years later, they can really do this.
Moreover…
That TV series is simply like a miniature version of real people, lifelike. If they saw it, they would probably think they were seeing a ghost.
“The wheat seeds given by the gods are different from ours. They are highly drought-resistant and disease-resistant, and the yield per mu is four shi (around 240 kg).” Si Hongjing explained.
“Four shi? How is that possible!”
But these seeds were given by the gods, and anything is possible.
Before Deputy General Guo and Zhong Yi could react, Lieutenant Li rushed over directly, trembling as he picked up a bag of wheat seeds:
“These seeds… can they really yield four shi per mu?”
Si Hongjing remembered Lieutenant Li’s experience and nodded with a complex expression.
He trembled obviously with excitement:
“When we defend Dongping Pass, can we let the people plant these wheat seeds? That way… that way, not so many people will starve to death…”
Lieutenant Li’s hometown suffered a famine, and the court’s disaster relief grain was not enough. He joined the army to earn food for his family.
Unfortunately…
Not long after he left, his old mother and sister starved to death.
This matter became an unsolvable knot in his heart.
Therefore, Lieutenant Li was the most anxious when the food and grass were delayed.
He was worried that the old things would repeat themselves, so he went with Zhong Yi to investigate as soon as possible.
When he learned that the food and grass had been burned, he was even more emotionally broken, and the eight-foot man cried almost to the point of fainting.
“Yes, we can.”
“As long as we can defend Dongping Pass, everything will be fine.” Si Hongjing guaranteed.
Regardless of what the future holds, he just wants to make the people live as happily as possible.
The matter of planting wheat was handed over to Lieutenant Li.
Hopefully, these seeds bestowed by the gods, personally watched by him to grow strong and save the soldiers in the army, can slightly relieve the pain in his heart.
“Received a letter from the capital.” Qi Nange came over, holding a newly opened letter in his hand.
Seeing his solemn expression, Si Hongjing’s heart skipped a beat. He took the letter and quickly read it, and the next moment he angrily rebuked:
“What exactly does Si Hongyue want!”
The letter said that Xu Jingyuan’s parents in the capital had been killed by the Third Prince Si Hongyue a month ago.
The absurd reason they gave for killing them was…
The supervisor said that Xu Jing had betrayed the country.
The imperial decree required Xu Jing to return to the capital to accept investigation.
But Xu Jing disobeyed the imperial decree and attacked without authorization, resulting in the death of 10,000 soldiers on the border.
However, Xu Jing’s battle was a victory with fewer troops, and his wisdom was admired by everyone.
And in that situation, if he returned to the capital to accept investigation, Shuo Pass would probably be taken by the Jin Kingdom directly.
After the note was passed around among several people, their faces became uglier than the last.
“I’m afraid it was authorized by the Emperor!”
“The Third Prince killed the parents of the border general, and was only punished with a month of house arrest. Who would believe it wasn’t authorized by him!”
After the few people finished speaking, they remembered Si Hongjing, the Seventh Prince, and looked at him awkwardly.
Only Zhong Yi didn’t care and said:
“What are you looking at him for! That one could drive him to the border at the age of eleven or twelve. He should be more annoyed with that one than any of us!”
“Zhong Yi! Don’t bring up what shouldn’t be brought up!” Qi Nange said helplessly.
“It’s okay, I’ve seen through it for more than ten years.” Si Hongjing was not thinking about this: “No wonder Xu Jing was so painful when he mentioned the imperial city that day.”
Xu Jing’s greatest wish was to let his parents, who had worked hard all their lives, live a good life.
As a result, after taking them to the capital, they lost their lives instead…
“Alas! Now it’s good, Xu Jing betrayed the country, Shuo Pass was lost, and the pressure fell on Dongping Pass.”
“Now Dongping Pass is not even given food and grass. What exactly is that one thinking!”
“He can’t not know the importance of Dongping Pass!”
The few people were full of resentment.
If it weren’t for the gods, they would probably have gone to a dead end.
Even so, they never thought of betraying the country, but… is such a court really worth them risking their lives to be loyal to?
“Order the planting of wheat and vegetables as soon as possible. Later, the gods will give us seeds of other foods, at least the problem of food and grass is temporarily solved. As for the others…”
“As long as I’m alive for one day, I won’t stand by and watch Dongping Pass fall. If something happens, I’ll take the blame.”
Si Hongjing’s words made everyone’s restless hearts a little more stable.
Even if he is not liked by the Emperor, he is still a prince after all. With the general here, the Emperor should not treat them like Xu Jing, right…
This day, Yuan Ying found that Si Hongjing’s mood was wrong again.
Even though he spoke to her about the wheat seeds excitedly.
“Want some?”
Yuan Ying took out beer.
Looking at her movements, Si Hongjing’s excited appearance finally dissipated, revealing a bit of fragility and decadence.
“He… seems to regret it.”
“Regret what?”
“Regret being soft-hearted and leaving me alive twenty years ago.”
His voice was dry, his eyes were dull, and he squatted on the steps, looking like a stray dog seeking comfort on the street.