"What is it? Uncle Xu wants us to go to Yingtian Prefecture to transport rations?”
"Fifth brother. You are a hundred households of the scout camp. In this battlefield, the importance of scouts was self-evident. With you leaving, the group of dragons will be leaderless. Wouldn't their scouts have no one to rely on?”
"How are we supposed to gather information about the enemy?"
After Zhu Xiong returned from the commander-in-chief's camp, he had been pondering on the whole journey.
As soon as they arrived at the scout camp, they bumped into Zhu Di.
Zhu Di had many doubts when he heard Zhu Xiong's words and could not help but complain.
"Uncle Xu is really too much, letting you, a hundred households of the scout battalion, do the work of a supply soldier. It's really a strange story in the world."
"The current situation is tense, and Great General Blue Jade has suffered heavy losses.”
Before Zhu Di could finish, he was interrupted by Zhu Xiong.
"Yes, that's what Uncle Xu said. It was precisely because General Blue Jade did not have time to move the rations. The soldiers on General Lan's side were still hungry.”
"Uncle Xu said that he has already ordered the brothers in the supply camp to send food to the rescue.”
"But Uncle Xu's side doesn't have enough rations to sustain two armies.”
"And the supply camp is transporting the rations from Uncle Xu's side to Great General Lan's side.”
"We don't have enough rations, so we naturally have to go to Yingtian Prefecture to transport them back.”
"As for why you asked me, a centurion of the scout camp, to help you. His reason was that he had been too free recently.”
"Hehe. I'm not sure. It seems like our scout camp has spies arranged by Admiral Xu.”
This explanation perfectly explained why Xu Da had sent Zhu Xiong to help their supply camp.
But how could Zhu Di believe it?
"Excuses, it's all this excuse. Back then, I privately begged him to volunteer to go to the battlefield. They were all rejected by Uncle Xu."
"Look at this old fox. He thinks that Fifth Brother's promotion is too fast and is worried that his three daughters will not be able to protect them.”
Zhu Xiong smiled.
"This old fox is too naive. He thought that this would stop his rapid promotion. Dream on."
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Xiong's increasingly determined face and suddenly had the illusion that he didn't recognize his fifth brother.
Once the fifth brother made a move, he would be able to get the centurion.
With a little help, his hundred households were also in his hands.
Such methods did not seem to match his age.
Zhu Xiong didn't notice Zhu Di, but he was plotting something in his heart.
It was good to respond to the Sky Mansion.
It just so happened that he wanted to see if his treasure was still there.
His left eyelid had been twitching for the past few days. He had a premonition that his little vault had been discovered.
Another thing was that to form the Snow Dragon Cavalry, weapons were essential.
This time, he would take the opportunity to bring back the weapons he had brought with him.
If there was an opportunity one day, he would directly send 120 elite soldiers to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
After making a great contribution, the Qianhu would be in his hands.
The promotion of generals was not like that of civil servants.
Especially on the battlefield, if one made a great contribution, they would be immediately promoted.
Moreover, 120 soldiers were far from enough to satisfy the Snow Dragon Knights 'requirements.
Therefore, he had to find assistants to respond to the Sky Mansion and recruit powerful soldiers.
…………
Duke Wei's Mansion.
Xu Zengshou jogged all the way home, panting from exhaustion.
"Zengshou, you've been running around outside all day and haven't even reviewed your books. Look at Miao Jin. She's so young, but she already knows how to study.”
Xu Zengshou was so tired that he couldn't be stingy.
"Big sister, it's going crazy outside. It's said that Prince Zhou has planted high yield sweet potatoes.”
Xu Miaoyun and Xu Miaojin were reading a book and asked in confusion when they heard Xu Zengshou's words.
"Longevity? What's a sweet potato? This name sounds very unfamiliar."
Xu Miaojin also put down the book in her hand.
"That's right. Second Brother, don't be so mysterious. Ever since Father left, you haven't been reading properly. When I come back, I will teach you a lesson.”
Xu Zengshou saw that his sisters were doubting him, so he introduced himself to them with a red face.
"It's true, Big Sister and Little Sister. It's said that our Lord Wansui would give the roasted sweet potatoes to the officials during the court assembly.”
Xu Miaojin and Xu Miaoyun still didn't believe it. They felt that Xu Zengshou was making up an excuse to not study.
"From what you said, this sweet potato can still be eaten? What does it look like?"
Xu Zengshou was stumped.
"That…is about this long, this thick, and oval. The skin seemed to be red. As for how it tastes, I don't know.”
"After all, we don't have the fortune to eat this thing.”
"I heard that Lord Wansui found all of Prince Zhou's seventy to eighty thousand jin sweet potatoes. He was preparing to send these sweet potatoes to the north of the desert as rations.”
Seventy to eighty thousand jin?
Xu Miaoyun was so shocked that her jaw almost fell off.
"How is this possible? Prince Zhou had yet to become a vassal and had no land. Where is he going to plant sweet potatoes?"
"If he bought the land, where did he get so much silver? The princes themselves did not have any monthly silver.”
"Also, according to what you said, these 70,000 to 80,000 catties of sweet potatoes are hidden in a house. Then where did this house come from? A house would cost at least a few hundred taels of silver. Where did Prince Zhou get the money?"
Xu Miaoyun's questions shot out like bullets.
But how would Xu Zengshou know about this?
He wiped the sweat off his face.
"Big sister, I don't know about that. In any case, the news had spread all over the streets and alleys. The news shouldn't be wrong."
……
Yingtian Prefecture's Taihe Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang had been staring at the 100 exquisite boxes for several hours.
He didn't eat or drink, as if he was possessed.
The 100 small boxes were all made of hard materials.
There were also a few exquisite locks on it.
Without the key, it couldn't be opened.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already ordered people to use various methods to open these small boxes.
It was all futile.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang even more curious about what was inside.
That's right.
These small boxes were found in the house where the sweet potatoes were found.
At that time, Zhu Biao was also present.
The two of them studied it for a long time, but they didn't know what the box was for.
Each box was about two bundles long, one bundle tall, and two bundles wide.
There were even golden lines carved on it, making it look luxurious and exquisite.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this was not a common object.
"Boss. What is your father doing in the main hall? I haven't eaten anything for a day."
Empress Ma's voice came before she even arrived.
Zhu Biao was standing in the main hall, accompanying his father as he pondered for several hours.
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