The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

"Grandma Chun, Shitou." Mao Dan ran out with a grain sack in his hand.

Seeing him coming out, Shi Shi waved to him: "Hurry up, Maodan, we have to queue up early, there is a lot of food distributed today, and we don't know when it will be our turn."

Aunt Chun took the sack from Maodan's hand and put it in her back basket, and asked, "Maodan, have you eaten in the morning?"

Maodan nodded obediently: "I have eaten, thank you Grandma Chun for your concern."

Aunt Chun was relieved, "It's good to eat. We don't know how long we will queue up today. I'm afraid you will be hungry if you don't eat."

Mao Dan patted his stomach, "I'm full."

In fact, it's just full of water, as long as you don't starve to death in this year.

When the three met familiar people on the road, they smiled and said hello, and when they left the alley, there were more people on the street.

Shi Shi looked around, pulled Aunt Chun's hand and said, "Grandma, you see that there are a lot more yamen servants and officers and soldiers patrolling the street today, is it because of the food distribution?"

Aunt Chun looked at the patrolling teams, feeling both excited and a little uneasy. She was excited because the government paid attention to the safety of lower-class people like them; she was uneasy because she was afraid that Xiaoxiao would rob them of the food they received.

"Probably because they are afraid that someone will take advantage of the chaos and commit crimes."

The last time the food was distributed, some people's homes were stolen at night. It can be seen that the government has also received the news, and this time the food distribution has been prepared.

Aunt Chun looked down at Mao Dan who was holding her clothes tightly, and said: "Mao Dan, when you get the food back, don't put the food in one place, hide it in a separate place, so as not to be stolen."

A single child lives alone in a small courtyard. If a ruffian really knows about his situation, he may be plotting against him!
Mao Dan glanced at the patrolling officers and soldiers, and replied, "Grandma Chun, I will pay attention!"

Besides, the rebel Chi Zhongjun who escaped from Shengtian and more than 100 people, after they confirmed that the imperial soldiers and horses would not chase after him, his deputy looked back and said, "Boss, you said that the imperial soldiers and horses really let go like this!" Passed us? Isn't he afraid of being held accountable by the higher ups?"

Chi Zhongjun reined in his horse and looked back at the way he came. "Maybe he has a countermeasure. Besides, we have a lot of food left behind. At least he can go to the higher authorities."

The leader stopped, and the other rebels also stopped to take a breath. Seeing that everyone was out of breath, Chi Zhongjun simply asked everyone to rest where they were.

Sitting in the woods on the small hillside, the trees blocked part of the falling snow. The snow on the ground of the woods was not as thick as outside. We leaned on the tree trunks to relax, but we didn’t feel much comfortable. The main reason was that we were blown by the north wind. cold.

I was sweating while running, and when I stopped to rest, I was blown cold by the north wind.

"Boss, let's walk slowly, the wind will kill us if we stop here," the deputy suggested.

Chi Zhongjun looked at his brothers whose lips were pale from the cold, and nodded helplessly, "Then let's go slowly, everyone."

Since they robbed the food, their dry food has been supplemented, but now they are in the wild, and their dry food will always be exhausted one day.

In any case, they had to find the main force before the rations ran out.

"Boss, where do you think the general is now? I don't know if they have found any food?"

"The general is going in the direction of Fengxian County. We can only go to Fengxian County now. I hope we will be lucky enough to meet the general and the others." Chi Zhongjun prayed in his heart.

Otherwise, they would have no food and no military strength, and if they encountered the enemy again, then their entire army would be wiped out.

The deputy felt cold and hungry, and then remembered what Zhu Wei said, "Boss, is what the general said about the imperial troops true? Is it true that the imperial troops are now paid full military pay every month and are well-equipped with weapons and equipment?"

Chi Zhongjun led the horse and walked ahead. Hearing what his deputy said, his brows did not relax. He looked back at the brothers who were following behind him. Their clothes were worn out and did not keep warm.

"You have eyes. When the two armies were at war, you should have noticed that their military uniforms are all brand new and filled with enough cotton. They should be very warm!"

The deputy squeezed his stiff cotton jacket, and said enviously: "If the general can be like the court soldiers and horses, give us new military uniforms."

Thinking about how the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are fat and strong, whether they are human or horses, I really envy the dead!

Not to mention the ordnance. When they fought against the imperial soldiers and horses, many brothers' knives were crippled by the imperial officers and soldiers' knives, and they cut on the officers and soldiers as if they were chopped on a copper wall. The ordnance equipped by the imperial court So good.

Thinking of this, the deputy couldn't help but sighed: "I just don't know how long we have to wait until we are so well equipped?"

Chi Zhongjun looked down at his already opened shoes, and sighed in his heart, he didn't know what year and month it would be, maybe he couldn't wait for it in his life?

Only their own people know the internal affairs of the rebel army best. Their team has lost their original intention and forgotten their original intention.

Relying on one day's dry food, the team of a hundred people survived until three days later, and found the main force of the rebel army in Yuzhou.

Zhenghe looked at Chi Zhongjun and others who were in a panic, and said coldly: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Chi Zhongjun talked about his team's experience, and finally said: "Our base camp in northern Henan has been occupied by imperial soldiers, and my team is not the first to be attacked, nor will it be the last to be attacked. Yes, the imperial court obviously wants to destroy our troops one by one, so the general should quickly order the remaining troops to search for food and go to Feng County."

If you still go to the base camp, it is tantamount to throwing yourself into a trap.

No one from that team had escaped before, so the imperial army recovered the base camp in Deng County, but no news reached Zhenghe's ears, and the rebels didn't know that the base camp had been taken until now.

Zhenghe got the news, without much hesitation, he issued a military order to order all the teams that had dispersed to collect food to rush to Feng County as soon as possible.

Because Zhenghe guessed that the imperial troops would continue to march towards northern Henan, but...
"It's icy and snowy outside, Chi Gueran, do you know how they got to Deng County?"

Chi Zhongjun shook his head: "This subordinate was ambushed by imperial soldiers and horses before he arrived in Deng County. What is the specific situation in the county town? I am ashamed that I have not found any specific and useful information."

One of Zhenghe's lieutenants snorted coldly after hearing his words: "Chi Guerrilla led at least 500 brothers. Even if you encounter imperial soldiers and horses, you should be able to save your life if you lose food, right? And how did you Commander, how did you become a general? Let % of your brothers lose their lives, but you escaped back safe and sound, what should you do for this?"

Chi Zhongjun gritted his teeth and did not refute, because he felt ashamed of the brother who lost his life.

He knelt down to Zhenghe: "This subordinate has neglected his duty, please punish him!"

Zhenghe glanced at the deputy general, and said with a cold face to Chi Zhongjun who was kneeling at his head: "This matter will be settled later. The most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the pursuit of the imperial soldiers and horses. I think they can survive in the harsh conditions of ice and snow." After running hundreds of miles to reach Deng County, we can naturally attack Feng County when we are unprepared."

The lieutenant general glared at Chi Zhongjun, and replied: "The most important thing we should do now is to tighten up our troops and spread out the scouts to prevent surprise attacks by the court soldiers and horses."

Chi Zhongjun clasped his fists upwards and said, "General, gathering troops is just one of them. We didn't expect the court soldiers to make a surprise attack, and I believe the Jizhou soldiers and horses didn't expect it either. If the court soldiers and horses really came after us, we might as well use the strength of the whole army." Breaking through the defense line of Jizhou soldiers and horses, he fled into the territory of Jizhou. Jizhou has a vast territory, but it is the land of Yanzhao.

As long as we break through the defense line of Jizhou soldiers and horses, it is like a fish entering the sea, and the imperial court soldiers and horses can't do anything to us for a while! "

After hearing his words, Zhenghe felt that his eyes were bright, and the frowning face before had disappeared in a blink of an eye.

He said excitedly: "This plan is very good! The most important thing is that Jizhou is adjacent to Yanzhou. We really don't want to stay in Jizhou. We will retreat to Yanzhou when we get a lot of money and food!"

I believe that if he transported countless money and grain back to Yanzhou, the general would also give him a lighter punishment for the loss of land.

The lieutenant general also had no objection to this decision. The land in Yuzhou had already been dug up by them, and there was nothing more to be squeezed out.

But Jizhou gave him hope. He hoped that when he went to Jizhou, his brothers would have enough to eat, and it would not be like in Yuzhou, where everyone was hungry and full, and the body couldn't bear it.

Deng County.

With the distribution of food, the life of the people in the county has basically returned to normal. Due to the vigorous rectification by the government and the army, the law and order in the county has also been greatly improved.

The rebels stayed in Deng County for such a long time, and all the bandits in the territory ran away with the rebels.

It can be said that the law and order in Deng County is now so clean for the first time in hundreds of years.

During her stay in Deng County, Xia Jing checked the land property registration and household registration in Deng County. The situation in Deng County is similar to that in other places. They all need to reform the registration and clean it up vigorously, so that Deng County can truly be restored.

It's just that now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, it's a bit unrealistic to re-measure the land and make a book. The population survey is only done in the county, and the surrounding areas still have to wait for the spring to bloom.

Their team can't keep chasing the rebels with the skill of skiing, let alone stay too far away from the main force.

If it is too far away from the main force, if there is any special situation, the follow-up troops will not be able to rescue in time.

The bored Xia Jing stayed in the backyard of the county office, thinking of some delicious food to reward herself all day long.

"Mother, what kind of food are you going to cook today?"

As soon as it was time for dinner, Li Chengmu came to report on time.

Xia Jing leaned on the soft couch with a small blanket on her body. After hearing Li Chengmu's voice, she turned to look at him, yawned and asked, "Why did you come here so early?"

Li Chengmu glanced at the hourglass next to him, and said to Ye Fei: "Ye Fei, tell the queen mother, what time is it now?"

Before Xia Jing looked over, Ye Fei replied, "It's still a quarter of an hour before noon."

Xia Jing rubbed her face to wake herself up, "It's so late?"

Li Chengmu came up to her and said, "Mother, what delicious food are you going to make today? Anyway, the cook has already sent it over. Whatever you want to eat, just ask the cook to make it."

Xia Jing gave him a blank look: "Since that's the case, why don't you just go and tell the cook what you want to eat, and let her make it for you."

Li Chengmu chuckled, and leaned forward to help Xia Jing beat her shoulders: "How can this be the same, I asked you because I didn't know what tastes good, let me choose, I have eaten those. What's more, I can not only taste the food you chose, but also accompany you to eat with my mother, the crowd is so lively, and the food tastes good."

Xia Jing couldn't help laughing, this kid is not paying for his life, and now his mouth is getting more and more oily.

"It's so cold today and there are no ingredients, it's hard for the cook to show her cooking skills."

In this era, cattle cannot be slaughtered at will, and mutton, pigs, ducks, chickens and geese have long been eaten.

What's more, the disaster year has just passed one year, and it is temporarily impossible to resume production in various places in this year. Who has the leisure time to raise poultry and livestock.

It is very difficult to buy poultry and livestock at this time!

In short, in a word, it is not easy to eat meat in this era.

Vegetables, except for the cabbage, radishes and melons stored by the common people, there are really no other vegetables.

The little green leafy vegetables Xia Jing had managed to get were so small that even she and Xiao Wu couldn't supply them.

Under such conditions, it is difficult for the cook to think about cooking delicacies for them every day.

Li Chengmu's face collapsed, "Then what shall we have for lunch today? You can't eat the sauerkraut pickled by the cook!"

Speaking of sauerkraut, Li Chengmu felt sour water in his mouth. It is okay to eat a little sauerkraut once in a while, but if you eat too much, your stomach will feel acid reflux.

Xia Jing had been sitting in the backyard for the past few days and hadn't moved much. She felt uncomfortable all over. This guy's massage was just right and it was really comfortable.

"You boy, don't look down on sauerkraut. If the sauerkraut is well pickled, it will taste as good as it is made."

"Sauerkraut fish, sauerkraut boiled white meat, sauerkraut stewed vermicelli, etc., are all very delicious. The more you eat, the more you want to eat them, and you can't stop eating them!"

Li Chengmu was not optimistic about sauerkraut at first, but when Xia Jing said this, he immediately became interested.

"Mother, I can't get fish in winter, but people can get meat. How about we have sauerkraut stewed white meat for lunch?"

Stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut, he didn't know what vermicelli was, so he ate stewed white meat with sauerkraut for the time being, until he figured out what vermicelli was next time.

Meat is not very attractive to Xia Jing, but she hasn't eaten fish for a long time, and the water system is not polluted in this era. The fish in the rivers and lakes are real wild fish, and they are delicious, which is incomparable to the artificially farmed aquatic products later. of.

"Who said you can't get fish if you want to eat?"

Li Chengmu was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Can the queen mother get fish?"

Xia Jing gave him a push: "Go and ask the cook to bring the lunch over, we'll find someone to get the fish early after we eat!"

Although Li Chengmu didn't know how to do it, he was obedient.

After hearing Xia Jing's words, she sighed and ran to ask the cook to deliver the meal.

Ye Fei, who was standing aside, was taken aback for a moment, and Chang Lu jumped up: "Your Highness, you can accompany your empress here, and let the servants do this kind of errands!"

Ye Fei looked at the two masters and servants who ran out, and turned around and asked, "Is there a way for the master to get the fish?"

Xia Jing squinted at him: "You underestimated it, shouldn't it be easy to fish? How can you still doubt your master?"

Ye Fei looked at Xia Jing's fresh face, and was slightly taken aback, "Subordinates dare not!"

Xia Jing snorted at him: "Duplicity!"

From an angle that Xia Jing couldn't see, Ye Fei slowly raised his hand to cover his chest, and asked himself: Is he really duplicity?
If not, why would his chest beat too fast due to guilty conscience?
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