Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

Moreover, the more he looked at the crocodile meat, the more craving it became.

His intuition told him that what the princess left behind must be something good. With that in mind, he propped himself up and slowly moved to Ji Yunshu's side.

"Your Highness, I see you have a lot of crocodile meat. May I ask for some? To be honest, we've almost run out of our dry rations, and we're completely out of food now."

"Look, if you have extra crocodile meat, could you spare some for us? Don't worry, we won't take it for free. We have some silver here, consider it as us buying it from you."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "However, we are just lowly officials with meager salaries and little money left. Although we have some silver, it is not much. We hope that Your Highness will give us a friendly price."

He put it very nicely; this was the best way he could think of to get crocodile meat from Ji Yunshu.

Since Ji Yunshu killed these crocodiles, it's naturally up to her to decide how to deal with them.

If the princess is willing to sell them to them at a lower price, they can afford some; if the princess is not willing, they cannot afford them.

Ji Yunshu raised an eyebrow, somewhat disbelieving.

"You mean, you also want this crocodile meat?"

Their disgust and fear just now didn't seem like acting.

"Yes, yes, Your Highness, it's absolutely true, we really want it! We still have a long way to go, and we don't know when we'll reach our destination. We'd like to stock up on some dry food in case we need it."

Ji Yunshu lowered her eyes and glanced at the crocodiles lying haphazardly on the ground. Each one was enormous, larger than an adult human.

The people in the royal palace really couldn't eat that much meat, and it would be a bit troublesome to prepare it.

Since Ling Yun and the others want it, then give it to them; sell as many as you can.

"Alright, since you want some too, take whatever you want. We can't eat that much anyway. As for the money, just give me whatever you have, even if it's just a token."

Ling Yun is a good person. He doesn't think about taking advantage of others or getting something for nothing. He's already ahead of most people in terms of using money to buy things.

Ling Yun was overjoyed and quickly nodded, "Thank you, Your Highness. I'll go back right away and have everyone raise the money to send to you!"

Ji Yunshu nodded slightly, and Ling Yun didn't say anything more. He turned around and went back to discuss with the officials. Each of them contributed some silver and sent it to Ji Yunshu.

Ji Yunshu didn't even glance at how much silver Ling Yun had collected, casually stuffing it into her sleeve and giving a brief instruction to Xie Lin, who was standing not far away.

"Xie Lin, Ling Yun and the others also want some crocodile meat. We don't need that much anyway, so just give them as much of the rest as they want."

Upon hearing this, the other officers couldn't hide their smiles and excitedly ran towards Sherlin, imitating him as they began processing the crocodile meat.

In this desolate wilderness, they do indeed need some meat to sustain them.

Watching them process the crocodile meat with such enthusiasm, the villagers hesitated.

After thinking it over, Zhang Lizheng led everyone to collect some valuables and send them to Ji Yunshu.

"Your Highness, these are some valuable items that everyone contributed; please accept them. Everyone would like to try some crocodile meat as well; what do you think?"

Zhang Lizheng's voice was a little soft. There were too many of them, and to ask Ji Yunshu for crocodile meat for such a small amount of valuable stuff, he was honestly a little embarrassed.

They used to think that crocodile meat was inedible, but now it seems that being able to eat some meat at all is already a good thing, and they can't be picky.

They are now homeless and can only wander and drift along the way, so food is very important to them.

Since the princess said that crocodile meat is edible, it must be edible. No matter how much, they should get some and carry it with them. It might save their lives in a critical moment.

But the things he had in his hands were really not worth much money. His face turned red, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Ji Yunshu.

Ji Yunshu smiled faintly, said nothing more, pushed the valuables back from Zhang Lizheng's hand, and whispered in his ear,

"Zhang Lizheng, if you want to eat crocodile meat, then go and get it yourselves. There's so much that we can't finish it all ourselves. Get as much as you want."

By the way, you can make a lot of this. After smoking and drying, it can be stored for a long time without spoiling.

It's also very convenient to carry around.

You can also make more meat jerky, and when we get to the city, we'll find a way to sell it and get some silver to carry with us. As for the silver you gave me, we don't need it; you'll still have some use for it.

"If you really want to repay me, just buy me some good food after you sell the crocodile jerky and get the money."

Zhang Lizheng felt a lump in his throat and his eyes reddened.

"Your Highness, how can this be? You worked so hard to hunt those crocodiles, we can't just take advantage of them for nothing." As he spoke, he pushed the little bit of silver in his hand over.

Ji Yunshu didn't say anything more to him, and simply put the silver back into Zhang Lizheng's pocket.

"Zhang Lizheng, let's not talk about this anymore. You should take everyone there first. It will take a lot of time to deal with these crocodiles. Once we've dealt with them and marinated them, we can set off and try to find a place where we can all settle down as soon as possible."

It's not a good solution for so many people to keep wandering the streets.

She remembered that on the map Xie Moyao drew for her, after crossing the mountain in front of them and walking several dozen kilometers, there would be a relatively flat area.

People used to live there, but so many years have passed, and I don't know if anyone still lives there.

Without concrete information, he didn't want to tell Zhang Lizheng and the villagers about it, lest they be disappointed.

Zhang Lizheng nodded repeatedly, wiping away his tears. "Yes, yes, I understand. I'll go tell everyone right away. Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"

Just then, Xie Lin also walked towards the two of them, and Zhang Li tactfully stepped back.

He went back and told everyone what Ji Yunshu had said. The villagers thanked Ji Yunshu again and then took out their own tools and tried to clean the crocodile meat.

Xie Lin then approached Ji Yunshu, carrying a package.

"Your Highness, here, these are the hidden weapons you asked me to make. I've dug them out of all the crocodiles."

Ji Yunshu took the bullet, nodded, and casually tossed it into her sleeve. She then recounted what had just happened to Xie Lin and asked Xie Lin to distribute the crocodile meat to everyone.

With the villagers joining in, everyone worked with great enthusiasm.

The eldest prince and his entourage looked at the scene with disgust, finding it utterly repulsive. They even ordered their men to drive the carriage further away.

After all that commotion, his carriage was almost falling apart, so he took the opportunity to have his guards repair it.

Ji Yunyao was also forced off the carriage by Chu Jinsheng.

"Ji Yunyao, I'm giving you one last chance. Quickly use your brain and draw the other half of that thing for me, or don't blame me for turning my back on you without mercy! Even if I have some feelings for you, I can't withstand your repeated teasing and trickery!"