Top-notch Little Horseman

Hong Chengye was reviewing the documents, plotting how he could bring Liang Kun down.

Just then, Uncle Lao Gen stumbled in, looking anxious, and breathlessly recounted what he had heard.

Upon hearing Uncle Lao Gen's words, Hong Chengye nearly dropped the documents in his hands.

If Ye Chen dies, then he will lack a capable assistant to bring down Liang Kun, making it even more difficult.

No, he had to stop Liang Kun before he made a move; he couldn't let anything happen to Ye Chen.

He immediately put on his coat, grabbed the waist token on the table, and a half-meter-long precious sword.

Just as he was about to reach for the horse, he suddenly heard the sound of rapid hoofbeats outside.

It wasn't just one horse, it was several; it looked like a cavalry squad!

The sound of horses' hooves was fast and urgent, and in the blink of an eye they entered the horse camp and arrived at the square.

"Chief of Ma Camp, where is Liang Kun?!"

A loud voice boomed across the square.

Hong Chengye immediately went to meet them and saw ten knights in the square, who had already reined in their horses.

The leader was a young officer who looked to be about twenty-seven years old, and he was holding up a bronze plaque.

This man was Luo Kai. Just over ten minutes after Liang Kun left, he arrived at the Third Horse Camp with his cavalry squad.

Hong Chengye's heart skipped a beat. He quickly straightened his clothes, strode forward, and bowed respectfully.

"These generals, I am Hong Chengye, the deputy commander of the Third Cavalry Battalion. Commander Liang, Lord Liang Kun, has just gone out."

"Out?" Luo Kai frowned and demanded, "Where did you go?"

"Lord Liang Kun... led his men to Huangchen Pass. There was a horse herder named Ye Chen in the horse camp who was sent there to form a cavalry squad..."

"Ye Chen?" Luo Kai's eyes lit up. "This general is looking for Ye Chen. Where is Huangchen Pass located...?"

He paused, as if he had thought of something, then widened his eyes and said...

"What did you say? Desolate Dust Pass! That abandoned pass?"

"Nonsense! There are large numbers of refugees causing trouble over there. Isn't sending him to his death?"

He reined in his horse and stood up, waving his hand and shouting, "Let's go to Desolate Dust Pass!"

"drive!"

Ten warhorses galloped wildly toward the desolate pass.

Hong Chengye watched the cavalry squad drive away. Since this general had come looking for Ye Chen, it wouldn't be so easy for Liang Kun to make a move against Ye Chen.

Just as Hong Chengye was about to return to the house, he heard the sound of horses' hooves again.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Baiquan arrived with two light cavalrymen, reining in his horse and stopping in front of Hong Chengye.

Chen Baiquan reined in his horse and abruptly asked, "Where's Ye Chen?"

General Chen?

He also came looking for Ye Chen!

Hong Chengye's mind raced. He quickly stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Chen Baiquan, and said, "General Chen, please save Ye Chen!"

"What happened?" Chen Baiquan frowned, looking at Hong Chengye and asking, "What exactly happened? Explain yourself!"

Hong Chengye gritted his teeth. Since Chen Baiquan had come, he decided to take a gamble.

Having made his decision, he recounted how Liang Kun had sent Ye Chen to Huangchen Pass and had found someone to impersonate a refugee in order to attack Ye Chen at noon that day.

Upon hearing this, Chen Baiquan's face immediately turned gloomy, as if a storm was about to break.

"Outrageous! You good-for-nothing Liang Kun, you've used your tools and then discarded them!" Chen Baiquan roared at Hong Chengye.

"Quickly, lead the way. This general wants to see how Liang Kun will get out of this mess!"

Hong Chengye responded and immediately ordered someone to bring over a horse, which then led the way.

He was riding his horse, and his hands, which were holding the reins, were trembling slightly.

It wasn't because he was nervous, but because he made the right bet!

This was a golden opportunity to bring down Liang Kun; he truly hadn't expected it to come so suddenly.

A strange scene unfolded on the official road leading to Huangchen Pass.

At the front were Liang Kun and his group, who were leisurely making their way towards Huangchen Pass.

Liang Kun was in a good mood and chatted and laughed all the way.

About ten miles behind them, Luo Kai led his cavalry squad at full gallop.

Luo Kai had only one thought in his mind: he had to bring the man back to General Yun alive!

Seven or eight miles further on, Hong Chengye led the way, while Chen Baiquan followed with two light cavalrymen galloping behind.

Three groups of people, each with their own agenda, are heading in the same direction along the same dirt road!

……

Desolate Dust Pass.

Just as dawn broke, Ayu and his group of men arrived carrying their weapons.

Liang Biao was perched on the top of the wall, building crenellations. When he saw them coming, he grinned and shouted, "You're here!"

He lowered his head again as he spoke and continued to work diligently.

The gap in the courtyard wall was repaired yesterday, and today he is raising the top of the wall.

At the original height of Huangchen Pass, an adult could reach it by standing on tiptoe.

More than twenty people, each busy with their own tasks, were having a great time.

The wall quickly grew from shoulder height to nearly a person's height, making it impossible to see the official road from inside the courtyard; one could only see the distant loess plateau through the crenellations.

Liang Zhichao was making door panels in the yard. He split the trunks of the two withered elm trees he had cut down yesterday into four two-finger-thick planks and trimmed the edges with a knife.

If there are no nails, chisel out mortises and drive in wooden wedges to fit.

Qin Mengyao was busy at the stove. Everyone was doing hard labor, which must have been very tiring. Today she planned to cook a big pot.

She wore a quiet contentment on her face, occasionally glancing up at the men building the wall.

At this moment, Ye Chen was not in the courtyard; he was on a piece of wasteland about a few hundred meters north of Huangchen Pass.

This place, located between the official road and the hillside, covers about two or three acres and is covered with withered grass and scattered shrubs.

Ye Chen carried a hoe, turned over a few spots, squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil.

He crushed it in his palm, then examined it carefully, as if scattering sand in the wind.

Of this, 70% is loess and 30% is sand.

Pure loess is too sticky and easily hardens after watering; pure sandy soil is too loose and cannot retain water and fertilizer.

The soil is 70% loess and 30% sand. Although wheat cannot be grown there, some drought-resistant foods can be grown.

He's a special forces soldier, so he naturally knows a lot about these things, since it's clearly written in the agricultural university textbooks!

He walked to the spring and looked down in the direction of the water flow.

Spring water seeped out from the cracks in the rocks, gathering into a small puddle below. The overflowing water flowed down the hillside, seeping into the loess soil before leaving a darker wet trail on the ground.

Ye Chen followed the wet trail and walked around it, getting a general idea of ​​what was going on.

If you dig a shallow ditch along the wet marks and bring the spring water to the edge of the wasteland, you won't have to carry buckets of water to irrigate the land.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, famine was rampant everywhere, mainly due to a lack of high-yield grains.

If we could find potatoes or sweet potatoes, the food problem could be solved.

Potato tubers are underground and not afraid of wind and sand. As long as they are watered two or three times during the growing season, they can be harvested.

But where can we find these seeds?

If we can find these grain seeds, then we can solve the food problem.