Chapter VII Food Shortage
Guo Wenying laughed enough outside the tent before sneaking back to his tent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
As soon as he entered the door, he asked Yunmo to boil the bath water, changed his clothes and wanted to take a good bath.
After a few days of climbing in the valley, my body smelled rancid.
Yunmo is a scholar who serves her, and he is twelve years old this year, and he is very smart and clever. This child was brought out by Feng Jingting from the Kyoto Palace, and the slave born by the family was specially sent to serve her.
In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Feng Jingting has always been very tolerant of her, not only letting her live in a separate tent, but also having a special person to serve, which is something that other generals in the army can't enjoy.
She had a total of two scholars, the previous one was named Yunyan, and she followed her at the age of twelve, and after two or three years with Feng Jingting, she sent people away, and then chose this Yunmo, who was just sent from the palace this year.
Feng Jingting's criteria for selecting people for her are very high, she must be coarse and ink-wise, she must be meticulous, flexible, smart and clever, and the most important thing is that she must only be eleven or twelve years old, too big or too small. If such a person is not specially cultivated, it is really difficult to find.
"My lord, the water is ready. Yunmo poured buckets of hot water into the bathtub, arranged the soap corner and two clean towels, and then withdrew.
There is no need for her to remind her, Yunmo never waits for her to dress and bathe, and never gets close to her, just greet him when necessary, and generally never stay in her tent.
Guo Wenying is very satisfied with this, if Feng Jingting is still a little better, I am afraid that all of them will now be sent by him to her scholar and a few personal guards. At least they are there, and it is convenient to go out of the camp to fight and to be in the camp.
After taking a bath, I gently wiped my hair with a dry towel, and before I tied my hair bun, I heard Yunmo outside reply: "My lord, Captain Lu is here." ”
Without waiting for Guo Wenying to respond, Lu Weixin had already strode in.
Guo Wenying has a rule here, those who come must return the courtesy, and no matter how high or low the official rank is, they are not allowed to trespass. This rule was even very abided by by Feng Jingting, even if Yunmo was not there, he politely asked outside, "Wenying, can I go in?"
It's just that this Captain Lu doesn't take the rules seriously, every time Guo Wenying asks him, he is justified and said: "I am your nephew, they are all my own family, and my nephew comes to my uncle, do you still need to be so polite?"
Guo Wenying was choked every time, and after many times, he sternly told Yunmo to be optimistic about Lu Weixin, and when he walked ten zhang away, he began to report it, otherwise he would beat the stick and knock it out.
Obviously, this time is not bad, at least the report is over. Taking a deep breath, he threw the wet towel in his hand far away from the table, and rolled his eyes at the handsome young man who had just walked in the door.
"You just parted with me half an hour ago, what's the matter?"
Lu Weixin grinned, "It's nothing, I'm looking for you to order something to eat." ”
She was angry, "Where do I have food here, why don't you go to the kitchen to find Hu Datou, what are you doing here?"
Lu Weixin smiled, "You don't know that Hu Datou is slamming the door, it's early to eat at this time, there are only dry steamed buns in the kitchen, not even pickles, we have been hungry for several days, who is impatient to eat that." Who in the entire Northwest Camp doesn't know that Hu Datou only buys your face, and if you don't have good food, others can only drink the northwest wind. "It just so happens that in the northwest, the northwest wind is enough.
Guo Wenying thought about it, it was not easy for the brothers to go out, and they always had to add some food. He said, "You wait for me for a while, and I'll pack up and go out with you." ”
Lu Weixin smiled and stood aside to watch her take care of her hair, she had just taken a shower, her hair was wet and dripping with water droplets, and a few drops flowed through her cheeks, adding a bit of luster to her already crystal face, the watery eyes and smooth chin were really good-looking.
The bath water has not yet been emptied, and there is a smell of soaphorn in the tent, and there is an unknown aroma, faint, full of fragrance, which makes people feel the blood heat when they smell it, and it seems that their faces and bodies are as hot as steam.
Guo Wenying combed her hair, put on her hat for fear of catching a cold, and when she turned around, she saw Lu Weixin staring at her with a flushed face, and couldn't help frowning, "What are you looking at? ”
Lu Weixin let out an "oh", muttered without knowing what to answer, watched her stride, and hurriedly followed behind. I couldn't help but think, what was that nice smell just now?
It was also a coincidence, not long after turning the camp tent and walking out, I saw the head of the military kitchen, Hu Datou, running over with a big head, holding two chicken eggs in his left and right hands, and shouted before the person approached, "Lord Quartermaster, how about making you a bowl of tender egg custard with the chicken eggs you just harvested?"
Lu Weixin laughed, "Look, I also said that this beard is not partial, I just asked him if he had anything to eat, so he threw me two dried steamed buns, and you will have egg custard here." ”
Guo Wenying ignored him, and only said to Hu Datou: "Are these just a few chicken eggs?" She is the quartermaster of the Northwest Battalion, and the materials in the camp must be sent and received by her hands, and the kitchen is also in charge, and it is normal for Hu Datou to scold her.
These words pierced Hu Datou's nerves, and he immediately cried with a sad face, "My lord, it's not that you don't know, Jingli Tobu, The turtle grandsons of the Ministry of War regard our Northwest Army as a stepmother, every time the military rations are not enough, it is good to have a five or six CD, which is also mixed with sand, there are not many other things in our northwest border village, there are many stones in the mother's house, stones are blown in the wind, stones are mixed in the rice, and his mother is not full, this time the military food has not arrived, many brothers have been half full for a few days, if it were not for General Lu's order to give the soldiers of the battalion to get some food, not even steamed buns. ”
Guo Wenying was silent, she knew best what the situation was in the camp, counting how many days she had gone out, and the military rations distributed by the military department should have arrived, but she didn't expect that there was no letter at all. These turtle sons in the capital, who raise themselves with fat heads and big ears all day long, treat their low-level officers and soldiers as inappropriate, and they are really not fucking things.
"You steam the egg custard first, and I'll go to the prince when I go back, it's time to knock those people. ”
Hu Datou responded, shook his big head and ran away, and heard Guo Wenying shouting: "Don't forget to add two drops of sesame oil." ”
Hu Datou smiled, and waved two eggs in the air with his left hand, which means 'Look!'.
Lu Weixin looked at his back running away with his big head, and asked in a low voice, "Is there a shortage of food in the camp?"
"yes. Guo Wenying frowned, she is really not good as a quartermaster, not only does the military department withhold food and grass, but also often does not give enough weapons, armor, and war horses, which makes her often self-destruct her image and scold her mother. If self-destructing image can solve the problem, she doesn't mind, the problem is that no matter how she scolds, those turtle grandchildren in Beijing can't hear it.
Why was the imperial court so mean to the Northwest Army?
Although Feng Jingting never said it, she also guessed that it was mostly a struggle between brothers.
The old emperor had six sons, and although he was the crown prince, the brothers below were not convinced, and they trampled on each other, making a fuss. Feng Jingting, as the fourth son of the emperor, is not up or down, and is not favored, but he is in charge of the military power of the 200,000 army, which brother can rest assured that such a person can be put away? If you don't want to rectify him, you are sorry for the fate that crawled out from under the crotch of a father.
The second prince is in charge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, the third prince is in charge of the Ministry of Households, the fifth prince is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the prince is in charge of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment, and he is also in charge of the country.