Chapter 71: You Deserve This
Leaving the warehouse, Cao Shuo said to Xun You: "Fortunately, Xun Gong helped, otherwise I might not be able to get supplies." ”
"White cloth is not enough, is it really okay to use white ash?" Xun You asked.
"Five or six pieces of cloth, six or seven hundred people, it's almost the same as making hats." Cao Shuo said: "I really didn't expect that the shortage of materials would be to such an extent. ”
"Our army was defeated in the first battle of Wancheng." Xun You said: "When I retreated, a lot of materials were lost, and it was not easy to get these. ”
"Originally, I was going to make a white robe for each of the soldiers." Cao Shuo said: "It seems that we can only make hats for them!" ”
"What is the hat that Childe is talking about?" Xun You asked.
Cao Shuo then remembered that in this era, he really hadn't seen anyone wear a hat.
The scholars would put a crown on their hair buns, and the soldiers and common people would simply put their hair in a bun.
"It's something that you wear on your head." Cao Shuo said: "Hiding in the snow, there must be something to cover your hair." ”
Xun You nodded thoughtfully.
Cao Shuo was muttering in his heart, many things he was used to seeing were not available in this era.
To make hats for the soldiers, he had to draw and explain it himself, otherwise I really don't know what the tailor would make.
After saying goodbye to Xun You, Cao Shuo returned to the barracks with Chen Wu.
"Did you find anything when you entered the warehouse?" Cao Shuo asked.
"I'm paying attention." Chen Wu said: "If I were asked to steal, I wouldn't choose here." ”
"You haven't even been to the warehouses, how do you know if there's nothing?"
"You don't have to go in to see it." Chen Wu said: "The guards of the warehouse have always been very strict, and many warehouses here are unguarded, which shows that there are no important things inside. ”
"It's more reliable to come to this kind of place with you and Liu Shuang." Cao Shuo said: "If there is something, you can see it at a glance." ”
"If there is one, he refuses to give it, what is Childe going to do?" Chen Wu asked.
"What I want, is it possible that someone else can rely on it?" Cao Shuo said: "Don't say that General Li is a generous person, even if he is treacherous, I can use his noble character to influence him." ”
Chen Wu was silent.
has been with Cao Shuo for so long, and I have seen that he has used a lot of tricks.
Noble?
It doesn't seem to have anything too directly related to this second son......
"The day after tomorrow, you and Liu Shuang will take over the supplies." Cao Shuo said: "I will draw a picture tonight, and after receiving the white cloth, I will find a tailor to make 500 hats according to the picture." ”
Chen Wu responded, and Cao Shuo took him to the barracks again.
The soldiers had been practicing all morning and were sitting on the school grounds eating.
When Cao Shuo arrived, six or seven hundred people stood up one after another.
"What did you eat?" Cao Shuo said with a smile: "It's better to be in time than to be in a hurry, and bring me a bowl too." ”
The soldiers held the bowls, and their faces were embarrassed.
Cai Ji leaned up and whispered: "This thing is not eaten by the child......"
Glancing at him, Cao Shuo took the bowl from a soldier's hand.
The food in the bowl made his face change suddenly.
There were not many grains of grain in the soldier's bowl at all.
The bowl is full of bran wild vegetables, and the few grains of corn are like jewels dotted in the rice, which looks unusually blinking.
"How long have you been eating this?" Cao Shuo asked.
"I've been eating since I came to Wuyin." Cao Jun, who was taken by him, lowered his head and said.
"Bring me a bowl too." Cao Shuo said.
"Childe ......" Cai Ji still wanted to persuade again.
"What? Can the soldiers eat it, but I can't eat it? Look down on me? Cao Shuo asked.
"Childe, this thing is really inedible." A veteran also persuaded: "We have rough skin and thick meat, and even our stomachs have been polished, not as delicate as Gongzi." ”
Cao Shuo smiled at the veteran and said to Cai Ji: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Give me a bowl too! ”
Cai Ji had no choice but to serve him a bowl.
Six or seven hundred people held bowls, all of them looked at Cao Shuo, and none of them stuffed food into their mouths again.
Taking the bowl handed by Cai Ji, Cao Shuo really couldn't understand how the soldiers swallowed it.
The bran and wild vegetables are boiled together, the soup is watered, and the pigs may not eat it if they are fed.
Scooping up a wild vegetable, Cao Shuo put it in his mouth and chewed it.
"Childe ......" Cai Ji called him, and he was a little choked.
"It's okay, I can swallow it." After another bite of bran, Cao Shuo said to the soldiers: "What are you doing in a daze?" Don't eat it hot yet? ”
"This thing really isn't for Childe." The old soldier who spoke earlier said: "Childe, don't make us look uncomfortable!" ”
"Brother, how old are you?" Cao Shuo asked.
"Two out of thirty." The old soldier replied.
"I'm fifteen, and you're more than half my age." Cao Shuo said: "How much of this thing have you eaten after being a soldier for so long?" How many times have I eaten? ”
He stood up, held the bowl and said, "Soldiers, I only knew that people would die in battle, but I didn't know that you couldn't even eat so badly!" It's really hard for you. ”
Six or seven hundred Cao soldiers all looked at him, and the scene was quiet.
"I am your commander and your comrade." Cao Shuo said: "On the battlefield, we will give each other's backs to each other!" Since we are comrades and brothers, I can eat what you can eat! ”
After being a soldier for so many years, no general has ever said that he is a comrade or a brother with a soldier, and Cao Jun who was present was all stunned.
"From today on, as long as I can't get out of the way, I will eat in the barracks every day." Cao Shuo said: "I will eat whatever you eat!" You guys eat poorly, that's because I Cao Shuo has no ability! I can't even raise my own soldiers, so how can I be your commander? The commander who has no ability should eat this kind of thing! ”
"Childe, we're used to it." Another veteran said, "How can this kind of thing make Childe eat every day?" ”
"One soldier bears, one bear!" Cao Shuo said: "Since I am your commander, I can't let you always be like today!" ”
Raising the bowl high, Cao Shuo shouted: "Today we are here to eat bran vegetables, I, Cao Shuo, promise that it will not be long before I will still be in this place, and I will eat meat and drink wine with you in a big bowl!" ”
"Eat!" Putting down the bowl, Cao Shuo ate it in a big gulp.
The soldiers of the Cao army present also bowed their heads and ate one after another.
At the moment, their feelings are mixed.
Cao Ang used to be good to them, but he never treated them as Tongze and brothers like Cao Shuo, let alone like Cao Shuo, holding a bowl and eating the same thing with them!
There will always be a gap between the commander and the soldier!
A veteran took two bites with a bowl in his hand, his eyes were red and shouted: "Childe treats us as human beings, should we give our lives to Childe?" ”
"Born for Childe! Die for Childe! Six or seven hundred people shouted in unison.
"It's not for me, it's for the Han Society." Cao Shuo shouted: "Born as a Hanshi!" Die as a ghost! Dine! ”