"Hey, don't come closer, all this food is mine, you eat the military rations of the imperial court." Zhuang Rou sat on a pile of grain bags, holding a small bamboo pole in her hand, pointing at a few soldiers who had accidentally approached.

The soldiers hurriedly retreated, and the beast Yinba, who had saved the food, rushed out again to scare them.

On the ground next to the sacks sat a group of women, all of whom had been released from their cages. Maybe he was afraid that Zhuang Rou would forget them when she finished speaking, and when she heard that she was sitting here guarding the food, she all came over.

They were holding some dry food in their hands, and they were putting them in their mouths with tears in their eyes, which Zhuang Rou had heard that they had been hungry for two days and had not eaten anything.

Now Zhuang Rou is their hope, and before she settles down, these women will follow wherever she goes.

The rebels did not lack food, in addition to the military rations they brought themselves, there were also grain looted from the occupied counties and towns in Hongzhou, and many of them were prepared in advance by big families such as Song Yi in order to rebel.

Now I haven't eaten for a few days, so I let Zhuang Rou grab it all, this pile of grain like a hill is enough for Hongzhou to open up the way to the wharf.

Zhuang Rou, who was sitting on the grain bag, suddenly raised her head and looked ahead, where a person in brocade clothes appeared and was walking here with a few people.

Except for that Chu Xia, where are there still people wearing brocade clothes here.

When the people approached, Zhuang Rou stood on the grain bag and shouted at him condescendingly: "My lord, I said to help you kill Zhou Long, I did it, although I am not dead yet, but I am almost there." And the food I borrowed from you, all of which I took to pay you back, and you didn't starve them to death with those people in prison, did you? ”

Chu Xia looked up at Zhuang Rou, her smug appearance was dazzling at all times.

"I didn't starve, but if you don't come back, it's going to be soon." He smiled, "Come down, this king is tired of looking up and talking." ”

Zhuang Rou jumped down, walked to Chu Xia's side, stretched out his hand and pinched his face, and said proudly: "Then the adult will send someone to transport the grain back quickly, I'm afraid that Mo Zuo's guy will be shameless, what if he snatches a few bags of grain." ”

"It shouldn't be possible, no matter how shameless he is, it is impossible for him to do such a thing." Chu Xia said with a smile, Zhuang Rou hated Mo Zuo and he was happy.

Zhuang Rou said in disbelief: "Really, I've been watching it for a long time, and they didn't bring food with 10,000 people." Even if it's put in Huiyuwan, it's been a day to send it over, maybe you'll be cheeky to eat it. ”

"There are so many people, and the soldiers have to eat a lot to fight, and one person can eat more than ten people. And the captives can't not give a bite to eat, how much food do you have to eat in one meal! She stretched out her hand and gestured, but her hand was almost outstretched.

Chu Xia was teased by her and pressed her hand, "Okay, I'll send someone to move all the grain away immediately." ”

Zhuang Rou smiled, "Hmm." ”

In response, she grabbed Chu Xia's hand, which was thin and had no flesh at all, and felt that her hands were small.

Before she could take the opportunity to touch it twice, she was suddenly hugged away by Yinba, blocking Chu Xia with her huge body, and staring down at him.

Chu Xia looked at Yinba, whose hair was almost on his face, took two steps back speechlessly, and glared back dissatisfied.

This damn beast, what's the matter!

"Yinba, put me down." Zhuang Rou broke free, and when she saw a man and a beast in that dissatisfied confrontation, she only felt that these two guys were really interesting.

Chu Xia snorted, pretending to be a chic stroker of his hair, "Hmph, this king doesn't care about animals." ”

probably thought that this action was very good-looking, and Yinba also followed his example, brushed the hair on his forehead with his thick fingers, and snorted deeply.

"Poof!" Zhuang Rou immediately burst into laughter, covered her mouth and laughed, what is this called!

Chu Xia was so angry with Yin Ba that he couldn't get angry for a long time, you can't scold it yet, can you really care about a brute?

"Let's go, carry the grain back to the city." He commanded weakly, wondering in his heart why Zhuang Xuewen tossed this guy over, who could hurt her with Zhuang Rou's thick skin.

Zhuang Rou looked back at the women who were staring at her blankly, the two of them were standing shamelessly in broad daylight just now, pulling and pulling, and they all fell into their eyes.

The big guys are just different, they don't blush at all and their hearts don't beat, and they would have been so ashamed that they wanted to die.

"Go, you follow me into the city." Zhuang Rou called them, then followed Chu Xia and told him about his arrangements.

This kind of troublesome thing, of course, is to come up with his own idea, and the other things are arranged by the magistrate to be done by the official scribes. I just need to check the work at any time and see where there is a shortage of silver and food.

Chu Xia smiled at the corner of her mouth, listening to her as she walked, thinking that her method was good. There are so many of these women that they can be concentrated and worked, and the government will run it and then divide the money for them.

First, it can house them, and secondly, it can fill the treasury, and it can be appreciated by the people. Although decontamination is a major matter for the people, it is really impossible for ordinary people to kill their own daughters or the mothers of their children.

When you make others, you won't be soft when you watch the excitement, and your own people will be a little reluctant.

If they get a village for them to live there, they can still see it when they want to see it, and maybe one day they can figure it out and bring them home for reunion.

And for the official media, it is more convenient for so many women without men to get together. The government can also give a dowry according to the output of ordinary labor.

Just thinking about it casually, Chu Xia felt that he was afraid that he would have to have an umbrella for all people, this credit was so great, it was really low-key!

Zhuang Rou saw that he seemed to be thinking something, so she bumped him with her elbow, "My lord, what are you thinking?" ”

"Didn't I ask you to send a letter back to the capital to see what's going on over there, why did you suddenly send a large army, is my brother okay?"

Chu Xia came back to his senses, waved his hand and said, "I also received a letter this morning, your brother is fine." However, the affairs of the capital are not big or small, the emperor knelt outside the Empress Dowager's Fengxi Palace for two hours yesterday, I don't know if I got up today. ”

Zhuang Rou smiled when he heard this: "Don't worry, he is the emperor, maybe it wasn't him who knelt there at all, but he just sent a eunuch to put on his clothes and kneel there, and he rolled on the bed of the concubine." ”

"Do you have any misunderstanding about the emperor?" Chu Xia looked at her in surprise, the emperor was so absurd in her eyes?

Zhuang Rou also looked at him with wide eyes, "How could there be a misunderstanding, if he can kneel at the door of the Empress Dowager for a day and a night so idlely, he can still recruit so many concubines into the palace?" Busy? ”

"It's just that you sent a large army out to suppress the rebellion, and you need to kneel for so long?"

"......" Chu Xia patted her shoulder seriously, "Of course you need to kneel for so long, the Queen Mother has returned to heaven, and I have to ask the Queen Mother for forgiveness." ”

Actually returned to heaven?

Zhuang Rou was overjoyed, and asked openly: "The emperor killed him?" ”

"Excessive sadness." Chu Xia said softly with a smile.

"Excessive sadness?"