Chapter 16: Whispering
"My lord, I'm going to lead the team, and I'm sure to beat those Lannister bitches out of the way. Jeffs immediately pleaded.
"You're in charge of guarding Harrenhal, and I'll take the people out. Ma Shen thought about it for a while, rejected Jeffs's request, or decided to go out in person, he had the advantage of force, and it was most suitable to take people out to sneak attack the Lannister soldiers, and it just happened that the energy was gone, so he could go outside to earn some energy by the way, "I don't think there is anyone more suitable than me." ”
"But my lord, Harrenhal still wants you to be in charge of the overall situation, and it is too dangerous for you to go out!" Jeffs said with an anxious expression.
"It's okay, the Lannister army suffered a little bit on our walls before, and they won't come to attack the city again for a while, so it's okay for me to stay in the city. Ma Shen waved his hand to stop Jeffs, who was still about to say something, "That's it." ”
"Then how many people do you need to take out, sir" Seeing Ma Shen's determined expression, Jeffs knew that he couldn't change Ma Shen's mind, or that he had never changed Ma Shen's mind, so he had to compromise.
"There won't be many people I brought out this time, at most about twenty people, and any more will be discovered by those who are watching. Ma Shen said and turned his head to look at the deferential Scar Man on the side, "Loger, you go out with me, I need you." ”
"My lord, Jeffs is injured, and managing Harrenhal may be a bit difficult, so I might as well help him. The scar man had a flattering look, how safe the city is, why do you want to go outside, I don't know it's very dangerous outside.
No wonder the scar man was silent when he heard that he was going to go outside the city, it turned out that he was scared, and ignored the scar man, Ma Shen asked Jeffs, who was glaring at the scar man angrily on the side, "Jeffs, do you have a problem managing Harrenhal?"
"Absolutely. Jeffs glared at Scar Man again, and even said that he couldn't defend Harrenhal, which was obviously looking down on him.
Nodding, Ma Shen said lightly to the scar man: "Jeffs said he is fine, you go and prepare." ”
How can I leave the scar man alone in the city, at present, the scar man is also a high-level in Harrenhal, if he goes out, he directly surrenders the city, you say it's not terrifying, it's not surprising.
"Okay, my lord," Scar Man said dejectedly, wondering if he should go find a place to have a good time tonight, because he might not be able to come back this time.
"Then disperse now, Loger, you bring someone to continue to supervise, and inform me if there is a situation. Ma Shen looked outside, the troops outside the city were packing, there should be nothing to do, and he planned to go back.
There are still many things to deal with in the city, such as the problem of insufficient food, not that the food in the city has been eaten in only 2 days, but that some residents have no food storage at home, and in the two days that they were surrounded, the food was all eaten, so Ma Shen was found.
For their request, Ma Shen can only send out part of the grain storage in the inner fort first, and deal with it temporarily, but this is not a long-term solution, and he has to find a way, Ma Shen does not expect to be able to let the residents in the city who have more grain reserves have food, this kind of siege, food is life, who will hand it over.
Even if he relied on force to force the sharing, in addition to offending many people in the castle, most of the residents would not have much food in storage, who would have thought that the Lannisters would suddenly come over, and there might be such a little extra grain, which is not cost-effective at all, and Ma Shen couldn't bear to share it evenly.
Win over most of the people, hit a small number of people, this is the right way, I don't know how much grain is hidden in the grain merchants in the city, Ma Shen thought silently along the way, will let people list the addresses of the grain merchants in the city, rather than put it in the basement to mold, it is better to contribute to the residents of the city.
Two days later, in Harrenhal's only garden, the shadows of the dappled trees clearly cast on the gravel path, like a paper-cut painting in appropriate shades.
Under a tree, Ma Shen quietly closed his eyes, the power of nature in his body circulated regularly, in Ma Shen's perception, the surrounding plants seemed to have life, the grass shook his body, as if he was coquettish to himself, and the tree behind him who didn't know how old he was also exuded a joyful atmosphere, bowing his head to tell himself something.
It looks a little mysterious, how can these weeds everywhere on the road be coquettish, but Ma Shen knows that this is not an illusion, because he "sees" that small green light spots are floating out of these plants that are invisible to the naked eye, and as time passes, these small light spots slowly gather into his body, slowly improving the natural power in his body.
According to the system panel, after such two days of cultivation, the limit of the natural power in his body has reached 10 points, which has doubled, which is really gratifying.
"Thirsty ... Thirsty... Thirsty.. ”
"Got it, watering you. Hearing the call, Ma Shen was not surprised, but picked up the kettle placed beside him and stood up helplessly, he must bring some water when he goes out, otherwise he will have to run to the house to drink water once he is thirsty, and as for now, there is an extra task of watering.
Following the call, Ma Shen came to a small tree, unscrewed the lid of the kettle and poured some water on it, feeling almost, Ma Shen put away the kettle, at this time the small tree also stopped calling after watering, exuding a joyful atmosphere, and even the small green light spots emitted from the body were a little more.
It seems that he is quite suitable for the profession of gardener, Ma Shen touched his chin, and when he practiced for the first time, he was still startled by these voices, and later realized that he seemed to be able to perceive some information conveyed from plants a little.
Faced with his own ability, Ma Shen tried to communicate with these plants, but found that they didn't care about themselves at all, no matter how coercion and temptation were useless, for example, plants that lacked water would only emit thirsty information, even if Ma Shen threatened not to water them, so Ma Shen was a little disappointed in the end to judge that these plants only had simple instincts and could not interact with him.
However, even if you only have simple instincts, you have to be kind to them, because when these plants are in a happy mood, they emit a little more green light spots, which can speed up the speed of cultivation.
Therefore, the relationship between oneself and these plants is mutually reinforcing, the small light clusters emitted by the plants can enhance their natural power, and their own cultivation will also benefit the plants, for example, if you have cultivated in this position for 3 days, the surrounding plants will obviously be much more vigorous, and the old trees behind you will even bloom new shoots.
After practicing for a while, Ma Shen got up and stretched, let's practice today, it's time to train those soldiers who have picked it out and plan to take it outside the city, things will be reversed, there is no benefit in cultivating for too long, Ma Shen feels that the small ball of light that can be accommodated in the body today is almost there, in a simple sentence, there is too little natural power in the body, and it takes time to assimilate the small ball of light.
"My lord" was about to leave, and the scar man in the distance shouted and ran over, "Some of the Lannister soldiers who are watching us outside have gone out in twos and threes. ”
"I can't bear to wait for so many days. Ma Shen sneered, it was time to go.
"My lord, isn't it time for us to gather the soldiers and go. "It's a knife to look up, it's also a knife to shrink your head, and the scar man has broken the jar.
"It was too conspicuous to go out during the day, and we went out by boat from Pratunam at night. ”