In the middle of the camp, ten large cauldrons with a diameter of one meter and a half were erected, and the pots were steamed with snow-white rice, and on top of the rice, a layer of fatty bacon was spread, and the rich aroma of meat was mixed with a faint fragrance of rice, which filled the entire temporary camp.

In the stomachs of the slaves who cooked, the sound of "Goo, Goo!" came out, like a continuous percussion, and the sound of swallowing saliva sounded from time to time, and even the forbidden soldiers who were in charge of guarding the slaves sang about the empty city plan in their stomachs.

"This rice is too fragrant, I live so big, I have never smelled such a fragrant meal, when the meal is opened, I want to eat a few more bowls." One of the guards clutched his stomach and whispered to his companions.

"Don't say it, the more I talk about it, the hungrier I get, and I can't wait to pick up that cauldron now, and I'll eat a big pot alone. The other guard swallowed his saliva fiercely, turned his head and stopped looking at the cauldron, he was afraid that he couldn't help it, so he rushed up now, and directly picked up the pot and started eating.

In the corner of the camp, except for the dozen or so slaves who were cooking, most of the remaining 400 slaves stood up, tilted their noses, and sniffed the tempting aroma of rice wafting in the air.

"Bones, what kind of food did the Seventh Lord cook, why is it so fragrant?" A tall and burly slave dressed in animal robes, standing on tiptoe, looked at the big rice pot, but couldn't see clearly because it was a little far away, so he asked a slave next to him who was wearing braids, a little short in stature, slender arms, and very sharp eyes.

"Little beast, the pot is steamed with white rice and bacon, and it is all in ten pots. "The slave called 'Ah Guta' has very good eyes, and he can even see clearly whether the bacon in the cauldron is fat or thin.

Aguda and Yelumon are both warriors of the rock tribe on the grassland in the north of Yan Kingdom, Aguda is an eagle shooter, Yelumeng is the beast tamer in the tribe, after the rock tribe was defeated by the northern army of Yan Kingdom, Aguda and Yelubeast were captured and reduced to slavery.

"It smells so good, it must be delicious. Jeremian took a few more breaths of air and said, "If anyone gives me a bowl, I will give him his life and let me do anything." ”

"Little beast, don't think about good things, how can such a good meal be given to us slaves. Ah Gu teased: "Besides, your current cheap life belongs to the Seventh Prince, what else do you have to sell." ”

"Well, yes, but I really want to eat a bowl, even if I eat it and die immediately, it's worth it. Yelubeast sighed and said helplessly.

"Lord Wang, the meal is ready, do you think it's time to eat?" Seeing Chen Jianghong come out, Zhang Da trotted all the way and came to Chen Jianghong's side and said.

"You Janissaries take turns to eat, and when they are done, keep order, and let the slaves line up, one bowl per person, and then serve it when they are finished, up to three bowls per person. "The stone bowls used by the slaves were all very large, the mouth of the bowl was larger than the human face, and the three bowls of rice were almost half a catty.

"Lord Wang, I'll serve you and Manager Wei a meal first. Zhang Da said.

Chen Jianghong shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry now, you don't have to worry about me, you can get some food first and send it to Manager Wei, and then you can eat quickly, the brothers are hungry." ”

"Okay, Lord Wang. Zhang Da divided the Praetorian Guards into two shifts and took turns to eat.

"It's a commotion!" The Praetorian Guards who ate were all immersed in eating, the chopsticks were fast, and after a while, a large bowl of rice was eaten, and the Janissaries got up and played a bowl again, and then ate.

The sound of Praetorian Guard's meals, the sound of gulping and swallowing, the intermittent hiccups, and the sound of farting from time to time when eating too much, mixed together to form a strange sound, spread far away, if you were far away, you would think it was dozens of pigs in the pigsty grabbing food?

Seeing that the Praetorian Guards had begun to eat, the slaves were a little commotion and wanted to move towards the cauldron, but the guards lined up in a row, the steel spears in their hands stretched out, and shouted loudly: "Stand back, stand back, dare to move again, and kill on the spot." ”

The slaves saw the hard steel armor of the Praetorian Guards and the tips of their spears shining with cold light, and they took a few steps back unwillingly.

"Bones, how many can you take down if there is a fight?" said Yelumon and Akuta, both hiding behind the slaves.

"If it was a day ago, as long as it wasn't for Zhang Da, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, I would be able to put down fifteen others. Ah Guda said confidently, he is one in a hundred eagle shooters in the rock tribe, you must know that the grassland tribe selects eagle shooters, not only to have superb archery skills in 100 steps, but also to be able to put down twenty grassland men with bare hands, and Ah Guda is the elite of the eagle shooters.

"Now the Praetorian Guards are all wearing stainless steel armor and steel spears, I don't have the guys to take advantage of, if I can win a few alone, if the Praetorian Guards form a military formation, I have no chance of winning, it's really strange, why do they suddenly have so many stainless steel weapons?" Ah Guda looked at the heavily armed Praetorian Guards with envy, and said, "Such good armor and weapons, for these wastes, it's really a waste." ”

"Well, I was going to find an opportunity to kill them, and now that the Praetorian Guards are so well equipped, it's hard to rush out, do we really want to be slaves for the rest of our lives?" said Yelu Beast with a sigh and some frustration.

It didn't take long for the guards to finish eating, Zhang Da burped, came to the slaves, and said loudly: "You stinky slaves, listen to me, the prince is merciful, let you also eat white rice and bacon, and line up for me, who dares to cut in line, don't blame the spear in my hand for not recognizing people." ”

"Ahh

"I don't want to eat anything that doesn't make a difference, I don't want to eat it. Looking at the slaves who were standing there, at a loss, Zhang Da shouted again.

The slaves then woke up to the fact that the fragrant rice and bacon really wanted to be eaten by them, and under the maintenance of the guards and the forbidden army, the slaves soon lined up and served bowls full of rice and bacon one by one.

"It's so delicious, it's a pity that my mother died early, if only she could eat a bite, how nice it would be." Ah Guda wept while eating, thinking about his old lady who had died of illness.

Yelumon also cried, as soon as he ate the first bite of rice, he was shocked, as a beast tamer of the rock tribe, he was barely a middle-level person in the tribe, but he had never eaten such good rice, he didn't expect to be a slave now, but he ate it, which surprised Yalemon very much.

Not only did Aguta and Yalemon cry, but more than half of the five hundred slaves wept while eating, they lived so long that they had never eaten such sweet rice and such tender bacon.

A lot of slaves, after eating a few bites of food, couldn't help but bow in the direction of Chen Jianghong, knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and then got up and continued to eat, since they became slaves, no nobles have been so good to them, those high-ranking nobles don't treat them as human beings, they eat brown rice with long hair, but they do more than cattle, and many slaves are tired to death.

At this moment, the slaves of the entire camp were grateful from the bottom of their hearts to the prince who gave them such a good meal.

After an hour, all ten cauldrons were eaten, and many slaves were holding rice bowls, slowly reminiscing about the delicious food they had just eaten.

"Little beast, I'm not going to run away, I think the prince is good to us, better than the old men in the tribe to us, Zhang Da said just now, after following the prince, every meal has such a good rice, I don't expect to have every meal, eat once a month, I have to stay with all my heart, even if it is a cow and a horse." Aguda felt that the prince, who was willing to give such precious rice to his slaves to eat, was worthy of his allegiance.

Jeremon nodded, he had the same idea, two good friends, the hero saw the same thing.

Chen Jianghong stood on a big stone and said to Zhang Da: "Let the slaves gather, I have something to say." ”

After the slaves gathered, Chen Jianghong said in a deep voice: "From today on, you are no longer slaves. ”

"Ah, doesn't the prince want us?, where should we go in this wilderness?" The slaves were talking, their current location was more than two hundred miles away from the nearest city, and there were often wild beasts around, and if they were not protected by the Praetorian Guard, they might be eaten by wild beasts at any time.

"From today on, no one will bully you anymore, you are all my Chen Jianghong's people, I will hire you, according to your contributions, give you gold coins, as long as you work hard, meals like today, I guarantee that you can eat every day." Chen Jianghong continued.

The slaves were startled, and after a while, they began to discuss: "The prince wants to give us the status of a free man? Let us work and get gold coins? Such a meal can be eaten every day? Is this true?"

After receiving Chen Jianghong's affirmative reply, all 500 slaves knelt on the ground, kowtowed several times, and wept bitterly praising Chen Jianghong's kindness and greatness.

"If anyone has a skill, he can go to the Wei manager to sign up, and I will give him preferential treatment according to his strengths. After Chen Jianghong finished speaking, he walked down the bluestone and walked to the tent under the grateful eyes of the slaves.

Yelu Beast and Ah Guta looked at each other, and then walked out first, they wanted to join the Praetorian Guard to defend Chen Jianghong.

One after another, slaves walked up to Wei Dongxian and reported their strengths.

Chen Jianghong sat in the tent, drinking tea quietly, that is, the time of a cup of tea, Wei Dongxian took a notebook and walked in excitedly.

"Lord Wang, I really didn't expect that among the five hundred slaves, there are more than 100 people with special skills, and I have recorded them in the notebook, could you please take a look?" Wei Dongxian respectfully handed the book to Chen Jianghong, he felt that he was getting more and more unable to see through Chen Jianghong, the original slaves were insensitive, getting by, they all had to be whipped by someone, so they worked reluctantly, but since Chen Jianghong announced the restoration of their status as free people, those people have completely changed, when they cleaned up the camp just now, they were all rushing to work, and the efficiency has increased several times, which was unimaginable before.

Wei Dongxian also felt that Chen Jianghong's status in the hearts of those slaves had skyrocketed, they were in awe of Chen Jianghong like a god, and if Chen Jianghong ordered them to die at this moment, those slaves would not hesitate to carry out the order.

Chen Jianghong only needed one meal and a few words to get five hundred of the most loyal dead soldiers, and the deal was too worthwhile.