Chapter 10: The Food Crisis
From the memory of the Seven Princes, Chen Jianghong also knew that this continent was called the Immortal Sect Continent, and the Yan Kingdom was only a small country, located in the south of the continent.
The real rulers of this continent are the great immortal sects that are high above, the emperors of the world, and almost the puppets of the sects, managing the mortal people in the secular world for the sects, and collecting all kinds of immortal cultivation resources.
When he arrived at the temporary camp, Chen Jianghong saw all his subordinates, fifty Praetorian Guards, five hundred slaves, one eunuch in charge, and one military doctor, which was all the personnel at the disposal of the Seven Princes of Yan State.
Because everyone knows that the destination of this trip is Shuanghe City, where wild beasts are raging, the big guys are all depressed, and their expressions are difficult to hide their pessimism and frustration, and the five hundred slaves are because they have slave marks on their bodies, and they can't choose their own fate, so they can only resign themselves to their fate and move forward.
And the fifty Praetorian Guards and the accompanying doctor 'Moqi' are Chen Jianghong's nominal father, and the Emperor of Yan 'Chen Jingping' insisted on being selected from the directly subordinate Praetorian Guards.
And the chief eunuch 'Wei Dongxian' grew up taking care of the Seven Princes, and in the eyes of the Seven Princes, Wei Dongxian is a person who is closer than his father.
Seeing that Chen Jianghong came back safely, everyone took a short rest, and then walked towards Shuanghe City again, on the way, the chief 'Wei Dongxian' and the commander of the Praetorian Guard 'Zhang Da' came to Chen Jianghong's side and whispered: "Lord Wang, our food is not enough, if more than 500 people eat, we will eat for three more days at most." ”
"Why is there so little food? I remember that when we left Beijing, didn't we receive a batch of food, enough for all of us to eat for half a year?" asked Chen Jianghong suspiciously.
"Alas, my lord, we have been pitted again, and half of the sand is mixed in that batch of grain, and most of the grain is moldy and spoiled, so we can't eat it at all. Wei Dongxian sighed and said.
"Is it the queen again?" Chen Jianghong roared angrily: "This really doesn't want us to live." ”
Wei Dongxian and Zhang Da didn't answer, but they both expressed the same meaning in their eyes, obviously they were clear about the situation of their group.
"For the sake of today's plan, we can only reach Shuanghe City within the specified time by abandoning the five hundred slaves, more than fifty of us, carrying food, riding war horses, and moving forward quickly. Wei Dongxian said, and Zhang Da beside him also nodded, obviously agreeing with this suggestion.
According to the regulations, Chen Jianghong and his party must rush to Shuanghe City on May 15, but the slaves are all on foot, plus they can't eat enough, their steps are vain, and they can't walk fast at all, which seriously slows down everyone's travel speed.
And if the slaves are abandoned, more than fifty of them, one person and one horse, it is estimated that it will only take two days to reach Shuanghe City, and the remaining food can make everyone last for another month.
"I do not agree to give up five hundred slaves. Chen Jianghong said categorically.
That's 500 men, not 500 pigs, and if they were to be abandoned in the wilderness, then these 500 people would probably starve to death in the wilderness.
"Lord, you can't be a woman's kindness at this time. Wei Dongxian looked at Chen Jianghong lovingly and said, he watched Chen Jianghong grow up, and knew that Chen Jianghong had been a kind-hearted good boy since he was a child, but in the royal family, if he was kind-hearted, he would be bullied, and it would be difficult to achieve a great cause.
"Uncle Wei......" As soon as Chen Jianghong spoke, Wei Dongxian's body trembled, knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said: "The prince must not say nonsense, you are the master, the old slave is just your house slave, how dare you call uncle." ”
Chen Jianghong dragged Wei Dongxian's hand and wanted to help Wei Zhongxian up, but Wei Dongxian stubbornly knelt on the ground and didn't get up.
"Uncle Wei, you brought me up since I was a child, in the palace without family affection, I have long regarded you as my own relative, and I should call you uncle. "After all, Chen Jianghong is a modern person, everyone is equal in that society, and there are no slaves for a long time, so some changes can't be made.
"The ceremony cannot be abolished, if the prince does not withdraw the title, the old slave will kneel and die here. Wei Dongxian was very excited, but he still stubbornly adhered to it, and the upper and lower levels in his heart were humble.
"Okay, okay, I'll call you Wei Daban in the future, it's always okay. Chen Jianghong couldn't cry or laugh a little, and he was sure in his heart that Wei Dongxian would always be loyal to him.
Chen Jianghong helped Wei Dongxian up and said: "Wei Daban, we can't give up five hundred slaves, I can't bear to be on the one hand, and the most important thing is that Shuanghe City has long been abandoned, even the city walls have collapsed, we will live there in the future, we have to rebuild, without these five hundred slaves, what do we rely on to build the city, just rely on us with more than 50 people? Then when will we build? And after settling down, we have to open up the wasteland and plant, there are thousands of things, and we need manpower everywhere, how can we give up these five hundred people now." ”
Wei Dongxian and Zhang Da looked at Chen Jianghong in surprise, and after a while, Wei Dongxian said: "The prince has really grown up, and he has considered the problem so long-term, what the prince said is right, but at present, our most important problem is the shortage of food, we can't support more than 500 people, and the speed of travel is too slow. ”
"I'll figure out how to deal with the food and the speed of travel. Chen Jianghong thought of the light gate emitted by the gossip mirror, if he could return to modern times again, it would not be easy to buy some food and transportation.
"Companion, how many gold coins do we have now?" asked Chen Jianghong.
"Lord Wang, we only have a total of 1,000 gold coins now. Wei Dongxian said.
"Take eight hundred gold coins and send them to my tent. Chen Jianghong said that from the memory of the Seven Princes, Chen Jianghong knew that a thousand gold coins was already a lot, and a household at the bottom of the Yan Kingdom would only consume one gold coin a year.
Wei Dongxian didn't say much, so he took out 800 gold coins from the carriage and put them in Chen Jianghong's tent.
"It may be that I fell off the cliff just now, and now my cultivation is a little unstable, and I must retreat immediately, Daban, please lead the Praetorian Guards, and protect the Dharma for me outside the tent, no one is allowed to get close to the tent within 100 steps without my order, including you, Daban, can you do it?" In order to solve the problem at hand, Chen Jianghong wanted to study the Bagua Mirror as soon as possible to see if he could return to the modern era, so he found an excuse to retreat.
"The old slave received the order, without the order of the prince, even a fly would not be a hundred steps close to the tent. "In Wei Dongxian's heart, the prince is the most important, and now the prince's cultivation is unstable, it is a major matter related to life, and other food crises and survival crises can be postponed.
"The last general commanded. Zhang Da also replied loudly.
In the tent, Chen Jianghong took out the gossip mirror, thinking in his mind that the whole process of the gossip mirror emitting the light gate, it should be contaminated with his own blood first, and then absorbing his own spiritual power before sending out the light gate.
Chen Jianghong found a knife and made a small cut on his thumb, and blood flowed out and dripped on the gossip mirror.
After a while, there was no reaction on the gossip mirror, Chen Jianghong was a little anxious, he remembered that when he was on the earth, the gossip mirror absorbed his own blood into the inside of the gossip mirror, especially Kunwei, how in the Xianzong Continent, his own blood, dripping on the Bagua Mirror, flowed away in an instant, and there was no trace to be absorbed, could it be that the Bagua Mirror could only be used once, that didn't mean that he would stay in the Xianzong Continent forever.