She raised her head, transformed back into her human form, and caught Mo Li falling from the air. Ming Yue gently straightened her messed up hair.
"It's time to go back!"
Then, he took a step without leaving a trace.
On the Crescent Moon Lake, the water ripples.
Broken wood, dead bodies, tent fragments...
Inside and outside the lake, everything is in shambles.
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The next day.
The weather is fine.
When the sun rose, 60,000 royal knights marched neatly out of the south gate of Jinzhou City. The common people who had not slept all night carefully opened their doors and saw that the street was as calm as ever.
Except for the new Ming Dynasty's golden dragon flag on the city wall and the guards being replaced by Ming Dynasty soldiers, it seems that this city has not changed much.
Finally, a child escaped out the door because his mother was not paying attention.
Seeing the grain bag left outside the door, he opened it in confusion, and then cheered, "Mom, come and see, there is rice, there is rice!"
The mother chased her out worriedly, and so did the father worriedly. All three members of the family saw the rice bag by the door. The pole he was holding in his father's hand dropped to the ground, startling several birds that were picking up rice grains in the alley.
Then, they noticed that not only they, but also several poor neighbors in the alley had bulging bags of rice in front of their doors.
"Aunt Li, Uncle Lin, come out quickly, come out quickly!" the child's father screamed.
So, the neighbors on the whole street rushed out, looked at the rice in front of their houses, and all looked at each other in amazement.
The elderly man surnamed Lin walked out of the dilapidated wooden door on crutches, "I heard the sound of hooves coming and going on the street in the middle of the night yesterday. Could it be that they are here to deliver rice to us?!"
"It must be!" The teacher in a ragged robe pointed at the rice bag, "'Xia Kingdom's official grain', this is taken from the official granary of the garrison!"
"Sir, look, there's a note here!" The child picked up a note from the side of the rice bag.
The teacher took it in his hand and saw eight simple words on the note, which read - take it from the people, use it for the people.
"Sir, what are you writing about?!" everyone asked in confusion.
The teacher put his hands behind his hands and looked at the golden flag of the Ming Dynasty fluttering in the wind under the sun on the city wall. "The Ming Dynasty has not been broken for thousands of years. The people of the Ming Dynasty are proud of the world. They respect the royal family more than the temple. It really makes sense. It seems that we are not far away from the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty."
Far away!"
"That's great. I heard that no one in Ming Dynasty goes hungry, and we will be able to have enough to eat in the future!" the child cheered.
Not far away, in the alley, there were also people cheering.
The cheers sounded one after another, and the entire Jinzhou City and the slums that occupied most of the city were filled with joy.
Under the same sunshine, the same morning.
Zhouzhuang, Baling...Chuzhou and other Xia Kingdom's several cities did not know who spread the news, so several cities were talking about the Ming army and Jinzhou.
The Ming army destroyed the city with one arrow and captured Jinzhou without killing anyone.
In Jinzhou City captured by the Ming Dynasty, not a single citizen died, and not even half a woman was raped or plundered.
In Jinzhou City, which was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, shops were tax-free and caravans could pass freely without paying taxes.
In Jinzhou City occupied by the Ming Dynasty, every poor person was given rice.
The Ming army will continue to usher in the prosperous Ming Dynasty in Xia Kingdom.
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Such news spread more and more fiercely, like a spring breeze planting a glimmer of hope in the hearts of the people of the Xia Kingdom.
The city is easy to attack, but the people's support is difficult to defend.
Mo Li and Mingyue only captured one city in Jinzhou, but they had captured the hearts of the people in several cities.