Su Lu sat behind the handsome desk, looked at the stewed rabbit meat and stir-fried vegetables that Chang Ning had just brought, then looked at Chang Ning who was sitting on the chair, and asked doubtfully.
"Why, after killing your rabbit, you are so distressed that you shed tears?"
Chang Ning burst out laughing, tears rolling down his cheeks, whether because of sadness or joy, he didn't know.
"You are so distressed that you shed tears."
"I met an old man selling vegetables, and I thought about things at home. When I was a child, my family was poor and there were many children. My father would go around the streets selling vegetables and radishes grown in the fields to supplement his livelihood. This is the case for this family.
There is still no money, and my father was exhausted early on."
Su Lu took a sip of the soup, his cheeks full of regret: "Yes, if the government doesn't do anything, everyone's life will be difficult."
Changning suddenly burst into laughter and said proudly: "Then you are wrong. My lord, since your Majesty took office, with the support of your unified army, many improvements have been made, including potatoes and sweet potatoes.
, so that no one in Han Dynasty will starve to death again."
"My father no longer has to worry about food and drink at home. My eldest brother has six children in his family, and all of them are growing up well. Without these potatoes and sweet potatoes, who would have enough to eat?"
Cao Hua came in from the outside, holding a military affairs brochure in his hand, and said what he heard.
"Yes, it was the same in our place. Life at home was not easy when I was a child. My grandfather offended the people in the clan. Although his surname was Cao, he was ostracized by the clan and could only live on a meager salary. Later, Master, you came.
The salary has been changed, and my father's salary has become higher, so his life has become easier."
Speaking of this, Cao Hua's eye circles suddenly turned red. He thought of his dead father, who had been traveling all year round for the family's livelihood. When he died in battle, he never saw his father.
Holding back his sadness, Cao Hua continued: "Later I joined the army, and life at home got better. Those poor relatives in the past no longer bothered my house because of potatoes and sweet potatoes. In the past few years, I have moved to
In the capital, there are fewer such disturbances."
"This is the new army that we have integrated and trained in the past few months, and there is also a steady stream of supplies from the rear, most of which are potatoes and sweet potatoes."
Cao Hua said helplessly that there was little land in Han and many barren mountains. The only things suitable for planting were potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Su Lu nodded: "It's good to have sweet potatoes and potatoes to eat. If you are picky and picky like this, you won't be able to eat the potatoes anymore. By the way, don't let go of the deputy lieutenant's training and the new army's training. You can't leave Dong Ling alone."
If you do, you should also step in and see what Dong Ling does."
Cao Hua nodded: "I have learned a lot from watching Captain Dong do his work these days."
"Master, when are we going to leave? More and more people have fled from Xunrang and Qinglin these days. They say that the barbarians in the two cities are cruel and do almost all kinds of evil."
Su Lu agreed casually and said: "Well, the new army is almost ready for training. You and Wang Si will lead an army respectively and go west along the road to sweep the villages and towns near these two cities and drive out the remaining barbarians."
go out."
Cao Hua took the order and was about to go out when Lu Zhan hurried in.
"Commander Commander, some Taixi people have arrived outside the city."
Su Lu pushed away his rice bowl and walked out.
"Let's go and have a look and see what the Taixi people want to do."
The group of people left the camp and arrived at the head of the West City. They saw a group of Taixi soldiers outside the city, and two birds flying in the sky. However, the appearance of the birds had changed a lot, with wings on both sides.
The shape of the wings has also changed.
Su Lu turned around and ordered: "Go, call the people from Feiniao Camp, and order them to draw these, and let the people from the Ordnance Department go back to study and see if improvements in this direction will improve Feiniao's speed.
Faster, fly higher."
A messenger went to take the order.
The shouts of the Taixi people rang out from the city.
"People at the top of the city, listen, I am General Rotley, a subordinate of His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Western Empire and former Minister of War, Roberts. I have been ordered to come to present my credentials. Please send a message to Prince Su Lu and ask him to come and pick him up in person.
This is the national letter.”
As he said this, the birds in the sky suddenly moved and came towards the city.
"A bird aiming at the sky"
Cao Hua next to him waved his hand and ordered.
The ballistae and bed crossbows at the top of the city raised their heads one after another, their dark arrows slanting upward, ready to shoot as soon as the bird approached the city wall.
"put"
As soon as the flying bird entered the shooting, Cao Hua waved his hand without hesitation.
"Swish swish"
The crossbows and crossbows poured out their crossbow arrows, and the sky above the city wall was instantly covered with dense arrows.
"ding-ding-ding-ding-ding"
There were all kinds of noises, and the crossbow arrows were not powerful enough. When they were shot at flying birds, most of the arrows would only sink into the surface, and they would not be able to penetrate any further.
"Bang bang"
The crossbow was finally fired, and the thick crossbow arrows hit the flying bird, which immediately started to shake.
“Bang bang bang”
More than a dozen ballistae at the top of the city fired at the same time, and with the violent collision, the flying bird began to stagger.
"stop"
"Stop, you are offending our empire."
The Taixi general below the city looked pale, but he still shouted at the top of his lungs.
"boom"
The flying bird finally disintegrated and fell to the ground with a crash. Large pieces of parts carrying arrows fell to the ground. The two flying bird soldiers were filled with arrows and fell to the ground. They could no longer die.
"You are trying to make enemies of our Taixi Empire!"
The Taixi army general was so angry that he screamed, sat on his horse, pointed the whip in his hand at the city head, and yelled and cursed loudly.
Cao Hua's face turned cold and he pointed his arm downwards. The crossbow at the top of the city immediately turned its direction and pointed at the Taixi general below the city.
"You are trying to annihilate yourself from me, Taixi."
Being pointed at by countless arrow clusters, the general's curses and scoldings were all swallowed up in his stomach.
Su Lu looked at the angry General Taixi and asked while holding on to the battlements.
"What's your name, where do you belong, what ministry do you hold?"
Along with Su Lu's questions, the sound of squeaking and trembling bow strings was heard from the city wall. This was the sound made by the crossbow when the arrows were activated and the bow strings were opened to the maximum.
The Thai and Western general's face turned pale, knowing that if he was not careful, he might become a war between the two countries, and he would not kill the dead envoy among them.
"I am General McMahon, commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Corps of the Western Empire and the Hundred-Man Corps of the Qin Army."
Su Lu nodded and continued: "You came here this time to threaten me. Su Lu is here. If I don't obey your threat, will you Taixi people send troops to attack Fangcheng?"
McMahon's face turned even paler, how the hell should I answer this.
I said yes, you might kill me in a fit of rage. Anyway, we are going to be attacked soon, so it doesn’t seem like a big deal if we kill them all.
I said no, what the hell, it would boost the enemy's morale too much. The key was how to report back to the general when I got back, saying that I was afraid of death, that's why I said that the empire did not dare to attack Fangcheng. Damn it, the general would definitely kill me.
