Chapter 27 Food
The working people are great.
No matter from any perspective, this sentence is definitely an ever-changing truth. Although it was the cold winter month and the weather was cold, the city wall was still quickly reinforced under the arrangement of officials such as Song Xuezhu. However, in just two days, with the efforts of more than 30,000 young people, the city wall, which was originally bombarded with holes, was "renovated".
Standing outside the city wall that was burned into naked ground by the Qing army, Zhu Guoqiang looked at the repaired city wall with some confusion.
"The city is repaired?"
The city wall in front of him was not reinforced with bamboo baskets or wooden boards as he imagined, but was made of bricks.
"It's just that the renovation of the south city area has been almost done. The three walls on the east, west and north have not been repaired yet."
Song Xuezhu said proudly.
"Where did the bricks come from?"
"There are bricks on the ground!"
Pointing at the broken walls nearby, Song Xuezhu said.
"Your Highness, originally there were several miles outside the city yard in Jinan. When the Qing army came here, the house outside the city was burned by a fire. But this is fine, so we have many bricks to build the city wall. Although the bricks are smaller, it is just a matter of covering a few more floors. The city wall built in winter is not very strong, but it should be nothing big to use for emergency response..."
Listening to Song Xuezhu's words, Zhu Guoqiang looked at the busy people on the city wall and then said.
"Thank you for your hard work in Governor Song. Let everyone work harder and work harder, and repair the city wall as soon as possible."
"The official knows, please rest assured. At most, two days will be required to ensure that the city wall is repaired, but..."
Song Xuezhu said worriedly.
"The more than 100,000 people we saved are all in the city now. There are so many people eating, and I am worried that the food in the mansion is not enough. After all, there are more than 100,000 people. Even if we seized more than 100,000 stones of grain in the Donglu camp, there are so many more people at once. In addition, there are more than 100,000 people waiting for dinner in the city. The officials are worried that once the Donglu besiege the city again, if the food is cut off in the city, it will be more than 300,000 people after all..."
More than 300,000 people!
There are more than 300,000 people there, and there are obviously more than 300,000 mouths waiting to eat!
“Can you buy food?”
Because of the five million taels of silver seized, Zhu Guoqiang was not worried that the money would not be enough.
"Return to the prince, Jinan City was besieged by Donglu for two months. There was no one around at least a hundred miles. People were either killed and looted, villages were burned, and the food had been stolen long ago by Donglu. Even if they wanted to buy it, they could not find anyone to buy it, and no one would sell it."
Song Xuezhu's words made Zhu Guoqiang frown. He looked at the city wall over there, and after a while he spoke.
"Well, I'll find a way to find a way to get the time first and repair the city wall as soon as possible. After all, Du Du is rushing here!"
Originally, Zhu Guoqiang thought that it would be Dorgon who came here, but who knew it was Du Du. In the past two days, more than a dozen righteous people had come to deliver letters, saying that the Qing army was rushing from Liaocheng to this side. Fortunately, the snow on the road dragged down their marching speed. Otherwise, they would have been at the city.
"Yes, Xiaguan knows that Xiaguan will stay on the city wall in the past two days and personally urge them."
In fact, there is no need for the supervision of Song Xuezhu. After all, all the young and strong guarding the city know that whether the city wall can be repaired is related to their own lives. Naturally, they will work harder when working. Even when it gets dark, they will take the initiative to fight at night and repair the damaged city wall day and night.
"I hope I can hold on..."
Can it be held back?
When he woke up, he returned to his bedroom, lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling with his eyes wide open. Zhu Guoqiang's mind was full of Jinan.
“What should I do now?”
Go get props?
However, that batch of "props" will take half a month. After all, Zhu Guoqiang has just left here.
"Oh, when Du Du is knocked back, I have to relax..."
After rubbing his face twice, Zhu Guoqiang sat up directly from the bed.
Unlike in the past, he no longer needs to worry about money. Not to mention anything else, he is the Ming-style mahogany furniture in the living room. Just these furniture can be eaten for a lifetime. What's more, the calligraphy and paintings brought from there are naturally self-evident. There are some problems with taking action.
Now we have to stabilize our position on the Ming Dynasty. At least we have to defend Jinan first, so as to avoid losing our heads if Jinan City is broken.
Sitting on the bed for a while, Zhu Guoqiang walked to the window and opened the window, and a gust of wind blew in.
"You have to wait here for fifteen days before that batch of props can be made."
Looking at the sky outside the window, Zhu Guoqiang murmured to himself.
The time on both sides is relatively static. Every time you travel from this world to another world, time is the time you traveled last time, at most, it is more than a second.
It was like I was there for four days, but in fact I only had one or two seconds passed here, and it might even be still.
Because it is the cold winter month on one side and the scorching summer here, every time you travel, you need to first adapt to the changes in temperature. Of course, the air here is also particularly turbid, even with a pungent smell, which makes him less and less likely to go out.
But it won't work if you don't go out.
"food……"
Thinking of Song Xuezhu's concerns, Zhu Guoqiang had to pick up his mobile phone again and find a suitable supplier through the online platform.
Because he worked in a trading company, Zhu Guoqiang was familiar with the search for a source of goods, but in just a few minutes, he found the goods he needed.
"Raw crushed rice, this is cheap, it only costs more than one yuan per pound..."
Raw crushed rice is like grain. Because modern people live in exquisite life and have appearance requirements for rice and grain, raw crushed rice is used to make wine, but there is definitely no problem when eating as a meal in another world.
Because the amount needed was large, Zhu Guoqiang called the other party directly. After briefly expressing his purpose, he just mentioned the number he wanted, and he could feel the other party's surprise through the phone.
"Twenty thousand bags? Are you sure you want so many? Are you using it for your own use or?"
Listening to the breathing sound from the other end of the phone, Zhu Guoqiang, who was alert, took the initiative to explain.
"Yes, that's right, it's just 20,000 bags. I opened a small company myself and contacted a business. Can I get a better price?"
When hanging up the phone, Zhu Guoqiang still felt some risks even though he finalized the food he needed.
Chapter completed!