You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 232 General Tiandao and his sword
The busy spring season has passed, and there are not many people working in the fields. The wind brings the aroma of millet, mixed with some intoxicating fragrance.

"Oh my god, what a huge wheat field!"

There was an elderly messenger beside Bao Liancai. When he saw the large wheat field in front of him, he was dumbfounded:
"How do they till the fields? How do they deal with the weeds? How do they water the fields? They can't just rely on the weather! And if they don't take good care of all these good seedlings, won't they just turn into rotten weeds? Isn't that a waste of natural resources?"

"It shouldn't be." Bao Liancai said, "They must have made preparations to farm like this."

Coming in front of such a large field of wheat, Zuo Chen gently stroked it with his hand.

He felt a faint power of merit mixed in above these ears of wheat.

As if it was born with me.

Seeing the power of merit, Zuo Chen also smiled.

This was undoubtedly the work of his old friend.

It seems that after spending so much time, the monk finally developed seeds that can be planted efficiently.

Good thing.

The power of these merits protects the wheat ears, and conventional pests cannot peck at them at all, and weeds find it difficult to grow around them.

The biggest problem with this large wheat field is probably the difficulty in watering and harvesting, because the wheat field is really too large, and there are no automatic harvesters and threshers now, so it will be more troublesome to harvest.

As far as Zuo Chen is concerned, these are more like potatoes covered with wheat skins than wheat.

The only problem is that this wheat is quite damaging to the soil. If it is planted continuously, famine will probably strike again within a few years.

When I meet the monk, I will tell him about this matter to avoid any problems.

Although wheat is magical, everyone has more important things to do, so they just sigh for a while and continue moving forward.

This time, I didn't walk for long before I saw several houses.

These few families standing in the wheat fields are indeed not very big. It is a bit of an exaggeration to call them a village. It can only be regarded as a small gathering place.

But although it is small, it has all the necessary facilities. The gathering place is surrounded by a fence and there are several watchtowers next to it. Soldiers are standing guard on the towers, guarding the surroundings, making it look like a small fortress.

When the carriage arrived in front of the small settlement, soldiers immediately came up and looked everyone up and down:

"Where are you from?"

"Coming from Yuzhou, we are heading to Xuzhou City." Bao Liancai said.

"Xuzhou City?" The soldier looked at Bao Liancai and said, "Doing business? Xuzhou City has not been rebuilt yet. Xuzhou almost relies on Xinchun City for its operations. Didn't you ask about it before you came?"

Facing the question, Bao Liancai's expression did not show any sign of nervousness, and he explained with a smile:
"We are just starting our business, and we don't know much about what's going on in Xuzhou. We are counting on Brother Bing to tell us more."

The soldier narrowed his eyes, as if he didn't quite believe what Bao Liancai said.

But before he could continue asking, he suddenly saw Caiyi and Zuo Chen not far away.

He lost his voice directly:
"Big...big aunt!?"

Caiyi, who was in a daze in the carriage, shuddered after hearing this and subconsciously looked at the young man who was shouting.

I thought about it carefully and recalled it seriously for a long time.

Who is this person!

But I saw the young man walked up to Caiyi excitedly, pointed at his nose and began to introduce himself:
"Aunt, it's me! Back then in the village, I caught a severe cold and almost died. Thanks to the treatment from my aunt, I managed to survive. Otherwise, I would have died long ago!"

"what?"

Caiyi thought about it for a long time, but still had no impression in her mind.

It's not her fault. There were so many sick people in the village at that time. Caiyi was busy running around the village without stopping for a moment. She only remembers that she saved a lot of people, but she has no idea who she saved.

Seeing the slightly embarrassed expression on Caiyi's face, the young man could probably tell that Caiyi didn't remember him, but he didn't feel depressed at all. He just smiled and called out to the people behind him, shouting:
"Fellow villagers, the great aunt is back!"

This loud shout spread throughout the entire gathering place. The young soldiers in simple armor, the old people who were working in the fields, the children who were playing by the fields, the women, the men, those who could be named and those who could not, all gathered towards the door.

In just a moment, a large crowd gathered at the entrance of the village.

"Is the eldest aunt back?"

"Oh, that's really the eldest aunt! And the Taoist priest!"

"Look at me, aunt! Look at my little son! At that time, aunt fed him a mouthful of porridge, which saved his life! Look, look, now this kid can walk!"

"Kneel down and kowtow to your aunt!"

"Is the Taoist priest a follower for my aunt?"

"What a follower! You didn't follow him at that time. Most of the magical powers belong to the Taoist priest. My aunt is his disciple!"

"Ah! Is that so?"

The villagers were talking so much that they surrounded the donkey cart. Bao Liancai and his friends were pushed aside and could only look at Zuo Chen and his friends awkwardly. Caiyi was a little embarrassed when everyone called her "Auntie" but when she saw the child standing on the ground, holding her thumb and looking at her in confusion, she felt relieved.

At this time, the title of great aunt no longer seemed to be a shameful name for her.

Instead, it's more like an honor.

So she stretched out her hand and lifted the child up. The child was a little scared at first, but after seeing Caiyi's face, he seemed to recognize her and smiled.

Caiyi danced happily on the spot.

Seeing that more and more people were gathered around, the soldier coughed lightly and called out to the villagers:
"Fellow villagers, stop surrounding the Taoist priest and his friends, go kill the chickens and wash the rice! Old Cow, cut up the wild boar that we hunted yesterday! You have to entertain the Taoist priest and his aunt tonight!"

"Okay!" The man called Lao Niu was also a simple and honest man. He laughed loudly and raised his hand to the young men next to him:
"You guys take shovels or something, go to the tree under my house and dig out my daughter's red wine! I wanted to save it for my daughter to drink when she gets married, but I didn't expect my aunt to come back suddenly! We have to drink it sooner rather than later!"

Caiyi originally wanted to refuse, after all, they had things to do, but Zuo Chen stretched out his hand and patted Caiyi on the shoulder.

"It's rare that the villagers are so enthusiastic. Don't reject their kindness."

After hearing what Zuo Chen said, Caiyi also calmed down.

It’s still early, let’s take a rest here for a day.

……

The guests enjoyed themselves greatly at the evening banquet.

With the endorsement of Zuo Chen and Cai Yi, Bao Liancai and his team no longer needed to pretend to be businessmen. They stated that they were here to help Xuzhou, and thus were naturally welcomed by the people of Xuzhou.

We all grew up in the countryside and have very simple values.

When the enemy comes, we treat him to swords and spears; when friends come, we naturally offer them fine wine and good meat.

It has been so since ancient times.

As a result, after pushing the wine several times, the envoys were still drunk by the Xuzhou people who were good at drinking. Now they are lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, drooling, and they probably won't wake up until tomorrow morning.

Zuo Chen glanced at them with a smile, then looked at the young man in front of him:

"We haven't been back to Xuzhou for a while. How is Xuzhou doing recently? I heard there was a fight with Qingzhou?"

"Yeah, that's true." The young man was also a little drunk, and his tongue was slightly swollen when he spoke:

"There has been a lot of commotion at the Qingzhou-Xuzhou border recently."

"Can you tell me about it?"

"Master, what are you talking about?" The young man laughed and said, "As long as you ask, I will definitely tell you in detail."

It is telling what happened during this period:
Ever since the end of last spring, when the people of Xuzhou cooked King Kang like a meat dog, Qingzhou has sent many more soldiers to guard the pass and be on high alert.

"After the battle of Xuzhou, King Gou Shou was frightened out of his wits. He thought that since we cooked King Kang, we might cook him too! So he simply sent his own soldiers over to take over Xuzhou!"

When the young soldier said this, his eyes were still full of disdain, and he looked down on Prince Shou at all.

Zuo Chen could probably understand what Prince Shou was thinking.

Victory and defeat are common in the military, but the vassal king probably won't die.

Whether taking them to Kyoto to exchange for silver or leaving them as hostages, there will be endless benefits.

Killing is a loss.

As a result, Prince Kang died, which frightened Prince Shou to death.

"If you can kill us and take Xuzhou, it will be a good thing for Prince Shou!"

The young soldier laughed twice and said, "After Xuzhou regained its vitality, it is also a large area. If he can occupy it, it can be regarded as laying a foundation for himself. If he develops it more in the future, who knows, he may be able to let that bastard conquer the world!

"But we Xuzhou people can't let any of that shit stick its claws in. We set up a checkpoint on the edge of Qingzhou to stop the bastards of Shou Wang!"

"Did a fight start?"

"Let's fight." The soldier said, "After all, Shou Wang's faction has more people and better weapons. We will fight guerrilla warfare, shoot them with an arrow and run away, lure the enemy deep into our territory. Anyway, there is no place in Xuzhou that cannot be lost except Xinchun City, and we are making them itch. When we meet some enemies that we cannot defeat, we will ask General Jindou to come out! That guy kills them with one hammer! No one can beat him!
"but……"

At this point, the young man sighed slightly:
"It has saved me some trouble recently."

"how?"

"King Shou was furious when he saw that he couldn't take down the pass. Some time ago, our spies reported that King Shou had called in his invincible General Tian Dao and transferred him here.

“I heard that General Tian Dao has a good sword, but he is not easy to deal with.

"Hmm? Taoist Priest, why do you look so strange?"

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