Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

At this time, Shen Zhao was also paying close attention to the news of his elder brother. An hour later, he recalled another key chain and learned that their team had already headed towards Luntou City.

So she recalled all fifteen boxes and quickly stored them in the shop, temporarily pricing them at 99999 each to prevent them from being bought by others.

Because it was daytime, the scene she recalled was a bit large, and people saw from afar a row of things appearing behind the Shen family's yard, but disappeared before they could be seen clearly.

Several villagers were a little surprised and ran to the back of Shen's house to check, but there was nothing.

Shen Zhao had already slipped back home and was cooking mutton offal with his mother in the kitchen.

Yesterday, my family slaughtered a dozen sheep and a pig. After selling all the mutton and pork to Brother Complaint, we still have a lot of sheep heads and offal, as well as pig heads and pig offal left at home.

Ask A Zhu Niang and a few others to help clean it up, and then give some to everyone, and cook the rest.

At this time, Shen Ang rode Tingyi's horse back home, tied the horse into the empty sheep pen, and walked to the kitchen.

"Dad! You're back!" Shen Zhao saw his father coming home and quickly jumped up and asked, "How is the purchase of the title going?"

Shen Ang sat down at the stove, stretched out his hands to warm the fire and said, "The county magistrate said that this is feasible. Let us pay the money first. He will register it and then send it to the capital to wait for the emperor's approval."

"Didn't you say how much to pay?" Shen Zhao asked.

Shen Ang: "If you want to buy an eighth-level martial rank, you will need 330,000 coins, and you will have to pay an additional 19,800 coins in taxes."

Zhang Shanyue was surprised: "I have to pay taxes when buying a title?"

Shen Ang nodded: "The county magistrate said that 330,000 yuan is to be paid to the court, and more than 10,000 yuan in taxes is to be paid to the county government."

"No problem! When will we send the money?" Shen Zhao asked.

Shen Ang glanced at his daughter and said worriedly, "A Zhao, why don't we not buy the title? With so much money invested in this, we might as well move to Dunhuang County."

Moreover, all the money was paid by my daughter, and I just got to reap the benefits. I feel ashamed just thinking about it.

Shen Zhao: "No, we must buy the title." If she was not unsure whether it would succeed, she would have wanted to buy it for her second brother and eldest brother as well.

Shen Ang sighed and said softly, "But the county magistrate also said that he would take us to the governor of Dunhuang County to pay the money. At that time, the governor will have to check our family's income voucher, which is the source of the income of 330,000 yuan."

Shen Zhao was stunned.

I never bought a title in my previous life, so I didn't know this happened.

She had to withdraw all the money from the mall account. How could she deal with the prefect's inspection?

It is estimated that the prefect was checking the tax payment for each income, that is, the receipt for two thousand in tax with one hundred and twenty.

How to do?
Is it too late to pay the taxes now?

Shen Zhao thought for a long time and finally made up his mind: "This is easy. Bring the tax slips of my second brother and his friends back. If it's not enough, I will go to Dunhuang County to sell a batch of goods."

By taking both approaches, he could collect enough income vouchers for 330,000 coins.

Seeing his daughter so determined, Shen Ang had no choice but to nod and say, "Then let's go to Dunhuang County in December. It's only a few days away anyway."

"it is good."

Shen Zhao hurried to the wing room to browse the bronze mirror mall and picked out some cheap and precious things, such as glass mirrors and various colored beads.

There are also various defective floral fabrics and some colored silk threads, etc.

Suddenly it was evening.

Shen Zhao received a letter from his elder brother and learned that they had fought two more fierce battles with the Huns and had now arrived outside Luntou City. They had marked the locations for the box houses and were preparing to set up camp.

The eldest brother also said that they had suffered dozens of casualties, many of whom were seriously injured and needed medical treatment.

Upon seeing this, Shen Zhao immediately bought a lot of medicine and five medicine boxes, and sent fifteen containers to the location provided by his eldest brother.

Outside Luntou City, the Han army soldiers witnessed the miracle again and bowed to the sky. Then they walked into the container step by step and dropped many bundles of hay from the roof to feed the horses.

Shen Xun and two military doctors treated the wounded, removing arrows and suturing wounds.

After sprinkling medicine powder on them, they were bandaged with clean gauze and fed with medicine pills.

Some soldiers had already started cooking rice and horse meat.

The horses that died in battle could not be wasted, so all their meat was cut off and brought into the house.

Everyone is a little depressed today because many soldiers were killed or wounded during the day, but they are unable to bury the bodies of their comrades.

Shen Xun began to question in his heart why the court allowed the soldiers to run so far to fight the enemy?
Is it really necessary?

There were originally 8,000 soldiers, but only 3,000 were left. People died every day. I wonder when it will be my turn?
He suddenly felt very tired and missed home, his parents, and his brothers and sisters.

"Here! Have a sweet fruit." Chen Wuhou saw that the young man looked unhappy, and immediately handed him the can of yellow peaches.

Shen Xun didn't hesitate to take the can and poured it into his mouth.

He drank several big gulps of soup and water before pinching a large piece of yellow peach into his mouth.

Chen Wuhou felt distressed, but the things had already been given away, and he couldn't snatch them back.

Oh! This is his last can of food. This guy is really not polite.

After Shen Xun finished a box of canned food, he felt much better and continued to apply medicine and bandage the wounded.

General Zuo came over, followed by several generals, and sat down next to Shen Xun.

Then several people began to discuss tomorrow's siege strategy.

"There are at least more than a thousand Huns in Luntou City, but they are short of food and fodder. I don't think they can hold out for long." said a deputy general.

General Zuo nodded: "From today's battle, it can be seen that their horses have been greatly reduced. They are probably all slaughtered."

Originally, Luntou City was an abandoned city with only a group of tribesmen living in it, with a population of less than 500.

Now that they have been occupied by the Huns, the tribesmen are probably in great danger.

Because the Huns all eat meat, and when they run out of food, they will eat any kind of meat.

"Then shall we attack the city tomorrow?" asked Chen Wuhou.

General Zuo: "Don't attack for now. Let's guard the city gate and wait for two days."

He wanted to destroy all the Huns' war horses, so that the remaining ones would not be a threat.

Relying on force alone, the Han army had crossbows and arrows, which allowed them to attack from a distance or at close range. As long as the Huns did not have the assistance of war horses, they would be killed without a single piece of armor left.

"That's good. Our soldiers can also take this opportunity to recuperate and strengthen themselves."

Moreover, the wounded soldiers also need to recuperate. If they encounter a battle situation like today again, they will suffer a lot of casualties.

Chen Wuhou suddenly asked, "I wonder what's going on with the general? It seems that the Huns are fleeing in several groups. I wonder if they will attack Wulei City again?"

General Zuo said nothing.

The attack was bound to be launched because the Huns had always wanted to occupy the important pass of Wulei City.

I just wonder if the general can hold on until reinforcements arrive?
General Zuo’s guess was correct. The Huns indeed led thousands of troops to besiege the city of Wulei.

They thought there was a lot of food in the city, so they issued a death order to capture the city. (End of this chapter)