Chapter 341 – Delivering Food to Military Camps

“Miss you mustn’t think like that, if she didn’t care about your death or life, Madam wouldn’t have saved you in the first place, and the soups and medicines haven’t stopped these days.” Sister Li was busy saying.

“But in the end, it is not as big as before ……,” Wei Qingwan said with a sad face.

“Ms. ……”

“I should have thought that this day would come.” Wei Qingwan murmured.

“Miss, you should relax and think of the good side, didn’t Eunuch Qi send you a letter back? Mr. Qi is very concerned about you, Miss. In the future, if you have Mr. Qi to look up to, not to mention the current School Captain’s House, even the Zhongyi Burial House in the capital wouldn’t dare to underestimate you by half.”

Speaking of Qi Zhen, Wei Qingwan’s eyes have a little more light, Duke Qi wrote back to himself, saying that he was delayed by business a few days ago, and didn’t have time to get away.

He also said that he would let her rest assured that he would find a way to come and see her after she recuperated from her injuries, and that he would also find a way to formally propose marriage to the Wei family.

Thinking of this, Wei Qingwan asked Sister Li, “Is there any news about the medicine to get rid of the scars?”

She had to heal her back without scarring it.

She couldn’t let Duke Qi see her backside as hideous and ghastly on her wedding night.

“This ……” Sister Li has a difficult look on her face, “Miss don’t worry, that doctor is not easy to find, give the old slave some more time, the old slave will be able to find him.”

“If it’s late, won’t it be hard to get rid of all the scars on this back of mine again?” Wei Qingwan worried.

“No it won’t, no it won’t, it will definitely be eliminated, miss will become the same as before.” Sister Li was busy saying.

Wei Qingwan took off her bracelet and stuffed it into Sister Li’s hand, “Sister, help me buy medicine on the street tomorrow and then help me ask around about that Doctor Xu again.”

“Well well well, don’t worry miss, I will definitely help you get things done.” Sister Li accepted Wei Qingwan’s bracelet and promised.

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Wei Mingting only stayed at home for two days, and these two days in addition to the night at home, the rest of the time are outside, and is running the governor’s office, and is looking for the local families, in order to solve the problem of military food.

Two days later, Wei Mingting went back to the barracks.

He left with a frown on his face as the matter of military food remained unresolved, but there was no use for him to stay in the city, and returning to the barracks would at least allow him to share the pain with the generals.

Wei Mingting returned to the barracks with worries, only to hear a heavenly good news just as the man arrived.

Xu Zhengyong said he had a way to get food! And has already reported it to Lord Guardian and the Seventh Prince.

Wei Mingting rushed back to his tent at a rapid pace and sought out Xu Zhengyong to confirm.

“Is it true what they say? You really have a way to get military food?”

Wei Mingting rarely has such an excited time, and he has never seen him like this before the great enemy.

“It’s true, I have a cousin at home who is a rich man and has some business skills, and now the granary is full. After I wrote to him to beg for grain, he said he was willing to provide a few carloads of grain to the army to help it tide over the difficult times. And he said that for my sake, if the army wanted more grain, my cousin could also sell more grain to the barracks at the original price.” Xu Zhengyong said.

Recently, because of the problem of food shortage, the price of food has gone up and up. Even at high prices, there is a price for it, and few people are selling it.

It was very kind to be able to sell it at the original price.

“How much grain can that cousin of yours give?” Wei Mingting pursued.

“If this month, we can give up to five thousand stones of wheat and thirty thousand stones of sweet potatoes.” Xu Zhengyong said.

“What did you say? So much?” Wei Mingting was shocked.

Not many people can afford to put out that much food these days!

Xu Zhengyong explained, “Yes, my cousin can currently come up with this much. When this year’s fall harvest comes, there will be more.” Xu Zhengyong replied.

“When can your cousin deliver the grain?” Wei Mingting asked again.

“The first batch of grain will be delivered this afternoon.” Xu Zhengyong replied.

I didn’t expect the other side to move so quickly, and this answer was quite delightful.

After Wei Mingting was happy, he asked, “What did His Highness and Lord Guardian say?”

“Your Highness and Lord Guardian have agreed, they intend to buy all the grain my cousin has on hand. His Highness will advance a portion of it first to meet the immediate needs, and will ask the court for a decree afterward.” Xu Zhengyong explained.

“So very good!” The stone in Wei Mingting’s heart fell to the ground.

Then looking at Xu Zhengyong, Wei Mingting said, “Xiao Yong, this time you’ve made a great achievement.”

Xu Zhengyong scratched his head in embarrassment, “It’s not much of a feat.”

How can he take any credit for this? It’s all because Sister Ruo’er set him up.

Ruo’er’s sister also insisted that he said that he had taken the initiative to seek help from his “cousin”, and that his cousin had agreed to give him the food on his honor, so as to emphasize his importance in this matter.

“Military food is the top priority now, if there is no food supply, these millions of anti-Japanese army will be defeated without a fight, when the Japanese come to attack, this Taizhou Prefecture will not be able to defend, you can help the army to solve the problem of food and grass, this credit can not be said to be great.” Wei Mingting said with a serious expression.

The generals are not afraid of dying in battle, but they are afraid of dying from inadequate logistical supplies.

“Don’t praise me, Lord Wei, this is all what I should do, it’s fine if I can get everyone to eat.” Xu Zhengyong replied.

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In the afternoon of that day, Xu Zhushan arrived at the barracks at the head of a convoy delivering food.

The trip totaled six loads of wheat and ten loads of sweet potatoes.

There is no rice, but these are very filling foods.

Chu Lan and Zheng Shouwei personally came out to meet them at the entrance of the barracks, which shows how important this food is to the barracks nowadays.

Xu Zhengyong was also there, and Xu Zhushan’s face showed joy when he saw his son.

“Father, it’s been hard on you.” Xu Zhengyong said.

“No hard work no hard work.” Xu Zhushan smiled nervously.

Where is his bitterness, the lady puts out the grain, the credit goes to his son, he just transports it.

Xu Zhengyong turned around and explained to Chu Lan and Guard Zheng, “Your Highness and Lord Guard, my cousin was not available, so I asked my father to help deliver the grain.”

“With pleasure.” Chu Lan said.

Xu Zhushan bowed respectfully to Chu Lan and Zheng Shouwei, then somewhat naively, he stood to the side awkwardly not knowing what to do.

Chu Lan asked Xu Zhushan, “When can the rest of the grain be sent over again, we have no problem with the price that Your Excellency said, and if it’s possible, I’d like to talk to that Excellency Xu face to face.”

“This …… me ……”

Xu Zhushan was a little nervous, Miss had told him how to answer, just that he was a person who was not good with words, and today was the first time he had seen the prince, so it was inevitable that he was a little nervous.

“You don’t have to be nervous, take your time.” Chu Lan said patiently.