nucmednet Chapter 1813 Yongzhou City Does Not Keep Idle People
Chapter 1813 Yongzhou City Does Not Keep Idle People
Li Keyong thought about the Crown Prince's actions and suddenly sighed, "The Crown Prince is right. We should have learned from him and abandoned our status as princes before joining the battle."
The Ninth Prince said nothing when he heard this. The Eighth Prince's expression changed, as if he wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute.
He held his hands, his eyes filled with frost: "The people will spit on us because they are spreading rumors. Lao Jiu, we can't compromise, we must fight them to the end."
The Ninth Prince nodded: "I know what to do."
After he finished speaking, he discussed with Li Keyong and continued to travel on the battlefield. However, when it came to the autumn harvest, not only did they fail to defend their territory, they were also defeated and almost lost their lives.
It was also at this time that Li Keyong suddenly realized that the situation in the world had become chaotic since the moment the emperor died, and that when the so-called princes' bloodline was revealed, they should hide their identities and plan for development in secret.
Unfortunately, the prince saw this clearly and reminded them, but they were arrogant and did not take the prince's words seriously.
As Li Keyong's thoughts turned, some barely perceptible irritation flashed across his eyes. He was an invincible general who didn't even take Chen Changli seriously. Why did he suffer several defeats in a row now?
"Uncle, let's go find the prince." The Ninth Prince covered the wound on his shoulder, was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke.
Li Keyi's face changed slightly and he was about to dissuade him.
Li Keyong sighed and said, "Have you made up your mind?"
"Brother, do you know what you are saying?" Li Keyi was very flustered and it showed on his face.
Li Keyong said with a tense expression, "I know, if we still have people under our command, I will never let Your Highness do this, but after being targeted several times, our people have suffered heavy losses. If this continues, we will die here."
Li Keyi was stunned by these words and remained speechless for a long time.
The Ninth Prince frowned and sighed, "We made one mistake and then all of them went wrong, but the situation is critical now and we have no chance to start over. We can only stay with the Crown Prince and survive."
The eighth prince said nothing when he heard this, but his silence also showed his agreement.
Ye Yun understood his thoughts and took the initiative to step forward and said, "The prince is concerned about the relationship between brothers after all, otherwise he would not have said such words before we left. So if we go to him now, we will not be laughed at. On the contrary, he still needs us."
Several people looked at each other, then sighed, disguised themselves, and rushed to Yongzhou City.
It was the autumn harvest time, and the people of Yongzhou City collected grain with trepidation. They found that the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes was really 3,000 kilograms per mu. They immediately hugged their families and cried bitterly.
"There is actually such food in this world. Wow, we don't have to starve anymore."
"This is a gift from Shennong. We should be grateful."
From spring to autumn, although the people dug wild vegetables to sustain their lives, there were too many people rushing here one after another, and there was not much food stored in Yongzhou City, so the closer it got to the autumn harvest, the hungrier they became, and some even went hungry for three days and three nights.
Now that they had food, they finally let go of the worries that had been in their throats.
"Everyone can eat tonight. In two days, we will plant another crop, and we will be able to harvest crops again next spring."
In order to help the people get through the hard times, Wan Shufang had Chen Changli work with her to move hot food and rice from the hospital space over the past six months, and then had her own people mix them into the porridge.
Only after the couple did this were the people able to survive, otherwise most of them would have died.
"Thank you, Madam General." Hearing Wan Shufang's words, the people were very excited. They passed the message to each other and became busy an hour later.
Wan Shufang also brought her family to join in and have fun with the people.
Two days later, the people began a new round of farming, and the Ninth Prince and his entourage arrived in Yongzhou City like refugees.
Hearing that the Ninth Prince and his men were targeted by the outside world and almost died, Wan Shufang wondered: "Didn't they occupy a city? With a city, they should build high walls, store up food, and then claim to be king."
"You are too impatient." Chen Changli hit the nail on the head.
"I think they don't care about the people, so they are in a hurry to expand their territory. If they cared about the people like the prince, how could they be targeted?" Wan Shufang shook her head and sighed.
"Not everyone is a prince." Chen Changli sighed sincerely, "So I believe that only a prince can bring peace to the world."
"The prince is indeed different from them." Wan Shufang agreed with this deeply, and then stopped caring about the matter and continued to take care of the people's farming.
In the spring of the following year, the people had another good harvest, and Yongzhou City had surplus food.
The prince took his men to conduct an investigation and determined that the excess food could sustain them for two years, so he began to recruit and train new soldiers.
As a doctor with good medical skills, Wan Shufang specially recruited widowed women at home to do nursing work with her three daughters-in-law and daughter who were eager to pursue their careers.
Chen Changli took his three sons to the new recruit camp for training, and secretly passed the message to Zhao Yunhui who was stationed in Yongzhou, asking him to become an open rebel. Only then did he allow the prince to officially join the battle and capture cities.
"Chen Changli is a good warrior, and Wan Shufang is smart and has many novel ideas. With the help of these two, if the prince cannot conquer the world, he might as well just kill himself."
The eighth prince walked around Yongzhou City in disguise, feeling the completely different atmosphere of Yongzhou City from before, and felt a pang of sourness in his heart.
Ye Yun heard his sour words and sighed: "Your Highness, Brother Li Keyong has also volunteered, so now except for you and me, everyone who follows the prince is contributing to his great cause."
The Eighth Prince's face froze: "Is it because I don't want to? It's because I have no one under my command."
Ye Yun advised: "Your Highness can learn from Wan Shufang and help with some trivial matters. When the prince succeeds, Your Highness can also become a prince."
"Go ahead and learn if you want. I won't stop you." Upon hearing this, the Eighth Prince instantly understood what he meant and agreed directly.
Ye Yun was silent for a long time before he said, "Since the crown prince announced that the food problem had been solved and that he had expanded outward, many aristocratic families or famous heroes have come to join him."
"I bumped into them and talked to them, and then I realized I couldn't compare to them."
Yongzhou City has been bustling with people recently. Ye Yun has a keen intuition, so he went out to investigate. Only then did he know that a talented person had come to join the prince.
Through these people, he realized how weak he was, so he wanted to persuade the Eighth Prince to take the initiative, but he didn't expect the Eighth Prince to say that.
"Even if I do nothing, the prince will not treat me unfairly." The eighth prince was extremely confident.
"Yongzhou City doesn't support idle people." Wan Shufang happened to be passing by with her group. When she heard this, she subconsciously refuted it.
When she turned around and saw the Eighth Prince, her face was immediately filled with embarrassment, "I'm not talking about you, don't misunderstand me."
The Eighth Prince was furious and said, "You did it on purpose."
Seeing that he was not giving up, Wan Shufang concealed her embarrassment and said, "The Ninth Prince is also doing things. Do you think you are not as good as him?"