Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 245 Just Hide It From Me
"The kid from the Li family was very courageous. He went to see General Chen alone with a fireball. He demonstrated the power of the fireball to General Chen and used 300,000 kilograms of grain as a token of sincerity. He managed to convince General Chen to cooperate with us at Weiwu Mountain."

Yang Erzhu knew in his heart that Ke Mucheng deserved the first-class merit for the successful capture of Shu County with the help of General Chen, and the boy from the Li family deserved the first-class merit after Ke Mucheng.

"The border troops are running low on food. They have only had one full meal for ten days. Winter is coming soon, and the imperial court has not sent any military pay. They are only concerned with pacifying Liang and Yan counties, and don't care about the lives of the border troops. General Chen doesn't want to watch the border troops starve to death or freeze to death, so he was persuaded by the Li family kid."

Weiwu Mountain has food and better fireballs than the imperial court's Shenjiying. General Chen doesn't want his men to die in vain, so cooperating with Weiwu Mountain is General Chen's best choice.

What General Chen has to guard is the border, to prevent jackals and tigers from other countries. If the capital is destroyed, the people's lives will be truly miserable.

As long as the country still exists, who will take the position? General Chen himself said that he cannot control the long term.

He just had to ensure that the soldiers who followed him would not starve or freeze to death and that they could return home.

"What are your plans for the future?" Ke Muqing asked.

Yang Erzhu's face turned cold, and he said, "Take over Long County."

"We only used one of the fire balls that Auntie gave us in Shu County. Now it's a good opportunity to let Long County see the power of the fire ball." Pei San said, "Once we capture Long County, we will have troops from three counties. Then we can attack the capital directly and capture the imperial city!"

"Okay! Then I'll wait for your good news!" Ke Muqing said, "I'll deliver food and fire balls to you from the rear, and wait for your good news!"

Yang Erzhu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Er hurriedly said, "Brother, I told you that Auntie is our real mother from now on. Why are you calling her sister-in-law? You are wrong. We should call her mother!"

Pei San burst into laughter immediately, and when he laughed, Yang Erzhu and Ke Muqing couldn't help but laugh too.

The three people's smiles completely stunned Zhu Erxiao.

"You three are hiding something from me." Zhu Er snorted, "It's ok for the third brother to laugh, but why are you laughing too, big brother?"

"Second brother, Auntie is your biological sister-in-law, a legitimate sister-in-law. Do you know what a legitimate sister-in-law means?" Pei San was still smiling as he fanned himself and covered half of his face. "It means that Auntie's husband and our eldest brother are brothers, brothers with the same father and mother."

Zhu Er was completely dumbfounded, "So you kept such a big secret from me alone?"

"Can you keep the secret if I don't hide it from you?" Pei San asked back.

Zhu Er was self-aware and responded loudly, "How can I resist not saying this?"

After agreeing, Zhu Er was no longer angry and understood why he had to keep it from him.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Er said, "Big Brother and Third Brother, you are right. Don't tell me this kind of big secret in the future. If I know everything but can't tell anyone, I will feel uncomfortable for a long time. I am afraid I won't be able to sleep well. What if I tell it in my sleep at night? It's really itchy to have such a big thing hidden in my heart and can't tell anyone."

After muttering, Zhu Er grinned again, turned around and called Ke Muqing, "Sister-in-law, I didn't expect that we are so predestined to be a family! Now that we have a god like sister-in-law protecting us, we are even less afraid! Sister-in-law, just wait for good news from us brothers!"

Ke Muqing had bought a house in the city these days. Since she had decided to stay and help Yang Erzhu and the others, she would stay in Zhuang County. When Ke Xiucai and the others came back, Ke Muqing led everyone to move into the house. The house was on the same street, so if everyone wanted to visit, they could just walk a few steps and arrive.

The Ke family lived there, and Ke Mucheng lived there with his own family. However, Ke Mucheng was very busy these days, busy delivering food to Shu County and also busy delivering food and weapons to Weiwu Mountain.

Even though they are a family, the three Yang Erzhu brothers did not let Ke Mucheng suffer any loss. They still bartered with the mysterious friend behind Ke Mucheng as before.

Ke Muqing and his companions made a fortune.

Without the help of General Chen, the governor of Long County lost a great helper. Zhu Er and Pei San led their troops to attack Long County. It took only ten days to kill the governor of Long County and the stewards of the palace, and safely captured the entire Long County.

After Weiwushan took over the three counties, the lives of the people in the three counties gradually became stable.

Ke Muqing wrote a letter to Chen County, asking for permission to pass through Chen County on behalf of Weiwu Mountain. King Chen not only readily agreed, he even sent Li Jin and his personal soldiers to lead the way for everyone in Weiwu Mountain. Later, he let Li Jin lead 30,000 soldiers to help Weiwu Mountain attack Liang County.

When Yang Erzhu and his party conquered Liang County, Mr. Ke reopened his private school in the city, and Ke Mucheng sent all the children in his family to go to school.

When Weiwushan conquered Yan County, Feng Ying's small restaurant opened, and Zheng Qiushuang's wine shop and Yang Xiu'e's restaurant also opened.

Because of its good taste and genuine ingredients, its business is particularly good.

The Yang family added servants, and the three shops also added people to help.

This year, the Yang family spent a comfortable New Year in the small town. After dinner, the children came to Ke Mucheng to wish him a happy new year. Looking at a group of children kowtowed sincerely on the futon, Ke Mucheng smiled from ear to ear and gave out red envelopes one after another.

Yang Sanqing and Chen Changtai both went to fight in the war, so this year is not a reunion year for the Yang family. Ke Mucheng originally thought that Yang Erzhu and his men would have to fight this war for another year or two.

But what was unexpected was that when the empress dowager in the capital heard that the rebels were about to attack the capital in the spring, she actually abandoned the capital and ran away.

The empress dowager and the young emperor, along with their important ministers and the imperial guards, abandoned the city overnight. When Yang Erzhu and others arrived in the capital, the city gates were all open. Those who were abandoned and remained in the capital knelt on the roadside and surrendered early in the morning.

By the end of March, the ice and snow had already melted, and the colorful flowers and willows in the capital city had survived the cold wind and welcomed the new spring.

On March 26, Yang Erzhu led his troops to capture the imperial palace, and all officials respected him as the new emperor.

On March 28, Yang Erzhu ascended the throne as emperor in the capital, and the country was named Yongchang. On the same day, sweet dew fell from the sky in Yan and Liang counties. The rain lasted for five days and completely ended the drought in the two counties that had lasted for several years. The people were overjoyed and regarded the new emperor as the one chosen by heaven.

On March 29th, Yang Erzhu issued several imperial decrees in succession, conferring upon Zhu Er the title of King of Yong and Pei San the title of King of Ning.

Ke Mucheng also received the news from Yang Erzhu that his family was going to the capital. In order to protect his family's safety, Yang Erzhu specifically asked Ke Mucheng to stay in the city and wait for his father-in-law and his family to go to the capital together. At that time, there would be soldiers escorting them all the way.

After receiving the letter, Ke Mucheng informed Ke Xiucai and his group. Everyone gathered in the front yard. Yang Jiye and his friends were grinning so much that their mouths were about to burst. They were smiling every second for the past few days.