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The next day, the morning of early autumn was already slightly cool. Chen Guangde woke up from the bright pink, washed up under the service of the maid, and then tidied himself neatly and meticulously.Breakfast is an excellent porridge with tender bird meat and shallots. The cook has been bored since midnight, and she serves it in a high-quality blue and white porcelain bowl.

Chen Guangde sat on the golden knife with a big horse, and used a silver spoon to push aside the chopped green onion on the porridge surface, scooped half a spoonful and put it into his mouth, feeling the taste on the tip of his tongue, and then nodded slightly.The cook standing by the side was relieved when she saw this.Because Chen Guangde was originally in charge of restaurants, he is very proficient in food and drink, and has extremely high requirements. If the taste is not to his liking, being scolded is only a trivial matter, and maybe he will be punished.

Although it is just a simple sparrow porridge, the selection of rice, water, and heat are all very particular. The value of a handful of good rice may be worth the rations of an ordinary family of five for several days.The nobles of the Kingdom of Cathay believed that apart from the difference in power between the nobles and the common people, they should also widen the gap in terms of food and clothing.If there are not a few good cooks who are good at various cuisines in the house, when entertaining guests, if the guests are not satisfied, I will feel ashamed.

While he was eating breakfast, Zhang Wu came to report: "Your Excellency, people from the association have delivered today's snow salt in advance, and they also said that they may not ship or produce in the near future until the army of Tachibana Get out to resume normal operations.”

Chen Guangde also knew about the arrival of the Tachibana Assassin's army, but he didn't care. He just said indifferently: "With such a large snow salt business, the scholars of the association don't know how to recruit people to protect them. If you come here, you will be forced to suspend business. How much money will you lose in one day? If it were me, huh. We must run this place like an iron bucket, whether it is Lone Wolf or Garfield, as long as they dare to come, let them Didn't get back."

"The master is mighty." Zhang Wu flattered him.

"I'm going to the association to meet the scholar president here in a while, have you prepared yet?" Chen Guangde finished his last sip of porridge and said, "The gift must be well chosen, and there must be nothing wrong with it. We have to keep the salt business forever. If possible, it would be great if we could pry more shares out of his mouth. Uncle Liu said he is lustful, so beauties must be first-class. It's just a pity... …well."

Chen Guangde heaved a long sigh.Zhang Wu didn't know what the master was sighing, and he didn't dare to guess wildly.Immediately ordered to go.

half an hour later.Chen Guangde got into the carriage, followed by two pallet trucks. The goods were piled high, but they were covered tightly with black tarpaulin, so I don't know the details.At the same time, the convoy was protected by more than 30 guards on horseback, marching mightily all the way in the direction of Black Rock City. [

Chen Xiansong stood on the balcony.Watching the convoy down the leg of the mountain, and returning to the house after they disappeared from view.Xiao Min put on casual clothes for him, and the two went downstairs to the lobby.Alice and Ruth served freshly baked honey bread and fresh honey milk tea. Chen Xiansong took a bite of the bread, chewed a few mouthfuls, and said, "It tastes good, but some places are burnt. .”

Alice snorted coldly, and said angrily, "This is the first time I've made honey bread. If you find it unpalatable, you don't have to eat it."

Ever since Chen Xiansong had sex with Catherine, she has become what she is now. She is not happy with what Chen Xiansong does.However, her emotions were only aimed at Chen Xiansong, and she was still the same to other people, but she was even more affectionate to Catherine.

Chen Xiansong immediately swallowed a few bites of the honey bread, and then said: "It's delicious, even if it's burnt."

Alice's complexion improved a lot, then she snorted again, turned around and went back to the kitchen, her golden ponytail drew a semicircle with her body's rotation, almost hitting Chen Xiansong's face superior.The latter muttered a few words: "Alice is very angry recently, what's wrong with her?"

"Girl's heart, I'm having an awkward fight. The main reason is that Xiao Song favors one and favors another. But it doesn't matter, as long as it takes a while, she will figure it out. If Xiao Song wants her to be happy soon, go and coax her. "Bai Qianxin finished her breakfast, walked up to Chen Xiansong, kissed his forehead affectionately, and continued: "I will continue to supervise them to reconcile those things, so as not to accidentally kill anyone. If Xiaosong has nothing to do If you want to do it, go to the guards to inspect and boost their morale, and also go to the village to give a speech to make them psychologically prepared for war. This is good for everyone.”

Chen Xiansong nodded, expressing his understanding.

After Chen Xiansong had breakfast, he went to the guard's dormitory. Balfe, Fina and the others were training these good former mercenaries.Seeing the lord approaching, Balfe immediately ordered them to line up.These people looked at Chen Xiansong with expressions of gratitude and dependence in their eyes, and when they saw Bai Min, they were filled with awe.

Standing in front of these iron-blooded men, Chen Xiansong knew that some people might die in this battle, so he felt a little heavy, and said: "The battle may come soon, maybe my next words will hit everyone Morale, but I still want to make my thoughts clear."

"As long as there is a war, people will die. This is an avoidable thing. If I use the word "defense the home and defend the country" to arouse everyone's fighting spirit and morale, but I don't want to, because a person's life is only once. , to die is to die, there is nothing left, honor, pride, medals, these are only things that the victors and those who survived can have. In the next war, I have the confidence to win, but I can't guarantee you Everyone survived."

Chen Xiansong looked at these familiar and somewhat unfamiliar faces, and then said: "But I hope each of you can survive, not for the territory, not for me, not for the country, but for yourselves Relatives, friends, and confidantes. Only by surviving can we enjoy the joy and rewards after winning the battle, and we will not let relatives and friends shed tears."

There was no cheering, no noise, and it was not until a few minutes after Chen Xiansong left that the guards dispersed spontaneously, and they all began to arrange their equipment more carefully and seriously than before.After Chen Xiansong finished speaking, their morale might have dropped a little bit, but there seemed to be something else in their eyes.

Next, Chen Xiansong went to the village. The little guy was teaching Jessica in the open space of the village. Linda and Alex were three people who could read and write, and two guards guarded her.Seeing the teacher, she seemed very happy, but restrained her actions, instead of rushing towards him as if at home, she walked forward slowly, gave a lady's salute, and then stood beside him, Looks very well-behaved.

Jessica, Linda, and Alex came up and also saluted Chen Xiansong.The three little fellows were all a bit cramped. In order not to affect their study mood, Chen Xiansong gave a few words of encouragement and entered the second uncle's house.

It is extremely rare for a nobleman to visit a commoner's house as a guest, and soon a large group of people gathered outside. [

Chen Xiansong was sitting in the living room, except for the second uncle who seemed relatively calm because of his age and experience, his family members were all at a loss.Especially the son of the second uncle was even more nervous. His wife came up with a plate of dried fruits. He saw that one of the dried fruits seemed to be moldy, and slapped him with a slap: "You idiot woman, how can such rotten dried fruits be eaten?" Dare to bring it to the lord to eat, is there something wrong with your head? Hurry up and get some fresh fruit."

His wife moved her mouth twice and wanted to say: "How can we have fresh fruit at home..." But seeing her husband's fierce eyes, she stopped talking and could only go back to the room to think of a way.

Seeing this situation, Chen Xiansong felt that it seemed inappropriate to come here in person, so he turned his head and said to the second uncle: "Old village chief, I know you are highly regarded in the village, so I would like to ask you to do something. "

The second uncle had a small conflict with Chen Xiansong before, and now he is still regretting it, and said after hearing the words: "Lord, please just say it, even if you don't sleep, the men in our village will help you. do it."

"It's not that exaggerated." Chen Xiansong waved his hand: "Very soon Li Huaci's army will attack, I think everyone should know about it."

The second uncle nodded.

"During the last war, the village suffered a lot of disasters. Some people's houses were burned down, and some people's food was also burned out." Chen Xiansong has a deep memory of the images of the village after that war. Almost all of the reconstruction work was funded by him alone. Although he spent a lot of money, he also won the hearts of the people: "And this time there are more enemies. For the sake of everyone's safety and property, I hope everyone can leave temporarily." The village, retreat to the mountains."

The second uncle thought about it for a while, and said: "Lord, we will not leave. If the peasants have no land and houses, we will have no way of living."

"I can help you make up for the losses after the war." Chen Xiansong said.

"Lord, your kindness is appreciated." The second uncle smiled wryly: "You have done enough for us hard-working people, you helped us build houses, reduced our agricultural taxes, exempted our foreign taxes, Offer to help us find work, and let us use the waterwheel, you are the best lord I have ever seen, and we have never done anything for you."

The second uncle said slowly: "Lord, we will also participate in this war. Even with a hoe, we will fight with the lord. The lord protects the people. In return, the people must work hard for the lord. The construction of the territory is the lord. It is your responsibility, and it is the duty of our citizens to die."

Looking at the stubborn eyes of the second uncle, and then at the eyes of the surrounding people, Chen Xiansong was speechless.

At noon, the scorching sun was shining brightly. Chen Guangde stood under the city wall, looked at the closed city gate, and then at the heavily guarded soldiers on the city wall. His face was very dark, and his head was illuminated by the blazing sun. He couldn't help feeling I became angry. (to be continued..)

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