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Chapter 704 Preparation
Chapter 705 Preparation
The construction of Fuzi Crossbow was very smooth, but here, Zeng Zhe's exploration was quite tortuous.There was no other reason than that this group of Tatar soldiers actually let the people of Qingzhou serve as their pawns, forcing them to build roadblocks and traps on the main road and on the sides with whip after whip!

In the future, these Qingzhou people will undoubtedly become cannon fodder in their wars with each other.

Zeng Zhe even saw two people he was familiar with among these people. If he had not remembered the military order, he would have wanted to rescue them immediately.But this was just a thought. He also knew that even if he saved the person now, he would not be able to bring the person out.

Zeng Zhe endured his hatred and quietly took his companions around the place where the Tatar army settled. He returned to Yin County before Chen time, and then informed Sheng Xi of the news he had discovered.

Wang Xiao and others were also on the side. When they heard that this group of Tatars wanted to take advantage of the prisoners again, they all became so angry that their eyes were red. Someone finally couldn't help it and said directly to Sheng Xi: "Madam, I request you to take advantage of them." Go and rescue the people!"

Sheng Xi raised his eyes and glanced at the person who spoke. He was silent for a moment before speaking: "Well, he will be rescued sooner or later. But not now."

The man wanted to say something else, but Zhang Chen held him back.Zhang Chen shook his head gently at him, signaling him not to get excited.

Sheng Xi glanced at Zhang Chen in surprise, but said nothing. She asked everyone to look at the map and lowered her head to think about it.

Everyone knew that this was not the time to act impulsively. After suppressing their inner anger, they finally calmed down and discussed countermeasures together.

A long time passed, and when everyone still failed to discuss a countermeasure, Sheng Xi suddenly raised his head and said to Zhang Chen: "Zhang Chen, go and call Master Jiang."

Zhang Chen was stunned and didn't understand why they called a craftsman when they were discussing military situation, but he still followed the order and called someone.

Master Jiang is the leading craftsman responsible for making the bed crossbow. He was urging everyone to speed up in the yard next door. When he heard the call, he hurriedly followed Zhang Chen.

At that time, Sheng Xi had already finished a painting at this time.Sheng Xi handed the painting to Master Jiang. Master Jiang raised his eyebrows after just one glance and subconsciously murmured: "This..."

Sheng Xi didn't explain much, just said: "Just adjust two of them, and make the others according to the original design."

"Yes, madam!" Master Jiang immediately stopped asking questions after hearing these words. He then bowed respectfully to Sheng Xi and hurriedly retreated.

Everyone didn't understand what Sheng Xi was going to do, but since Master Jiang didn't ask any more questions, they could only suppress their curiosity for the time being.The crossbow hasn't been finished yet, and they are all laymen, so it won't be of much use to ask now.

But Sheng Xi still explained to them: "I asked Master Jiang to adjust the crossbow because the previous range was a bit short."

Everyone was stunned and wanted to say something, but no one spoke.On the contrary, they asked themselves: "Is it short? Aren't they all 500 meters? The adjustment is to lengthen the range? Is... is this so easy? If it were so easy, those military craftsmen would have made adjustments over the years. ." Everyone slandered in their hearts, but because Sheng Xi was a girl, they didn't express their suspicions.At the same time, they couldn't help but look forward to it. If they could adjust...ah, let's not think about it for now.

The enemy clearly planned to lure them out by setting up obstacles, but the enemy also knew that they didn't have many people here. Instead of trying to lure them out, it would be easier to attack them directly.However, according to the news brought by Zeng Zhe, I don't know what happened in Qingzhou. In short, the Tatar general was recalled and would be back in less than two days.

"So, we still have one day to prepare." Sheng Xi nodded at the table and suddenly looked at Wang Xiao, "Wang Xiao, let the soldiers recharge their batteries tonight. I'm afraid they won't be able to sleep well tomorrow night. In addition, give extra meals to the soldiers, and make sure no one is hungry before tomorrow night!"

"Yes!" Wang Xiao nodded immediately, but soon his face showed embarrassment. After pressing his lips for a moment, he still couldn't hold back and said, "Madam, we don't have much food..." They were saving food, but now I have already eaten this meal without finishing it. If I want to eat more...

Seeing Sheng Xi looking up at him, Wang Xiao hurriedly added: "I have sent people to buy some with the villagers, but this year is not good, and the people can't save much food." After a pause, he couldn't help but bite. He gritted his teeth and said, "The county magistrate is a greedy person. He added a lot of extra taxes behind his back. I heard that the taxes were not put into the treasury, but he just spent them without leaving anything behind!"

After he said this, several other people suddenly became angry when they heard this, obviously they did not expect this to happen.

"Damn it!" Zhang Chen couldn't help but cursed at the side, "The imperial court is a silverfish!"

Sheng Xi quickly glanced at everyone and said directly: "I understand, I will figure out a solution for the food. You tell the soldiers not to worry, just rest well!"

Wang Xiao opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing Sheng Xi's determined expression, the doubts in his heart were suppressed for a while.

Afterwards, everyone analyzed the battle situation, while Sheng Xi mostly listened on the sidelines.

Time flies so fast that the night flies by in the blink of an eye. After a full night's sleep, the soldiers welcome the morning sun and their hungry stomachs.

And they thought that today would be the same as before, just drinking a sip of thin soup and little water. Unexpectedly, their stomachs didn't growl for a while, and a scent of rice wafted from the tip of their noses.The aroma was like a hook, drawing them involuntarily towards the kitchen.And when they saw the white rice, their eyes suddenly widened!
"Here, where does this rice come from?" Everyone asked in shock, but at the same time they couldn't help but think, did they cook all their grain reserves?Want to have a last supper before you hit the road?
Everyone swallowed their saliva and had mixed feelings. For a moment, the rice didn't even taste good.

The cook was so smart. He knew what they were thinking when he saw them like this, and immediately said: "Don't think blindly! There is still plenty of rice! My wife found a grain merchant who happened to be passing by and bought it from him. Come back with some food! Madam said, the soldiers are the hardest working people fighting for the country, and we must not let you go hungry! Therefore, we have enough food for these few days!"

"Ah, that's it..." Everyone suddenly realized, and when they looked at the rice, some people couldn't help but salivate.Afraid of embarrassment, the man quickly wiped his saliva and said with emotion: "Madam is so nice, she is different from any other lady I have met before!"

When the cook saw this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "That's not all! Madam has also found some new weapons for you!"

(End of this chapter)