after being kidnapped by the general

Since Chu Hechao slapped himself twice last time, he has been trying not to recall that incident.As soon as Yuanli flashed through his mind, he slapped himself again.I haven't seen Yuanli in the past few days, and the effect of his suppression is very good.This proves that the last time Chu Hechao thought of Yuanli's lips and tongue was just a momentary dizziness, which made Chu Hechao heave a sigh of relief.

He also has the confidence to face Yuanli again.

But when Yuan Li saw it, Chu Hechao was still uncomfortably irritable.

Without Yuanli by his side, Chu Hechao suddenly felt that his breathing became much easier, and he was able to work seriously.He killed the pigs neatly, and it didn't take long to finish the one in his hand.

Yuan Li went to the back to wash his face, drank some water to moisten his throat, and sat under the tree to rest for a while.

But it didn't take long before he couldn't stop wandering around again.From time to time, I ran to see how other people slaughtered pigs, then counted how many pigs had been killed, and finally ran to the fence to chat with the common people.

Chu Hechao looked back inadvertently, and saw Yuan Li standing by the fence talking to the people.

He frowned, handed the knife to the soldier, wiped his hands and walked over.

Yuan Li was inquiring about the basic necessities of the common people, "Is the harvest in the field good this year? Winter is coming soon, do you have firewood and charcoal at home?"

Youzhou is the most northeastern part of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Not only is it remote, but the climate is also very harsh.

In winter, it is cold and windy, icy and snowy.Many poor people will freeze to death because the winter is too cold.

In fact, there was always a worry hidden in Yuanli's heart.

The origin of the system is not clear, but it is obvious that the release of each task in the system is related to what Yuanli is experiencing, and the rewards for completing the tasks are also things that Yuanli can use near or far.

For example, the family property in exchange for soap, the transaction in exchange for fine salt, and the "Postpartum Care of Sows" that will soon be available for farrowing sows.

Even for the white granulated sugar that has not yet been made, this reward is obviously foreseeable.Because this reward is the reward for completing the apprenticeship, Ouyang Ting was sent to the south as the governor after the apprenticeship, so Yuanli wrote to Ouyang Ting, asking Ouyang Ting to find him a chance to make sugar cane.

Therefore, Yuanli believes that the task rewards given by the system all have hints of the future.

Among the unfinished system tasks, the system has given two things related to keeping warm in winter.One is "cotton" that can only be obtained after becoming an official, and the other is the reward "coal mine" after the Yishan Army is suppressed.

There is no way for Yuanli to think about these two things. It is cotton and coal. Could it be that there will be snowstorms in Youzhou this winter?

But Yuanli thought about it again, and felt that maybe there would be snowstorms not this year, but next year's winter.

Because whether it is the task of obtaining "cotton" or the task of obtaining "coal mine", it is impossible for Yuanli to complete it before this winter comes.If there is really a snowstorm this winter, and the system is going to give him "cotton" and "coal" to prevent such things from happening, then there is no need to set a task condition setting for Yuanli that cannot be completed at present, otherwise this is not a joke of it?

Yuanli peeked out this guess from it.If this winter can really pass smoothly, then in the first winter after he became an official, he will have to prepare things in advance to deal with the snow disaster.

I only hope that his guess is right, Yuan Li sighed in his heart.

He put down the thoughts just now and refocused on the people.

Although Yuan Li had a young face, he had a calm demeanor and was extraordinary. The people he questioned did not dare to lie, and told the family situation in detail.

This year, because Yuanli sits in Youzhou, and Yuanli gave Cai Ji and other officials of Guangyang County a blow, so this year's autumn harvest, officials at all levels dare not mess around, especially those in Ji County.

The people of Ji County have not been looted for food this year, so it is better than before.

But Youzhou is desolate, with few people, and a lot of barren land has not been cultivated. No matter how good it is, it's just like that.

The common people have lived in Youzhou for an unknown number of years, and they have their own way of dealing with the severe winter. As long as there are no catastrophes such as snowstorms and hailstorms, they can barely survive the winter.

Yuanli originally thought that the common people would look forward to a warm winter, but to Yuanli's surprise, the common people were looking forward to a colder winter.

Yuan Li was very puzzled by this, until an old man said tremblingly: "It's very cold in winter, so we can only be sure about the harvest."

Other common people interrupted in a hurry, and Yuan Li finally understood.

If there is abundant snowfall in winter, it can keep the fields warm and replenish water. Coupled with the cold weather in winter, many pests can be frozen to death, reducing the occurrence of crop diseases and insect pests in the coming year.

Warm winters are good for people, but not for the fields.The people rely on the fields for food, and would rather suffer from the cold than have a cold winter.

Yuanli felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

At this moment, the people who were still talking to him showed a look of fear, and suddenly ran away cleanly.

Yuan Li turned his head to look, and saw a small thing coming towards him, he subconsciously caught it, and looked down, it was a yellow-orange autumn pear.

The appearance of this pear is very good, the top is small and the bottom is big, you can tell it must be very sweet just by looking at it.

Yuan Li looked up and saw Chu He Chao's handsome face.

Chu Hechao had a lot of pig's blood splattered on his body, and he was tall and strong. His face was expressionless, and he looked like a criminal who murdered and beheaded. It's no wonder that the people were afraid.

Yuan Li had just been beaten by him, so he didn't want to eat his food, so he asked stiffly, "What is this?"

Chu Hechao frowned, looked at Yuanli up and down, with a strange expression, as if he didn't expect that Yuanli didn't even know this, "Qiuli, haven't you seen it?"

Yuanli: "..." Of course he has seen it.

What he meant by this question was to ask why Chu Hechao gave him Qiuli.

Yuan Li was tired for a while, he felt that he must be a fool in Chu Hechao's eyes.Just like Chu Hechao is also a fool in his eyes.

He didn't bother to say anything, he picked up Qiuli and took a bite with a blank expression, "...so sweet."

He couldn't help but took another bite, his soft round eyes widened.

The corners of the man's mouth curled slightly, and then quickly closed, as if he said casually: "Didn't I tell you to sit and rest in the back? Why are you running around?"

For Li's sake, Yuan Li told him, "Ask the common people if they have prepared firewood and charcoal for the winter."

Chu Hechao pondered for a while, and said firmly: "This winter will not be very cold."

Yuanli became interested and asked curiously, "Why?"

"Winter is warm and cold depending on November," Chu Hechao said indifferently, "The first day of October is cloudy, and charcoal is as expensive as gold. If the first day of October is sunny, winter will be warm."

"Is October [-] this year a sunny day?" Yuan Li asked curiously, "Is this statement accurate?"

Chu Hechao glanced at him, "No."

Yuan Li's smile froze on his face.

A smile flashed across Chu Hechao's eyes, he turned around and walked slowly towards the well, "This is just a farming proverb. On the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, there are sunny and cloudy places in Youzhou alone. Could it be that the whole Youzhou The coldness and warmth of the winter are different?"

Yuan Li followed, and quietly said: "Chu Hechao, are you deliberately teasing me?"

Chu Hechao's steps were fast, and Yuan Li's steps were also fast.But the man has long legs, and his steps are full of momentum. When his legs lift up his robe, his thighs are strong and strong, which makes him look particularly relaxed.Hearing this, he turned his head and glanced at Yuan Li with a half-smile, narrowed his long and narrow eyes slightly, and said with a bit of arrogance, "That's right, I know I'm teasing you."

Yuanli stopped in his tracks all of a sudden.

Chu Hechao took two steps forward before he realized it. He turned his head and looked back. Yuan Li's fair face was slightly cold, and the corner of his mouth was pressed down to look at him.

The handsome young man Lang Qiao stood there, behind him was the bustling pig slaughterhouse, whether it was noisy or bloody, it didn't affect his cleanliness.Obviously there is no stone knife in hand, and obviously there is no strong body, but it makes people's heart skip a beat, and a little panic emerges from the bottom of my heart.

Chu Hechao swallowed his saliva, and walked to Yuanli's side without any change, his eyes scanned the surroundings calmly, fearing that the scene of him crouching down and being small would be seen, and whispered: "Why, with You can't even make a joke?"

Yuan Li still didn't speak, just raised his head and looked at him quietly, his jaw was tense, which was a symbol of uneasy mood.

Chu Hechao stared at his surroundings for a moment, then lowered his voice, "Are you really angry?"

Yuan Li turned around and was about to leave.

Chu Hechao cursed a few words in a low voice, strode forward vigorously, and blocked Yuan Li's way in an instant, "Speak well, what are you going to do?"

Yuan Li buried his head, unable to see his expression, his fair and small ears were swept by the black hair, and he turned sideways to the right to bypass Chu Hechao.

Chu Hechao immediately took a step to the right, blocking it like a stone, "Yuanli, look up."

He couldn't see Yuan Li's expression, he felt a little apprehensive, and his tone couldn't help being a little tough.

Yuan Li stubbornly turned his hair to Chu Hechao, and walked to the left again.Chu Hechao followed and moved two steps to the left, like a bandit blocking the way, trying to stop someone from passing.

"Don't be angry," Chu Hechao had never coaxed someone so humbly before, he was sweating from embarrassment, "There are still people watching, so it's okay to go back to the house. I was wrong, let's forget it this time ,Ok?"

Suddenly, Yuanli's shoulders began to tremble.

Chu Hechao's expression changed, did he cry?

He quickly bent down to look at the expression on Yuan Li's face, but what he saw was Yuan Li's blushing face suppressed from smiling, and the corners of his lips raised high.

Seeing being discovered by Chu Hechao, Yuan Li couldn't help it anymore, he stepped back a few steps and laughed so hard that tears were about to come out, his brows were full of complacent slyness, "General, there is no need to apologize, after all I am Also teased back."

After speaking, he couldn't help laughing, turned around and ran away with a big smile.

Chu Hechao froze on the spot for a few moments, his face changed from green to red, and he strode up to follow.

Two thousand pigs were slaughtered from morning to evening.

After the slaughter, the whole pig slaughterhouse was already full of stench, and the people who had been slaughtering pigs for a whole day were so tired that they couldn't lift their hands, and collapsed on the ground gasping for breath.

Don't talk about eating meat now, they don't want to see meat in a short time.

Especially those ordinary people who came to help butcher the pigs, they were even more disgusted by the blood and stench.

But when Yuanli started counting wages and pork for them, these people suddenly gained strength, got up from the ground suddenly, and started to line up in anticipation and excitement.

There were two tables in front of Yuanli, one on the left and the other on the right sat Guo Lin and Zhao Ying, who settled accounts for the common people.

The total number of pigs killed by each commoner who came to help was recorded by the soldiers. Every time a pig was killed, he would be given a hundred renminbi plus a catty of meat. Guo Lin was responsible for paying the money, and Zhao Ying was responsible for weighing the meat. When the good-paying people left, they laughed so hard that their teeth could not see their eyes, with money in one hand and meat in the other, the exhaustion and discomfort of a busy day had been washed away by joy.

Fearing that they would be robbed by bad guys, Yuanli even sent someone to send them back home.

After sending all the people away, half an hour later, the sky had already darkened.

The onlookers were also dispersed, and the rest were soldiers who had been busy all day.

Yuan Li raised his voice and said: "Everyone has worked hard all day today. We killed a total of two thousand pigs today. These are all fresh pork. Let's open our stomachs and have a whole pig feast tonight!"

Hearing this, the soldiers cheered and happily began to clear up the huge open space, lit a bonfire and set up a stove.

Yuanli had already recruited the cooks from the army and the chefs from the Chu Palace, and provided them with enough seasonings to speed up the processing of the pork.

The generals were all embarrassed, "Master Yuan wasted a lot of money, they opened their stomachs to eat, and it is estimated that there will be a hundred or so."

"Should be," Yuan Li smiled, "I've already divided the remaining pork among you, you can see if this amount is enough."

Of the [-] pigs, Yuanli only needed the meat of [-] pigs and all the offal and leftovers, and the rest of the pigs were given to the army.

Hearing that the army can get so much, several generals were shocked and quickly waved their hands, "No way, Mr. Yuan, this is too much!"

"Young Master Yuan, you bought this pig, and our soldiers should help you. We really deserve it because you gave us so much."

"What's the matter?" Yuan Li smiled indifferently, "I need very little, and I won't be able to finish it if I don't send it to the army. Just take it."

"This……"

Everyone looked at Chu Hechao.

After Chu Hechao nodded, they dared to come down, and quickly thanked Yuanli.

Yuan Li was in charge of the army's logistics, and the two thousand pigs were supposed to be supplied to the army, but the generals didn't know his plan.

These pigs had never been eunuched, they were too fishy, ​​and Yuan Li couldn't get used to the meat.The hundred pigs of pork he left behind were only for the soldiers.

With the meat hanging in front, the soldiers worked extremely fast.

The open space was cleaned up, and the bonfire was bright in the dark. Yuan Li and several generals ate at the same table around the bonfire, and tasted the first fresh pork of the day.

Even though Yuanli gave enough seasoning, the meat still had a stench. After taking a bite, Yuanli swallowed it, not planning to move his chopsticks a second time.

But the others didn't notice it, they ate meat and laughed loudly, their mouths gleaming with oil.He Lang got excited and asked people to knock bowls and play music, and dragged other generals to dance a warrior dance.

After they finished dancing, Yang Zhongfa also cheerfully sang a song with a strong voice: "The reeds are high, the flute is long, cattle and sheep are herding on the grass, and the cattle and sheep eat wild grass with their heads down. It makes people miss their father and mother."

This is a local nursery rhyme in Youzhou. After Yang Zhongfa finished singing, the others roared with laughter, "Master Yang, why are you still singing nursery rhymes?"

Yang Zhongfa snorted: "My youngest son Xuan'er has learned this nursery rhyme from his mother in recent days, and sings it every day, so that I can remember it by heart. It's time to make a fool of yourself."

Yuanli couldn't help laughing at such a short picture of parents.

The happy night passed quickly, and from the second day onwards, Yuanli sent the pork to the barracks.In order to prevent the meat from spoiling, He Lang took over the burden and rushed back to northern Xinjiang with people to protect the meat in advance.

The [-] heads of pork left in Yuanli are intended to be made into bacon and bacon for long-term preservation.

Originally, Chu Hechao and others were also going back to Northern Xinjiang.But winter is coming, and it is inconvenient to transport grain and grass in the cold winter, so it is necessary to transport the winter grain and grass to northern Xinjiang in late autumn.

However, after the autumn harvest, it will take half a month for all the taxes and food sent from various places to arrive in Ji County, so Chu Hechao postponed his return to northern Xinjiang, planning to stay in Ji County for half a month, so as to save them from leaving. Yuanli spent energy sending people to transport food for them.

The closer to the end of autumn, the colder and colder the weather, the darker and faster.

At an ordinary noon ten days later, Yuan Li was taking a nap when the system in his mind suddenly rang.

[The Encyclopedia of Everything System has been activated.The task of pacifying the Youzhou Uprising Army has been completed, and the rewards have been distributed. Please explore by yourself. 】

Yuan Li suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed, his eyes were bright.

Yuan Congyun's battle with Bai Mizhong was successful!

Yuanli will never forget that the reward for the task of pacifying the Youzhou Uprising Army is potatoes, which are high-yield, easy to fill and easy to grow.

He hurriedly got out of bed and summoned Lin Tian Guo Lin and the servants in the courtyard, "Quickly look in the courtyard for any plants that you haven't seen before."

The servants hurriedly searched the whole yard, but found nothing in the end.

Yuan Li frowned tightly, deeply worried.

The rewards issued by the system have always been logical, and the source will not arouse suspicion. Could it be that they were brought back from outside like the last "Postpartum Care of Sows"?

The more Yuan Li thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, so he quickly changed his clothes and hurried outside for a walk.

But when it was dark, and Yuanli didn't come across any crops that looked like potatoes, he could only return to Chu Palace in a puzzled state.

As soon as he returned to Chu Palace, Guo Lin hurriedly came to tell Yuanli, "My lord, when you went out in the afternoon, Mr. Yuan, who was fighting in Liaoxi County, brought the good news of victory. Along with the good news, he also sent a large number of spoils. It has been sent to the general’s courtyard. The general sent someone to invite you over an hour ago, and it seems that he wants you to see if there is anything you want in the spoils of war.”

loot...

Yuan Li's eyes lit up, and he hurried to Chu Hechao's yard.

Strangely, there was no one in Chu Hechao's courtyard.

But Yuanli was anxious and didn't care about this.He called out, "Chu Hechao?"

There was a sound from behind the door.

Yuan Li hurriedly opened the door and said with a smile on his face: "I heard that you just got a lot of spoils..."

The tail sound gradually disappears.

Chu Hechao, who had just come out of the bathtub, was naked, holding a handkerchief with his arms outstretched, and looked at him in astonishment.