eurekapd Chapter 1097: Find the Way
Chapter 1097: Find the Way
Xu Xiaobei comforted him, "It's okay. There are still tens of thousands of people left. In addition to the cavalry, there are tens of thousands of troops. The Hu people have been tormented enough by us in the past few years. They will not break through the pass in a short time."
Zhou Guo said: "This matter requires the coordination of various places in the North, and several prefecture lords cannot be avoided. Do you want to meet with them?"
Xu Xiaobei said: "I have met Zhang Lian, and the rest will be handed over to him. Now is a special period, and I cannot stay away from the border for too long. You have done the work of transporting grain, so I don't need to worry about it. You don't have to worry about others not following, my replacement will come tomorrow, and he will help you transport the grain."
Zhou Guo nodded and asked more questions.
Xu Xiaobei told everything he knew, hiding nothing. After all, it would be unreasonable to keep it a secret after borrowing so much grain from others.
Zhou Guo had someone prepare a table of delicious food. She said, "It won't be too late for you to leave after you have dinner, big brother."
Xu Xiaobei didn't bother to be polite with her, and all the followers around him ate their fill.
While it was still dark, he secretly returned to the border with dozens of people.
Before leaving, he looked at Zhou Guo deeply, hesitated several times and said nothing.
Zhou Guo didn't care either.
No matter what, the edge is still of utmost importance to them and cannot be ignored.
Zhou Guo closed his eyes for a while, but it was only a short while before daybreak.
As soon as it was daybreak, she ran to the government office without even having time to eat breakfast, and ran into the steward who came to look for her.
She hurried to the government office and was stunned. Zhang Lian was eating breakfast, but the one next to him...
It looks somewhat familiar.
The two people turned around at the same time and saw Zhou Guo, with different reactions.
Zhang Lian had a wry smile on his face, while the other one was delighted. He looked her up and down and said, "I didn't expect that after not seeing her for a few years, the little girl has grown up so big. It's incredible. If I were to meet her face to face, I'm afraid I wouldn't recognize her. She's getting prettier and prettier."
Zhou Guo walked forward excitedly and shouted, "Uncle Zheng, why are you here?"
This is Old Zheng whom I haven’t seen for several years. Why is he at Zhang Lian’s house?
Old Zheng waved at her, "Come, come and sit down. The food at Lord Zhang's house is pretty good. There's everything."
Zhang Lian said, "No, no, as long as the general is happy with the food."
Zhou Guo sat down, looked at him and said, "Are you the person sent by the Major General?"
Grain transport officer?
Lao Zheng asked, "Isn't he your eldest brother? Why do you still call him Major General?"
Seeing that he didn't deny it, Zhou Guo understood. That was it. "You alone?"
Old Zheng looked at her deeply and said nothing.
Zhou Guo subconsciously looked at Zhang Lian, and Zhang Lian also looked at her.
Zhou Guo said: "It's me?"
"Ah?" Zhang Lian was startled. "What can you do there?"
He looked at Lao Zheng anxiously, "Mrs. Zhou doesn't know anything. She only knows how to grow crops, but how can she transport them? She also doesn't know how to fight. What's the use of her going to the front line?"
This is really urgent.
Zhou Guo looked at him gratefully. She felt the same way. She knew nothing, could not fight a war, and could not transport food. What was she going to do there?
Old Zheng sighed, "There's nothing we can do. None of us can find the general right now, so we can only ask you to go."
The general is still trapped in the vast mountains west of the lake. Even if he is trapped by someone, he has to find a place to rescue them.
Zhou Guo was confused, "Will I be able to find where the general is?"
Old Zheng said: "I heard from your uncle that you are very good at identifying directions. No matter where you go, even in the deep mountains and forests, you can find your way out.
Our Xu family army has only ever fought at the border, and beyond the border is the grassland, and we have never been to the jungle. I thought about it and decided that if there is one person in the world who can find the general, it must be you, so I recommended you to the general. "
Zhou Guo: "...Brother, why didn't you say anything?"
"And I'm only good at identifying directions, but in this vast mountain, I don't know which direction the general is in? How can I find him?"
"You don't have to worry about this. We still know which direction he is. You just need to lead us to find him."
Zhou Guo thought about it, gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, I'll go with you."
Zhang Lian was stunned. He didn't expect that Zhou Guo would go to the front line to fight after just a few words?
How small! And she’s a girl!
He hurriedly asked, "Are you leaving just like that? What about the northern land? What about the southern river? What about the spring ploughing next year?"
Taxation in the North has always been of paramount importance, and it can be said to be the foundation of stability in this world. If there is chaos in the North, even if the Xu family army wins, they will spend a lot of effort to repair this dilapidated country.
Zhou Guo knew his good intentions and said, "Don't worry, I'll just lead the way. Besides, the mountains west of the lake are so big, it won't be difficult to take tens of thousands of people and hide there."
She has been in the north for so many years. In the first few years, she spent every day in the mountains. Even if she was not familiar with it in her previous life, she is familiar with it in this life.
It’s not easy to find someone in the mountains, but isn’t it easy not to be caught?
Then he said to him: "Now the spring ploughing process in the north land and south river has matured. Even if I am not here, it will not delay the spring ploughing."
Whether she is in the North or not probably has a great impact on her family, and it also has a significant impact on the stall she runs.
But it’s okay, we still have Huzi, and Erpang is also staying in the north. With them around, everything will be fine as long as we don’t make any fatal mistakes.
As long as the Zhou family's wealth is not leaked out, she can save it.
Zhang Lian sighed. He couldn't stop it.
He had no choice but to say, "Then I'll ask the others to come over to discuss matters. This grain transport is different from the last time. There is more food and not so many refugees. Therefore, we must recruit civilians. There will be turmoil in the north."
Everyone was silent.
There is no other way around this. Without conscripting laborers, the grain cannot be transported.
Zhou Guo only had to move his own food out of the cave immediately. Since there were not enough people, Xu's army came to help.
She discussed some things with Lao Zheng and then left. She did not participate in the subsequent meetings.
Time is tight. She has to hurry back to Cangshan Village, go to Chengding, and gather all the managers of the Zhou family to explain some things.
She returned home before the stewards arrived.
Li was surprised and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say you wouldn't go south this winter? You didn't spend the New Year at home last year, and you don't plan to spend it at home this year?"
"If you don't spend the whole year at home, how can it feel like home? "If I didn't know, I would have thought you were married like your elder sister. Even if your sister was married, she would come back every few days. You are not at home for half a year at a time."
Zhou Guo didn't dare to tell the truth. If she told her mother what she was going to do, her mother would definitely not agree.
He smiled and said, "It's just that Qian Duo wrote to me and said something happened in the south and I have to go to deal with it. I have to go."
Li said, "Isn't Wu Jiang in the south also there? What happened? Neither of them can take it down? Do you have to go? Aren't your cloud ears still sprouting? If you leave, what will happen to them?"