Chapter 1026: Military and Civilian Family
Over there, Qiao Erhe and others were asking everyone to take a seat; the banquet was about to begin.
Even in winter, the banquets in Qingshui Village are still very sumptuous.
Smokeless charcoal hot pot is a must in winter, and there are freshly slaughtered pork, rabbit, lamb, chicken, duck, fish, etc., all sliced into slices or made into meatballs with flour, ready for hot pot.
With Qiuqiu there, the livestock on the mountain did not run around. After the villagers came down the mountain, Qiuqiu went to the hidden woods on the mountain to drive back all the cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and other livestock, and then they returned to their respective livestock sheds.
For this banquet, everyone spontaneously brought their own livestock and slaughtered them together. Not only did the villagers have food to eat, but tens of thousands of soldiers were also able to get fresh meat, eggs, vegetables, etc.
It’s a pity that there are not enough hot pot stoves, so they can only cook it in a big pot or grill it.
The table was filled with all kinds of fresh meat dishes, pickled meat and smoked meat prepared for the New Year, as well as vegetables and fruits taken out of the cellar. The villagers' homemade rice wine, mulberry wine, plum wine, peach blossom wine, etc. were also on the table. It was so sumptuous that it felt like the New Year.
The soldiers had no tables, so they just spread the food on the ground. There were meat, vegetables, fruits and wine. Such a good meal was something they could not even imagine.
Many people had never eaten such sumptuous food and wine, whether they were at home or after joining the army, and they were so excited that they burst into tears.
Although they were stationed in Qingzhou Prefecture, where the conditions were not as cold and harsh as in the northern border, they were not much better either.
Qingzhou Prefecture was an extremely poor place, far away from the capital, and there was a severe shortage of food and supplies.
The Zheng family army originally followed the old prince to conquer the world, but was later broken up by the emperor and sent to a remote mountain area, where they enjoyed the same treatment as the Dingbei Army, with their food, military pay, and weapons being withheld.
Therefore, the soldiers of Zheng's army were actually very poor. Not to mention eating such a sumptuous banquet, they had never even seen so much meat and wine.
The scene of eating meat with big mouthfuls and drinking wine with big bowls can only be dreamed of!
The soldiers ate so much that it warmed their bodies and hearts. They felt warm from the inside out and from top to bottom.
After eating, everyone felt that the meal should not be eaten for nothing.
So he borrowed hoes, shovels, hammers and machetes from the villagers, went up the mountain to reclaim the land, and cut bamboo and wood to help the villagers reinforce the livestock and vegetable sheds.
They also helped to weed and reinforce the fruit trees on the mountain, and even rushed to do tasks such as collecting grass for pigs, fetching water, and cleaning the village roads.
The villagers saw that these soldiers were not as ferocious as they had seen before, and looked more like boys next door, so they felt sorry for them.
The aunts and sisters-in-law took their torn clothes and mended them, and used the cotton and scraps of cloth at home to sew cotton shoes for the soldiers, so that the soldiers could be warm from their feet to their hearts.
In Devil Valley, the military and civilians are like one family, and they are as happy as one.
On the southern outskirts of the city, Prince Yun finally waited for another prince, Prince An, to come with his troops.
The relationship between these two brothers was not that good. After all, they were not born of the same mother and they were both competitors for the throne. It would be strange if they had a good relationship.
However, we still have to pretend to be harmonious on the surface.
After King An arrived in Zhongzhou, he also set up camp on the outskirts of the south city. As the younger brother, King An went to meet King Yun.
In the tent of Prince Yun, Prince An shouted enthusiastically as soon as he entered the tent:
"Fourth brother, are you doing well these days? I miss you so much!"
