Then, Zheng Qiu walked to the stall and shouted, "My fellow villagers, those are all the potatoes for sale today. The rest will be packaged by this young master."

As soon as Zheng Qiu's voice died away, those who hadn't bought the potatoes couldn't help but complain, "What happened? We have been in line for so long."

"Yeah, what happened?"

The others who didn't buy the potatoes also discussed.

At this moment, Zheng Qiu stretched out his hands to signal those who hadn’t bought the potatoes to calm down. He said, "Don’t worry, everyone. Although this young master buys all the potatoes today, we will still sell potatoes in two days."

"Really?" Someone asked Zheng Qiu dubiously after hearing this.

Zheng Qiu nodded and said, "You can come the day after tomorrow."

"Will the price still be the same at that time? Will the price go up?" Someone asked worriedly.

Zheng Qiu smiled and said, "Don't worry. The price will be the same as today."

"If it is true, we can rest assured." After hearing this, everyone nodded.

These potatoes were delicious and easy to store. Now the price of rice was expensive. After providing the public grain, these poor people had very little left. It was impossible to survive the winter by relying on the left rice.

There were potatoes sold at cheap prices, and they could just hoard them for the New Year.

Then, the crowd in front of the potato stall gradually dispersed.

At this moment, Zheng Qiu turned around and ordered, "Put these potatoes on the carriage."

"Okay." The village representatives nodded in response.

Then they started to work.

Zheng Qiu walked up to Xiao Mu, "Brother Xiao, there are five carts of potatoes left, which are loaded on the carriages. You can transport them to the frontier as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much, Rui Yi." Xiao Mu said and looked at Rui Yi.

Rui Yi took out ten taels of silver and then handed them to Zheng Qiu.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Qiu hurriedly pushed away and said, "Brother Xiao, we can't take this. You have contributed much to Jiandu. If it hadn't been for Marquis and you, we wouldn't have thought of growing potatoes. These potatoes are given to frontier soldiers for free."

"Now the villagers of Jiandu are all pinning their hopes on these potatoes, and they have to wait for the money by selling these potatoes to pull through the winter. Please accept it." Xiao Mu said and walked forward.

Then, Xiao Mu took the silver from Rui Yi's hand, took Zheng Qiu's hand, and put the silver in his hand, "Just accept it."

"Brother Xiao, these... these potatoes aren't worth that much," Zheng Qiu said while looking at Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu smiled and said, "Although these potatoes aren't worth that much, you even give me the carriages."

"But the carriages aren't worth so much money, either." Zheng Qiu said to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu said to Zheng Qiu, "Don't worry about it. It saves me a lot of time. You can take your brothers to eat a bowl of noodles with the extra money."

"Well, I would like to thank you, Brother Xiao." Zheng Qiu couldn't refuse him, and then he arched his hands.

Xiao Mu nodded in satisfaction. He patted Zheng Qiu on his shoulder and said, "That's right. In order not to delay time, we will leave for the border now. If there is a chance in the future, we will meet again."

"Okay." Zheng Qiu replied.

Then he ordered people to lead the carriages out.

"Brother Xiao, here are the potatoes." Zheng Qiu said.

Xiao Mu nodded, "Well, then we will meet again someday."

Then, Xiao Mu's men led the carriages over, walked out of the market, and then walked to the Tongfu Inn.

They would take away three piculs of rice together, which they had bought yesterday.

After Xiao Mu and his men left, Zheng Qiu said to everyone at this moment, "Everyone has been busy for so long, and you must be hungry. How about eating a bowl of noodles?"

"Good, I haven't had hot soup for two days." Su Tong replied first.

Seeing that they all agreed, Zheng Qiu let people lead the empty carriages out of the market.

At this time, the streets were already crowded with people.

The scent of meat buns emanated from the breakfast stalls. Zheng Qiu walked to a breakfast shop, "Do you have noodles?"

"Yes, sir. How many people?" The guy who helped at the breakfast shop came over and asked Zheng Qiu with a smile.

Zheng Qiu said to the boy, "There are fifteen people in total."

"Fifteen people. Okay, please come here." After listening, the boy led Zheng Qiu and others to their seats.

Then the boy asked again, "Sir, do you eat noodles with shredded meat or vegetables?"

"What's the price of shredded meat noodles and vegetarian noodles?" Su Tong asked the boy.

The boy said, "One coin for a bowl of vegetarian noodles, and a bowl of noodles with shredded meat costs two coins."

"Two coins? Is there a lot of meat?" Su Tong asked after hearing this.

The boy smiled and said to Su Tong, "Sir, you can rest assured. Our shop is recognized as the store with the most shredded meat on this street."

After Su Tong heard this, he smiled and squinted at Zheng Qiu, "Brother Zheng, you see everyone has been running back and forth for so long. Besides, we have been busy all morning, and the potatoes are sold so well. So, what about treating everyone to a bowl of shredded meat noodles today?"

Zheng Qiu thought for a while. Seeing this, Su Tong said, "Brother Zheng, what else is there to think about?"

"Well, give everyone a bowl of shredded meat noodles." Zheng Qiu raised his head and said to the boy at this time.

Everyone had worked hard all the way and was busy early in the morning. In the past few days, they really hadn't taken a sip of hot soup. Today, the potatoes were sold so well. Just as Su Tong said, everyone should be treated.

After hearing this, the boy said with a smile, "Okay, please wait a moment, sir."

Then the boy shouted, "15 bowls of shredded meat noodles at table one."

For a while, the fragrant shredded meat noodles were served, and everyone ate with relish.

To be honest, since the flood, it had been difficult to fill the stomach, let alone eat meat.

After eating the noodles, everyone couldn't help but burp. The boy was right. The noodles were plenty and the meat was alright.

After everyone had finished, they got on the carriage and left Suizhou to Jiandu.

When Xiao Mu and his men came back to Tongfu Inn, they refunded the money, pulled out the rice stored in the inn, and then left Suizhou towards the border.

Xiao Mu looked at the carts full of potatoes. He thought that these should be enough for a while.

There were unknown monsters in Xiling now. It had reduced the morale of the soldiers greatly. If they were short of food, it would be a disaster.

But now that they had these potatoes, they could still have time to think of some other ways.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mu asked people to speed up. Two days had passed since they left the frontier fortress. At that time, General Li said that the rations could last for five days at most, and they must rush to the border fortress before the rations running out.

At this time, in Xiling

Tomorrow was the day that Zhan You agreed to the three-day deadline of Emperor Xiling, but Zhan You's body still had not fully recovered.

At this time, he couldn't help but look at the cold bright moon outside the window. Now he knew that his health was getting worse every day. If it continued, he might be dead before Xiling had ruled the world.

Thinking of this, his disciple Feng Xian walked in at this moment. He arched his hands and said, "Master, the Emperor's people are here. He asks master to go now."

"Well, I know." Zhan You sighed while looking at the moon.

Then he turned around and said to Feng Xian, "Go and get my cloak."

"Yes, Master." Feng Xian responded. He walked aside to bring the cloak hung on the chair to Zhan You and then dressed Zhan You.

Zhan You thought for a while and then walked outside.

Now his body had just recovered a bit, and he couldn't control the seduce of the nightmare again.

In the bedroom of Emperor Xiling, Lan Kuo

Zhan You walked to the door, knelt, and said, "Your Majesty."

"Come in." Lan Kuo heard Zhan You's voice and said.

Zhan You responded, "Yes."

Then he stood up and pushed the door open, walked in, then turned around, and closed the door.

He walked forward and said, "Your Majesty."

"Forget about the formalities, Master Zhan. Have a seat." Lan Kuo said at this time, looking at the empty place next to him.

Zhan You went on saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhan You replied, walked to the side, and sat down.

After he sat down, Lan Kuo looked at Zhan You and said, "I wonder if Master Zhan is ready."

"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion that we can let the Dongling army surrender without costing us a single soldier." After hearing this, Zhan You knew that Emperor Xiling was asking about tomorrow, so he said first.

After Lan Kuo heard this, he frowned slightly and asked, "Oh, what good strategy do you have?"

"Jiandu suffered from floods before. The grain that was supposed to be escorted to the frontier fortress was not left. Even if they had stored grain, they shouldn't have much. So, we let people spread this news to the Dongling army. And then when the morale of those soldiers is low, we can attack them again and we will be able to kill them all at once." Zhan You said emotionally at this time.

"It can be feasible. But I heard that Emperor Dongling had delivered the relief food to the frontier." Lan Kuo nodded first, then frowned slightly, and then said.

Zhan You raised his head and said to Lan Kuo, "Your Majesty, you don't know. I sent someone to investigate. Emperor Dongling just sent about five-hundred-kilogram rations. It has been over two months, and they should run out the rations. You can rest assured, Your Majesty. This news is infallible."

"If it is true, I will be waiting for two days. And you order someone to prepare," Lan Kuo heard it and then said to Zhan You.

Seeing Lan Kuo agree, Zhan You couldn't help but relieve. Then he arched his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

With that, Zhan You walked out.

When he returned to the room, he called Feng Xian over.

"Master, is Emperor Xiling looking for you to send troops to Dongling tomorrow?" Feng Xian walked forward to take off Zhan You's cloak and then asked.