Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Wang Dashan walked into the kitchen, smiling, "Okay, let's eat meat today. Damn it, I haven't eaten meat for a long time. The food and grass provided by the court were enough, but who knew that the treacherous officials would deduct them every time."

"The General's Mansion is a good person. Even though so many of his people died, they still loyally guarded the people of Qi. When there was a shortage of food and grass, they led us to grow grain and used their own savings to buy grain."

"There are also some old, weak and disabled veterans who have no way to make a living back home. Basically, as long as they go to the General's Mansion for shelter, they will be taken in. Over the years, the General's Mansion has been drained dry."

Jiang Li sat down to burn firewood. When he saw him bring up this topic, his eyes flickered and he asked, "Brother Wang, who is the traitor you are talking about?"

While cooking, Wang Dashan muttered, "Who else could it be? It could only be Prime Minister Xue. He is so unscrupulous because his daughter is a concubine and is favored by His Majesty."

"Alas, there is nothing we can do. Although our Crown Prince is a good heir, he is weak. It is very likely that the throne will fall to the Third Prince, the prince born to the Imperial Concubine."

"...Brother Wang, can you tell me about His Majesty's sons? I have been curious about royal gossip since I was a child. Ugh, I am very curious about the royal family's affairs."

Wang Dashan stretched his head out to look outside. Seeing no one, he moved closer and whispered, "Okay, I don't treat you as an outsider. It's a remote place here, and you will never meet a royal family member in your lifetime. If you're interested, I can talk to you."

After listening to this, Jiang Li sorted it out in his mind and managed to figure out the royal relationship. He was able to figure it out so quickly thanks to Emperor Ming's obsession with alchemy.

They had no intention of reproducing offspring, and the entire royal family consisted of only four princes and three princesses.

[Empress Ning's children: the eldest princess Jiang Li, 17 years old; Crown Prince Jiang Yu, 22 years old and weak; Concubine Xue's children: the second princess Jiang Rou, 13 years old; and the third prince Jiang Xiao.]

[Shu Fei has only one son, the eldest prince Jiang Yu, who is 25 years old and does not compete with the world. He is only interested in poetry and songs. Chen Fei has one son, the fourth prince Jiang Yunsheng, who travels around the world and is basically not in the palace. He is also a willful person. The third princess, Jiang Xueer, born to a palace maid, died of dystocia. She is a poor little girl.]

Wang Dashan lowered his voice and said, "Xiao San, did you hear clearly? Although those things are far away from us, anything related to the General's Mansion will be related to us."

Jiang Li hadn't recovered from the fact that he had a brother when he heard this. He subconsciously said, "Ah, what do you mean? I don't understand."

"Hey, think about it, among these four princes, who is most likely to ascend the throne? The Crown Prince is in poor health, maybe one day he will... The First Prince and the Fourth Prince are both peaceful."

"Then there is only the third prince left. He has the support of Prime Minister Xue and has great power. Prime Minister Xue is also the treacherous minister who has always been at odds with the General's Mansion. If the third prince ascends the throne, the General's Mansion is afraid that the entire family will not have a good end."

Jiang Li frowned subconsciously. Although she had not been here for a long time, she could feel that the general's mansion was indeed loyal. However, her former history teacher had also said that few loyal ministers in ancient times had a good ending.

If the General's Mansion is gone, then Qi State will also be finished. As the eldest princess, she will be a princess of a fallen country. How can she have a good ending?

Her brain was spinning non-stop and her CPU was almost burned out. She raised her hand to press her aching head, with only one thought in her mind: the General's Mansion must not fall.

But what can she do now? She can't produce food and fodder, so all she can do is train a special forces team and end the war as soon as possible.

In this way, the General's Mansion repelled the enemy and won military merit, so it should not end up with a miserable end.

Wang Dashan saw him covering his head and shouted, "Xiao San, are you okay? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to see a military doctor?"

Jiang Li came back to his senses and shook his head: "It's okay, I just had a headache. Brother Wang, the general's mansion is a good man. Good people will definitely be rewarded. It won't be so easy to be harmed by treacherous officials."

"That's right. Maybe I'm overthinking it. You can't spread what we said here today. Who knows if there are spies planted by the Prime Minister in the army?"

"Yeah, I understand."

The food in the army is easy to prepare, basically it is steamed buns, rice porridge and pickles. Even the food for a major general is simple, with one meat, one vegetable and one soup.

After Wang Dashan was done, he started to chop the wolf meat, filling two large pots.

By the time it was done, quite a few people had gathered outside, craning their heads, staring eagerly at the kitchen, and shouting, "Chef Wang, what did you cook? It smells so good."

"Go away, this is Ren Xiaosan, who risked his life to kill the wolf. You didn't contribute, so you can't shamelessly ask for food. Go away and don't get in the way."

Jiang Li thought for a moment and said, "Brother Wang, let them eat together. Even if they are not full, they can at least have a taste of the meat."

This is not the end of the world, so shouldn't she give them some food? These young boys have a meager monthly salary, but they have to face a cruel and bloody battlefield.

When the people outside the door heard this, they cheered, "Xiao San, you are a very good person. Don't worry, if anyone in the army says that you are short again, we will definitely punish him."

Jiang Li: "...Hmm? What do you mean? This sounds really awkward."

Wang Dashan was afraid that there wouldn’t be enough to eat, so he added a lot of water. Even if there wasn’t enough meat, he could still be full by drinking the soup.

After it was done, he served three large bowls full of food, and shouted, "Everyone line up and come in, don't crowd, and keep your voice down. If you attract more people, no one will be able to eat."

Everyone immediately quieted down and lined up obediently. Each of them held a full bowl of wolf meat and soup, walked out, found a corner, and drank it contentedly. After taking a sip, their whole body felt warm.

After Wang Dashan and the others had left, he brought out a small bowl of meat from the pot beside him and said with a sly smile, "Xiao San, look at how smart I am. I specially saved some wolf leg meat for you. It's delicious."

Jiang Li sniffed and felt that his life was complete. As a human, one should not ask for too much. There were no zombies here and he could eat normal food. He was already very happy.

As for the treacherous ministers, if she really couldn't get away with it, she could just go back to the capital and kill them. It wasn't a big deal. It was just a matter of fighting back against the enemy with troops and covering up the water with earth.

Thinking of this, my mind suddenly became clear.

After Meimei finished the meal, the crystal cores in her body started to work rapidly, and her supernatural power recovery speed increased. As expected, without crystal core replenishment, she could only rely on food to recover slowly.

When she recovers, no one can trap her with her weak martial arts skills. Well, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is just a paper tiger.

Wang Dashan rubbed his round belly and burped.

He said with a satisfied look: "Xiao San, I was right about you. You are amazing. You have only been here for a short time, but you have become a centurion and can even kill wolves for meat."

Jiang Li didn't know what modesty was, so he nodded and said, "Yeah."