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

The corner of Jiang Li's mouth twitched, and he didn't know whether he was crying or laughing. He was crying because he was thankful that he didn't light a fire in that direction last night, otherwise he would have been stewed to death.

What makes people laugh is that if there is more coal, it would be much easier to mine it and make iron and steel. You don't need so much wood to reach the melting point and refine it.

All in all, it was a good thing. The next thing to do was to start mining. We opened the door, rushed out, found dozens of people, and asked them to go down and dig.

Wang Meng saw that he was about to leave again, so he shouted, "Wait a minute, Boss. Here is your letter. Take a look first. It's from the young master. He may have other arrangements."

Jiang Li took it, opened it and looked at it carefully, frowning and looking a little embarrassed. She didn't recognize some of the words, and she could only guess at the traditional Chinese characters.

"What's wrong, Boss? Did something happen to the young master?"

"No, I just told the boss about it. He thought we did a great job and asked us to finish the task earlier so we can go back soon."

"Oh, is that so? Then you go and do your work, and I will just watch over here."

"Well, hard work."

Jiang Li turned and ran towards the python cave. He arranged for the men to dig up the coal and gave them instructions: "This stuff can burn. When digging, clean up the area around the cave."

"Also, you must not light them, otherwise it will cause a wildfire and we will all be burned to death."

"Yes, boss, we know."

She waited for a long time, and seeing that they were very careful and there were no hidden dangers, she returned to the village, read the letter carefully, and guessed that it was almost right, so she felt relieved.

It seems that the boss made the right decision. Even if he couldn't bring down the corrupt official, at least the General's Mansion had some leverage over the other party and was not completely powerless to resist.

Well, all that’s left is steelmaking, and I hope everything goes well.

*

Military camp prison

Mo Yuan looked at the person who was sent back and nodded. As expected, every time that person went out, there would never be peace and he would always cause some trouble.

"Lin Xiao, your centurion asked us to send this person back. Who is this person and where did he come from? Please tell us in detail."

"Yes, Major General..."

After Balabala finished speaking, she looked at him with a happy face and said, "Major General, our centurion made a great sacrifice this time. In order to sneak in, he disguised himself as a woman and suffered a lot."

Mo Yuan's heart skipped a beat: "A man dressed as a woman, did you see that?"

Lin Xiao shook his head: "I didn't see it. Even if the boss doesn't look like a man, it's a shame for a woman to dress up as a man. When he comes back, don't tell the general that I mentioned it, otherwise... I will be beaten."

"You're afraid of getting beaten, but you still bring it up."

"This, I dare not hide it from the Major General."

"Well, your boss has made great contributions this time. When he comes back, this general will reward him well. You should go back and have a rest first. You will be back in two days to help your boss complete the task as soon as possible."

"Yes, I am resigning."

Mo Yuan and the others left, and he stood up and walked towards the unconscious person, scooped a spoonful of water, and poured it over him, and saw that the person woke up.

Sitting on a stool, he said slowly, "Tell me, what role did Prime Minister Xue play here, and whether that person has any evidence of the Prime Minister's crime."

Zhang Dahu looked around, then at the person in front of him, with a look of shock on his face: "You are... a member of the Mohist School. I have come to the military camp. General, I am innocent. If they hadn't coerced me, I would never have the courage to do this."

"say clearly."

"Yes, I will tell you everything I know."

Zhang Dahu lowered his head, not daring to look at him. If it weren't for the Mohist School guarding the Northern Wilderness over the years, they would have had no good life and would have been swallowed up by the barbarians long ago.

An hour after Mo Yuan finished the interrogation, he stood up to leave.

"General, I know I was wrong. Can you spare my life?"

"..."

Zhang Dahu looked at his departing back, his eyes dimmed and his head hung.

Gongzi Yu was waiting outside the door. When he saw him come out, he yawned and said, "Major General, why did you just come out? Did you find out from the interrogation? Who is that man? He looks like a bandit leader."

"Follow me."

"Yes"

The two returned to the tent. Gongzi Yu looked at him in confusion: "Young General, what's wrong with you? You seem to be worried. Are you worried about the inspector sent by the court, or something else?"

Mo Yuan said dimly, "Both. The Qi Kingdom's military strength is weaker than that of the barbarians. We fought smoothly before because of Wang Xiaosan. He is a good fighter."

"Even so, we still couldn't repel the barbarians. Now, the Inspector is just an armchair warrior and won't listen to advice. How could he care? How difficult is this battle for us?"

"You think you are mobilizing troops. If you fail, the General's Office will be blamed in the end, and the Inspector General will be the one to take the credit."

Upon hearing this, Gongzi Yu remained silent and didn't know what to say. The fact that the court sent an inspector showed that His Majesty had become suspicious of the General's Mansion. Since ancient times, once an emperor had become suspicious of him.

In the end... none of them had a good ending. I'm afraid this is what the young general is worried about.

"Major General, if we just wait passively and don't fight back, we don't know how many soldiers will die if we continue to be tormented like this."

Mo Yuan pursed his lips and his eyes struggled. He knew very well what the Inspector liked, but if he wanted him not to interfere, he could only bribe him with his beauty.

If he did so, who knows how many women would have to be sacrificed. He was unwilling to do so. If he didn't do so, the Inspector would only make things difficult and interfere.

This made it impossible for their deployment to proceed.

For a moment, it was a dilemma.

Gongzi Yu whispered, "Major General, how about I take the inspector to the brothel in town, at least we won't harm decent women, what do you think?"

"Well, it's better to drain his body, so that he won't have to shout and yell in the barracks every day, giving orders without knowing anything."

Mo Yuan was silent for a while, then nodded: "Okay, take your men... to the brothel, do something in secret, and be careful not to get caught. We can't let him do anything wrong in the barracks."

"Yes, I understand. Don't worry. I promise to make him fall into the land of gentleness and never want to cause trouble again."

He waved his hand: "Well, go ahead."

*

Outside the cave, as bags of coal were brought up, the people around were talking about it.

"What on earth is this? Black soil. I've heard from old people that black soil is the most fertile and is great for farming. But why is the boss mining instead of farming?"

"It shouldn't be farming. The boss said this thing will burn. Have you ever seen soil burn? This is definitely not soil. Stop talking and get to work."

"Um……"

Jiang Li looked at the piles of coal in the room and curled his lips. When it comes to steelmaking, the more coal the better. From the current perspective, the coal resources under the cave should be quite large.