Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 217 Life-saving grace

in the next few days.

Whether it is the Beidaying or the soldiers in Mohai City.

He always finds ways to sneak into the South Camp.

The only reason for doing this is to get a free meal.

The food in the South Camp is so famous that the soldiers next door are crying with envy.

But as the saying goes, a good person will be grateful and kind.

The guys from these two places had been eating for free so many times that they finally felt embarrassed.

If we train directly with the people from the South Camp, we may not be able to get this face.

However, it is not a difficult task for everyone to find ways to do something within their ability.

Upon learning that Song Yuan had set up a large workshop nearby, these people flocked there.

Everyone rolled up their sleeves and worked hard to help Song Yuan build the workshop.

No matter how Song Yuan tried to stop it, he couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.

"You guys, your head is full of crooked ways, but this trick really works!"

Seeing this scene, Situ Jing looked at Song Yuan with a playful look in her eyes.

At this moment, she even began to imagine what kind of wonderful expression would be on Zheng He's face when he faced such a scene?

"If you ask me, your other abilities are just average, but your tactics for scheming against others are absolutely top-notch!"

"It was originally a mess, but now it's in good shape. With just one trick, you've completely revitalized it. If things continue to develop at this rate, it's only a matter of time before we can take over those soldiers from Beidaying and Mohai City!"

Situ Jing said with admiration, but Song Yuan curled his lips silently when he heard this.

"This little thing is not worth mentioning. The only thing I care about now is Zheng He's choice!"

"How will that guy handle this situation? Will he choose to join me... or will he tell General Wei?"

"Song Yuan, if you were in Zheng He's position, what would you choose?" Situ Jing was curious and asked immediately.

Speaking of this topic, Song Yuan's expression suddenly became interesting: "Needless to say? If I meet a wise and heroic prince like me, you don't need to say anything, I will definitely surrender at the first opportunity!"

"It means that my life is not going well now. If one day I become successful, I will be able to get someone like Zheng He. Whether I want him or not is another matter!"

Seeing Song Yuan bragging, Situ Jing rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Honestly, you are the most shameless person I have ever met!"

"I'll just take that as a compliment!" Song Yuan smiled and nodded, not feeling ashamed at all.

As the two were talking, a messenger arrived: "Your Highness, Princess, General Zhou Shen of the Northern Camp requests an audience!"

Zhou Shen is here?

Ever since he witnessed Zhou Shen's abilities last time, Song Yuan has been excited.

He had always fantasized about whether there would be a chance to regain it. Now that the other party offered it to him, how could Song Yuan have any reason to refuse?

He immediately waved his hand and said, "Please bring General Zhou directly into my tent!"

"Tell me, General Zhou is looking for you this time, is he looking for trouble with you, or is he preparing to form an alliance with you?" Seeing Song Yuan's happy face, Situ actually poured a basin of cold water on him.

Song Yuan shuddered and came to his senses. He realized that nothing had happened yet.

The other party has not yet expressed his position, so there is no need to be happy too early.

"I just hope he wants to join forces with me. Otherwise, having such an enemy would be a huge loss!"

Song Yuan shook his head slightly when he said this, then took a step forward and walked towards the tent.

"Mo Jiang Zhou Shen, meet the prince and princess!"

A moment later, in the tent, the moment Zhou Shen lifted the door curtain, he immediately bent down and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Song Yuan hurried forward to support him: "General Zhou, please stand up quickly. We are like old friends right away. There is no need for these empty formalities!"

Noticing Song Yuan's sincere attitude, General Zhou's face showed a bitter expression and he licked his lips with his tongue.

After sitting down, he looked at Song Yuan immediately, and spoke directly with a bit of grievance.

"Your Majesty, to be honest, the reason I came here today is to beg for your mercy!"

"Oh? Why do you say that, General Zhou?" Song Yuan asked knowingly.

"General Zhou, I have to make something clear. I didn't do anything to you, so why are you begging for mercy? If people outside hear this, they'll probably think I'm bullying you!"

Situ Jing, who was standing behind him, saw that Song Yuan looked like he wanted to get beaten up, and she wanted to punch him right there and then.

Don’t you understand why people are begging for mercy?

You are clearly pretending to be ignorant even though you know the truth!

However, it must be said that Song Yuan's acting skills are indeed first-class. If others saw it, how could they possibly guess what Song Yuan was thinking?

"Your Highness, I said the wrong thing!" Zhou Shen hurriedly apologized after hearing this.

Then he frowned and explained the reason to Song Yuan: "Your Highness, the food in your barracks is now famous far and wide. Many people in our Beidaying are envious!"

"But unfortunately, I simply cannot afford such food. Now all my men are complaining and mourning. All this is thanks to the prince!"

When Zhou Shen said this, a hint of pain appeared on his face.

It is no exaggeration to say that the morale of all the soldiers in Beidaying has been completely dispersed.

As the news of the food in Song Yuan's team spread, the guys under his command had long lost interest in training, and all they thought about every day was how to get a meal in the South Camp.

Today, I am going to Nandaying to visit my friends, and tomorrow, I will go out to visit my wife and children.

These guys came up with endless excuses, and they said everything that their aunts and uncles could say!

Now Zhou Shen can still suppress people's hearts with his status, but if things continue to develop like this, even he may not be able to control it.

After hearing the end, Song Yuan pretended to be cheerful and just waved his hand under Zhou Shen's comment.

"General Zhou, I thought this was going to be a huge problem, but it's just this small! If you ask me, solving this problem is very simple. Just wait, I'll send someone to send you a few sheep tomorrow. After all, we don't know how many of our brothers will come back from the battlefield. Let them eat and drink well before they leave. We, as generals, will be doing them a favor!"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid your method is only a temporary solution and not a cure for the disease!"

Zhou Shen shook his head and directly refused the gift.

"Let's not talk about how my subordinates eat your food every day. I don't think I can live with it. Let's just talk about how much meat the prince can give me."

To put it bluntly, the reason why Zhou Shen resisted so much was to maintain the independence of Beidaying.

Otherwise, if Song Yuan treats everyone to meat every day, after a long time, who is the master, himself or Song Yuan?

It’s a pity that Song Yuan pretended not to understand what he meant. He waved his hand and said it directly and generously.

"Look at what you're saying. General Zhou, I've already said that you and I hit it off right away. I've never been stingy with my friends!"

"Don't worry. I'm not saying my family is that wealthy, but if I eat like this, I can easily survive for two or three years!"

"Go back and tell the brothers to eat as much as they want, there's plenty of meat!"

Seeing Song Yuan say this, Zhou Shen's eyelids twitched.

Eat, eat, eat. Why does this prince only know how to eat?

Doesn't he know what he means?

If I continue to eat like this for another half a month, those guys might not even recognize me!

By then, everyone will be talking about Song Yuan’s name, who will still know Zhou Shen?

It’s a pity that the other party was so kind that even Zhou Shen couldn’t think of a reason to refuse.

Second Song Yuan took this opportunity to speak earnestly, "General Zhou told me that anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal. Just like eating and drinking well can maintain a healthy body, and having a healthy body can help you exercise better, right?"

"When they go into battle and kill the enemy, it's a life-threatening matter. We, as generals, can't replace them. We can only support them on a basic level!"

"If they're well-trained, won't our chances of survival be much greater then? To put it bluntly, when we look back, the money we spent was only for ourselves!"

"What's more, when I left the Imperial City, I swore a vow that one day I would trample the barbarians on horseback, or else I would rather be buried on the frontier!"

"The soldiers are well fed and strong. If they can kill a few more barbarians on the battlefield, I think they'll have made their money back!"

Song Yuan's words were spoken with great righteousness.

When Zhou Shen heard this, a look of respect appeared in his eyes.

"I have heard about the prince's heroic deeds a long time ago, and I admire him sincerely!" Zhou Shen praised and was about to change the subject.

But he didn't think about himself. Just after he said the beginning, Song Yuan didn't give him a chance to speak at all!

Song Yuan immediately stood up and put his arm around Zhou Shen's shoulders, praising him and saying, "General Zhou, I think you're quite open-minded. Since you can understand this, do you think my arrangement is wrong?"

"Only when soldiers eat and drink well can they fight the enemy, establish military merits, and strengthen our great Qin!"

"I'm not just doing this for the soldiers' health, but also for the future of the Qin Empire. Just for this reason, I'm afraid General Zhou wouldn't dare to refuse, right?"

Damn, it’s just a meal, how can it concern the future of Daqin?

After being fooled by Song Yuan, General Zhou felt confused. He wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for a while.

Seeing Song Yuan beaming with joy, he started to promote the benefits of having enough to eat and drink.

General Zhou was silent for a moment, but finally he gritted his teeth and directly stated what he was thinking.

"Your Highness, I'm not worried about that. What I'm really worried about is these people who eat and drink from you every day. I'm afraid they'll run after you when the time comes!"

General Zhou originally thought that Song Yuan would explain after hearing such a statement, but he did not expect that the other party simply waved his hand and openly agreed with such a statement.

"General Zhou, this is your fault. If I were to ask you, there's nothing wrong with those people following me!"

"I have many elite soldiers and generals under my command, each of them is first-rate and powerful. With them as the leaders, I guarantee that none of General Zhou's brothers will die in vain!"

Having said that, Song Yuan waved his hand as if to prove himself and spoke directly to the outside of the tent.

"Someone, call Huo Jianchuan and the other commanders!"

what?

When Zhou Shen heard such a name, his eyes widened and he could not hide the surprise in his pupils.

"Your Highness, could the Huo Jianchuan you're talking about be the commander of the Tiger Guards who roamed the borders back then?"

"How come even you have heard of Commander Huo's name?" Seeing his plan being realized, Song Yuan pretended to be surprised and asked.

Zhou Shen nodded, a hint of guilt showing on his face. "This Commander Huo is renowned far and wide. There aren't many people in the border areas who don't know him. However, I can't guarantee that Commander Huo will recognize me!"

If we really talk about qualifications, Huo Jianchuan's military career, both from the beginning and from his rise, started much earlier than Zhou Shen in front of him.

As early as eight years ago, when the Tiger Guards were established, Huo Jianchuan had become the commander.

At that time, Zhou Shen had just joined the army and was at most a vanguard.

However, there is one experience that is deeply engraved in Zhou Shen's memory.

At that time, he and a group of brothers transported food and supplies.

In the end, they were surrounded by barbarians.

Originally, the brothers had made up their minds to die and were ready to die on the battlefield.

Even if they had to risk their lives, they had to protect this batch of food. However, at the critical moment, Huo Jianchuan led the Huben Army to charge and save the lives of Zhou Shen and others.

However, the Tiger Guards at that time came and left in a hurry, and did not pay any attention to Zhou Shen in the crowd at all.

However, Huo Jianchuan's heroic figure has left a deep impression in Zhou Shen's mind.

Even if it is mentioned now, the image is still particularly profound.

For a moment, Zhou Shen recalled the past and told about this experience in front of Song Yuan.

After hearing the last part, Song Yuan couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Isn't this a coincidence?

If you had told me earlier that you knew Commander Huo, would I have had to do so many tricks?

If I introduce you two directly, won’t we become a family?

While the two were talking, Huo Jianchuan had already brought Wang Chao and Ma Han to the outside of the military camp.

After the three of them paid their respects to Song Yuan, they immediately looked at Zhou Shen.

But before the three of them could react, they saw Zhou Shen prostrating himself before Huo Jianchuan.

"General Zhou Shen pays homage to Commander Huo!"

"You are..." Seeing that the other party was wearing a general's armor but doing such a thing, Huo Jianchuan's eyes widened and his heart was full of confusion.

Hey buddy, we don't know each other, right?

In the end, Zhou Shen patiently told the whole story.

At the end, he bowed repeatedly to Huo Jianchuan.

"Commander Huo, to be honest, ever since that incident, I've been wondering when we'll meet again. I'll definitely repay you for saving my life then!"

"It's a pity that after the great battle five years ago, I haven't heard any news about Commander Huo since then. Now that we can meet Commander Huo again, it can be considered a fate for us to meet. Commander Huo, please accept my respects!"

While Zhou Shen was speaking, Huo Jianchuan had already understood what Song Yuan meant from his eyes.

Seeing Zhou Shen's solemn performance, he stepped forward to support him without saying a word.

Then he put his arm around the other person's shoulders and said generously.

"Let's not talk about the past. Since we are destined to meet again, it's a good thing that we are both alive!"

"But Brother Zhou Shen also said that it's definitely fate that we meet again. So, I'm going to take this opportunity and have a couple of drinks tonight!"

"no problem!"

Zhou Shen pretended to be cheerful and said that he had made up his mind to get drunk tonight.

At the same time, an idea popped up in my mind involuntarily.

Everyone says the food in the South Camp is good, so I want to see it today!