Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 599: She is the Wife of King Qin (7)_1

Chapter 599: Chapter 599: She is the Wife of King Qin (7)_1

Throughout this period of marching, the soldiers had been eating cornmeal mixed with white flour made into steamed buns. Although rough, it was filling. The vegetables were mainly boiled cabbage, potatoes, radishes, and other common greens. It wasn’t that King Qin was treating the soldiers harshly, but that military rations were just like that. The soldiers did not feel wronged. Moreover, most of the soldiers were sons of poor families, being able to eat their fill was already good enough. Quite a few soldiers joined the army just to be able to eat fully.

For the soldiers, eating meat was undoubtedly a luxury. Since they had enlisted, the number of times they had eaten meat could be counted on one hand and it was always only meat soup. The meat had been boiled into nothing, but everyone enjoyed it all the same. After all, even meat soup was a rare treat for them.

"Hey, Sergeant Lu, when King Qin said he would improve our meals, he didn’t just mean giving us a meal of white rice, did he?"

"What’s wrong with white rice? Isn’t eating white rice considered an improvement in meals? I’m telling you, Liu Ergou, when you came to join the army, you were wearing rags, and you probably hadn’t even tasted white rice in your life. Now you’re getting picky!" Sergeant Lu scolded Liu Ergou with annoyance.

"No, no, I dare not be picky. It’s already great to have white rice. Just as Sergeant Lu said, I, Liu Ergou, have never had white rice before, hehe..." Liu Ergou hurriedly reflected, then chuckled and said, "I was just wondering why they got so many large pots and boiled so much water, and asked casually."

Sergeant Lu scratched his head, "Yeah, what’s with all the large pots all of a sudden? Alright, I’ll go ask Zhang Mozhang, you guys wait."

Sergeant Lu walked away briskly.

In the army of Great Jin, five men make up a squad, ten men make up a team, and a hundred men make up a unit. Each squad, team, or unit has its own leader. That Sergeant Lu was the leader of a squad of five.

Just as Sergeant Lu was leaving, a faint squealing of pigs suddenly came from the distant hillside. The irregular, high and low cries puzzled the soldiers. Where did those pigs come from? Judging from the sounds, there must be a lot of pigs. Who would drive so many pigs this late?

Everyone was discussing when Sergeant Lu suddenly returned, excitedly shouting to everyone, "I just asked Zhang Mozhang. Zhang Mozhang said that His Highness King Qin is going to give us a feast tonight. Some people will bring pigs for us. We will have meat tonight..."

"Oh—oh—"

There were cheers in the camp, and everyone was excitedly craning their necks, looking in the direction of the pig cries, their eyes showing an impatient look.

From a distance, several dozen farmers slowly drove a few hundred pigs towards them, followed by several carts. The carts were loaded with some fresh greens that were not available in the north at this time, including spinach, leaf mustard, crown daisy, rapeseed, and even cucumbers, eggplants, etc...

The soldiers guarding outside the main camp saw this, immediately broke into a run and reported to the main commander’s camp. The soldiers also cheered up, even happier than during the New Year!

Before long, the curtain of the main commander’s camp was pulled apart, and King Qin Nangong Yi, dressed in a red battle robe and silver armor, walked out in a tiger-like stride. Amid the cheering of everyone, he headed straight outside the main camp.

"Oh—oh—"

Cheering, the soldiers watched the large group of plump pigs getting closer and closer, and everyone’s mouths were watering.

Suddenly, King Qin, who was standing at the entrance of the main camp, leapt into the air and sprang towards a carriage with a canopy. In the afterglow of the setting sun, his red battle robe looked like burning flames. In a blink of an eye, he landed on the shaft of the carriage with a canopy and slipped into the carriage.

Cai Wei was sitting in the carriage, watching the excited soldiers outside and couldn’t help laughing. Just as she was laughing, Nangong Yi suddenly burst in and she teasingly laughed, "Your Highness King Qin, are you satisfied with the gift I gave you?"

Nangong Yi held Cai Wei’s hand, silently looking at Cai Wei for a long time, leaving her confused.

"What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with me?" Cai Wei touched her face, wanting to find a mirror and have a look.

Nangong Yi said in a quiet voice, "Wei’er, you are always beautiful, there is nothing wrong!"

"Why are you staring straight at me like that? It’s somewhat baffling!" Cai Wei complained.

"I was thinking, having such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?"

Suddenly, Nangong Yi stretched out his arm and pulled Cai Wei into his arms.

...

"Aooo-- Aooo--"

Outside the carriage, a fat pig disrupted the pleasant atmosphere with its cries. Cai Wei chuckled and pulled away from his embrace, saying, "Quit being so dramatic, everyone is starved. Just give the order to slaughter the pig!"

"Alright, we shall listen to the madam!"

Nangong Yi gently led Cai Wei out of the carriage by the hand. They stood shoulder-shoulder on the coach box, with a wave of his hand, he loudly commanded, "Begin the slaughter--"

Immediately, the camp erupted into activity.

The soldiers engaged in capturing the pig, sharpening the blade and boiling the water. The fat pig tried desperately to escape, screeching, the cries of hundreds of obese pigs echoed over the entire camp...

Enjoying a meat meal was not easy. Treat the hard-to-come-by pigs with care, the soldiers didn’t waste a single bit. The blood of the slaughtered pig was collected in a large basin, turned into palatable pork blood sausage, even the pig skin was cleaned and cut along with the pig meat into large chunks, thrown into a large pot to be boiled...

Once in the pot, the soldiers grew excited and began discussing, anticipating the moment the pork was done so they could have a good meal.

At that moment, a new recruit noticed Cai Wei standing side by side with King Qin and recklessly shouted, "May I ask, who is the young lady by your side, Your Highness King Qin?"

The crowd held their breath in surprise. After all, there are hierarchies to maintain, and since when did soldiers dare to intrusively probe into the private affairs of their commander! Additionally, the young lady was stunningly beautiful, obviously a favored mistress or concubine, difficult to directly label.

However, His Highness King Qin did not show the slightest annoyance, instead, he calmly laughed, drawing Cai Wei close by her shoulder, he loudly announced, "This is my queen, who has come especially today to reward you all on my behalf. Tonight’s pork has been purchased for everyone with her own private funds!"

"Wow--"

The people murmured, arousing a flurry of discussion.

"Queen Qin is truly unparalleled in beauty, I fear no one else in the world can match her!"

"His Highness King Qin is also extremely handsome, he and Queen Qin truly make a perfect pair!"

"That’s right, isn’t Queen Qin’s surname Li? I heard a few years back that His Majesty intended to betroth the legitimate eldest daughter of the Protectorate General’s family to King Qin, it must be her..."

Nangong Yi, who had very good hearing, heard all the soldiers’ discussions and quickly clarified, "My queen’s surname is Mu, not Li. Please take care not to get it wrong!"