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Chapter 34: Karasuma people who steal the credit

Chapter 34

It was probably really uncomfortable to sleep lying on a chair. When Yuan Li closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep, he could always hear the "creak, creak" sound of the chair under Chu Hechao shaking.

The sound was harsh, making Yuan Li's forehead throb. When the sound rang again, Yuan Li sat up suddenly and gritted his teeth and said, "General!"

The sound of the chair stopped, followed by a fake snoring sound.

"..." Yuan Li's mouth twitched, "General, can't you sleep?"

In the darkness, the artificial snoring stopped, and Chu Hechao's voice was sleepy and slightly irritable, "The chair is too crowded, and it's uncomfortable to sleep."

"How about this," Yuan Li said kindly, "The general still has an injury on his back, how about sleeping in the bed with me? We can sleep sideways and squeeze together."

Unexpectedly, he was rejected. The man said, "No, it's not reasonable."

Yuan Li smiled twice, "Oh, the general knows how to be reasonable now?"

Chu Hechao really responded.

Yuan Li was speechless and prepared to get out of bed quickly, "Hurry up, General, you sleep on the bed, I'll sleep on the chair."

Chu Hechao frowned. Yuan Li was his sister-in-law, and she was still young. How could a grown man sleep on the bed and let his sister-in-law sleep on the chair? He said without hesitation, "No, you sleep on the

bed." Yuan Li was already groping in the dark for shoes, rustling, "Forget it, I'm much thinner than the general, it's just right for me to sleep on the chair."

Chu Hechao raised his voice slightly, and scolded impatiently, as if he was scolding someone, "You lie down on the bed!"

This sound was harsh and tough, and it almost scared people.

Yuan Li was stunned by the scolding, and his anger immediately rose. He sneered and kicked off his shoes, turned around and lay on the bed, and threw the quilt over his ears. He would never care about Chu Hechao again. Whoever cares about Chu Hechao is a dog.

Maybe it was because the quilt had a particularly good soundproofing effect, but after Yuan Li covered his ears, he really never heard the creaking sound of the chair again, and sleepiness came over him unconsciously.

The next day, after Yuan Li slowly opened his eyes, he saw a figure rubbing his shoulders and back with stiff movements.

Yuan Li blinked, and his vision gradually became clear, and he could see clearly that Chu Hechao's robe was wrinkled on his back.

He opened his mouth to speak, but then he remembered what Chu Hechao had said to him last night, and he immediately lost interest in speaking and swallowed his words.

Okay, Chu Hechao doesn't like being cared for, so Yuan Li won't bother with him.

He looked at the basins in the room.

When he woke up, the ice in the basins had melted into water again. Yuan Li got out of bed and put on his shoes, walked around Chu Hechao, squatted down by the basin, and checked the melting of the ice from a close distance.

Chu Hechao glanced at his back from the corner of his eye and continued to stretch his body.

Feeling the pain all over his body, his handsome features twisted for a moment, and then quickly became extremely cold.

Last night, after Chu Hechao realized that Yuan Li was disturbed by him, he didn't move after scolding Yuan Li, and maintained the same posture until dawn. When he got up in the morning, Chu Hechao's bones were stiff. He could hear the crackling sound of bones when he moved, which made his back and waist ache more than fighting all night.

After the bones were comfortable, the numbness spread all over his body. Chu Hechao took a long time to relax before he lifted his numb legs and walked behind Yuan Li, "How about a basin of ice cubes last all night?"

Yuan Li fiddled with the basin and found a piece of ice the size of an adult's palm in the basin. The water was still chilly, and Yuan Li's fingers were frozen red in an instant, like winter plums in deep winter.

Yuan Li wiped his hands and said in a businesslike manner: "You can't tell from this. Last night, there were five or six basins of water with different degrees of ice in the tent. The coolness in the tent also depends on the amount of ice. General, just ask whether a basin of ice can last all night, I can't give you an answer."

Chu Hechao said decisively: "Then try it tonight."

Yuan Li stood up and went to find a homemade toothbrush and homemade toothpaste to prepare for washing. He curled his lips perfunctorily towards Chu Hechao, and his white teeth were reluctantly exposed for a moment before retracting them. "General, you can get a basin of ice and go back to your tent tonight to try it."

He deliberately emphasized a few words in this sentence.

Chu Hechao was puzzled.

Yuan Li nodded politely, poured out the water in the basin, and brought back a basin of clean water to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Chu Hechao stood by for a while, always feeling that Yuan Li's attitude towards him was a little subtle. He walked slowly to Yuanli and said casually, "Sister-in-law, what are these?"

At that time, people were still using willow branches to brush their teeth. Yuanli simply explained, "Toothbrushes and toothpaste."

Watching his actions, Chu Hechao also understood the role of "toothbrush and toothpaste". He smelled a faint taste of lotus leaves and Poria cocos in the toothpaste, which was different from the common salt, vinegar, tea and other mouthwashes. It was fragrant and pleasant.

Chu Hechao was curious and said, "Lend me the toothpaste too."

Yuanli looked at Chu Hechao silently, and the words "poor relatives who beg for money" appeared in his mind again. He handed over the toothpaste quietly.

Chu Hechao washed up with him and said thoughtfully, "There are soap beans in the toothpaste?"

Yuan Li nodded and said casually, "If the general likes it, I will give him a bottle."

Chu Hechao nodded immediately, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Yuan Li: "... You're welcome."

After breakfast, Chu Hechao brought his confidants to Zhuolu County, personally enclosed a piece of land in the lower reaches of the Sanggan River and ordered his soldiers to guard it. He ordered no one to approach, and quickly built a tall house to use as an ice-making workshop.

He also sent troops to plunder the saltpeter in Zhuolu County and transported it all here, and assigned a hundred confidants to Yuan Li to help.

Yuan Li's confidants were all in Ji County, and he was ruthless when he used Chu Hechao's people. After demonstrating how to make ice with saltpeter, he asked his confidants to do it.

A few days later, batches of ice cubes were transported to the military camp.

When carts of crystal clear ice cubes appeared in front of everyone, everyone was shocked.

Chu Hechao and the other generals stood in front of the vehicle. Except for him who was calm and composed, the others opened their mouths wide and their eyes almost popped out.

There were noisy exclamations. Yang Zhongfa couldn't move his eyes away and stammered, "General, where did you get these ice cubes?"

When the wind blew, the coolness of the ice cubes blew on their faces. Yang Zhongfa murmured, "It's really fucking cool..."

Chu Hechao curled his lips, "Yuanli got it."

Yang Zhongfa was surprised and felt that it was reasonable. He sincerely admired and said, "Young Master Yuan is really a rare talent in a century."

The old Chu family is lucky to find such a talent as their daughter-in-law. Like their old Yang family, they don't have this blessing. The eldest son and the second son are married, and the youngest son is just five years old!

Yang Zhongfa was regretful for a while, hating himself for giving birth to the youngest son a few years later.

Someone came to ask Chu Hechao how the ice would be distributed. Chu Hechao said, "Those who have made contributions will get ice. From generals to soldiers, whoever has made contributions will get ice."

As soon as these words came out, several people immediately smiled and immediately informed their subordinates of the news.

Finally, Chu Hechao distributed these ice cubes according to their official positions and military merits, and reserved some as rewards for his trusted subordinates to show his appreciation. As soon as the ice cubes were distributed, the army was in an uproar. Many generals who received the ice cubes followed Chu Hechao's example and kept some of the ice cubes for themselves, and gave the rest to their soldiers.

Summer has always been known as a bitter summer. On the front battlefield, these ice cubes are more popular than gold and silver treasures.

There was a voice of gratitude in the army. In addition to them, Liu Jixin and Wu Kai also unexpectedly got a lot of ice cubes.

The ice cubes they got were even higher than those of ordinary military lieutenants, comparable to the expenses of Generals Yang and He. Both of them were a little flattered for a while. Wu Kai felt unworthy of it, and when he wanted to return the ice cubes, Liu Jixin stopped him thoughtfully.

"Do you know why we two can get so much ice even though we have no military merit or official position?"

Wu Kai thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Is it because of the matter of the wounded camp? In addition, we are subordinates of the lord?"

Liu Jixin had figured it out while thinking. He stroked his beard with a smile and suddenly threw a landmine, "I'm afraid that this ice was made by our lord."

Wu Kai's eyes widened suddenly.

Liu Jixin smiled and said, "If it was just because of the matter of the wounded camp, we shouldn't have been given so many ice cubes. Look again, the general gave us so many ice cubes, are the other generals dissatisfied?"

Wu Kai shook his head, "I didn't hear any dissatisfaction from the generals in the army."

"That's it," Liu Jixin nodded with satisfaction, "The general should have said that the ice cubes were the credit of our lord, and others would know it clearly. Not only did they not think we were receiving gifts without merit, you just wait and see, in the next few days, they will definitely be much more enthusiastic towards us."

Wu Kai nodded involuntarily.

Liu Jixin stroked his beard and looked at the cart of ice in front of him. He couldn't help but smile, "We are really blessed by the lord..."

After saying that, he sighed twice with regret, "It's a pity that my wife and children are far away in Ji County. Even if there are so many ice cubes, they can't be delivered to them to help them get rid of the suffering of the hot summer."

And when they pacify the rebels in Shanggu County and return to Ji County, I'm afraid it will be autumn, and there will be no need for ice cubes to spend the summer.

However, Liu Jixin was wrong. Four days later, the scout who went to inquire about the enemy's news came in a hurry six hundred miles and brought a piece of news that Chu Hechao didn't expect. On

this day, Yuanli was having lunch, and Chu Hechao's people came to call him, saying that the general had something important to see.