Chapter 221 Catching up with the Academy Team

On April 23, porridge stalls were set up inside and outside Qufu City. Nearly a hundred large vats were burning brightly inside and outside the city. Many refugees lined up in front of the porridge stalls.

"The Lu family is actually going to give out porridge. So many large vats were pulled out today. It seems that the Lu family really has grain!" In a teahouse on the street, several children from aristocratic families sat together and sipped tea carefully, looking at the refugees queuing outside the window and said.

"I saw the carriages of the Hua family yesterday. There were only more than 300 carriages in total, and at most tens of thousands of stones of grain. The Lu family didn't keep them for wheat seeds, but gave porridge to the refugees first. Let's see how long he can do this. This King Lu is confused!" An older child from aristocratic family said with a smile.

The others nodded when they heard it. If the grain is used to help refugees, there will be no grain for spring farming. In autumn, the King Lu still can't afford to support these people. In the end, he made wedding clothes for others.

"That's not necessarily true. I heard that the palace distributed food to the city guards and imperial guards yesterday, and many noble families also borrowed food from the Lu family. Without 100,000 shi of food, the Lu family would not dare to do this." Someone said at this time.

"Can the Lu family really get food? If he can borrow food from the noble families at this time, he must have enough grain for spring plowing..." After a noble family member finished speaking, he saw that everyone began to keep silent. This time, all the refugees were led to Qufu City, and many families had contributions. They wanted to sit back and watch the Lu family laugh, so as to gain benefits for themselves.

And the Lu family really took out food, which made everyone feel that everything they did was like sending it to the Lu family. If the Lu family had food to control more than 100,000 disaster victims inside and outside Qufu City, then when the disaster was over, the Lu family would really control the entire Qufu City.

Hua Kai placed the food at the place requested by King Lu at night according to King Lu's instructions. He was not afraid to reveal the secret of [Baoguang Liuli Bottle] to King Lu. He was a saint, a disciple of Zeng Shen, and a disciple of Kong Zhisheng. King Lu would never dare to attack him.

After staying in Qufu City for a few days, Hua Kai couldn't help but use [True Eye] to check the groups of disaster victims outside the city. As a result, this check took 7 days. Hua Kai checked half of the disaster victims outside Qufu City and found a total of 103 people with A- or above qualifications and 2426 people with B- or above qualifications. He wanted to check for a few more days, but Hua Kai thought that if his Lu country took away too many high-qualified civilians, it might have an impact on King Lu's future national strength, so he stopped!

He told King Lu about his selection of refugees as servants. King Lu generously said that all the people in and outside the city could be selected by the Hua family. Hua Kai finally thought about it and stopped. He said goodbye to King Lu and Princess Ji Le, and rode Lu to catch up with the Jixia Academy team.

It is now May 1st, and the Jixia Academy team has been walking for nearly a month. Hua Kai can only detect the direction and approximate location of the giant. He rode his Lu all the way west and started running along the official road. He traveled more than 1,400 miles on the first day. At night, he entered a small county inn to rest. He explored the academy team again and the distance was shortened a lot.

Because Hua Kai started from Lu, the road he took was different from the academy team, so he needed to look at the map, guess everyone's location, and approach the other party based on his induction.

To the west of Lu was Cao and Guo, and further west was Wei. When he arrived in Wei, he began to move north through Wei, Zhao and other regions. When he sensed the academy team, everyone was almost close to Qin.

It took Hua Kai 12 days to cross more than a dozen countries from Lu and finally catch up with the academy team. He had already traveled nearly 8,000 miles on his Lu.

Hua Kai went to Qin to represent Jixia Academy to participate in academic debates, which was an honor for the Hua family. When the Hua family members in the battlefield of Yan State heard the news, they were all very happy.

The reputation of the head of the family is sometimes as important as strength, which can bring a good development environment to the family. Now the Hua family has been fighting in Yan State for eight months, and the military exploits they have made are enough to promote the family to the seventh-grade family.

Since the drought ended, the Donghu coalition has been retreating faster and faster. They saw that they could not take root in Yan State. Compared with the Central Plains countries, they were indeed no match for the city attack and defense war, so everyone was ready to retreat back to their own tribe.

The Guangxian Corps led by the Hua family is now in the west of the three armies of Qi State. Not far ahead is the border between Yan State and Donghu State. As long as all the Donghu coalition forces withdraw from Yan State, their goal of this war will be achieved!

As the last cavalryman was driven out of the border, everyone in the Guangxian Corps cheered for victory. They fought for so long outside regardless of everything, just for such a day? Now that the war in the west is over, as long as they wait for the news of victory from the other two routes, they can return to Linzi City to reward their merits!

"Look here, what a beautiful place, but it's a pity that there is no one!" Yu Jun rode his horse on the grass, looking at the green grassland in the distance and said.

"All the people here were either killed or taken as prisoners. Yan State may not be able to take care of this place for many years. It's a pity for such a good grassland!" Xue Pan followed Yu Jun. Now that the central army's order has not come, they can only wait here first. Such a beautiful scenery in front of them is a baptism for everyone in the Hua family after the war.

This grassland belongs to Gaoliu County, which is the first place that the Donghu coalition forces broke through. When they left, they left nothing. Gaoliu County has changed from a large county with a population of more than 100,000 to a county town now. The original Gaoliu City has now become a ruin, and there is no living person.

"It's a pity for this fertile grassland. You see, the land is black. The land you can see here is good land. It's a pity that the nomadic people are too cruel. When they left, there was no one alive." Yu Jun sighed.

As the two were talking, they saw Hua Zichen coming from afar riding a [Tianlongju], and they hurried to meet him.

"Fifth Master!" The two bowed their heads and saluted.

"The central formation order has come down, let us stay here, Yan State plans to build a wall here to resist the attack of the grassland countries!" Hua Zichen came here mainly to tell the two people this, and now Yu Jun and Xue Pan are both deputy generals of the Guangxian Corps.

"Yan State actually wants to build a Great Wall like Qin and Zhao? But do they have the strength?" Yu Jun asked when he heard this.

"It must be built even if it is not capable, otherwise, let alone the hegemony in the Central Plains, it would be a blessing for Yan State not to be killed by the grassland countries. This time, I heard that our Qi State will provide support to Yan State, and we stay to protect the people who are building the Great Wall." Hua Zichen said.

"We have been on the expedition for eight months, why don't you let us go home, what is the King of Qi going to do? Is he going to waste all of us here?" Xue Pan said dissatisfiedly.

"I heard from Kai'er that the King of Qi is seriously ill. I don't know if the Qi family is still in charge of Qi's state affairs. I have written a letter and sent someone to the Central Army Camp to apply for the Guangxian Corps to return home as soon as possible." Hua Zichen said.

Several people pondered. The domestic situation in Qi was becoming more and more complicated. The four countries and five counties had all gathered in Linzi City. The reorganization of power in Qi had become inevitable. The Hua family had made great contributions in this war and should have a share. The application had been submitted. It depends on how the decision-makers of Qi would deal with it.

At noon on the fourth day, the Guangxian Corps had finished practicing the battle formation and was organizing cavalry to patrol the border. At this time, someone came to report that the Central Army had sent an envoy!

Hua Zichen went out to greet him and found that it was the innate person of the Meng family. The Meng family could actually go to the West Route Army Camp as a representative of the Central Army. Could it be that the Meng family is now in charge of the entire Qi State?

"Meet the envoy!" Hua Zichen stepped forward to salute. The Meng family was considered to be Linzi City and the Central Army of the Hua family had received the letter. I came here today to talk to you about this. "Meng Jiaxiantian replied.

The two came to the main tent and sat down side by side. Meng Jiaxiantian spoke first.

"General Hua may also know that the King of Qi is seriously ill and can no longer handle state affairs. Representatives of the four countries and five counties affiliated with Qi have entered the King of Qi's palace to jointly preside over Qi's affairs. Now the whole Qi is full of refugees. Many big families have all moved to Linzi City. Qi can no longer send other troops to replace the Western Route Army. The Hua family must hold on for a while. "Meng Jiaxiantian said.

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate! The Guangxian army has been on the expedition for more than eight months. The daily food consumption of 30,000 troops is a considerable number. Now that Qi is in turmoil, how can we stay here to help Yan defend its territory?" Hua Zichen refused.

"Today I came to discuss with you. The Hua family has made great contributions in this war. We can discuss what rewards are needed, but the Hua family in Gaoliu County must stay and hold on. "

Hua Kai finally understood why the Central Army sent the Meng family. This was to use rewards to keep the Guangxian army. Hua Zichen was thinking about how much benefit the Hua family should be able to gain.

"The Guangxian Corps can leave a maximum of 10,000 troops, and the entire Guangxian City will be handed over to the Hua family. The Hua family will be promoted to a sixth-grade family, and ten ordinary families of the Hua family will be given the quota to be promoted to a family!" Hua Kai thought for a while and said.

He was asking for too much. Handing Guangxian City to the Hua family meant that other families could not interfere in all the affairs of Guangxian City. The Hua family did not have the Xiantian realm to be directly promoted from a ninth-grade family to a sixth-grade family. This kind of thing has never happened. Finally, the Hua family wanted to improve the strength of their affiliated families, but this opening was ten, which was basically impossible. Qi State has not promoted so many new families in the past 30 years.

"Are there any more? I will definitely bring General Hua's meaning to Linzi City. As for whether it can be accomplished, it depends on the opinions of each family! "Meng Jia Xiantian left after talking to Hua Zichen! Hua Zichen told Hua Xing and others what he had said to Meng Jia Xiantian. This time, most of them must be going home. Princess Ji Le is still in Lu with 6,000 people from her family. Huajia Fort is going to start water conservancy construction again. The family's combat power is already somewhat insufficient, so the Hua family must send some of its main forces back home.