The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 199 Waiting for the Sun to Clear

"The arsenal doesn't have any new equipment yet, but Zilong, think about it. What if one day hot air balloons could fly to a height of four or five hundred meters and carry dozens of times more weight than they do now? What if such hot air balloons could drop bombs down from the sky?"

Do you think that's enough to be lethal?

Chen Er described the general effects of the airship to Zhao Yun. As Zhao Yun listened to Chen Er's words, he kept imagining the scene in his mind: dropping bombs from the Tianshan Mountains, which were four or five hundred meters high. The scene was truly terrifying. However, Zhao Yun was still somewhat skeptical. He asked Chen Er, "My lord, is it possible for such a hot air balloon to work?"

"It's possible, there definitely will be hot air balloons like that."

Chen Er said decisively, "Let alone flying four or five hundred meters, in my previous life, humans had already flown beyond Earth." Chen Er thought to himself, but he could only think about it and couldn't say it out loud. Besides, even if he did say it, Zhao Yun probably wouldn't believe it. Chen Er said to Zhao Yun, "A few years ago, we never thought that humans could fly into the sky, but we've done it now, haven't we?"

Hearing Chen Er say this, Zhao Yun thought that what Chen Er said made a lot of sense. Before seeing hot air balloons, he had never thought that humans could fly into the sky, and that flying higher and carrying more weight was not a problem.

The climate in the south is so abnormal, especially now that it's early spring and there's been a lot of rain. Chen Er and his group had just crossed Anfeng less than two hundred miles away when it started raining again. At first, they didn't think much of it.

After several hours of rain, the ground had completely softened, and the roads gradually became muddy, making it extremely difficult for the cavalry to move. Chen Er had no choice but to order his men to find a sheltered place to set up camp and wait for the weather to clear.

"Road construction must be put on the agenda as soon as possible."

Chen Er said to Wang Hui and Zhao Yun, and Wang Hui said to Chen Er, "The soil in the south is relatively loose. To build a road, we must first lay a good foundation. This is a huge project."

“It’s alright. The main roads in the northern states are almost finished. Once we get back to Yuyang, we’ll have Wenruo transfer all the prisoners of war to the south and hand them over to Boning. With these prisoners of war, road construction will be much easier.”

Chen Er thought to himself, "I forgot about this when I was in Shouchun before. It's not too late to remember now."

While they were talking, Chen Er and the others were busy setting up camp, except for the soldiers on guard. Although Chen Er was the King of Wei.

However, he was not the kind of pampered nobleman. He, along with Zhao Yun and Wang Hui, joined the team building the tents in order to speed things up and get into the dry tents as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, all the soldiers had entered the camp. They lit a campfire inside, dried their clothes, took out their personal rations and dried meat, and put their cooking pot outside the camp. Soon after, they filled the pot halfway with water and placed it on the fire.

As Chen Er poured the dried meat and rations into the pot, he said to Zhao Yun, "This saves us the trouble of finding a water source, but today we'll just have a hodgepodge of dried rations and dried meat."

"We're a good organization to have this much to eat while we're out here," Zhao Yun said.

“Yes, back when we were at Hulao Pass, during the fiercest battle, we couldn’t even get a sip of hot water,” Chen Er said, seemingly not taking the past to heart at all.

"Only our lord can take these things so lightly," Zhao Yun said with a smile.

Soon, the pot was boiling. Chen Er poked it with chopsticks and saw that it was ready to eat. These dried meats were air-dried and could be eaten directly. Chen Er wouldn't have gone through all this trouble if he didn't want a bowl of hot meat soup.

"Come on, Xiao Hui, Zilong, have some with us," Chen Er said, serving three bowls of soup to Wang Hui and Zhao Yun.

"Thank you, my lord." The two men didn't stand on ceremony. After being soaked in the rain for so long, everyone was feeling a bit chilly. Drinking a bowl of meat soup at this moment was truly delightful.

"I must say, my lord, after drinking this bowl of your meat soup, my body immediately felt warm and full of energy."

Zhao Yun finished the soup in one gulp and said to Chen Er, while drinking the soup, he took out a large piece of meat from the pot and put it into his bowl, "I miss the days when we were fighting on the grasslands. Back then, we ate mutton and horse meat every day, mixed with some vegetables. The taste was simply wonderful."

"The land shapes its people, and on the grasslands, besides beef and mutton, there's not much else to eat. I had the larger organization bring so many cattle and sheep back then for easier resupply, unlike now, where we can only eat dried meat and dry rations."

“My lord, you are mistaken. With meat and grain, life is already quite good.”

Zhao Yun said to Chen Er, "The food standards of the organization I organized are extremely high in the whole world. Every soldier can eat meat every day when they go on a campaign, and they can also eat more than half a catty of meat every two or three days during training. Such food is the kind of treatment that only the most elite troops in any force can enjoy."

"Of course, we can't mistreat these brothers who followed us to conquer the world."

Chen Er said with some emotion, "Moreover, the people in the district I governed are now living better and better lives, their economic level is getting higher and higher, and tax revenue has also increased significantly. Everyone is gradually living a good life. We can't let the soldiers in the organization suffer, that would be too unfair."

"That's why we say our lord is wise."

Wang Hui gave Chen Er a small compliment, but Chen Er didn't say anything, only nodded slightly. Wang Hui was shocked. Oh no, he had flattered Chen Er again and messed up. He was doomed.

Wang Hui walked up to the general in charge of guard duty, gave him some instructions, and then went back to his tent. After being soaked in the rain for half a day, he finally managed to dry his clothes and didn't want to get wet again. In the chilly early spring, being wet was not a pleasant experience.

Inside the main tent, after Wang Hui left, Chen Er said to Zhao Yun, "This kid is good in every way, but he's still a bit impetuous."

"Xiao Hui is a promising talent. With proper training, he will definitely be able to stand on his own in the future."

Zhao Yun said that Wang Hui's abilities are quite good, but he is too young and will always lack experience.