I Became a Sugar Mama to an Ancient General during a Famine! - Chapter 18 Part 1

Zhan Chengyin finished counting the rice and flour, storing them in the warehouse. The soldiers, upon seeing an entire wall stacked with food…

Yesterday, the gods had delivered enough food for only one day, and they had been worrying about what to do when they ran out. Now, everyone’s anxious hearts were put at ease.

The gods, indeed, keep their promises.

They would truly provide enough food!

Zhan Chengyin placed his hand on one of the grain sacks, looking at the snow-white rice. He asked, “Based on the god’s instructions, how long will these supplies last?”

Li Yuanzhong replied, “We have ten thousand jin of rice and twenty-five thousand jin of flour…”

“At the current rations for soldiers, half a pound of rice per person per day, it will last around fifty days.”

The soldiers were astonished—this was something they wouldn’t have dared to dream of before!

Who could imagine a single person eating half a pound of rice per day? Only royal families and nobles could afford such luxury!

Especially now during a great famine!

Here, they were living like immortals.

Realizing this, every soldier was filled with a strong desire to survive.

To break through the siege.

To defeat the barbarians!

After hearing the answer, Zhan Chengyin’s handsome brows furrowed slightly. “Only fifty days?”

“Yes, General. If we serve one meal of steamed rice and one meal of rice porridge each day, it can last for a month.”

Not enough!

It was far from enough.

Calculating the time from planting grain to harvest, they needed six months’ worth of food to achieve a self-sustaining cycle. Trapped in the city, they didn’t have enough land to grow food for eighty thousand people.

They needed a massive supply of food.

At that moment, a slip of white paper fluttered down.

「In three days, I will send two million jin of rice, one million jin of flour, mineral water, sausages, instant noodles, self-heating hotpots… Prepare a large warehouse for storage. Preferably about five times the size of the current rice warehouse.」

Tian Qin picked up the paper and respectfully presented it to the general with both hands.

Zhan Chengyin saw what was written on the note – two million jin of rice, one million jin of flour, and countless other supplies…

The other soldiers gathered around, astonished by the sheer quantity…

They were all overjoyed.

“General, did the god really say it would provide this much?”

“Three million jin of food! What a huge amount!”

“We’ll never go hungry again!”

“Even including rations for the civilians, it can last four months. No one will starve before the crops can be planted and harvested!”

Zhan Chengyin’s hand holding the white paper trembled slightly.

Three million jin of food.

Before the barbarians laid siege, the Zhan family army’s warehouses had never contained so much.

The imperial court only issued one month’s worth of military rations at a time—old millet mixed with pebbles, bran, and gray flour.

This was pure white rice and flour.

And it was just one batch of supplies. She would continue to send more food in the future!

It was wonderful!

Truly wonderful!

With this food, he could recruit soldiers from among the civilians.

If news of this spread back to the Central Plains, civilians there would voluntarily come to join the Zhan family army to survive!

At that time, the Zhan family army would have the strength to fight the barbarians!

In an instant, several officers had tears in their eyes and knelt down.

They knelt to thank the gods.

“Thank the heavens, thank the gods, for saving the Zhan family army from peril!”

Together with Zhan Chengyin, they all kowtowed three times to the heavens, expressing gratitude to the gods.

After standing up, Zhan Chengyin said: “Pass down the order to recruit soldiers from among the civilians. Anyone who enlists will receive four jin of rice, one jin of flour, and two jin of vegetables per month…”

“Announce it immediately!”

The officers acknowledged the order: “Yes, General!”

“Repair the city walls and forge weapons simultaneously. Select soldiers with good physiques to guard the food warehouses!”

“Increase patrols. Remember, it’s better to kill by mistake than to let a single enemy pass!”

“Yes General, we obey!”