I Became a Sugar Mama to an Ancient General during a Famine! - Chapter 26 Part 2

The recent times had been too hard.

That feeling of utter despair and hopelessness, he never wanted to experience it again in this lifetime.

He choked up as he said, “My son has gained weight, he looks forward to me coming home every day, bringing him good food.”

“My life, from now on, belongs to the general and the god. Whatever the general asks me to do, I’ll do it!”

Chen Wu’s eyes also reddened, “Yes, my two daughters were on the verge of dying. If it weren’t for the boxed meals, they wouldn’t have survived until now. General, I, Chen Wu, salute you and apologize for my rudeness when I first arrived!”

The others also had moist eyes.

They had followed Zhan’s army, rising step by step.

Like Song Duo, Bian Ziping, Li Yuanzhong, Lin Yijun, and He Hong.

There were also those sent by the imperial court, initially to monitor Zhan’s army and divide his military power.

Such as: Chen Kui, Chen Wu, Wu Erlang, Mo Fan, Chen Junlin.

The Chen Kui and Chen Wu brothers, when they first arrived at the garrison, directly asked Zhan Chengyin for troops.

When Zhan Chengyin refused, the two instigated Mo Fan to oppose him.

Mo Fan, who inherited a noble title, was the empress dowager’s nephew.

He was a famous playboy in the capital, sleeping until midday every day, never going to the military camp, spending his days in taverns and brothels.

His family, fearing he wouldn’t live well, brought a large number of servants from the capital to accompany him.

This time, with the natural disaster and the barbarian siege, he changed the most.

Half of the servants he brought died of starvation. Even so, they tried every day to dig for wild vegetables and beg for grain.

All just so he could survive.

Watching the people who loved him die before his eyes, pulling at his clothes, asking him to eat them.

He was sad and depressed, crying every day, even attempting suicide several times, only to be saved by his servants.

Since then, he had completely changed.

Now, he drank cola while crying.

“I want to go back to the capital, I don’t know if my mother has any food, I miss her!”

The atmosphere was depressing, and the soldiers secretly wiped away tears!

They also missed their families, not knowing if their loved ones were safe during this great drought.

Zhan Chengyin’s gaze was firm as he said, “This general will surely send you all back to the capital safely.”

“With the explosives and Qin Crossbow given by the god, and the endless supply of food and water, we will certainly win!”

All the soldiers stood up, raising their glasses.

“The general is right, with divine protection, we will definitely win!”

“Today, I, Chen Wu, swear here that I won’t rest until we’ve killed all the barbarians, otherwise we won’t deserve the food bestowed by the god!”

The soldiers downed their white liquor, the spiciness making them cough.

Everyone took another bite of meat, another sip of alcohol.

Several people started to chat freely.

Zhan Chengyin took a bottle of cola and walked out of the room, standing on the city wall.

The night wind blew his cape, making it flutter.

There was no wind tonight, a crescent moon hung above the clouds, illuminating the side of the young general’s ice-sculpted face.

What was the moonlight like where the god was?

He took a photo and threw the tablet into the vase.

Ye Mumu returned home at two-thirty in the morning and saw that the tablet had been returned.

She thought it had run out of battery, but when she unlocked the screen, she saw the photo of the moon taken by Zhan Chengyin.

A crescent moon hanging on the edge of the clouds, the scene was beautifully poetic.

She walked out of the villa. Tonight was the fifteenth, and the moon was very round.

She took a photo and edited some text:

“Keep going, my young general!”

Zhan Chengyin saw a full moon, with words of encouragement written beside it.

He smiled involuntarily.

Then, he received another note, 「Did you like the cola?」

He replied: 「It was delicious!」

Ye Mumu: 「Hmm, glad you liked it. There’s something I’ve always wanted to do but never will.」

「Sending you a cola fulfills one of my dreams!」

Zhan Chengyin asked her: 「What is it? Can Yin help the god?」

「I’ve had a dream since I was little, to send a world map to Emperor Qin Shi Huang, to let the old man know that the earth is round, and that there are many countries besides China.」

「With a world map, his iron cavalry would surely conquer ***.」

Emperor Qin Shi Huang wouldn’t complain about later generations not learning English well, he’d only blame himself for not reclaiming ***.

If he had, we wouldn’t need to subscribe to several video platforms, and Android, Apple, and Huawei wouldn’t each have their own charging ports.

He might even have wiped out ***.

Ye Mumu wrote again, 「I also want to send a bottle of cola and a football to Huo Qubing, the Champion Marquis.」

He died too young, at an age when he should have been enjoying life.

He would surely love cola and football.

Zhan Chengyin asked:「 Qin Shi Huang? Why has Yin never heard of him?」

「Who is this Champion Marquis Huo Qubing that the god likes so much?」