pdf-ebookys #685 - Come and eat purple eggs
#685 - Come and eat purple eggs
“……Everyone respects Dahlia, and worships Krachlerus.”
“Alexandrekrus, are all heroes named like this?”
“Looking at the current world, who can compare with him.”
“Only we, row upon row, the Holy Alliance Salvation Army……”
Unlike the chaotic and noisy march of the noble coalition forces, on the other side of the reeds, behind the vanguard of the God's Punishment Army, two infantry regiments of the God's Punishment Army were still advancing, singing in unison.
This "Salvation Army March" was composed by Granpen and Horn, and later modified by the church musicians, turning it into this simple melody and intense rhythm march.
Walking in the middle of the four columns, Bemanlai and others sang this march tune together, keeping pace with the beat and melody.
Although only each row was neat, it was, after all, a march, and could not be required to be as strict as on the battlefield.
In the beginning, Bemanlai and the other new recruits of the God's Punishment Army thought it was stupid to walk while singing.
But as they marched all the way from Changdi City to here, they would hardly be able to walk if they didn't sing.
Although they, like the nobles' mercenaries, had to wear long sleeves and trousers in the hot weather, their spirits were much better than those mercenaries or even knights.
Not only in spirit, but unlike the soldiers of the noble coalition forces, although these monks had dust on their faces, they were far from dirty.
The uniforms on their bodies were also stained with mud, but not as caked as those of the imperial soldiers, only a thin layer of fluff.
When wearing the uniform and majestic black and gray military uniform, the always dirty Black Serpent Bay recruits suddenly began to love cleanliness.
After all, everyone has a love of beauty, they even know to change into new clothes to attend the secret party banquet, such beautiful clothes, naturally need to be taken care of.
This is why Horn wants them to wear uniform and beautiful uniforms, this kind of self-spiritual satisfaction and group identity has a huge impact on morale.
Of course, this is based on the premise that Horn lets the war monks eat their fill. If they are hungry every day, how can they be in the mood to take care of their clothes?
It is precisely because they eat well, sleep well, and have accompanying priests to counsel them when they are sad that they have this active spirit.
With this spirit, the harsh stick education and discipline training did not cause psychological distortion in the soldiers.
So when the order to rest in place came, these recruits could even play and joke before eating lunch.
Bemanlai was a taciturn person. He didn't dare to stray too far from the main force. He simply climbed a sand dune with a few teammates and began his lunch.
According to the food standards set by Horn, each war monk could receive 1.5 pounds of compacted hard bread and 2 ounces of sugared oatmeal every day.
This hard bread was personally developed by Horn, adding potato root powder, vegetable juice, pea puree and medicinal materials, making it healthy and delicious to eat.
The war monks who had participated in the alpine march said after eating that it was exactly this taste, exactly the same as His Majesty's cooking skills during the march.
After eating this hard bread, the green color would transfer from the bread to the faces of the war monks.
So Bemanlai hesitated whether or not to eat this oatmeal bar.
If he ate it now, there would be nothing to cleanse his palate after eating the hard bread for dinner, which would be a great torment.
The sugared oatmeal was personally developed by Madeland. It was said to be oatmeal, but it was actually a solid cube made of sugar, small nuts, dried berries and oatmeal, compacted and baked.
It can be cooked into oatmeal porridge in a pot, or it can be eaten raw.
If they were camping, the monks would always be accustomed to cooking it into porridge, because this oatmeal bar was very small but quite hard, making it very difficult to eat.
Eating one would make the muscles in the cheeks turn red.
But the sugar in the oatmeal bar and the oil in the nuts still made the soldiers addicted to this food.
Now that they were marching, the hard bread was kept by the quartermasters in the rear, so this smaller oatmeal bar became the monks' lunch and snack to replenish their energy.
After thinking about it, Bemanlai made a decision. He didn't continue eating, but took out a sausage that had been boiled before departure in the morning and gnawed on it.
He secretly left the camp last night and got a river fish, ate a meal of sashimi that he hadn't tasted for a long time, and his stomach was still full in the morning, so he still had this sausage left.
In addition to the staple food, each monk could also receive 3-4 ounces of pickled fish and sausage every day, which was about two sausages or a salted fish.
As the mortar roads in North County were gradually completed, a large number of North County people began to imitate the processing of supplied materials in South Mand County, using farmed mountain pigs to produce bacon.
Especially the emergence of peat allowed them to build drying rooms, making the speed and efficiency of making bacon more than a little faster than before.
Currently, the market price of bacon is about 1 to 4 dinars per pound, good ham can sell for 5 dinars per pound, while ordinary pork neck is 1 dinar more.
With the opening of Black Serpent Bay, a large number of cheap spices flooded the market, so Horn hired a group of people in North County to use spices, starch, leftover minced meat, pig blood and pig offal to twist into filling and make dried pork sausage.
Because it was purchased wholesale, it cost less than 1 dinar per pound, about 8 to 10 pieces, but it allowed a war monk to eat with a mouthful of oil for 5 consecutive days.
“Purple eggs are here, everyone come and eat purple eggs, there is only one pot, first come first served!”
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Just as Bemanlai was gnawing on the sausage, he heard the familiar shout of the quartermaster.
Hearing that there were purple eggs to eat, Bemanlai, who was sitting on the rock, jumped up and rushed towards the source of the sound with the sausage in his mouth.
Parting the bushes, he stepped half a foot into the water and saw two quartermasters walking with a large pot of purple egg cauliflower soup.
They put the soup pot on a flat stone and began to ladle soup for the war monks holding wooden tubes with large spoons: “Don't抢, don't 抢, there are brown orange and fat peach behind those who didn't get it.”
Holding the red and viscous soup, there was a small cheer among the monks.
Although the army should also provide an average of about 2 ounces of vegetables and fruits per person per day according to the standard, most of the time they are bean sprouts or even pickles, so it is good to have purple eggs to eat.
“Long face is rich, why is he so generous today?” A monk asked.
Long face is the nickname of the quartermaster. This is because he always has a long face. Because he is meticulous, his impression of the monks has always been bad.
“It is estimated that we will have a head-on battle with the noble coalition forces in the Lilac Corridor in the next few days.” The waiter of Bemanlai's team was holding the purple egg soup, “His Majesty and the quartermaster have talked, they finally let go, and the accumulated vegetables and fruits can finally be supplied.”
“His Majesty is ten thousand votes!”
“Ten thousand votes!”
The surrounding monks immediately made bursts of echoing sounds.
The waiter knocked on the soup bowl: “Don't be happy yet, we have to set off immediately after eating. The scouts of the front army have discovered traces of the enemy. His Majesty has ordered me to take the Falcon Cannon around the side forest and attack from both sides.”
The forest on the side is also a mud swamp, so the God's Punishment Army equipped with a large number of accompanying mages was allowed to bypass the side.
They can continuously use frost spells and turn mud into stone to support the army's passage.
Hearing this, the soldiers were somewhat surprised, when did these knights move so fast?
But in any case, the original relaxed atmosphere quickly dissipated.
“But we don't have Falcon Cannons?” Bemanlai asked.
“His Majesty匀 gave us eight, and the artillery group is also equipped. We are just waiting to be transported to the front. At that time, we will have to set off no matter whether we have finished eating or not.”
“Yes.” The surrounding circle of war monks hammered their chests and waved their hands in unison.