Chapter 1224: Revealing the secret, Gao Yang wants to conduct special operations against the Xiongnu?

Inside the room.

Gao Yang stared at the table full of dishes and said to Wu Zhao: "Your Majesty, the camp is not like the Imperial Palace; conditions are difficult, so please make do with a few bites: soy-braised beef tendon, tomato-stewed beef brisket, stir-fried beef tenderloin, radish-braised beef, crystal pork knuckle, Dongpo pork, twice-cooked pork, red-braised pig trotters, steamed pork ribs..."

Wu Zhao stared at the dishes in front of her, raised her eyes, and looked at Gao Yang.

At this very moment, she really wanted to ask, you call this "making do with a few bites"?

But the dishes in front of her were truly too fragrant; the aroma followed her nose and seeped into her brain, making her appetite soar.

"This Dongpo pork looks a bit fatty, but it is actually fatty without being greasy and is extremely delicious; it is made by this subject's own hands," Gao Yang said.

Wu Zhao picked up a piece of Dongpo pork with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and nodded inwardly.

She raised her phoenix eyes, slightly surprised.

This Gao Yang really had some skills.

This Dongpo pork was truly remarkable.

But Wu Zhao still had to maintain her reserve.

So she just nodded and said, "The taste is not bad."

Immediately after, Wu Zhao said to everyone, "My dear ministers, let us eat together."

As soon as Wu Zhao said this.

Wang Zhong, Zhao Ponu, and the others all had their appetites opened, devouring the food like a whirlwind.

When military generals eat, the main thing is speed.

Gao Yang hadn't even finished one bowl of rice, but Wang Zhong and Zhao Ponu had already finished two, their mouths covered in grease.

Zhao Ponu picked his teeth, looking satisfied.

Soon.

Everyone finished their meal.

Wu Zhao asked, "I see that even though the Xiongnu persisted, they were panting and lying on the ground wailing while holding their buttocks, but the mining soldiers mostly looked indifferent."

"Lord Gao, why is this?"

With this question, everyone's gaze gathered on Gao Yang.

It wasn't just Wu Zhao who noticed this phenomenon; they had all seen it too.

Seeing this, Gao Yang smiled and then said, "Someone, bring the person with the best results from the first batch!"

Soon.

The young man who had mocked the Xiongnu earlier and taken the lead walked in.

When he saw Wu Zhao and Gao Yang's group, he looked nervous and quickly bowed.

"Little one Li Erji pays respects to Your Majesty, pays respects to all the lords!"

He knelt on the ground.

Wu Zhao stared at Li Erji and first said, "Get up."

"I ordered you to come here because I have a few questions to ask you: why are the Xiongnu all wailing while holding their buttocks, but you look like nothing happened? Are you not in pain?"

When Li Erji heard this, he pondered for a moment and then said, "It hurts!"

"Where does it hurt?"

"My shoes are a bit tight, my feet hurt."

Wu Zhao: "..."

But looking at Li Erji's serious face, Wu Zhao knew that this was his honest thought.

"But carrying a one *shi* load, do you not feel it is heavy?"

When Li Erji heard this, he shook his head directly.

"It is not heavy."

"On the contrary, the little one feels that since Lord Gao wants to select elites and can provide meat to eat and such high treatment, this weight is too light."

Li Erji's words were filled with a feeling that the weight wasn't enough, the torture wasn't enough, and the treatment made him feel uneasy.

Once these words were spoken, Wang Zhong was the first who couldn't help himself, "In front of Her Majesty, you must not speak nonsense."

"Carrying a one *shi* weight and sprinting twenty *li*, and you say it is easy? Do you know what a great crime deceiving the Emperor is?"

When Li Erji heard this, his face turned pale.

Deceiving the Emperor was a capital crime, which scared him so much that he knelt down.

"Grand General, I am wronged!"

"Everything the little one said is true! Although this one *shi* weight is a bit heavy, compared to the weight I carried when mining iron ore before, it is not worth mentioning at all!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone noticed a keyword: iron ore.

"You mean, you mine ore, and it is very heavy?"

Li Erji nodded and said, "Your Majesty may not know, but that iron ore is extremely heavy, and the mine is extremely deep and far, so making a round trip is extremely difficult."

"If you carry too little, it is not worth it. Furthermore, the small paths in the mountains are rugged and difficult to walk, covered in thorns; compared to that, this official road is too easy to walk."

"The little one would never dare to deceive the Emperor; this is an iron-clad fact!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.

They all looked at Gao Yang, who was drinking tea.