Since the anesthetic was lost from the wounded soldiers' camp, it must be related to the army's medics.

Not only Imperial Physician Ren, but even Lu Qiqi, who provided the anesthetic, could not escape suspicion of embezzlement.

Lu Qiqi said, "If there is no important business in the army, it is not easy to obtain a pass."

This shows that the thief must have accomplices who can help him, and the ability to deliver the stolen goods.

The fact that anesthetics could leak out of the military camp indicates that the camp itself was not impregnable.

Lu Qiqi meticulously analyzed the situation, peeling back the layers of the mystery.

"They couldn't do anything in the army, nor could they send the anesthetics out of the pass for their own use, so they set their sights on the salt merchants in the border town to steal their gold and silver treasures."

Firstly, it would cause panic among the city's residents; secondly, if this gold and silver were exchanged for grain, it could serve as military pay for the enemy, thus providing them with assistance.

Hearing this, Physician Ren's doubts deepened, and he asked in bewilderment, "Why is the village head so certain that it was stolen by the enemy? Couldn't it be...?"

The imperial physician Ren abruptly stopped speaking halfway through his sentence. If it weren't for the enemy army, who would dare, or rather, who would risk being beheaded to violate military discipline and do such a thing?

Song Yanqing completely ignored Physician Ren's words and asked Lu Qiqi, "In your opinion, what's the best way to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Lu Qiqi smiled and said, "Provide them with convenience."

In her view, the theft of anesthetics could not have been accomplished in a day or two, nor could it have been done by sending out all the anesthetics at once.

A few days ago, when Physician Ren learned that the anesthetic had been stolen again, he followed her instructions and specially assigned a team to be responsible for the dosage of the anesthetic, and to check and supervise each other.

With such a commotion, it's impossible for the thieves not to have heard about it.

If he still had any anesthetic, he would naturally send it out immediately, or he could dispose of it directly in the military camp.

However, she prefers the former.

After all, anesthetics are much rarer than narcotics. If it were her, she would also risk trying such a good thing. Maybe the way to send things is hidden and can't be discovered?

Whether ordinary people or habitual thieves, everyone harbors a degree of wishful thinking.

"The situation where the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light is too passive for us. It would be better to pretend that the situation is relaxed on the outside but tense on the inside, so that they will mistakenly believe that the army has lost its composure and there are signs of chaos."

Let them mistakenly believe there's an opportunity, and we can take them down in one fell swoop.

Lu Qiqi's crisp voice reached the ears of everyone present, but what she didn't know was that there was no need to pretend in this situation.

Now the border city is facing both internal and external troubles. A year ago, General Feng lost the city. After the heir took over, it took him half a year to use swift and decisive measures to eliminate the Tatars in the border city.

Song Yanqing sat in a rosewood armchair and instructed, "An Jiu, you are in charge of handling this matter. Make sure to leave one survivor."

"Yes!" An Jiu accepted the order and withdrew.

After An Jiu left, Lu Qiqi remembered Steward Yan's suggestion.

She said, "I have come here today for one reason."

We want to purify alcohol, which requires a large amount of lime. I have already sent the distillery manager to Heshun Prefecture to get it.

However, the journey there and back is long. If the lime used for repairing the city walls is usable, then alcohol can be used to treat the wounded soldiers in advance.

Lu Qiqi explained the whole story, but the imperial physician Ren was in a dilemma. The repair of the city wall could not be taken lightly, and the extraction of alcohol was a necessary medicine. Both were important.

A moment later, Song Yanqing instructed, "An Yi, count the amount of lime and send it to the distillery."

"yes."

There are many things needed to repair the city wall, but without lime, the wall's adhesion will be affected, so other materials need to be found to replace it.

He focused his gaze on the sand table, rubbing the pads of his three right fingers together as he pondered.

Lu Qiqi suggested that the lime be used by the winery, and she also knew the importance of sturdiness. She said, "This place is by the sea. If there are a lot of oyster shells in the city, they can be burned into ash and used to repair the city walls instead of the rock ash."

Physician Ren was delighted; he hadn't expected oyster shells to be used in this way.

He exclaimed happily, "So many, so incredibly many!"

“During low tide, the people of the border town would go to the beach to collect oysters to eat. The oyster shells were very hard and took up a lot of space when piled up, so the distillery burned them all.”

Good heavens!

This time it was Lu Qiqi's turn to be surprised. She never expected that after going around in circles, the dots would connect to form a line, creating a closed loop.

Looking at her surprised smiling face, Song Yanqing found it incredibly cute. The wound on her arm felt slightly itchy, and her heart started to itch as well.

Despite her surprise, Lu Qiqi was very relieved that everything had been resolved.

As dusk fell, Song Yanqing still had military affairs to attend to, so Lu Qiqi and Physician Ren went straight to collect their meals and returned to their own tents.

Back in the tent, Lu Qiqi sat down at the table and devoured the flatbread and porridge like a wolf.

For some reason, she felt that since joining the army, her appetite had been increasing day by day, and she would feel hungry even before mealtime.

She put down the bowl, which still had a few grains of porridge clinging to its sides, and accidentally bumped into a hidden spot.

"Hiss~".

She almost cursed out loud; it hurt so badly.

The pain was so intense that tears almost welled up in her eyes.

Suddenly, she remembered something and touched her chest.

Her chest is developing like tiny bamboo shoots!

Good heavens, this is truly touching! She's finally no longer a bean sprout!

In her previous life, because she was flat-chested and had a certain personality, she didn't have a boyfriend until she was twenty-six years old.

In this life, the original owner's parents died early, and he suffered from malnutrition for many years. He survived without starving to death thanks to the help of his third uncle.

These days, Lu Qiqi thought it would be like her previous life, and she had long given up hope, but unexpectedly, it was a pleasant surprise.

Hehe, in that case, she'll need to take good care of herself from now on, since she's at the age where she's developing.

From now on, I'll still eat the meals delivered by Nineteen for lunch, and I'll have a special meal prepared in my space for dinner.

Having made her plan, she entered her spatial dimension. On her way to the border town, she estimated that the vegetables she had planted in the space were ripe and ready for harvest.

As she carried the bamboo basket, opened the back door of the small wooden house, and walked to the plot of land where vegetables were planted, she saw tender green vegetables that seemed to be waving to her.

The bok choy is tender and juicy, and the sound of pulling it up by the roots when squeezed is extremely pleasant.

Lu Qiqi bent over and pulled furiously, soon filling a bamboo basket.

Looking at the basket full of bok choy, Lu Qiqi straightened up, supporting her back, and let out a soft sigh of relief.

These bok choy are not hard to pull, but there are so many of them.

For a moment, I felt a little disappointed that the space wasn't smart enough. If it were like a farming game, with one-click planting and harvesting, that would be so great!

This is much less strenuous than her plucking them one by one by herself!

The idea was good, but things couldn't go as she wished. After complaining, she still had to bury herself in her work.

She plans to harvest all the mature vegetables, preserve them using the space's preservation function, and then renovate and reuse the land.