When Li Shizhen heard Jiang Tian say this, he thought he had misheard.
He reached his finger and picked inside his ear.
"My lord, you say you have a thousand-year-old ginseng? That's a rare treasure."
“I said I’ll give you 500 catties of thousand-year-old ginseng first, and 20,000 catties of each of the medicinal herbs you want. See if that can save the local people.”
Li Shizhen still thought he had misheard, so he reached out and pinched his thigh again.
It hurts, it hurts terribly.
"My lord, you're not joking with me, are you? Five hundred catties of thousand-year-old ginseng?"
Jiang Tian nodded.
"Physician Li, please wait here for a moment. I'll bring you ten catties of thousand-year-old ginseng to take a look."
Jiang Tian stood up and walked towards the study.
Jiang Tian returned in less than half an incense stick's time.
He was holding a cloth bag in his hand.
The cloth bag was bulging inside; I had no idea what it contained.
Li Shizhen thought to himself, "My lord is joking. A thousand-year-old ginseng is extremely rare and can bring the dead back to life. Let alone 500 catties, even five taels of a thousand-year-old ginseng would be remarkable."
Jiang Tian walked up to Li Shizhen and tossed him a bulging cloth bag: "Imperial Physician Li, this is ten catties of thousand-year-old ginseng. I've already had the remaining 490 catties prepared."
Li Shizhen couldn't believe it.
He quickly opened the already bulging cloth bag.
The cloth bag was full of ginseng.
This ginseng is as thick as a thumb, with dense, intact roots.
Li Shizhen put the cloth bag on the ground and quickly sat down.
Li Shizhen gently picked up a thousand-year-old ginseng, placed it in front of him, and examined it carefully.
He had seen several thousand-year-old ginseng roots when he was in the palace.
However, he had no way of verifying whether the ginseng had grown for a thousand years.
Li Shizhen placed this thousand-year-old ginseng in front of him and examined it carefully.
"My lord, this is truly a thousand-year-old ginseng."
"As long as other medicinal herbs are available, I can guarantee that the plague can be eradicated within a month."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Tian slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "Alright, I will prepare the medicinal herbs you need within an hour. Remember, saving a life is like building a seven-story pagoda. I hope you can save the people."
Li Shizhen: "Rest assured, my lord, practicing medicine and saving lives is my lifelong pursuit in history."
Li Shizhen bowed respectfully to Jiang Tian.
Seeing Li Shizhen leave, Jiang Tian waved to Lu Wentong of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Wearing an N95 mask, Lu Wenzhao, dressed in a flying fish robe and with an embroidered spring knife at his waist, strode forward.
“I’ve been to the outskirts of the capital these past few days, and the people are full of resentment towards me. How is your investigation going, Jinyiwei?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Wentong knelt down with a thud: "My lord, I deserve to die."
"Answer my question first."
"My lord, our Embroidered Uniform Guard has been investigating both openly and covertly, and this matter is related to the Yang family."
"The Yang family?"
Lu Wentong nodded: "As one of the four great families of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Yang family of Hongnong has disciples and former officials all over the world."
“Ninety-nine percent of the land outside the capital belongs to the Yang family. Although very few members of the Yang family hold official positions in the court, most of the civil and military officials in the capital are controlled by the Yang family.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Tian immediately became furious.
“These bastards, this land is mine because I’ve set my sights on it.”
“The people are all living in misery, and these lands should ultimately belong to them.”
Lu Wentong lowered his voice: "My lord, there is a saying that cutting off someone's source of income is like killing their parents."
My lord, you have given the land on which the Yang family depends for survival to those common people.
The Yang family must be furious.
Jiang Tian clenched his fists tightly, cracking them as he did so: "This time the plague spread so quickly, is it related to the Yang family?"
Lu Wentong nodded.
"Don't let the Yang family infiltrate your Embroidered Uniform Guard. Don't forget your duties. If any member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard betrays us and joins the Yang family as their accomplice, I will personally kill him."
"My lord, it's hard to say about such things. I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."
"I'm going to the Yang family," Jiang Tian said, and walked out.
Upon hearing this, Lu Wentong quickly added, "My lord, you're trying to venture deep into the tiger's den."
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
"My lord, the Yang family has many capable people." Lu Wentong was still somewhat worried.
"Have Bai Qi protect me at all times, and Li Yuanba will come with me to the Yang family. I want to see what those bastards in the Yang family are up to."
Escorted by Jiang Tian's more than 100 guard cavalry, they headed straight for the Yang residence in the east of the city.
After an incense stick has burned.
Jiang Tian arrived at the Yang residence.
The Yang residence did not appear particularly remarkable.
Jiang Tian followed his men to raid the offices of all the civil and military officials.
Many civil and military officials lived in homes with bright red vermilion gates.
Some civil and military officials had 8864 huge golden anchors arranged on the main gate of their homes.
However, the gate of the Yang residence was black.
It's clear that the Yang family members are usually very low-key.
The lintel of the Yang family's gate also appeared much lower than that of the gates of the civil and military officials' homes.
"What are you doing?" Several servants at the door saw Jiang Tian dismount and quickly stepped forward to ask.
"Just wandering around," Jiang Tian said as he walked forward.
"Halt!" Several servants quickly drew their swords and blocked Jiang Tian's path. "Do you know where you are?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, this is the Yang family's mansion."
"No matter who you are, get out of here. If you don't leave, I'll kill you."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanba was immediately enraged. He strode forward, his two golden hammers flying up and down in the air.
"Kid, you're pretty arrogant." Li Yuanba stepped forward.
When the servants of the Yang family saw Li Yuanba, who was so short, they burst into laughter.
"You...you little brat, causing trouble at the Yang family's doorstep, get out of here!"
"A brat who's been raised but not taught, running wild without even knowing where he is."
A dozen or so servants tried to drive Li Yuanba outside.
With a light swing of his golden hammer, Li Yuanba struck a servant on the head with a loud bang.
The servant's brains splattered instantly from the impact, and he was sent flying, crashing into the black lacquered gate.
The gate was slammed shut with a loud bang.
The other dozen or so servants took a look.
They were all stunned.
"Damn it, someone has come to the Yang residence to kill someone."
"Kill that arrogant brat who doesn't know his place."
"Brothers, charge! We can't let him go!"
All of Yang's servants gathered around.
"Call someone, don't let the negotiators get away."
"If you cause trouble in front of our Yang family's door, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't save you."
With a loud roar, dozens of servants rushed out of the Yang residence. They were all armed with long swords and wearing armor, practically armed to the teeth.
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