Wei's Fort.
Just when all the military supplies were ready, Chang Ying finally led his troops back to the fort.
"My lady, I have already brought people to clear the road from Jiumen County to Pingji County, which is the only way to Changshan County." It would take time to go further.
For fear of delaying the girl's important business, Chang Ying led his troops back after clearing the Pingji County section of the road.
"Thanks for the hard work. It's pretty good."
Wei Xiyin said, "Let's go to the research institute and ask Mr. Chu if he has any results. This concerns everyone's life and safety."
She had only seen Chu Yu once since she came back.
Or met him on the road.
He was in a hurry every day, so Wei Xiyin didn't want to disturb him.
The two gentlemen are so hardworking, how could she possibly delay their work!
She also planned to merge the plant research and the Institute of Agriculture. The fat boy and the tenth cousin would all marry into the Institute of Agriculture with their belongings, and the work of building the perimeter wall would come to a temporary end.
Currently, Chu Yu’s only job is to study zombies and prepare poisons.
The poison issue is a bit troublesome. I originally just planned to make some poison to feed the zombies.
Let’s see if we can eat those guys to death.
As a result, due to the lack of medicinal materials, the progress was put on hold.
Kang Honglang has a talent for medicine. Because his sister works as a student in the medicine shop in the fort, he would occasionally go there to help see patients and prescribe medicines.
In this case, we might as well just take charge of both sides. It’s because there are not enough medical officers in the fort.
There's only one salary anyway.
But this made Chu Yu suffer.
Before Kang Honglang went to Shilin Village, sometimes there were many sick people and they were often called away by Doctor Liao, leaving only a few written prescriptions.
Seeing that the prescription was there, Chu Yu decided to do it himself while Kang Honglang was away.
The dry season is followed by winter, when medicinal herbs are hard to find, but many well-preserved ones were discovered when the county town was looted.
With the raw materials, Chu Yu also took all the broken or contaminated ones to the research institute.
He took time out every day to follow Wei Ji and Wei Zhongxun to the underground palace to search for treasures.
The two old men were really looking for treasures, while he was looking for some rotten herbs and medicinal materials needed for the prescription.
Because of the fear that the medicinal properties would be lost, several earthen houses used to store medicinal materials were placed in a separate passage and were modified to be used specifically for storing the transported medicines.
Chu Yu would go there every day to get some medicinal herbs, and occasionally mix them himself according to the medicinal properties.
Later, Kang Honglang was assigned to Shilin Village, where he personally took care of the preparation of medicinal materials. If he encountered something he didn't understand, he would look up medical manuals himself, or write it down and take it to the herbal medicine shop to ask Doctor Liao.
When Wei Xiyin and Chang Ying came over and opened the door, they were both stunned.
The adjacent rooms on the second floor have all been renovated.
There were more than a dozen stone mortars on the table, and next to them were several boiling earthenware jars with colorful medicinal juices.
It reminded Wei Xiyin of the magic soup brewed by the witch in the cartoons in her previous life...
Wei Xiyin twitched the corner of her mouth, "Sir is indeed a capable person, he can handle anything with ease."
Chu Yu raised his eyelids and glanced at her, "But it's no use, those zombies are still alive and kicking."
It's not about curing diseases or treating people, it's just about combining various highly toxic medicinal herbs to see what can be boiled out.
Anyone can do it.
Moreover, due to material limitations, some medicinal materials used to treat common diseases or precious and hard-to-find herbs cannot be moved.
There aren't many things I can use, so I'll give it a try as a last resort.
"However, poisoning hundreds or even thousands of people is no problem." Chu Yu said slowly, "We can ask General Wei to take a group with us on the Guangping trip. If the situation changes, we can just poison them directly."
Wei Xiyin: “…” Did you learn this from her? So simple and crude.
Chu Yu stirred the unknown medicine in the medicine jar and asked, "When do you plan to leave, girl?"
"The sooner the better. I came here to ask if there have been any breakthroughs in research."
Wei Xiyin said, "After dealing with the Zhao family in Hejian, I will return first. The journey is long, so there is no need for you to accompany me this time. Just stay in the fortress."
Chu Yu immediately agreed: "Yu will follow the girl's arrangements."
The speed of the response left Wei Xiyin speechless.
"Regarding research, we've made some progress on common zombies. After various experiments, we believe that winter will probably return to the same strength as last year, but it won't be any stronger."
Chu Yu said slowly, "Yu guessed that it might be because the survivors now have built defensive houses. Without living people to eat, the zombies' energy cannot be replenished."
"I've seriously considered the law of conservation of energy that the girl mentioned earlier. I'm afraid that without a new source of food, those zombies will slowly degenerate until they die out..."
But the deadline is indefinite.
It may be three to five years, or even more than ten years.
There may be variables in the middle, there are too many uncertainties.
Now they can only rely on guesswork, but judging from the current situation, it is in their favor. As long as they continue to clean up like this, peace will be restored to the world sooner or later.
Upon hearing this, Wei Xiyin said, "It's good news that it's not strengthened. At least everyone has become more vigilant against winter monsters."
Chu Yu nodded slightly and continued to boil his medicine.
Wei Xiyin and Chang Ying stood by and watched for a while, but they really couldn't make out anything.
The room was filled with all kinds of unpleasant smells of Chinese medicine, which mixed together and were really suffocating.
After a while.
Seeing that the medicine was almost done, Chu Yu took a cloth and placed it on the medicine jar. He placed the jar on the table very slowly, then poured the medicine into the container and waited for it to cool.
Only then did he continue, "But the mutant zombie isn't in good shape. Its quick reflexes and strength are very difficult to deal with even in the summer. I've tested it several times, and compared to the other zombies, it's far too strong to measure its critical point. It's not something an average person can handle in the winter."
As he said this, he turned his head and looked at Chang Ying, "Commander Chang, it's best to pass on the instructions and inform all kinds of troops to learn how to identify mutant zombies and use long-range weapons to kill them before they get close to you."
Chang Ying looked solemn and said, "Yes."
Mutated zombies are easy to identify, and they look newer than ordinary zombies.
They had crossbows and ballistae...
Wei Xiyin said, "I asked the arsenal to make a batch of nets. They are woven with thick hemp ropes and are very sturdy. I will take them out with me when the time comes."
Once you encounter strange zombies, you can cover them with a net to restrain their movements, making it easier for soldiers to shoot them with their weapons.
Everyone knows that it is dangerous to go out in winter.
Wei Xiyin naturally had to make all preparations to minimize the sacrifices of the Zhongshan Army. She would also have to clean up Yizhou later, and it would not be good for her if the Zhongshan Army suffered too many casualties.
She also asked Wei Ting to make a batch of barbed wire to take with her and use for nighttime garrison.
"The girl is thoughtful."
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