Chapter 66 Heavy Snow◇
◎ A month later, the snow in Liaodong had been falling sporadically since the two heavy snowfalls in mid-October.
A month later,
The snow in Liaodong has been falling sporadically since the two heavy snowfalls in mid-October, and it hasn't stopped for a full half month...
In November, just after two days of peace, another snowstorm came. This snowstorm was bigger than the previous two snowstorms combined. After one night, the snow on the ground was a foot deep.
The newly appointed Han Degong, Captain Han, was transferred to Fuzhou City a month ago and was responsible for the defense of the west gate of Fuzhou City.
Zhou Jin, who had just been promoted to the position of general flag by him, naturally also accompanied him...
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"I heard it's freezing not just here but across the entire grassland this year, with constant snowstorms. The Tartars' cattle, horses, and sheep are most afraid of freezing... Alas! Every year when they suffer a disaster, it inevitably brings disaster to the people of Dayan. I'm afraid we won't have an easy time this year!"
I don’t know where the people will suffer this time!”
An old soldier knocked the snow and mud off his boots against the wall while talking to the young soldier standing guard next to him.
The young soldier was a new recruit who had just joined the camp and was full of youthful righteousness. When he heard the old soldier's words, he immediately shouted:
"Come on, I've never killed anyone before, so I'll just give those Tartars a try!"
"Hmph!" The old soldier gave him a disdainful look and sneered, "Hey, just don't wet your pants when the time comes!"
The new soldier obviously didn't hear the old soldier's sarcasm and even raised his head towards the old soldier.
"That's impossible! Just wait and see!" He then asked the veteran with a grin, "Uncle Wang, have you seen our new female general? Wow! She's so stunning! With that armor on and that chestnut horse, she's just like Mulan from the storybook!"
The veterans were dismissive of this.
"Oh! You can see how little the higher-ups value our Fuzhou Guards. Even though our Fuzhou City is in the rear, they can't send a little girl to lead it?! What's the point of just being pretty? Only young men like you treat her like a treasure! In my opinion, it would be more useful to give our brothers more swords than just a decoration!"
A rookie...he thinks a female general is more useful than a sword!
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At the same time, Han Qianhu was also cursing,
"Damn! How unlucky I am! I'm being controlled by a woman right after I'm transferred here! And she even tries to intimidate me right after she arrives, saying there's a loophole in my defense?
That girl was eating with me when I was fighting! I don’t know where this stinky girl came from…Ah!! Damn! Be gentler!”
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Zhou Jin sprinkled the golden wound medicine his sister had prepared for him onto the whip wound on Han Qianhu's back. Seeing him grimacing in pain, he finally closed his dirty, stinky mouth and patted the powder on his hands with satisfaction. He threw the rest of the bandaging work to Han Qianhu's current personal guards, and sat on a chair beside him, looking at the prone Han Qianwei and said:
"Boss, you're quite a smart guy, how come you don't even know the three things a new official should do?! Why are you stepping forward like a leader now?!
Besides, what Commander Mu said was not wrong. In your rotation mechanism, there is obviously an air defense in the middle. Although the time is extremely small, if there is a spy among us, that place may be a breakthrough point for the enemy!
"I've already told you twice, but you never take it seriously. Commander Mu spoke to you in a serious manner, but you didn't listen. Instead, you ridiculed him and forced him to take action against you. Do you think that's funny?"
"Hey! Zhou Jin! How can you be so ungrateful? I'm your superior! Don't forget, your promotion to the general commander was all thanks to me!"
Han Qianhu was speechless after being confronted by Zhou Jin, and immediately shouted in anger:
"You think you'll betray me and go after that pretty girl because she's pretty? I'm telling you, no way!"
Zhou Jin...
"Please stop being unreasonable here! Let's talk about the facts. If Commander Mu was a man, would you still dare to confront her like you did today?
Or, if she were a man, and you disrespected your superior so much, and she hit you, would you still be so unconvinced?"
"Today's incident is all because you look down on Commander Mu because she's a woman. You've brought this unhappiness upon yourself, but you haven't even seen her combat capabilities, yet you keep putting her down simply because she's a woman. Isn't that a bit too much..."
"I'm not going to live a shit, this battlefield is not the place for a little girl like her to be here, and I just won't accept her commanding me!
When I go out and say that everyone else is under the command of a certain powerful general, but I am being controlled by a little girl, where can I put my face?!"
Han Qianhu was still unconvinced.
Zhou Jin... couldn't explain it to this guy, and he also got angry with him.
"I think this beating you received was too light. If you look down on women so much, why didn't you eat your mother's milk if you had the guts?! Don't be born and raised by a woman!"
After saying that, he no longer paid any attention to this guy, got up and walked out.
When he got to the door, he turned back and said:
"Also, my position as General Flag Officer was earned through my military exploits over the past two years. While it has something to do with your promotion, it really doesn't matter that much!"
After saying that, he lifted the door curtain and went out!
Captain Han... Hey! When did this kid still have a temper?
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Zhou Jin came out of the house and went to the west gate tower. There was a patrol area under his command. When he got to the bottom of the tower, Zhou Jin did not disturb anyone and quietly went up. As soon as he reached the stairs, he heard a soldier shout:
“Who is it?”
Then a whistle sounded, and then a gun stabbed at him...
A few seconds later, seven or eight people rushed over with guns in hand...
Zhou Jin finally spoke: "It's me!"
Only then did the dozen or so soldiers see Zhou Jin's face clearly. They quickly put away their guns, stood at attention, and said, "General Flag!"
Zhou Jin smiled and nodded to everyone, saying:
"Well, you all did a good job, you're alert enough!"
Everyone laughed foolishly, and one of them said cleverly:
"General, the duck feather coats you had made for us are so warm and lightweight. Even wearing the rattan armor feels effortless, and moving around doesn't require so much effort!"
Another honest guy scratched his head and said, "It's warm, but it's a bit hairy!"
The result was a clever slap in the face.
"If you can't speak, don't speak!"
This made everyone around laugh again.
Some time ago, Zhou Jin thought about the bitter cold that the soldiers had to endure while on patrol, so he asked his mother and others to help him imitate the down jackets used in later generations to keep warm. Although it was made of two layers of coarse cloth and was a bit hairy, it was very warm and much lighter than a heavy leather coat.
Zhou Jin briefly spoke to everyone and told them to return to their posts. Only the soldier who first discovered him remained. His patrol area was right here, so he didn't move.
Zhou Jin smiled at him again and said:
"Sixth son, your wife is going to give birth soon, right? My sister has been living in the small courtyard rented by Doctor Cheng for a while now. I've already told her. If your wife goes into labor, have your mother go find her. Don't give birth at home by yourself without even finding a midwife!"
The one called Liuzi smiled and replied:
"Okay, okay! General, don't worry. My mother sent someone to tell me that Miss Yu went to see me yesterday. She felt my wife's pulse and checked the fetal position. She said everything is fine. She also told my mother to call her as soon as the labor starts, no matter day or night..."
"Haha, that's great. I can't wait to attend your baby's full moon banquet!"
Zhou Jin was relieved and instructed:
"Even if it's just a girl, you're not allowed to be upset! Boy or girl, they're all my own flesh and blood. Besides, girls spend less time with their parents than boys do. In this world, their lives are harder than ours... They should be loved more. My soldiers don't favor boys over girls!"
"Hehe, General, don't worry. My wife is looking forward to having a son, but I want a girl more!"
Liuzi smiled innocently and thought to himself, it's really good to be able to follow their leader. Not only is food, clothing, housing and transportation arranged for you, but he even helps take care of the family...
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After Zhou Jin finished instructing Liu Zi, he went to inspect another place. He didn't notice that a woman in black armor was sitting on the side of the stairs leading to the city wall...
"Is it harder to live than men..." The woman raised her head and muttered softly...
I thought to myself, how many men in this world really think this way?
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On Zhou Yu's side,
Zhou Yu had been staying in Cheng Ziyu's courtyard for the past few days, busy working with his uncle to try to transform the complicated Chinese herbal decoctions into simpler, more concentrated Chinese patent medicines or pills...
Due to the recent heavy snow, many elderly people and children have fallen ill with typhoid fever. Herbal medicines are slow to take effect and take a long time to boil. Some people, afraid of spending money or too busy with work, don't have time to boil the medicine, and thus mild cases develop into severe ones. Zhou Yu wanted to make some granules similar to Banlangen Granules that could be used to treat common ailments. This would save time boiling and would also work faster...
Because the weather was too cold and her master was old, Zhou Yu did not let her master accompany him on the recent visits. However, because Zhou Jin was now in Fuzhou City and had been promoted to the general flag, with fifty soldiers under his command, his brother would send someone to escort her every time she went back and forth recently, so her family was relieved.
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That day, Zhou Yu finished his work, stretched his stiff neck, and felt a little hungry. He was surprised to realize that the whole morning had passed. Just as he was about to go out to see what to eat for lunch, he heard a crackling knock on the door...
Old Sun in the next room hurriedly ran to open the door. As soon as he opened it, he saw a young man running in carrying a bloody man on his back...
"Er Zhuang, why is it you?! What are you carrying??"
Old Sun was frightened by the blood-gourd-like man on Erzhuang's back and asked hurriedly.
The young man carrying the person was the youngest son of the hunter king in their street, named Erzhuang, so Old Sun recognized him.
"Uncle Sun, Doctor Cheng is here, please ask him to save my brother!"
The boy shouted hurriedly.
"Your elder brother?!" Old Sun took a closer look at the man on the boy's back. Wasn't he Er Zhuang's elder brother, Da Zhuang? He stamped his feet anxiously.
"What happened to Da Zhuang?! Oh my! It just so happened that the master just returned to the military camp today!"
"Ah?!" The young man was about to cry. "What should I do?"
"Don't be impatient," Old Sun looked at Da Zhuang behind Er Zhuang, then looked at Zhou Yu standing at the door, hesitating whether to let Zhou Yu take a look first...
But then he thought, considering Da Zhuang's injuries, he would have to take off his clothes to see them, and he was worried about Zhou Yu, a girl...
But human life is at stake, especially since it's someone he knows... Sun Bo finally spoke:
"Miss Yu, look at this..."
Zhou Yu thought that the patient would need to be examined in a moment, so he was already helping to draw the curtain at the door. However, seeing that Sun Bo was still dawdling, he hurriedly urged him:
"Uncle Sun, hurry up and help carry the patient in! What are you waiting for?"
"Hey, hey!" Sun Bo quickly responded and led Er Zhuang into the house, comforting the anxious Er Zhuang as he walked:
"Miss Yu learned her medical skills from our master family. We all praise her for her good medical skills. Don't worry, if your eldest brother can still be saved, Miss Yu will definitely be able to cure him..."
The second strong man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was already panicking. After placing his eldest brother on the hospital bed in the room according to Zhou Yu's request, he knelt on the ground...
"Wu...Miss Yu, please take a look at my big brother..."
"Get up first, don't cry! Let me take a look first." Zhou Yu quickly washed his hands, put on a mask, and instructed Sun Bo:
"Uncle Sun! Go help Aunt Sun boil a pot of water, then quickly let it cool to room temperature and bring it in..."
Then he hurried forward and checked the patient's pupils and heartbeat. Seeing that the pupils were not dilated and the heartbeat was weak but still there, he breathed a sigh of relief!
Then he turned to Erzhuang and asked, "Can you tell me how your brother got injured?"
While asking, he didn't stop working. He took a pair of scissors from the medicine box and started cutting the patient's clothes...
"I don't know either... My eldest brother and my father... went to the mountains early this morning to trap rabbits. But around noon... my eldest brother... collapsed at the foot of the mountain, covered in wounds. He was seen by Aunt Lu, who was collecting firewood. She recognized him... but couldn't carry him, so she hurried back... and told me. Then I hurriedly carried him over..."
While listening to Er Zhuang talking, Zhou Yu checked Da Zhuang's injuries. In fact, she had already seen an arrow wound on his left shoulder without checking. After cutting open the patient's clothes to check, she found that the patient had countless abrasions of various sizes on his body, and several ribs were broken.
What happened? There were arrow wounds and what looked like fall injuries? Zhou Yu exclaimed in shock!
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