Chapter 2221 Mayor
Manbao was not in a hurry to clean up, but picked up a lot of meat with a knife and looked at it. She smelled it, but did not dare to test the medicine on herself.
Bai Shan seemed to read her thoughts and said quietly, "I heard that when Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, he not only suffered from abdominal pain, but also chest pain and all kinds of pain. He even went blind."
Manbao shuddered, but refused to believe it. "Which book is this written in? How come I don't know it?"
Bai Shan calmly cleaned up the cactus she had dug up and put the intact ones aside. She said, "I don't remember which book it was written in, but I think eating something without knowing its toxicity or medicinal properties would cause poisoning, right? Didn't you say that after the body is damaged, even after recovery, it will not be as good as before?"
Manbao didn't remember saying this, but it was actually true, and she didn't dare to try it easily.
He had already put the dug-out plant meat aside and went to clean up the remains with Bai Shan.
She said, "Try growing some of these that are good. Maybe you can bring them back to the capital. They are so round and look pretty."
Bai Shan nodded.
So he leaned on the window and called out "Daji" to the people below, asking him to prepare the flower pots.
He looked back at the size of the pieces and said to Daji, "We don't want big flower pots, we want small ones. We want twelve."
Daji turned away silently.
But this place is different from the capital, it is difficult to buy ceramic basins, so after walking back and forth twice, he finally found a carpenter in the town to customize a wooden basin for him.
When the carpenter learned that the nobles only wanted a wooden basin big enough to hold food, he was puzzled. "Isn't it too small? It will be difficult to wash in it?"
Daji glanced at him, scanned the room, and pointed to one, saying, "A surface about the same size as this will do, but it needs to be deeper. We're using it to plant flowers, so it needs to hold soil, so you have to make it as deep as possible."
Carpenter: "...Sir, this is a wooden bowl."
He has been a carpenter for so many years, and many merchants who have passed by have asked him to make some things. For example, if there are cracked or broken wooden barrels and basins that they carry with them, they basically ask him to buy them or customize them. This is the first time he has seen someone customize a wooden bowl for planting flowers.
That's right, the carpenter felt that something so small was not worthy of being called a basin.
However, the guests were generous and the task was not difficult, so he took the order and said, "You can only get it the day after tomorrow."
Daji nodded in agreement and turned back to report.
Manbao has learned some of their habits from Keke. He knows that they are tenacious and will not die if left for a few days. They can even be exposed to the sun and processed into slices.
Manbao and Baishan moved the things to the first floor. Now the sun was not strong, so it was just right for drying them.
When Yin Huo came back, he happened to meet Mr. Zhuang and his team who were returning from a visit to the mayor's house. The two teams met at the door, and then walked in lively. As soon as they entered, they saw two people squatting in the corridor with their backs to them, fiddling with something in their hands.
Zhou Liru was the first to rush forward, "Aunt, what are you doing?"
Manbao stepped aside and let them see the results of her and Baishan's afternoon work.
Mr. Zhuang took a look, shook his head and turned back to the house.
Manbao asked them, "How is it, is the mayor polite?"
Bai Erlang said, "It's a good thing you didn't go. You don't know that the mayor used to be a horse thief. He only had two glasses of wine before he started telling Mr. Zhuang about his past as a horse thief. He told all about how he and his men robbed other horse thieves or other cities. One-third of the people in this town were once horse thieves, and the remaining half were related to horse thieves."
Manbao opened his mouth wide and asked, "Then General Nie..."
Bai Erlang laughed heartily and said, "General Nie was drinking with him, and they were even discussing which nearby town would be easier to attack. If we hadn't stopped him, General Nie might have stayed there tonight and drank with him."
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at each other and asked, "Are you guys still having dinner?"
Bai Erlang shook his head, "I've been eating since I entered his house, and I haven't eaten any more since then. I can't eat any more."
Liu Huan and Zhou Liru also said they didn't want to eat anymore.
Manbao asked Mrs. He to cook two bowls of hangover soup.
Bai Erlang shook his hands and said in disgust: "Although I drank a glass of wine, I am not drunk. I don't want to drink hangover soup."
Liu Huan didn't like it either and said he didn't want to drink it.
Bai Shan said, "It's not for you."
Bai Erlang tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Oh," and said, "It's for General Nie and Mr.
Yin Huo saw that he reeked of alcohol and said with some disgust, "Go wash up first."
Bai Erlang saw it and said, "This isn't mine. It's from General Nie. He drank too much, and I got it on him when I dragged him out... Hey, General Nie, aren't you drunk?"
Bai Erlang stared with wide eyes at General Nie who climbed over the wall next to him.
Lieutenant Nie grinned at them, jumped off the wall, and waved his hand energetically, saying, "I feel much more comfortable after changing my clothes. Sir Zhou, let's talk in the room."
Manbao nodded and asked Bai Erlang and the others to wash up first. Then he and Bai Shan took General Nie into the lobby and asked someone to invite Mr. Zhuang.
Bai Erlang rolled his eyes, then pulled Liu Huan with one hand and Yin Huo with the other to join in the fun. They could wash up later.
Mr. Zhuang also changed his clothes and drank a cup of tea, and the smell of alcohol on his body disappeared a lot.
He came out with a smile, glanced at Bai Erlang and the others, and said nothing.
Nie Canjun poured himself a cup of tea before saying, "I've heard people say that the mayor used to be a robber, but I didn't expect that nearly half the people in this town have done similar things."
Bai Shan said, "I think they are living and working in peace and contentment now. They shouldn't attack passing merchants, right?"
Lieutenant Nie nodded and said with some pain, "We inquired a little. The mayor said that as long as we don't cause trouble, they won't do anything. Besides, people in the town are safe. They will protect us and the bandits outside won't dare to come in. They also agree with this in Suzhou. They even pay tribute to Suzhou every year."
Having said that, everyone turned to look at Liu Huan.
His father was the chief secretary of Suzhou, second only to the governor, so these internal affairs had to go through his hands first.
Liu Huan looked at them silently.
Everyone looked away, and Bai Shan nodded in approval, saying, "It's like recruiting the troops from Suzhou. It's difficult for them to get here. This method is actually quite good. At least now the ordinary people in the oasis are living a good life and won't suffer from the scourge of horse bandits anymore."
Lieutenant Nie nodded, his expression becoming more serious. "The smallpox story has changed the situation here. The number of merchants heading west has decreased this year, and even the number of merchants from the Western Regions heading east has dropped by nearly 80%. So it's very chaotic out there. Not only are there horse thieves, but there are also Turkic soldiers and horses that have wandered over from the grasslands. They all want to take advantage of this opportunity to capture this oasis. It's basically impossible for merchants on the road to escape their clutches."
Mr. Zhuang then slowly interrupted, "He asked if we needed their protection to get him to Liangzhou. I think it's feasible."
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(End of this chapter)
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