Chapter 2308 Concealment
When Bai Shan left for the last time, he had a purse in his hand, followed by twenty-two people, two of whom were carried on stretchers. They were brought back by General Guo when he came back last time. They survived by chance, and the wounds on their bodies had scabbed over, but they still couldn't walk on one leg.
Bai Shan and the Protectorate asked for rice, flour and vegetables.
The Protector General, upon learning that he had emptied the invalid camp, snorted in anger, and finally could not help saying to his colleagues, "No wonder the general hates them so much."
Because it's so annoying.
These people temporarily lived in the yard where they lived, with twenty-two people sharing two rooms, and the accommodation conditions were very poor.
Manbao came to see them and took a while to find his voice, "Can they really vaccinate?"
Twenty-two people huddled together and looked at her anxiously.
Bai Shan pulled her out of the door, stuffed the purse into her hand intact, and said, "This is a bribe from the general."
Manbao was perked up, surprised and nervous, "I, we have to accept bribes? This is not good..."
Bai Shan suppressed a smile and said, "You can take it back and hand it over to Xiao Yuanzheng."
Manbao asked him curiously, "Then why did you bring everyone back?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "I think what the lieutenant general said is right. If they stay here, they may never be able to return home."
Even if they can no longer go to the battlefield, they can still do logistics work, even if it means sitting at the camp gate and guarding it.
Moreover, Anxi is a garrison with cultivated land, so they can also do some farm work.
Even without resettlement allowance, the travel expenses alone would be a heavy burden, and this situation was not unique to the Anxi Army.
It’s just that Anxi is farther away and there is a desert in between, so it is more difficult for the soldiers guarding the pass to return home.
Bai Shan can't do many other things, but he can still bring a few people back home.
Man Bao agreed after a brief thought, but he did not intend to vaccinate everyone, as he had to make sure everyone was physically fit.
She turned around and went in to take the pulses of the twenty-two people. After checking on them, she turned to Bai Shan and said, "After nursing, at most sixteen people can be used."
Bai Shan touched his nose.
The twenty-two people became even more nervous.
However, Manbao still kept the people and prescribed medicinal food for everyone to regulate their bodies, treating their injuries and illnesses as needed.
The other six people, especially the two who had their legs amputated less than two months ago, were in very poor health. Not to mention vaccination, if they continued like this, they probably wouldn't have many years left to live.
Manbao could only make some simple medicine for them, "Just take your time to heal. If you take too much medicine, the collapse will be more serious. Just treat it as a long-term solution."
Bai Shan asked, "We are taking them away. Do you want to tell the Imperial Hospital? If we have the official document from the Imperial Hospital, it will be easier for us to take them away."
This is because they are worried that General Guo will stop them, after all, their relationship is not very good.
Manbao also had this concern, so he submitted a memorial to the Imperial Hospital and accompanied the official documents sent to the capital by the Protectorate.
Manbao is an official, so she really has the power to do this. It is not an urgent military report, so she can take the official document from the Protectorate with her.
Their speed was much faster than Manbao's. They rushed to the capital in just 22 days. At this time, Manbao had just sent away the last batch of test subjects. After 22 days, they had gained some weight.
Manbao looked at the six people who hadn't been vaccinated and said, "Don't mention the vaccination to anyone. I've brought your names along with me when I took you away, but since you haven't been vaccinated, you're not on the list at the Imperial Hospital."
The six of them were nervous.
Manbao said, "But the list for the Imperial Hospital will not be submitted until I return to the capital. You can just go on the journey together as a caregiver for your fellow soldiers."
The six of them looked at their bodies, then turned to look at their comrades who were obviously stronger than themselves, and nodded repeatedly, indicating that it was no problem and they would definitely "take good care of" their comrades.
Manbao then let them return to the barracks.
All of them are their people, so Manbao and the others naturally won't say anything. So as long as they don't say anything themselves, the Protectorate won't ask in detail. After all, who would have thought that Bai Shan and the others took people but didn't vaccinate them?
Manbao turned around and went back to pack up. The bedding and other things used by the experimenters during this period had been burned, and the room had been cleaned. She only needed to take away the notes and collected cowpox in the room.
As for the three cows, they are all alive and well under Manbao's medical skills. The pox on their bodies has healed, and Manbao and Zhou Liru have basically collected the scabs. Now they are all very healthy.
Unfortunately, the Protectorate didn't like them very much. As long as they knew they had had smallpox, they were still unwilling to approach them even though Manbao said they were recovered.
When Manbao saw this, he took the three cows back very happily.
She said to Bai Shan, "It's just right. We have so many people to take back, and most of them are injured soldiers. We just need a car.
An oxcart is also a car.
Bai Shan was happy for a while and nodded repeatedly, "That's right."
But three ox carts were obviously not enough. One ox cart could seat a maximum of six people, so three carts could only seat eighteen people, so a few more carts were needed.
Fortunately, they have a lot of horses, so they can just take a taxi.
Nie Canjun happily accepted the task and went to get a taxi. He asked them, "Are we going back soon?"
"Wait until the army returns to the capital."
Lieutenant General Nie went out to get some information. This kind of news could only be obtained from the Protectorate. He returned after only half an hour and happily said to Manbao, "It should be coming soon. The army has been besieging the city of Kucha for half a month, but now they are surrounding it without attacking. I heard that the Turkic troops who came to support it were all driven away by General Ashina. Now that Kucha City has no support, I believe it will be taken soon."
Manbao also became happy and discussed with everyone, "Everyone, sell the remaining things you have quickly. If anyone wants to buy something, buy it quickly."
So everyone started to prepare things to take home.
During the day, Manbao wandered around the city with his friends, looking at gems, spices, and colorful fabrics.
But she now knew that their fabrics could not be washed, and even when worn, they could not come into contact with other light colors because they would fade.
At first, Manbao and the others didn't know that when they made the clothes and planned to rinse them before wearing them, the clothes would no longer be the same clothes when they took them out of the water.
So Manbao and the others just looked at it curiously but didn't buy it.
Merchants selling cloth rarely tell them that the cloth from the Central Plains is the best, with good color, smooth fit and will not fade. These people can be seen to be from the Central Plains, so he will not recommend cloth to them. Wouldn't that be humiliating?
He loved to recommend to them all kinds of things inlaid with gemstones.
For example, various jewelry and swords.
There are also people who sell gems individually, but that would make them seem very cheap. The smart merchants here prefer to sell them finished jewelry and other things, which also includes the labor fee.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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