Chapter 2704 Digging
After Manbao took care of all the wounded, he ran to find Bai Shan and said, "Let's go dig some flowers and plants."
Bai Shan was busy. The emperor was dealing with the cities that had been captured during this period. He had to change the names of the cities, select officials from the court to take over the cities, and select some local elders from big families to meet with to show the emperor's kindness, and then give them the top or second-in-command positions in the local areas.
After the emperor made decisions on these matters, they were required to write imperial edicts and official documents to pass them on. Sometimes the emperor could not remember who was who, and they had to remember them for him.
Do you really think that being a Zhongshu Sheren is easy? Those with a poor memory cannot stay in front of the emperor, otherwise they will be fired the next day if the emperor asks them nothing.
But since he was so busy, Bai Shan thought about it and said, "Wait for me after 3 p.m."
"Forget it then," Manbao said, "The days are short now. It will be completely dark in two hours at most after the afternoon. Give Daji to me and I'll take him there."
Bai Shan: "...You are here for Daji, right?"
Manbao chuckled and said, "I don't want to take anyone else with me."
Bai Shan sighed and said, "Alright, go ahead and take the two guards with you. There are many defeated soldiers scattered here, and the forest may not be safe. It would be bad if there were deserters hiding there."
Manbao nodded and went to find Daji.
So after lunch they went into the mountains carrying their medicine baskets.
Knowing that the place was far away, Manbao went there on horseback.
At first they could still ride horses, but when they went deep into the forest, there were branches everywhere, so they couldn't ride horses anymore, so they had to dismount and tie up.
Koko guided her to look for it, and soon there was a ding-dong sound. Manbao followed Daji with a medicine hoe in his hand and said to Koko, "Don't scan too far. If you go too deep, it will not only be dangerous, but we won't be able to get out."
Koko didn't care about her, it just scanned. As for whether to dig or not, that was Manbao's business.
Manbao was speechless and could only follow Keke's instructions. He finally found the plant it specified and started digging.
Manbao took a look at it and didn't think it was medicine, but he didn't care and put it away.
There were also towering trees on the road that she had never seen before. Manbao walked around them and finally made an excuse that the branches seemed to have the effect of concentrating the mind, so she asked Daji to climb up and break off a branch for her.
In fact, if Daji hadn't stopped her, she could have climbed up by herself.
The two guards obviously rarely followed Zhou Man out to dig things, and they could not accept their mistress's unreasonable behavior for a while.
But Daji's expression remained unchanged, as if he was used to it. He took off his shoes, climbed up the tree, and cut off a branch for her with a knife.
Manbao kept it very well. The thing was not easy to come by, so she decided to divide it into several sections when she got back, so that it could not only be included in the encyclopedia, but also be posted on the forum.
Continuing forward, Manbao saw a patch of ginseng in a thick area of rotten leaves.
It’s a real piece.
It was the first time she had seen this thing. The ginseng she had seen before was all dried and sun-dried, and she had never seen raw ginseng.
Manbao trotted forward and squatted down to take a look.
She pushed aside the dead leaves on the ground and began to look at the ginseng with shining eyes. She asked Koko, "Is it big?"
"There are two big ones, and the others are smaller."
Manbao heard from the shopkeeper Zheng that ginseng is very difficult to dig, especially the whole ginseng, because the stems will break if you are not careful.
Korean ginseng is only found in Liaodong area, and the ginseng in Central Plains is slightly different.
Manbao put down the medicine basket, picked up the medicine hoe, and said solemnly to Daji: "We have to be careful when digging this thing. Forget it, I'll dig it myself."
She was afraid that they would dig it up and damage it, as it was all money.
So Manbao picked up the hoe and started digging. It was her first time, so she found a small ginseng nearby to practice. She was very careful, but she still accidentally broke off several ginseng roots.
Manbao summed up his experience in his mind and immediately started digging the second one. Finally, he didn't damage it again.
Daji and the other two opened their mouths in surprise when Zhou Man dug out the first ginseng. They actually found such a good thing. No, it was the mistress who actually found such a good thing.
The two guards couldn't help swallowing.
Daji was also surprised, but soon calmed down. Seeing how hard she was digging, he simply took the hoe and said, "I'll dig for you from the side."
This way, the digging process will be faster, the digging area will be larger, and it will be easier to find ginseng.
Manbao agreed.
Manbao dug up five of them, all of which were good-looking ones selected by Koko for her. The rest were a bit small, so Manbao didn't dig them.
After pushing the soil back and filling the hole, Manbao clapped his hands and looked happily at the five ginseng roots that had just been dug out and lined up on the ground. Two of them were very big, with large heads and fat bodies, and were divided into four small sections, looking like human arms and legs.
Daji found a piece of dirty cloth in the backpack. He originally intended to wrap the roots of medicinal herbs. He knew that Manbao had the habit of wrapping the roots and taking them home to plant, and sometimes he would dig some soil to bring back.
"Ma'am, wrap it up with this."
"good."
Manbao carefully placed the ginseng on top, wrapped it up, and placed it under the backpack. She said to the three of them, "You know about this, I know about it, but you are not allowed to tell anyone else, okay?"
Guard A asked in surprise, "What if the young master asks?"
Manbao was speechless.
Guard B patted him and said, "The lady will tell the young master."
Guard A then remembered and lowered his head in embarrassment.
Manbao had gained a lot and asked Keke: "Is there anything else nearby that has not been collected?"
"No, the nearest one is on the other side of this mountain. It takes about two hours to walk there."
Never mind, it’s getting dark now.
Manbao touched the backpack and asked it, "You haven't collected ginseng yet. Before you collect it, can you still scan the raw ginseng that appears within the range?"
Koko seemed to know what she wanted to do. After a moment of silence, he said, "Yes."
Manbao smiled instantly, her smile was so bright that Daji couldn't help laughing when he saw her smiling face, "Madam, you are so happy."
Manbao nodded: "Very happy."
"Don't be too happy," Koko said, "If you delay including it, it will lose its activity and you won't be able to include it. But you may not have time to include the next one."
What he said seemed to make sense. Manbao hesitated for a moment and said to it, "I'll go back and think about it."
Manbao happily returned to the camp carrying the backpack. It was almost dark when they got back. Bai Shan was waiting for them at the camp gate. Seeing that they were able to return before dark, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went to greet them. "I left some food for you. You have to come out earlier next time. It's very dangerous after dark."
I had a guest over at home unexpectedly this afternoon, so I haven't had time to write. I'm really sorry. The next chapter will be around 10pm.
(End of this chapter)
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