Chapter 2752 Baby
But it is very relaxing. There are so many things to do every day. I am dealing with official business from the moment I open my eyes. When I close my eyes, my mind is still full of official business. I run to the city gate to curse people... Oh no, I am trying to persuade them to surrender. After half an hour, although my throat may be a little uncomfortable, I definitely feel comfortable.
So the civil officials all liked this task, and the military generals who had a lot of work taken away from them were very unhappy. Even General Ashina wondered, is it because he didn't read enough?
Who hasn't read a few books?
The only one who did not compete with them for this job was Shangshu Feng. He had besieged the city for more than 20 days, and now he felt sick when he saw the gate of the city. He didn't want to go in even if he cursed.
The one with the most leisure time may be Manbao.
The seriously wounded were usually left where they were, and those who marched with them were the lightly wounded.
Now they were only besieging the city but not attacking it. Every day, besides changing the dressings for the wounded, she also treated the soldiers who were sick due to catching colds.
But now all the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau are here. Although the number of troops joining the army has increased, it is easier for them to take turns.
In addition to Imperial Physician Lu, there is also Imperial Physician Zheng who can be the leading imperial physician.
So Manbao can work in three shifts and have a lot of free time every day.
When she had more time, she couldn't help but dig some flowers and plants.
Well, it’s winter now, there aren’t many flowers and plants to see, but there are a lot of trees.
Many of the trees here were ones she had never seen before, or although they were the same species as the ones she had seen before, there were still some differences. Because of their different growing environments, they were subdivided into different varieties and could also be included.
Manbao would carry the basket, Bai Erlang's cakes and Daji everywhere he went every day.
The emperor sometimes couldn't help but complain to Gu Zhong when he saw them, "If I didn't know how they get along privately, with such close contacts, outsiders would not know how to guess."
Gu Zhong laughed and said, "Master Bai is busy, otherwise there would be one more person entering the forest."
The emperor was very curious, "What is there to think about those trees?"
Gu Zhong didn't understand either, so he could only smile apologetically.
In the evening, Manbao and Bai Erlang rode back excitedly. The emperor came out for a stroll to inspect the people's conditions and saw them. He couldn't help but waved and called out to them, "What are you doing running into the woods all day?"
They both shook their heads, "Nothing."
The emperor frowned and looked at them quietly.
Manbao forced himself to remain silent, while Bai Erlang felt guilty and weak-kneed. Under the emperor's gaze, his head lowered lower and lower. Helplessly, he could only whisper, "Your Majesty, I came into the forest to find gifts for you, the queen, and the princess."
Emperor: "...What gift grows in the forest?"
Bai Erlang glanced at Zhou Man, then took off the backpack from his body, reached in and felt around, looked around secretly, then took out a cloth bag, opened the bag, and inside were two ginseng roots that were almost in human shape.
emperor:……
Gu Zhongdu's eyes widened.
There was still dirt on the ginseng, obviously it had just been dug out.
Bai Erlang just showed it to the emperor and then wrapped it up, still carefully putting it back into the backpack.
The emperor finally came to his senses and stared at his face and hands. "Didn't you say it was a gift for me?"
Bai Jilang: "...and the Queen and the Princess."
He said, "You have to wait until I dry it and cook it."
The emperor questioned, "You also know how to dry the concoctions?"
Bai Erlang pointed at Zhou Man and said, "She can."
The emperor then looked at Zhou Man... and the basket on her back, and asked curiously, "How many ginseng roots did you dig?"
Manbao held up three fingers.
She was the one who found the things, so she got more, hehehe...
The emperor was puzzled, "Why are there so many ginsengs in the forest?"
Manbao said: "Not a lot, the main thing is that I know how to find it."
Those who know how to look will always find it, but those who don’t know how to look may never find it even after wandering around for their entire lives.
Of course, she wasn't very good at finding it, but she had Koko, who could just scan the specific location and then find it.
But her biggest gain today was not ginseng, but the various tree branches in Daji and Xibing's backpacks. One of the branches was very valuable, and according to Keke's estimation, the collection points would be very high.
The emperor felt itchy, "I..."
"Your Majesty," Gu Zhong interrupted the emperor and said, "You will go to the city gate tomorrow to comfort the soldiers."
Then he turned to Bai Erlang Zhou Man and said, "My Lord, Mr. Zhou, the snow in the forest has not yet melted, making it difficult to walk and easy to get lost. The forest has not been cleared, so there may be thieves hiding in it. So you must be extremely careful. It is best for you two not to go in."
These words were not spoken to Bai Erlang Zhou Man, but were clearly spoken to the emperor.
He also said, "If you want ginseng, wait until we conquer Guonei City and enter the Goguryeo palace. There will be plenty inside. Then ask His Majesty to reward Prince Consort and Lord Zhou with some."
As Gu Zhong spoke, he glanced at the emperor secretly, "So in the future, the entire palace's collection will be yours, so why bother running into the woods and taking the risk of digging these things?"
Emperor: ...Is it ginseng that I care about?
What I care about is clearly the digging process.
However, he couldn't say it. Gu Zhong's advice was reasonable, and he knew that he could not go. If he really went, Yin Li could bring 6,000 imperial guards with him.
So I can only forget it.
The emperor sighed and turned to leave. Before leaving, he looked at Bai Jilang and said, "Remember what you said."
Bai Erlang muttered, "...Don't worry, I only have two fathers. If not you, who else can I give it to?"
The emperor was delighted to hear this, and a look of joy appeared on his face, but he nodded reservedly. All the depression in his heart disappeared, and he and Gu Zhong went back happily.
Manbao didn't even bother to comfort Bai Erlang who was bleeding profusely, and hurried back to the house with Daji and Xibing.
Because Bai Shan was a close minister and Man Bao was an imperial physician, they both lived near the emperor, closer than important ministers such as Zhao Shangshu.
So Manbao strolled behind the emperor into the city lord's mansion. When they arrived in front of a small courtyard, he slipped in, asked Daji and Xibing to put down the branches in the baskets, and then let them go out with the baskets.
Manbao sat on a small stool, holding a pair of scissors in his hand, and trimmed the branches they had broken off. For example, one branch could be cut into three or four branches, and the leaves could also be trimmed...
She kept some of them, gave the rest to Koko to collect, and put the rest on the forum.
She left two of the branches alone and cut them into pieces of length that were just right for cuttings. She gave one piece to Koko for collection, and wrapped the others in wet paper and placed them in the space.
She decided to wait until the forum's inclusion points were collected before putting the remaining items on the forum so that it would be easier to set the prices.
If this kind of branch is really valuable and popular on the forum, she will go into the mountains more often to pick more.
Manbao put it away, ignoring the messy branches and leaves on the ground, and went straight to look up its information based on the name given by Keke.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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