Chapter 189 Medical Miracle
Qiao Yan: “……?”
Yang Xiu's repetition made her sure that she had not heard wrongly before.
He was indeed talking about the names of Huang Yueying and Zhuge Liang.
What a pie in the sky!
Even though Qiao Yan had already recruited Lu Xun, Guo Huai and others into her second-generation team, and had many famous scholars and generals from the north and south under her command, when she suddenly heard that these two appeared in her Leping Academy, she still felt an indescribable sense of time and space confusion.
According to her understanding, Zhuge Liang should still be in Langya County of Xuzhou at this time. If Cao Cao had not attacked Xuzhou, he would not have left there in a short time, and Huang Yueying should have been in Jingzhou with her father.
Her Leping Academy had just invited Zheng Xuan, and it hadn't installed any magnets to attract talents from all over the world, right?
You know, in today's era, it is not easy to get some people to leave their original environment.
Especially for younger people.
The location of their parents determines to some extent where they will go in the next few years.
For example, Huang Yueying's mother was the daughter of Cai from Xiangyang, which also limited her scope of activities.
So, how did these two people get to her territory?
Five months ago, Qiao Yan had returned to Leping Academy. She was sure that these two people were definitely not there at that time.
Now he suddenly appeared, and appeared as the hero who designed the cotton seed separation equipment. This is really——
What a big surprise!
Yang Xiu didn't know that Qiao Yan's attitude towards these two people was more inclined to be a treasure, and he thought that Qiao Yan's slightly confused expression at the moment was because he didn't know the identities of these two people, so he explained:
"Huang Yueying is the daughter of Huang Chengyan from Jingzhou. She likes the art of mechanical devices and plants. She came here because the master of divination Liu Yuanzhuo was in Bingzhou and she admired his book "The Art of the Seven Stars".
"Zhuge Liang was introduced by Mr. Fengxiao's good friend Xun Wenruo, and he has been in the academy for more than three months. It is said that Mr. Fengxiao sent the Leping Monthly Report to Xuzhou a while ago. Xun Wenruo thought this place was a good place for further study, so he encouraged Zhuge Liang to come here with his uncle and brothers."
"..." Qiao Yan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is Xun Wenruo now?"
This was another situation that caught her off guard.
[Xun Yu introduced Zhuge Liang to the academy in Bingzhou to study. 】
She knew this sentence when read separately, but when put together, it was indescribably magical.
Now it has become a real thing.
As it happened, because Zhuge Liang was only eleven years old, far from growing up to be the "Wolong" that Sima Hui later described him as, and looked not much different from these students in the academy, even Guo Jia did not think of reporting it to her.
If it was a few years ago when Men Qiaoyan was still short of people, he might not have kept it secret for so long.
After all, an eleven-year-old child is not useless. He can go to school and work at the same time, just like Cai Zhaoji and Yang Xiu at the time.
But now, there are almost no vacancies in the personnel positions in Bingzhou. The positions of Bi Lan, Guo Yuan and others in Liangzhou were all created by Qiao Yan. She has completely overcome the dilemma of shortage of people.
So it's no surprise that no one mentioned it to her.
However, gold always shines. Even if there was no cottonseed separation problem this time, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying would always have a chance to succeed.
Of course, having said that, Qiao Yan still planned to have someone send the list of names of the academies to her once a month.
The eleven-year-old Zhuge Liang appeared here, but it is hard to say whether the thirteen-year-old Sima Yi will also appear here one day.
Compared with Zhuge Liang, who was originally in Xuzhou, Sima Yi, who was in Henei County, was even much closer to Bingzhou.
Thinking about how she once used Sima Yi's longevity to explain to the system why she chose to add points to her physique, if this person really appeared in Leping Academy and took her as a role model, her mood might become subtle again.
For a moment, it was difficult for her to make a decision as to whether or not to recruit someone like Sima Yi under her command.
But at this time, Qiao Yan cared more about Xun Yu's whereabouts than Zhuge Liang, who had fallen into the academy's pocket and could not escape in a short time, and than those unknown students.
This is Xun Yu...
Xun Wenruo's life and behavior are indeed somewhat contradictory and complicated.
He dissuaded Cao Cao from becoming King of Wei. Was it because this was a rebellion against the Han Dynasty or because this was not conducive to saving the world? Qiao Yan would not easily draw a conclusion without hearing the exact answer from Xun Yu.
It is unknown whether Xun Yu, who was evaluated by He Yong as a talent who could assist the king, is suitable for Qiao Yan's logic of establishing a new order without formal coordination.
However, it is undeniable that Xun Yu's own level, coupled with the Yingchuan connections behind him, will ensure that he will achieve success once he meets the right lord.
He is a well-deserved talent who can assist the king.
So it’s okay for Xun Yu not to join her under the current circumstances, but she must know where he is going.
Yang Xiu replied, "I have asked Mr. Feng Xiao, and he said that Xun Wenruo is interested in traveling to the Jingyang area to see the battle situation there."
Jing Yang?
Qiao Yan's brows, which had been furrowed for a moment, relaxed again.
Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou had a decent reputation to the outside world, but his ability to survive in a corner only made him destined not to be Xun Yu's choice.
As for Sun Ce, who was still quite outstanding, the possibility of him supporting the emperor or saving the world was not high, and the possibility of Xun Yu choosing him was also very low.
Then there is no need to worry about him causing any trouble.
She stood up and said to Yang Xiu, "Let's go back to Bingzhou."
Seeing Qiao Yan walking in a hurry, Yang Xiu hurriedly followed him and asked, "Why do you think so highly of those two young men?"
Qiao Yan replied with amusement: "You are only a few years older than those two children, and you call them juniors?"
Yang Xiu was only six years older than Zhuge Liang. In terms of psychological age, Zhuge Liang might be older. However, considering her psychological state as the chief clerk, she should not say such things.
She then added: "It's not because of them, but because of the cotton fields."
Qiao Yan has never grown cotton himself.
This is not a course that modern people must master.
None of the people under Qiao Yan had ever grown cotton.
Then we have to be wary of the possibility of it being planted badly.
After all, this is a strategic material that can improve people's survival rate during the winter, so it's not excessive to spend more time on it.
In March and April, she needed to ensure that there would be no recurrence of the Liang Province that she had cleared last year, and that the spring plowing would proceed smoothly. She also needed to put some pressure on Dong Zhuo, so she had to stay in Liang Province.
So under the circumstances at that time, she could only leave all matters from land reclamation to sowing and transplanting of cotton seedlings to her subordinates.
You can go and have a look in June.
This is also the seedling stage of cotton.
By the way, it can only be said that by the way, I went to see Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying.
Qiao Yan would never admit that she was actually curious about the result caused by her butterfly effect.
In fact, her choice was not wrong.
When the news that she, the governor of Bingzhou, had rushed back to Bingzhou urgently was delivered to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo's spies in Liangzhou, this hero who had lost most of his ambitions subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was unknown what had happened in Bingzhou that required her to be distracted at this moment, at least her hasty departure meant that she would not launch an attack on Chang'an within a month or two.
After two months, it will be time for the autumn harvest.
With no drought or locust plagues this year, the Guanzhong Plain has lived up to its superior geographical conditions, and crops are thriving in the fields as far as the eye can see.
This undoubtedly gave Dong Zhuo the confidence to stockpile a batch of military rations.
With this batch of food, he would have more capital to command the army to stop Qiao Yan's attack.
But Dong Zhuo's behavior did not escape Li Jue's eyes.
After the meeting ended, Li Jue found Jia Xu again.
"Mr. Wenhe should have seen the attitude of the Prime Minister. He thinks that if he can wear down Qiao Yan in Liang Province, he will always find an opportunity to counterattack. However, Guanzhong is surrounded between the four provinces of Jing, Yi, Liang and Bing. No refugees from other places come to surrender because the emperor is here. In the end, we are the only ones who will suffer in terms of numbers."
"We can't expect the people of Chang'an to give birth to a baby today and have it grow up to be old enough to go to the battlefield tomorrow, right?"
Li Jue's words were rough but true. When it comes to population supply, Chang'an is definitely at a disadvantage.
Dong Zhuo might not be unaware of this.
But as he felt he still had a way out, he became more and more inclined to just get by.
The two escape routes in the middle and worst strategies proposed by Jia Xu.
This is not a mentality that can be easily reversed.
Li Jue vowed: "This further proves that our decision is correct. Only by seizing power from the Prime Minister and winning a victory to change his mind can we change the current situation."
When he said this, his eyes never left Jia Xu's face, and it was not difficult to see that there was a hint of melancholy in Jia Xu's expression.
That makes sense.
Jia Xu's decision to support Dong Zhuo and give him advice was made after much hesitation. It is not easy to make him completely change his position.
His hesitation before taking action made Li Jue feel that all the plans proposed by Jia Xu were the result of careful consideration.
This prudent attitude must also include the plan to counterattack Liangzhou after seizing power.
Fortunately, not long after, he saw Jia Xu's eyes turned calm, as if he had made a decision, and asked: "How is your contact with Master Wang Zi going?"
Li Jue replied, "What you said is correct. The Wang family of Taiyuan that Qiao Yan made friends with during his time in Bingzhou was actually the Wang family of Jinyang. They did not have much friendship with the Wang family of Qi County."
If it were Li Jue, he wouldn't care about this difference.
Even though Jia Xu said this, he almost didn't remember it, and still felt that these aristocratic families were really troublesome.
He relied on his limited memory and said to Wang Yun during the conversation:
Allowing the Governor of Bingzhou to successfully attack Chang'an and rescue the emperor would only bring very limited benefits to Wang Yun and the Wang family of Qi County behind him.
Therefore, it would be better for Wang Yun to cooperate with them, and after repelling Qiao Yan, he would regain control of Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and then gather forces from all sides to restore the Han Dynasty.
This is the right way to revive the family.
Li Jue curled his lips, "Anyway, we all support Liu Xie, so it doesn't matter if the final result is the same. He doesn't want a woman to fulfill her duty of leading troops to protect the emperor and become the most outstanding meritorious official in the court in the future, right?"
Compared with the achievements she had made in the two states, Qiao Yan’s gender issue was not a big deal at all.
Even the few subordinates under her command who knew her true ambition did not question it because of her actual performance.
But for her enemies, this might be a reason to attack her.
For example, Li Jue thought so and said it when he tried to persuade Wang Yun.
Since Wang Yun did not refute his attempt to win him over, Li Jue understood that his words had worked.
But in fact, Wang Yun was just thinking that if Dong Zhuo's troops were to engage in internal strife during their mutual attacks, he might be able to gain an advantage from it and defeat both of them.
What Jia Xu thought was completely different.
Only Li Jue was kept in the dark by both sides, thinking that he was the one who could accomplish great things after Dong Zhuo.
Jia Xu secretly complained in his heart, how could this not be a win-win situation?
But he did not show his success on his face, and just said: "It's good that you succeed in persuading me. Let the prince teacher go to the emperor to ask for a letter of appointment for you as an excuse to send troops. In the case of losing the imperial seal and it is difficult to gain people's trust, a blood letter is the most convincing. In addition, we cannot send troops in the near future."
"Why is this?" Li Jue asked hurriedly.
In his opinion, Qiao Yan's departure from Bingzhou was the perfect time to send troops.
The various tribes in Liang Province are leaderless. If they can march straight in and destroy the power she has accumulated in Liang Province, it will take at least a year and a half to rebuild it. During this period of time, Li Jue and his men will not stop there and will surely further expand their advantage.
Why not?
But Jia Xu shook his head and replied: "You are wrong. If she dares to leave Liangzhou at this time, she cannot be unprepared. The result you want may not be achieved, but you may directly run into a trap set by Liangzhou. It is better to choose before the autumn harvest."
"By then, troops from all over Liangzhou will be dispersed in preparation for the harvest, and a sudden attack while Qiao Yan is in Liangzhou will do the most harm to her in Liangzhou."
After Li Jue pondered over Jia Xu's words, he felt that they made sense.
Since there could be a more reliable way, he was too lazy to think about it.
After Wang Yun brought him Liu Xie's blood letter ordering them to raise an army to protect the emperor, Li Jue became more and more confident that he had more than 50% chance of success.
When he won over Yan Xing and Fan Chou with this statement, his hope was about 70% to 80%.
If Jia Xu and Wang Yun had not successively persuaded him not to be too proud, which would have revealed the clues, and Dong Zhuo had fallen ill due to the hot summer and had not seen his subordinates for a while, Li Jue's little thoughts would have been almost discovered by Dong Zhuo.
In order to prevent himself from being overjoyed and ending in tragedy, Li Jue simply applied to Dong Zhuo for permission to stay in Gaoling for a long time, under the pretext of preventing Qiao Yan's invasion in the summer, and to regularly patrol the section from Gaoling to Huayin.
Thinking that only a few months would pass before dawn, Li Jue wished that the time gate would pass as soon as possible.
At that time, he would drive straight into Liang and Bing, and let the governor of Bingzhou, who had driven them out of Luoyang and was showing off his power in Liangzhou, see how powerful their Western Liang army was!
Unfortunately, it was too difficult for them to plant any spies in Bingzhou, so he had no way of knowing what was happening in Bingzhou.
He also had no way of knowing that she was not forced to rush back to Bingzhou because of some sudden and difficult incident.
According to Qiao Yan and Yang Xiu, her primary purpose was to see the cotton fields, which was actually not wrong.
At this time, she and Qin Yu were in the cotton fields in Shangjun.
This is the first year of cotton planting.
Regardless of the effect of fertilizing with raw bones and cooked bone meal, in the instructions she issued when she went to Bingzhou, she still asked them to plant with a large spacing of three feet between the vertical spaces and one foot between the horizontal spaces. This rule was also strictly enforced.
"Before you returned from Liangzhou, the cotton fields in Shangjun had already completed the stage of tilling and loosening the soil."
Qin Yu saw Qiao Yan squatting down to check the condition of the cotton seedlings and began to report.
The cotton at this stage does not require too much water, and the traces of tillage in the fields are clearly visible in front of her.
This is to warm up the environment at this time and also allow the heat to be transmitted into the soil layer through the loose soil.
To be honest, this was also the first time that Qiao Yan saw cotton seedlings at this growth stage.
The seedling, only half an inch tall, has three pairs of leaves. On the two lowest flat leaves, the red color of the nodes spreads from the center.
Judging from its growth, it is consistent with the state described in agricultural books as "wider than high".
Looking at the other seedlings in the field, almost all of them showed a similar vigorous growth state as the one in front of Qiao Yan. The leaves fluttering in the wind made people happy.
Except for a few places where cotton seedlings were dug up due to disease, the entire cotton field looked very orderly.
Qin Yu went on to say, "In mid-May, we had an aphid outbreak. Fortunately, we discovered it in time. We followed the instructions in the agricultural book and used the juice of mashed maple and poplar leaves to water the plants. It really worked wonders."
The original agricultural book was in Qiao Yan's hands. What she didn't tell Qin Yu was that peanut leaves were even more effective than maple and poplar leaves. Unfortunately, looking at the origin of peanuts, it was not a crop that could be obtained in the short term.
After all, she had no coastal territory and could not develop a long-distance shipping fleet.
But where there is loss, there is gain, and Bingzhou and Liangzhou are also irreplaceable.
Qin Yu added: "There was another red spider problem at the end of May. It was probably from the bean seedling field nearby. We dealt with it using the method of mulberry leaves and cow urine."
Qiao Yan stood up and looked into the distance. She felt that what she was looking at was probably not a cotton field, but a row of cotton coats. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile knowingly. "Then the next step is to pay attention to various diseases and apply fertilizer during the bud stage after the cotton seedlings have grown taller."
Qin Yu replied, "I will pay attention. Fortunately, I have these cultivation methods. If I had to start from scratch, I'm afraid I would have ruined at least half of the crops."
This is the benefit of having mature technology.
Qiao Yan was also very grateful for this.
Although the other party had the initiative in the transaction reached with the host of the farming system, all she paid was a jade seal, but in return she got the hope of saving the lives of tens of thousands of people.
The importance of these two things has become more and more clear as the number of crop varieties increases, and they will surely become more and more cost-effective as time goes by.
Qiao Yan said to Qin Yu: "But it is only with you watching over the execution for me that we can achieve today's results."
It's a bit of a pity to say, because Xu Shu is still placed by her in Wudu County, a place where three or even four forces are mixed, and he can't come back to see her for the time being.
But Qin Yu is now doing better in his career and doesn't have the time to greet his son.
Anyway, when the cotton is harvested, she will remember to have someone make a cotton coat for her son.
Since the cotton was grown under her supervision, the cotton clothes also contain a bit of maternal love.
Compared to the mutual sabotage between Lu Bu and his daughter, this is still a sincere and heartfelt act.
When Qiao Yan arrived at Leping Academy and saw Lü Lingju who came to greet him, he asked her, "I heard from your father that you broke a boxing pole in Leping Academy, and then moved the poles further apart to pretend that there was no one missing?"
The little girl puffed up her cheeks and exposed her father's shortcomings without hesitation: "He also cheated in the exams in the academy."
"Ahem..." Qiao Yan smiled and said, "When did it happen?"
Lu Lingju replied, "When you asked him to come back last time, he couldn't compare with us in the cotton seedling beds. He said that he had recently fought with the Lord and must be better than us in geography and map reading. So we sent Lu Yi to compete with him."
As the representative of the Jiangdong Arson Group, Lu Yi is young now, but when it comes to using the brain to fight, the probability that Lu Bu can beat him is too low.
Qiao Yan couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy for Lu Bu.
No wonder they thought of cheating.
I didn't mean to encourage him to do so.
Seeing that Qiao Yan had no intention of pursuing her, Lu Lingju asked, "My Lord, when can I go to the battlefield with you?"
"Wait until you are taller than the shortest person in the army." Qiao Yan touched her head. "Okay, go call Huang Yueying and Zhuge Liang over, and bring their cotton gin model."
After getting the answer, Lu Lingju did not ask any further questions and immediately ran to call for help.
After a while, Qiao Yan saw two children walking in, one holding a bag of cotton and the other holding a model car.
Time gates are truly amazing things.
Zhuge Liang, who was portrayed as a man of almost demonic wisdom in the novel and lived up to the saying "devoted all his life to his country" in official history, was only eleven years old.
Standing in front of Qiao Yan with Huang Yueying, who is of similar age, she still looks a bit childish.
But when Qiao Yan asked them to explain their inventions, their eloquent conversation made people feel that they were not two children but two inventors.
"There are only two ways to remove the seeds from cotton. One is to pick out the seeds, but this method is definitely not suitable for large-scale processing." Zhuge Liang said, "So we prefer the second method. Yueying found that the cotton seeds can be directly hung out with a comb. If the comb is changed to a gap roller, it should be possible to let the cotton go out from the middle door and leave the seeds behind."
Huang Yueying went on to say, "But this alone is not enough. Some people in the academy and among the helpers brought by Mr. Deheng have also thought of this. One problem is that the speed of the roller is not uniform enough. Another problem is that if the rotation is too strenuous, it will not be effective."
"The first problem was solved by Mr. Deheng, who installed another set of wooden frames at the end of the iron shaft to balance the rotation. The solution to the second problem is the crankshaft we use."
Qiao Yan reached out and took a petal of cotton handed to him by Huang Yueying, and fed it into the door between the double shafts of the hand-cranked machine. As the roller shaft was driven by the crankshaft to roll, the cotton wool was carried out from the gap door, while the cotton seeds were left at this end.
"In this case, the only problem left is the last problem after the enlargement." Huang Yueying said, "That is, how to feed the cotton into the two shafts faster and more conveniently to avoid deviation or pinching of hands when feeding manually."
Qiao Yan looked at the little girl who was seriously introducing her invention.
"Records of Elders in Xiangyang" mentioned that when Huang Chengyan introduced his daughter to Zhuge Liang, he said that she had yellow hair and black skin, and was ugly in appearance, but her talents were a match for Zhuge Liang. But in Qiao Yan's opinion, this was probably Huang Chengyan testing his son-in-law.
At most, her skin color is not that fair, her hair color is a little brown, and her facial features are quite majestic. She does not look like a noble lady from Xiangyang.
What matters more than her appearance is obviously her talent.
This statement made Qiao Yan feel sure that she had made a significant contribution to the invention of this seed remover.
Her and Zhuge Liang's performance was very similar to group work in later generations.
It seems that both of them are using their brains and neither of them is slacking off.
Qiao Yan asked, "Then what method do you think can be used to achieve this goal?"
Huang Yueying replied: "I think we should add another push knife to achieve this condition, but in this case, it seems that we can't rely on one person to complete the task of removing cotton seeds, which goes against the original intention of the design."
This is exactly what Ma Jun is working on optimizing.
Qiao Yan thought for a moment and asked again, "Why didn't you continue to participate?"
Ma Jun should have invited them.
The two looked at each other, and Zhuge Liang replied, "We have borrowed books from Mr. Deheng and would like to try it ourselves first. If we can't do it, we will go to ask you for advice."
"What a great ambition!" Qiao Yan clapped his hands and laughed, "Then let's do it this way for now."
Looking at the performance of the two children in front of him, Qiao Yan was very satisfied.
She didn't think that Zhuge Liang's research on cottonseed separation here was a waste of time. If researching something that could save lives was considered a waste of time, she would not have given Bi Lan the position of Du Shui Envoy.
He also obviously knew what he wanted and what his priorities were.
As he begins to adapt to the learning environment of the college, he will participate in more and more discussions and topics.
By then, he will naturally find a clearer positioning for himself.
As for Huang Yueying...compared to Zhuge Liang's wife, perhaps the title of great inventor Huang Yueying would be more suitable to record her.
Also, the combined age of both of them is less than 20 years old, so premature love is strictly prohibited.
Perhaps out of some kind of bad taste, before leaving Leping Academy, she threw the previous beast taming problem to Lu Yi and Zhuge Liang again.
As for what others will think about this matter in the future, who knows?
She also carefully went through the list of students who had been enrolled in the academy in the past few months, making sure that there were no other students who had slipped through the net. Only then did she return to the provincial capital with peace of mind, preparing to make another trip to the pigeon training site tomorrow, and then meet with Xi Zhicai and Lu Yuan who stayed in Bingzhou to discuss the construction of an information network.
But maybe she arranged some unreliable things for others, so she will also suffer some retribution.
The next day, when she was about to set off for the mountain fortress in Leping, she heard the news that Hua Tuo was coming because of the batch of pepper.
But before Qiao Yan could open his mouth to welcome Hua Tuo, he had already rushed to Qiao Yan in two steps with his flexible legs and feet, and spoke first: "Do you mind if I ask you a question?"
Perhaps because of her long-term health preservation and practice of the Five Animal Exercises, she did not feel that Hua Tuo's appearance had changed much when she met him.
But if you count carefully, it has been seven years since they first met.
Qiao Yan was somewhat confused by this sudden performance, but still replied: "Mr. Yuanhua, please feel free to speak."
Logically speaking, Qiao Yan invited Hua Tuo to Bingzhou because he had something to ask of him, but looking at Hua Tuo's behavior, it seemed as if he wanted to ask something of Qiao Yan.
After he got the permission, he said immediately: "Two years ago, when I came to Bingzhou to treat and recuperate for the Lord's troops, the Lord went out to fight the Xianbei barbarians, and I did not run into him. Today is the first time I have the opportunity to meet him."
"If I remember correctly, when I met you in Jizhou seven years ago, you were suffering from a deficiency. Today, not only have all the symptoms disappeared, but it is not an exaggeration to say that you are strong enough to fight a tiger. May I ask what do you eat and what medicine do you take on a daily basis?"
Hua Tuo was deeply moved, and did not hide his eagerness for knowledge in his eyes, "This is a miracle of medicine!"
Qiao Yan: “…”
Wait, how should she respond?
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