After finishing these trivial matters, the monkey began to hand over the items he had brought back to the village. This time, he had brought some medicinal herbs to exchange for some pig iron. However, Yaojia Village did not have much pig iron in stock, and he would not exchange with them again after this time. Even if the village needed medicinal herbs in the future, they would only exchange them for grain.
With this batch of pig iron, even without Yaojia Village's help in making parts, Sicheng and his team could still try to make some parts themselves. Now, they are basically the ones who help repair the ironware in the village.
Although Si Cheng sometimes didn't have time, the few people who had worked with him before had figured out a little trick: if the village needed to repair tools, they could all send the tools over on the same day to have them repaired again.
Of course, the village will also record a certain number of work points for them. Once they have accumulated a certain amount, the village will allocate a share of the collective materials to them.
"There's one more thing I need to tell you. When we were in Yaojia Village, Uncle Yao saw the crossbows we were carrying. He borrowed one from us to take a look, and didn't return it to us until the next day. It seems they had worked through the night to make a mark on the dimensions and specifications."
The monkey guessed Yao Shu and his group's purpose in borrowing the crossbows, but he still lent them out. After all, there was still a group of unknown opponents outside, and if Yao Family Village could also manufacture a batch of crossbows, they would be more able to resist.
“It’s alright. Uncle Yao should have already guessed when we asked them to make those parts last time, since those parts are quite obvious. And if they can manufacture a batch, then Yao Family Village won’t have to worry anymore.”
Si Cheng wasn't the kind of person who was completely selfless. He had his own agenda. "Besides, we might have to keep traveling along that road in the future. After all, it's the only way to Yancun. We can only have good relations with Yaojia Village if it's under the control of the villagers."
"And about the anesthetic, should we take precautions? Those people can carry two packets with them now, and there might be copies in other places as well."
Later, the monkey felt immense regret. If he had been ruthless and eliminated the hidden danger back then, Pinghe Village wouldn't be in such a passive position now.
"Don't worry. If it's really true that only a little bit of thinner is needed to knock someone out, then these two packets should be the limit. What we should be most worried about now is that he might reveal these two packets of anesthetic to those people. If they want the packets back, they'll definitely come knocking on our door."
Although Si Cheng hasn't seen the two packets of medicine yet, nor does he know the exact quantity, he knows from their descriptions how important they are.
"Should we tell the villagers about this?"
"Speak up, let everyone know, and tell them to be more discreet during this time, and not to leave the village so often. Also, have someone notify the surrounding villages, so they can take precautions as well, just in case those people didn't get away with it in Yaojia Village and try to escalate their attacks here."
"What kind of situation is this? Now we not only have to guard against wild animals, but also against our own kind."
Everyone sorted and registered the items, then put them in the temporary house at the village office. They also took the food rations that Yao Lie had left there the night before to the Yunnan medicine shop.
When he arrived, he happened to see Yunnan Yao and his apprentices from other villages teaching Yao Lie how to process medicinal herbs.
These apprentices were all forcibly brought in from several nearby villages. They weren't required to have advanced medical skills, but at least they needed to be able to treat some minor illnesses and pains.
Dr. Xia would also give them lessons from time to time, teaching them how to suture wounds. Now, these people basically stay in Pinghe Village and don't go back.
"Yao Lie has brought over the rations you brought. Isn't your master here?"
"They're inside, studying the medicinal powder that Senior Brother Liu brought back," Yao Lie said, pointing to one of the prefab houses.
Seeing that the door of the prefab house was tightly closed, Si Cheng went directly to the window on the side.
"Uncle, are you busy? Can I come in?"
Yunnan Yao Tou didn't even look up, but gestured to Liu Fengya next to him to open the door for him.
"Brother, you came because of the medicine powder, right?" Liu Fengya asked bluntly as soon as he opened the door.
Looking at his cousin-in-law, Si Cheng wondered if it was a good thing to let him learn medicine from Uncle Nan Yao. His personality was becoming more and more like his master's, and now he even spoke as bluntly as he used to.
"Yes, come over and check the dosage and efficacy." Si Cheng nodded and greeted Dr. Xia, who was studying in the corner.
"The doctor is still observing. He was just saying he wanted to let you know so he could use the village's cattle to test the dosage."
"Let's forget about the cow; it's a treasure of the village. If all else fails, we can try catching a wild boar from the ditch."
Si Cheng refused them without hesitation; these cows were for breeding and could not be moved lightly.
“I mentioned it before, but my master thought the wild boars in the trench were too small now, saying that they wouldn’t show the medicinal effects.”
Even if Liu Fengya was oblivious, he knew how valuable the village's few cows were, but he simply couldn't find any other samples.
"Why do we have to use large animals? Even if we can't catch rats now, we can use wild rabbits. We can calculate the dosage based on their size, right?"
"This anesthetic is only for animals. If it were used on humans, it would definitely cause some damage to their bodies." Yunnan Medicine put down what it was doing and came over.
"Then can't it be used on wounds either?"
"We don't know the exact formula for these drugs yet, so it's best not to use them on people. However, using these drugs for hunting would be a good option." Dr. Xia also didn't approve of using these unknown drugs on people, even though they had a good anesthetic effect, because she was worried about potential side effects.
"Let us take some up the mountain in a couple of days, and go deep into the mountains to check. If we encounter any large animals, we can use them to test the medicine." Si Cheng was planning to go to the back mountain again after finishing these things in the village, since the animal calls had been getting closer and closer lately.
"Then I'll prepare the dosages of all the medicines for you to take out, but you'll have to keep a record for me." Yunnan Medicine knew that his physical strength wasn't very good, and the back mountain was still quite dangerous at this time, so he didn't want to go up the mountain and hold everyone back.
"Master, I'll go with you then and I'll definitely keep good records." Liu Fengya quickly stepped forward to express his willingness when he heard that he could participate in the drug trial.
"With your physique, you might end up as easy prey for those wild animals." Yunnan Yao glanced at him from head to toe, his words carrying a different meaning than genuine concern.
"Don't worry, I went to Yaojia Village with them before, and my brother is there too, so there's no need to worry about these things." Liu Fengya said, glancing at his brother-in-law.
"No way, you'd better not come up the mountain with me. What if I don't keep an eye on you? How am I going to explain this to Xiaojie when we get back?" Si Cheng didn't take the bait.
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