Chapter 499 Leaving the City
Shitou and Zhao San rushed back, exhausted. With them came Elder Shan and the female doctor sent by the palace.
The old man was now more energetic and bowed deeply as soon as he saw Song Liyun.
Song Liyun smiled bitterly. The people of the Wuda tribe now respected her with special respect, and there was no other reason.
The windmills, spinning machines and iron smelting furnaces built not only brought the Wuda tribe extremely high status, but also abundant supplies.
"Elder Shan, please stand up!" Song Liyun wanted to help him up personally.
Elder Shan waved his hands repeatedly and stood up hurriedly: "Young Madam, don't move. I will do it myself!"
How could he let Song Liyun support him, so he sat on the cushion next to him.
The female doctor also took Song Liyun's pulse as soon as possible. Seeing that her body was now stable, she went downstairs to boil the supplements that Madam Wu Ya had asked her to bring.
Song Liyun asked the maid to bring snacks, fruits and milk tea to Elder Shan, and then asked about the situation in the tribe.
Elder Shan smiled until his face wrinkled as he said, "When the Madam heard the news, she was so happy that she knelt down to express her gratitude for three days. She wanted to come right away, but the tribe has some things going on at the moment, so she needs to make arrangements properly."
Song Liyun nodded. She knew that the Zhenbei Army in Kala Mountain had basically evacuated, leaving behind the mines and furnaces.
Those are things that cannot be stopped or closed down.
They can only ask the surrounding tribes to send people to take over. Although the output will definitely drop sharply, it is better than stopping the fire and causing the molten iron to solidify and even the blast furnace to be scrapped.
Such an important place requires Madam Uya to be in charge personally to feel at ease.
Even when Zhao Tingduo sent troops, Madam Uya only sent a letter after she learned about the situation a few days later.
Now that Song Liyun is pregnant, if Madam Wu Ya wants to come, she has to arrange the work schedule carefully in advance.
Madam Wu Ya couldn't leave for the time being, so she asked Elder Shan to come and greet on her behalf.
Elder Shan brought not only wool yarn spun in the summer, carefully woven carpets, but also Yuquan.
Originally, Yuquan was serving Song Liyun in Mida City. Last year, because Aunt Qi was unwell and needed someone to take care of her personally, she returned to Kala Mountain.
Now the beggar nanny drives her over, saying that the young lady is more important.
Yuquan had been watching Song Liyun eagerly from the side. She waited until Elder Shan finished replying before she came over and said, "Young Madam..."
Before she could finish her words, her eyes turned red: "Madam and Madam were so happy when they heard the news that they kept talking to me for a long time, insisting that I would serve the young lady well!"
In the tribe, beggar aunt instructed her in detail on what to do, from eating to sleeping, but she regretted that the two places were too far away and her health was not conducive to long-distance travel.
Song Liyun was completely speechless. She was just pregnant, not terminally ill...
The busy early winter is over and snowflakes are starting to fall.
Song Liyun, wearing a snow fox coat, stood on the city wall accompanied by Yuquan and looked into the distance.
At the beginning, Zhao Tingduo could send a letter every ten days, but recently there has been no letter for twenty days.
The letter said that after a period of siege and pursuit, nearly a thousand Di soldiers were captured and killed in the mountains, and now there are still nearly a thousand trapped beasts fighting.
Zhao Tingduo also said that he should be able to come back in another month.
But Song Liyun always felt something was wrong.
Three thousand cavalrymen are not a small number, and the royal court on the Xuyang grassland cannot just ignore these people.
However, more than two months have passed, and it doesn't seem like a bait that was thrown out.
Could it be that these three thousand people are really a tribe that was dispersed and expelled by the royal court?
In addition, both the Muhan tribe and Jian Fangtong discovered that there were many wandering strangers in the Gobi Desert in the direction of the Xuyang grassland. Although they avoided them as soon as they saw them, their numbers were increasing and they were getting closer and closer.
This situation often occurred after the war in Xuyang Grassland.
It wasn't a big deal when Zhao Tingduo was patrolling with the cavalry, but now that the Lei Battalion was not there, Song Liyun had to think more.
Therefore, Song Liyun shortened the slaughtering season this year.
If tribes far away cannot deliver beef and mutton in time, they will be frozen and air-dried first, and then sent to Mida City for purchase.
The slaughtering season was hastily ended, and the caravans in the city had to gather together and leave.
Many have already started packing up and preparing for the long journey back home. Apart from what they normally transport, their real wealth for the year is on this trip.
The dried meat, leather, wool, gems, felt carpets, horn products and other goods collected from the grassland were piled up like mountains, and hundreds of carts were filled to the brim.
Lin Qingyuan also wanted to take the caravan back. He found Song Liyun and said, "Madam, are you going back to Wu Dynasty? We're leaving the day after tomorrow. If you want to go, we're going the same way, so we can look after each other!"
He was also aware of the abnormalities in the Gobi Desert. There were not enough guards in Mida City, Zhao Tingduo was not there, and Song Liyun was pregnant, so she should not be frightened.
Moreover, even though Mida City has sufficient food and grass, its medical clinics are not as good as those in the Wu Dynasty, and its production environment is even worse.
Lin Qingyuan wanted her to go back to Suijin Town to give birth, which was a good opportunity for her to go with him.
Song Liyun shook her head at Lin Qingyuan's invitation and said she would not leave.
Under normal circumstances, she might go to Hecheng, where there are doctors from the Imperial Hospital who are more reliable than female doctors.
The situation is different now. This is her hard work, how can she give up easily?
Although there are not many defenders in Mida City, the surrounding tribes are still there.
As long as I am the backbone, they can stay together. If I leave, the situation will be difficult to predict.
Time passed quickly and it was already the third day. Before dawn, the city gates were open and all kinds of heavy vehicles came out continuously.
Accompanied by the female doctor and Yuquan, Song Liyun went to the city gate to say goodbye.
Those merchants all knew the city lord's wife, and they came forward to say goodbye as they passed by.
Song Liyun smiled and said, "Everyone is welcome to come again next spring when the flowers bloom!"
She is now past the first three months of pregnancy. With the care of the female doctor, Wan Youyou and Yun Niangzi, her complexion quickly became rosy and she became full of energy.
A merchant walked up to her and bowed, "Thanks to the care of the City Lord's wife, I've been able to collect a few more furs this year. I must come early next year!"
Song Liyun smiled and replied, "Manager Wang's intention to collect furs this year was fake, but he came here to explore the area.
Come back next year, and remember to bring some farmers who can farm. I still have a hundred acres of land to rent!"
Steward Wang laughed heartily. "You can't hide anything from Madam. The summer here is long and dry. I want to plant cotton next year. I hope Madam will leave more land!"
Song Liyun nodded: "Then it's a deal!"
After those grasslands were reclaimed, half of the land was used to grow rice and potatoes, but it was eventually discovered that cotton was the best product.
This is another profitable economic crop in Mida City.
The caravan meandered away like a long dragon, and the crowded crowd at the city gate gradually dispersed.
Song Liyun sat in the City Lord's Mansion and opened the book.
Although the number of cattle and sheep slaughtered this year was relatively small due to lack of time, there were many merchants and the prices went up, so the herders' income increased instead of decreased.
Several leaders who came to hand over the account books laughed heartily.
The taxes in the city were sufficient, and with the payments for goods from various places, there was still some savings even after paying the salaries of the soldiers taken away by Zhao Tingduo.
Mida City's business is on the right track and will only get better in the future.
Song Liyun had just flipped through a few books when Wan Youyou came in. She first dismissed the maidservant in the study, then whispered mysteriously, "Young Madam, the thing you mentioned is done. Old Yu is going to test it outside the city. Do you want to go and see it?"
At this point, she looked at Song Liyun's belly again and said, "The explosion was so loud, would it scare the baby in your belly?"
(End of this chapter)
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