Chapter 84 [Cholera in the Capital]
He Jing had a bitter face: "It was Second Master Xin who asked me to come here early in the morning. After delivering breakfast, I started from here and ran back to Xinghua Village where I live."
Jiang Lili shook her head. "That's so pitiful! Come on, if you can just think about how you stunned everyone at your aunt's birthday party, you won't feel tired anymore."
Jiang Lili's motivation was very accurate, and He Jing, who had been feeling a little depressed, suddenly cheered up: "I'll wait for you in the village ahead!"
Near noon, the exile team arrived at Xinghua Village and rested there.
Lord Lin, the prefect of Yunhai County, is also here.
Jiang Lili asked, "Master Lin, has the disaster situation stabilized now?"
"Thanks to your potions and the magical compressed biscuits, there are currently no riots."
Lord Lin had a few more strands of white hair on his head. "I heard that the disaster relief funds have been approved. Now we need to find a grain supplier to buy grain. After all, we can't eat these compressed biscuits all the time."
"Over 900 households in Yunhai County have been severely affected by the disaster. Compressed biscuits can be used as part of our winter food reserves, but the land is not suitable for planting crops now, and the people have no source of income. I am also worried about how they will survive during this period."
Upon hearing this, Liao Dabao sent a message to Jiang Lili via group chat: "I remember there's an early-maturing potato variety that matures in about 60 days."
Jiang Lili received the news and said to Lin Ye, "When I was exiled here, I happened to see a rabbit on Qinglin Mountain, gnawing on an oval-shaped fruit."
"Because it's earthy yellow, with dirt on the skin and shaped like an enlarged bean, I call it a potato."
Lin Ye listened carefully. Could it be that Miss Jiang had found a new crop?
Jiang Lili: "I've never seen this kind of fruit before, so I dug some up and found that it's a tuber of a plant. It's buried underground and hard to find, except for animals that dig for it."
"The rabbit ate the tuber and was alive and well, so humans can eat it too."
"My uncle is very experienced. He observed that the growth cycle of this plant is only two months, and its tubers are edible and can be used as food reserves."
Lin Ye hurriedly asked, "Miss Jiang, do you still remember where you found this famous potato crop?"
Jiang Lili started stalling for time. She had to find a chance to deliver the early-maturing potato seeds to Li Xiaoguan, asking him to guide Lin Ye to "discover" the potatoes. "I need to recall this carefully and check the details with others. It's been a few days, so I can't sort it out right away."
Lin Ye comforted her, "Don't worry, don't worry. Miss Jiang, take your time to think about it. If you come up with something, tell the village chief who's passing by the village. He'll send someone to tell me."
Jiang Lili nodded.
Before leaving, Lin Ye discussed with Marquis Zhaoping some ways to deal with the situation where the disaster relief funds were insufficient. Marquis Zhaoping proposed using work in lieu of relief.
But Lin Ye was also worried. He didn't know where to start the construction. Although it could solve the problem of the people having no land to farm, he would have to find an "investor" for the project. However, none of the aristocratic families in Lingnan were willing to engage in large-scale construction.
After hearing this, Jiang Lili poked Li Xiaoguan in the group.
@Jiang Lili: I suddenly have an idea. Isn't there a road in Qinglin Mountain, only a small path? If Li Xiaoguan wants to do business with Lingnan in the future, building a road would improve transportation efficiency.
@Jiang Lili: Why not have Li Xiaoguan recruit disaster victims to practice Taoism, providing them with two meals a day? The Bai family, Xiaoxiao's maternal family from the Miaojiang tribe, will serve as guides, and the escorts who traveled through Qinglin Mountain will participate in planning the route for the road construction.
Before leaving Linshan, Hou Xiaoxiao had already helped connect the Bai family with Li Sicong and Guan Yue's escort agency. This was a good opportunity to deepen cooperation.
@Li Sicong: That's a great idea. How about having Li Li deliver the food I provide? Modern fast food and wholesale agricultural products are much faster than my escort agency's logistics. Let's sign an agreement on this road. We'll own it together. Who else wants to buy in?
@Xuewei (Son of the Imperial Tutor, preparing for the Imperial Examination): My father knows skilled craftsmen who are building the highway. I can provide technical support!
@Hou Xiaoxiao: I'll send some strong men to maintain order at the scene.
The group began to plan big things.
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@Li Sicong: The statistics are complete. Now I'm just waiting for Lord Lin to come and ask me to settle the balance on the compressed biscuits and discuss grain purchases. I'll also bring up the potatoes and road construction issue with him.
On the way to Lianzhou, Jiang Lili passed by many villages, and every household was respectful to her.
Every time Jiang Lili passed through a village, the village chief would bring the villagers to thank Jiang Lili and Liao Dabao for their locust control plan and medicine.
Although money was very tight, everyone still collected some gifts to give them as a thank-you gift, but Jiang Lili politely declined. The journey to Lianzhou was smooth.
Five days later, news came from Lord Lin that he had found potatoes with the help of Mr. Li, the son of the Linzhou prefect, and had begun to promote their cultivation.
Now is the end of autumn, and the temperature in Lingnan region is suitable, which is a good time to plant potatoes.
Liao Dabao told Lord Lin that wood ash could save the sour land that produced little from sweet potatoes, and after a period of nourishment, the fertility of the land would be restored by the wood ash!
When Jiang Lili and the others were leaving Yunhai County, Lin Ye came to see them off in person and solemnly promised: "I, Lin Ye, and Yunhai County will never forget your kindness. If there's any use I can offer you in the future, please let me know!"
Jiang Lili's journey was smooth, but the situation in Beijing was indeed not very good.
The epidemic is spreading more and more severely, and everyone is in danger.
Jiang Lili has already delivered the cold medicine kit that she keeps at home to all her classmates in Beijing.
Qi Yun, the squad leader of the Imperial Medical Bureau, is working day and night to research a targeted prescription for this epidemic.
At midnight, in the Imperial Hospital.
It was late at night, but the room of Qi Yun, the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital, was still brightly lit with candles.
Qi Yun was studying the medicinal properties of various herbs on the table.
Qi Yun's apprentice Ming He advised: "Master, you should go back and rest first and take care of yourself."
Qi Yun didn't even raise his head: "Don't worry, go and rest, I'm here."
"I know that the old men in the Imperial Hospital don't trust you." Ming He felt distressed. "Although the Emperor admires your talent, he doesn't use you."
"Even if you're anxious to make something happen, you still have to take care of yourself."
Not only was Qi Yun the youngest imperial physician in the Imperial Medical Service, but he was also appointed as the Right Court Judge as soon as he entered the hospital. This made many imperial physicians dissatisfied, and they secretly ridiculed him as a show-off.
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