Chapter 369: Miraculous Medicine for Health
"Lord Meng is troubled by how to deal with these people?"
Meng Huaining smiled bitterly and nodded: "After all, they are ordinary people, and they can't negotiate with the barbarian emperor to exchange money for people like soldiers do.
Judging from the current situation among the barbarians, their emperors would rather see more people die so that they can save some food."
Hu Cong cannot deny this.
He came here just to think of a way to help Meng Huaining share his worries.
"I do have an unformed idea. Tell it to Lord Meng and let him decide."
Meng Huaining was having a headache over this matter. Seeing that Hu Cong had a solution, he quickly asked, "Brother Hu, what good ideas do you have?"
Hu Cong said somewhat embarrassedly: "Lord Meng must have heard that when I was in the capital, I had my own engineering team."
Hearing this, Meng Huaining seemed to have thought of something.
"Brother Hu, are you planning to recruit these people as workers for your construction team?"
Hu Cong nodded and said, "I do have such thoughts. I see that these people are so skinny, and I guess their lives among the barbarians are not easy.
In another month, the construction here will be basically completed. I plan to make a living from construction in the future, so having a team is very necessary."
Meng Huaining knew Hu Cong's background and was aware of many things about him.
But he couldn't understand why Dashun, with so many people, would choose those barbarians whose origins he didn't know.
"Brother Hu, if you want to form a construction team, why not hire the people from Dashun?"
Hu Cong smiled and continued to explain: "I also want to hire people from Dashun. Among those who are helping the Mo family build houses, there are some who I am optimistic about.
I am a very strict person. If someone does not do things to my satisfaction, they will definitely not be accepted into my engineering team.
Moreover, the design of the house I am building now comes from Madam Mo Jiu. She trusts me so much and gives me such a good design, so I must ensure that it does not leak out of my hands.
There is indeed a possibility of leaking the information when hiring these barbarians, but Lord Meng doesn't know that I have discussed this with Madam Nine some time ago and asked her to help develop a pill.
This pill isn't very toxic, but the antidote must be taken on time, so I can control those people to be loyal to me."
As for the details of the pills, Hu Cong did not mention them to Meng Huaining.
He had indeed approached He Zhiran, hoping to make money by cooperating with him in the construction of the courtyard house.
After several discussions, the two reached an agreement that the profits would be split 50-50 between him and He Zhiran.
As long as there was money to be made, He Zhiran couldn't object, and she never wanted to hide the construction of the courtyard house.
Since Hu Cong was willing, she was happy to do it while making a profit for herself.
Of course, she and Hu Cong also discussed the issues of the engineering team.
In the end, it was He Zhiran who came up with such a bad idea.
She could indeed prepare the kind of poison that Hu Cong mentioned, with an antidote that needed to be taken on time.
However, as a modern soul, she does not want to manipulate ordinary people in this way.
So she developed a long-acting laxative.
This medicine is harmless to the human body. As the name suggests, its long-term effect lasts for one hundred days.
Once a person takes this pill, if they do not take a second pill after 100 days, they will experience mild abdominal pain for the first two days, and diarrhea symptoms will begin on the third day.
After a few bouts of diarrhea, all the toxins in the body will be eliminated.
Not only that, He Zhiran also added some detoxification ingredients into the pills, which will not only not affect the body of the user, but will also excrete toxins deposited in their body.
It can be said that this is not only not a poison, but also a rare health-preserving medicine.
However, the user cannot discover the characteristics of this medicine and will definitely think that the poison has occurred because he did not take the next pill.
With this pill, Hu Cong is absolutely sure that he can make his workers loyal.
Meng Huaining was already troubled by the problem of these barbarians. Although Hu Cong's method was not perfect for him, it was better than having no solution at all.
"Brother Hu, whether they are from Dashun or the barbarians, it's a good thing that they can stay and work for you, but I hope you won't hurt their bodies."
As a local official, he attaches more importance to the lives of the people.
It is impossible for Meng Huaining to help the evil for his own benefit.
Hu Cong knew that Meng Huaining cared about the people, so he quickly explained, "Don't worry, Lord Meng, Madam Jiu is very confident in making medicine."
Meng Huaining believed in He Zhiran from the bottom of his heart, so when he heard Hu Cong mention again that the medicine came from her, he felt inexplicably relieved.
"In that case, Brother Hu, just wait until these people wake up and make arrangements!"
Seeing that Meng Huaining had no objection, Hu Cong put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly.
"Ahem... Lord Meng, I only need fifty people at most."
Meng Huaining was dumbfounded. There were at least three or four hundred living barbarians in front of him, but Hu Cong could only keep fifty of them. What was the difference between that and not having any idea of how to deal with it?
When Hu Cong saw Meng Huaining's expression, he roughly guessed what he was thinking.
"Don't worry, Lord Meng. Even if I can't take in more people here, I still have a way to solve it."
Meng Huaining raised his eyebrows: "Brother Hu, do you have any good ideas?"
"I understand what Lord Meng means. He simply feels a little reluctant to let these people go back so easily. These are civilians, and we can't just kill them."
Meng Huaining nodded repeatedly: "That's indeed the case."
Hu Cong continued to express his thoughts: "I think these barbarians are not all evildoers. If they have enough food to eat, who would be willing to come out and rob people?
Later, when they wake up, if Lord Meng trusts me, please let me handle it."
Meng Huaining didn't know what good idea Hu Cong had.
As long as he can successfully send these people away and they don't attack again in the future, he will feel at ease.
"Okay, let Brother Hu handle it."
Meng Huaining had no doubt about Hu Cong's ability. After all, as someone who had served in the court for many years, he must have the ability to handle affairs.
The effect of He Zhiran's drug was not long-lasting, and the unconscious barbarians began to wake up one after another after about an hour.
The barbarians who had just woken up were all confused and had no idea what was going on. They were also tied up by their belts.
Here, Meng Huaining had already handed over full authority to Hu Cong and did not make any response.
The officials who had just arrived also stood beside Meng Huaining at all times. As long as the adults did not give the order, they would not take any action.
Hu Cong understood Meng Huaining's meaning and strode up to those people.
He pointed at those who were not knocked unconscious and said, "Explain to them what happened."
Things like this will be much clearer if explained by one's own people.
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