The refugees being held captive nearby also panicked when they heard the military doctor's name being called out. It was a panic like the collapse of faith. Some of them even ignored their fear and grabbed the hands of the soldiers around them and demanded, "Who is that old man?"
"Is it the Grand Minister of Agriculture?"
"Is it really the Grand Minister of Agriculture?"
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"Be honest, military doctors never tell lies." Just as the soldier finished speaking, he heard a loud slap.
Among the refugees, there was a middle-aged man holding the old man's clothes and slapped himself hard.
"I deserve to die! I deserve to die! I don't deserve to live in this world!" After the middle-aged man said this, he was about to hit the tree, but was stopped in time by the soldier guarding beside him.
But soon, the group of refugees became chaotic. They kowtowed desperately in the direction of the old man and refused to stop even when their heads were bleeding.
"I am guilty! I am guilty!!" Even if there is no good person in the entire Daqing Dynasty, the Minister of Agriculture must be the only good person in the eyes of the people.
Because since he took office, he has not only been committed to ensuring food and clothing for the people, thinking day and night about ways to increase food production, but also, every time a disaster occurred, he personally traveled all over the country, to farmlands, and to mountains and forests to find solutions.
During the decades he was in office, he not only successfully planted two seasons of rice in the south, but also found a variety of crops such as sweet potatoes, so that countless people could have enough to eat. This year, because the drought came again, there was no harvest in the north. He once again took his old body into the mountains and forests, walked among the refugees, and helped many refugees who should have starved to death find food to fill their stomachs.
However, this old man, who was like a "god" believed by the common people and refugees, almost died at their hands.
The refugees cried bitterly with regret, even the ignorant teenagers were in tears, but the old man's condition did not improve because of their repentance.
The military doctor had already used top-grade ginseng to prolong his life. The army did not deal with these refugees. After preventing one refugee from committing suicide, they immediately rushed to Wancheng with the old man at full speed.
On the streets of Wancheng, Xu Ning had the rare interest to go out, but before she had walked on the street for a while, she and Xu Feng and the others were separated by the sudden appearance of the army.
"Hello player, there is a triggered task, do you want to do it?" Xu Ning tiptoed to look for someone, and saw a carriage speeding past, and at the same time, the treasure chest in his mind suddenly spoke.
"What mission?"
"Save the Grand Minister of Agriculture."
"The person in the carriage just now?"
"Yes, player. This Grand Minister of Agriculture is in imminent danger. If you save him, your mission progress will be increased by ten."
"Not that... much?" Xu Ning, who was about to say that he didn't have any medical skills, abruptly changed the subject.
Xu Ning was completely bewildered. When she first came here, how long had it taken her to reach 10% of the task? Now she was told that she could reach it by saving just one person?
"Hurry up, tell me where the carriage is going! I'll be there right away!" Xu Ning picked up her skirt and ran towards the inn, thinking about how to persuade Jiang Yan to take action, while thinking about the names of those life-saving miracle drugs in later generations.
"Miss, it's your uncle." Xu Ning ran back to the door of the inn room panting, and heard Liu Li, who had come back to get the news, reporting to Pei Jiao!
"Uncle?" Pei Jiao stood up excitedly after hearing the news. Xu Ning pushed the door open with a "bang", and their eyes met for a moment.
"Hello, uncle! Sister Pei! Let's go! Let's go see uncle!" The excitement on Xu Ning's face was no less than Pei Jiao's. She was excited that she didn't have to look for Jiang Yan at all, Pei Jiao could take her there.
And, most importantly, Pei Jiao believed her! This meant she could definitely get the medicine!
Her 10% progress is promising!
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