"This Shen Tang is quite interesting..."
Zheng Qiao looked at the memorials with gloomy eyes.
Suddenly, he remembered that Shen Tang had withdrawn from the Alliance Army last year. He was used to being proud and conceited, so he didn't think much about it at the time. But his senior brother Yan An was worried and sent someone to test him, and the result was no problem. If Shen Tang was really a big threat, Yan An would not have concealed it. Now looking back, it turned out that they both made a mistake.
Zheng Qiao's thoughts were churning in his mind.
He was wary of Shen Tang, but had not yet developed the intention to kill him - in Zheng Qiao's eyes, Shen Tang was the same as Wu Xian, Gu Ren and others, with some skills and appeal, and he could recruit a group of people to form a makeshift team together.
but-
A makeshift team is just a makeshift team after all.
Not presentable.
They were jumping up and down like they were important figures, but it was only because Zheng Qiao didn't have time to pay attention to them. If they really wanted to settle accounts, sending elite troops to the border would wipe out these little thieves in a matter of days.
Zheng Qiao’s biggest concern at the moment is still the Pig King.
Get rid of the Pig King, then turn around and clean up these fleas.
Now, just treat them as a piece of fun.
Zheng Qiao put down several memorials.
On the second day of the court meeting, Zheng Qiao agreed to the request of the Ten Crows' envoys. Another flattering minister took the initiative to mention his children. Zheng Qiao understood what he meant and chose an unpopular concubine's daughter in the minister's family as the princess and brought her to the palace to be married.
Afterwards, he hinted to the Shiwu envoy that "the princess is too young to endure the hardship of the long journey" and asked the prince who was going to marry Shiwu to come and pick up the bride and bring the "bride price" with him.
Zheng Qiao's intentions were also quite obvious.
He wants a betrothal gift of 100,000 elite soldiers.
The prince also came over as a temporary hostage.
Only in this way can the sincerity of the alliance between the two families be demonstrated.
The Ten Crows envoys were embarrassed when they heard this, but they still gritted their teeth and agreed to it after seeing the other benefits Zheng Qiao promised. At the end, he was still like a poor person being PUAed by a scumbag, and said cautiously: "... We sincerely hope that the king will not let you down..."
Zheng Qiao's smile did not reach his eyes: "That's natural."
Yan An looked at the two men with ulterior motives indifferently. His abnormal silence made the few court officials who still held out a glimmer of hope completely give up. If Yan Xingning didn't say anything, who else could stop Zheng Qiao from playing with fire and getting burned? The fate of Geng State was really over.
No one listened to their grief and indignation.
During the months when Shiwu and Beimo went back to integrate their troops, the situation in the northwest became strangely calm, with only occasional small conflicts. The Pig King seemed to have sensed the danger, and the situation became much quieter during this period, and the weather turned into summer in a blink of an eye.
He Yin, Fugu City, the seat of government.
After Shen Tang finished dealing with a pile of bamboo slips, he stretched himself and looked at his wrists as if he had discovered a new world—or to be more precise, at his sleeves. The clothes that fit him well, or were even a little too big in his memory, now seemed a little cramped.
In other words, she started to grow!
Shen Tang discovered the changes in himself before summer.
In order to monitor her height changes, she would measure against the wooden pillars in the main hall every once in a while, leaving a scratch mark of her height with charcoal. Shen Tang looked around and saw no one, so she quietly stood up.
"Hehe, you've grown taller again..." If she had to say what she was most dissatisfied with, it would definitely be her height! Even Lin Feng, who was younger than her, seemed to have been puffed up, and his body grew taller unconsciously, and soon he was on par with her or even surpassed her. How could she tolerate this
He said nothing, but he was actually extremely anxious.
I secretly used a lot of good methods to grow taller, such as eating two eggs and a bowl of goat milk every morning, and doing stretching exercises before going to bed.
Just when she was worrying that she might not grow taller and would become a height plateau, her body finally and slowly entered a period of rapid growth. Every ten days or half a month, she would grow a little taller, and the soft flesh on her cheeks gradually disappeared.
As his eyebrows and eyes grew older, they became deeper and deeper, and his facial features became more beautiful and delicate than before. What a handsome young man he was.
Height is no longer a problem, but—
He raised his hand and patted Yima Pingchuan’s chest.
He could only touch his own sternum with his palm. Thinking back to the brave warriors under his command, he felt envious and drooling at the same time.
sigh.
Who doesn’t like a curvy figure
Proud pectoral muscles, no one is worse than me.
“Such elastic chest muscles…”ε=(′ο｀*))) So many people have them, why did I miss her
There was a sound of clothes rubbing against each other outside the house.
As the footsteps approached, Shen Tang put down his hand.
Lin Feng came in carrying a food tray.
"My dear, lunch is here."
Putting it down, Shen Tang took a look.
Wow, it’s all meat!
Lin Feng opened the soup bowl and the fragrant aroma wafted into his nose.
Seeing that Lin Feng's forehead was covered with sweat and her face was red from the sun, Shen Tang took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her to wipe her sweat: "Sending food is such a small matter, Lingde can just leave it to others, why did you make a trip yourself?"
Lin Feng’s real age is totally unrecognizable now.
At first glance, I thought she was in her teens.
"The teacher is afraid that you won't eat, so he asked Feng to come and watch you finish eating, and not to leave a drop of soup." Lin Feng wiped off the sweat with a handkerchief, took out the waist fan from his waist, spread out the bamboo leaf and fanned Shen Tang, "You have lost weight again."
Shen Tang: “…”
Even if she was a pig, she couldn't stand Chu Wuhui's feeding method. Three meals a day plus two snacks, all meat. No matter how good Chu Yao's cooking skills were, she felt a little sick of meat now.
"I have grown taller, so I look naturally thinner."
He has grown fast recently, and his body, which was not thin before, looks like a piece of paper. Chu Yao came back from a business trip, and asked the east kitchen to kill a pig overnight. He personally cooked a whole pig feast for Shen Tang, and also asked the back kitchen to send him some tonic food every day.
I wish I could double the amount of meat I lost.
Shen Tang was worried that he would be fed into a fat man.
Lin Fan fanned herself in the wind while she concentrated on eating.
The cicadas in the yard kept chirping.
Shen Tang rubbed her round belly, feeling as if food was stuck in her throat. She digested the food manually while watching Lin Feng clean up the dishes. Suddenly, she remembered something: "Why haven't I seen Yuan Liang recently? Calculating the time, Su Shang should be giving birth by now, right?"
Cats' gestation period seems to be very short.
Lin Feng smiled and said, "She was born the day before yesterday."
"The day before yesterday? How come I didn't know?"
"Such trivial matters are not worth taking up your time." My husband is so busy with official duties that he often forgets to eat. The other gentlemen are also busy and often disappear for ten days or half a month. It's good enough that they can think of each other occasionally.
Shen Tang was angry: "It's obvious that he forgot."
If I have something to say, how much effort will it take to send a message directly via Bluebird
Lin Feng didn't say anything.
After two breaths, Shen Tang asked awkwardly, "How many were born?"
Lin Feng replied: "Nine, all survived."
This is very rare.
Su Shang gave birth to nine babies in her first pregnancy.
Generally speaking, most of them will die young.
Mr. Qi stayed up all night to deliver the baby, and carefully wrapped the kitten with Wen Qi to keep its body temperature. Why did Lin Feng know so much? Because Lin Feng went to Chu Yao's morning class before dawn, and heard the noise next door, so he followed the teacher to watch the excitement.
"Nine? So prolific?"
Lin Feng recalled the appearance of those kittens.
Said: "Maybe it's because she takes after her cat father. She's not as pretty as Su Shang. Mr. Qi's expression is disgusting."
According to the teacher's popular science, this litter of kittens should have three different biological fathers, which made Lin Feng stunned.
Will kittens born from the same litter have the same mother but different fathers
Chu Yao said: That’s how cats are.
Lin Feng became curious: Is it the same for humans
Chu Yao: I heard that there are some, but they are all from strange stories. I don’t know whether they are true or not, so they cannot be counted.
Fu Gu Miao Ba was lying in the "delivery room" surrounded by nine kittens. Qi Shan couldn't bear it, so he asked the chef to make a big pot of thick white crucian carp soup for Su Shang to supplement her nutrition and increase her milk supply.
When she came back to her senses, she heard her husband teasing, "This Su Shang really doesn't care about his old father at all. He only has eight nienies, and gave birth to nine pups. The remaining one needs the help of Yuanliang, the new grandfather, to feed it, right?"
Lin Feng was stunned and didn't understand at first.
When he understood, his face turned red.
Shen Tang also noticed that he was talking nonsense and coughed awkwardly: "I will go see Su Shang after I finish these official business..."
By the way, I'd like to express my condolences to the poor cat grandpa.
But plans cannot keep up with the speed of change.
Before Shen Tang had dealt with a few bamboo slips, Xu Jie arrived.
This man is a very busy man now. The last time Shen Tang saw him was more than a month ago. He was busy with business in various places and would only stay in Fu Gu for a day or two when he needed to "purchase goods".
"What a rare guest! What brings this note here?"
"Meet Mr. Shen."
"Do we need to be so polite to each other? Wenzhu, sit down." Shen Tang saw that Xu Jie was exhausted and his eyes were haggard, so he asked in a joking tone, "Money is something you can never make enough of. Wenzhu, why don't you take a rest?"
Xu Jie is so rich, yet he still works so hard.
ε=(′ο｀*)))
Looking back at myself, the harder I work, the poorer and more unfortunate I become.
Xu Jie's expression was unexpectedly solemn. He asked, "It's not because of these. Has Mr. Shen heard any rumors recently?"
Shen Tang was stunned for a moment.
"The sound of wind? What sound of wind?"
"Is there a war going on somewhere again?"
In the past few months since the beginning of spring ploughing, He Yin has gradually received four to five thousand refugees. These refugees have brought Shen Tang a lot of work, but fortunately He Yin already has experience in governance, so he can settle them according to the regulations.
Those who refuse to obey—
Shen Tang never indulged them.
If you want to take root in her territory and be protected, you have to follow her rules.
If there were any criminals, they would be arrested or killed, but they would not be let off just because they were homeless refugees. After a series of bloody measures, the situation was quickly calmed down. Most of the refugees were honest and did not make any noise.
Shen Tang hired them to work, provided them with food and temporary shelter, and did not drive them away. They should be grateful.
If another group of refugees arrives...
Shen Tang seemed to see a huge deficit.
Xu Jie shook his head: "It's not a war, it's an epidemic!"
When Shen Tang heard these two words, his heart started beating wildly.
"Epidemic? Where did the epidemic break out?"
At a time when medical technology is backward, once an epidemic spreads, the number of deaths and casualties will be even greater than that of a war.
Shen Tang only has these few people under his command.
Can't stand damage.
Xu Jie said: "It's Shangnan!"
"Shangnan? Gu Ren's territory?"
Shen Tang was not reassured after hearing this.
Then he asked, "Is it a big one? What's the situation?"
Xu Jie said: "I heard that the village has been sealed off. The situation is not optimistic. This disease is spreading aggressively..."
He was originally going to Shangnan to collect debts.
As soon as I arrived at the border, I heard a group of people chatting in a teahouse, saying that two villages were closely guarded by soldiers, and the roads leading to various places from the villages were guarded. Gu Ren's sixth brother, the former imperial physician with superb medical skills, had already led people there.
Xu Jie changed his tone immediately.
He first went to Tianhai to inform the news and be on high alert for people coming from Shangnan. Then, following Wu Xian's arrangement, He Yin came again.
Well, let's get some goods. Spirit wine is very popular in Tianhai, and every household is rushing to ask for it.
Xu Jie negotiated many big deals with it.
Shen Tang's face turned serious when he heard this.
Asked: "Have you found out the source of the epidemic?"
Xu Jie is cautious and well prepared.
"I don't know the specific information, but judging from the Bluebird letter sent from the epidemic village, the source should be the refugees. They were the first to get sick, and it only took seven days from the onset of the disease to death. When they died, their bodies were blue and black, covered with bruises and purple, and they were emaciated, as if something had sucked their blood and energy dry. At the beginning, sixteen people got sick, and none of them survived..."
At present, we only know that the disease came from the refugees, but we don’t know where the refugees got the disease from…
"Seven days... and he died?"
Even Shen Tang couldn't help but take a breath.
My mind kept recalling epidemics that matched the symptoms.
With such a high mortality rate, the disease will make people extremely thin and their skin will turn blue, black and purple after the disease occurs...
"Can the textual annotations reveal the origins of those refugees?"
Xu Jie shook his head: "I don't know about that."
His informants are not so strong that they know everything.
He obtained all this information by making connections from various places.
Shen Tang took a deep breath to suppress his thoughts.
"Thank you for telling me."
No matter what, the most important thing is to take precautions first.
Refugees should also pay special attention...
Shen Tang thought of dozens of rules for preventing the epidemic, but before she could figure out the specific rules, Lin Feng came back with very bad news: "My dear, my dear—"
Seeing that Xu Jie was still there, he swallowed the rest of his words.
Shen Tang just gave a symbolic rebuke and gently exposed Lin Feng's rudeness: "What's the matter? Why are you so flustered?"
There was a look of worry in Lin Feng's eyes.
"Yes, it's Ah Zi..."
"What's wrong with her?"
"A Zi suddenly vomited blood and passed out..." There was really no sign at all. She was panicked and said, "Besides A Zi, there were also Mr. Wan and several others..."
The old man Wan mentioned by Lin Feng is actually an old official in Fugu Prefecture. He is very methodical and has mediocre abilities but good execution. He is always the first to rush to the front when Shen Tang gives him an order. At his age, he works overtime even harder than young people.
If someone else advised him, he would get angry, thinking that the other party was dissatisfied with his age and inability to work, and insisted on showing proof, almost like 007. Seeing that the old man was so vigorous with white hair, Shen Tang couldn't help but persuade him to take a break for two days.
After the summer began, he was sick for two days.
As soon as he recovered from his illness, he came to the hospital to report for duty.
Whenever someone asked about his illness, he would say with full energy that he was in good health and could still work for another ten or eight years.
Why are you vomiting blood
Shen Tang thought of something almost immediately.
She looked at Xu Jie.
Xu Jie looked at him with the same grim expression.
For a moment, the same thought came to their minds.
Plague!
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