Chapter 34: The Search for Artemisia

Before I knew it, I returned to the station, and the convoy turned to the granary, and Xiao Gang, Qing Song, and the black cow came to the place to eat. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info This time the matter is finally busy, Xiao Gang said to the little bee on his shoulder: "Go and quietly call Zhuang Zhuang to come back first, I have something to discuss with him!" The little bee flew up and turned around twice and went along the road, the bees do not come out of the nest at night, fortunately the little bee is a demon, and it is okay to fly at night! After eating, everyone went to rest, and the black cow also lived in the green pine house, and Xiao Gang did not discuss the matter of the cow with the green pine.

On the eighty-third day of entering the mountain, at the hour of Chen, Qingsong went to the barracks to arrange work for the soldiers who arrived at home. Bai Ping took his sons and nephews from the family to look for wild boars and dig traps to kill them. Fifty people made alkali and fifty people grinded sulfur powder, Xiao Gang felt that the purity of this sulfur was relatively high, and maybe it could be synthesized without refining! A hundred people followed Qingsong to build a house at the entrance of the grassland, set up checkpoints, and the rest of the people went to collect the horses grazing on the grassland. After the rest of the team had set off, Qingsong, accompanied by Yikang and Dingtian, led a hundred soldiers to the grassland.

Qingsong's plan is to build the barracks on the edge of the grassland in the future, although the station is only more than five miles away from the grassland, and it will take a lot of time to come and go. Gunpowder, soap, and sake brewing are still left to the Yoshiko, and the brewery in the station can no longer be used. Although there is also a shortage of manpower for the construction of the new city, the grassland can ripen the grain once in a little more than a month in the spring, and what about the summer and autumn? The grassland must be firmly controlled, and the manpower must be mobilized from home! The land has always been the favorite of the nobles, and the green pine is no exception, and these lands are so fertile!

When he came to the grassland, Qingsong asked Yikang to take the black ox to learn to ride a horse, and asked Dingtian to take the soldiers who followed him to level the foundation, and he and Xiaogang went to the edge of the waterhole. Xiao Gang talked to Qing Song about the Niu Li industry by the waterhole, and Qing Song felt that although no one had done this, he had fully met such conditions. The county keeper is a person who cherishes his reputation and pays attention to hard work, and he is also very attentive to the people. Jinsha County Ling is preparing to move his family to rely on his own big tree, and he is completely his own person. Jinsha County's soldiers and horses are Liangpi, although this child's character was not very good before, but he was as obedient to his three brothers as his biological father. The squire of Jinsha County is completely controlled by the county order, and he will not have a different voice with him, and he and Xiao Gang studied the details together.

At noon, the struggle asked the logistics department to bring food to the grassland, and after lunch, Qingsong inspected the horses that the soldiers had gathered back. These horses have been restocked on the grassland for more than a month, as if they have been reborn, fat, strong and strong, but unfortunately all the stallions are unable to reproduce the herd. The green pine asked Yikang to lead them south along the grain field to trample the grass, firstly, to exercise the horses' physical strength, and secondly, to hoe the grass for the next planting. In the morning, a lot of sulfur had been grinded, and Qing Song asked Dingtian to go back to the warehouse to pull other raw materials and tools, ready to synthesize some gunpowder before dark.

Before that, Zhuang Zhuang ran back with the pillar on his back, and the pillar jumped off the back of the cow and hugged Xiao Gang tightly. Zhuang Zhuang also turned into a human form and wanted to move forward, Qing Song pulled Zhuang Zhuang and asked him to go to eat first, don't disturb the two fathers and sons! Zhuang Zhuang ran to the entrance of the grassland and ate in a hurry, but fortunately, there were many meals sent by the struggle! After a while, Xiao Gang kissed the pillar and said, "Dad, Mom is about to give birth to a sister for me! I am too much like an adult, you gave birth to me, and I have not been able to bring you family happiness! You will definitely be able to go back alive this time, don't worry too much about me! At home, you are needed! Next time I will go to the direction of the snowy mountains in the north, if it goes well, many things can be solved!"

The pillar hugged Xiao Gang and said, "Is your mother really going to give you a sister?" Xiao Gang, no matter how much you look like an adult, you are also my child, you don't like to cry and save us a lot of trouble, although I have to listen to my son's ...... But it's a lot easier for me than other fathers! Because of you, my family has changed so much in the past six months. Ever since you started to take charge, the whole family has been able to eat and have meat, and you are a blessing from God, and you can hug you and smell your scent, what kind of family you are!"

The pillar is not very good at talking, and Xiao Gang is not very eloquent, so the two fathers and sons held each other like this until the black bull rode over and shouted: "Uncle Zhuzi, are you back?"

Yikang rode his favorite horse with the best stamina and ran over and said, "Black Bull, don't run so fast! Although you are talented and fast, you are still young, don't run like this!" After speaking, he went to grab the reins on the black bull's hand, and the black bull took the reins and shook it and dodged, and immediately ran again, and Yikang had to chase after him.

Qing Song roared: "Black Bull, you bastard! Stop, or I'm going to spank you, and you are not allowed to ride a horse again!" The Black Bull had no choice but to slow down and let Yikang grab and hug him! The pillar hugged Xiao Gang and said with a smile: "Our generation is really amazing! Xiao Gang is so smart, and the Black Bull is so capable! The Black Bull can ride a horse and run so well!" Qing Song said with a dark face: "What? Who will catch it if you run so fast and fall? You can fly with wings, it's too much trouble for this kid! You brute bull brother has to beat him here!"

The black bull was caught by Yikang and wanted to struggle to escape, Qingsong ran over in a few steps and grabbed the black bull and pressed it and hit him on the buttocks! The black bull took a few solid blows, and screamed in pain: "Eh! It hurts! Xiao Gang is about to shout Grandpa stop fighting, my brother can't bear it!" Without waiting for Xiao Gang to shout, Qing Song stopped and said: "Are you still a sperm?

The pillar put down Xiao Gang and said, "Xiao Gang, don't you ride a horse like the black bull!" Zhuang Zhuang said: "I have my back, what kind of horse do you ride?" The pillar said: "That's! That's it! What kind of horse can compare with Zhuang Zhuang!" Zhuang Zhuang said embarrassedly: "I have eaten all the food, you go back to eat!" Yikang reached out and untied a cloth bag on his back and said, "I still have two buns here!" The pillar smiled and said, "Fortunately, the bun king is here, haha!"

Qingsong asked: "Why did you give your brother such a nickname? It's not big or small!" Yikang smiled and said: "It's not the Zhuzi brothers who took it, but the young general, because I like to carry a few buns for dry food for a long time!" The soldiers who came around also laughed, and Zhuang Zhuang said: "Originally, when I was in the new city, I knew that I could go to the bun shop every day to get 500 buns in the horse circle, and even the people in the horse pen called the king of buns on their backs!" Yikang is my first righteous son who loves to eat steamed buns, and I know that since they are all called the king of steamed buns, I will approve it! In the future, I will send a letter to the station and home, and I can do as many steamed buns as Yikang wants! My eldest righteous son should have this privilege!" The soldiers said in unison: "Congratulations to Brother Yikang!" The pillar could only nod with the buns stuffed in his mouth, and Zhuang Zhuang smiled and said, "This name is well deserved!" Yikang said embarrassedly: " In fact, I don't like to eat steamed buns the most, I like the meals at home very much, but it is convenient to bring some steamed buns, in case I carry it for a long time, I will feed the horses and cows and not waste!"

Qingsong asked Yikang: "I asked you to walk the horse, how much grass did your horse team trample? Did you drink the ginseng soup yesterday? You will also grow some meat after being my son! You are my eldest son, if you don't give you weight, you will be very faceless as a father in the future!" The soldiers burst into laughter, and some of them fell off their horses with laughter, and a soldier led the horse and said: "Father-in-law, Brother Yikang is like this, no matter how good the food is, he will not grow meat! In the old days, the general in the big camp asked him to be the head of the army, but he couldn't gain weight!"

Xiao Gang said: "Uncle Yikang may have worms in his stomach, right? Grandpa find some medicine to fight insects and give Uncle Yikang to eat, maybe he will be able to grow meat in the future!" Qingsong nodded knowingly and said: "Yes! I'll go find some medicine to fight insects for Yikang, and I will definitely be able to grow a good body in the future! And you, several skinny monkeys, eat so much every day, they are about to eat me, a father, and I will not grow meat when I am poor!"

The soldiers burst into laughter again, and a few of the older ones showed off their muscles, intentionally or unintentionally, as if they were very face-saving. A thin and weak man said, "I haven't disgraced the city lord yet, and the city lord has not confiscated me as a righteous son!"

Qingsong stood up straight and said, "Then are you willing to be my righteous son?" You cubs, you have been doing well these days, and I haven't seen anyone lazy, so let's do this today! Whoever is willing to be my righteous son will be accepted today!" The soldiers shouted happily, and those who heard the flat foundation in the distance also ran over. Qing Song sat on the bench by the waterhole, took out a brush and a white paper scroll from his sleeve and registered them one by one, and the soldiers registered and saluted one by one.

Soon, the convoy of Dingtian came with something to make gunpowder, and the soldiers in the convoy also came around, and those who were not Yizi lined up to sign up, and those who were already Yizi also stood and watched the excitement. Qingsong stood up and shouted, "Go to work, and come back to deal with personal affairs when you go home in the evening!" So the soldiers scattered and went about their work again.

After the convoy unloaded the things, Qing Song asked Dingtian to watch how carefully he synthesized gunpowder. In order to be safe, Qingsong still learned from Xiaogang to use some water to moisten the charcoal powder, and then stir it very slowly with a tool with a long handle. After several stirring and gathering, Qingsong handed over the work to Dingtian. After seeing that Dingtian did a good job, he asked Dingtian to teach the soldiers of the convoy one by one, and saw Zhuang Zhuang standing stupidly on the side to watch the excitement, and shouted Zhuang Zhuang to pull a giant tree to build a house on the leveled foundation. Zhuang Zhuang barked a few times at the grassland cows, and after a while, more than 200 cattle of more than 3,000 catties came, and Zhuang Zhuang asked them to pull the giant tree and wait on the foundation by themselves. When the giant log arrived, the soldiers used saws to deal with it, and Zhuang Zhuang began to pile up and build the house like a pile of blocks.

Qing Song saw that time was running out, so he beckoned to Dingtian and said: "Dingtian, the hundred people assigned to you to level the foundation, and now thirty more are pulled here to make gunpowder, now it's not too early, you go and tell them to level the foundation today, and divide twenty to put ropes on the giant wood, and the rest will help build the house!" Dingtian ran to direct the construction of the house again, and the remaining thirty soldiers were synthesizing gunpowder by the waterhole.

As soon as he arrived at Aomatsu, he asked the gunpowder maker to stop and carry the finished powder to the wooden house with other things. A row of five wooden houses has been built, even the roof has been covered, and the doors, windows, and floors have not yet been made. Qing Song beckoned everyone to help spread the wild boar skin that had been made of nitrate, and after the things were put away, he took all the people back to the station.

After dinner, Qingsong gave an order to the logistics department in front of the struggle, and in the future, Yikang can receive 3,000 buns of 225 a day, which can be advanced for three days. Yikang also made a mistake and had to fight to make him 3,000 buns on the spot, and he had to call the gang camp to work overtime, but fortunately, there were many steamed buns reserved yesterday! Yikang smiled and said: "These horses have been freed for more than a month, just try to see if they can eat steamed buns!"

Qingsong also smiled and said: "Maybe they just need to eat some meat, and when they come back, I see that they all look very hungry!" Yikang didn't let the gang's battalion be too tired, and beckoned the soldiers to help make steamed buns!

Yikang was going to talk about making bigger buns with struggle, but he heard it behind his back. He patted the struggling shoulder and said, "Brother, don't kill ten, kill fifty! But Baozi, you're going to make it bigger for me!"

Struggle didn't blush when he saw that his little abacus had been discovered, and said to Yikang: "Brother Yikang, you are the boss of our righteous sons, and I can't do anything about this little abacus! There are too many wild boars, and the logistics department is not enough to feed them in the pigsty now, and it costs too much food! You can help me kill more! I'll make you half a catty big bun, is that okay yesterday?" Yikang raised his index finger to kill a hundred, and Struggle's eyes rolled, and he stretched out three fingers to kill three hundred.

Yikang said, "It's dark, let's kill two hundred!" I'll help take care of the water, skin the wild boar, and cut it into pieces. You don't need a wheelbarrow tomorrow, let the carriage send you to the pottery class!" Struggle smiled and said, "Okay! Buns will be made into half-catty oversized buns for you! Tomorrow night you will come back early to help, and kill another 200 pigs, and I will make them all half-catty this month!" Yikang said: "Brother, you are so shrewd! This month will be over soon, and you will come up with it! I want you to make me big buns for 20 days!"

"Yes," said the struggle, "but you will help me kill three days of pigs, and kill six hundred in all." I'll be able to do it with the remaining three hundred, and it's not a way for these things to eat my father's food all the time!" Yikang saw that he even brought out his father-in-law, so he had to admit it, and let the soldiers kill the pigs for three days in a row. Qing Song watched the two of them from a distance and didn't care, and let the black bull go to watch the pig killing and play. Tell the pillar to take some horses to pick up Bai Ping's team, and take Xiaogang and Zhuang Zhuang back to the house!

As soon as he arrived at the house, Xiao Gang asked the bee demon to turn into a human form and told her the shape of the wormwood, which the bee demon had never seen. Xiao Gang asked Zhuang Zhuang again, but Zhuang Zhuang had never seen it. Qingsong asked Xiaogang: "Isn't this thing called Artemisia a very important?"

Xiao Gang said: "It's very important, many people have worms in their stomachs. This thing can solve a big problem, after finding it, we can make a lot of money by refining it in the Dan furnace and then adding white sugar to synthesize it! All the people in the family have to use this synthetic medicine to fight the worms several times, and Uncle Yikang may just have worms in their stomachs, so they don't grow tall and meat! Although we can't use the Dan furnace now, we will soon set out again to find the bones of our ancestors. The ancestors will definitely leave us a way to use the Dan furnace, and when the time comes, what will we use to refine this thing?"

Qing Song thought for a while and said, "I know, there are some things you can't say, and some people you can't mention! I'll go to him, he must have seen them!" After Qing Song finished speaking, he went out, and Zhuang Zhuang asked, "Who?

Xiao Gang didn't answer, and the bee demon said, "Demon King!" He is now learning to do things in the station, we haven't seen it, he must have seen it." Zhuang Zhuang said: "I'm going to go! Is this thing still here and not leaving?" The bee demon said: "The teacher is still young, so he can't add too much to Taoism, and he can't have too much to do with him! He has made friends with Lord Qingsong here, and he can learn some skills here so that he can walk in the world!"

Zhuang Zhuang nodded his head: "Yes! I understand! This thing is too demonic, and the teacher who stays by the teacher's side will be full of demonic energy! As a demon king, the cause and effect on his body is even more complicated, and the teacher is still young to help him carry it! Haha, we are just the little demon who can transform into shape, so we have such a great blessing!" The bee demon also smiled and giggled and said: "There are even more blessed than us! Some of the old bees I brought last time have become spirit beasts!" Zhuang Zhuang said indignantly: " Some of my children can also speak, but they can only be regarded as demon beasts, what kind of luck are you? You are a little demon, since you have spirit beasts under your hands!" Xiao Gang didn't participate in their small talk, and found a bamboo tube to mix with honey water. Zhuang Zhuang and the bee demon continue to chat, exploring something from the small talk!

Qingsong went out to the independent house where Dali lived and recruited Dali and said, "Friend, I'm here to ask you for help!" Dali said: "Friend, please speak! But it doesn't hurt to say, as long as I can do something, I'll do it for you immediately!"

Qingsong talked about Artemisia annua, its shape and effect, and how to refine it! After listening to this, he asked: "Friend, do you even have a Dan furnace? I know some alchemy, which is not suitable for you, but maybe I can use your Dan furnace." I've seen what you're talking about, and it's far away, so it's not a problem for me! I'll come and go back and forth in just two hours, I'll go get some for you! Please go and prepare some solid bags and ropes for me! Where is the Dan furnace? I'll see if it can be used!" Qing Song said: "The Dan furnace is still on the way, and it may take two more days to arrive! The bag and rope, I'll go and prepare it right away!" Dali said: "Don't be so troublesome, I'll go and help you get the Dan furnace!" Where to put it?" Qing Song said. Then thank you friends for your help! The Dan furnace is in the southwest direction, and you can find it by following the road we opened! Some of my righteous sons and strong tribes are in charge of carrying it, you can go and pick it up and put it next to our newly built house on the grassland! Tell my righteous sons, I asked to help. Let them not mind and come back early!"

Nodding vigorously and going outside, Qing Song also went out to prepare bags and ropes. Qingsong knew that Struggle was guarding the gang's camp to work, so he went straight to the gang's camp to let Struggle find it, and Struggle immediately went to the warehouse to get things in person. After a while, Struggle ran back with something on his back. Qing Song took it and carried it on his back, and struggled to help him carry it, Qing Song waved his hand and asked Struggle to go to the affairs of the gang's camp and carry the things to the residence of Dali.

Dali was already waiting for him in the house, when he heard Qingsong knocking on the door, Dali said: "Friend, why do you need to be so polite when you are the lord of the city? Please come in!" Qingsong came in and said: "You are a friend, I came to your residence to deal with it as a report!" The bag and rope have been taken, can you see if you can use it?" I'm a friend of Lord Qingsong, and I'm here to help Lord Qingsong carry the Dan furnace, so you don't have to wait to get back to the station!' When I took it back and put it on the grassland, I took a closer look! This Dan furnace is very good, better than what I made with jade in my hometown! Although it is not suitable for my use, it is completely fine to use it to refine medicinal materials! I will go to find this Artemisia now, it will take some time to collect it, and I will wait for you in the grassland at dawn!" Qingsong clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you friend for your help, this time it saved me a lot of trouble!"

Looking at Qing Song's sincere thanks, Dali suddenly burst into tears and said: "Friend, I understand! Thank you friend! You are my first human friend, a real friend! You made me understand what good deeds are! Let me understand how to do good deeds in the future, thank you! Thank you for your grandson for showing me the way!" Qing Song said: "This is just the first thing you started, there will be many different things in the future, you have to pay attention to and experience everywhere when you walk outside!"

Dali said: "Thank you, friend! At least, I understand that doing good deeds is not voluntary in return, I want to help from the bottom of my heart, and I have done it!" Qingsong nodded and said: "Dali, your understanding is really high!" Dali laughed and took out two jars from under the bed and said: "This is the wine you asked the logistics department to let me receive every day! I am reluctant to eat, if I don't drink now, when will I wait?" Dali took a wooden bowl, scooped out a bowl and handed it to Qingsong and said, "Drink together!"

Qing Song laughed and said: "Since you should sacrifice your life to accompany the gentleman!" He raised his head and drank a whole bowl of the original solution! Dali laughed and said: "Friend is wonderful! Every word is beautiful!" "I lowered my head and drank the two jars clean with a suck in the air, and stretched out his hand to Qing Song, and Qing Song suddenly felt that the strength of the wine was completely gone! Qing Song said: "You understand what it means to do good deeds! And you are willing to do it, you have the word gentleman!" "Laugh vigorously and said: "Thank you friend for such high praise, I will do my best!" After saying that, he didn't care about Qing Song, grabbed the bag and rope and went out! Qing Song also happily went back to his room to rest!

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