"Quick, cook me another pot of shallots and rue herbal tea, remember to use the snow water from Buzhou Mountain brought back from Buwei County, don't boil the river water."

"Also, sprinkle some more insect repellent on my back, change a batch of camphor in the four corners of the cabin, and your clothes should be boiled, and you must not bring invisible lice mites into the cabin! Shoot mosquitoes to death! Remember to wash it after shooting! ”

Li Susheng was hoarse and panting, his forehead was covered with a white and clean linen towel, and he lay weak and weak in the shady cabin to rest.

The pro-soldiers next to him all strictly followed the requirements, and they were afraid of Li Sure if they didn't fan the wind, and they were afraid that Li Su would sweat if they fanned the wind ruthlessly.

Dian Wei, who was quick-eyed, had eyes as big as copper bells, carefully guarding the surroundings, holding a hard fan similar to a bamboo mat in his hand, and when he saw the flying insect approaching Li Su, he shot to death.

In the tropics at the end of April, the scorching sun hung in the sky, splashing a scorching hot light, steaming so that a cloud of sand and smoke rose on the trees on both sides of the river, but the fleet still went down the river firmly and rapidly, not affected by the insect cloud in the slightest, and even became more and more hurried because of it—

It is conceivable that in the summer in the woods of Jiangnan can be seen clumps of mosquitoes and small flying insects, while in the tropics it will only be ten times more fierce than the Jiangnan water towns, and it is not surprising that the insects look like clouds and mist from a distance. Even the ancients thought that a small part of the miasma was a small flying insect like a cloud.

Li Su finally bid farewell to Guan Yu and Gao Shun in early April, left Yongchang County, and arrived in Dianchi County in mid-April. He was still in awe of the "spring peach blossom miasma" that the people of Nanzhong said, but after thinking about it, he felt that spring should be from January to March of the lunar calendar, and April was early summer.

Therefore, I rested and recuperated on the bank of Dianchi Lake until the end of April, and finally boarded the fleet again from Muma County, and went down the river, feeling that this time node is similar to Zhuge Liang's "May Crossing Lu" in history, and it is not dangerous, at most uncomfortable.

Kunming County Ling Meng Xin persuaded Li Su for this, saying that the Lushui poison gas was still relatively powerful at the turn of spring and summer, and asked Li Su to be cautious, if you have to go, you can consider the land route, that is, take the mountain road in Wei County.

But after thinking about it again and again, let people calculate the mileage, not only to go around the mountain road, but also to return to Zhuti County in the whole way, even the car can not sit, can only ride a horse and lead the horse on foot, to walk for half a month, and to Zhuti is not finished, to return to Qianwei County there is a long way to go by land.

If you really stay in the rainforest for more than half a month, you don't know how many tropical diseases there are.

In contrast, it is better to believe in science again, and believe that flower water with camphor and hygiene are enough to resist the legendary poisonous gas of Lushui.

In any case, the return journey of the waterway is downstream, and if you don't row or raise your sails, you can travel two or three hundred miles a day just by drifting, and then support the oars and accelerate a little under the premise of ensuring the safety of navigation, and more than 400 miles a day can be expected.

Shortening the time is the biggest control variable.

On the other hand, the reason why Li Su was in a hurry to go back was that in addition to escaping the summer, he was more worried that he would not be able to grasp the variables in the north and even the outside world -- he had planned to return to Chengdu at the end of February this year, and he would have a lot of time to deal with the major military and political events that took place in the spring and summer. It has now been 192 years, and Dong Zhuo was undoubtedly killed by Wang Yun this year. Although it will be more or less affected by the butterfly effect now, Li Su's best choice is to ensure that he is prepared and ready to respond at any time.

To blame, we can only blame Li Su for not inventing the sedan chair, a luxury that can pass unhindered and shaded on the rugged road, and in this era there is only a "shoulder sedan chair" similar to a sliding rod, that is, a simple sedan chair without a roof that is carried by the mountain pickers when the rich people of later generations climb Mount Tai and Huangshan.

"Book of Han" contains Huiji Taishou Yan Zhu, by the order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Taiwei Tian Wei to quell the Minyue Rebellion, to go from Huiji (Shaoxing) to Dongou (Wenzhou), because the mountainous area of southern Zhejiang is rugged and difficult, so cut bamboo to make an open-top sedan chair to go on the expedition.

And the complete sedan chair with a car and a mat top did not appear until the Tang and Song dynasties.

The people of the Han Dynasty either rode by car or on horseback, and there was nothing wrong with them on the plains, but when they could not be opened to traffic in the mountains, those frail civil officials were miserable.

"I really envy the governors and governors of Yunnan in the Ming and Qing dynasties, who can sit in a sedan chair and let people carry them from Zhaotong to Qujing and then to Kunming.

No, after returning to Chengdu, we must let people invent the rotten sedan chair with a roof, who can stand it in the summer basking in the sun and going over the mountains. Of course, you can still take a car on the plains, and you don't have to use the sedan chair when it is invented, only on the mountain road, after all, I'm not a demon who has to treat soldiers harshly. ”

Li Su was depressed about his illness on the ship, and he was already thinking about how to better avoid suffering in life.

He felt that this was what he deserved, just like Zhuge Liang could still sit on a four-wheeled bicycle alone, and he didn't take a sedan chair in advance.

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Three days after setting sail, on 25 April, Li Su and his entourage returned to Tanglang County in Zhuti County. Zhu Ti County Shou Pang Xi greeted him at the dock, and hoped that Li Su would be in Zhu Ti for a few days if he was unwell.

But Li Su refused, he just wanted to go to the north as soon as possible before the arrival of midsummer, so he thanked Pang Xi for his kindness and accepted the supplies that Pang Xi had people prepare, especially fresh and pure mountain spring water and fresh fruits, as well as some freshly cooked meat.

Pang Xi seemed to have figured out Li Su's hospitality requirements for a business trip to a hot place, and carefully offered the treasure and said: "Although the governor can enjoy it with confidence, all the fruits were picked and washed today." The cows and ducks were also freshly cooked this morning after being slaughtered and bloodied, and they were absolutely fresh, and the food boxes were covered with gauze cupboards. ”

Li Su waved his hand: "You are attentive, don't you just eat and drink for me, don't you have to spend so much money - do you know that my ship is here today?" It is also possible to prepare mutton in the future, and the ploughing cattle do not have to be slaughtered casually. ”

Pang Xi teased: "Where, how dare I spy on the governor's itinerary, but I only roughly know - I have been preparing these things for three days and three times, and the first two times have been rewarded and distributed to the soldiers." In the middle of the summer, the fire is booming, and the governor is still very important, eating less mutton, and the cattle are unfortunately bitten to death by the beasts. ”

It turned out that he knew that Li Su was going to return north, so he prepared a batch of supplies every day and waited here, and if Li Su didn't come, he would eat it himself.

Li Su nodded: "In the future, just put your mind on governing the place, don't look at the original poverty of Zhuti County, in the future, the Lushui Trade Road will become more and more prosperous year by year, and within three or five years, Zhuti will be as rich as Qianwei." You've done a good job, and you can always be a guard. ”

This guy has done enough homework, and he has inquired about Li Su's health habit of "not eating mutton in summer", so he asked the cow that had just been bitten to death to deliver vegetables.

The poultry meat also specially selected the duck, obviously because of the medicinal properties of the duck to cool and go to the fire, there is no bamboo shoot dried duck pot in this era, so the duck pot offered by Pang Xi is stewed with fresh bamboo shoots.

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Sailing too fast also had the trouble of sailing too fast, although he set sail again after a little supply from Tanglang County, and three days later he returned to Qianwei County to govern Jiangyang.

But because the weather changes too fast, the water and soil are not adapted to the lack of adaptation, Li Su's originally not too serious tropical disease is still maintained in a sick manner, but he has successively suffered from severe colds and diarrhea, and several diseases that are not serious in isolation are mixed together, and he is completely sick and can't get up, and he must find a famous doctor to recuperate.

Fortunately, the diet in the last few days is quite light, the meat dishes eaten are cold-cut beef bitten to death by the beast, and the duck soup stewed with bamboo shoots is not greasy, and even the beef has stopped after diarrhea, which finally protects the foundation of Li Su's physical fitness.

Don't think that this situation is exaggerated, but the tropical disease is indeed too lethal to the northerners, Li Su's fleet has a total size of about 1,000 people, a total of seventy or eighty boats, six days down the river from Muma, two or three hundred people fell ill, and more than a dozen died of illness. Li Su is already very sympathetic and pays attention to health work, but the conditions of ordinary soldiers are definitely not comparable to Li Su.

"Ahem, ahem...... It seems that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and I don't know if I can catch up with Dong Thief and be killed by Wang Yun, forget it, it's not in a hurry, anyway, it's not time to send troops, there is really an accident, Zijing is in Hanzhong, and he will always find a way to deal with it. Let's take care of your illness. ”

After entering Jiangyang County, Li Su asked all the guards to take a vacation to recuperate, treat diseases, and isolate all infectious diseases. He himself was ready to lie down for a few days. He also ordered to remove all the other meats in his diet, and let him boil millet porridge every day, and at most add some bamboo shoots and duck soup.

Qianwei Taishou Chen Shi personally took care of and served well, and also came to visit the illness every day, pass on the news, and say some good news to make Li Su happy.

"The governor is really the pillar of the country, and the expedition to cross the Lu is not barren, and he does not avoid miasma, and recovers several border barbarian counties that have not returned to the king for a long time for the imperial court, which can really be called a model for ministers."

Li Su was not in the mood to listen to sycophants when he was sick: "Ahem...... Don't talk about these useless things, I don't want to touch this miasma again. In the final analysis, we are still not strong enough, and Yun Changyide has also encountered miasma, and they are alive and well. ”

He tried his best not to think about Guo Jiazheng's Wuhuan infection, and secretly warned himself to pay more attention to comprehensive and scientific fitness in the future.

Chen Shi didn't shoot the sycophants, so he changed his angle: "Governor, there is also good news, which just makes the governor relieved." Do you still remember those abandoned wells more than ten miles west of Gongjing Township? Last summer, you personally asked for a fight, and the result was really good for you! You are truly discerning and good at Feng Shui geography. At the beginning of spring this year, there were two abandoned wells that produced brine.

Then the craftsmen continued to dig deeper, as you had left last year, drawing water and pumping brine. After digging for another two months, last month, they were all angry, and there was a well that seemed to have penetrated the big veins of water underground, and the brine did not need to be pumped, and it could be sprayed out of the ground by itself.

Nowadays, a small pond has been formed at the mouth of the well, and a steady stream of salt can be boiled with a gas stove, and a well will spray thousands of stones of water every day, and boil more than 1,000 stones of salt. It is that the fire gas is not enough, and more than 2,000 stones of brine have to be boiled in the fire gas well on the side of the Gongjing every day. ”

The salt well finally drilled a self-blowing well? There are more than 1,000 stones per day, and the annual output is 500,000 stones, 60 million Han catties. According to the nutritional standard of 6 grams of salt per person per day in later generations, one Han Jin can eat for 40 days. The current production capacity of this well alone can meet the salt consumption of an additional 7 million people, and I don't know if we can spray more if we continue to dig deeper.

Zigongjing salt is worthy of being a powerful existence that can "Sichuan salt Jichu" in later generations.

Li Su rarely lifted his spirits: "Okay, then set up another township at the waste well, which is called Zifujing Township...... Well, this spray word is indecent, so it's still called an artesian well. It's too far away from Jiangyang, and there are sixty or seventy miles, so I think it's better to set up another county, just take a word from Gongjing Township, and call it Zigong County. ”

Chen Shi's Jingyan farming has such achievements, but also inspired Li Su's confidence, he thought of Xun You and Zhuge Jin in the counties of Shu County to govern internal affairs, promote hydraulic machinery and silk reeling brocade, and must have achieved great results in the past year. If it weren't for the fact that his illness hadn't healed, he would have wanted to rush back to the fiefdom as soon as possible to see for himself.

Li Su thought so in his heart, and casually asked Chen Shi: "The lord is in Chengdu, right?" Did he ask me anything lately? ”

Chen Shi was stunned for a moment, and arched his hand to the north: "The lord is now in Nanzheng, and he went after the beginning of spring, saying that he wanted to make great efforts to govern the country, and took the Northern Expedition to eliminate thieves as his business, and went to Hanzhong to strengthen his morale." ”

Li Su thought about it for a while, and then recalled the countermeasures with Liu Bei before going on the expedition last year. At that time, it was Li Su himself who suggested Liu Bei: I went north to Hanzhong and put on a positive posture of Han and thief. At the same time, let the army continue to stay in the Chengdu Plain and Nanzhong to train troops and accumulate experience in actual combat, so that more grain can be accumulated in the Hanzhong Basin for the future Northern Expedition Province.

Li Su shook his head: "It's because I'm so sick that I forgot about it, that's it, even so, I'm not in a hurry to go back to Chengdu, I'm a little better, so I'll continue to take a boat down the river to Jiangzhou, and go north to Hanzhong on the Jialing River." ”

I always have to make a business trip with Liu Bei before I can go back to Chengdu to enjoy happiness.

In this way, Li Su recuperated in Jiangyang for about ten days, until the ninth day of the fifth month, when he was cured of fever, cold, and gastrointestinal problems, and then continued to set sail by boat, and quickly went down to Jiangzhou three days later.

Because Jiangzhou was Cai Yong's place of governance, Li Su went to the territory of his teacher and father-in-law, and had to stay for two more days to show respect for his teacher and filial piety, and then he turned from the Yangtze River to the Jialing River and went upstream.

Further north from Jiangzhou, the boat drove much slower, but fortunately, the boat was more stable against the epidemic, and it was even less difficult for Li Su, who was recovering from a serious illness, to get seasick. Drive slowly, and the tired ones are also ordinary soldiers who are supporting the fence and rocking the oar, and it has nothing to do with Li Su.

It took three days to Dianjiang and ten days to Langzhong, and twenty days later abandoned the ship and landed at Xiguanyi outside Yangping Pass, and finally arrived in Nanzheng at the end of May.

Liu Bei got a quick horse report when Li Su got off the ship at Xiguan Station, so he personally took Lu Su, Xu Huang and others to ride a horse to pick up people outside Yangping Pass. But Li Su came quickly, so Liu Bei bumped into Li Su's team as soon as he walked to Chuyang.

"Brother Xian has worked hard, this time to go to Nanzhong, have you ever been troubled by miasma? Since it's good to be back, I'll talk about the rest later. ”

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There are three shifts today, so please be patient.