In fact, Wei Guo has always been wary of the Xian army crossing the river, and openly and secretly moved more than 100,000 elite infantry troops in Dekang, which is more than enough to prevent the Xian army from landing in theory, but in fact it is impossible to resist it at all.

It is undeniable that leaking military information is a taboo for soldiers, but it is also possible to transfer part of the main forces of the defense of the country in the northwest back to Dekang and make it assemble. This is conducive to the high-density coverage of the Xian army's artillery, in order to seek to defeat its two main forces in a war, and then quickly cross the river, without giving it a chance to reorganize and transfer troops, encircle and annihilate with absolute forces, and then quickly move its division to the west.

If you withdraw, you have to give up all the achievements of the past two years, if you don't withdraw, the Xian army will take the cavalry as the lead, and the infantry army will follow on horseback, and advance to the west unimpeded all the way, and the rest of the infantry army will sweep the cities one after another, and even lure them down with heavy money to accelerate the process of war.

The final result can only be that the main force of the defense of the country is pressed on the front line, and its interior and rear are extremely empty, and it will collapse on all fronts within two to three months under the heavy fire of the Xian army, so it is beneficial to gain the strategic initiative by leaking the news to the defense of the country.

The next day, Bailiyan rushed out of the city to Yongxing to inspect the production scheduling work, stayed for two days and went to Xuanyun non-stop, presiding over the epidemic prevention work of Yicaotang.

Today, there are more than 10,000 people in the official establishment of Yicao, of which more than 6,000 people are in Xuanyun General Hall, and the remaining 4,000 people are scattered in Yongxing, Ruitian, Lincheng, Chenling, Guangxin, Lucheng and Xuanting.

There are more than 3,000 registered herbalists and physicians, more than 1,800 physicians at all levels of medicine and surgery, more than 1,200 interns and students at all levels, more than 3,100 nurses and auxiliary physicians, 720 scientific research personnel, and nearly 400 epidemic prevention personnel.

In the past 20 years, especially in the past 10 years, more than 27,000 barefoot herbalists have been trained, and the primary medical system has been basically improved, and this achievement alone has saved hundreds of thousands of lives in more than 20 years.

On the ninth day of the first month of April, there was a report from the border pass, Li Yi and Ji Kang entered Xianxi County by boat through the Changsun River, and Bailiyan went to Ruitian and traveled west along the Milong River to block the two of them.

The Milong River flows west into the territory of Changsun, flows into the Yongxing River to the east, and joins the Lingling through the Zhaofeng River.

On April 13, Liang Guo's fleet sailed through the forks of the Changchao and Milong rivers, and a mighty team appeared on the shore in the distance, and the news was quickly reported to Ji Kang and Li Yi:

"Two adults of Qiqi, the cavalry of the Xian Army was found five miles ahead, and the meaning is unknown."

The right governor of the navy said quickly, and Li Yi asked:

"Are you still going to my ship?"

"No, but stopped where it was, as if waiting to intercept my ship."

"How many of them are there?" Li Yi asked again

"Not much, about fifty."

At this time, Ji Kang answered:

"King Xu sent someone to answer and pass on my order to drive the boat three miles ashore."

"No!"

When the right governor got out of the cabin, Ji Kang and Li Yi said:

"Now that the situation of the eldest grandson has collapsed, and the Xian and Jin countries have not moved, it is not a good thing. You should be careful not to take advantage of your uncle's cunning skills. ”

Li Yi did not agree with what Ji Kang said in his heart, but he did not object on the surface, and Ken said:

"Even if the Xianguo takes advantage, it is also the advantage of the country, and we have no loss, so why worry so much."

Ji Kang's face changed slightly when he heard the news, but he didn't say anything more. He knew very well that Li Yi had no heart, and Bai Liyan would definitely find him to get information, so saying too much was not conducive to the next negotiations.

When the boat stopped for three miles, a team of Liang sailors set up a pallet and left the ship ashore and set up a guard of honor. Looking at this situation from a distance, Wei Qi said:

"Master Hou, why don't they leave."

Bai Liyan sneered:

"Hehe, they are the holy envoys of the Son of Heaven, only we have to pick them up, and there is no reason for them to stick to their faces."

"Oh...... Shall we go or not? ”

"Of course you have to go, you still have to give this face, otherwise you will lose the courtesy of the princes, let's go."

Urging the horse to slow down for more than two miles, and dismounted in front of the boat, the right governor of the Liang army and the navy stepped forward quickly and asked:

"Whoever comes, report it quickly."

Bai Liyan took two steps forward and raised his hand to salute slightly:

"In the Great Si Nong of the Lower Xian Kingdom, I am ordered by my king to welcome the Holy Envoy."

The right governor was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly looked at Bai Liyan's eyes, and immediately respected a lot:

"It turned out that the Marquis of Yongxing was here, and the two adults were in the boat, please let this general go to the ceremony."

"Then it's up to the general."

At this time, Li Yi and Ji Kang saw Bai Liyan and others in the cabin, so they went out of the cabin and boarded the trestle, and the right governor came to report to the two of them:

"The two adults of Qiqi, the Marquis of Yongxing of Xianguo will come to greet you."

"I've seen it, so stand down."

Ji Kang commanded, and the right governor immediately retreated.

Today's Ji Kang is no longer the child who was seriously ill and dying, and the contest between countries has made the former life-saving grace indifferent, replaced by a conspiracy and calculation, which also corresponds to the clear saying of the previous life, "There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests."

The two sides met and exchanged pleasantries, and Bai Liyan said bluntly:

"What is the situation with the smallpox epidemic in Chenling?"

"There is a hidden trend of spread, but it is not serious."

Ji Kang wrote lightly, Bai Liyan's expression changed slightly, his brows furrowed, and he asked:

"More than 150 people died, which is not serious, but once the disease spreads, there is no cure."

At this time, Li Yi continued:

"But I heard that my uncle has good medicine here, and he only needs to cut his arm to ward off this disease, so the two of us came here to ask for medicine."

is different from Ji Kang, Li Yi is Bai Liyan's nephew, and he is half of his own family, he immediately sank down and his face darkened Li Yi's face:

"You said it lightly, prevention of this disease is better than medicine, and since there has been an outbreak of smallpox, Jinye should be isolated immediately. It's good for you to wait, swaggering all the way, and introducing smallpox all the way to the eldest grandson and into my Xianguo, you can know how many innocent people have died because of this, it's just confused! ”

Bai Liyan pretended to be angry, and reprimanded him with spicy noodles, Ji Kang's face was a little unbearable, but he was the envoy of the Son of Heaven, and Bai Liyan reprimanded him like this, which was extremely disrespectful. This time he came to ask for Xianguo, Ji Kang was not good in the face, he answered:

"Yongxing Hou don't have to worry, the Son of Heaven has ordered someone to deal with it properly, and it won't cause a disaster in the future."

"I hope so." Bai Liyan reluctantly agreed, and she actually knew very well in her heart that it was just Ji Kang's official tone. He restrained the displeasure on his face and continued: "The medicine of smallpox is available in all countries, and the royal guest has already taught the method of prevention before, and the Son of Heaven only needs to ask people to do it, so why bother to come here to ask for medicine." ”

"Yongxing Hou should be talking about the law of cow rash."

Ji Kang's words were disdainful, and Bai Liyan definitely said:

"Naturally, doesn't the Son of Heaven even believe in such a life-saving method?"

At this time, Li Yi interjected and said:

"The medical officer's argument that the law of cow rash was not credible because it was not subject to discussion, so it was not implemented."

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan sneered, and her expression became stern again: "I don't believe it like this, I don't believe it either, the two of you still came to ask for a prescription to do it." ”

Ji Kang answered:

"I heard that Xianguo has a new vaccination law, so I came to find this law to solve the worries of the Son of Heaven."

"China's vaccination method is also based on bovine rash, there is no difference, since the Liang State medical officer does not believe in this law, even if it seeks the Xian country, what is the use."

Bailiyan responded coldly, Ji Kang and Li Yi looked at each other, and when they were young, Ji Kang said again:

"But I heard that the method of inoculation in Xianguo is different from that of cow rash, which is very mysterious, and it is sold in all parts of the capital and can be supplied in large quantities, but cow rash is scarce and too much to be used. I waited for this time to ask the King of Xian for this medicine. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the young marquis, this medicine is not enough for my Xianguo, and I can't supply it to other princes at the moment, I hope the young marquis will forgive me."

Bai Liyan bluntly refused what he wanted, Ji Kang's face couldn't help but be a little unbearable, he didn't intend to pay attention to Bai Liyan, so he suddenly turned to him:

"This place shouldn't be far from Chenling, right?"

"There are still more than 600 miles, but after arriving at the Yongxing River, the young marquis and everyone had better go ashore and change to our country's horses and vehicles.

Ji Kang's expression stiffened, the blue tendons on his forehead jumped violently and his face twitched the old tendons, and Li Yi was busy saving the scene when he saw this:

"Then it depends on my uncle's wishes, and my cousin's wishes."

"Okay, just transfer to the city according to the words of the Marquis of Yongxing."

Ji Kang reluctantly complied, and the unhappiness in his heart was already extreme.

In the afternoon of the same day, Bailiyan returned to Ruitian along the Milong River, and Ji Kang and Li Yi continued to take the ship. On the boat, Ji Kang was annoyed:

"Your uncle is too domineering."

Li Yi shook his head and disagreed, he said:

"Uncle Lang Zhong is Langzhong, and what he said makes sense, if it can be prevented last year, there will not be a large amount of smallpox. Now that I have waited all the way, smallpox may have been introduced to Xianguo, and my uncle did not let him go to the shore of Chenling because he did not want smallpox to be introduced into the city. ”

"He is obviously shirking, Xianguo obviously has medicine, but he doesn't want the world to get it, he must want to blackmail gold and silver money for huge profits."

Li Yi didn't say anything this time, Bailiyan relied on monopolizing commercial goods to seek "huge profits" to start a business, making Xianguo rich and strong, in essence, what Ji Kang said was not wrong. But Li Yi knew very well in his heart that his uncle was not a bad person, and anyone would do this, but he and Ji Kang stood on opposite sides.

Two days later, the boat arrived south of Ruitian Village, Yongxing, Milong two rivers and three forks, Li Yi, Ji Kang and other more than 1,000 people landed here, received vaccination, stayed for three days to observe adverse reactions, arrived in Chenling on April 21 to meet the King of Xian to submit his credentials, during which Ji Kang proposed that King Xian discuss alone, King Xian refused to discuss with Ji Kang alone on the grounds of lack of energy, and sent him to the cabinet.

On the twenty-second day of April, on the second day of entering the city, Ji Kang went to the prince's mansion to visit his aunt Xihuan.

"I haven't seen you for many years, but my aunt is in good health."

Xihuan smiled and said:

"Oh, yes, yes. But my nephew was tired of saddle horses all the way, thinking about my aunt, and I was happy when I thought about it. ”

Xihuan's heart was different, and he said high-sounding polite words, but he was actually thinking in his heart, Ji Kanglian ate two cold noodles of Bailiyan and Xianwang, and he must have come to ask for something today.