The old man's house is not big, and even the fields he occupies are the same as those occupied by the surrounding families, the only difference is that he has an old ox in his house.

In these days, it is a gift for the common people to have land, not to mention cattle!

The old man entered the door, came out with two bowls of yellow corn, and scalded a scoop of cabbage, which was today's lunch. He smiled apologetically at Zhaoyun and said, "Poor family, there is only this little thing, I hope you don't dislike it!" ”

Where is Zhaoyun embarrassed? Hurriedly said: "The old man's words are wrong, he can contain the kid for a full meal, the kid is already grateful, where do you dare to blame the old man?" ”

"Hahaha...... Sit down and eat! ”

As soon as the old man beckoned, Zhaoyun sat down, but the old man didn't have it yet, he took a roll of hay from the back of the house and put it in front of the old scalper, the old scalper licked the old man's shriveled cheeks affectionately, and began to eat the hay.

At this time, Taijia found out that there was a small scalper under the old scalper's body.

"My old wife died early, and we don't have a son, so only this old ox is with me!" The old man chuckled, then grabbed the rice bowl and planed, even if a few grains of rice stood on his dry beard, he was not moved, "It's a pity, the old cow is old, and it is useless......"

Zhaoyun silently picked up the rice, and the old man in his heart probably stayed down to eat because he was rarely accompanied, so he couldn't help but slow down his chopsticks, maybe he could accompany the old man more.

"Old cow...... It was given to me by the first king! The old man still said to himself, "That year, Dafeng, the first king Dayue, put ten calves and concubines; I leaned on the old and took possession of the cow...... It's been almost 20 years! ”

Twenty years...... It's almost the upper limit for scalpers; Zhaoyun looked at the ox eating forage, although his expression was stable, but judging from its face, I am afraid that it will not be long......

"The old cow gave birth to a calf, and the calf can still accompany you ......," Zhaoyun said softly.

The old man shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid...... Soon, even the calf won't be able to accompany me! ”

"How so?" Zhaoyun shook his head firmly, "How old is the calf?" I've only looked at it for a few months, and you're too worried, old man! ”

"Alas...... See for yourself later! ”

The old man didn't seem to have any interest in talking, and buried himself in eating vegetables and eating, but Zhaoyun didn't start eating, his eyes looked at the ox eating forage, but he saw that the calf who should have had a strong appetite ate two mouthfuls of forage and was so happy that he even ran to retching not far away.

No wonder the old man didn't treat their stomachs badly, the calf was still so thin, there must be something wrong with the digestive tract.

After the meal, the old man took the dishes and chopsticks, took them to the kitchen and went to clean, but Zhaoyun leaned towards the little scalper, the old scalper saw a person cautiously leaning in, chewing the forage, while casually observing his movements, if he had any abnormal movements, he would give him a hoof!

The little scalper was sleepy and weak, and he didn't have the strength to run away when he saw someone coming, and he vomited and diarrhea in the past few days, and his body couldn't stand it anymore, so he let Zhaoyun fiddle.

"I hope it's not too troublesome, otherwise I can't pick up the medicine alone......"

Since coming to this troubled era of the Warring States, Zhaoyun has known what it means to be a good woman who is difficult to cook without rice. It's true that he's a veterinarian, but what's the use of a veterinarian who can't find medicine? What's more, Western medicine was popular in later generations to treat diseases, and he was really average in this aspect of Chinese veterinarians.

"Loss of appetite, retching, diarrhea...... Sure enough, it must have been eating grass and eating a foreign body that caused inflammation or infection of the gastrointestinal tract......"

Internal medicine is the most troublesome in this era, and clinical diagnosis can only be seen and heard, and the symptoms cannot be fully grasped. And if this calf has already eaten a foreign body and has a stomach membrane, even he has no way to do it, after all, the sanitary environment in this era is difficult for even people to live, let alone animals!

He carefully touched the belly of the calf, the old scalper saw it clearly, and was about to give a hoof, but found that Zhaoyun had already withdrawn his hand, it was very curious, but also honestly withdrew the hoof.

"If it's a foreign body, it's dangerous, it shouldn't be a membrane, just find a way to expel the foreign body......"

In most cases, humans and animals can excrete foreign bodies through excretion, but calves are different, their digestive system is not yet complete, and they must rely on external forces. The most common way is to feed paraffin, which can make the gastrointestinal tract smoother and thus more convenient to excrete.

"But where do I find paraffin?"

Zhaoyun scratched his head, and finally took out a small thing from his arms, this thing is beeswax, he took it from the house of Qiu Luo, anyway, he is dead, it doesn't matter if he gets dirty.

"It's all wax...... It shouldn't be fine, the beeswax should taste better......"

However, just as he was about to feed, the old man walked out of the door, and when he saw Zhaoyun doing something to his calf, he was shocked and asked, "Boy! What are you doing? ”

"Me? I'm curing your cow! Zhaoyun muttered, "Your cow has eaten something unclean and needs to be drained for him!" ”

"Fart! My cows are clean! The old man looked gloomy, grabbed Zhaoyun's hand, but found that he couldn't pull it. It shouldn't be, although he is old, he works every day, and he has a lot of strength!

Zhaoyun said seriously: "Old man, I really treated him, you can believe me!" ”

"Believe it or not! Go away! He couldn't pull it, so the old man could only push Zhaoyun and push him away, "Life and death have their own destiny, so what's the cure or not?" I want to heal, and the sorcerer's talisman in the city is even more spiritual! ”

Zhaoyun was speechless, looked at the loveless calf, and sighed helplessly, anyway, it was just a foreign body in the stomach, not a serious illness. The old man is superstitious, he doesn't believe in doctors and ghosts, and he has nothing to do.

"That's it, you ask for more blessings...... Zhaoyun bowed to the calf silently, you must know that the calf is the lifeblood of the old man, he doesn't allow himself to get involved, and he will only anger the old man if he grabs the medicine.

After eating, Zhaoyun arched his hand to the old man: "Thank you for taking the old man in, I have to hurry up next, so I won't bother......"

The old man was still angry with Zhaoyun, and when he saw that he was leaving, he hurriedly urged: "Let's go!" I won't keep you! ”

Zhaoyun smiled bitterly, and then advised: "The old man doesn't believe me, after I leave, you can take some small pieces of meat and feed them to the calf......"

The old man said angrily: "Go away, go away!" Three-year-olds know that cows eat grass, so you let me feed them meat? Sick, right? ”

Zhaoyun had no choice but to thank the old man for his kindness and turned his head and left.

However, he hadn't gone far before the old calf vomited again, and the old man was distressed, and hurriedly picked up the prostrated calf: "Calf, calf!" Don't scare me! ”

The calf kicked twice silently, he was not terminally ill, he was completely hungry and lacking in appetite.

"Cuts of meat...... Old man, I believe you! ”

……

After crossing the bridge, it is a flat avenue, barren on both sides, and there are few people. There wasn't even a pedestrian along the way, and Zhaoyun felt very lonely.

I didn't ask the old man just now, where did all the people in his village go? It's a big village, why is there only one person?

Fifteen miles away, Zhaoyun was in a hurry, and he arrived in half an hour.

I have to say that Shudu really disappointed Zhaoyun, although Zhaoyun didn't plan to use future CDs to compare with Shudu, but this gap is inevitably too big, right? The huge city, not only does not have the city gate and city wall, but also does not occupy much area, and the Shu King Palace alone in front of you has occupied nearly half of the territory of the Shu capital.

There is a small part left, except for a magnificent mansion located in the south, there is not much left, but I am afraid that the population of the entire Shu capital city is less than 10,000.

But this does not mean that Shu can be underestimated, Shu is a tribal federation country, and there are various tribes and villages near Shudu, if you want to include those, the population of Shudu is over 100,000.

Zhaoyun roughly calculated, if Shu State does not add the vassal state of Tho, the population will be three or four hundred thousand to the sky! And this is still the number of people, not the number of households, and the population is even much smaller than the population of Shu at the end of the Three Kingdoms.

But after Qin invades Shu, the population of Shu will definitely grow, and this concept of population migration is similar to the concept of future migration to Mars, both of which are population equalization.

"But it's quite lively......"

There are more people one after another, but most of them are gathered in Shudu from all directions, and there are very few people who come out of Shudu, although they don't know what happened, but they do create the illusion that Shudu is prosperous.

When something happened, Zhaoyun grabbed a passer-by and asked, "Driver, dare to ask what is the big deal in Shudu recently?" ”

The passer-by was also an enthusiast, but a larger part of the reason may be due to the fact that there is a sword in the Thai armor. You must know that everyone who can be equipped with a sword is not a mortal, except for soldiers, they are nobles; Even though this young man seems to be young, he can't tolerate the passer-by's refusal.

"Childe is not a native of Shudu?"

"How am I not?" Zhaoyun looked at him stunned, "Aren't I like a Shu person?" ”

"No, no, Childe misunderstood!" Passers-by hurriedly smiled, "It seems that Gongzi doesn't know, it will be Xiangbang's birthday in two days, and these people came from all over the country to celebrate Xiangbang's birthday!" ”

"Celebrate Xiangbang's birthday? With such a big show, I thought it was for the enlightened king......"

Before he finished speaking, the passer-by hurriedly covered Zhaoyun's mouth: "Childe, you can't talk nonsense!" It's going to be beheaded! ”

Zhaoyun has long heard Bai Qilin say that Shu has a domineering state, and when I look at it today, it really deserves its name! It is expected that the enlightened king may not have this pomp, he is just a prime minister, but the people of the whole country have celebrated his birthday!

"How do you celebrate your birthday?" Zhaoyun asked again.

"Hehe, Childe can ask the right person, my cousin is preparing for this!" The passer-by smiled, and asked Zhaoyun to lean his ear over while hooking his hand, "Everyone in Shu knows about this matter, and the one in the Bisheng Palace has not heard anything!" My cousin said that Xiangbang ordered the treasury to be opened and the people of Shu were feasted......"

"I'm afraid you're crazy, aren't you? How many people are there in this Shu country, and the treasury can withstand him so much? ”

"Hey! What do I care about this? I can't eat enough on weekdays, but this time Xiangbang has a treat, and I want to say that I want to have a meal! ”

The passers-by said that they would not stay longer, and saluted Zhaoyun flatteringly, and then swaggered away, leaving Zhaoyun to look at the flow of people coming in and out with a confused face, and said angrily:

"If the traitor is here, why won't the country be destroyed?"

"I knew I had saved some stomach just now!"