The northwest is not only high in latitude, but also high in the sea, so the starry sky on a clear night in the northwest is much brighter than that in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

In the government office of Shunzhou City, Lotte looked up at the starry sky, but instead of admiring the beautiful starry sky at night, he was thinking about another question in his heart, to be precise, a philosophical problem called the butterfly effect in later generations.

A butterfly flapping its wings may trigger a tornado storm in other regions, and its own crossing will bring improvements to the Great Song Dynasty such as gunpowder recipes, matches, canned food, and fried noodles, although these are just things that seem small and do not speak, but the impact on the Great Song army cannot be ignored; Gunpowder increased its lethality, matches made it easier to make fire, and canned food and fried noodles made it easier to march and fight.

The opening of the business of non-local exchange and deposit and withdrawal of silver accounts is undoubtedly the establishment of a prototype of the financial system for the Great Song Dynasty in later generations. Lotte believes that as long as it proceeds step by step, the Great Song Dynasty will become more and more stable and prosperous, and even develop faster than the original and enter the embryonic period of capitalism.

The idea is good, but Lotte knows that if the trajectory of history cannot be changed, the shame of Jingkang will reappear eight years later, and all his efforts will be a dream of Nanke. Now, under his own planning, the Great Song Dynasty has begun to launch an expedition against Western Xia.

Xingqing Prefecture, Lingzhou and other places have a variety of rice so the canals are dense, and the freezing in winter is conducive to the march of the Great Song Dynasty, which is said to be the right time and place, as for the people, it is the Liao State under the pressure of the Jurchens, in order to fear that the Great Song Dynasty and the Jurchens will form an alliance to attack Liao, and intend to let the Great Song Dynasty burn the flames of war to the people of the Western Xia, diverting the attention of the Great Song Dynasty.

The time, the place, the people, are all occupied by the Great Song Dynasty at this moment, and the Great Song Dynasty is superior to the Xia people in terms of strength and weapons, Lotte can predict that the fall of the Western Xia is only a matter of time, but Lotte has to start imagining the future of the Great Song Dynasty, how to face the newly rising Jurchens in the north.

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"Ah......h

Just as Lotte was looking up at the starry sky, he suddenly heard a miserable cry not far from the Shunzhou Mansion, which was not only because of pain, but also contained anger and chagrin.

"You killed me, I have no legs, how will I walk and live in the future......"

Just when Lotte was surprised, a roar came from the direction from which the voice came from again.

"Where is that sound coming from!" Lotte turned to Wu Song, who was beside the guard, and asked.

"Officer, it seems to be the direction of the wounded barracks!" Wu Song replied.

At this time, not only Wu Song was always by Lotte's side, but General Xu was also always by Lotte's side, and hurriedly said: "A few days ago, Lord Zhongshu surrounded the reinforcements and defeated the Xia army with 40,000 battles and 20,000 battles, and the battle was very fierce, and casualties were naturally inevitable!" ”

"Take me to the wounded barracks!" Lotte nodded and commanded.

"Lord Zhongshu, it's ......getting late at this moment," Xu Jiang hesitated.

The eyes stopped Xu Jiang from continuing to speak, and Lotte just said lightly: "Go and see ......"

Hearing Lotte speak like this, Wu Song and Xu Jiang naturally wouldn't stop it, and hurriedly called the guards around them to escort Lotte to the wounded barracks.

Except for a group of heavily armed patrol soldiers, the streets of Shunzhou City at night are quiet and empty, after all, Shunzhou City has just been occupied, and a curfew is necessary.

The wounded barracks are located in a courtyard next to the Shunzhou Mansion, and Lotte has just passed the wounded barracks, and immediately there is a bad smell mixed with the smell of sweat, blood, rancid smell and herbs and many other smells poured into the nose, and the ears are full of all kinds of painful moans from the wounded, and then walk to the wounded barracks, only to see that the ground is also full of blood and dirt, and there is no hygiene at all.

"This is the wounded barracks?" Seeing the appearance of the wounded barracks, Lotte couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

General Xu hurriedly replied: "If you go back to Lord Zhongshu, this is the wounded barracks!" ”

"Call the steward of the wounded barracks!" Lotte raised his brows, and his gaze became sharper.

After following Lotte for a long time, Xu Jiang has always seen Lotte is light and light, and when he saw such an expression on Lotte's face, he immediately knew that Lotte was angry, and immediately ordered the guards next to him to find the steward of the wounded barracks.

Not long after, the steward of the wounded barracks was called, raised his eyes and looked at Lotte, and then arched his hand and said, "I don't know what this lord called the official?" ”

"You are in charge of this wounded barracks?" Lotte glared at the steward.

"It's a lowly position!" The steward replied, and there was still a bit of nonchalance in his voice.

Seeing this attitude of stewardship, a little anger suddenly appeared in Lotte's voice: "The soldiers fought desperately to kill the enemy in the front, and they were injured and sent to the wounded barracks for medical treatment, but they were treated like this? ”

The steward still looked like he was not doing anything, and said: "My lord doesn't know, but if anyone who is injured and can get out alive in the wounded barracks, it would be good to have three out of ten people!" ”

"What do you mean?" The anger in his heart grew, but Lotte still tried to hold it down and asked.

The steward of the wounded barracks was obviously accustomed to life and death here, and replied very indifferently: "This is the seriously injured barracks, and all those who are sent here are missing arms and legs, if the abdominal cavity is penetrated by the enemy, there is still a tone to hang their lives, our wounded barracks is originally simple, and Lang Zhong who accompanied the army only stopped bleeding and bandaged the wounds, wound infection is inevitable, whether these injured people are dead or alive, can only depend on their luck!" ”

Lotte still pressed the anger in his heart: "Specifically, how did Lang Zhong here stop the bleeding for the soldiers?" ”

"The wound was cleaned, and the bleeding was stopped with ten ashes. Or use tree frog powder as the main ingredient of gold sore medicine to stop bleeding, and then use a cloth to bandage! The steward replied, and at the end of the day, the original sentence came to his lips again: "Humble duty is still the same sentence, whether these people are dead or alive depends on their luck!" ”

Hearing these words twice in a row, Lotte became furious and shouted: "The dirt and blood on the ground are flowing everywhere, how can the injured soldiers be well recuperated and recuperate, and how can the wounds not become inflamed and infected?" ”

"The conditions ahead are poor, and the wounded barracks are understaffed...... the steward of the wounded barracks defended himself, and while speaking, his expression was stagnant, and he raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Although my lord is a person in the army, he is not very clear about medical affairs, so why bother to say such layman's words!" ”

After all, in this era, medicine is very backward, and there is no such thing as pathology, infectious diseases, etc., and it is not clear what causes bacteria to breed infections, but they only classify this disease as wind, heat, dampness, and evil entering the body.

The anger in his heart finally couldn't bear it anymore, and Lotte said angrily: "Wu Song, pull this steward out and kill the staff!" ”

When General Xu heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, the official is usually angry, and it is just a matter of hitting twice to vent the anger in his heart, this order is to kill people, obviously the anger in the heart of this Chinese scholar is really not light.

When the five-way war failed, Emperor Shenzong wanted to execute a transport envoy who managed logistics, but he was dissuaded by his ministers, but Lotte said that he wanted to kill a wounded barracks manager, which can be said to be not small.

General Xu hurriedly stopped: "Lord Zhongshu is angry, although the military orders in the army are like mountains, but for no reason to kill people, spread to the court will inevitably attract many adults to impeach you!" ”

Hearing Lotte say this, the steward of the wounded barracks was also shocked at first, but after hearing Xu Jiang speak like this, he also became bolder: "Humble duty, all humble duties are in accordance with military affairs, where is there half a point of violation of lawlessness, Lord Rong is so ruthless to kill the humble position, and the humble duty is to fight the lawsuit to the marshal!" ”

"If you don't accept it, the official will say that you will accept it!" Lotte became more angry in his heart, and said: "According to this officer, you have three crimes, and the wounded soldiers in the army should be recuperating, but you live together, this is the first dereliction of duty; Second, the wounded barracks are full of filth and debris, which is incompetent for you to manage official affairs, which indirectly promotes the death of disabled soldiers, which is actually an accomplice of the Xia Kingdom; Third, as the saying goes: The heart of the doctor's parents, you have a little mercy for the wounded and sick soldiers, which just proves that you are cold in your heart, and you have no thoughts of home, country, king, or father. ”

Lotte's voice is not small, especially in the dead of night, the entire wounded barracks can be heard clearly, and the soldiers who are moaning because of the pain also listened carefully, and even sent a wave of anger to the steward of the wounded barracks under Lotte's words.

Hearing Lotte say this, the steward of the wounded barracks was shocked and shocked, and only came back to his senses after half a ring, and he didn't care about his dignity and pointed at Lotte and said, "You...... You...... Bloody mouth! ”

Lotte didn't seem to care at all about the disrespect of the steward of the wounded barracks to himself, but ordered his subordinates: "Call all the langzhong, stewards, soldiers, and miscellaneous servants in the wounded barracks!" ”

His men hurriedly did what Lotte told them and called everyone in the wounded barracks.

Xu Jiang was dumbfounded when he listened to it, and secretly said in his heart that a scholar is a scholar, and he wants to kill a wounded barracks manager, and the general truth is unconvincing, and even all the people who heard it also thought that this steward was a serious dereliction of duty, and it was not enough to be angry if he didn't kill him.

The deputy steward, Lang Zhong, the sergeants, and the miscellaneous servants in the wounded barracks were all passed over, and then Lotte glanced at these people and instructed Wu Song: "Wu Song, cut this steward, as for the imperial court, this official has his own responsibility!" ”

Hearing that Lotte was going to kill himself, the steward didn't care about any condescension, and pointed at Lotte and shouted and scolded: "What mistake did Lao Tzu make, you want to cut off Lao Tzu's head, is it just based on the charges that you casually gave Lao Tzu in the mouth of this childish child, Lao Tzu is not convinced, Lao Tzu is going to go to Liu Shuai to sue you, Lao Tzu has also fought in the northwest for more than 20 years, Lao Tzu went into battle to kill the enemy, when you were afraid that the baby was not born......

In the night, the voice of the steward of the wounded barracks was abrupt in the curfew of Shunzhou City.

"Chop!" Lotte's face was even more angry, and he commanded.

I don't know that the steward of the wounded barracks has never been on the battlefield, but his temper is inevitably irritable in the army, and he is used to seeing life and death in the wounded barracks, and he is not tied by ropes at the moment, how can he be willing to send him to death after listening to Letian's orders, the splitter snatched a spear from the hands of the wounded soldiers of the battalion next to him, and then shook a spear, pointed at Lotte and scolded: "Lao Tzu see which one dares to move Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will poke a transparent hole in him." ”

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps and armor colliding outside the wounded barracks, and then a group of soldiers entered the wounded barracks, and the squad leader of them swept his eyes over everyone, and finally landed on the steward of the wounded barracks who was holding a spear in his hand, and shouted: "Put down the weapon in your hand, otherwise you will be killed!" ”

"What happened?" At that moment, there was another sound of footsteps and the clash of armor, and then a group of men and horses walked in, and a majestic voice remembered that they were in the wounded barracks.

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