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Traditionally, few armies would wage war in the summer, whether Mongol, Jurchen, or Ming. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

To give a very simple example, in winter, boiling a pot of broth, maybe put it on hold for four or five days, it will not be bad, it will not spoil, and it can be drunk as soon as it is hot. But in the summer, the broth that may be boiled in the morning and put it in the afternoon is already stinky.

In war, there will always be death.

In winter, because of the cold weather, the corpse may be left in place for a few days, and it will not be too much of a problem, but in summer, it may take a few hours for the body to decompose, and if it is not disposed of in time, it can easily cause a terrible plague.

According to past habits, old slaves like to start wars at the beginning of the first month after the New Year, while Mao Wenlong generally likes to start wars after the autumn.

As for the Mongols at this time, they were basically no different from horse thieves. From early autumn to summer, it is their dispatch time.

It's just that it's hard for them to scale.

If it was in the past, whether it was Mao Wenlong or Li Yuanqing, they would not choose to start a war at this time, but people are not as good as heaven, at this time, the situation is extremely favorable to the Ming army, how can Mao Wenlong and Li Yuanqing let go of such a good opportunity?

A compromise was reached with Chen Zhong, and before dinner, Li Yuanqing convened an enlarged meeting of officers in the Haizhou official hall, attended by all officers at and above the general level of the two armies.

In the face of the backbone of the two armies, which were oppressed by hundreds of people, Li Yuanqing emphasized the importance of hygiene and habits, especially the defecation of officers and soldiers, Li Yuanqing personally made extremely strict requirements, and everyone, no matter who it was, must go to the toilet at a fixed point.

Otherwise, whoever dares to disobey the order will be punished with 50 military sticks at the least, and directly beheaded at the worst.

In this regard, the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion have already adapted to it, and they already have complete procedures, but on the side of Chen Zhong's department, many generals are still a little unimpressed.

Chen Zhong couldn't help but be furious, and immediately slapped a few officers who dared to speak frivolously, and everyone realized the seriousness of the matter, and no one dared to refute it frivolously.

Moreover, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of Houjin had not yet arrived, Li Yuanqing formulated a plan for cleaning up the whole city, starting from this evening and ending tomorrow sunset, cleaning up all sanitary corners in the city and disinfecting them with quicklime.

In particular, several 'concentration camps' for the elderly and weak women in the city, as well as the residences of Han slaves, were even more important.

As for the river, Li Yuanqing handed it over to Xu Heizi and asked him to keep an eye on it himself.

In this era, there is no bleach~ powder, and there is no disinfectant, and Li Yuanqing can only use the most primitive method for filtering and disinfecting river water------ that is, using charcoal.

In nature, the adsorption performance of charcoal is notoriously strong, and the price is low, which is really a rare treasure.

In terms of river water, Li Yuanqing ordered Xu Heizi to start from the upstream of the east gate, and every ten steps, set up a charcoal cloth bag, tie it to the bank with ropes, and hang it into the river to absorb the impurities in the river water to the greatest extent.

As for the deep wells for drinking water, since the inhabitants of the city were isolated, there were only a few large military wells, which was a bit simpler.

Or use a charcoal cloth bag, sink directly to the bottom of the deep well, absorb impurities, all drinking water sources, must be boiled before drinking.

As for the large and small dead corners in the city, they are all disinfected with quicklime to kill mosquitoes and flies.

After the meeting, after a brief dinner, Chen Zhong personally went to watch the cleaning in the city, and Li Yuanqing guarded tomorrow's daytime shift, so he went back to the backyard of the official hall to rest in advance.

Chen Zhong was accompanied by only a concubine and a maid, so he only occupied a few rooms in the middle courtyard and gave up the backyard to Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing's side is a little more, in addition to Liu Qiao and Shu Murong, there are also two maids each, two cooks, and a female doctor.

This is not that Li Yuanqing deliberately wants to talk about pomp. When Liu Qiao and Shu Murong were in the army, they were also wearing military uniforms, and they would never give people a handle.

The main thing is to be prepared.

Houjin is not monolithic, and when there are private things happening in the future, Li Yuanqing will have more choices.

And Liu Qiao and Shu Murong are also the best physical fitness among Li Yuanqing's wives and concubines, even if they follow the rapid march of the large army, they will not have much problem.

When they came to the courtyard of the two girls in the back house, they had already prepared dinner.

After a brief meal with Chen Zhong just now, and just after the meeting, Li Yuanqing was already a little tired, but seeing the two happy girls, Li Yuanqing's spirit was also a little relaxed, and he was a lot brisker.

At this time, although it is only the beginning of May, the weather is already very hot, especially at this time, when it has just entered the city, about seven o'clock, the whole world is like a steamer, as if to suffocate all the creatures in it.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, it was too hot, Li Yuanqing simply took off his official robe, bare his arms, and only wore a pair of underwear.

Liu Qiao poured Li Yuanqing a glass of wine and said busily: "Master, you can't be like this, there are a lot of mosquitoes here." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "It's okay." Bite with them. ”

But after a moment, Li Yuanqing suddenly reacted and said with a smile: "By the way, Qiao'er, Mu Rong, do you have any good ways to eliminate mosquitoes and flies?" ”

Shu Murong hurriedly smiled: "Master, in our tribe, there has always been a tradition, in the summer, an herb will be collected to smoke mosquitoes. This herb is called mugwort, and mosquitoes are afraid of this kind of thing. As long as we light this herb, even on the edge of the swamp, mosquitoes will not bite us again. ”

Liu Qiao said disdainfully: "Artemisia? I'm afraid this is still passed on to you by our Ming Dynasty, right? This method, in Daming, three-year-old children know. ”

"You~~."

Shu Murong was a little unhappy and glared at Liu Qiao, but Liu Qiao was not afraid of her and stared at her eyes with a sneer.

From the beginning, the two daughters were opposites, and even now, both daughters have given birth to daughters for Li Yuanqing, but this situation has not changed much.

This is also the reason why Li Yuanqing wants to bring the two daughters with him, so that Li Yuanqing can break them all, but they can complement each other and enjoy the blessings of all people.

"Alright, alright. It's just a trivial matter, what's the noise? Let's talk about things. Qiao'er, do you have any other way? ”

Li Yuanqing glanced at the two girls with a smile, one hand wrapped around Liu Qiao's slender waist, and the other hand was placed on Shu Murong's plump thighs on one side.

Li Yuanqing spoke, how dare the two women quarrel again?

Shu Murong took advantage of the momentum and leaned closer to Li Yuanqing, so that Li Yuanqing's big hands could have more leeway.

Liu Qiao obviously didn't see Shu Murong's small movements, listening to Li Yuanqing's question, she had already fallen into thought, and after a moment, she suddenly smiled and said: "Master, I remember that when I was a child, I was bitten by mosquitoes, and my mother would always take a clove of garlic and apply it to the wound, the wound may have a little pain at first, but it will not itch and it will not hurt soon." Wait, sir, I'll get you some garlic. ”

Seeing Liu Qiao hurrying away, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be clever and couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, how did you forget about this matter?" ”

As he spoke, he kissed Shu Murong's pretty face hard.

Shu Murong's big eyes were already a little moist at this time, and seeing that Liu Qiao hadn't come over yet, her small hand gently entangled Li Yuanqing's big hand, and laughed in a low voice: "Master, the servant is here to serve you." ”

Saying that, she hurriedly came to Li Yuanqing's side obediently, and her little hands gently helped Li Yuanqing rub her shoulders and beat her back, and her plump breasts leaned on Li Yuanqing's body from time to time.

How could Li Yuanqing not understand her careful thoughts? His backhand went down the gap in the clothes around her waist and reached inside.

After a while, Liu Qiao returned with a smile, still holding two heads of garlic in his hands, "Master, there are still some in the kitchen, and these two are the best." ”

"It's a coincidence, it's hard."

Li Yuanqing hurriedly took out the big hand that was raging in Shu Murong's waist, smiled and took the two heads of garlic in his hand, and examined them carefully.

Although Liu Qiao said that the quality of garlic is already very good, it is still much worse than that of later generations, about three or four centimeters, and the petals are also very small.

Li Yuanqing broke one end, took a bite of a petal, the taste was very spicy, it was the most familiar taste, it made people feel refreshed, and the effect must not be discounted.

"By the way, by coincidence, how many of these things are left in the kitchen?"

Liu Qiao hurriedly said: "Master, there are quite a few." Garlic is something that almost every household in the Ming Dynasty will plant, and the seasoning is very good. ”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be overjoyed, and laughed: "Great, you guys hurry up and eat, go and wait for me." I'll be right back. ”

Saying that, Li Yuanqing casually put on his clothes, quickly came to the gate of the courtyard, and took Niu Gensheng to investigate the inventory of garlic in the army at this time.

Originally, Li Yuanqing always thought that garlic was a product of South America or North America, and in this era, it may not have entered the Ming Dynasty.

But when he came to the treasury not far from the official hall and listened to the careful explanation of several quartermasters on guard, Li Yuanqing came back to his senses.

In fact, garlic is a product of the Western Regions, specifically, West Asia and Egypt.

As early as the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions and brought garlic to China, which has been widely spread in China for thousands of years.

It's just that, subject to the limitations of the level of scientific and technological development, garlic is mostly used for seasoning, and its core value has not yet been developed.

At this time, there are still thousands of catties of garlic in the military treasury, all of which are planted by the people of Haizhou in their own small yards to season, most of which have been dried and are in very good condition.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is simply sleepy and someone sent a pillow.

With these treasures, even if there are mosquito bites, he is not afraid at all.

In the future, this will also be a good treasure that will be planted in large quantities on Changsheng Island.

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The mood was extremely happy, the haze was swept away, and that night, Li Yuanqing was also full of power and enjoyed the blessings of all people.

The next evening, after a day of busy work, the garbage that was swept out of Haizhou City was not piled up, but it was definitely about the same.

Constrained by the limitations of the times, even Haizhou, a city with extremely elaborate planning, is still too far behind the cities of later generations in this regard.

Li Yuanqing directly ordered the soldiers and Han slaves to pull all the domestic garbage to both sides of the river outside the West Gate, burn it and throw it into the river.

Outside the west gate is the downstream of the river, and the current is very fast, and the charred garbage will soon be washed further downstream to the west.

In addition, the wind is from the north again, and burning it here will not have much impact on the city.

At this time, although the Houjin army two miles outside the west gate had already set up camp, but the main force had not yet arrived, they were afraid of the firepower of the Ming army, and only dared to watch from a distance, but they never dared to step forward.

They didn't understand what the Ming army was doing.

But as the charred garbage continued to pour into the river and the river began to turn black, they reacted and couldn't help but lean forward and shout 'wow', but the Ming army responded to them only with the crisp and continuous sound of birds.

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