"I'm sorry, but what language is this?" asked Dieda, confused.

"It's the one who just starved against the plague. ”

"So...... It should mean 'eat', but there is a strange tail change. I guess it might be dialect habits, or coquettishness or pleading, or something else. Without context, it's hard to judge. ”

Jiao Ming nodded, and asked another, which was also the pronunciation that the baby kept repeating.

"This is my mother's nickname. Dieda affirmed.

The two were not unexpected, but Jiao Ming's heart was like a knife, his eyes were red, and his body trembled slightly. A baby who is so weak that he is delirious asks his mother for food, and the obvious thing confirms that this is a real deal. I think so, but Jiao Ming always feels that in this matter, he has something unfinished, and then he has an indescribable guilt.

"You...... Are you okay? ”

"It's okay, of course it's okay...... The problem of hunger that the earth has not solved, how can I be?" Jiao Ming muttered at the lowest volume, then bit the tip of his tongue violently, suppressed everything else with a sharp pain, and raised the volume to continue: "Of course it's okay......! Let's talk about the progress of the Chinese character program of the crocodile collar script. ”

Of course, Dieda was not stupid, not only guessed Jiao Ming's mood, but even roughly guessed what Jiao Ming saw. After all, this is not the first outbreak of the hunger epidemic, and it can be understood from the association between these two words and the customs and habits there. At the same time, not only was his inner emotions infected, but he also had some new changes in Jiao Ming, but he didn't say anything uninteresting, but just reported his work as required.

On the whole, it is going well, but there are many minor problems, which are being practiced in the literacy night school and rectified as soon as possible. Jiao Ming's mind was not here at all, his left ear went in and out of his right ear, and when he slowed down, he interrupted Dieda and continued to teleport.

Qingshui City, the capital of the Red Mountain Kingdom, was more lively and busy than the previous year, and it seemed that since the beginning of winter, the treacherous political struggle has turned into the dark, and the fruits of industrialization have gradually become prominent. Jiao Ming stood in front of the newly built municipal yamen hall, looking at the small square with a lot of traffic, but there was no wave in his heart, until he was lightly called by Dieda, he asked a little eagerly how the situation was.

The attendant who greeted him replied respectfully, "Ms. Yisi is very busy right now, please go to the small conference room and wait for a while." ”

Jiao Ming nodded, and under the guidance of the attendants, he took a seat in the small conference room. I was wondering if this was a dismount, but I saw a middle-aged maid who was slightly familiar pushing a stroller into the door.

"It's ......"

"Your godson. The middle-aged maid replied with a smile.

Jiao Ming slapped his forehead, not only remembering the matter of promising Yisi, but also remembering that this middle-aged maid was also a familiar face in the lord's mansion the year before last. In addition, when the little guy was born, the three personalities were all there, and he didn't feel at ease when he wanted to come to Yisi. After that, he was busy with various jobs in the crocodile field, and he actually delayed until this time to see each other.

Jiao Ming approached the stroller with some curiosity and looked inside. The skin of the little baby is slightly darker, the body and cheeks are obviously baby fat, and the top of the head is slightly sparsely hairy. A pair of eyes were dark like two black gems, and they were looking out curiously, but they only regarded Jiao Ming as nothing.

"Can I give it a hug?" Jiao Ming lowered his voice to the softest so as not to disturb the little one. At the same time, I feel an instinctive joy that quickly occupies the brain cells, and the negative emotions of the future tense are quickly suppressed to the corner.

"Of course, but be careful. The middle-aged maid hesitated for a moment, but still smiled and agreed. It's not that he doesn't trust Jiao Ming, it's just that he instinctively doesn't trust all the men who are careless.

Picking up the swaddling clothes and looking at each other, Jiao Ming had a thousand feelings in his heart, but he couldn't express them in words, just smiled stupidly. And the little baby is not afraid of being born, and the birth hand grabs Jiao Ming's cheek, pinching it back and forth as if pinching something more familiar.

"How long have you been born?"

"Half a year. ”

Unlike the other two personalities who have their own thoughts, Jiao Ming is still very concerned about the cooperation with Yisi, so he is very dissatisfied in the end. But when he saw the child at this time, all the complaints disappeared, and although he realized that this was probably Yisi's little trick, he didn't care. asked: "I don't have time to watch Yisi give birth, it's going well." ”

"It went smoothly, about an hour. It's just that the bleeding is a bit big, but it's easily controlled. ”

"That...... You also know my situation, so I will ask directly. What are the customs of the Red Mountain Kingdom here, do you recognize godfathers, give some gifts or other rituals?"

"Not like that, as long as you really like the kid. ”

Jiao Ming nodded, and after a while of intimacy, he put the swaddling clothes back into the stroller. Probably a little different from the previous process, the little baby who did not eat milk cried instead, and the voice was loud and powerful, and the voice went straight to the heart. Jiao Ming suddenly panicked, raised his head and asked, "What should I do?"

"It's okay, just coax it. The middle-aged maid began to mumble inexplicable guttural sounds and pulled the baby's thumb out of her mouth.

Jiao Ming thought of the earth's baby pacifier, but after thinking about it, he gave up. The sanitation and disinfection methods here are about zero, so don't take them out to trick people.

When the baby sleeps, the small meeting room is quiet. Jiao Ming looked at the little guy, but it inevitably coincided with the scene not long ago, sighed, and turned his head to the middle-aged maid.

"Remember that you are more or less in charge of some things, so let's talk to you first. Jiao Ming saw that the middle-aged maid was slightly embarrassed, and added: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal." I just want to check some historical information this time, you are familiar with the network, just a little bit of guidance. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time to run around like a fly without a head. ”

"What information do you want to see?"

"A hundred years ago, did the Red Mountain Kingdom study the hunger plague with the Sage Society? ”

Just hearing the word 'hunger epidemic', the middle-aged maid trembled slightly, but after all, she was trained by a professional maid and instantly controlled herself. "Sorry, I don't know much about the history of this, can you give me some time to ask. ”

"Of course. ”

Then the middle-aged maid gave a few words to the attendant waiting outside the door, and about ten minutes later, an old man with gray hair and beard knocked on the door and entered. Listening to the introduction, this is a senior scholar hired by the municipal yamen, although he is an ordinary person, he is also quite respected. But it's a pity that this person's knowledge is mainly in the history and policy of the Red Mountain Kingdom, and the level of lingua franca is very scummy, and the communication also needs the assistance of Butterfly.

And in just three or five minutes, the old scholar gave Jiao Ming's expected answer: this is indeed the case. The final research materials consisted of three copies, one in the Clearwater Castle branch of the Scholars Society, another in the royal family of the kingdom, and one in the home of a certain grand duke. As for whether the two copies outside the scholarly society are rotten, it is not known.

"Can I borrow a copy of this for the Scholars Society?"

"The old rules. The old scholar nodded.

Where did Jiao Ming know what the 'old rules' were, pursed his lips and looked at the middle-aged maid.

"Pay the money and make a copy. The middle-aged maid replied.

"That's it. ”

At this moment, Ms. Yisi, who had not been seen for a long time, pushed the door in, as if she had never been a close friend for many years, and after listening to the outline of the previous situation, she pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "I thought you were coming to see your godson, but I didn't expect it to be for this." Could it be that the Blue Python Kingdom has asked you to make a move?"

As the upper-level figure of the Red Mountain Kingdom, the Blue Python Kingdom and the nearby areas had signs of hunger, of course Yisi knew.

"The Blue Python Kingdom doesn't look down on me, it's just kind. ”

"I guess so. How about having dinner together in the evening? Go to the drug rehabilitation center in your territory. Without your presence, the Huang Xia Zimang sisters and brothers would not have shown their real skills. Isben smiled, but as he spoke, he suddenly turned to surprise and said in disbelief: "You...... Have you been promoted to the Seventh Ring?"

"Hello eyesight. Jiao Ming admitted directly.

"Then celebrate anyway. Eth was genuinely happy. Jiao Ming, a powerful and moral ally, is, of course, the stronger the better.

I'm still in exile, that's all. Jiao Ming wanted to say this, but after glancing at the stroller, he decided to say something that didn't look like a child being angry. "It's still important to get down to business, if we can find a way to deal with the hunger epidemic earlier, we can save more lives. ”

The solution to the epidemic is actually very simple, just eat a full meal. This method is almost universally known, but it is clearly a method that only the aristocracy can use. And what Jiao Ming is referring to is naturally a method that is applicable to civilians.

Yi Si nodded, said a few words about kindness and kindness, and then assigned two clerks to follow Jiao Ming to the Scholar Society. In this way, it can be regarded as both verbal and practical support.

Naturally, Jiao Ming didn't need to do the work of copying and translating by himself, he just grabbed the old scholar and asked if there were any other studies on hunger in the United Kingdom. And the result is not optimistic, the Red Mountain Kingdom a hundred years ago this time is the largest, this can be recorded by many miscellaneous wild histories, and then by Emily accidentally seen. As for the second place, it was a research in the Green Flame Kingdom a few decades ago, but unfortunately it was disbanded due to lack of funds halfway.

In line with the principle of not having to do it twice, Jiao Ming asked about the yearbook of the hunger epidemic outbreak again. Sure enough, the Scholars Society has a record. At this point, Dieda and others added a small amount of work. Due to the lack of content in the hunger epidemic yearbook, he simply gave priority to completing it, and Jiao Ming, who was already bored, praised Dieda for his intelligence, and then read it.

But the dry year and place are not very attractive, and as for the death toll, there is no need to count on it, and who of these big men will go deep into the epidemic area to count the heads.

However, there are still some contents that attract Jiao Ming's attention. In the last few outbreaks of hunger, one was in the kingdom of the Xuqin people. At the beginning of the crossing, Rui Gu also mentioned that it was precisely because of this hunger epidemic that the Xu Qin people were in chaos, and the crocodile collar got some respite and was not pushed flat.

In addition, the crocodile collar only had one outbreak of hunger forty years ago, and there was no record of it before and after, and I don't know if it was too remote for anyone to care, or if it was really so lucky. In other regions, there is a major or minor outbreak almost every 20 to 40 years. It was so accurate that Jiao Ming had to think of the behavior of 'regular disinfection' in the farm.

After reading the yearbook, the copying and translation work on the other side was only half carried out, Jiao Ming was too lazy to wait, took the first draft of the translation and looked at it, although there were some unsmooth and errors, but even Meng Jie guessed that he could roughly understand the whole picture of the experiment a hundred years ago.

And Jiao Ming's first impression was bloody, these high-ring magicians really don't treat slaves as human beings. The second impression is inexplicable, and these proven treatments are a feast for the imagination. But from the point of view of modern medicine on earth, it is a pure waste of time, just as the results of the experiment are all invalid.

In the end, I noticed a name: Saburu Snow Sand, the head of the generation who dared to love the Saburu family actually got involved as a magical warrior and doctor who traveled through the water system, although there were not many scenes. In addition, judging from the part of speech, this snow sand is still a woman. However, referring to Chunyu's appearance and the age of the average water magic warrior who inherited the name of the family, Jiao Ming also dispelled his illusions.

After a cursory reading of the parts that can be seen, it is already close to midnight. Jiao Ming stretched his waist and beckoned everyone to rest. Dieda insisted on continuing, and asked Jiao Ming to sleep first, and after the translation was completed, it would not be too late to go back to the crocodile collar to sleep. Jiao Ming thought about it, and threatened to knock out, so he broke Dieda's overtime application and teleported back to Yisi's mansion together.

While serving Jiao Ming to wash and change clothes, Dieda asked softly, "What happened just now, are you taking pity on me?"

Objectively speaking, among all the women I know, the looks and figures of Dieda and Luohua are at the top level. However, due to personal aesthetic deviations, although the black pearl is good, Jiao Ming is more inclined to the rose. And when Dieda was a little thoughtful about Evan, Jiao Ming never had this idea.

At this time, hearing this question, combined with the tone and tone, Jiao Ming couldn't figure it out. But whether it is true or not, there is no interest in responding, and it is simply coping: "A regular life can work longer." I'm not a black-hearted boss who hires people out for a few years and then fires them. ”

"Thank you for your compassion. Butterfly changed the word.

The matter was revealed, and after the translation was completed the next day, Jiao Ming, who had already cleaned up his mood, was sent back to the crocodile collar, and responded to Binglian's interrogation with full and high-spirited work enthusiasm and passed the test safely. Then he applied to go to the Ifusen Theocracy for three purposes, one is magic technology, and the other is to try to open up trade routes and make a shop for transoceanic trade. The third is to see what information there is about the starvation epidemic over there.

These reasons are high-sounding enough, and of course Binglian supports it, but she also makes a suggestion to delay. That is, after waiting for the seven rings of the water system, it will be safer in all senses to go with the strength of the double seven rings.

Next, Jiao Ming's daily arrangement was slightly adjusted, mainly focusing on the cultivation and actual combat skills of the water system magic warriors. The other is to pounce on mushroom farms and vegetable greenhouses, which Jiao Ming believes is the ultimate answer to the food problem. After all, exposed food crops are likely to be spread with special plagues, resulting in a bad harvest. I don't have much spare time, but I pay attention to the epidemic news in the Blue Python Kingdom and the surrounding areas, which can be regarded as a kind of silent tempering.