At the end of October, Akagi was already shrouded in frost.

Standing in the middle of the city, looking up, the dark clouds piled up in the sky were clustered one after another, and the black pressure seemed to be pressing towards the top of people's heads, and there was really a sense of urgency that the black clouds were pressing down on the city and wanted to destroy it.

Yun Yao has followed Gu Qingming here for the third day.

During these three days, they lived in the large camp of the southwestern garrison, and were in the same place with the few remaining northern troops to facilitate communication.

Chicheng Taishou came over several times and wanted to invite Gu Qingming and Yun Yao to live in the Taishou Mansion, but Gu Qingming refused. After all, Gu Qingming has no official position now, and he came to the north purely to help.

He expected that the imperial court was now busy dealing with King Yi and had no time to pay attention to the war in the north, not to mention, the Beidi people had always been on a rampage, and the Beidi people would call and tell the imperial court, and it would be too late.

After standing on the street for a long time, Yun Yao walked towards the camp with the basket.

Since arriving in Chicheng, Gu Qingming has been busy disappearing, and together with the generals of the northern garrison and the generals of the southwest garrison, he has nested in the big tent to study the defense of the cloth army in Chicheng, as well as the offensive strategy of the Beidi people.

And Yun Yao also has her own affairs.

It is said that the battlefield sword has no eyes, since she came with Gu Qingming, she made up her mind not to be a little woman who would only hide behind him and ask for shelter, and her medical skills are her best reliance.

Raising her feet and walking into the pharmacy on the street, Yun Yao took out a list, took out a little silver, bought all the medicinal materials needed on the list, and then asked the shopkeeper of the pharmacy to send them to the barracks.

"Shopkeeper, your pharmacy is the largest pharmacy in Chicheng, right?" Yun Yao saw that the shopkeeper instructed the medicine boy to prepare the medicinal materials he needed, so he leaned on the counter and chatted with the shopkeeper.

"Well, the girl really has eyesight. The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Our colleague pharmacy is indeed the largest pharmacy in Chicheng, and it is also available in the entire Jade Country, not to mention far away, there is also a night shop in the city next door." ”

"So, if I need any medicinal herbs, the shopkeeper can quickly help me get them?" Yun Yao was curious.

Since it is a pharmacy that exists in the entire Jade Country, it means that the information and medicinal materials in it are all interconnected, and it is indeed more advantageous than the kind of pharmacy that does business alone.

"That's what the girl said. The head of our colleague pharmacy came out of the Divine Doctor Valley, and he has a lot of sources of medicinal materials in his hands. If the girl needs any medicinal herbs, just tell the little one, and the little one promises to get it for you within seven days. The shopkeeper seemed to be very proud when he mentioned his owner.

And this kind of pride is exactly what Yun Yao needs, because it represents the smooth transportation of Tongren Pharmacy. If it is in wartime, when the number of wounded soldiers increases and the military medicinal materials are scarce and tense, there is such a smooth transportation channel for medicinal materials, which can be described as a relief for the soldiers.

Thinking of this, Yun Yao took out a silver ticket with a denomination of five hundred taels from her sleeve, put it in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to talk to you about a business." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the five hundred taels of silver tickets, was dumbfounded, and held the silver tickets in his hands with trembling hands, excited.

Akagi is just a small remote place in the north of the Jade Kingdom, although it is a border fortress and has an important military location, but because of the topography and climate, the business and economy are not very developed. When have the people in the city ever seen such a large denomination of silver tickets? It is no wonder that the shopkeeper was so excited when he saw the silver tickets.

The so-called money can make the ghost grind, half an hour later, when Yun Yao came out of the Tongren pharmacy, she had a satisfied expression on her face, because she had already negotiated a deal with the shopkeeper.

Since there is going to be a war, it is necessary to prevent it from happening.

Imagine, the original 300,000 northern defenders in the north were transferred by the Empress Dowager Qin to leave, leaving only 100,000 to guard Chicheng, that is to say, the imperial court will not give Chicheng enough grain, grass and baggage in a short period of time.

However, now that the southwestern garrison is heading north, the demand for grain and grass in the army has increased greatly, and if there is a shortage of grain and grass, coupled with the cold climate, and the soldiers are hungry and cold, how can this battle be fought? Since the imperial court does not allocate grain and grass, let her help prepare it.

Just think of it as ...... Fulfill Gu Qingming's ambition to fight on the battlefield.

She also didn't want Gu Qingming to try his best to let the southwest garrison rush to help, but he suffered a defeat because of the problem of food and grass. What's more, fighting in this climate is quite unfavorable to the Daning soldiers, and the chance of injury is definitely greater than usual, so she not only needs a lot of grain and grass, but also a lot of medicinal materials.

And Tongren Pharmacy's transportation line throughout the entire Jade Country and even Daning has become the object of her wooing.

Move with affection, know with reason, coupled with the temptation of money, the shopkeeper's disagreement will not work. At least his family is in Chicheng, if Chicheng is occupied by Beidi, then he can't get any benefits.

As for the money to buy grain and grass, of course, I got it from Master Qi. At the beginning of a transaction, she helped Qi Shuning stabilize the fetus and solved the hidden dangers of the Hao Palace, and Master Qi offered the reward, and she accepted it unceremoniously.

When she first accepted the silver ticket, she didn't think that there would be today, she just thought that Master Qi was a businessman and paid attention to integrity, since they had words first, if she didn't accept it, it would be disrespectful to Master Qi.

But who would have thought that by chance, this silver would have a place in Akagi.

Yun Yao walked back to the barracks slowly, when she arrived, the shopkeeper Zhou of the Tongren Pharmacy had already sent someone to deliver the medicinal materials, and she had just walked all over the city, and by the way, she also bought medicinal materials from several other smaller pharmacies, and the people from the other pharmacies also sent the medicinal materials she needed.

"General Gu, what's going on? We were still discussing just now, grain, grass, baggage, and medicinal materials are scarce, how can there be so many medicinal materials sent over now?" General Jingbian An Huai looked at these medicinal materials and asked.

"Could it be Akagi Taishou?" asked General Lee, puzzled.

"No, it won't. The whole Akagi knows that Akagi is too mediocre and incompetent, and the reason why he has been able to stay in Akagi for so long and has not been promoted and changed is because of his poor political performance for so many years. If he had this thought, he would have gone to the capital and become a Beijing official. General An frowned, saying this, obviously not having a good opinion of this Akagi Taishou.

"These are the ones that Miss Yun asked us to send. The medicine boy under the shopkeeper Zhou said, "Miss Yun said, all the military masters march to fight, protect the safety of the border city, and maintain the peace of the family and country, and we ordinary people should do our best to support it." ”

"Yun girl?" An Huai was a little curious.

He hadn't seen Yun Yao, but when he came to look for Gu Qingming, he heard from the people in the southwest garrison mention that Gu Qingming came this time, and he brought a woman with him, which was not like a flower, but Gu Qingming seemed to be very precious, and he took it with him wherever he went, and even let her live in the army.

You must know that the rules in the army have always been strict, all of them are big men, and no women are allowed to appear, let alone live in the army.

Therefore, An Huai has always had a lot of complaints about this Yun Yao, but he didn't have time to tell Gu Qingming to let Yun Yao leave the army, so he had today's incident.

"I've seen General An. When Yun Yao heard An Huai mention herself, she stepped forward and saluted, her attitude calm.

In fact, in the past few days, there have been some rumors in the army about Gu Qingming bringing her in. After all, in the hearts of the officers and soldiers in the army, Gu Qingming has always been a high-ranking god of war, and he is an existence that cannot be blasphemed, how could he ever make such a low-level mistake?

But she mostly ignored these rumors. She spared her life, it was safer to live in the army, instead of trembling and hiding and letting those soldiers gossip, it was better to do something useful for the soldiers generously, and it could also block Youyou's mouth.

"Miss Yun, it just so happens that you are here, we have delivered all these medicinal materials, if there is no other command, we will leave. When several pharmacy guys saw Yun Yao, they spoke, and then they said goodbye.

After they left, Yun Yao said to Gu Qingming, "Qingming, ask a few people to help move these things to the military doctor." This time, I went out and bought a lot of medicinal materials for hemostatic powder, and I will also help later. ”

"Good. Gu Qingming nodded, waved his hand and ordered the few soldiers who followed behind to escort the medicinal materials to the military doctor.

An Huai looked at Yun Yao with a condensed expression, feeling that although the woman in front of her seemed to be delicate, she was not the kind of delicate person, she could even take into account the needs of the army, and she could say that the people should support and cooperate with the soldiers, which was enough to see that she was not that kind of ordinary woman.

"Miss Yun is righteous, sending so many medicinal materials is just a charcoal in the snow for the soldiers, and the general thanked Miss Yun for her great kindness for the soldiers. An Huai arched his hand and said to Yun Yao, "However, Miss Yun is always a woman, and it is inconvenient to live in the army, so it is still ......."

"The general is too worried, in the army, Yun Yao is not a woman, but a doctor. Yun Yao knew what An Huai was going to say, so she explained, "Yun Yao has a medical skill and doesn't use many places, and this time I followed Qing Ming here in the hope of doing my part." If he really fights one day, one more military doctor will have one more guarantee, and the safety of the soldiers will be more guaranteed. What does the general think?"

"General An, it's not that Gu doesn't know the rules of the army, it's really Yun Yao's medical skills, and it's likely that the soldiers can use it, so I brought her here. Gu Qingming said, "Gu promises that she will never cause chaos in the army." ”

After all, Yun Yao had just sent a large number of medicinal herbs, An Huai accepted her love, and Gu Qingming was the guarantor, although she still felt awkward in her heart, she didn't say anything more.

Since then, Yun Yao still lives in the army, but she has never asked for anything too much, eating the same things as the soldiers, living in the same tent, no matter how cold the weather is, or how difficult the conditions are, she will not complain.

The soldiers practiced daily, and the most common thing they saw was that Yun Yao walked out of his tent and went to the military doctor's side, staying all day, and arranging hemostatic powder with the military doctors, as well as the medicinal materials needed in the army, such as the detoxification pill.

As time passed, the soldiers got used to Yun Yao's existence, and Akagi was also under the arrangement of Gu Qingming and several generals, and the defense was not leaky, and it looked impregnable.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and when a layer of cotton clothes could no longer stop the chill in the air, Beidi's army had already crossed the border and quietly arrived.