Chapter Twenty-Nine: Reconciliation
As mentioned last time, Liu Hou and Pan Jun got back into the carriage and set off for the restaurant, leaving behind the stunned old bustard and turtle at the door.
Soon, they came to the door of the restaurant where Liu Hou stood outside three times and twice to eavesdrop on the news. Looking up at the plaque that read "Fei Hongju" hanging high on it, Liu Hou felt that the name was very familiar, as if he had seen or heard it there.
Because they wanted to listen to the news, they didn't go into any private rooms, private rooms, or the like, and directly asked for two tables to sit down in the hall. The guards sat at a table, Liu Hou and Pan Jun sat at a table, and not long after, Fei Yi also came to the restaurant in civilian clothes and sat at Liu Hou's table.
Liu Hou asked Xiao Er to come over and order a few dishes casually, but after a while, the shopkeeper came to Liu Hou's side in person and said to Liu Hou in a almost inaudible voice: "Subordinate Liu Guicai saw the prince." ”
"You know me?" Liu Hou* turned his head to look at this middle-aged man with a down-to-earth face and asked.
"My subordinate is the head of the Jingzhou branch of the CIA, and I once met Shizi in the Ministry of Industry." Liu Guicai replied.
"So, this Fei Hongju ......"
"This Feihongju is the CIA's industry." Liu Guicai bowed his head and said.
"Oh, I see." Liu Hou understood now. A few years ago, when Liu Hou was still in the Ministry of Industry, he began to plan to save Guan Gong, and at that time, in order to find out the specific time when Guan Gong sent troops, he set up a grass platform team and set up a rudimentary intelligence department. (See Chapter 1 of Volume II)
At first, the function of this intelligence department was very simple, that is, to listen to the news of Jingzhou, determine the day when Guan Gong sent troops, and then send it back to Chengdu as soon as possible by means of flying pigeons and post stations, and inform Liu Hou.
In recent years, the Ministry of Industry has made a lot of money, Liu Hou attaches great importance to intelligence work, regardless of the cost, invested a lot of money, after several years of development, this intelligence department can basically ensure that every county under Liu Bei's rule has a branch, and began to infiltrate Wei and Wu.
Originally, this intelligence department did not have a name, but after it became bigger, Liu Hou gave it a very fashionable name "Central Intelligence Agency", referred to as "CIA".
The reason why this restaurant is called "Fei Hongju" is not to commemorate Huang Feihong, but because the Jingzhou branch is located here, and the carrier pigeons are also kept here, and the carrier pigeons are often released or recycled here. Guicai saw that there were often pigeons flying in and out, so he gave the name "Fei Hongju". Although "Hong" refers to the wild goose, it is not necessary to borrow it, and it cannot be called the flying pigeon so imposing.
Of course, there is more than one restaurant in the Jingzhou branch of the CIA, there is a big business here, called Huikelong, and the business is very large, almost monopolizing the import and export business in Jingzhou. A large amount of Chengdu's specialties, such as fire wine, soap, paper, and books, were sold to Wei and Wu through Huikelong, and then smuggled grain, copper, iron, salt and other strategic materials to Jingzhou, and then transferred back to Chengdu.
Of course, this Hui Kelong firm and Fei Hongju restaurant are also intelligence organizations, and in addition to doing business, they are also responsible for listening to all kinds of news from the people and even all kinds of news from enemy countries.
"Shizi, the news of General Guan's dispatch of troops was not delivered to Shizi in time, and his subordinates deserve death, please treat the sins of his subordinates." It turned out that this Liu Gui was here to ask for guilt.
The matter has been clarified, Liu Hou naturally won't blame him: "Master Fei has already made it clear to me about this matter, the fault is not yours, you don't need to blame yourself." As long as things are done in the future. You need to summarize what the problem is, find a solution to the problem, and avoid the same mistake in the future. ”
"Yes, yes, please rest assured, my subordinates will do their best in the future."
"Okay, if you have something to report to Master Fei in time in the future, you can also come to me directly, got it? Okay, you go down. This time, we are here to inquire about the people's feelings, and we must not reveal our identities. ”
"Yes, the subordinates understand, and the subordinates retire." Liu Guicai bowed and bowed, and was ready to retreat.
"Oh, by the way, you have someone steam all the utensils we use and bring them up." Liu Hou suddenly remembered something and added.
"Yes!" Liu Guicai agreed and went down.
"Shizi, Jun doesn't understand something, and I want to ask Shizi." Pan Jun asked.
"Say it." Liu Houdao.
"Why did the prince ask the shopkeeper to steam all the dishes?" Pan Jun has never lived with Liu Hou, so he is very curious about this, and Fei Yi, who has been in contact with Liu Hou for a long time, will not ask such "common sense" questions.
"Oh, it's very simple, disinfect and sterilize." Liu Houdao.
"Sanitization? Does anyone dare to poison the son? Pan Jun became nervous all of a sudden, Jingzhou City is his territory, if the prince has an accident on his own territory, it is estimated that his good days will come to an end.
"Hehe, it's like this, there are some very small insects in the water, in the air, and in our environment, we call them bacteria. These bacteria are so small that we can't see them with the naked eye, but they can cause us to get all kinds of diseases, such as diarrhea, such as typhoid fever, dysentery, and those plagues and so on. Liu Hou took the opportunity to give Pan Jun popular science education.
"Is that so?" Pan Jun was surprised, in fact, he still had a question: Since those little insects are so small that they can't be seen by the naked eye, how do you know? But when I looked up and saw Fei Yi looking like an old god was taking it for granted, I thought to myself, obviously a well-educated person like Lord Fei knows this truth, and it seems that this matter can't be faked.
Later, I thought about it again, Shizi's teacher is the left leader, and I heard that this left master has great magical powers, maybe he has practiced some kind of divine function such as Tianyantong, and it is not necessary to see these little insects. So, Pan Jun didn't ask this question, otherwise Liu Hou wouldn't know how to explain it to him.
"It's true, my master told me that all the contagions and plagues are because of these little bugs. Looking at a bowl of water, 84,000 insects' is also the same truth. So I asked the shopkeeper Liu to steam the dishes and kill these little insects, so that we wouldn't get sick because of unclean diets when we ate with these tableware. ”
"I see. The prince is really knowledgeable and talented. Pan Jun hurriedly sent the sycophants at the right time. I was secretly frightened by this Zuo Ci who I had never met, could it be that this Zuo Ci's skill had reached the level of a Buddha?
Buddhism had been introduced to Middle-earth in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was not very popular, and it was not popular until the two Jin and Northern Dynasties. Although Pan Jun knows Buddhism, he doesn't know much about it, let alone this Buddhist verse, but this does not affect his admiration for Zuo Ci.
"You have to remember this, in the future, your troops are not allowed to drink raw water, and they are not allowed to eat raw food, especially things like sashimi and shrimp, all of which cannot be eaten." Liu Hou said again. His own Hong army had long written things such as drinking boiled water and eating cooked food into military orders, and they had been implementing them for many years. He didn't want to go to war with so much diarrhea that he couldn't even carry a gun.
"Yes, my subordinates remember." Pan Jun hurriedly said, but he was still a little disappreciative in his heart, this has been drinking raw water since ancient times, and yusheng and drunken shrimp are also famous specialties in Jingzhou City and even Yunmengze. I haven't seen anything wrong with everyone, but I'm nosy in this life.
Liu Hou saw the disapproving look on his face, so he continued to teach:
"Do you know why Zhou Yu and Lu Meng, the two great governors, vomited blood and died?"
"No, wasn't he so angry that he vomited blood and died?" Lu Meng Na Na authentic. I thought to myself, Lu Meng still vomited blood by yourself, why did you still come to ask me.
"No, no. Being angry and vomiting blood is just a symptom, and the real cause of their death is these little bugs. They have long led the naval army on the banks of the Yangtze River and Yunmengze, and they are indispensable to eat this fish and shrimp. These fish and shrimp have parasite eggs on their bodies, and when the eggs are eaten into their stomachs, they hatch and grow slowly. The worms grow bigger and bigger, and the more they grow, the more they grow, and eventually they die. Liu Houdao.
"Really?" Pan Jun was shocked, he remembered that he had also eaten a lot of yusheng and drunken shrimp, if these things really have worms, then his own life will be ......
"I'm not kidding you, you'd better believe it, and immediately spread these sanitary measures throughout the army. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it. Liu Hou said to Pan Jun seriously. After speaking, he turned his head and said to Fei Yi:
"Mr. Lao Fei sent a few sanitary soldiers from the Hong army to General Pan's team to train them in hygiene knowledge, so that they could develop hygiene habits and prevent a large number of soldiers from being attrition in non-combat in the future."
"No, the prince of the world, please let go of your heart, Yi will arrange this matter later, and it will definitely be done properly." Fei Yi was not ambiguous at all, and immediately replied.
Now Liu Hou put his mind at ease, but Pan Jun was not at ease: "The son of the world...... Shizi, I ...... I ......"
"What am I, if I have something to say, let it go." Although Liu Hou is a prince, he does not have the consciousness of a prince, and sometimes he is very vulgar when he speaks.
"I've eaten a lot of sashimi and drunken shrimp before, so what can I do? I'm dying! Pan Jun said with a whimper.
Liu Hou frowned, this is a special medicine that does not specifically deal with parasites in the era, and it is really difficult to treat it with pumpkin seeds and betel nut alone. This is also the reason why he attaches great importance to food hygiene when he goes out.
"Doctor Zhang Zhongjing and Zhang will be in Jingzhou in two days, when the time comes, you can find him to show you, I believe he will have a way to cure your disease." Liu Houdao. In fact, Liu Hou knew that even if Zhang Zhongjing came in person, it would not be easy to completely cure the parasitic disease, he just comforted Pan Jun. Pan Jun was also relieved to hear that the divine doctor was coming.
"Okay, there are two main purposes for coming here today, one is to listen to the social situation and public opinion, and see if there are any changes in the people in Jingzhou City recently; The second is that this son heard that Pan Jun contradicted Mr. Fei some time ago, and today I plan to be a peacemaker and talk to the two of them. General Pan, when will you not pour tea for Mr. Fei to admit your mistake? ”
Pan Jun stood up very cooperatively when he heard this, poured a cup of tea for Fei Yi, and then said: "Lord Fei, it's me who is not good, I misunderstood your kindness, and please Lord Fei have a lot, don't blame me." ”
Fei Yi is not a stingy person, and the son of the world came forward to say yes, so naturally he would not worry about anything with Pan Jun anymore, so he took the opportunity to drink this cup of tea, and politely comforted Pan Jun a few words, even if this filth was revealed.
"Haha, yes, yes, a good one will be harmonious, come on, come on, two, I salute you, I hope you can work together in the future to manage this Jingzhou City well." Liu Hou picked up the teacup and toasted the two of them. The two didn't dare to make a mistake in front of the prince, although the prince replaced the wine with tea, they couldn't say anything, so they quickly picked up the teacup in front of them and took a sip with Liu Hou.
Then, naturally, Pan Jun began to ask Fei Yi for advice on how to salvage the wreck. Fei Yi said: "This matter is arranged for you to do it, just considering that you have enough manpower, in fact, the method is very simple..."
At this time, Liu Hou suddenly interjected, "Slow, Mr. Fei, don't say it yet, let me guess first." ”
Hearing this, Fei Yi and Pan Jun both stopped and looked at Liu Hou. Liu Houdao:
"Does Mr. Fei want General Pan to drive the captives to do this?"
(P.S. There are various theories about the cause of Zhou Yu's death, and last time a reader told me that he died of injuries.) The fact that it is very old and there is no exact historical record is already a mystery. But fiction is not a history book, there is no need for research and no historical responsibility, the author can be bold to create and innovate, as long as he can justify himself. Luo Guanzhong can say that he was angry with Zhuge Liang, why should I say that he died of parasitic disease?
The cause of Lu Meng's death was illness and death, and there should not be much doubt, but what kind of disease he had, there is no record in historical materials. Lu Meng was not very old when he died, and it is speculated that he was not likely to have any chronic non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer, and most of them died of infectious diseases.
At that time, the common infectious disease in the area where they were active was schistosomiasis, and the female corpse of Mawangdui was also a schistosomiasis patient. Therefore, I attribute the cause of death of these two talented and untimely governors of Eastern Wu to the death of parasitic diseases, and if you have different opinions, you can put them forward in the forum and we will discuss them. )