Chapter 208: Hoarding
Li Hao didn't bother to pay attention to him, led a group of soldiers to jump off the horse, and directly grabbed the dry food from the soldiers of the transportation team like a starving ghost reincarnated, and devoured it on the spot.
Huixian County was already short of food, they had been drinking gruel for several days, and today in order to hurry, they rode horses for most of the day, and everyone was hungry with their chests and backs.
Don't say that it is an ordinary soldier, even Li Hao, who is known as the great writer of Chang'an, now eats like a savage. I ate too hard and choked on it several times.
Li Hao desperately stuffed the dough cake into his mouth, and took out a prescription from his arms.
"According to the prescription, take me the medicine and put it on horseback, the more the better!"
King Zhen'an's name shocked the world, and he was a friend of Lu Guogong, so the transportation team naturally did not dare to disobey his order, and immediately ran to get the medicine. Soon, the horses brought by Li Hao were loaded with a large bag of medicinal herbs on their backs.
Li Hao stuffed the last bite of bread into his mouth, beat his chest and swallowed the water, and then wiped his mouth and shouted: "Let's go after eating, the people in the city are still waiting for us!" ”
After saying that, he rode his horse and whipped away, and took the team away.
From this group of people to leaving, it was just a cup of tea in the middle, coming and going in a hurry, and Qin Shubao didn't even have time to say hello to Li Hao.
"This ......" Cheng Yanjin was extremely embarrassed.
It's a shame that he still praised Li Hao in front of Qin Shubao as if there was nothing in the sky and no earth, this first meeting was really a failure. Just Li Hao's hungry ghost-like appearance felt very rude.
"Shubao, Li Hao is not like this on weekdays, he may be ...... today" Cheng Yanjin wanted to explain to his brother.
Qin Shubao is also the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, as a friend of both parties, Cheng Yanjin hopes that the two can work together in the future, if the relationship is affected because of the first meeting, it will not be good.
Unexpectedly, Qin Shubao did not look down on Li Hao because of his rudeness, but said with great admiration: "The dignified prince of Zhen'an actually came to get medicine for the sake of the people under the stars." Do things vigorously and resolutely, without dragging the mud and water, distinguish the priorities and see the situation clearly, this Zhen'an Wang is really a young hero! ”
"Bite the gold, we can't lose to the king of Zhen'an, brothers grit their teeth and hold on, the people of Huixian County are still waiting for our supplies for a long time, we will not camp tonight, and send the materials to Huixian County as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Guogong!"
The soldiers also seemed to be touched by Li Hao's spirit, and they echoed loudly one after another, speeding up the march.
With Li Hao's efforts, before the early morning of the next day, he finally brought the emergency medicinal materials back to the Huixian Medical Center. This batch of supplies was simply life-saving, Sun Simiao didn't even have time to say anything, and immediately asked the students to distribute the medicinal materials and boil the medicine to save people.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, the epidemic in the quarantine area was finally brought under control.
Seeing that the patients were in stable condition after drinking the medicine, Li Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was a little tired from running all night, so he sat directly in the hospital to rest.
"Is there enough food in the city? The fleet is only half a day away from us, and it will be there by tonight. ”
Sun Simiao gave Li Hao and the others who delivered medicine a bowl of broth.
"Miss Wan'er went out in person, what are you worried about? Yesterday afternoon, she took a lot of people into the mountains to look for wild vegetables and food, although it was not much, but it finally solved the urgent need. In particular, the black eggs hunted a few deer in the mountains and brought the meat to the hospital, and the patients drank the broth and their spirits improved a lot. ”
"That's good, that's good!" Li Hao's heart was settled, and he took a sip of broth. A sense of warmth permeates the whole body.
The soldiers who delivered the medicine were tired enough, and some of them fell asleep after drinking the soup.
Wealthy businessmen.
Li Ziyin took the medicine bag sent by his subordinates and smelled it: "They are all herbs for typhoid fever, this is what Li Hao wants from Chang'an?" ”
The subordinates nodded: "Since last night, I have been waiting on the official road, and this medicine bag was taken down from the team that delivered the medicine." You shouldn't be wrong. ”
Li Ziyin pondered for a moment: "Since the prescription is from Sun Simiao's hand, it shouldn't be wrong." It seems that these herbs are the cure for the plague. ”
"Now that the prescription is in hand, are we ......?"
"Well, you immediately send someone home and tell the family about the situation here. Let them prepare more herbs and food, and secretly send them to Huixian. ”
"But Miss, didn't Li Hao say it? With Li Hao guarding it, it may not be easy for us to imagine hoarding Juqi like before, for fear that he will intervene. ”
Li Ziyin sneered: "The floods in Hongzhou are rampant, and it is not a miracle that the official road was cut off by the flood. At that time, if Li Hao forcibly lowers the price, we will use the high cost of transportation as an excuse, and it will not be sold. Once people are extremely hungry, will they still support Li Hao? How much should it be sold at that time, should we have the final say? ”
"Lady Yingming, I'll go back!" The subordinates complimented, turned around and wanted to leave.
Unexpectedly, the door of the study was suddenly kicked open, and Cui Baitai broke in with a group of people.
"Nu Zhuge , I heard that you got Li Hao's prescription for treating the epidemic, so show me too!"
Li Ziyin's face turned pale, and she slapped the case angrily: "Cui Baitai, who are you following me?" ”
Cui Baitai's face did not change: "Female Zhuge , the so-called soldiers are not tired of cheating, you can make money on your own with my ally behind my back, can't I just plan and follow your people?" Your Li family's attendants have been controlled by me, so you still obediently give me the prescription. When I make money, I won't treat you badly! ”
"You vile and shameless villain! Without my help, you can beat Li Hao? ”
"Haha, so I just waited until the female Zhuge told the whole plan before I appeared. Cutting off the official road with water is really a good way, even Li Hao can't stop a group of hungry and crazy people, right? ”
Li Ziyin was full of anger, but now that the entire Zhuangzi of the wealthy is controlled by the Cui family, she has no choice but to throw the prescription to Cui Baitai.
"The prescription is for you, this time I Li Ziyin planted it, but I warn you, if you dare to be disrespectful to my people, don't blame me for dying with you!"
"Don't worry, Nu Zhuge , I, Cui Baitai, only want money, as long as you obediently stay in the house of the rich and don't play tricks, I won't do anything to you. When I defeat Li Hao, among the five surnames and seven hopes, my Cui family will be able to dominate! ”
Cui Baitai laughed and left the study with someone.
From this day on, the Li family led by Li Ziyin was placed under house arrest and never had any contact with things in the city.
The attendants of the Cui family took advantage of the night to quietly go out of the city that night and sent the bag of life-saving medicinal materials back to Chang'an. Secretly raised a large number of medicinal materials and grains and secretly sent them to Huixian.
Cui Baitai was careful in his work, and the people in the city were busy with disaster relief, this time even Li Hao did not find out about the Cui family's secret collection of materials.
That night, Qin Shubao led a team to send supplies to Hui County. The dilemma of grain and medicinal materials was suddenly lifted. The boulder that had been pressing on Li Hao for several days finally landed.
That night, Li Hao held a banquet to wash the dust for Qin Shubao and Cheng Yanjin.
Although it was a feast, there were only some ordinary drinks and dishes on the table. The capacity of the disaster area is limited, and Li Hao can only come up with these things.
But Qin Shubao is an upright and righteous person, but because of Li Hao's simplicity, he admires him even more.
The two hit it off at first sight, and they got drunk that night.