One hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount.

But if you can really develop a prescription to stop the spread of the plague, even if it costs a million taels, it is worth the money!

Therefore, Qin Xingyan didn't say anything, nodded heavily, and said, "Xiaguan will do it!"

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, there is still one thing to discuss at this time."

Qin Xingyan stood in place, looking at Fang Xiu, waiting quietly.

At this time, Fang Xiu looked around and said, "In short, the plan for the southern expedition needs to be postponed."

"This ......"

When Qin Xingyan and the three of them heard this, they were all stunned, and then they looked at each other.

In the end, Du Chenan hesitated and said, "Fang Xiang, didn't the matter of the Southern Expedition have been determined just now, and something has happened, so do you want to postpone it?"

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Something has indeed happened."

"What's going on?" Du Chenan asked.

Fang Xiu said, "Didn't you all hear it just now, there was a plague in the Yan Kingdom."

When the three of them heard this, they were stunned again.

Yan is a plague, but what does it have to do with the plan of the southern expedition?

The three of them all had such questions in their hearts, and in the end, Du Chenan asked them.

"The lower officials are stupid, please ask Fang Xiang to solve the doubts of the lower officials, Fang Xiang postponed the southern expedition because he was worried that the plague might enter my great dry and endanger the people of my great dad, so that the southern expedition would have an accident?"

Fang Xiu said with a straight face: "This is just one of them, I still have some understanding of the plague like smallpox, if the plague spreading in the Yan Kingdom is really smallpox, it will be a catastrophe for everyone, not to mention that it is my people, even Your Majesty and you and I can't stay out of it."

Fang Cai Haitang said that among the sick people in Yan Kingdom, three out of ten died of serious illness, what does this mean? If the plague spreads in my great trunk, one or two people may die in this little furnace."

Speaking of this, he paused, looked around, and said, "I think that you don't want that person to be yourself, right?"

When the four of them heard this, their expressions all became serious.

In their eyes.

The plague is terrifying.

But after all, it is spreading in Yan Kingdom, and there is still a long distance from Chang'an, so it should not have an impact on Chang'an in a short period of time.

But listening to what Fang Xiang said, this plague seems to be indeed more terrible than imagined!

Once it spreads, the consequences are unimaginable!

This time.

Fang Xiu continued, "In addition, once the plague spreads, a large-scale reduction in grain production is inevitable, and when the logistics supply for the southern expedition to Wu will not be available, it is very likely that something will happen.

Therefore, before the medical school develops a vaccine, the plan for the southern expedition will have to be postponed, and the soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion will have to stay in Daqian to prevent the spread of the plague."

When Qin Xingyan and the three of them heard this, they showed thoughtful expressions on their faces, nodded heavily after a while, and said in unison, "Fang Xiang is far-sighted, and the officials admire it!"

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "I can't talk about foresight, but I have experienced similar things and know how terrible it is."

Speaking of this, there was a pause, and his tone became more solemn:

"Actually, I know that when you say this, you still don't think so.

But I want to tell you that strictly preventing the spread of the plague and developing a vaccine are the top priorities of my Daqian and Da Zhou now, and anything in front of these two things is not a big deal!"

It was the first time for everyone to see Fang Xiang attach so much importance to one thing, and they didn't dare to have the slightest contempt, and their expressions became solemn.

This time.

Fang Xiu changed his words and said, "Of course, what the Prime Minister just said is only one of the reasons for postponing the Southern Expedition, and there is another very important reason, that is, the Prime Minister must save his strength and prepare for the Northern Expedition!"

The voice fell.

Those present,

Including Shangguan Haitang was a little confused.

What's going on?

Just now, I was still analyzing why I couldn't go south to conquer Wu and suddenly want to go north to Yan State?

Could it be that the resistance to the Northern Expedition to Yan was not greater than that of the Southern Expedition to Wu?

"The plague is spreading in the country of Yan, and within a year, the whole country of Yan will be in chaos, not to mention the ordinary people, even those elite iron horsemen of the country of Yan will be self-defeating.

At this time, the Northern Expedition, my great cadres are the right time, place and people, and I can capture the Yan Kingdom without much effort, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given by God!

If you miss this time, it will never be so easy to attack the Yan Kingdom again!"

Fang Xiu's tone was very determined, and Xie Qian, who listened to it, was a little moved.

However, they weren't old and confused, and after listening to Fang Xiu's words, they quickly realized a huge problem.

Even the soldiers of the Fifth Military Battalion and the Shenji Battalion are also mortal fetuses, and if they enter the Yan Kingdom, they will also be infected with the plague.

Yan Guo's iron cavalry will indeed be self-defeating.

But the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion are also self-defeating!

It stands to reason that with Fang Xiang's foresight and resourcefulness, it is impossible not to even consider this.

Xie Qian hesitated for a few seconds, but still chose to be silent, quietly waiting for Fang Xiu's next words.

Really.

The crowd was silent for a moment.

Fang Xiu followed up and added, "Of course, before that, there must be a premise, that is, the medical school has developed a smallpox vaccine, and all the soldiers of the Fifth Military Battalion and the Shenji Battalion have been vaccinated!"

"Regardless of whether a vaccine can be developed in the end, the opportunity of the Northern Expedition to the Yan Kingdom cannot be easily wasted, so what the imperial court should do now is to conserve its strength and prepare for the attack.

Wu can go south at any time, but the Northern Expedition missed this opportunity, and the next time it will have to wait at least two or three years later!"

When the people heard this, their faces were full of thought.

Let's be honest.

They have always been skeptical of the vaccine that Fang Xiu said.

How could there be such a panacea to stop the spread of the plague?

As long as you use it, you won't get the plague again.

However, many things that have happened in the past few years have forced them to believe that what Fang Xiang said is true, and there really is such a miracle medicine in the world, called a vaccine.

After all, for so many years, there is nothing that Fang Xiang said that cannot be realized, and nothing that he has done cannot be done.

Even the carriage that Fang Xiang once mentioned, which can run on its own without horses, now has some eyebrows.

I heard that Uncle Guo has made a small gadget, which is a bit like the wooden ox and flowing horse mentioned in the book.

Uncle Guo named it a steam locomotive.

However, at present, the steam locomotive can only be used as a child's toy, and it has no practical meaning at all.

If it's a little bigger, you won't be able to run.

Even so, in a sense, it is entirely possible to run a carriage without horses on their own.

This point is very recognized by the court.

Even the Queen Mother, who has always looked down on her uncle, praised her uncle greatly after hearing about this, and even took out a sum of money to continue his research on this steam locomotive.

Thus.

After thinking about it for a few seconds.

Whether it was Du Chenan, Qin Xingyan, or Xie Qian, they all echoed:

"What Fang Xiang said is extremely true, if the medical school can develop a vaccine, my Daqian will be able to capture the Yan Kingdom without much effort, and after annexing the Yan Kingdom, the strength of my Daqian will definitely reach an unprecedented level, and when the time comes, taking a small Wu State will be like digging for something, effortless!"

"The market of Yan State is not as good as that of Wu State at any time, and the people are not as rich as Wu State, but the commercial tax they set is much higher than that of Wu State.

Several people touted it for a while.

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said: "Since this is the case, this matter is so decided, Wu Guo's commercial tax still has to send someone to negotiate, if it can be negotiated, it is naturally good, if it is not appropriate, it will tear Wu Guo's face, garrison troops at the border, and scare and scare them if they don't fight, let them know that my big cadre is not something they can provoke at will!"

"Xia Guan understands!"

Qin Xingyan, the secretary of the household department, and Qian Haonan, the secretary of the military department, responded one after another.

Fang Xiu looked around and said, "That's all here today, let's all go back."

"Retire!"

The four stood up and saluted, then turned to leave.

After they are gone.

Only Fang Xiu and Shangguan Haitang were left in the warm pavilion.

Fang Xiu sat on the Taishi chair, looked at Shangguan Haitang, and asked, "Can Li Yingyue send someone to watch?"

Shangguan Haitang arched his hand and said, "Tang Rou has been staring at it these days."

After returning to Chang'an.

Fang Xiu was guarded by shadow guards at all times.

Whether it was Yan Guo's fine work at the sticky rod or a potential assassin under Wei Dongzheng's command, there was no threat to Fang Xiu.

It makes no sense to let Tang Rou follow.

Therefore, Fang Xiu asked Tang Rou to follow Shangguan Haitang for the past two months.

After all, it is the number one sword in the world, and such a powerful combat power can play a big role by following Shangguan Haitang's side.

Fang Xiu thought for a moment and said, "What unusual behavior did she have?"

Shangguan Haitang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is the master talking about Madame or Tang Rou?"

「......」

Fang Xiu was silent for a second and said, "Li Yingyue."

Shangguan Haitang said: "Madame still went to Zhenbao Zhai to work as usual, and returned to Xiangguo's Mansion in the evening, without any unusual behavior."

Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, and she looked like she wanted to say something.

Fang Xiu glanced at her and said, "You can say whatever you want, it's okay."

When Shangguan Haitang heard this, he no longer hesitated, and said: "In the humble opinion, the overall situation of the Zhou Kingdom has been decided, even if the lady has all kinds of schemes, she is no longer able to return to the sky, this point, with the wisdom of the lady, can also see it thoroughly, so the humble duty feels that the master no longer needs to be like before, and always guard against the lady's chaos."

Fang Xiu knew in his heart that Shangguan Haitang was right.

After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "In that case, let Tang Rou come back, and you don't have to send anyone to keep an eye on her in the future."

"Yes, master!"

Shangguan Haitang responded respectfully.

This time.

Fang Xiu turned his head to look at her and asked, "Why did you suddenly remember to speak for her?"

Li Yingyue has nothing to do with Shangguan Haitang.

The above Guan Haitang's style of doing things on weekdays should not care about Li Yingyue's thoughts.

Shangguan Haitang replied: "The humble position is not to speak for the lady, it's just that the female shadow guards in the first village have not been enough, and to take care of the lady, you need a lot of shadow guards."

As the strength of the cadres continues to increase, the sphere of influence continues to expand.

There are more and more things to do in the first village.

Therefore, it was no longer enough to rely on those shadow guards that Fang Xiu had pulled out of the system.

These two years.

Shangguan Haitang has cultivated a group of shadow guards by himself, and some of them are women, and they generally can't do things that men can't do.

For example, infiltrating the mansions of some dignitaries and nobles in Yan Kingdom to obtain confidential information is difficult for ordinary shadow guards to do, which requires female shadow guards.

In addition, it is after signing an agreement with Zhou Guo.

Part of the elite of Dongchang and the elite of Jinyiwei were also absorbed into the first village.

But this part of the population does not have access to the core secrets.

Even so, the number of shadow guards is still insufficient, especially the female shadow guards who can perform tasks, which are even more scarce.

And to take care of Li Yinyue, four or five female film guards need to participate.

Therefore, Shangguan Haitang said so.

"It turned out that there was not enough manpower......

Fang Xiu obviously didn't expect Shangguan Haitang to answer like this, and was slightly stunned.

I thought to myself, using good steel on the blade, this is indeed what Shangguan Haitang wants to do.

As soon as he thought of this, he didn't ask any more, but said, "It's no accident, the imperial court will start the war again after a while, and the first village will have a heavier task and less manpower, so you can take more silver from the Xiangguo Mansion and train more shadow guards."

"Yes, master!"

Shangguan Haitang saluted.

"Nothing else, let's go back."

Fang Xiu waved his hand.

"Retire!"

Shangguan Haitang turned to leave.

Only Fang Xiu was left in the warm pavilion.

He sat there for a moment, then stood up, intending to go to medical school.

As soon as he walked out of the warm pavilion, he suddenly thought of something, turned around again, and walked towards the Heart Cultivation Palace.

A moment later.

In the Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Fang Xiu came to the little empress.

"Your Majesty is still reviewing the recital?"

Fang Xiu looked at Wu Mingkong, who was immersed in his work, and said.

Wu Mingkong heard Fang Xiu's voice, raised his eyes and glanced at him, then continued to work, and said, "Can't see it?"

Seeing this, Fang Xiu walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Who made Your Majesty angry again?"

Wu Mingkong said coldly, "I'm not angry, I'm fine."

The voice fell.

A cold system chime sounded.

[Mood +1000]

"If you don't get angry, the minister will be relieved."

Fang Xiu moved a chair, sat down beside the little empress, picked up the teacup placed on the dragon table, took a sip, and said, "When will Your Majesty also drink the popular milk tea among the people?"

"This is my milk tea, I haven't drunk it yet!"

Wu Mingkong shouted in his heart, but he pretended to be casual and didn't look at him at all.

Fang Xiu remembered that when he was surfing the Internet before, he saw someone complaining.

Every time a girlfriend gets angry, various attributes change.

Speed +100%

Body Hardness +100%

Hearing - 100%

Brute force +100%

After getting along with the little empress for two or three years, Fang Xiu gradually discovered that this was indeed the case.

"Your Majesty?"

Fang Xiu put down the milk tea and wanted to hug the little empress's shoulder.

The little empress didn't move at all, and she didn't let him hug him at all.

Sure enough, the body hardness is +100%.

Fang Xiu complained in his heart and asked, "Your Majesty is sulking alone, but because of the Council of Ministers, His Majesty was not allowed to participate?"

(End of chapter)