Chapter 119: Crooked Thoughts
The vaccine that Li Yong said in the middle and lower was cured, and everyone began to have a low-grade fever as he said, but this also shows that the vaccine has successfully entered their bodies, which also makes everyone begin to believe what Li Yong said, but villains like Changsun Wuji and Hou Junji think more that such a vaccine is actually controlled in Li Yong's hands, so how can it be, this is quite a control of the lifeblood of the entire Datang, and their thoughts are also known by the various families who know the news, they don't see that this vaccine brings good news to the people of Datang, But to see a mountain of gold, an inexhaustible treasure trove, as long as they get the production of this smallpox vaccine, then they will completely control the entire Tang Dynasty, those family members can't sleep, they can't wait to tie Li Yong up immediately, and force him to tell the formula for making the vaccine, but now since Li Yong's last assassination, the guards around him every time he goes out are stricter, not to mention that he is still in the palace now, it is not easy to start, as for controlling the Li Mansion, threatening him with his woman or family, he has paid the price of dozens of people, didn't even have a chance to get close to the Li Mansion, and the people who went were alive and dead. Greedy, they were unwilling to gather in the eldest grandson Wuji's house, the eldest grandson Wuji was still suffering from a fever because of the vaccine, but his body was not in serious trouble, in the secret room in the eldest grandson's mansion, all the family clans, as well as some of today's nobles, even the mysterious people of the Eight Pillars Kingdom also came, and their arrival was naturally for Li Yong's smallpox vaccine, in addition, they also had such a thing as taking the opportunity to make a fortune, this is not the first time they have done this, the people of the three major forces all regard the people of the world as ants, A herd of livestock for them to accumulate for thousands of years.
"Eldest grandson Wuji, I am here on behalf of the Eight Pillars Kingdom, this time we not only want to take Li Yong's smallpox vaccine, but also take an opportunity to teach Li Shimin a lesson to him, this world is still our world, not the world of his Li family, we can support their Li family to go up, and naturally let him end up like Yang Guang, doesn't he want to eliminate our influence on his dynasty? He is really too naïve, and that one named Li Yong dares to try to help his father-in-law deal with us, which is really beyond his means. ”
"The Eight Pillars Kingdom is really domineering, you are right, after a few confrontations, we have suffered a lot of losses from that kid, this time we must not let them go easily, the vaccine will definitely not let go, and we will also collect some interest this time, under the suppression of Li Yong's kid, our goods have been hit, and life is not easy, but he doesn't know, when we really have it, even if he makes more money, it is just our fattened livestock, we can slaughter him whenever we want."
"You all said so, then our Xungui side will definitely support you, but how this vaccine will be divided at that time, and how we will operate this time, we still need to explain it in detail, so as to avoid hurting everyone's harmony when the time comes."
This group of people gathered around a map of the Tang Dynasty, as if they were dividing the territory of the Tang Dynasty as if they were dividing a piece of cake, and after some bargaining, they finally divided their respective territories, and then sat back in their seats with satisfaction, drinking the tea leaves of Li Yong's Mingxiang Pavilion, and the fragrant tea filled the secret room of the eldest grandson Wuji's house.
"Don't say it, the things that Li Yong made out are all good things, let's just say that this tea handle is really fragrant and fragrant."
"It's a pity, it's a pity that these things will be ours in the future, hahaha~"
"Anyway, this Li Yong is still somewhat useful, but it's a pity that he doesn't know how to lift, so he can only crush him to death."
"Lord Eldest Sun, it's up to you tomorrow."
"Don't worry, this is a decision made by everyone, and I will definitely implement it."
"Good, you know you're in the best position."
The eldest grandson Wuji listened to the leader like a servant, because he was the Yuwen family of the Eight Pillars Kingdom, and he also came on behalf of the Eight Pillars Kingdom, the Eight Pillars Kingdom already existed in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Eight Pillars Kingdom and their descendants created the Third Empire in an absolute monarchy society, they not only controlled each dynasty, but also wantonly pulled the world into war for the sake of interests, so their power has swelled to the point of affecting the change of the dynasty, not like those families who just change the emperor, as for the eldest grandson Wuji, these noble forces, That's the wage earners of these Eight Pillars. These people stayed in the Changsun Mansion for a long time and then disappeared into the night, and on the second day, Li Er and the others received an urgent report from the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Zheng.
"Sage, there is not enough food in Chang'an, and now the food from outside to this side can't be transported."
"Then how many days is there enough food in Chang'an now?"
Li Yong preemptively asked questions before Li Er could speak, because such a thing would happen sooner or later, because the huge Chang'an City, including the imperial palace, there are more than 600,000 people in the entire Chang'an, and Chang'an was originally maintained by transporting grain from outside, which is why when Chang'an is in trouble, it will be stuck in the neck with food by those family scholars, and in history, several emperors of the Tang Dynasty have gone to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to eat, just because Chang'an has no food at every turn, and the emperor suffered.
"Five days at most."
In this way, Li Er didn't speak at all, because he knew what Chang'an was like, and now there was a smallpox plague, and the entire Chang'an was closed, and Chang'an's grain reserves were very small in normal times, plus this matter, it was simply worse, many people had proposed that he move the capital before, but he had never listened, and now he can only rely on Li Yong, his son-in-law, I hope he can have some good way, Li Yong listened and was thinking, because he also knew the situation in Chang'an, although the lockdown and isolation was the best means of epidemic prevention, But for the current Tang Dynasty, or for the current Chang'an, it is indeed very difficult, he is not worried about food, because the reserve grain in Xishan can supply the entire Chang'an for three months without worry, which is thanks to Li Yong built a large number of warehouses, in addition to planting high-yield Champa rice, Xishan has a large number of cattle and sheep plundered from Turks and other places, and vigorously committed to the breeding industry, more meat, the demand for food will be reduced, which makes Li Yong reserve a large amount of grain, as he said, the food in his hand is not panicked. He is not worried about the problem of food, because Xishan has been cultivating smallpox vaccine in large quantities, although a large number of cattle will be lost, but with the support of the imperial court, and the cattle he continues to plunder back in the grassland, this loss is still acceptable to him, he believes that in a month, the epidemic in Chang'an can be solved, because smallpox is not like cholera These infectious diseases, as long as the pox is successful, it will not recur, he is now worried that someone will take the opportunity to make a fortune, and there are other purposes, which he can not afford to prevent.
"Okay, two adults, you better follow the steps, and I will solve the food problem."
After the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Zheng left the Ganlu Palace, Li Er looked at his son-in-law in disbelief.
"What the hell are you thinking?"
"Sage, I'm not afraid of food, I'm afraid that someone will take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, especially if it is vaccinated, I have to guard against it."
Li Er thought about it for a while and immediately knew what Li Yong meant, now Li Yong's vaccine is the key to the safety of the entire Tang Dynasty, if someone really hits the vaccine, the consequences are unimaginable, as for those people who make a fortune, it is not once or twice, Li Er is no longer surprised, now he can only trust Li Yong unconditionally, in fact, he was afraid that Li Yong would use the smallpox vaccine to blackmail the imperial court at the beginning, but after Li Yong explained to him the shortcomings of the smallpox vaccine, Li Er was completely relieved, Because the smallpox vaccine is not easy to preserve, let alone a large number of reserves, and once the person is successful in planting pox, then the vaccine is useless, why keep it, plus the formation of smallpox, the conditions are also very harsh, so why smallpox outbreaks are fast, and it goes fast, it doesn't happen often. Xishan's vaccine is still sent to Chang'an on time every day, of course, it is escorted by the Longwei battalion, for the safety of the vaccine, there are black army secretly protected along the way, with a large number of cattle infected with smallpox, the cowpox vaccine has also begun to increase, which also makes the pressure on the pox doctor increase dramatically, fortunately, Sun Simiao brought those imperial doctors to join, otherwise only rely on the twenty Xishan doctors, even if the pox is not able to resist day and night, Sun Simiao and those imperial doctors are originally the elite of the medical field, and they can easily master the skills after a teaching, While the doctors continued to work hard to inoculate the people of Chang'an, the team transporting vaccines outside the city was preparing to face danger, and after a few days of groping, the killers united by those families had already laid an ambush in their path.
"Everyone listen, the heads of the family have already ordered that the vaccine must be captured, and none of the officers and soldiers who escorted them will be wiped out."
What they don't know is that they are facing two of the most powerful armies in the world, this is the last time they will die for the people behind them, today's black army is led by Xi Junmai, he led the black army all the way to secretly follow and protect the Longwei battalion, just when he was halfway through, a ghost special operator hurried back to report to him.
"Captain Xi, five kilometers ahead, I found a team of unknown origin, it seems that they are trying to attack the vaccine."
"Okay, I finally can't hold it anymore, number."
"About a thousand."
"Yo he, there are a lot of them, this is a big deal, you go and inform the Longwei camp, let them slow down, and we will go and destroy those blind puppies first."
The ghost immediately rushed to the Longwei camp, as for his notice, it was naturally to inform the leader of the Longwei camp, the Longwei camp was divided into two teams, each team of five hundred people, one team was led by Li Tiezhu, the other team was led by Li Tiezhu's deputy, and the deputy was also Li Yong's guard, Li Tiezhu brought his better guards with him when he arrived at the Longwei camp, this deputy was one of them, after the ghost caught up with the Longwei camp, for these strangers, the Longwei camp was no longer surprised, because they had no malicious intentions, and they were very familiar with their instructors, So they all treat them as their own.
"Huh? What are you doing here? Could it be that there is a situation ahead? ”
"Yes, more than a thousand people came in front, it seems that they are coming for the vaccine, and Captain Xi asked me to inform you to slow down, he took his brothers to kill them first."
"Okay, I see, thank you for your hard work."
After saying that, the ghost rode quickly away from the Longwei camp, and Gao Yuan shouted to the team.
"The team rests in place, and the three teams and four teams are on alert."
The hot summer did make the soldiers in armor and fully armed very uncomfortable, but for them these elites, they were all pediatrics, Longwei Battalion took the vaccine to the shade to rest, and Xi Junmai had already quietly come to the ambush place of those killers with the black army, Xi Junmai took the newly issued telescope and began to observe, while looking at it disdainfully made a "tsk~" sound, because for the black army with firearms, these are given to people's heads, after observation, Xi Junmai began to arrange tactics.
"The first company detoured back to the left, the second company gave me a cover, and the rest and Lao Tzu fought them head-on to quickly resolve the battle."
The black soldiers who got the order began to skillfully do this tactical detour and outflanking, and after a while, they unknowingly surrounded more than a thousand killers, and those killers didn't know that death was coming soon, and they were still staring intently at the vaccine escort team that was coming over on the road, but they didn't wait for the purpose, but waited for a row of troops in black armor, they approached them with neat steps, the leader of those killers was confused by this group of black troops, he had never heard of such an army, Then he shouted in shock.
"Oh no, it's the Black Army, damn it, how did they end up here."
Hearing that it was the black army that was fighting Tuyuhun and the Turks who were terrified, all the killers panicked a little, and just when they didn't know what to do, the leader gritted his teeth and said.
"They found out, there are many of us, even if it is a black army, we are not afraid, brothers, kill with me, let's see how powerful this black army is."
After finishing speaking, he rushed out of the ambush grove and saw more than a thousand killers wearing Tang Army-style armor and weapons, Xi Junmai was also speechless, these people are really bold enough, even the army's armor and weapons are available, but he won't care too much about these at first, because these problems are not his concern, what he cares about is how to send these people to hell, he waved his hand to stop the advancing team, and then looked at the killers who rushed towards them.
"Loaded."
Xi Junmai observed with a telescope, and then directly ordered, the black soldiers skillfully took off the muskets on their backs, and then took out the ammunition from the ammunition bag to load their muskets, everyone did all this smoothly, and then there was no superfluous movement, holding the musket and standing upright waiting for the next order, Xi Junmai saw that the rushing killers immediately rushed to the effective range, and the outflanking company was also in place, he raised his hand and shouted loudly without hesitation.
"Raise your gun, prepare, shoot~"
The killer commander and those killers looked at the black soldiers in front of them holding a very black iron rod in their hands, and then saw the iron rod emitting white smoke, and then heard the sound of "bang~bang~", and finally the companions who rushed forward beside him fell inexplicably like ears of rice blown down by the wind, and then his body seemed to be pushed by a huge force, and he fell to the ground like those fallen companions, and then felt a sharp pain in his heart, he touched it with his hand, and red blood stained his hands, He looked down and saw that the hard armor had been stained red by his own blood, and there was a hole in the chest on the armor that was constantly bubbling with blood, as the blood flowed out like a spring, the leader became more and more difficult to breathe, and kept coughing up a lot of blood in his mouth, and his life came to an end, these killers were all outlaws sent by those families, usually they only had two ways to go out of the mission, one was to complete the mission and go back alive, and the other was to be killed or commit suicide if the mission was not completed, looking at these killers who are not afraid of death, Xi Junmai and his black army didn't care about these, as soon as they reached the throwing range of the grenade, one after another ignited grenades were thrown out by the thunder throwers, although the killers who rushed forward saw the sparkling iron bumps, and thought that they were secretly chess, but soon they found that this hidden weapon would explode, and a loud bang exploded around them, and the killers who were blown up were directly torn apart, or they were directly blown up by the air wave and vomited blood on the ground, and the huge explosion frightened the birds in the grove. Even the Longwei battalion in the back heard this sound, although it was not loud, but they also heard it, and they couldn't help but hold on to the direct weapons to guard against this, but Gao Yang was not worried at all, because he knew that it was the grenade of the black army, and he thought that those killers should be finished. Sure enough, under the crossfire of the black army, there were no more than a thousand killers who could stand, Xi Junmai commanded his men to dig a big pit, and then let him go to inform Gao Yuan to continue advancing, when the Longwei battalion of the plateau came with the vaccine, they saw that the soldiers in black armor were carrying a corpse and throwing it into a big pit, Gao Yuan glanced at it, and continued to move forward with his team, and this sneak attack ended inexplicably, but it was also those families who began to take action against Li Yong's vaccine.