There is a well in Zhaozhou City, together with an underground spring, the water quality is excellent and the taste is sweet.

In addition to the prescription, the medical theory of the world is also particular about the water used for medicine, and the spring well in Zhaozhou City is unanimously considered by many doctors to be the most suitable water source, and it has also become a special well water for medicine.

When Qi Zhongbin took the jade shock and the pill jade box to the Diquan Well, he couldn't help but look at the box again and again, but he didn't dare to open it easily.

"This is the elixir!"

"Yes, this is the real elixir, just like I told you, this pill is called Yangyuan Dan, and the furnace ascends into five pills, this is the last one!"

The last one

Qi Zhongbin resisted the urge to open it now, and walked quickly towards the direction of the underground spring well.

Gray Senior had already told him about Senior Brother in Tiandou Mountain before, this elixir can't be seen casually, it will run.

Qi Zhongbin can't fly away yet, if this Dan runs away, it is estimated that he will have to trouble the master and the gray seniors to arrest him.

The wells are not only covered with heavy stone slabs, but are now also guarded by government officials.

Blinding is not a panacea, and too much movement is easy to notice.

Before Qi Zhongbin arrived at the well, he used the aura in his body, and between his thoughts, a faint smoke had already grown from his fingertips, and a small insect appeared from it, which was the spell that Yi Shuyuan helped him improve.

"Whew~~"

With a gentle blow, the sleepy insect flew silently into the darkness of several rooms by the well.

After the sleepy insect flew around, the official who was guarding the dark place suddenly felt sleepy, and he wanted to persevere, but after a yawn, the person was getting more and more tired, and soon fell asleep.

Qi Zhongbin then appeared quickly at the well, and then grabbed the cover stone on the well with both hands, and as soon as the capacity was moved, the stone was moved.

Gray Mian jumped to the wellhead, opened the lid of the small jade box first, and a pale yellow pill appeared in front of Qi Zhongbin.

"Na, I'll show you, it looks like this, because it's wrapped in a layer of clear air, so you can't smell the smell and can't see the light, this gas can not only melt when it meets water, but it can also be broken, but if you don't pay attention to it at that time, the elixir will run away!"

Qi Zhongbin looked at it for a while, and then nodded.

Seeing that he had seen enough, Ash Mian threw the pill directly into the well.

"Puff~"

With a slight sound, Qi Zhongbin hurriedly looked at the well, and saw that after the pill entered the water, there was a faint glow, but soon, the ruler also fell into the water, and the pill's brilliance faded again.

Fu Qi shook in the water, and there was a faint thunder light, and the water surface of the well rippled.

"Jade shocked doesn't seem to be very happy!"

After saying this, Gray Mian jumped back onto Qi Zhongbin's shoulder, who gently lowered the slate.

"An elixir can protect the lives of more than 200,000 people in Zhaozhou City, and it is worth it!"

Saying this, Qi Zhongbin jumped slightly, and the person was already like a light swallow jumping onto the nearby roof, and then his toes swung into the distance.

Hearing Qi Zhongbin say this, Gray Mian just smiled "hehe", whether it is the innocent Shi Sheng, or the honest and steady Qi Zhongbin, Mr.'s disciple has a very good temperament.

If you change to someone else, you must feel very sorry for this elixir, after all, not to mention the cultivation world, even if it is a cultivation immortal, this thing is a rare treasure.

"Alas, boy Qi, you said that if you put this elixir in front of Emperor Dayong and let him choose, how would he choose?"

Qi Zhongbin walked away through the wind, and at the same time he also thought about it seriously.

"If you change to another emperor, you must choose the elixir yourself, but when it comes to today, it's really hard to say."

——

Chengtian Mansion, in the imperial study of the imperial palace, at this moment, only the emperor of Dayong and Zhang Liangxi are here, and the emperor, who has always been calm in front of his courtiers, is also indescribably tired at this moment.

The heated discussion among the ministers of the early court had ended, and just now, the important ministers of the various ministries had just finished discussing and left the imperial study.

The matter of the Lingdong plague had been sent to Chengtian Mansion a few days ago, and in order to reduce the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial court's collection of medicinal materials, this news was not hidden from the people.

As for the people who may hoard goods, those who can't hoard will naturally not hoard, and those who can hoard will be able to get information through all parties even if the government hides it.

Today, the center of the discussion between the monarch and the minister is naturally Lingdong.

A series of the latest news over there has just reached Chengtian Mansion, which was doubtful before, but today it is solid, and the plague in Zhaozhou has broken out in full force.

Some things can be discussed by the ministers, and some things can only be said to the confidants.

"The plague of Zhaozhou. Mr. Yi actually went to Zhaozhou City as well. Alas."

The Emperor rubbed his forehead as he spoke.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Mr. Yi Jiren has his own natural appearance, and besides, if he wants to go, the spies will not dare to stop him."

Of course, the emperor knew this, and having Yi Shuyuan in Zhaozhou would definitely be more beneficial to controlling the plague, but it was also very dangerous to be in the center of the plague.

"Liangxi, can you really do everything if you have a talent that has passed through the heavens and latitudes?"

The emperor's words were not only about Yi Shuyuan's medical skills, but also about the "Disaster Relief Sima Book", and the original manuscript was already on the imperial case at this moment.

The words amazed the emperor, and the content on it was somewhat terrifying, if this article is correct, in the next few years, Lingdong is likely to have a great drought.

Here, even Zhang Liangxi didn't dare to answer casually, but the emperor didn't want him to answer, so he continued to talk about it.

"Mr. Yi wrote an article to discuss with others, and only after he confirmed it would know Li Qian, it seems that this young man named Chu Hang is not simple!"

Someone like Yi Shuyuan actually contacted Sima for disaster relief in this matter, instead of directly talking to Li Qian, which shows that this person's talent in this regard is recognized.

And Li Qian's appointment of Chu Hang as the Sima of Lingdong Disaster Relief is also a recognition of him, and it has also been mentioned several times in previous songs.

"In the previous issues of Jinshi, there was no such name, and the imperial examination was not enough, and there were still many talents buried! And what about Zhaozhou City."

"Your Majesty, there is a secret report!"

The voice of the eunuch came from outside the imperial study, Zhang Liangxi immediately walked outside quickly, and when he came back, there was already an extra scroll in his hand, and after he carefully untied it, he handed the silk script inside to the emperor.

As soon as he saw this text, the anxiety on the emperor's face was also relieved a lot.

This secret report was not discovered by the spies themselves, but was sent by Tan Yuansheng, and at that time he had already raised a large amount of medicinal materials and food and set off.

——

In Lingdong, on the Datong River, big ships are sailing, all of which are river merchant ships, and there is a big "Tan" character written on the sails.

At this moment, the fleet has reached the boundary of Yunzhou.

Tan Yuanshang stood at the bow of the first big ship, surrounded by an elderly steward and an old shipwright.

"Master, the water level is wrong!"

"yes, how did the waters of the Chase River in front of you become so narrow?"

Tan Yuanshang looked into the distance, and suddenly felt a thrill.

"Stop the ship, start with the last ship, and stop the ship one after another—"

The old boatmen also reacted.

"Raise the stop flag—"

Soon, the entire fleet of more than a dozen large ships, starting with the last one, lowered the sails first, and then the speed of the fleet slowly slowed down.

But it seems that it is still a step too late, and in order to avoid being hit by the rear boat, the speed of the first ship needs to be maintained for a while.

When the speed of the first ship began to slow down, suddenly the whole ship paused.

Tan Yuanshang suddenly leaned forward on the guardrail at the bow of the ship, and the ship's mast shook slightly.

Experienced boatmen know what this means.

"Oh no, it's stranded!"

"Get off the boat and see—"

Tan Yuanshang was very anxious at the moment, looked back at the rear fleet, and then slammed it on the guardrail with a "bang".

"Oops!"

Once the ship runs aground, it is not only a problem that the ship cannot get out, but also blocks the shipping lane.

"Master, even if you don't block the channel, I'm afraid you can't take a big boat in the river in front of you, so you can only change to a small boat to divide it, or carry it by car and horse."

Tan Yuanshang sighed.

"This place is not far from Dengzhou City, but there is still a considerable way to go from Zhaozhou, quickly ask Dengzhou and Yunzhou Yamen for help, I hope they will send more carriages and horses, or get some small boats to come over!"

"Yes!"

When the servants went to order someone to summon the news, there were already boatmen on the ship, some were watching from the shore, and some were swimming directly to the bow of the ship and diving to check the bottom of the boat.

Tan Yuanshang looked at the river in the distance, and his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

Lingdong has just experienced a major disaster, and the ships that were originally in Lingdong were almost all spared in the flood because they were already in the water, so it is difficult to count on the ships unless they are built now.

In fact, the situation is similar, and they also bear important transportation tasks, and there is certainly not much extra to use for a while, not to mention the need to make a long detour, and I don't know how many trips back and forth.

In fact, the imperial court also had grain ships running this river, but that was a month ago, and now most of the grain needed in Lingdong enters by land through other state borders.

In the afternoon of the same day, the master of the Tan family hurried with light skills and took the lead in arriving at Dengzhou City.

Li Qian, who got the news, immediately found Chu Hang, because Chu Hang had been inspecting the water veins everywhere during this time.

Subsequently, a number of officials discussed countermeasures at the Chincha Mansion.

——

Early the next morning, Tan Yuansheng, who couldn't sleep all night, came to the bow of the boat early, he has always been quite sure about everything, even if it is a big gamble, at least he has the initiative.

This time, it was just that a ship ran aground, but it made Tan Yuanshang experience the long-lost sorrow, not only because of the package ticket to the emperor, but also because the things on these ships were really important.

"Master, there's someone over there."

Tan Yuansheng, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, heard the prestige, and then gradually stood up from the bow of the boat, and even took off the cloak on his body.

In the distance, some bustling voices gradually came from the road along the river, and many figures appeared there, many of them carrying ropes, some carrying tools, officials and people, young and old.

The person at the head was Chu Hang, and when he saw the ship in front of him, he didn't care about wiping his sweat and shouted loudly.

"I see the boat—everyone, work hard—"

Because of understanding the hydrological environment and understanding the water conditions everywhere, Chu Hang understands that although the water level of the Datong River is not good, it is not shallow everywhere, a shallow section here, a deep section there, and the best transportation method is still river transportation.

How to get through the shallow waters? Naturally, it is the use of human fiber!

There were more and more people coming, but Tan Yuanshang didn't see many cars and horses, let alone many boats, but he still immediately got off the boat and went to the shore to meet the so-called Lingdong disaster relief Sima.

A quarter of an hour later, the rest of the people were still resting, and Tan Yuansheng, who was learning about the plan on the side, showed surprise.

"What? Employing human fiber? Do you know how much my ship weighs? And there's more than just one boat! Dragged from here to Zhaozhou, are you crazy? ”

Tan Yuanshang felt a little ridiculous, his boat was not small.

Chu Hang nodded.

"Of course I do, I also know that a ship full of cargo has a draft of four feet six, and shallow water can also borrow the buoyancy of water!

And we are not dragged to Zhaozhou, the whole river basin is not everywhere shallow water.

Drag forward a hundred zhang, can out of this shallow stream, and then there are more than ten miles of deep water, then drag twenty zhang, and three miles of deep water, and then drag fifty zhang, the boat can only travel more than sixty miles"

Chu Hang pointed to the men who were resting and replenishing their strength with their own dry food, and then pointed to the distant river, where there were still people coming at the moment.

He said slowly in a low, but unequivocal voice.

"Tan Gong, you have to believe that this catastrophe, people, determination, victory, heaven!"

Tan Yuanshang looked at the men sitting on the river, discussing how hard to work for a while, and excitedly said that with the arrival of so many medicinal materials, how many lives can be saved, but no one said anything discouraged!

The thoughts in Tan Yuansheng's heart were also a little shaken.

Chu Hang originally planned to bring a few hundred people, but as soon as the news spread, more than 1,000 Dengzhou men who had fought floods and controlled the water together came overnight.

In the following period, Tan Yuanshang saw an unforgettable scene.

A rope connects the Dengzhou men and the big boat behind, the rope is not long enough to connect, the rope is tied to the rope, people are connected to people, and some people do not have a ring to go on their shoulders, so they grab the rope like a tug-of-war.

Having experience working together, they shouted in unison, about to drag the big ship.

"One, two, three, take the rope away!"

Someone shouted the trumpet, and everyone repeated it together.

"One, two, three, take the rope, hey-"

"One, two, three, save your hometown!"

"One, two, three, save your hometown, hey-"

The rope made a sound of being tightened, and every "slender man" was red-faced, and even Chu Hang was working together in the team, and everyone worked together to pull the rope.

One step, two steps, three steps.

The dirt under everyone's feet was trampled up, and the huge ship actually began to move slowly.

On the Datong River, as long as there is a shallow and impassable place, more than a thousand Dengzhou men will become slender men.

But it's not just the people themselves who help along the way, some of the land will quietly appear, they can't do big things, but they can make the slender men more stable and the soil more solid!

Some water spirits also feel it, and they can't do anything big, but they can make some changes in the water level and flow in some places, so that people won't be able to drag the boat completely.

Although the shipwrights on the ship had to sail and control the ship, they were also deeply shocked!

More than a dozen big ships entered the shallow water again and again, and were able to enter the deep water again and again, simply relying on flesh and blood to resist it!

(End of chapter)