Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 610 The Last Potion

Chanhua embankment.

Jia Tang looked at the embankment reinforced by more than ten wooden piles, and looked at that tiny crack, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest. He has been controlling the water for many years, and he knows that if there is any problem with the embankment, the overall strength will be greatly reduced.

Now that the cracks are appearing, if it wasn't for the timely flood discharge from the direction of Guangwu Mountain, if it wasn't for the soldiers of the Dianqian Division to transport the sandbags and stakes in time, if they weren't risking their lives to jump over the second river embankment to strengthen the embankment, the consequences would be disastrous.

But now that's all in the past, and the water level has dropped, which means they have successfully relieved the pressure on the Yellow River.

"Magistrate Jia..."

Wang Shenqi meteor strode to Jia Yu's side. The chief of the palace department looked like a farmer at the moment, with his trousers and sleeves rolled up, and his whole body was covered with mud. Only his pair of tiger eyes were shining brightly: "And What do we want to do?"

Jia Yu came back to his senses, clasped his fists together and said, "Du Yuhou!"

Wang Shenqi's official position is Yuhou, the capital of the Dianqian, and he can be ranked among the entire Dianqian.

As a local county magistrate, Jia Yu's official position was far inferior to that of Wang Shenqi.

But civil and military do not belong to the same system, and they don't usually talk to each other when they meet each other.When there is really something to contact, it is just a perfunctory greeting.

But now Jia Yu instinctively greeted him in the way a subordinate official meets a superior official.

The Dianqian Division led by Wang Shenqi came too timely, if they hadn't arrived in time, they would be on the front line.

They couldn't even defend the second embankment. Once the second embankment was lost, it meant that they had completely lost the opportunity to reinforce the first embankment.

The result is self-evident.

Jia Quan said: "The water level has receded, we are halfway there. Let the soldiers take a rest..."

Wang Shenqi patted his chest and said: "Isn't it half successful? Wait until you succeed before resting. There is no reason to sit and rest in the middle of a fight between these two armies. Don't worry, the county magistrate, the cubs under a certain command are all the same. Waiting for a good boy doesn't get tired so easily."

A touch of emotion flashed in Jia Tun's eyes, as well as a trace of self-blame. He felt guilty for his prejudice all the time, and said, "I remember that there is a bamboo forest three miles to the southwest. Please trouble Du Yuhou to cut some bamboo."

Bamboo slices are the most resilient, and they are interspersed with sandbags to withstand massive impacts.

Wang Shenqi didn't understand the reason, but as a soldier, he never cared about these things, just obeyed the arrangement.

When Wang Shenqi returned, more than a thousand soldiers returned carrying slender bamboos.

It was time for dinner, and the air was filled with tempting aromas.

These days are like wars. They don’t care about food and drink at all, and they don’t have so much manpower to cook carefully. They usually just take a few bites to fill their stomachs.

Now smelling the delicate smell of chicken, even Wang Shenqi, who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas, felt his index finger twitch.

As soon as they put down the bamboo, a group of old and weak women came up with various earthen pots and served steaming chicken soup to the returning soldiers.

Jia Tun personally served Wang Shenqi a bowl.

Wang Shenqi didn't think too much about it, took it impatiently, sniffed it first, his nostrils were full of ginger-flavored chicken soup, tried the temperature, and gulped it down like a cow chewing a peony.

Jia Xuan said: "It tastes good, right? The people of Huazhou made it specially for the soldiers. They are all hens that are more than five years old..."

Wang Shenqi was stunned, looked around, and saw the scene of enthusiastic people feeding with hot chicken soup.

In this situation, he has encountered no less than dozens of times in battles in his life.

But that was when they fought north and south, and the local gentry, in order to prevent them from looting the village, spontaneously prepared a banquet to welcome them.

Everyone waited on them with smiling faces, but the fear in the other party's eyes could be discerned.

Wang Shenqi was young at that time, and he still felt that he was very majestic and proud of him.

But with the change of the court atmosphere and the growth of age, Wang Shenqi couldn't help laughing at himself when he was young and crazy.

But now seeing the common people scrambling to get their soldiers to eat more and eat better, there is a stark contrast between the two.

Wang Shenqi's throat moved, and he choked out a sentence: "It's delicious!"

Jia Yu also looked at the surrounding scene, and said with emotion: "I eat a pot of pulp to welcome Master Wang! I never expected to see this scene in this life. Great, I am a soldier of Dayu."

Such scenes appear frequently throughout the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

The Forbidden Army bravely marched northward, breaking the five generations of warriors and causing a bad influence on the people of the world.

Especially the inherent image of soldiers and bandits.

Soldiers are no longer despised and ignorant existences, they have a glorious title "soldier".

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Bianjing, Jixiang Street.

It is rare for Luo Youdu to get out of the palace, today he brought the ugly Luo Kangrui to the Wei residence under the guard of the soldiers of the Imperial Battalion.

The 13 forbidden troops made a big splash in this flood fighting and emergency rescue.

But Luo Youdu knew in his heart that Wei Renpu, who was exhausted on the river embankment, was the first to fight the disaster. It was the river control special operation group that had been running up and down for the Yellow River half a year ago.

The flood came suddenly and lasted for a long time, which is rare in 20 years.If it is normal, the loss is immeasurable.

It happened that more than twenty elites in this area encountered this matter, and made the most reasonable arrangements at the fastest speed in the first time.

Only in this way can a large-scale disaster be avoided.

Wei Renpu passed out on the river embankment, and was sent back to Bianjing by express ship immediately.

In addition to arranging diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor, Luo Youdu also brought his son to visit him in person.

Arriving outside Wei Renpu's house, Luo Youdu looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenes around him, feeling a bit sad for no reason.

Just when he was full of emotions, Luo Kangrui said softly: "Father, is this where you kicked Zhao Kuangyi's ass back then?"

Luo Youdu's spirit lifted, and it was precisely because of this kick that he was able to marry Bai Fumei and reach the pinnacle of his life.Looking back now, I only hate myself for kicking too lightly...

Luo Youdu looked at his son curiously: "How do you know?"

Luo Kangrui said in a low voice: "My mother and the child talked about the events of the father, and the mother said that it was this kick that made her notice my father. At that time, the rebel Zhao Kuangyin was in the limelight, and the father was always in the limelight. Little officials, being able to find a balance in the chaos and give each other a step is really amazing."

Luo Youdu also misses the situation back then, it was really a desperate move and he had to take a risk.

Fortunately, I bet right and changed history.

Zhao Kuangyin died at the place where Zhao Song's dream started, and Zhao Kuangyi...became an official in Khitan by accident.

Luo Youdu got the news about Zhao Kuangyi not long ago.

In the past, Zhao Kuangyi pointed out that a deer was a horse, and identified Zhao Kuangyin's son as Guo Rong's son, causing quite a disturbance.

But with the surrender of Liu Chengjun in the Northern Han Dynasty, all the truth came to light.

Originally, Zhao Kuangyi faked Zhao Dezhao's pawn and did not achieve the corresponding effect. In addition, when the matter was revealed, Zhao Kuangyi had no use value and disappeared in Khitan.

Luo Youdu even forgot about this character, thinking he died in Khitan.

It wasn't until recently that news came from the Northeast that Zhao Kuangyi actually made a comeback and was activated by the Khitan Emperor Yelu Bishe.

The reason for enabling it is very interesting. Thinking about it now, Luo Youdu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He has already imagined the future in the Yidi chapter in the history book. On a certain day in a certain year and a certain month, Zhao Kuangyi presented the "Ten Thousand Arrays to Suppress Thieves" to the Khitan chief Yelubi.

Yelu will accept it with great joy and a smile.

That's right!

Zhao Kuangyi disappeared for a long time, and finally worked out his famous stunt "Ping Rong Wan Quan Zhen".

However, he didn't dare to use the word "Ping Rong" for fear of losing his head, so he changed it to Ping Thief.

Wei Renpu was sick in bed, and his three sons Wei Xianmei, Wei Xianxi, and Wei Xianxin were greeted at the door of the mansion.

There was a prime minister's father, Wei Xianmei and Wei Xianxi naturally took the lead in their official careers, Wei Xianmei served as the head of the Zuo Siyu, Wei Xianxi was an official servant, and Wei Xianxin was still young and had not entered an official position.

"Your Majesty, King Qin!"

"Free gift!"

Luo Youdu signaled them to get up, and asked about Wei Renpu's situation.

Wei Xianmei said: "Going back to Your Majesty, after being diagnosed by the imperial physician and performing acupuncture with wonderful hands, he is already awake, but he cannot get out of bed for the time being, and cannot go out to meet him."

Luo Youdu said: "Patients should have a good rest. If you really want to greet them with your sick body, I will be guilty of a serious crime. Take me to visit Minister Wei..."

Wei Xianmei stepped aside and said, "Please, Your Majesty!"

Under the leadership of Wei Xianmei, Luo Youdu saw the pale Wei Renpu in the master bedroom.

Seeing him about to get up, Luo Youdu hurried forward, sat by the couch and let him lie down and talk.

Wei Renpu's first sentence was: "Your Majesty, how is the disaster now?"

Wei Renpu has been thinking about the danger of the Yellow River.

The three brothers Wei Xianmei, Wei Xianxi and Wei Xianxin did not tell his father in detail in order to let his father rest at ease, and they did not get first-hand information, so they could only learn about it from newspapers.

Luo Youdu saw that this was the case, and Wei Renpu was still thinking about the disaster. In order to reassure him, he said: "Everything is as planned at the beginning. Aiqing's idea of ​​dredging the Yellow River has achieved results. The rain in Guanzhong and Shangluo did not stop immediately, but The water level of the Yellow River did not continue to rise, but showed signs of continuing to recede. It can be seen that the planning strategy is correct. Now we only need to wait until the Yellow River dries up, clear the silt, thin the Yellow River, and gather water to attack sand, and we will be done."

Wei Renpu smiled gratifiedly, and said: "I am afraid that the body of this old man will not be able to continue to serve His Majesty. Jia Tang is bold and careful, and can be used to great advantage. Min Bo has rich experience and can be Jia Tang's deputy. With both of them, there is no need to worry about the river. .”

Luo Youdu nodded and said: "I've made it down, ha, Wei Xiang, don't worry about others, the imperial doctor said that Wei Xiang is just too tired, so he can rest and rest. In the future, I still expect you to teach King Qin..."

He waved and called Chou Chou to come over and meet Wei Renpu.

Luo Kangrui bowed obediently and said, "I met Mr. Wei."

Wei Renpu was a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "I dare not do it."

Luo Kangrui said: "Mr. Wei's merits are in the country, on both sides of the Yellow River, hundreds of thousands of people were saved, this achievement is no less than a great victory. I can bear the worship of the boy..."

Wei Renpu said: "The 13 soldiers and the common people on the embankment are the ones who did the real meritorious service. I am ashamed..."

Luo Kangrui said solemnly: "Uncle Wei is wrong. My father always said that a good fighter has no great merit. Uncle Wei is the real hero..."

"Well said!" Luo Youdu patted Luo Kangrui's head, and praised: "Wei Xiang, don't be self-effacing, this time you can overcome the disaster, you should take the lead. Don't think wildly, I will wait for you to recover, and continue to work hard for you." Court effect."

Luo Youdu encouraged Wei Renpu a few words, and then stopped bothering him.

Walking out of the bedroom, Luo Youdu summoned the imperial physicians Liu Han and Ma Zhi.

These two are one of the best doctors in the world, Liu Han is good at acupuncture, while Ma Zhi is good at herbal medicine.

The imperial court is editing "Yongjing Materia Medica", and Ma Zhi is one of the chief editors.

"I see that Mr. Wei's complexion is not very good, what's the matter?"

Liu Han said: "Wei Xiang's vitality has been injured this time. Although there is no danger of life, it cannot be cured. Both energy and physical strength will not be as good as before. If you are too tired, I am afraid that the fuel will run out."

Luo Youdu felt astringent in his heart, and asked, "Is there a cure?"

Ma Zhi answered, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. As long as Mr. Wei calms down and does some simple work, he can still enjoy the life of ordinary people."

Luo Youdu said: "For the matter of Minister Wei, you two should pay more attention. If you need any rare medicinal materials, you can report them directly. As long as you have them, I will find them out."

Liu Han and Ma Zhi took orders at the same time.

Luo Youdu returned to the palace. According to Wei Renpu's arrangement, Luo Youdu promoted Jia Tang and Min Bo to continue to be in charge of the river control special operations team.

The rain in Guanzhong and Shangluo has not stopped. Strictly speaking, the danger has not been completely eliminated. In addition, the drainage rivers and canals have been connected in a hurry, and there are still many places that need to be repaired.

The action team will be busy for at least half a year.

The imperial army did not withdraw either.

Luo Youdu has received a lot of feedback from the front these days, everything is as he expected, the military and civilians get along harmoniously.

The bad influence brought by the soldiers of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the people has completely disappeared because of this disaster.

The response from the military was also excellent.

After all, everyone has vanity, who wouldn't want to stand amidst the applause of flowers?Who wants to be the existence everyone despises?

This natural disaster will be a revolution for the army.

From soldier to soldier...

But that's not enough...

Luo Youdu also planned to give the army a strong medicine.

"His Majesty!"

Li Fang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, held a wooden box in his hand and saluted Luo Youdu.

Luo Youdu lifted his spirits and said, "Quick, present it here, let me take a good look at it."

He took the wooden box and eagerly opened it. Inside were five medals made of gold, silver, gilded copper, copper, and gilded iron. He took out one to examine it carefully.

Upon seeing this, Li Fang bowed and said, "Everything is strictly forged according to His Majesty's requirements, and the dimensions are exactly the same."

Luo Youdu looked at it carefully, and he really couldn't see any flaws. He nodded and said, "That's right, that's how it should be. This medal represents honor. Only those who have made great contributions and made outstanding contributions to the country are eligible to receive it. There is no room for sloppy mistakes in production.”

His last strong medicine is the medal system.

Regardless of status or status, as long as they have made meritorious service to the country, they are eligible for medal awards.

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