Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 451
Mrs. Hou soon came back with her daughter. She grabbed two herbal medicines according to Hua Tuo's prescription and fried them in the house.

Yuan Xi went to the door and asked Mrs. Hou if she wanted to help. Mrs. Hou replied behind the door that Hua Tuo thought that he had contracted a cold, but he would pass it on to others, so Mrs. Hou and the child should not see outsiders for the time being.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi thought to himself that this situation might be caused by the flu, and there is no good way now, but rely on the child's body to survive.

He said: "Madam takes good care of the child, and I will have someone deliver all the food and hot water to Madam."

"In this situation, it is better to let children drink more hot water and less unboiled water as much as possible."

Hou thanked behind the door: "Thank you, Master, just let someone put it at the door, and when I hear the knock on the door, just take it in."

Yuan Xi knew that no matter how many things he could help, he went to the back kitchen and ordered his servants to drink as much boiled water as possible in the nearest mansion. A servant girl listened and said with a wry smile: "Master, there is not enough firewood in this mansion. Use it."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said: "You don't need to think about these issues. Now that there are diseases, if drinking unboiled water hurts your stomach, the situation will be even more serious."

This can't help him being careless. The research on infectious diseases in the Han Dynasty has not yet formed a system, and it is easy to spread epidemics on a large scale. In just a few decades, the recorded population has dropped from the peak of 6000 million to 1000 million. Of course, a large part of the reason is war. But the resulting famine and disease are also one of the population killers.

Everyone listened and took orders immediately.

Yuan Xi walked out of the kitchen and looked at the servants chopping the firewood, thinking that the major factor restricting social development is energy.

In fact, there are not as many firewoods that can be used as firewood, especially many trees contain water, which is inconvenient to light up with thick smoke, and dead branches and dead wood are usually used.

Rich people use charcoal, but burning charcoal is a luxury in itself, and Yuan Xi doesn't like it too much, but besides firewood, it's hard to find other energy sources for a while.

The only substitute Yuan Xi could think of was coal.

Speaking of which, Youzhou is known as a land of prosperity by later generations. One of the reasons is that Hebei is rich in coal resources and widely distributed. It is one of the main coal-producing areas in the north.

Of course, there are also many coal mines in Montenegro from Bingzhou to Hanoi.

Coal was called "graphite" or "carbon charcoal" in the early days. This name was relative to "charcoal". The common name of coal is "carbon charcoal", and later this name continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, coal was only mined on a small scale, and the climate began to form in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the major coal-producing provinces were Shanxi, Beijing and other places. In the Qing Dynasty, Hebei became one of the main coal producing areas in the country.

However, before the Industrial Revolution, coal mining was done by indigenous methods, which was not only dangerous, but also very inefficient. Unless the corresponding industrial supporting facilities and technologies were developed, the manpower and material resources invested would not be directly proportional to the output.

But coal is so important, as one of the main sources of power for steam engines, it is an unavoidable problem in the process of industrialization.

Yuan Xixin said that the exploration of coal mines can be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Even if it is only used as fuel, it is much higher than firewood in terms of transportation convenience and heating efficiency. In some special cases, it has an irreplaceable role.

However, it is foreseeable that for a long period of time, even if coal mines are discovered, they can only be mined on a small scale, and the fuel energy is still dominated by firewood.

Yuan Xi convened everyone and made the schedule clear. Zhao Yun left for Jicheng, Gao Shun was training soldiers, and Tian Yu was supervising the surrender of soldiers to RTL.

In a few days, the autumn harvest and autumn planting will begin. Today, under the promotion of the new farming system, Beixin City is no longer the bleak state it was originally supported by thousands of acres of fields. Instead, it has opened up dozens of times the wasteland. The people who fled from Montenegro are farming on it.

When Yuan Xi returned home after dealing with trivial matters, it was already dark, so he had a light meal with Lu Lingqi and Cao Xian.

This woman Cao Xian is very good at dealing with people. She and Lu Lingqi are already acquainted. They eat and talk together. Yuan Xi is busy with affairs these days, and feels a little tired after eating. Cao Xian rolled his eyes twice. Said: "Young Master and Madam came to Beixin City, haven't had time to take a bath yet?"

"I asked someone to boil the water in the back, and I have prepared hot water in the tub. Do you want to go with me?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Lingqi's face turned red, she gritted her teeth and said, "No, there's no need."

Seeing that Lu Lingqi was rarely shy, Yuan Xi was overjoyed, and said, "Go and wash first."

Lu Lingqi couldn't hold on, so she took her clean clothes and went away shyly.

Seeing Lu Lingqi leave, Cao Xian hurriedly approached Yuan Xi, and whispered: "My lord, the opportunity has come!"

"I heard that you and your wife haven't had time for that yet?"

"Today, I heard Madam mention it inadvertently. It seems that she is quite resentful about it."

"Today is a great opportunity, why don't you take her down soon?"

Yuan Xi asked suspiciously, "Why are you more concerned than me?"

"However, after getting married, I was in a hurry to come back, but I was a little anxious along the way, so I ignored her thoughts."

"Forget it, I'll go see her later."

Seeing Yuan Xi getting up and leaving, Cao Xian felt proud. When two tigers fight, one must be injured. It depends on who wins and who loses tonight!
Eating melons and watching operas is always a rare pleasure in life!

Cao Xian probed his head and ran to the door of the bathroom hut. Seeing Yuan Xi go in, there was a sound of exclamation, followed by the sound of splashing and kicking water.

Lu Lingqi's shy and annoyed voice came from inside, and she lowered her voice after cursing and cursing, and then there was a soft begging for mercy, which actually contained a hint of flattery.

Cao Xian eavesdropped for half an hour before Lu Lingqi and Yuan Xicai came out fully dressed. Lu Lingqi's face was so delicate that water dripped from her eyes when she looked at Yuan Xi.

When Cao Xian saw it, he was overwhelmed. The daughter of Marquis Wen was probably a stern and soft-hearted girl. With her appearance, how could she deal with Yuan Xi at night?

I'm afraid that Zhen Mi's mistakes will be repeated in the past, and the tragic scene of climbing out of the wall will be repeated!
When Yuan Xi and Lu Lingqi returned to the bedroom, they found that the bed and quilt had been taken care of in advance, and Cao Xian even thoughtfully spread out Lu Lingqi's dowry quilt!
Seeing this, the two smiled wryly at each other.

Yuan Xi looked at Lu Lingqi's long hair, which was still a little wet, and fell down casually on her thrilling chest.

Lu Lingqi raised her head and saw Yuan Xi's eyes became more and more fiery, she quickly lowered her head, her voice was rare like a mosquito, "What does your husband want to do?"

Yuan Xi took Lu Lingqi's hand, and found that the other party's palms were sweaty, and was also aroused by the most primitive desire, and said with a smile: "You will know after a while."

Cao Xian hid behind the window of his own room, and saw Yuan Xi's room opposite, the candlelight reflected the two figures on the window, and then gradually overlapped.

After a while, the candlelight inside was extinguished.

Cao Xian shook her head regretfully, she was carrying a small bench, stooping, tiptoeing, and walked under Yuan Xi's window.

As a result, there were still more than ten steps away, Cao Xian stepped on a dead leaf, and made a very slight sound on the ground, and Lu Lingqi's voice came from the room immediately, "Who is it?"

Cao Xian was startled, and quickly leaned over and stood still, not daring to make a sound.

After a while, Lu Lingqi's voice rang out with a hint of doubt, "It's strange, did I hear it wrong, shouldn't it be?"

"I can hear the sound more than ten steps away on weekdays. There was obviously something just now."

Cao Xian groaned secretly in his heart, could it be that his ears are so good?
Yuan Xi's voice sounded, "I'm afraid it's the voice of the fallen leaves, don't care, we'll do ours."

Just as Cao Xian breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Lu Lingqi say, "It's not right, it's obviously the sound of human footsteps."

"I'm worried, go out and have a look."

Yuan Xi said helplessly: "I took off all my clothes, isn't this going to catch the cold?"

"Let me go."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Cao Xian hurriedly said, "It's me, I'm afraid to disturb you when I pass by."

Yuan Xi coughed, "Did you do it on purpose, or was it careless?"

Cao Xian hurriedly said: "It really happened!"

There was contempt in Yuan Xi's voice, "I think you were careless on purpose, go back to sleep quickly, or come in."

When Cao Xian heard this, he turned around and ran away, "I won't bother you."

Lying in Yuan Xi's arms, Lu Lingqi endured the other's dishonest palm, and punched Yuan Xi in the chest, "It's thanks to you for coming up with such a shameless idea for letting her in."

Yuan Xi chuckled, "Isn't this scaring her, you don't know, she likes to eavesdrop, sooner or later she will have a long memory."

"Now no one bothers."

Lu Lingqi's voice was inaudible, and she hummed lightly.

The magnificent starry sky outside the window and the unreachable mountaintop complement each other, and the gathered stars in the night sky are rushing up and down in the Milky Way, splashing waves, man and nature are integrated in the sky and the earth, and there is a great sound.

Cao Xian hid behind the window and saw that there was no sound coming from Yuan Xi's room. Not only was he rather annoyed, but it was also too boring!

I finally watched a good show, so interesting!

It seems that we will only find out tomorrow morning!

She hugged the quilt bitterly, felt her eyelids gradually shaking, and with resentment towards the two people inside, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep unknowingly.

When Cao Xian opened it again and woke up, he found that the sky outside was already dawning, so he turned over and sat up quickly, and went to the window to look, and found that the door of Yuan Xi's house had not been opened, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I haven't missed everything, and I will see the outcome in a while, the final result of the two tigers' fight last night, who will win and who will lose!

She widened her eyes and held her breath. It took a full half an hour before she heard the sound of the bolt twitching from Yuan Xi's room door. She held back her excitement, and saw the door slowly opened. For a moment, a figure came out.

Yuan Xi.

Seeing him leaning on the wall and moving his steps with difficulty, Cao Xian's eyes widened in shock.

The young master was defeated!

Mrs. Lu is amazing!
(End of this chapter)