Farmer’s Little Girl

   Chapter 2341

  Man Bao Baishan and Bai Erlang saw Yin Or and Liu Huan at the gate of the palace, the five of them looked at each other, and then bowed their heads to follow the servant who came to the palace.

  Man Bao and Bai Shan were holding things in their hands. The guards wanted to open for inspection. Man Bao said, "This is a record of cowpox."

  As for the box in Bai Shan's hand, he said: "This is our new year gift to your majesty and the empress."

  The guards took a look at them, then opened the box and looked at them, making sure that there were no sharp weapons before putting people in.

  As soon as they left, the guards couldn’t help whispering, “It’s so rich.”

  The servant also knew that they had brought gifts to the emperor, so when he was halfway there he reminded them in a low voice: "Your Majesty is in a good mood. The breakfast was accompanied by His Royal Highness and the princesses."

  Man Bao immediately awoke and glanced at him gratefully, and Bai Shan put a purse in his hand.

  The servant refused to accept it. The people in this palace have been blessed by Zhou Man. Even if it is not used now, it will be used in the future. Therefore, unless the master expressly embarrassed each other, otherwise they would not want to embarrass Zhou Man.

  Bai Shan could only take back his purse, and followed the servant all the way to the Tai Chi Hall.

  The emperor is not in the main hall, but in the study behind.

  As soon as Manbao and the others entered, they found that King Gong was also there. He was sitting at a table writing. Manbao and the others glanced, and they felt that he must have been fined for writing.

  King Gong also raised his head to look at them, then lowered his head to continue writing after a glance.

  The five people also quickly retracted their gazes and knelt down to salute the emperor.

The emperor lifted his gaze from the desk and glanced at them, scanned the two boxes placed on the ground, and hummed softly: "I came very quickly. I thought I would call in the morning, maybe I can only see you at night. Woolen cloth."

  Man Bao immediately took the lead in pleading guilty, and said: "Your Majesty has a call, how can the ministers dare to neglect it."

  "Then tell me about how you went on this trip to the Western Regions," the emperor remembered something, stopped their conversation and said: "If we don't say it, we will just talk about it."

"Go, you have a lot of reasons to inquire about the prescriptions along the way, I know, then, how did you come to Shazhou with General Ashina, and set off from Shazhou on the same day, but you live better He is late...How many days has he been?"

  He turned to ask Gu Zhong.

  Gu Zhong bowed and whispered: "Twenty-six days."

   "What did you do until General Ashina arrived in the capital twenty-six days later? This is enough for people to make another trip to the Western Regions."

  Man Bao added: "At most, you can only go back and forth to Shazhou."

  The emperor was angry, "Is Shazhou not enough west? You have walked for more than 30 days from Shazhou to the capital. This is more than two trips. Do you dare to talk back?"

Everyone bowed their heads and knelt down honestly. Bai Shan pleaded, "It was the minister who was delayed on the road. This time I returned to Beijing and brought veterans who had been vaccinated with vaccinia. Ox cart, so the speed is much slower."

  The emperor frowned, "Is there no one in Anxi? How to use a group of veterans to inoculate?"

  Manbao explained: “The war was going on at the time, and vaccinia was considered a life or death event, so people must be willing to do so.”

Although the emperor still wanted to scold them, he also felt that business matters, so he reluctantly raised his hand to get them to get up and talk back, and asked, "How is the cowpox thing going?"

  Man Bao immediately opened the box, took out two booklets and a thick pile of paper, and started reporting.

  The emperor heard that there was no death, and he could be sure that he was immune to smallpox. He was overjoyed, "Really?"

  Man Bao answered yes and turned in the booklet and materials.

  The emperor turned it over. He couldn't understand the pulse conditions recorded in the booklet, but he could still understand the expressions such as fever, high fever, low fever, and acne.

  The emperor focused on the tester’s household registration and experience, and could not help knocking on the table, and asked: "Did you bring these people back and keep them closed to see the situation?"

  Man Bao: "...It's not going to be closed. Now more than three months have passed since the vaccination time. I want to observe for another three months to determine whether there are sequelae."

  She said, “If they can stay in the capital, it’s good. They don’t want to stay in their hometown. It’s okay if they don’t want to stay in their hometown. Later, the magistrate will bring the doctor to consult with them to determine their pulse and physical condition.”

  The emperor waved his hand: "Why is it so troublesome? Let the people in Neiku make arrangements for them. Since they are veterans, they should be able to raise horses and do some farming. I have people arranged to go to the imperial estate."

  Bai Shan couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, they have retired from injury and have already retired their military status."

   "I didn't say to let them continue to serve as soldiers. They should stay in Huangzhuang to see the situation. Cowpox is a matter of great importance and should not be neglected."

  Once it is determined that vaccinia can be vaccinated, people who are promoted in the future may not get smallpox.

  Bai Shan no longer objected.

The emperor    then asked about their return journey again, “Most of the people you brought can go slower, but you come to tell me how did you manage to be twenty-six days slower than General Ashina?”

  He has been slow for five or six days, which is already the limit. After all, General Ashina is quick to go, but he is not iron-fighting. It takes time to come back, okay?

  This time the five stopped making excuses and bowed their heads to admit their mistakes.

The emperor snorted coldly, stared at them for a while before looking at the other box, and asked, "What is this again?"

Bai Shan immediately picked up the box and said, "These are some local products collected by the ministers in the Western Regions, and they were specially brought back to Your Majesty and Niang Niang. It just so happens that it is the New Year's Day, so I wanted to offer it to Your Majesty and Niang Niang as a New Year gift. "

  The emperor glanced at Gu Zhong. Gu Zhong immediately smiled and took the box up and opened it for the emperor to see.

  There are spices and gems inside, and they are also packed in small boxes.

  The emperor didn’t like musk very much. He liked Su Hexiang. At this time, there was a whole piece of Su Hexiang in the box. Once it was opened, a faint fragrance came out slowly.

  The emperor looked a lot better, and asked, "I heard people say that you have also participated in the Western Expeditions along the way to the Western Regions. You have won a lot of spoils, right?"

Bai Shan immediately stated that all the trophies were handed over to the General Asina Register and returned to the national treasury. He paused and explained: “It’s the first time that the lieutenant general was to boost morale during the re-attack of Kucha King City. The trophies collected were distributed to the soldiers, encouraging them to attack the city."

  He said: "Because the soldiers are fighting for their lives, the ministers can't speak without words, so they are not asked to turn in again, and this part will fall into the hands of the soldiers."

  These generals of Ashina have all reported back. The emperor nodded slightly, and asked as soon as the conversation turned: "Where did you get these gems and spices?"

  Bai Shan and the others answered confidently, "Bought it!"

   "Really?" The emperor looked at them suspiciously, "You have so much money?"

  　See you at six in the afternoon

  (End of this chapter)