kvmb Chapter 758 I Heard a Secret
Chapter 758 I Heard a Secret
Sheng Yunjiao's progress in the capital was going smoothly, and she even established a relationship with Cheng Ruoxue. Meanwhile, in the Northwest, as summer approached, setting aside the vegetable seeds, the first batch of potatoes was finally harvested.
Lu Yangyang brought a limited amount of grain seeds to the Northwest. As an experiment, the first batch was planted in several batches, totaling only five mu (approximately 0.33 hectares). Fortunately, Jiang Zhiyi arranged for the caravan to deliver more seeds twice more, bringing the total to more than ten mu (approximately 0.67 hectares).
There are more sweet potatoes and corn, but they are not yet ripe.
On the day of the harvest, not only Lu Yangyang and Sheng Junyao went, but even Uncle Fang and the others came to watch the excitement, wanting to see what the seeds that Lu Yangyang and the others had mentioned, which could yield a thousand catties per mu, actually looked like.
The soldiers waited early in the morning, being extremely careful not to damage the seeds. After a whole morning of work, they harvested the first batch of potatoes and then excitedly waited to weigh them.
When the numbers were announced, the soldiers jumped up in excitement.
Even Sheng Junyao couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
“When I read your letter, you said the production was so high, and of course I believed it. But believing is not the same as seeing it with my own eyes,” Sheng Junyao said. He was usually calm and rarely showed his emotions, but now he was beaming with joy. “I feel like I’m dreaming.”
Not only him, but the onlookers were also so shocked that they were speechless. Some even pinched each other and hit each other to see if they were dreaming.
"With this divine object, the soldiers will finally no longer have to go hungry!" Uncle Fang wiped away his tears and said to Lu Yangyang, "I've been in the Northwest for so many years, and this is the first time I've been so happy."
In the northwestern border region, a place that was once plagued by constant unrest and almost never at peace, even a great victory in war brought little cause for celebration. As long as there was fighting, there would always be sacrifices. As a military doctor, what he feared most was hearing the bugle call, which always meant that what would be carried back were blood-soaked corpses.
Suffering from hunger and cold, and constant warfare—this was the true face of the border region in the past.
Even though things have gradually calmed down in recent years, the army has so many mouths to feed. When there is no war, food is saved as much as possible. The military pay allocated by the court is decreasing year by year. Now, they are embroiled in a dispute over trade taxes. It is good enough for the soldiers to have food to eat. How can they expect more?
These new grain varieties truly brought new hope. Even the most miraculous grain varieties might yield no harvest in years of famine, but at least in years of good weather, these crops provided enough food for the soldiers who defended their country.
This is better than any wish.
Lu Yangyang smiled and said, "Uncle Fang, this is just the beginning. There will be more production in the future. As long as we protect our land, Da Zhao will become stronger and stronger. One day, not only the soldiers, but also the people of Da Zhao will no longer go hungry. Even in years of famine, we will not have to sell our children and wander from place to place."
As she said this, not only was Uncle Fang stunned, but even Sheng Junyao turned to look at her: "Will this day ever come?"
Lu Yangyang thought about the world that Aunt Jing had described, and thought that if such a world really existed, it must be the result of the efforts of generations of people, countless people, but it must exist.
That day will come.
So she nodded: "It will!"
The first batch of grains yielded a bumper harvest, proving that Wenren Jing's promise to Lu Yangyang was not wrong at all. These new grains could indeed bring about earth-shattering changes to Dazhao. Although disaster years were uncontrollable, peaceful years would certainly save countless lives and provide the strongest support for the Northern Expedition.
Lu Yangyang and her Uncle Fang's new clinic has officially begun recruiting apprentices. Lu Yangyang is incredibly busy every day, but the benefits are obvious, especially the training in wound care, which has had an almost immediate effect. Uncle Fang always has a smile on his face. Before this, the soldiers themselves knew some bandaging techniques, but in chaotic situations, there weren't enough people, so they could only determine how to treat people based on the severity of their injuries. This caused countless delays and unnecessary deaths. Now, with Lu Yangyang's specialized care methods and emergency medicine, they can buy more time for the soldiers in such situations. Just thinking about it, Uncle Fang feels that he has accomplished something worthwhile in his life.
Under Lu Yangyang's careful tutelage over the past few months, Huang Sumu has become adept at treating relatively simple external injuries on his own, and has even brought his entire family to the Northwest. Although Dr. Huang's medical skills, while not exceptionally refined, are rich in experience, he and his senior fellow apprentice, Master Fang, hit it off almost immediately, quickly becoming both student and teacher, practically living and working at the new clinic day and night. Huang Tiandong, while not skilled at pulse diagnosis, is meticulous and cautious, making him surprisingly adept at nursing care.
What surprised Lu Yangyang the most was Chen Rong'er. After fully recovering, she lived with her husband in the General's Mansion. Wanting to repay her master Lu Yangyang, she voluntarily followed her, doing whatever she could. However, having just experienced such hardship, she couldn't bring herself to treat her bleeding wounds. Although she had some medical knowledge from childhood, she simply couldn't bring herself to do it. Lu Yangyang, having taken Huang Sumu as her last disciple, naturally wouldn't hold back with him and his wife. Therefore, she often brought them along when making medicines and pills. To Lu Yangyang's surprise, Chen Rong'er was very interested in it, and after getting started, she mastered every step perfectly. Lu Yangyang had once again found a gem, and with a wave of her hand, she brought Chen Rong'er into her still-developing medicine-making workshop.
Chen Rong'er never expected that her ambition to become a head maid would lead to such an important task. At that moment, all the pain and gloom of the past seemed to vanish, and she threw herself into her new career with all her enthusiasm.
Just as everything was slowly getting back on track, Lu Yangyang received a very disheveled guest that day.
Su Fengqu, covered in injuries, was helped into the room. As soon as she saw Lu Yangyang, she rushed to her side and grabbed her clothes tightly with her large hand. "I have something to tell you."
Lu Yangyang looked at Su Fengqu in surprise. Given Su Fengqu's status, unless something serious had happened, no one in Tongzhou should have been able to do this to him. Lu Yangyang immediately dismissed the people in the room and asked Su Fengqu, "What happened?"
Su Fengqu gripped Lu Yangyang's clothes tightly, her fingers still trembling. "I overheard a secret: He Jingze is going to secretly take people to Qingzhou to massacre a place called Qinghe Village."