Datang: Get a god-level selection system at the beginning

Li Wenbin's current status is very noble, it can be said that he is under one person and above ten thousand people.

Sun Simiao felt better when he bowed to the ground, but the nine medicine men couldn't take it anymore.

Not to mention that Xi Dachong and others saw that the King of Qin had given such a big gift, so they naturally couldn't just watch.

The soldiers behind Li Wenbin knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly, "Salute to the martyrs."

The blood of the few medicine men was boiling with enthusiasm. Although Sun Simiao had explained in advance that being a medicine man would be very risky and might die, they still had no intention of going back on their word.

What's more, King Qin has already said that if they succeed, they will be spared the death penalty and will be given a large sum of money as a reward.

Even if they died, their wives and children would be supported by the government.

No loss at all!

That night, the cowpox took effect, and both Sun Simiao and the medicine men started to have a low-grade fever.

Li Wenbin had told Sun Simiao beforehand that there would be such a process, so everyone didn't take it seriously, they should eat and drink, as if nothing had happened.

Time passed quickly, and after three or four days, everyone's low-grade fever had subsided. If everything went well, they already had antibodies that could resist the sores.

And then, it is time to verify whether these antibodies are really effective.

Sun Simiao and the medicine men boarded a special carriage - the carriage was made of pure steel, without windows, only a few ventilation holes were left.

After Sun Simiao and the medicine men boarded the car, they were pushed into a cave that already had food, water, and a glass bottle according to the route planned in advance.

There were ten sackcloths in the glass bottle—the ones worn by Lushang patients. Sun Simiao and the medicine men had to wear these sackcloth clothes and live in the cave for sixty days, that is, six months, before they were done.

Originally, it would not take such a long time, and the incubation period of Lushang was not long.

It's just that Sun Simiao specifically asked for the duration to be doubled just to be on the safe side.

Li Wenbin can naturally understand the mood of this old god: if something unexpected happens and the sore spreads to Chang'an, it means that the Tang Dynasty is not far from the collapse of the country.

In ten days at most, except for a few survivors, Chang'an will become a dead city.

Sun Simiao's voice came from the cave, and the extremely thick iron gate was closed, and the sergeant locked the cave gate with a steel lock weighing tens of kilograms.

After two months, the door will open, and by then we will know whether the cowpox will work or not.

Li Wenbin sent a thousand sergeants and ten plum blossom guards to guard the place, and Xi Dachong was in charge.

He said this to Xi Dachong: "As long as this matter is successfully completed, you can choose the general of the sixteen guards at will. But if something goes wrong, no matter what the reason is, you, your brother, and even you None of my family members will survive.”

"Understand?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, even if I die, I won't let there be any problems here."

"Two months later, I will celebrate Sun Xianxian and you in Xiande Hall."

……

After returning to Chang'an, the first thing Li Wenbin did was to meet his eldest grandson.

When she saw her eldest grandson, she was drinking medicine.

"Wen Bin, Daoist Sun and the others have already entered the cave?"

"Yes, Queen Mother. We only need to wait two months before we can see whether cowpox can deal with lupus."

The eldest grandson let out a sigh of relief: "If it can be done, it will be a matter of great merit. Wen Bin, you and your father will be remembered because this matter will be recorded in the history books and will last forever." .”

"Hey, Queen Mother. I don't expect to be immortal, as long as I don't leave a bad smell for thousands of years." Li Wenbin chuckled, "What I'm going to do next will be bloodshed."

"Wen Bin, what do you want to do?"

Li Wenbin didn't answer directly, but clapped his hands, and Mei brought up a wooden tray with a knife and a piece of paper full of words inside.

"Mother, please take a look. This knife was left by the assassin who assassinated my son a few days ago. And this piece of paper is the confession of Cui Lang, the former right feather guard Zhonglang."

Suppressing the shock in his heart, the eldest grandson took a look at the confession - Cui Lang did admit in the confession that he was ordered by Qinghe Cui's patriarch to deliberately put a hole in his defense area so that the assassin could easily Break into the heavily guarded inner city.

The eldest grandson put the confession on his knees, took a few deep breaths, and then asked, "Wen Bin, how reliable is this confession?"

"Mother, it doesn't matter how credible the confession is, what matters is..."

"Father, he is somewhat determined to clean up the aristocratic family."

"You, are you going to attack the family?"

"Mother, if my son's guess is correct, at most a few months later, an unprecedented locust plague will occur in Guanzhong. My son must be prepared in advance to minimize the loss of this locust plague."

"You want to start with those families, and then take away the land in their hands?"

"Empress Shengming, I can't hide anything from your sharp eyes. Only in this way can a large amount of land and tenants be freed, and potatoes, a high-yield crop, can be spread."

After hearing this, the eldest grandson nodded silently.

She also knew that what Li Wenbin said was true. The aristocratic clans owned an astonishing amount of land. If they joined forces, the land they could control even surpassed that of the imperial court.

Then the farmers are firmly tied up through the land, and a top family can often have tens of thousands of people.

And these lands and populations do not pay a single tax to the imperial court.

To put it simply, if it is really necessary to transform Datang from an agricultural country into an industrial country, a large amount of labor will be required. This is also an important reason why Li Wenbin chose to attack the aristocratic family.

The eldest grandson suddenly remembered something, first waved his hand, Qiuxiang understood, and retreated with the servants and maids in the palace, leaving only her and Li Wenbin.

"Wen Bin, tell me the truth, can you deal with the locust plague?"

"Mother, this..." Li Wenbin didn't expect the eldest grandson to ask this question suddenly, so he hesitated before answering, "My son... There is a way."

"So, you want to use this locust plague as a weapon against those aristocratic families?"

"Mother, this is only one aspect. The aristocratic family has to deal with it, but those farmers who are reluctant to leave their land are also a very important aspect."

"My son must use the facts to let them understand that it is impossible to live a good life just relying on the land!"

"Bold, Li Wenbin, do you know that our Great Tang is based on agriculture, and if you do this, aren't you afraid of shaking the foundation of my Great Tang?"