Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Manbao Baishan and Bai Erlang saw Yin or Liu Huan at the gate of the palace, and the five looked at each other, then lowered their heads and followed the servants who came to lead them into the palace.

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

As for the box in Bai Shan's hand, he said, "This is our New Year's gift to Your Majesty and the Empress."

The guards just glanced at them, or opened the box and checked to make sure that there were no sharp weapons before putting people in.

As soon as they left, the guards couldn't help whispering, "It's really rich."

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

Man Bao immediately woke up and glanced at him gratefully. Bai Shan even put a purse in his hand.

The inner servant refused to accept it. The people in this palace have received Zhou Man's favor to some extent. Even if they can't use it now, they will use it in the future, so unless the master makes it clear that the other party is embarrassed, they will not want to embarrass Zhou Man.

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

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

As soon as Man Bao and the others entered, they found that Prince Gong was also there. He was sitting on a table and writing. Man Bao and the others glanced at him, secretly thinking that he must have been punished for writing.

Prince Gong also looked up at them, then lowered his head and continued to write.

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

The emperor raised his eyes from the desk and glanced at them. He glanced at the two boxes on the ground, and then snorted softly: "It came very quickly, I thought I would call in the morning, maybe I will see you at night. Woolen cloth."

Man Bao immediately took the lead to plead guilty, and said, "Your Majesty has a summons, how dare the ministers neglect it."

"Then tell me how you got on this trip to the Western Regions," the emperor remembered something, and stopped them and said, "If we don't talk about it, we'll just talk back."

"Go, you have a lot of reasons. You asked about the prescription along the way. I know, when you come back, how did you manage to go to Shazhou with General Ashina and set off from Shazhou on the same day, but you are different from each other. He's late... how many days?"

He turned to ask Gu Zhong.

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

"How did you manage to arrive in the capital twenty-six days later than General Ashina? That's enough people to go back to the Western Regions again."

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

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

Everyone bowed their heads and knelt honestly, Bai Shan pleaded guilty: "It's the minister who was delayed on the road, and this time back to Beijing also brought veterans who had been vaccinated with cowpox. the ox cart, so the speed is much slower."

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

Man Bao explained: "The war was in full swing at the time, and growing cowpox was a life-and-death matter, so it would be better if people were willing."

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

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

The emperor heard that there was not a single death, and that they were all immune to smallpox, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Really?"

Man Bao replied yes and handed in the brochure and information.

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 couldn't help but knocked on the table and asked, "Are you bringing these people back to keep a close eye on the situation?"

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

She said: "If they can stay in the capital, it's good, but it's okay if they don't want to stay back to their hometown. Later, the local official will bring a doctor to check on them, and it's okay to check their pulse and physical condition."

The emperor waved his hand and said: "Why is it so troublesome? Let the people in the inner library arrange for them. Since they are veterans, they should be able to raise horses and do some farming. I will arrange for them to go to Huangzhuang."

Bai Shan couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, they retired from injuries and have already retired from the military."

"I didn't say that they should continue to serve in the army, but stay in Huangzhuang to see the situation. The cowpox issue is of great importance and should not be ignored."

Once it is confirmed that cowpox can be vaccinated, people in their great Jin Dynasty may not get smallpox in the future.

Bai Shan no longer objected.

Only then did the emperor ask them again about their return journey, "Most of the people you bring can go slower, but come and tell me, how did you manage to be 26 days slower than General Ashina?"

He thought that the delay of five or six days was the limit. After all, although General Ashina was fast, he was not an iron man. It would take time to come back, okay?

This time, the five didn't make excuses, and lowered their heads to admit their mistakes.

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

Bai Shan immediately picked up the box and said, "These are some local products that the ministers have collected in the Western Regions, and brought them back to His Majesty and His Majesty. It just so happens that it is the New Year's Day again, so I want to present them to His Majesty and His Majesty as a New Year's gift. "

The emperor glanced at Gu Zhong, Gu Zhong immediately went down with a smile, took the box up, and opened it for the emperor to see.

Inside are spices and gems, additionally packed in small boxes.

The emperor didn't like musk very much. What he liked was styrax incense. At this time, there was a whole piece of styrax incense in the box. Once opened, a faint fragrance slowly spread out.

The emperor's face became much better, and he asked: "I heard people say that you have also participated in the war in the Western Regions all the way to the Western Regions, and you have won a lot of trophies?"

Bai Shan immediately stated that all the spoils of war had been handed over to General Ashina to be registered and collected into the national treasury, he paused and then explained: "It was the first time the lieutenant general was in order to boost morale when he re-attacked the Qiuci King City. The spoils collected were distributed to the soldiers and encouraged them to attack the city."

He said: "Because the soldiers are fighting for their lives, ministers and others can't keep their word, so they didn't let them turn in again, and this part is in the hands of the soldiers."

These Ashina generals have all reported back, the emperor nodded slightly, and then asked, "Where did you get these gems and spices?"

Bai Shan and the others answered confidently, "I bought it!"

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

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