Cub Nursery

A thick fort rose behind the embankment, with only small windows facing the outside. The cold wind whizzed in, circled around and then blew out along the opposite window.

Several oil lamps were lit around, Yan Xun came in through the small door that was deep down, the Taoist soldiers in front saw it and hurried out of the way.

A drop of water outside can freeze instantly, but it is warm inside.

There was a firewood burning next to it, and an iron pot was placed on it, and hot water was boiling in it.

"My lord." Cao Xianfeng was warming himself up by the fire, when he saw Yan Xun coming in, he quickly stood up.

"Healed?" Yan Xun asked with a smile.

Cao Xianfeng patted his chest and said, "It's all over." Seeing the flower tree cubs sneaking in from behind, he quickly shrank back to the corner.

This little cub is very courageous. When Cao Xianfeng was recuperating in the ward, he saw with his own eyes a colleague who was bitten by a bloodthirsty fish monster. His intestines flowed out and his belly was ripped open. He lay motionless on the bed, eating A tube was inserted into his mouth when he was pregnant, and I heard that eating, drinking, and diarrhea were all on the bed, and there were special people to take care of him.

Cao Xianfeng heard about it as soon as he entered the ward. The colleague was almost out of breath when he was carried back. He was carried into the room for treatment. Halfway through the treatment, the colleague regained strength and screamed like a pig.

Now his colleague is recovering from his injuries in this fortress, and other colleagues like to tell him a few jokes.

If this is left before, even if it is carried back, there is no way to heal the wound. It can only listen to a few last words, and then wait for death.This time, although the lucky Taoist soldier shouted like killing a pig, he had to be served while eating and drinking in bed. I heard that his body was touched many times, and those doctors felt like touching pork, which made him feel ashamed for a long time .

But his life was saved, and now he is still alive and kicking to guard the embankment again.

Everyone laughed at him with their mouths, but they were actually very nervous in their hearts.With such a serious injury, he could not have survived, but it turned out to be alive. Do you think it is rare or not.

"These mirrors should be wiped with a special cloth, and they can't be scratched casually." Bouncing Cub opened the wooden box beside him and took out many weird mirrors.

The other cubs helped to assemble it, and the last roundabout pipe stood up, with its head pointing out the window.

Cub Bouncing focused on adjusting the angle, and finally saw the water surface clearly, then spat something sticky on his paws, and carefully wiped it on the mirror.

"Who is the captain, come and learn how to use this periscope." The flower tree cub raised his voice.

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly pulled out the captain who was squatting in the corner and pushed him to the front.

"It's you, you're recovering pretty well." The flower tree cub recognized the captain, but it was the captain who was brought back with a gut-wrenching look, looking like he was going to be out of breath.

"Doctor Xiaohua." Captain Li Gouzi hurriedly said.

The little cub was chubby, and looked like an ordinary child, but Li Gouzi was scared from the bottom of his heart, because this little cub brought a group of seniors to give him injections, one injection a day, one injection a day.

He wasn't afraid of the jagged mouth of the bloodthirsty fish monster, but the thin needle was missing, and he would have nightmares at night if he pricked it.

But he was grateful to the flower tree cub from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for this little cub, he would have been turned into ashes by now. It can be said that his life was given by the little cub.

"Can you see it clearly?" Yan Xun also leaned over to take a look, "The light is not good at night, so I have to go out by myself and install a glass window."

"I can't, I can't." Li Gouzi hurriedly said, "It's very good now, this is a war, and it's not at home to enjoy the blessings. Not to mention staying in the fortress, there is still food, drink, and a fire ..."

Glass is extremely valuable and easily broken. When these rough men heard this, they immediately shook their heads and refused.

Yan Xun didn't insist, the current glass is really not suitable for use, it is easy to break, and it is easy to hurt people.

Bringing the cubs out of the fortress, the Taoist soldiers hurriedly gathered around and fiddled with this weird periscope together. They were obviously hiding below, but it was really strange that they could see the sea water through the wall.

With the corpse of the bloodthirsty fish demon caught today, Yan Xun came back with the cubs.

Recruitment and food finally arrived, and now people in the capital are panicking, these people dare to come, Yan Xun admires them very much.

"My lord." The leader turned out to be Fan Jinshui.

When Yan Xun asked, he realized why the leader was Fan Jinshui.

Most of the people who recruited came with their families, men in their 60s and [-]s, and babies of two or three years old who were waiting to be fed.

They are all from Fan Jinshui's hometown, and they really can't survive, so they can only come out to ask for a living.

Fan Jinshui was lucky. When he came to the capital, he met a good opportunity. Now he has a big shop by making noodle fruit, but the others are not so lucky. They are basically still working as coolies.

Now that he heard that Yan Xun wanted to recruit workers, Fan Jinshui had an idea, gathered these people together, and asked them if they were willing.

"Since you're all here, I won't hide it from you." Yan Xun said, "It doesn't look like there are concrete buildings and roads here, but in fact the end of this cement road is the sea, and there are monsters in the sea. Here, if you want to stay, you can stay, and if you want to leave, each person will give five catties of food, and you can leave now."

Hearing the food, the eyes of the numb people suddenly brightened.

"My lord, do you really give me food?" A black and thin boy called out timidly.

"Of course, I mean what I say." Yan Xun smiled, "Of course, if you stay, don't worry about the danger. There is General Yang guarding the seaside, so monsters can't go ashore. As long as those who stay, they will take care of their meals every day. The more work, the more wages."

Compared with five catties of grain, the phrase "managing food" is more effective, and almost everyone's eyes are brightened.

"Are you full? The soup is still dry rice." The black and thin boy who asked the question before was more courageous and asked again.

"Cooking at noon, soup in the morning and evening." Yan Xun said, "Everyone is full, and meat and vegetables are eaten every three days. After six days of work, you can have a day off, and you will be paid as usual on the rest day."

"This, it's so good, wouldn't it be too good?" The black and thin brother was a little bit in disbelief.

Yan Xun didn't speak any more, but glanced at Fan Jinshui.

"Believe it or not, don't you know if you live a day tomorrow? You do coolies but you get paid? Are you full? Now that you're here, let's try them all. In the evening, the adults will arrange for you to live in the Datong shop, which is airtight and warm. If you have children, you can send them to a room with a kang, which is warmer." Fan Jinshui said neatly, "Adults are kind-hearted, and I will give you the opportunity to work, but you don't want to be lazy, otherwise I, Fan Jinshui, will The first one will not spare you!"

Sweet dates and big sticks were swung down, and no one wanted five catties of grain to go.

Back in the house, Yan Xun climbed onto the kang and frowned deeply.

"My lord." Jing Fengye came in with a small wooden box and put it on the table.

Yan Xun glanced, pretending he didn't see it.

Jing Fengye opened the small wooden box, took out the thermometer inside, shook it vigorously, careful not to touch the pointed iron piece, and handed it to Yan Xun.His body temperature is high, touching the iron sheet will affect the heat.

"Take it away, take it away, I'm fine, why take my temperature." Yan Xun was a little guilty, first went to the beach to have a breeze today, and then came back on an iron donkey, met the recruited workers outside, and still had a breeze.

"Measure it, just in case." Jing Fengye's face was a little worried, "Huo Lao said that adults are weak and need to be careful all the time. It's best to stay at home."

"Mr. Huo's alarmist talk." Yan Xun didn't care about this.

He also said that he was overthinking, weak and so on. Yan Xun himself didn't care about this at all. In his previous life, when the cold air came suddenly, he didn't know how many people contracted typhoid fever. Dao Bing, as long as he recovers from such a serious injury, he will be alive and well in less than two months.

Seeing that Yan Xun refused to obey, Jing Fengye simply got on the kang, poked Yan Xun's neck with a thermometer, and put it under his creaking nest.

Yan Xun hurriedly took out the ice-cold thing, and said angrily, "You can test it yourself."

"I see Mr. Huo said that some children are not accurate when they squeak, so they have to test that place." Jing Fengye said suddenly, "My lord feels cold, is it also..."

Yan Xun suddenly felt a chill on his back, and then subconsciously felt pain in his body.

He suddenly felt that Jing Fengye seemed to have changed a bit recently, sometimes he was like a cow, he didn't listen to him at all, and would run counter to him, and now he even learned to speak nonsense.

"Put it away!" Yan Xun felt that Jing Fengye couldn't go on like this.

The two of them are going to be harmonious when they are together, watching Jing Fengye have a lot of thoughts of his own, somehow, Yan Xun took the thermometer, put it in a wooden box, and simply took it by himself.

Being busy until very late, Yan Xun forgot the wooden box.

The cubs had already fallen asleep in the opposite room, Yan Xun didn't go there, and was going to rest in the next room.

"My lord." Jing Fengye found the wooden box out of nowhere, took out a thermometer and poked Yan Xun's body, "Your lord eats very little at night, is it because you have a bad appetite?"

It was very windy outside, Yan Xun ate several mouthfuls of cold wind, naturally his appetite was not very good at night.

The cubs don't eat much at night either.

"My lord..." Seeing that Yan Xun didn't respond, Ai Ai said, "Let's test it..."

"Sure, bring it here." Yan Xun rubbed his stomach, feeling the heat inside, it shouldn't be the feeling of being caught in the wind and cold.

Jing Fengye sat up abruptly, and said, "I'll help you sir."

The thermometer was cool, and when it touched his body, Yan Xun felt obedient.

After lighting the oil lamp, Jingfeng Yezai looked carefully for a while, and was relieved to find that it was within the normal range.

After such a toss, Yan Xun became more and more energetic, a little hungry, so he simply got up and baked a cake with the kang stove.

Everyone in the capital was panicked, and the news could not be suppressed at all.The common people didn't understand, they just felt that the sky was about to collapse, so they were somewhat disrespectful to the emperor.

The reputation was damaged, and the emperor was furious.

"Your Majesty, you might as well let the crown prince sacrifice to heaven on behalf of the emperor." Du Xuanfeng was slapped in the face by the emperor, he didn't dare to get angry, and hurriedly expressed his opinion.

The emperor thought about it, it was a good idea, but the prince should not bear the anger of the people, so he ordered the second prince, Qin Er, to go to the seaside to worship the sky.

"My father did everything according to what the adults said." Du Qinsheng said with a frown, "It's just that the capital is very chaotic now, every house is closed to see no visitors, and the gates of the city are crowded with people every day...My lord, if the chaos continues like this, Sooner or later something will happen."

"What's the matter with Hu Ru?" Yan Xun asked calmly.

Du Qinsheng swallowed, "Master Hu has arrested Zhang Si, but he hasn't done anything yet."

"You send someone to send a message to Hu Ru, asking him to release Zhang Si and Mrs. Zhang." Yan Xun said, "If he refuses to listen, you will give him this tooth."

The teeth of the bloodthirsty fish demon were as sharp as blades, Yan Xun easily chipped off a stone and handed it to Du Qinsheng.

Du Qinsheng hurriedly held it in both hands, and hurried to arrange people.

Hu Ru was startled when he saw the teeth of the bloodthirsty fish demon, originally he wanted to take the opportunity to go to the seaside with the second prince, and looked for an opportunity to catch Yan Xun and those little cubs, but was frightened by the teeth, so he didn't dare to go.

Qin Er waited for a long time at the Danxin Bridge, only a few old officials showed up, and they were all old and pedantic from the Ministry of Rites. Hu Ru didn't show up at all, so the second prince snorted fiercely and got on his horse.

Passing through the Danxin Bridge, everyone including Qin Er couldn't help being a little dazed.

Now that the cement road in the capital has not been finished, people are panicking at this time, and the road construction has long been suspended.

From the Danxin Bridge, a straight and wide cement road stretches forward, and it is impossible to see clearly at the end.There is a high wall erected by the river, but you can still see the concrete buildings inside, and the tall chimneys in the distance are whining white smoke.

No matter how far away, there is a very wide gate in the middle of the tall concrete wall, and the inside is a smooth concrete floor, clean and dust-free.

Yan Xun and a tall man came together, Qin Er squinted his eyes and looked over.

The fact that the crown prince once had thoughts about Yan Xun cannot be hidden from many people.

Qin Er naturally knew, but Yan Xun was thin and handsome, but he was full of weakness, rumored to be unparalleled in intelligence, in Qin Er's view, it meant that he had a lot of twists and turns in his mind, and he didn't like this kind of person.

Looking at Jing Fengye again, he saw that he had a generous body and a calm aura, and the dragon scale marks on his cheeks looked more mighty than the golden dragon embroidered on his clothes.

"Are you a monster? Why are you willing to be his dog?" Qin Er strode forward, standing in front of Yan Xun, looking past him at Jing Fengye behind him.

This adult monster can hide well, and it doesn't know what ability it has, but it guards behind Yan Xun every day, and it is said that it was willing to be sealed, and became weak and small, just to follow Yan Xun out of Honglu Temple.

"The appearance is not bad, but it's a pity that he has no backbone." Qin Er said disdainfully.

"My lord." Jing Fengye looked calm, and looked at Yan Xun worriedly, afraid that he would get angry.

Yan Xun was not angry yet, "I have seen the second prince."

"Lord Yan." Qin Er looked Yan Xun up and down, and said with a smile, "Master Yan looks upright, no wonder the crown prince likes it. This king also likes it very much after seeing him. According to this king, a brother like Lord Yan should be Keeping in the back house to give birth to a child, so that there will be children by my side in the future, it is really outrageous for Mrs. Yan to come out to make troubles."

He doesn't look like a prince at all, but looks like a reckless man.

Jing Fengye didn't speak, but a burst of dust suddenly appeared at his feet.

"Second prince, please." Yan Xun clenched his fists, took a deep breath, turned around and left after speaking, and said softly, "Jing Fengye."

Jing Fengye hurriedly followed, leaned close to Yan Xun and whispered aggrievedly, "Don't allow him to say that about my lord. My lord is the best, he is not qualified to say that."

In the past at Honglu Temple, I didn't dare to speak casually and was guarded by Taoist soldiers, but it's different now.

"Don't worry, I won't make it easy for him." Yan Xun gritted his teeth.

Qin Er laughed out loud, raised his heels, almost tripped, looked down and saw clearly, the place where Jing Fengye was standing just now was obviously a hard concrete floor, but now there were two very clear footprints.

The laughter stopped abruptly.

That night, Yan Xun did not show up.Although the kang was burned in the room, Qin Er didn't dare to close his eyes, always afraid that a monster would suddenly appear and eat him.

After finally staying up until dawn, Qin Er came out with two dark circles under his eyes.

The snake-body cub squatted outside, wrapped the tip of its tail around a branch to brush its teeth, and then rolled up a wooden bowl to drink water to rinse its mouth. Seeing Qin Er standing not far away, it waved the tip of its tail at him and said sweetly: "Second prince, good morning."

The little cub has a round face, a hairless head, and is wearing a thick jacket. The tip of its tail is more flexible than a human hand.

"Hey." Qin Er was startled, subconsciously backed away.

The long-haired cub came out from behind, stared at Qin Er with big eyes for a while, then shook his head slightly.My lord said that you can't just give people bad luck, but the long-haired cub doesn't like Qin Er very much, and can't help but loathe him slightly.

The cubs came out one by one, they all looked different, and their heads and eyes were like those of a vicious big monster. Qin Er was so frightened that he hurried back to the house without eating.

Yan Xun rode on the iron donkey, and the cubs also rode on the iron donkey, running on the wide concrete road.

Behind Qin Er was riding a horse, followed by officials from the Ministry of Rites in a carriage, all of them were old men, Zi Dong's lips were trembling at this moment.

The wind got stronger as we got closer to the beach, and the horse yawned so loudly that it almost knocked Qin Er down.

On the embankment, there was a bloodthirsty fish demon coming ashore, Qin Er's eyes lit up immediately, and he was ready to step forward to show his performance.He is also a Taoist soldier, but as a prince, he only has cultivation and has not been to the battlefield yet.

"Shoot!" Li Gouzi roared!

The Taoist soldiers above immediately stood in a row, and directed at the bottom with a 'boom''boom''boom'...

The body of the bloodthirsty fish demon exploded, and the Taoist soldiers below put on leather gloves, found a bag from nowhere, put these bloodthirsty fish demons into the bag, carried them and ran back.

The bloodthirsty fish monsters in the water shrank back when they heard the booming noise. A few days ago, they didn't know what it was, so they rushed up, but none of them came back alive.

"My lord!" Cao Xianfeng, who rushed up, saw Yan Xun coming, and hurriedly cupped his hands slightly, watching the bag run away.

After all the Taoist soldiers left, Yang Shuning stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty has seen the Second Prince."

"General Yang." Qin Er's eyes were fixed on the gun carefully placed in the wooden box by the Taoist soldiers, eager to pounce on it and play with it.

The number of guns is limited, and everyone can't wear them, so they are always placed at the front, and only the Taoist soldiers guarding the front have a chance to use them. These days, all the Taoist soldiers are scrambling to guard the front.

"The little gadgets made by those cubs are not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Yang Shuning laughed loudly, "Second Prince, I think the seaside is the place to worship the sky. The sun is the best at noon. When the bloodthirsty fish demon won't go ashore, it's still too late to pay homage to the sky. This way, the heart is more sincere, and only then can God be moved."

"This..." Qin Er hesitated.

Before he came to the seaside, he really thought so. He thought that the seaside would be full of blood and blood, countless Taoist soldiers were killed and injured, and the bloodthirsty fish monster was extremely ferocious. Once it landed, it could only be killed, otherwise it would not be able to rest at all.

Then, as the second prince, if he comes to the sea to worship the sky, he can not only win the hearts of the people, but also win over these Dao soldiers.

But looking at it now, such a tall embankment is as solid as a rock, and there is a towering fortress behind it, which looks much safer than the palace wall.In the distance, there is a huge prototype of the Great Wall, as towering as a mountain.

With such a safe place, Qin Er didn't want to take any risks.

"How many Taoist soldiers have been injured recently?" Yan Xun asked.

"Only a few were accidentally bitten by the bloodthirsty fish demon hiding in the sand, and the other minor injuries are nothing to mention." Yang Shuning pretended not to see Qin Er, and cupped his hands at Yan Xun, "Lord Yan, I'm so kind. The general has no teeth to forget!"

So far, no Taoist soldiers have been injured or injured.

The cement for the dams, the craftsmen hired, and the food for the Taoist soldiers all need gold and silver to fill them.The imperial court didn't see any big money, if it wasn't for Yan Xun, even if Yang Shuning had the heart, he would probably be lingering on the beach at this time, and the casualties would be unknown.

"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Yan Xun laughed.

Qin Er followed him down the embankment and went to the rear camp.

Fire walls were burned in the ward for the wounded, and large glass windows were pressed. The Taoist soldiers inside wore clean loose clothes, slept on hot kangs, and ate meat and vegetables, which was much better than outside. many.

Some Taoist soldiers had very small wounds, so they couldn't stop helping inside.

"I'm going to have an operation, everyone come over and help hold him." The flower tree cub changed his clothes and walked in front pushing a small wooden cart.

The Taoist soldiers who were not seriously injured behind rushed up in a hive, pushing a small bed with wheels, and Gululu followed behind.

"Come here and look." Yan Xun became interested, and led Qin Er to the next hut, which also had glass windows, so he could see what was going on inside.

The flower tree cub held a sharp blade, picked up a pair of scissors after a while, and picked up a hammer after a while.The man inside shouted heart-piercingly, like killing a pig.

The Taoist soldiers who helped hold the person down were all wearing masks, and their voices were muffled, "Brother shouted hard, but don't move, or Doctor Xiaohua will knock your waist off."

Qin Er's whole body hurts from looking outside.

"The second prince doesn't like a brother like me, nor a reckless man like Jing Fengye who likes to chase me, let alone these little cubs, why not go to the beach to worship the sky?" Yan Xun said with a smile , "Otherwise, wouldn't the Second Prince look down on me?"

"Second prince!" The old man in the etiquette department behind him was already trembling, and hurriedly reminded Qin Er.

They knew that Qin Er was reckless, Yan Xun's aggressive tactics were so obvious, they were afraid that Qin Er would agree.

"Then we will sacrifice to the heavens by the sea!" Qin Eryi gritted his teeth and agreed.

It took two or three days to prepare, so Yang Shuning took Qin Er to watch the situation on the beach every day.

When the bloodthirsty fish monster goes ashore, it has to get close to kill it. If it is accidentally touched, it will bite off a piece of flesh.

For those who lost a piece of meat and half a piece of meat, the men continued to act as usual, but they had to go to the ward to recuperate after they climbed the embankment.The men are all very entangled again, to heal their wounds, eat well and sleep well, but they must often see some unlucky colleagues undergoing surgery. That scene is much more terrifying than killing bloodthirsty fish demons.

Qin Er was also afraid, but he had to bite the bullet.

A few days ago, the old man from the Ministry of Rites complained of illness, but there was no one to accompany Qin Er.