Chapter 39 Plague(1/2)
Decoct the medicine and take it while it is hot, and I feel a little tired when I sit in the house.
I lay on the bed thinking about things, but I couldn't sleep. I was confused and didn't know how long I had passed. I felt the heat on my body gradually disappear, and then I fell asleep quietly.
When I woke up again, it was the next morning. My body was much lighter. When I dressed up in the bronze mirror, I could tell that my face was better than yesterday - but I was still sick after all.
But Huasu is not there. She put a bowl of rice porridge and a few plates of pickled vegetables on the table, making her feel light and light, making her feel a little appetite.
After washing up, I sat down to have a meal. I faintly heard Huasu chuckling from outside the yard, followed by another sentence: "See you tomorrow, I wish Brother Yang a prosperous business!"
Not long after, Hua Su walked in with a happy face, playing with two rope condoms on her hands.
Before he could ask, Hua Su spoke first: "Brother Yang said he wanted to summon the shoemakers in the city."
Then he sat next to Shi Yunrong and put out the two ropes in his hand: "Miss, I'll make a trick for you!"
As he said that, he clumsyly crossed the two rope sleeves and suppressed his excitement: "Look, do these two rope sleeves cross together? Can't come out, right?"
Since entering the teaching house, Shi Yunrong can truly feel that the little girl who grew up with him has never been very happy.
I haven't seen such a bright smile for more than a year.
Seeing her excited appearance, Shi Yunrong was unwilling to discourage her sex, so she nodded seriously and became curious: This trick must have been taught to her by Yang Mo just now.
"And you look."
The little girl pretended to be mysterious, pulled her hands down, and gently blew her crossed rope sleeves, and the two crossed rope sleeves slowly separated.
Although he saw the flaw, Shi Yunrong was still surprised.
Hua Su explained the principle with a sage, and then repeated what she said to Yang Mo just met.
Finally, he said stubbornly: "Brother Yang said that he will definitely become a ranger in the future. He will learn swordsmanship with Li Bai this morning."
Shi Yunrong just smiled and disagreed.
The best way to learn swordsmanship is to start from childhood. If Yang Mo learns it at such an age, he will probably not achieve any results.
But I was curious why Yang Mo was so good to Huasu?
Was it really a coincidence to save her twice before?
Or is he thinking about getting close to vanilla to get close to himself?
Over the past year, Shi Yunrong has seen many people with various tricks to force him to submit, so he is extremely alert.
If this is true, this method would be a bit too clever.
Huasu continued: "Brother Yang also said that the straw sandals trained by the recruits of the three camps are now all supplied by him, and he cannot provide them alone, so he summoned all the straw sandals in the city."
"It's a considerable expense to hire so many people."
Shi Yunrong was talking while eating porridge. Hua Su shook her head and said, "No, no, I said that too. Brother Yang said that he would not hire people. He would distribute the work to them and set the standard for shoes. He would collect it every three days. He would only pay if the military camp accepted it."
After thinking about it, he said, "It is said that he is just one middleman to make the difference in the middle."
The Shi family had its own industry before. Shi Yunrong followed suit since childhood. He smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "I'm afraid it's much more difficult to do."
Where is the middleman so easy to do?
Although she had never made up straw sandals, she knew that the profit was not high. Yang Mo wanted the price difference, but she was afraid that the price would be reduced in the military camp. After all, she knew Li Xiuning since she was a child and knew that the Li family was strict in governing the army. Military supply would never open a door to convenience because of Yang Mo's relationship with the Li family.
It is even said that in order not to miss the people, Li Xiuning has much higher standards for Yang Mo than others.
The military camp is lowering prices, and the shoemaker wants to raise prices. Where can I have a way out for middlemen?
Not to mention that the shoemakers weave shoes. If they are beaten back, they will lose money and they will naturally not want to.
Over time, there will always be contradictions.
Huasu disagreed: "Brother Yang also said that if I have free time, I can share some work for me."
As he said that, he became happy again, and while tidying up the dishes, he smiled and said, "Miss, I haven't weave straw sandals yet."
Such a conversation will almost become a regular example in the next few days.
When I woke up, there was food on the table. Outside the room, the conversation between Huasu and Yang Mo came. Then the girl came back excitedly, always carrying something in her hand.
Today is the vegetables grown by Yang Mo himself, and tomorrow is the morning market for Yang Mo, five small fish with round wallets.
In the conversation with Huasu, we generally knew that Yang Mo's intermediary business had begun.
On the fifth day, Huasu came back with a bundle of straw ropes and said excitedly that she had received an order of twenty pairs of straw sandals from Yang Mo and would be handed over in three days.
He also said that if you give yourself two money for a pair of shoes, Yang Mo would not make the difference.
Shi Yunrong didn't stop him, but felt that although Yang Mo and Hua Su were busy with their daily work, they were extremely fulfilling and envious.
After leaving the Jiaofang and temporarily staying in Taiyuan, Shi Yunrong also had to think about his livelihood.
It is naturally not possible to show up in public. First, I don’t want to, and second, my body can’t stand it.
Fortunately, I learned some embroidery skills from the embroidery girl in the mansion since I was a child. My relationship with Qilan was pretty good. She came forward and found some embroidery girl jobs. One piece was profitable, and I could make a living and save some money to go to Chang'an.
Whether you seek medical treatment or go to Chang'an to file a lawsuit, you will eventually need money.
So the master and servant worked in the yard every day, one embroidered and the other weaved shoes, which was a good place for each person.
After listening to Hua Su’s experiences outside, Shi Yunrong sometimes lost his mind and was dazed. How good would it be if he was not born in the Marquis’ Mansion and was an ordinary woman, taking care of his husband and children?
Since Huasu took on the shoe-weaving job, every time he received the goods, Yang Mo would wait outside at the beginning.
But as Huansu's skills became better and more and more shoes were weaving, he asked him to come in and move it.
Occasionally, he would say hello to Shi Yunrong. Before Shi Yunrong could get up and salute, he and Hua Su excitedly counted the straw sandals.
When Li Bai praised Huasu's skills, he would inevitably have to pick up the faults, which made Huasu argue with him in anger.
In the end, Yang Mo came out to fight the original field. Shi Yunrong looked at him all, feeling a little curious. A talented young man like Li Bai seemed to be willing to be Yang Mo's follower.
It is a bit regrettable to follow him around the straw sandals all day long.
But as there were more noises, Shi Yunrong no longer thought so much. Instead, he was looking forward to the day when Yang Mo came to collect straw sandals.
At least at that time, Huasu and Li Bai were bickering, and there was more noisy in the yard, which was always much better than being deserted.
Therefore, every time I estimate the day of receiving the goods, I make a pot of tea with my own hands.
At the beginning, Yang Mo was a little surprised and sat down to have a cup of tea and talked, and then settled the goods.
Then it gradually becomes a habit.
After getting familiar with Yang Mo, Shi Yunrong slowly let go, and he also accepted the medicine he had entrusted to send.
After receiving the receipt, he always asked Li Xiuning about his current situation. Others seemed normal, but Shi Yunrong remembered everything Yang Mo said in his heart.
Not only do we talk about the Li family, but most of the time, we mainly talk about the experiences and experiences in the city.
Basically, Yang Mo started, and behind him was Li Bai's nagging.
For example, after the two of them had a drink that day, some talent came to the door, saying that a poetry meeting was held and Yang Mo was asked to attend to verify whether he had real talent or knowledge.
Hua Su listened on the side, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked when she would go?
Over the past few days, her relationship with Yang Mo has become better and better. Every time Yang Mo comes, she always brings some snacks for her. If she hadn't followed her since she was a child, I'm afraid that now, like Li Bai, will follow Yang Mo all over the city every day.
Yang Mo laughed and said, "Can you go." At that time, he told those people that he had no talent to learn, and that all the poems were copied."
If you want to invite Li Bai, please attend the poetry meeting. Li Bai followed him and said that it would be fine to let him attend the poetry meeting, and those who fight with him should also fight swords.
The Northern Sui Doujian has always had an unwritten rule, regardless of life and death, and there is no point in the end.
This is also why people like to watch sword fighting very much: exciting.
They have seen Li Bai's sword skills, and Ma Sanbao is not an opponent. Who dares to fight these literati?
There were a few waves of people calling out several times, but the result was that no one called out again.
After they returned, they naturally wanted to scold Yang Mo, but Yang Mo's reputation in their mouths could no longer be low. Therefore, over time, it gradually confirmed that the poem was written by Yang Mo.
The incident in the middle is really a bit ridiculous.
Today, Yang Mo and Li Bai no longer had their former smiles. As soon as they entered the door, they said that many of the newly arrived refugees had contracted illness and had diarrhea. This morning, the doctor in the city went there and said it was like malaria.
In the past few days, the three camps will come into the city and tell them not to go out.
He put down the medicine and was about to leave. Shi Yunrong asked about the three camps again. After Yang Mo said it briefly, he counted the straw sandals and hurried out.
After leaving the door, she was sure that she could not hear the two of them talking. Li Bai said suddenly: "Brother Yang, this is the seventh time that Miss Shi has asked about the movements of the three camps."
Yang Mo nodded. He had long noticed that Shi Yunrong had been very concerned about the movements of the three camps and Li Xiuning in recent times.
"Not these matter. There is no need to guess what she thinks in her heart. I will know sooner or later."
"The most important thing now is to quickly control the epidemic in the city."
After Yang Mo said that, Li Bai also looked serious.
The epidemic is like fire and even more violent than fire. If anyone can't control it, it will be said that the entire Taiyuan City will suffer.
Li Bai is familiar with history books. There are many such records in history books that the city was destroyed due to plague.
He highly praised the seven sons of Jian'an and had read Cao Zhi's "Speaking of Epidemic Qi": In the 22nd year of Jian'an, the storm of zombies was prevalent, and every family had the pain of zombies, and the room had the sorrow of crying. Some were killed when they closed the door, or they were overthrown and their families were lost...
Thinking of the advice Yang Mo gave to Li Xiuning this morning, Li Bai was still a little confused: "Brother Yang, can I really stop the spread of the plague god by isolating these refugees?"
To be continued...