Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 677
Luo Sigong was looking at the mountain of mahogany in shock, and suddenly rushed out of the city.

After this rider left the city, he still went straight to the place where the wood was piled up, obviously looking for him.

He couldn't help but look up, it turned out to be Old Zheng, the general banner under Wang Chong of Hundred Households.

What is this guy doing back here?

Lao Zheng rode his horse and ran to the stacked timber to see that the Commander was indeed here.

He hastily got off his horse, stepped forward and bowed his hands, "My subordinates will see you, Your Excellency."

Luo Sigong nodded slightly, and then asked: "Why did you come back so soon, has the farm finished receiving it?"

He thought they were sent back by Baihu Wang Chong.

Old Zheng quickly explained: "My lord, the path in the forest is difficult. We have only walked about half of the distance, and we haven't reached the farm on the map yet. The reason why my subordinates rushed back was because we met some people from the nearby Indian tribe on the road." people."

Hearing this, Luo Sigong couldn't help being interested.

This is the first time he has heard from the people below that he has met people from the Indian tribe here.

It is hard to find people from the Indian tribes here, because the tribes here are all in the jungle, and they are quite well guarded against outsiders.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to meet them even in the jungle, because they will hide when they see outsiders.

If someone appears near their tribal settlements, they will even hide and attack.

The Portuguese had suffered enough.

They originally thought that they could easily deal with them with guns and artillery, but who knew that once they hid in the jungle, their guns and artillery would basically be useless.

The muskets can't pierce even thicker branches. No matter how powerful the cannon is, it's fake in the jungle.

On the contrary, they are elusive in the jungle. As long as they dare to chase them in, they will be attacked by surprise.

At the moment, they don't dare to provoke others, so they can only use various means to make them do things for them.

For example, lure people out with food, help them plant sugar cane, and help them cut trees.

However, there are not many tribes who have been fooled by them, there are only a few in the whole of Natal, and they are all on farms far from the coast.

It can be said that the Portuguese have nothing to do with them, because the population of Portugal is not large, and the total is only about one million.

And the Indian tribes here are numerous, with at least a few million people, and they all live in the jungle. If they want to run in to encircle and suppress them, they are looking for death.

People don't even need to do anything, just the poisonous insects, ferocious beasts and even poisonous miasma in the primitive jungle may wipe them out.

As a result, the historical records of later generations of Portugal say that they are the most friendly to the Indians in the colonies, and even intermarried with them.

This is actually just whitewashing their embarrassment.

They have nothing to do with others, naturally they can only come for soft ones, come for hard ones, they dare not go into the primitive jungle to find others at all!
As long as people drill into the primitive jungle, they will be dumbfounded.

Luo Sigong was still troubled by this problem, but he didn't expect that Wang Chong would meet someone from a nearby Indian tribe.

This is just great.

He couldn't help but asked with interest: "Did these Indian tribes come here on their own initiative? What do they want to do?"

This is not difficult to guess, because he didn't order Wang Chong to go into the jungle to find the nearby Indian tribes. If they don't take the initiative to look for them, they probably won't be able to meet them.

Sure enough, Lao Zheng nodded again and again and said: "Yes, they took the initiative to find and collect them. They seem to want to stop the Portuguese from grabbing some medicine. I heard from them that many people in the nearby tribes are sick. Our king is afraid The disease is transmitted from person to person, so I ordered my subordinates to come and report to you immediately."

Hearing this, Luo Sigong couldn't help but have a strange look on his face.

He didn't think it was weird because the Indian tribesmen wanted to block the way to grab the medicine. The reason why he looked weird was because the emperor seemed to know that this kind of thing would happen, and he specially sent the judge from the Imperial Hospital to follow them.

The emperor is really amazing!
He secretly sighed, and then asked his relatives: "Where is Mr. Li from Tai Hospital?"

A confidant beside him cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "Lord Li took a team to the jungle in the south of the city to look for herbs."

This Mr. Li just can't stay idle, and he likes to look for herbs everywhere when he has nothing to do.

Hearing this, Luo Sigong said without hesitation: "Go, invite Master Li back."

The confidant hurriedly cupped his hands and said yes, then walked quickly to the pier to borrow a horse from someone, and rode the horse directly to the south of the city.

Not long after, there was a dense sound of horseshoes from the south of the city, and Li Shuben, the judge of the imperial hospital, came straight here under the guard of more than fifty cavalry.

Seeing this, Luo Sigong hurriedly greeted Lao Zheng and the others.

This Li Shuben is not an ordinary person. It is rumored that his grandfather published the book "Compendium of Materia Medica", which the emperor liked very much.

Moreover, this son is a Jinshi of the new department. The emperor was very happy when he found out this son, and directly appointed him as a judge in the imperial hospital.

Even, the emperor recruited his elder brothers and directly appointed them as envoys of the Imperial Hospital.

Moreover, when the emperor was in the palace, he would often invite the two brothers to make some suggestions, as if they would never see each other again.

For this expedition, the emperor also brought the two brothers with him.

The future of these two brothers is simply limitless, because anyone who is promoted by the emperor himself and brings some points with him, the speed of promotion is as fast as riding a rocket.

Luo Sigong also often followed Taichang, so he naturally knew how much Taichang admired the two brothers.

He greeted him courteously, took hold of Li Shuben's war horse himself, gave him another hand, and took it off, then said with a smile on his face: "Master Li, I'm sorry to disturb your study of herbs. Something, I really can't do without inviting you over."

Hearing this, Li Shuben shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Master Luo, you are too polite, the officer is really flattered, if you have anything to do, just ask."

He knew that the Commander of Jinyiwei was so polite because the emperor valued their brothers.

However, he didn't know why the emperor valued their brothers so much.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" had only been published recently, and their grandfather Li Shizhen hadn't been proclaimed as the sage of medicine, so he naturally didn't know what was going on.

Luo Sigong didn't know why Taichang valued Li Shuchu and Li Shuben brothers so much.

He only knew that the two brothers must have a bright future.

Can he be rude to others?
He still politely apologized and said with a smile: "Don't dare to say orders, you are sent by the emperor to help, I am asking you for help. The thing is like this, a team we sent to take over the farm met the Indian tribe here. People, I heard people say that many people from the nearby Indian tribes are sick, and they are so anxious to stop the road to grab medicine."

When it was mentioned that someone was sick, Li Shuben immediately put away his smiling face, and said solemnly: "Oh, what is the specific situation, has someone checked it out?"

Hearing this, Luo Sigong winked directly at Old Zheng.

Old Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Master Li, we met them on the road. We, Mr. Wang, were afraid that the disease might be transmitted from person to person, so we didn't dare to send anyone to investigate their tribe. They are still about fifty miles away at the moment. Waiting on the forest path outside."

Li Shuben thought for a while, and then asked: "Can they still block the way to grab medicine? How many of them are there? Have you ever noticed any abnormalities in their faces, or seeming weak or something? Simply put, do you think they have What are the symptoms, are you sick too?"

Old Zheng shook his head again and again and said: "There are about a hundred of them, and they are all in good spirits through the binoculars, and they don't have any symptoms of illness, and when they came out of the woods, they were very quick, and there was nothing wrong with them at first glance. "

Li Shuben asked again: "Are you sure they have no symptoms?"

Old Zheng nodded again and again: "This subordinate can be sure, because the telescope can see very clearly, and this subordinate can even see their eyebrows clearly."

This is not like a person-to-person disease. If it is really a person-to-person infection, it is impossible for more than 100 people to be fine.

So, what is going on here?
Li Shuben looked at the dense virgin forest around him, wiped the sweat from his head, and said solemnly: "These people should have been poisoned by heat, it may be caused by a problem with the water source, or it may be caused by mosquito bites. , if a strong and strong person can bear it, it proves that the problem is not serious."

Luo Sigong couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words: "Master Li, do you think their illnesses can be cured?"

Li Shuben nodded slowly and said, "As long as there is enough medicine, the problem should not be serious."

Luo Sigong quickly asked: "Master Li, what medicine do you need?"

Li Shuben said seriously: "This needs to be treated with the right medicine. Generally, if you are suffering from heat poisoning, if you are mildly ill, you will be fine by brewing some herbal tea and drinking it for a few days. If you are seriously ill, you need to drink Guiling jelly and have a cool place to rest."

Well, they brought a lot of ingredients for making Guiling jelly, and even more herbs for making herbal tea.

Question, where is the coolest place in this weather?

Luo Sigong frowned when he heard this.

Li Shuben was quite anxious and said: "How about this, bring all the ingredients for making Guiling jelly, and also bring dozens of packets of heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs. I'll go over and see what's going on."

(End of this chapter)