Chapter 1278 Famine and Natural Disaster 437

With Mingyi's prescription, Dr. Hua led his men to prepare large quantities of oxytetracycline and alcohol.

Alcohol is easy to buy, but if you want to mass-produce oxytetracycline, you can only ferment the mold yourself in the army.

Moreover, not every type of mold can be used. It has to be a fixed strain of mold.

The strain is transplanted and grafted into a specific fermentation tank and goes through two processes before being separated and refined.

When Mingyi was making it, small jars were used. For mass production, large fermentation tanks must be used, and these things need to be customized.

Alcohol filtration also requires filters, and everything costs money.

Before the tools were ready, Dr. Hua led his team to ferment the oxytetracycline mold; when the customized tools arrived and the mold took shape, they officially started making the drugs.

By the time Zhou Ting returned victoriously with his troops, Dr. Hua had already led his men to produce a batch of oxytetracycline and alcohol, enough for a thousand people.

The army returned. There were 150,000 men when they left and 130,000 men when they returned.

Fan Qingzhi and Mingyi went outside the camp to greet them, and saw the weathered Zhou Ting and several generals behind him who also looked unhappy.

When the large army approached, Zhou Ting dismounted and walked straight towards Fan Qingzhi and the other two.

When he arrived in front of Fan Qingzhi, Zhou Ting bowed deeply.

"Teacher, I'm back. I want to thank you for guarding the rear area. You've worked hard to relieve me of my worries."

When Fan Qingzhi saw that he came back alive, all his worries disappeared, and he felt happy and relieved.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back; what I've done is nothing worthy of praise. During the time you were away from Fucheng, Mingyi and Luo, the butler of the Fucheng Palace, did a lot of things."

It was not convenient to talk much outside the military camp, so Fan Qingzhi stopped the topic and said, "Mingyi girl is worried about you."

Zhou Ting bowed deeply to the teacher again to express his gratitude; then, he looked at the little girl standing beside him, whom he had not seen for four months.

"Yiyi, thank you for your hard work. I'm back."

There weren't too many sentimental words, but the tone was full of warmth and expectation.

He was hoping that she would treat him differently, or if she would understand something, even if it was just a little bit of a sign.

Mingyi smiled brightly, "Congratulations on your great victory. From now on, Ningguo no longer exists; we have one more country to supply resources to."

"That's how it should be."

He gave her a slightly disappointed smile, realizing that she didn't seem to understand and probably didn't even miss him.

In an instant, Zhou Ting adjusted his thoughts and buried the emotions of loss, expectation, etc. deep in his heart.

"Well, the soldiers must be exhausted after fighting so many battles. Let's go back to the camp and rest. We can talk about other things after you have rested. There are many things to do in the barracks. You should take over the tasks as soon as you have rested. I am tired of staying in the barracks."

Fan Qingzhi interrupted the child's eye contact quite helplessly.

These days he has been busy and tired in the military camp, and he is also really bored. It's just right that the military affairs can be handed over, and he has to go back to Fucheng to have a good rest for a few days.

"Yes, please go first, teacher." Zhou Ting held the long sword at his waist with one hand and made a gesture of invitation with the other. Even though he was tired, his etiquette remained perfect.

Fan Qingzhi nodded lightly, turned around and left.

He turned around, and the next moment, Zhou Ting came to Mingyi and whispered.

"Yiyi, go back first. Come back to the tent after I have arranged things here. We can have a good talk then."

I haven't spoken to the little girl I love for four months. We haven't even exchanged a letter. I miss her so much.

Ming Yi understood and nodded gently: "Go ahead, I'll ask someone to prepare hot food and hot water for you."

"Thank you Yiyi, you still care about me." Zhou Ting smiled, and the feeling of loss just now seemed to have never appeared.

After a few words, the two separated. Mingyi did not go directly to the main tent, but returned to her tent first.

Chunxi and Chunmei heard the news that the army was returning to the camp and had already been waiting in the tent.

Seeing her coming back with a smile on her face, he already had the answer in his mind: the prince must not be injured.

"Master, do you want to prepare hot water and hot food for the prince?" Chunmei asked.

Chunxi asked softly, "My dear, did the prince and his men suffer many casualties this time?"

"We don't know at the moment. They are still reorganizing. Let's wait until they have rested well." It was obviously inappropriate to ask these questions at this moment.

The army returned exhausted, and Zhou Ting's fatigue was visible to the naked eye.

Now that they are back, they will sooner or later know the number of casualties in the army and what happened after the expedition.

  Why rush?

"That's right." Chunxi suddenly realized and said with relief: "They are actually tired and hungry right now. The prince is probably reorganizing the army!"

Her question was obviously not well received.

Chunmei smiled and said, "Master, I will order someone to prepare hot food and hot water and send them to the main tent."

"Go ahead, and ask the guards to go back to the palace and tell Butler Luo that the prince has returned safely. Also bring some nourishing soup and meat. They have been sleeping outside in the open air, and they don't eat or sleep well. Now that they are back, we need to nourish them well."

Young men are in the period of growth, and physical weakness at this age will have a detrimental effect on their future lifespan.

"Yes, Master, what would you like to eat? I will go and make it for you."

"Give me a bowl of noodle dumpling soup, with more vegetables, less meat and less dumplings." What she liked was the soup and vegetables in the dumpling soup, not the dumplings and meat.

Chunmei responded and the courier left.

Mingyi looked at Chunxi.

Chunxi asked, "Young lady, would you like me to go and clean up over there?"

"No, there are people serving the prince over there, so you are not needed. If you have nothing to do here, go to the military medical camp to help. When the army returns, there will be many people going there for medical treatment. It would be good to help the military doctors."

"I understand. I will go as soon as I am here. If you have anything to do, wait until Chunmei comes back."

"understood."

After sending Chunxi away, Mingyi went to the main tent.

The tent was not dirty and there was limited dust because it was cleaned every day. Even if she was not in the camp, the teacher would order someone to clean it.

She knew Zhang Zhi's situation, so she refused Chunxi's request to come and clean.

……

Zhou Ting and the generals arranged the soldiers, counted the number of people, supplies and horses. The consumption of this trip needed to be counted, and the subsequent supplies needed to be rearranged. The current statistics were the most basic preparations, so that everyone would have an idea of ​​what to expect in this expedition.

After finishing the tasks at hand, Zhou Ting returned to the main account with a smile on his face.

The secret guards who followed Zhou Ting back each found a place to hide, and only one secret guard stayed outside.

Zhou Ting entered the main tent, followed closely by the secret guard, but when he saw Ming Yi in the tent, he retreated smoothly.

"Yiyi."

When Zhou Ting saw the familiar figure, a smile appeared on his handsome face with a little vicissitudes of life, and he walked quickly towards him.

The secret guard lowered the curtain outside the tent, isolating the people and objects in the main tent from the outside.


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