Crossing the Nongmen: The Space of Doctor Women is on fire!

Chapter 502 Go to hell

"Master Shen, what's wrong? Is it serious? Look at my memory. The dishes on the table are all spicy dishes from the western part of Jiangnan. They look light in color, but they taste several times spicier than ordinary peppers."

"I'm sorry, Lord Shen, for making you suffer! I heard that you were getting better soon, and since the food had just arrived in Shu, I wanted to try it with you. I didn't expect it to be so spicy!"

Feng Yiyao kept saying sorry, but there was no sign of apology on his face. He calmly appreciated Shen Caian's ugly appearance and just felt it was satisfying.

Shen Cai'an was coughing so hard that stars were coming out of his eyes. After his servants helped him drink several glasses of boiled water, he finally felt better.

He didn't care whether Feng Yiyao was still there or not. He stared at the floor with lifeless eyes, his mind blank.

"Please go back, Sixth Prince. I have nothing to do. I am really sorry for disturbing your highness's mood for dinner!"

Feng Yiyao cried out "ouch" a few times, but he was not the kind of person who would wait for an excuse to get away with something. He knew he had gotten into trouble, so he was as obedient as a little white rabbit and had the food removed quietly. The untouched dishes were sent to his room.

After hearing the news, Yang Jinfan almost fainted from laughing. Brother Yao finally had some brains!
"Master, do you think that if our brother Yao has children in the future, will they inherit his IQ?"

Gu Dingyu put down his chopsticks and thought seriously: "It's hard to say about IQ, but black-bellied people are hereditary. In the future, your brother Yao's children will be more troublesome than him!"

Qian Qinyi was silently picking up food on the side, her face flushed, and she always felt that they were vaguely talking about her.

Lan Ze ate his rice skillfully, as if he had just experienced a famine. Gu Dingyu was very disgusted with him.

"Is there not enough food for you at the Lan family? You've been acting strange lately. I always feel like you're particularly hungry. The food that Afan makes is delicious, but you can't eat it this way. What if you get too full?"

Lan Ze smiled naively, looked up and muttered "It's okay", then lowered his head to continue eating, trying to suppress the sourness in his heart.

"Master, please don't talk about Master Lan Ze. I asked him to help me train the people I picked from the military camp. He must have been exhausted these days. Don't worry, Master Lan Ze won't be overworked. I'll prescribe some medicine for him to help digestion and strengthen his spleen later. He'll be fine."

"Well, you guys should eat quickly too. You're still growing. If you only eat a little bit at each meal like you're feeding a cat, when will you grow up?"

After dinner, Yang Jinfan and Qian Qinyi went to Shen's house at night to meet Feng Yiyao.

He pointed to the documents on the table and said, "These were just collected last night. They are letters between Shen Cai'an and the chieftains of southern Yunnan."

"Tusi? The Tusi in southern Yunnan seem obedient, but in fact they are the most unwilling to accept the imperial court's discipline. They have been rebellious for many years. He actually interacted with them again. He was so arrogant that he dared to directly admit that he had wronged the Song family."

There are many chieftains in southern Yunnan, each of whom is a faction. Although their methods are not as strong as those of the Miao and Geqiao, their rebelliousness is no weaker than theirs. Moreover, they are a barbaric nation that came down from the mountains, and it is difficult for the imperial court to discipline them. The governors sent here usually do not survive for more than a year. The imperial court also has no way to deal with this place. It has not been managed for many years, and it is equivalent to a no-man's land.

Yang Jinfan flipped through the letters carefully and couldn't help thinking about how much pressure the Song family had to face when they were in Shu.

The internal affairs of Shu are not peaceful. The chieftains of southern Yunnan often attack here on a small scale. There are also treacherous officials who work together with them. The Song family is unwilling to take sides in the court. Song Taifu is alone in his argument with the scholars and is wrongly accused of colluding with the chieftains. Even if he has mouths all over his body, he can't explain it clearly! "Who reported the Song family back then? Who fabricated the rumors?"

Yang Jinfan and Qian Qinyi looked at Feng Yiyao together. The cinnabar mole at the end of his left eyelid was bright red, indicating his painful memories and struggle to recall the past.

"The person who reported the Song family was just an unknown person in the court, who was pushed out as a scapegoat. I sent someone to investigate carefully, and it turned out to be Qiao Boqian, the one who sent West Lake Longjing tea to Shen Caian."

"So what role does Shen Cai'an play in this?"

"He forged the documents and took the initiative to hand over the evidence to Qiao Boqian. He wanted to capture Shu and southern Yunnan. Qiao Boqian was also happy to see the Song family taken down. He never missed this opportunity to do a favor and get promoted and make money."

"But these are only part of the evidence. We cannot capture Shen Caian directly. We are still in someone else's territory. Although the army's morale is gradually coming together, this is after all the place he has been entrenched for many years. We don't know how many cards he still has."

Qian Qinyi showed worry. She had encountered many difficulties in collecting evidence to frame the Qian family. What she feared most was that she had no idea how powerful the other party was.

"The chieftains of southern Yunnan are not easily bribed. What conditions did Shen Caian give them?"

The situation of each chieftain occupying a mountain and claiming to be their own king was serious in southern Yunnan, and what the chieftains wanted most was territory. However, at that time, Shu did not belong to the Shen family in name or in reality. How could they be willing to form an alliance with Shen Cai'an?
"Mineral veins. There are rich mineral veins at the junction of southern Yunnan and Shu. There must be gold and silver mines. I heard from the people in Shu that Lord Shen once organized people to mine mineral veins in private. The rarest ones are phosphate and coal."

"Oh, phosphate is a good thing. It can increase the yield of crops and make gunpowder. No wonder the chieftain of southern Yunnan agreed to cooperate with him. Coal mines are also good. Any vein can make a country rich!"

"How could a cunning man like Shen Caian, who covets fame and wealth, be willing to give the mineral vein he discovered with great difficulty to the chieftain of southern Yunnan?"

Yang Jinfan's eyes flickered. "The chieftains in southern Yunnan probably don't know about the existence of mineral veins, and phosphate and coal are indeed good things, especially phosphate. Although the soil conditions in southern Yunnan are good, it is on high mountains after all, and crops may not be easy to grow. The harvest is definitely a big problem. Phosphorus can especially win people's hearts."

Shen Cai'an is a smart man. He only needs to offer a little bit of phosphate ore to gain the favor and support of the chieftains, which is much more useful than the Song family struggling in Shu.

As for Shen Caian’s confidence in Shu, it is those mineral veins.

"boom!"

The door was kicked open from the outside. Shen Cai'an stared gloomily at the four people who were plotting inside, and his eyes were full of murderous intent when he looked at Yang Jinfan.

"Your Highness the Princess is really smart. She even figured out how I used phosphate ore to win people's hearts. You are worthy of being the emperor's favorite. It's a pity that too much wisdom can lead to harm. Let's see if you can escape from here today. That's your ability!"

Yang Jinfan's eyes turned cold, and he said in a cold voice: "I underestimated you. You actually set up an ambush so early. But how capable are those people ambushing around you? Can they stop a few of us?"

"Humph, there aren't many people, but they know some tricks to trap people. Isn't Her Royal Highness the Princess going to force me? Now I tell you, I can't bear it anymore. You came to Shu just to die, go to hell!"