Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 111 Ji Qiu: The situation in Luoyang is under control!

This is an extremely rare secret technique for killing enemies and growing.

This secret technique can gain unparalleled fighting spirit by killing enemies.

The consumption of unparalleled fighting spirit can be used to resist enemy attacks and to strengthen one's own strength.

The reason why Lu Bu had such terrifying combat power was that he had previously killed a large number of Hu people on the battlefield of Bingzhou and gained a lot of unparalleled fighting spirit.

However, all of this fighting spirit has been completely consumed by the thunder just now.

Therefore, this secret technique is useless for now.

Lu Bu needs to accumulate his unparalleled fighting spirit again.

However, in addition to the innate secret skill of being unparalleled in the world, Lu Bu also has many acquired secret skills.

Such as cyclone, heavy blow, shout, madness, etc.

They are all acquired secret techniques used to improve personal combat effectiveness.

And they are all top-notch, all above grade five!

No wonder when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang City, Lu Bu was able to single-handedly defeat more than a dozen powerful generals of the Xiliang Army.

After performing so many secret techniques, coupled with Lu Bu's personal strength, his combat effectiveness will soar to a terrifying level.

Lu Bu deserves the title of the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms!

However, Lu Bu possesses so many secret techniques, and if he wants to use them all, he needs a large amount of dragon energy.

So he is actually a player who relies heavily on dragon energy.

Once the dragon energy in the body is depleted, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

This was the reason why he had to flee after Ding Yuan dismissed him from his position as chief clerk.

It was also because Ji Qiu was able to easily defeat Lu Bu with the secret technique of summoning thunder.

The loss of 90% of the dragon energy in his body was equivalent to depriving Lu Bu of 90% of his combat power.

He was directly weakened from the top power in the world to the third or fourth rate level.

But this is not a bad thing for Ji Qiu.

Because this is equivalent to indirectly strengthening his control over Lu Bu.

When he needs Lu Bu's fighting power, he can allocate more dragon energy to Lu Bu.

And when Lu Bu poses a threat to him, he can instantly take back the dragon energy in Lu Bu's body!

Although after planting the dragon seed in Lu Bu, Lu Bu's absolute loyalty can be guaranteed.

These control measures seem a bit redundant.

But for a subordinate like Lu Bu, who would complain about having too many means of control?

Moreover, dragon seeds can be retrieved at any time.

If we can ensure that Lu Bu can be controlled by conventional means, we can then take back the dragon seed in Lu Bu's body.

Whether it is the world of the Three Kingdoms or the modern world, there are still many places that need to use dragon seeds, and there is no abundance at all!

"Fengxian, although you serve me as your master, it is not suitable for you to stay by my side at the moment. I have an important task that I need to entrust to you!" After checking the situation of Lu Bu's secret skills, Ji Qiu began to assign tasks to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu immediately said, "Please give your orders, my lord. No matter what the mission is, I will complete it for you even if it costs me my life!"

"Well, this doesn't require you to risk your life, you just need to use your brain.

I need you to join Dong Zhuo and then lead him into war with Ding Yuan.

But you can't let Dong Zhuo defeat Ding Yuan quickly, and of course, you can't let Ding Yuan defeat Dong Zhuo.

You have to maintain a balance between them, so that they can continue fighting for a long time without stopping!" Ji Qiu said slowly.

Lü Bu showed an embarrassment on his face and said, "My lord, it's not that I don't want to obey your orders.

But the difficulty of this matter is really beyond my ability.

If you want me to kill someone, I promise to bring you his head immediately.

But I'm really not good at this kind of strategizing."

I have to say that Lu Bu still has self-awareness.

Know what he can do and what he cannot do.

He didn't try to be pretentious in front of Ji Qiu.

Ji Qiu chuckled and said, "Of course I know that you can't complete this task alone, so I found a helper for you."

"Help?" Lu Bu asked doubtfully.

Ji Qiu pointed to Jia Xu beside him and said, "This Mr. Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, is also the head of the External Affairs Department under my command.

He is a man of extraordinary talent and wisdom, who can plan and win battles from thousands of miles away.

With his help, he will definitely help you accomplish this!"

"Mr. Wenhe actually has such ability?"

Lu Bu's eyes widened immediately, and he looked up and down at Jia Xu several times, as if he didn't believe it at all.

But he was the one who had the dragon seed planted by Ji Qiu, and he was absolutely loyal to Ji Qiu and had absolute trust in him.

Therefore, since Ji Qiu said that Jia Xu had this ability, even if Lu Bu did not believe it in his heart, he would eventually choose to believe it.

Because he trusts Ji Qiu!
Lü Bu then bowed to Jia Xu and said, "Since that's the case, I'd appreciate your guidance from now on, Mr. Wenhe."

"General Lu, you are too polite. I will definitely assist you wholeheartedly!" Jia Xu said with a harmless smile.

Ji Qiu smiled and said, "With Wenhe and Fengxian jointly controlling the situation in Luoyang, I have nothing to worry about!"

Afterwards, Ji Qiu casually assigned Lu Bu a position as captain of the guards and allocated a sum of dragon energy to him to help him increase his strength to 80% of his original level.

This was mainly to prevent him from being looked down upon when he came under Dong Zhuo's command.

Now that Lu Bu has lost the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, if he has lost his strength, then how can he have any status under Dong Zhuo as a rebel general of Ding Yuan?

If Lu Bu had no status at all under Dong Zhuo, how could he guide the situation in Luoyang?

Of course, using this method to help Lu Bu restore his strength will also create some hidden dangers.

People may discover that there are other forces behind Lu Bu.

After all, there were wise and strategic people under Dong Zhuo's command.

For example, Li Ru.

But Ji Qiu believed that Jia Xu would handle this matter perfectly.

With Jia Xu's intelligence level and the fact that the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, it is not a problem for him to deal with Li Ru.

At this point, the arrangements for Lu Bu came to an end.

Ji Qiu's gaze fell on the Red Hare, which was still kneeling on the ground.

When Red Hare saw Ji Qiu, a human-like, flattering look appeared in its eyes.

Obviously, it possessed a high level of intelligence, and knew that the thunders that had just struck it and Lu Bu were summoned by Ji Qiu.

For a warhorse, even if it has the blood of the demon king and intelligence, it still follows the social rule that only the strong are respected.

So after being almost killed by Ji Qiu's thunder, it had completely surrendered to Ji Qiu.

If Ji Qiu wanted to ride it at this time, it would not resist at all.

However, Ji Qiu had no intention of riding it. Although Red Hare was very famous, Ji Qiu was not very interested in riding a horse, even Red Hare.

So the reason why he paid attention to Red Hare was actually just because of the activated bloodline of the Demon King in Red Hare's body.

"What's the difference between the blood of the Red Hare, whose demon king's bloodline has been activated, and the blood of an ordinary warhorse? This needs to be studied carefully!" Ji Qiu thought to himself.

Then Ji Qiu took out a large blood drawer from his personal space.

Plop.

The huge needle of the blood drawer was inserted into the blood vessel of Red Hare, and then 500ML of blood was drawn out.

Ji Qiu returned to Taishan County with the 500 milliliters of blood and the guards of the Royal Guard Camp.

In the following days, Luoyang City began to fall into chaos as Ji Qiu had expected.

Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan officially went to war.

This battle attracted the attention of almost everyone who cared about the world situation inside and outside Luoyang City.

Everyone knows that the outcome of this war will determine who will be in charge of the Han court in the future!
They must watch the war carefully and understand the dynamics in real time so that they can make decisions at the first moment.

However, the costs of this war are borne primarily by those who do not care about the outcome of the war.

The lives of the lower-class people in Luoyang City became even more difficult.

If we say that a few months ago, when Emperor Ling of Han just passed away, their lives just became a little worse, but most people were still able to survive.

Now most of the people can no longer survive.

The price of rice in Luoyang City has risen to tens of thousands of coins per hu, which is far beyond the affordability of ordinary people in Luoyang City.

The lower-class people in large cities like Luoyang are different from the lower-class people in local counties.

Most of the lower-class people in local counties have farmland outside the city.

When the price of rice in the city rose sharply, they could at least obtain the most basic survival guarantee through the output of the fields.

But the lower-class people in large cities like Luoyang City have no land at all.

They have transformed from the peasant class to the urban class.

Normally, they relied on working in the city to earn wages, and then used the wages to buy food. So when the food prices in the city rose to such an unimaginable level, it pushed them all into a desperate situation.

The direct result of this incident for Ji Qiu was that the number of people recruited by the Rare Treasures Pavilion every day suddenly increased significantly.

When the Pavilion of Rare Treasures first started recruiting civilians, it was able to recruit two thousand people every day.

Later, as the lowest-level people were recruited and only those who could barely survive were left in Luoyang City, the number of people recruited by the Rare Treasures Pavilion every day gradually decreased.

Before the war between Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan broke out, the number of civilians recruited daily by the Pavilion of Rare Treasures had dropped to less than a thousand.

After Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan went to war, this number quickly rose again.

Not only did we reach the initial recruitment number, we even far exceeded this standard!

The number of people recruited by the Rare Treasures Pavilion every day has reached five thousand!

This is a terrifying number. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the total population of a lower-class county town in a certain place was only about 50,000 to 60,000 people.

The Pavilion of Rare and Exotic Treasures can actually recruit one-tenth of the total population of the lower-class county town every day.

If this news were to spread, it would probably attract the attention of the entire world!
However, for now, the reaction of various forces in Luoyang City to the Pavilion of Rare Treasures is no reaction.

There are three reasons for this.

First, as mentioned earlier, the attention of the major forces in Luoyang City at this time was basically focused on the war between Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, and they had no time to take care of other aspects.

Secondly, for Luoyang City, the Pavilion of Rare Treasures' continuous recruitment of civilians actually eased the increasingly intensified conflicts within the city.

After all, there are fewer people in Luoyang City, so there are fewer people competing for resources.

Relatively speaking, the environment has also improved.

Those who are not sensitive enough to the current situation may even have an illusion about it.

Has the situation in Luoyang City improved?

As they were immersed in this illusion, they naturally did not notice the actions of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures.

Third, a few attentive people have actually noticed the role played by the Pavilion of Rare Treasures in the chaos in Luoyang.

But they did not make it public, instead they tacitly covered it up.

On the one hand, the Pavilion of Rare Treasures is not the main contradiction in Luoyang City at present.

On the other hand, God is merciful and these extremely wise men may, in politics and military affairs, use any means to achieve their goals.

But when it comes to things that have nothing to do with their own interests, most people are still able to maintain basic moral ethics.

They also didn't want the lower-class people in Luoyang City to stay in the city and wait to die.

Letting them be recruited by the Pavilion of Rare Treasures was the only bit of kindness they had left.

So under this circumstance, the Pavilion of Rare Treasures began to send more and more people to Taishan County every day.

For Taishan County, this is naturally a blessing in disguise.

To date, Taishan County's internal affairs have been basically straightened out.

Under an action led by the Ministry of Government Affairs and with close cooperation from various departments, the original 400,000 people in Taishan County have all been relocated to twelve large settlements.

The twelve original county towns in Taishan County were all razed to the ground, and new county towns were built on the basis of the twelve large gathering places.

In the process of demolishing twelve county towns and relocating the people of the entire county, the aristocratic families in Taishan County cannot be said to have completely disappeared, but they have lost all their means of production.

Now, all that is left of their families are some floating wealth and the most fundamental secret inheritances.

Land and population, the two most fundamental things for aristocratic families, all fell into the hands of the prefectural government headed by Ji Qiu.

All the land in Taishan County was taken into the hands of the prefectural government.

All the adults in Taishan County were registered and became free citizens under the rule of the prefectural government!

However, even if all the population of Taishan County were brought under the rule of the Taishou Mansion, there would still be a shortage of supply for the current industrial development of Taishan County.

The twelve large gathering places are twelve large industrial centers.

However, the current population of Taishan County is not enough to meet the needs of these twelve large industrial centers at the same time, and it cannot even fully meet the needs of one of them!
After all, when Ji Qiu initially planned these twelve industrial centers, he planned them based on a population of one million!
Therefore, the relocated Luoyang population did not cause any impact on Taishan County. They were integrated into Taishan County’s industrial system almost without any hindrance and became part of Taishan County’s industrialization process!

Just like that, we watched as the population, tax revenue, dragon energy, and strength of Taishan County expanded rapidly at a speed that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

Time gradually came to a month later, mid-September of the sixth year of Zhongping.

At this time, Ji Qiu came to Luoyang City again and appeared outside the Northern Army Camp of the Imperial Palace.

By now, the news of the plague in the Luoyang Northern Army has spread throughout the city of Luoyang, and almost everyone who cares about this matter knows about it.

This made the already closed Luoyang Northern Army even more closed.

All forces avoid this place as much as possible.

At this time, the gates of the Luoyang Northern Army camp were tightly closed, and the heavy wooden doors were covered with yellow talismans.

This was the effort made by the military sorcerers to suppress the plague. Although it was useless, it at least stabilized the soldiers' emotions.

On both sides of the door, the soldiers who usually stood guard majestically have been replaced by guards wrapped in thick linen clothes, with only a pair of vigilant eyes showing.

They held long spears and strictly prohibited anyone from approaching the camp. Even a flying bird would attract a burst of nervous attention, for fear that this tiny creature would spread the disease.

In the camp, the tents that were once neatly arranged now appear in disarray.

Some tents were roughly knocked over, apparently an emergency measure to isolate the sick.

The passages between the tents were filled with a pungent medicinal smell, which came from the herbs that the soldiers were constantly boiling.

The smell of medicine mixed with blood and decay formed a disgusting odor that permeated every inch of the air.

Inside the camp, the situation was even more horrific. Sick soldiers lay or reclined, some with red faces, feverish and unconscious, mumbling incoherently; others were as pale as paper, coughing violently, each cough threatening to cough out their hearts and lungs.

The ground was covered with vomit, pus and blood, and no one had the energy to clean it up.

Military doctors shuttled around, looking tired and desperate. There were only a few herbs left in their medicine boxes, but the epidemic showed no signs of abating.

A makeshift altar was set up in the center of the camp.

Several sorcerers in Taoist robes were chanting and waving peach wood swords in their hands, trying to drive away the disease through mysterious rituals.

Under their feet, a raging fire was burning, and crackling sounds were emitted from the fire from time to time, as if the disease was struggling.

However, all this seems so pale and powerless in the face of the ruthless plague.

In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the camp’s kitchen had already been closed.

Food and water were placed near the camp gate and carried into the camp with long poles by soldiers in protective clothing. They were then distributed to each tent by strong soldiers who had not yet contracted the disease.

But even so, the supply of materials began to become tight, and the soldiers received less and less food every day. Hunger and disease tortured these brave warriors.

The Northern Army camp is now about to become a living hell.

Inside the commander's barracks, Xu Rong stared with bloodshot eyes and asked Li Dangzhi, who was standing not far away, "Imperial Physician Li, didn't you say that the plague in the army can be cured as long as the soldiers rest for a few days?

But it's been three months since we were infected with the plague, why hasn't anyone recovered yet?"

"General Xu, it's not that I didn't try my best, it's just that this plague is too strange. I have tried my best, but I really can't do anything!" Li Dangzhi said with a wry smile.

This imperial physician named Li Dangzhi was the one who was invited by Xu Rong from the Imperial Hospital three months ago when the plague first broke out in the Northern Army.

He is actually a historical celebrity and a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty who has been recorded in modern history.

According to historical records, he once served as the Imperial Physician.

The Imperial Physician was an important official in charge of the palace's medical affairs, which shows that he had a high status and superb medical skills in the medical field at that time, and was recognized and valued by the court.

At the same time, he also wrote "Li Dangzhi's Medicine Record", which is his important achievement in pharmacological research.

This book systematically organizes and summarizes the relevant knowledge about drugs.

Although the original book has been lost, many contents of "Li Dangzhi Yaolu" have been preserved in some medical classics of later generations, such as "Zhenglei Bencao" and "Bencao Gangmu". It can be seen that the book has detailed records of the nature, taste, efficacy, main diseases treated, origin, collection time and other aspects of the drugs.

The book provides accurate and detailed descriptions of the effects of some common medicines, providing important reference for later generations of doctors to use medicines.

At the same time, Li Dangzhi's contribution to pharmacology lies not only in the organization and recording of drug knowledge, but also in his further development of pharmacological theory and practice.

Through his clinical practice and research, he supplemented and improved the pharmacological knowledge of his predecessors and put forward some unique insights and medication experiences.

His works greatly enriched the content of ancient pharmacology of the University of Tokyo, had a profound impact on the development of pharmacology in later generations, and played an important connecting role in the inheritance and development of classic pharmaceutical works such as "Shennong Bencao Jing".

However, even a famous historical doctor like him was still helpless when faced with the plague developed by Zhang Zhongjing after integrating the two medical systems of the Dragon Qi Three Kingdoms and the modern world, which was specifically aimed at the Northern Army.

Three months ago, he thought that the Northern Army was only infected with a common plague. Considering the physical fitness of the Northern Army soldiers, he concluded that the Northern Army soldiers would be able to recover after a few days of rest.

However, no one expected that the damage caused by this plague, although seemingly not strong, was extremely long-lasting. Once the Northern Army soldiers were infected with the plague, no one would recover!

Over the past three months, he has used a variety of medicines and treatments to treat the plague.

But to this day, no treatment for this plague has been found.

It really hit him hard.

As for the Northern Army, watching more and more comrades infected with the plague every day, but unable to cure it at all, was a double torture both physically and psychologically.

In fact, if Xu Rong had not been good at commanding the army, and if the plague had not been very lethal, although it infected many people, it did not cause any casualties, the morale of the Northern Army would have collapsed long ago.

Once the morale of the Union Army collapsed, these soldiers would never stay in the Union camp again.

They will flee in all directions, causing the so-called Luoyang Northern Army to disappear completely!
But even so, it's almost reaching its limit.

Xu Rong knew very well that if he could not come up with effective measures against the plague, even with his prestige in the army, he would not be able to maintain the morale of the army.

That's why he is so anxious.

But it was useless for him to be anxious, because this was not something he could solve!
However, just when Xu Rong and Li Dangzhi were speechless and helpless, another person's voice was heard in the barracks.

"You want to cure this plague? Then come and ask me. I have a cure!"

(End of this chapter)