What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 175 Your Majesty, Su Mo's treasure is amazing!

Seeing Su Mo rush over, Nangong Sheyue's gaze towards Su Mo became strange!

Su Mo ignored the fact that Nangong Sheyue was staring intently at him.

He walked quickly to Wu Gouzi.

Sure enough, Wu Gouzi managed to open his eyes, and although his breathing was weak, he had truly come back to life.

Ding Bashi looked at Su Mo with awe and couldn't help but say, "Sir, Wu Gouzi suddenly had a fever earlier, and I used the divine medicine to wipe his body as you said."

"This is truly amazing!"

"He died not long after!"

Su Mo glared at the guy and said, "Shut up!"

What does it mean when someone is completely out of luck?
Wu Gouzi is finished, and his sweet potatoes are finished too.
Ding Bashi...

Did I flatter the wrong person?
After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but feel envious: "Your Excellency is truly amazing, you can even bring the dead back to life... How many lifetimes of good deeds must Wu Gouzi have accumulated to be able to use Your Excellency's miraculous medicine!"

Su Mo pointed to the door: "Get out!"

Ding Bashi wisely made his escape!
However, just as Su Mo stepped out the door, he heard his loud voice shouting, "Do you know? Lord Su brought Wu Gouzi back to life! Lord Su is amazing!"

Su Mo was both amused and exasperated!

Turning to Yin Rou, he said, "Yin Qi Guan, go out and guard the gate. Don't let anyone near!"

Yin Rou respectfully replied, "This disciple will go out and keep watch immediately!"

After Yin Rou left, Su Mo looked at Nangong Sheyue: "My lord..."

Nangong Sheyue remained expressionless, his slender body as steady as Mount Tai, completely still.

Su Mo's eyes darted around: "Sir, I think I left my alcohol at the yamen. Could you please go and fetch it for me?"

Nangong Sheyue glanced coldly at Su Mo, her cherry lips slightly parted: "Get lost!"

That person is a higher-ranking official, and also a better fighter than me; their attributes are completely overwhelming.

With Lord Qianhu refusing to leave, Su Mo was left with no choice!
Who knows how long this Wu guy can hold out? What if he has a sudden resurgence before death?

Su Mo could only turn to Wu Gouzi and ask in a deep voice, "Wu Gouzi, how are you feeling?"

Wu Gouzi had already learned from Ding Bashi that what had happened was that Lord Su had dug him out of the coffin and personally saved his life.

He struggled to sit up, but Su Mo waved his hand, "Don't move, you can talk while lying down!"

Wu Gouzi then weakly said, "I am very grateful to you for saving my life, sir!"

Seeing that Wu Gouzi was awake, Su Mo no longer hesitated and took out the sweet potato pattern he had drawn earlier from his sleeve.

The roots, stems, and leaves are all depicted in a three-dimensional sketch, rendered with remarkable realism.

When Nangong Sheyue saw the picture, he was surprised and doubtful again.

Su Mo can actually paint?

But what kind of painting technique is this? It's so novel and I've never seen anything like it before.

He spared no expense to save this Wu Gouzi, all for this strange plant.
Su Mo stared intently into Wu Gouzi's eyes: "Have you ever seen a plant like this before?"

"The leaves are green, about the size of a palm, and have tubers growing underneath."

Wu Gouzi strained to open his eyes, looked at the picture, and a look of suspicion appeared on his face.

After waiting for two or three minutes, he said in a hoarse voice, "Reporting to you, sir, I think I've seen you before."

"The leaves are the same, but we don't know what grows under the mud."

Overjoyed, Su Mo asked in a deep voice, "Where did you see it?"

Wu Gouzi showed a look of reminiscence: "Three months ago, I went out to dig for wild vegetables and saw it by the Five Dragon Pool... There was a rock that looked like a big horse, which the local mountain people called Shenma Rock."

Su Mo's eyes narrowed sharply!
He knew about Wulongtan and also about that Shenma Rock!
Right here in his own fiefdom!
The water from several hot spring sources flows through five streams and converges into the Five Dragon Pool.

Wulongtan got its name from this!

Because the water temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius all year round, the area around the pool is like spring all year round, and the environment is very beautiful.

Su Mo was also thinking about building a large villa by Wulongtan to escape the summer heat and winter!
Knowing the whereabouts of the sweet potatoes, Su Mo didn't hesitate at all.

Call Yin Rou back and have her look after Wu Gouzi to prevent any accidents.

They then quickly headed towards Wulongtan.

Nangong Sheyue narrowed her eyes slightly and followed without hesitation!

Su Mo activated his magic power and moved swiftly. Before long, the towering Divine Horse Rock came into view.

The next second, his expression changed drastically!

Below Shenma Rock, two large and five or six small, seven or eight black-skinned wild boars were rooting around on the ground.

The few pieces of potato vines that these wild boars have gnawed down prove what heinous things they are doing!
Su Mo no longer cared about the fact that the Great Wu Dynasty had sweet potatoes, a question that was highly scientific.

Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and spat it out!
The second-grade sword embryo treasure shot out rapidly.

Then, it spun in mid-air and the lightning disappeared!

The wild boars were unharmed.

One of the little wild boars even curiously turned its head to examine Su Mo, this uninvited guest.

Su Mo...

The sword embryo's attack range is only ten zhang?
I was several dozen feet away from the wild boar!
Nangong Sheyue looked at Su Mo with a strange expression.

I wanted to laugh, but felt it was inappropriate, so I struggled to hold it in.

Su Mo is really amazing. He can control a flying sword to attack from twenty steps away while only being at the Soul Stabilizing Realm, which will definitely amaze other Soul Stabilizing Realm cultivators.

Finally, she could only suppress her laughter and point with her bare hand.

Two crescent-shaped short blades flew out from his waist, piercing through the skulls of the two large wild boars, and then swirling back.

Several wild boar pups fled in terror!
Su Mo stared in shock at the two gleaming, sharp short blades in Nangong Sheyue's hands, their surfaces untouched by blood.

"My lord, what kind of magical artifact is this? How can it be so powerful?"

Nangong Sheyue sheathed the short blade at his waist and said calmly, "Just an ordinary weapon!"

"Why bother using magical artifacts to deal with mere wild beasts!"

After pausing, seeing Su Mo's depressed expression, he hesitated for a moment, then kindly comforted Su Mo: "Actually, your sword embryo is already very powerful."

"If I do not use any magical artifacts, it will take me at least three breaths to kill you."

Su Mo was silent for a moment, then looked at Nangong Sheyue very seriously: "My lord, you don't have to speak if you can't speak!"

Nangong Sheyue remained expressionless and said calmly, "What I said is true! It would truly take three breaths to kill you!"

Su Mo didn't want to talk to her anymore.

I walked briskly toward Shenma Rock.

Seeing the sweet potatoes that had been dug out by wild boars, I breathed a sigh of relief.

It's exactly the same as the sweet potatoes I remember.

Red-skinned, the sweet and juicy kind. It's also quite large, about the size of a fist, and weighs three or four ounces.

It cost exactly five yuan, just like the name of the Five Dragon Pool.

Of course, this is a similarity, not a coincidence.

Su Mo carefully checked the surroundings again, but couldn't find a single sweet potato plant.

Several plants grew in an area of ​​about half a zhang in diameter, right under Shenma Rock.

It seems that these are the system rewards.

Most of it was destroyed by wild boars, and there were many crumbs left behind from their gnawing!

Su Mo kicked the wild boar in frustration!
Fortunately, we arrived in time!

If we had been any later, we probably wouldn't have been able to save even a single sweet potato!
These two almost devoured the Great Wu Kingdom's fortune for three hundred years!

He also swallowed the enormous credit for his own promotion to high office!
I won't be able to vent my anger until I take it home and gut it tonight!

If the Empress knew, she would dismember them, skin them, and boil them into lamp oil to burn for a hundred years!

Nangong Sheyue stood aside and saw Su Mo take off his outer robe and wrap the strange tubers up like precious treasures.

Even the vines that had been chewed up and broken into pieces were carefully collected.

Her pretty face showed even more suspicion, and she couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

"Let me see it!"

Su Mo immediately became alert and quickly tucked the sweet potato into her bosom: "My lord, there's nothing to see... well, just some medicinal herbs for treating stomach ailments!"

Nangong Sheyue narrowed her eyes: "Medicinal herbs?"

Su Mo's eyes lit up, and he chuckled, "That's right! It can also be used to make bonsai!"

"I actually quite love bonsai and plan to grow them in clay pots when I get back. Just looking at them makes me feel happy!"

Nangong Sheyue snorted coldly.

This guy, he really thinks he's an idiot!
There are bonsai like this? But she didn't press the matter about the sweet potatoes.

Once this plant is grown, I can "borrow" a pot of it in the middle of the night to study it!
Lord Qianhu let out a slight breath, his expression suddenly turning serious, and he emphasized, "Su Mo!"

"What kind of medical skills did you use to save Wu Gouzi from certain death?"

Su Mo was in a great mood, his attention focused on the baby in his arms, and casually said, "This humble official knows nothing about medicine!"

"It's just removing rotten flesh and disinfecting with alcohol."

"That Wu Gouzi is lucky. As long as the wound doesn't get infected again, he should be able to survive."

Nangong Sheyue sneered inwardly.

Just now they said that the tuber was a medicinal herb, and now they say they don't understand medicine. What a fool they are!
How can someone who is not skilled in medicine save someone who has been possessed by evil spirits?
Normally, with such an injury, all you can do is clean the wound immediately and then apply a hot iron to it. Whether you survive or not is entirely up to fate!

Wu Gouzi's injuries are too severe; the evil spirits have already entered his body, so this method is ineffective!
She astutely grasped the key point of Su Mo's words!

Alcohol!

disinfect!

Alcohol, the essence of wine?
What is disinfection?
Could it be that Su Mo believes the evil energy is a type of poison?
She asked calmly, "Can your alcohol cure evil poisons?"

Su Mo knew that he had revealed his alcohol levels, and Nangong Sheyue would definitely ask him about it.

This conveniently diverted her attention from the sweet potato.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "That's one way to put it."

"What the adults call 'evil entering the body' is actually bacteria from the wound... well, infection and inflammation."

"This infection is caused by some tiny organisms. Alcohol can kill those organisms, making the wound less likely to become inflamed and allowing it to heal faster."

A storm raged in Nangong Sheyue's heart!
Forcibly suppressing his shock, he narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Su Mo: "Can it be used on any kind of injury?"

Su Mo shook his head: "It can generally only be used to clean external wounds, such as knife, gun, and arrow wounds. It's not very useful for internal injuries."

"For external wounds, the faster the better."

“For someone like Wu Gouzi, whose wound infection is extremely severe, I have little confidence that he will survive. I can only say that he is lucky.”

As she spoke, Su Mo added habitually, "It might not be the same with other people, unless..."

He suddenly realized something and immediately shut his mouth.

Seeing that Su Mo didn't continue, Nangong Sheyue's pretty face turned cold: "Unless what?"

Su Mo quickly smiled and said, "That's all!"

"This humble official is speaking nonsense; sir, please do not take it to heart!"

I almost let it slip again.

Penicillin can be extracted from moldy oranges.

The problem is that purification is an extremely difficult task.

Too many impurities can be fatal.

Su Mo naturally wouldn't create trouble for herself.

Su Mo already felt she had lost a lot of money once the secret about alcohol was exposed.

I wonder if I can get a promotion or a title.

At the very least, I'd be happy to have another three to five thousand acres of permanent farmland!
Seeing Su Mo's wary expression, Nangong Sheyue knew that if she continued to ask, she probably wouldn't get any more information!

Besides, when it comes to matters of national importance, knowing too much might not be a good thing.

Let His Majesty try to get information out of this guy!

Thinking of this, Nangong Sheyue stretched out her delicate hand to Su Mo and said calmly, "Bring me the alcohol!"

Su Mo sighed.

He knew all along that the alcohol was doomed, so he obediently handed the porcelain bottle to Nangong Sheyue: "My lord, there's only this much alcohol left. It wasn't easy to refine, so please don't break it!"

"besides!"

Su Mo reminded Nangong Sheyue: "Alcohol evaporates very easily... well, once the bottle is opened, it will evaporate very quickly."

"Remember to seal it with wax after use."

If it's not clearly stated, even if the Empress were to reseal the bottle with a cork after opening it, a significant amount of the alcohol would still evaporate over time.

In case you suspect it has been stolen.

This could lead to someone's death.

Nangong Sheyue nodded solemnly.

After inquiring about the uses of the alcohol, he instructed Su Mo not to reveal it to anyone, then mounted his horse and galloped towards the capital!

After Nangong Sheyue left.

Su Mo couldn't help but open her robe again, looking at the big, red sweet potatoes inside.

He kicked the wild boar hard again.

Then they researched how to grow sweet potatoes!
……

Leng Liuxi had just summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss matters related to this year's Immortal Martial Arts Grand Examination.

On Xiao Yuan's side, the chief examiner of the Immortal Martial Arts Grand Examination, three people were nominated.

As the spokesperson for Taoist sorcerers in the imperial court, Yuan Xingdao, as the Grand Academician of the Star Gazing Hall and the Director of the Imperial Observatory, naturally had no reservations about the selection of the chief examiner.

At a small court assembly in the Lizheng Hall, the four Grand Secretaries fiercely competed for power.

Yang Ji and Wang Hua, both members of the emperor's faction, remained neutral.

Since the Empress didn't hint at their preferred candidates, the two old foxes naturally wouldn't easily express their opinions.

In fact, everyone knows that in the end, it will most likely have to go through the process of pushing the bill forward.

Whenever Ting Tui is involved, no one can avoid mentioning Yang Ji, Wang Hua, and others.

The small assembly ended in discord.

The Empress remained calm and detached, watching the cabinet ministers argue heatedly, as if they were about to come to blows.

If it weren't for Xiao Yuan and the others being wary of Yuan Xingdao's fierce magic, and Yuan Xingdao being wary of Xiao Yuan's large and powerful force, it would have been different.

There's a 90% chance they'll actually fight!

In the past, the Empress would have definitely instructed Yang Ji and Wang Hua to secretly compete for the position of chief examiner.

If you want others to join the Imperial Party, you have to offer them some benefits first.

However, overhearing Su Mo's teachings on imperial strategies did have some effect.

As an emperor, there is no need to personally participate in the war immediately; a balance of power is sufficient.

Since Yuan Xingdao's side is weaker, the Empress will lean more towards Yuan Xingdao.

In any case, we will not allow one side to dominate.

The most urgent task is to replenish the internal treasury!
With a large treasury, the Empress speaks with greater confidence.

Let's get the rickshaw and bicycle business that Su Mo mentioned going first!
Seeing that the argument was fruitless, the Empress dismissed the six cabinet ministers and told them to go back and use their magic to fight it out.

The Empress looked at Zhao Hanxiang: "The Hundred Immortals Alliance has arrived?"

The official in charge of censors hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, the representatives of the Hundred Immortals Alliance have all checked into the Court of State Ceremonial!"

The Empress glanced at the sundial and was about to have someone inform the Court of State Ceremonies to allow the representatives of the Hundred Immortals Alliance to enter the palace for an audience at Shenshi (3-5 PM).

Suddenly, a member of the Imperial Guard came to report: "Your Majesty, Lord Nangong, the commander of the Fengming Division, has urgent business to discuss with you!"

The Empress frowned slightly.

This morning, I sent Nangong Sheyue to the artisan camp to inspect and supervise its production.

Why are you back to see me so soon?
Could it be that something happened to Su Mo?
Given Nangong Sheyue's composure, he would not urgently request an audience unless there was something important to discuss!
In the Empress's heart, Su Mo was far more important than the representative of the Hundred Immortals Alliance!

After a moment's thought, she said, "Summon!"

After Nangong Sheyue entered the palace to pay her respects to the Empress, she said in a solemn voice with a serious expression, "Your Majesty, I have important matters to report!"

"Your Majesty, may you dismiss all attendants?"

Leng Liuxi's eyes twitched. After a moment's hesitation, she dismissed the palace maids and eunuchs, and even had Eunuch An leave the palace to stand guard.

"Say!"

Nangong Sheyue took a deep breath and held up the porcelain bottle with both hands: "Your Majesty, please take a look!"

"This item was obtained by your subject from Commander Su!"

"In my opinion, this item can increase the combat power of the three armies of the Great Wu by more than 30%!"

Leng Liuxi's expression suddenly changed!
The three armies usually refer to the border troops, local troops, and imperial guards!
The number of the three armies is a staggering one million!
Nangong Sheyue actually dared to say that this small porcelain bottle could increase the combat power of the three armies by 30%.

Is this small porcelain bottle equivalent to an army of 300,000?

(End of this chapter)