Go to Star City to learn medical skills from the imperial doctors?
This is a great thing.
All the military doctors couldn't help but feel excited.
However, when they looked up, they quickly stopped thinking.
Although Huo Ling used a questioning tone, his eyes were looking at Mrs. Zhang below with a smile.
So the other military doctors unanimously shut their mouths.
Mrs. Zhang wiped her sweat and said, "I shouldn't have refused the general's order."
"But..." She hesitated, "This isn't appropriate."
It is said that if you have a solid warehouse, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.
In a borderland where wars are endless, survival is the most important thing. In any other situation where men are superior to women, you can take a step back.
When necessary, both men and women should take up arms and rush to the front line, just to survive.
And when it comes to places like Xingji City or even Taiyuan Hospital, even if women claim that women can hold up half the sky, they can no longer show their faces as unscrupulously as they can here in Dingxi County.
Therefore, it may not be suitable for Madam Zhang to go there.
"Don't worry." Huo Ling smiled and shook his head, "It's appropriate for you to go."
Not only can he go to the Duke's Mansion to visit the long-lost Princess Yiguang and other family members, but he can also go to the palace to visit Concubine Qing.
Others immediately understood it when they heard it.
Mrs. Zhang also reacted and immediately lowered her hands and said: "Then I will make preparations when I get back. I can set off at any time."
Huo Ling nodded with satisfaction and stayed in the military medical camp for a while before getting up and leaving.
"General, this is the direction back to the general's palace guarding the fortress."
Huo Ling glared at the little guard who spoke, "It's still early, I'll be walking around again."
After saying that, he walked forward again.
Boom boom boom. Ding clang clang.
All kinds of banging sounds are endless.
Unknowingly, the group had transferred to the construction camp.
Although the autumn mood is already strong, Tie Tiangong is still naked and busy on the big wooden board.
When the young apprentice came back from fetching water, he happened to see Huo Ling standing next to his master and was startled.
However, Huo Ling saw that Tietian Gong was still busy, so he stood aside quietly and did not disturb him.
"Master, Master?"
"Master, what kind of father?" Foreman Tietian didn't even raise his head and scolded angrily: "If you have something to say, just say it and let it go. I don't see that I'm busy."
He was originally a blacksmith.
However, since the earthquake in Qingshi County a few years ago destroyed the mines and the roads out of the county, Yunchui's iron ore output began to decrease significantly, and the amount transported to Yanchui Fortress was even less.
As the saying goes, a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice.
There is no iron in the fortress, and the blacksmiths can only repair damaged weapons or plows.
Even if Tie Tiangong occasionally has some novel ideas, he can only draw the design on paper first.
As for now, he has become a carpenter.
Perhaps most of the blacksmiths in the entire fortress building camp have become carpenters.
During the Dingxi counterattack, the fortress, Yingling Army and Dingxi garrison suffered huge casualties. Not only soldiers but also generals at all levels were killed in battle.
The few coffins stored in the fortress have been used up.
In order for the fallen generals to get the treatment they deserve as soon as possible, they had to build coffins day and night.
cough.
After being sprayed by Ti Tiangong, the young apprentice coughed in embarrassment.
He couldn't help but remind, "Master, the general is here, right behind you."
"Just tell me when you are tired. It's not like I won't let you rest." Tie Tiangong yelled, "It's just a few days after the war, and the general is most busy at this time. How can he have time to come to us to build a camp?"
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up."
Even so, Tie Tiangong still looked back.
At this glance, the old blacksmith almost doubted his own eyes, but after regaining consciousness, he quickly stood up.
"Hello, General! I don't know General..."
"It's okay!" Huo Ling also recognized Tie Tiangong because he built a telescope.
He waved his hand in a friendly manner, "Ignore me, you continue to do your business."
After saying that, Huo Ling didn't hold back. He directly picked up the planed coffin board on the ground next to him, looked at it carefully over and over, and then knocked on it.
"The craftsmanship is good, and the coffin is beautifully repaired... By the way, how long can the old wood stored in the fortress be used?"
Tie Tiangong stood with his hands down.
"Back to the general, there are not many old trees left in the fortress. It is estimated that they will be used up in the next two or three days."
"But the brothers have already rushed to Luoxia Mountain in batches earlier. I think they will be able to harvest enough wood and send it back soon."
Speaking of this, the old blacksmith's eyes darkened.
It is not easy to create a coffin with a good stoma.
The most important of these is wood.
After the wood is cut down, it is best to cool it in the sun for a period of time, and then soak it in water or mud for a few years. After the coffin is oiled, it can be antiseptic and insect-proof for a long time even if it is buried in the soil.
But now that there is an urgent need for a coffin, we can only act expediently.
I hope that when the spirits are sent back to their hometowns four years later, the remains of those generals who have been hastily buried will still be roughly intact.
Huo Ling saw this and patted Ti Tiangong on the shoulder wordlessly, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It doesn't matter." Tie Tiangong shook his head, "In order to let the brothers who sacrificed their lives go to their graves as soon as possible, this little hardship for me is nothing."
Huo Ling nodded.
He pondered for a while.
"Let's see. The new wood is too heavy and it's troublesome to transport it back and forth. The carpenters can just take their tools and go to Luoxia Mountain."
Just wait until the coffin is repaired and then transport it back.
"Yes!" The carpenters agreed one after another and immediately turned back to make preparations.
"Blacksmiths, wait."
Huo Ling stopped Tie Tiangong and others.
His eyes fell on the rough hands of the blacksmiths.
"You are all the best blacksmiths in the fortress. It's just that the fortress has been short of iron in the past few years, which has wronged you all. I am here to say sorry to everyone."
"It doesn't matter." The blacksmiths were startled and waved their hands quickly, "This is God's will, and it has nothing to do with the general."
An earthquake occurred in Qingshi County. Not only the mines but also the post roads out of the county were completely destroyed.
There is a shortage of iron everywhere in Yunchui, including the fortress, and there is nothing we can do about it.
Huo Ling was noncommittal. He raised his head and glanced east.
"I have recently received news that the buried mines in Qingshi County have been repaired and reopened, and some ore has even been mined. At the same time, after more than a year of construction, the north-south post road in Misty County has been generally passable. I believe it
It won’t be long before iron ore will be continuously transported out for smelting.”
"When the time comes, I will definitely apply to the Ministry of Industry for pig iron as soon as possible to make the construction camp popular again."
But at this time, the blacksmiths still have to help make some coffins.
The blacksmiths cheered up and replied loudly: "Understood."
"General," someone said urgently, "the weapons and armor of many soldiers and the stirrups of their war horses are in need of repair. The pig iron must be shipped as soon as possible."
"Forget about weapons, it's time to replace the plows of the people outside the city."
Huo Ling nodded and wrote them down one by one.
After some time, they finally left the construction camp.
The little guard next to Huo Ling was a little confused.
He lowered his voice and said, "General, you came to the construction camp just to say these few words?"
This kind of trivial matter can be done by asking the guards or others to come over and say it.
There is no need for the dignified general to make a trip in person.
Huo Ling shook his head and did not explain the reason.