On the way back, Qi Baoer saw with his own eyes the corpses that had been killed or mutilated on the spot because they were slow runners, or those who were injured and couldn't hold up after being dragged.
Those who were injured and rescued but couldn't hold on were lucky enough, at least part of their body was still intact; and those who didn't escape either only had stumps left, or could only survive in a
Some pieces of cloth were seen among the blood stains.
The atmosphere of joy that the large team had after being rescued had disappeared. After they encountered the first corpse, the whole atmosphere of the large team became heavier and heavier. Many soldiers had forgotten that they would get frostbite if they shed tears.
His face was covered with ice.
Those who live and die, they also feed on one person.
There was still disbelief on Lieutenant General Rong's sad and angry face. He had already issued a strict order to keep silent to the soldiers, so he could not break the order on his own, so he only dared to speak in a very low voice when he got close to Qi Bao'er.
"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is not just for us people."
"Huh? Tell me."
Vice Admiral Rong, who had never had any contact with Qi Bao'er, was already instinctively afraid of Qi Bao'er, who was already inferior to one person and surpassed tens of thousands of people. When he saw the miraculous ability of her hands just now, he was even more afraid.
of fear.
This is the case with people. While they envy and admire extraordinary powers, they are actually more afraid of them.
So even if he plucked up the courage to come over and speak, he was still trembling with fear. He had a posture of praying that if Bao'er showed any signs of anger, he would kneel down to apologize, and his knees never slipped.
Qi Baoer's current talkative appearance conveyed to Vice General Rong the courage he had. If nothing else, the girl straightened her knees immediately, and her voice no longer shook as if she were playing the piano.
Vice General Rong and Qi Baoer analyzed something that was getting more and more wrong the more he thought about it, that is, the fact that they were escorting the reward to the Qi Family Army in the northwest was not something that had been planned by the imperial court, but was a temporary decision and a hasty departure; Qi Baoer
I was in a hurry to ask for it from the emperor, and I was also in a hurry to order it to be sent to the northwest to deliver it before the New Year.
This is completely a temporary mission. If the other party is coming for them, unless the other party's base camp is nearby, there will be so many people alive and dead. Just to get an ambush here, it will take a lot of time.
Lieutenant General Rong didn't understand other things about living and dying, but one thing he clearly observed on the way to escape was that living and dying does not mean that after injuring someone, the injured person will become living and dead together. Those who were injured will become alive and dead together.
The injured soldiers all died from vomiting black blood after being poisoned for a while.
Therefore, he is basically sure that the people who live and die cannot be gathered in large groups casually. It is estimated that it will take some effort for the people behind the scenes to create a group of people who live and die.
He did not forget that when the deputy general of the Wuying Army reported to Prince Xian just now, he said that no one else was found around him.
Is it possible to guess that those living and dead were not created by someone nearby, but were brought here from a distance?
So here comes the question, if so many people, alive and dead, were brought here from a distance to ambush people, how could they not be discovered on the way if they hurried?
The country of Qilin has a vast territory, which means that it would take a year and a half to send an urgent message to Beijing from relatively far away places, and as a result, the day lilies would become cold.
Therefore, when Emperor Qiming became emperor, the first imperial edict he issued was that all yamen and military battalions must raise "messengers". Those closer to the capital would raise carrier pigeons that are faster but have less endurance, and those farther away would raise "messengers".
It's an eagle.
In other words, as long as this group of people is found alive and dead, such abnormal things will definitely attract the attention of the government, and Feixin Jingzhong will definitely do so.
However, as far as he knew, Beijing did not seem to have received any news in this regard, otherwise Prince Xian would not have allowed his brother to follow their team back to the northwest.
In other words, those who lived and died were brought here quietly.
This is still within the boundaries of Jianzhou. Unless the official government of Jianzhou colludes with the people behind the living and dead people to deceive the superiors and subordinates, otherwise such a large number of living and dead people will not be able to escape the official government.
Sight, that's not a matter of one morning.
Qi Bao'er didn't agree with his words, but she didn't refute either. She just walked forward with a calm expression.
Her reaction naturally encouraged Lieutenant General Rong even more, and he spoke more smoothly.
He mustered up his courage, his throat rolled, and continued: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Ministry of Household Affairs has a sum of money for river construction that will be transported to the northwest after the new year."
Vice General Rong knew about this not because he had anything to do with it, but because this matter was no longer a secret in the court, and there had been more than one quarrel in the court over the money.
The northwest is a place with less water resources and more desertification, but there is a large river in the northwest similar to the Yellow River in Qi Baoer's previous life that runs from the south to the west and then to the north.
That river is called the "River of Life" by people in the northwest.
There are many sandy lands in the northwest. Many places where the Ming River passes through are sandy lands. This also causes the river water downstream of sandy places to be covered with sand. When the river flows slowly, the sand in the water will be released.
The sedimentation accumulated on the river beach, and even blocked the river channel, causing flooding on both sides.
At this time, people had no means to control the water. Apart from building embankments where people lived on both sides of the river, and arranging people to go upstream to clean the river every year, there was no other means.
But it is obvious that this alone will never work. Last year, a place called Huizhou in the northwest suddenly encountered a huge flood. Not only did the villages near the Ming River suffer, but even the main city of Huicheng was mostly flooded.
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This incident naturally alarmed the court.
Then there was a quarrel. The Ministry of Industry proposed to extend the embankment, and the Ministry of Household Affairs stood up and said that we should not get any money. Many old ministers also felt that there was no need to make it so big. The younger ministers felt that we still had to squeeze out some money for the future.
In short, everyone had their own ideas and sufficient reasons, and it took half a year of quarreling before the matter finally came to an end.
Both sides have won. The river embankment can be extended, but it must be within the capacity of the national treasury.
Qi Bao'er didn't know anything about building rivers, and she, the Minister of War, was not suitable to get involved. In addition, she was lazy, so she didn't know much about this matter. She only knew that starting from the new year, the court would
We began to vigorously rectify the Minghe River to protect the people on both sides of the river.
But no matter how understanding she was, she knew that this was not something that could be accomplished overnight. It was a long-term battle, and the amount of silver needed was beyond the imagination of most people.
The amount of money that Vice Admiral Rong mentioned at the beginning of next year is just the first amount that the imperial court will transport to the northwest to repair rivers and build river embankments.
How should I put it? I didn't want to be bothered by her, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Qi Baoer didn't pay much attention to the matter here. Now he was reminded by Vice General Rong...
Seeing that Prince Xian's face became serious, Vice Admiral Rong breathed a sigh of relief. He was not meddling because he was full and risking his life. In fact, this matter was closely related. He had already guessed that if he didn't tell him, he would be ruined in the future.
If something really happened to He Yinzi, his conscience would be uneasy for the rest of his life.