Sun Ce was dissatisfied when he saw that Wuming could do what he couldn't do so easily, and he picked up the formal extraction equipment for experiment... In the end, he was thrown out by Lu Bu for "deliberately destroying the equipment."
With the addition of Wuming, the extraction of Artemisia annua was barely sufficient, and Bai Tu relaxed and even dared to go to the city to give a lecture - Malaria is mainly spread by mosquito bites, and it is not as taboo as airborne infectious diseases.
assembly.
Firstly, it was to boost his reputation, and secondly, it was also to appease people's hearts and let the people see Bai Gong himself walking in the doctor-patient camp. Naturally, the tense and pessimistic mood would dissipate a little.
Bai Tu announced that the General's Mansion would continue to supply Artemisia annua medicine on an irregular basis, and at the same time mobilized the healthy people in the city to follow the malaria prevention guidelines, clean up their hygiene, and...cut Artemisia annua.
At the same time, Bai Tu is also preparing to visit major counties such as Shucheng in Lujiang County to let officials and people everywhere know more clearly that Huainan has been returned to the command of the Chariot and Cavalry General.
Otherwise, Lujiang was newly attached after all, and Liu Xun finally surrendered in Shucheng, so the original official system was retained.
This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Lujiang can restore stability more quickly, but the disadvantage... is naturally that the local aristocratic families have a strong influence on it, making it inconvenient for the general government to manage.
Fortunately, the Zhou family, who was born as a "mistress", was originally a prominent family in Shucheng. After Sun Ce rushed to Shouchun, Zhou Yu had also withdrawn from Yiyang to Shucheng.
With Zhou's protection, and Zhou Yu's skill, there was no need to worry about what kind of trouble they might cause.
It's just that... Bai Tu heard that the old officials in Lujiang had very little criticism about the way the Ministry of Civil Affairs was managed. Some people privately accused Bai Tu of being eager for quick success and only looking at merit, while forgetting everyone's achievements in ethics and morality. If things go on like this, the world will be ruined.
There will be chaos.
To put it bluntly, they are dissatisfied with the "KPI assessment". They prefer to praise a few noble men with high moral character every year. When the filial sons come out, they will stay up all night and pick up things on the road, and then happily wait to receive praise and rewards.
As for counting the increase in grain production, popularization of education, epidemic prevention and control, criminal litigation, etc. How many bridges have been built and how many roads have been repaired, as their most intuitive official achievements, they feel uncomfortable.
After all, for these aristocratic families, it is easy to boast of a few filial sons and grandsons, and to become a moral gentleman. Although repairing bridges and repairing roads is also necessary, it is also a show to be done, but... it really has to be so serious.
If so, how can you happily annex land and collect servants?
Bai Tu was a very open-minded person. Hearing that some people were talking about him corrupting the world, he immediately decided to go and listen to the voices of grassroots officials in person.
Shucheng is only more than three hundred miles away from Shouchun. After the epidemic in Shouchun was brought under control, Bai Tu set off.
In addition to the generals of wood and stone, and the hundreds of personal guards who are usually equipped with war horses, they are the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Cheng Lian and Cao Xing. They can arrive there in three days on a normal march.
On the afternoon of the next day, while passing through Lu'an County, Bai Tu discovered a small village that had been looted by the rebels.
When Yuan Shu left before, except for the 100,000 elite soldiers of his direct line, many others were abandoned on the spot.
After being suppressed several times by Bai Tu, there are no large-scale rebels now, but occasionally you can still see some stragglers who usually hide and are difficult to encircle and suppress.
Compared with ordinary bandits, this type of rebels has "Ji Zao Soldiers", which are more destructive and combat effective.
However, since Bai Tu discovered it, he would not sit idly by and ignore it. When Bai Tu arrived in front of the village, the group of rebels seemed to have left not long ago.
Bai Tu immediately called several village elders and asked about the situation of the rebels.
"Yes, they are rebels... There are real soldiers, about three hundred people in total... Only a dozen of them are human beings. They robbed things and fled eastward. About an hour ago..." The old man was a little scared and did not even dare to speak directly.
White picture.
In the eyes of ordinary people, "real soldiers" refer to Ji Zao soldiers.
Bai Tu also knew that their trust in the "official government" was at its lowest point at this time, so he first comforted them with a few words, and then asked about things in Lu'an County.
"The county magistrate also knows about the rebels, but...the county captain led people to encircle and suppress them several times, but when the county soldiers came, the rebels hid at Dingdinggang and couldn't catch them at all." The old man stated calmly.
Dadinggang is a nearby hill, but...
After listening to the descriptions of several elders in the village, Bai Tu immediately judged the approximate combat strength of the opponent, and ordered Cheng Lian and Cao Xing to lead the cavalry in pursuit while Bai Tu stayed in the village for one night.
A few rebel soldiers are by no means the enemy of the five hundred Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and they can't run away. They can catch up with them before they reach Dating Post. It is estimated that Cao Xing will be able to come back with their heads if he succeeds tonight.
When the old man heard that Bai Tu wanted to stay temporarily, he quickly arranged a house in the village and vacated a place to live. Bai Tu did not refuse. It was not Bai Tu's men who caused trouble this time. The county magistrate and county lieutenant were doing their jobs.
She was not embarrassed, but she asked Lu Lingqi to leave some belongings and at the same time sent out some of her personal guards to go around to see if any families needed help.
After all, it had just been looted, the atmosphere in the village was very depressed, and Bai Tu did not initiate a speech...
Soon it was time for dinner, and several young men from the village specially brought food and wine. Although the people of Jiujiang were relatively wealthy, in this drought year, they could still produce some bacon, which could be said to be a dialogue.
I received the highest standard of hospitality.
Bai Tu went to the courtyard and met several young men from the village who had brought food. Seeing that they were all powerful, he even recommended them to join the army.
But at this moment, a sharp sound was heard piercing the air, and a long arrow was seen hitting the window next to Bai Tu - at this time, the windows of ordinary people's homes were mostly made of mica pieces, shell pieces, or...
Wooden lattice and a piece of curtain fabric.
The arrow feathers directly broke through the window and shot into the house!
The surrounding guards suddenly became nervous, and they vaguely saw a figure on the roof in the direction of the arrow, and indeed disappeared.
Several people from the bodyguards quickly separated and chased in the direction of the arrow. The leader was surprisingly also a gilded warrior. At this time, in addition to Lu Lingqi, there were eight gilded warriors in Bai Tu's bodyguard, all of whom were under the control of Taishi Ci.
Taught.
Nowadays, troubled times are approaching, and it is much easier to meet the standards of gilded warriors. Some of them are even promoted to gilded warriors first, and then, under the pressure of the gilded armor, they forcibly manifest their inner energy.
At this time, Lu Lingqi immediately put on armor and stood in front of Bai Tu, looking around warily. Several young men in the village were so frightened that they almost threw away their rice baskets.
However, Bai Tu looked at the direction of the broken window with some confusion and said: "Is this 'sounding arrow' reminding someone of some secret signal? Lingqi, go get the arrow and let me take a look."
That's right, the sound of this arrow has exceeded the sound of ordinary arrows breaking through the air. It is basically a noisy arrow with a whistle groove carved on purpose!
Bai Tu thought that hundreds of swordsmen would rush out later, but nothing happened.
Hearing this, Lu Lingqi went over to check curiously. However, just as she entered the house, she heard Lu Lingqi shouting: "Be careful..."
As soon as the word "be careful" came out, a few "young men" who had been cowering before suddenly came up with armor and charged towards Bai Tu!
The military talismans of several people were actually hidden in the food. The three leaders were also gilded warriors.
If he had just taken a few steps closer and Bai Tu was still unprepared, he might have had a chance. However... at this moment, Bai Tu had already armored up when he heard the sound of the arrow. When he heard Lu Lingqi shouting, he
Already tense, when he saw the people in front of him getting angry, he immediately ran back...
Even though the cavalry that Bai Tu originally brought had been sent out at this time, and many personal guards had been separated, there were still dozens of people left with Bai Tu, especially on the left and right,
There were already gilded warriors protecting him. Bai Tu stepped back and immediately stepped forward to block the assassin.
After the other guards around them reacted, they used swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes and hooks to cut several assassins into pieces. Only two of them were stabbed in the palms and captured alive behind the knees, ready to be tortured.
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But at this moment, the assassin leader, whose palms were nailed to the ground with spears, shouted loudly: "The cavalry general Bai Tu is here!"
When they were just starting to take action, Bai Tu heard a commotion outside. It seemed... there were indeed many "assassins" hiding in this village!
Now that I think about it, the old man's nervousness when he first answered Bai Tu's question, his detailed description of the rebels later, and the fact that it was clearly dinner time, but there was no smoke from each house... these were all a bit inconsistent.
It's a pity that now it's just an afterthought.
This is also because Taishi Ci is still in Shouchun Pharmaceutical, otherwise he would have discovered something was wrong long ago, and even...even if there was no flaw, he would still be able to sense the murderous intent of the other party.
Bai Tu did not expect that he would encounter such a large-scale assassination. He was obviously much more "carrying life" than his stupid second brother. Not only did he not abandon his bodyguards, he even brought five hundred iron cavalry with him. How could he expect that he would
Still not safe.
You can't blame Bai Tu for being too careless. He really didn't expect that there would be so many assassins?
Fortunately, there were still "onlookers" who did not want to be named. They fired an arrow to warn them before - Lu Lingqi also rushed out with an arrow at this time. The arrow also had a secret message attached, which stated that the village had been occupied by rebels, and that the other party and
Yuan's assassins collude...
That's why Lu Lingqi immediately realized that there might be something wrong with those young men delivering food!
And at this moment, the chaos outside was also mixed with a few curse words...
"The servant of the Yuan family who was raised by a dog! You actually cheated me!"
"Personal guards? Generals of cavalry? Beep beep beep! This deal is too big for him! Do you want to support your own father to death?"
"Stop complaining about him! Bai Tu is inside. Now rush in and catch him. We can still live, and we won't be able to make a fortune, otherwise...'Beep'! The Yuan family is bullshit!"
Bai Tu also heard that the people outside were indeed just rebels, not all assassins who were not afraid of death. This was only reasonable. Otherwise, hundreds of assassins who were not afraid of death would be taken out at every turn. Bai Tu really admired the Yuan family.
But these rebels had been deceived by the Yuan family's assassins before, thinking that the people passing by were some kind of fat sheep, so they surrounded Bai Tu carelessly.
After the assassination attempt failed, the assassins of the Yuan family simply exposed Bai Tu's identity and attracted the rebels outside, and had to die!