Chapter 765: Growing in the Algae
Chapter 765: Growing in the Algae
The lacquer surface of the long table is shining and blue smoke is curling up.
Liang Qu grinds ink.
Written by Xu Wenzhu.
From cause to effect, from beginning to end, it was written in two full pages. The date was attached to the end of the letter. Su Guishan, Yang Dongxiong, Wei Lin, Xu Yuelong and other senior officials of the River and Lake Administration stamped their red seals one by one, filling another page with vermilion.
Blow dry the ink.
Xu Wenzhu rolled up the letter, stuffed it into a long metal tube, pasted red chicken feathers on it, sealed it with fire at both ends, and looked around.
"Who should we send?"
"Ashui, you go!" Su Guishan did not hesitate.
"I?"
Liang Qu was not very happy.
For running errands and delivering a message, he would certainly be rewarded later, but it would not be much. However, it would take at least two to three months, which was undoubtedly a waste of his efforts.
“Refining the Great Pill takes a lot of time, so the less extra cost, the better. You have a second-grade dragon-blood horse, so a round trip, including rest time, will take less than a month.
You are also the first contact person of Haifangzhu, and you know many details better than us. It is convenient for you to explain if someone asks you. And since you are going to the imperial capital, it is a good opportunity to bring your dragon girl doll with you."
"E-Ying?"
"Listen to me, it will benefit you."
Su Guishan's words are concise and to the point.
Liang Qu's eyes flickered.
At the end of October, the two confirmed their relationship, and Su Guishan seemed to have written a special letter. Three months later, it must have arrived directly in the imperial capital.
Now that things have come to this, it’s hard to refuse.
Just in time, someone acted as a "fast horse", so Xu Yuelong and others stuffed all the letters and memorials that needed to be dealt with recently into the wooden box and asked Liang Qu to take it.
"What a shame." Xu Yuelong patted Liang Qu's shoulder, "Ashui, you won't be able to attend my promotion banquet."
"It doesn't matter. For another two years, Brother Xu will eat my food."
"Good! You have great ambition!" Xu Yuelong gently pushed his back, "Go, Lieutenant Liang Heng, go home and get your horse, and don't come back to tell us, follow the great rivers and lakes, and head north! Bring back a demon king friend for Dashun!"
"As ordered!"
After saying goodbye to his colleagues, Liang Qu immediately took the metal tube and wooden box and went home.
"Xinglai, prepare the horses! Longyao, Longli, pack my luggage, two sets! Eying! We are going on a long journey!"
No one asked what happened.
Within a quarter of an hour.
Long Yao tied the knot.
Chishan carried two bags on his back, hot mist spewed out of his mouth and nose, and his front hooves stepped on the bluestone.
Liang Qu took Long Eying's hand and pulled her to sit in front of him.
Wrapped in a cloak.
"gone!"
Boom!
Chishan kicked his hind legs hard, creating two big holes, and then he leaped out of Yixing Town with two or three leaps and passed over the top of Pingyang City.
The villagers and officials all looked up.
The long wind howled.
The cloak fluttered in the wind, just like an eagle with spread wings soaring in the sky.
When they reached an uninhabited place, in the dense forest, the river flooded and both men and their horse were swept into the water.
Half running, half striding.
Liang Qu determined the progress that the Dragon Blood Horse should take.
Mid-February.
It was freezing cold and heavy snow fell in the imperial capital.
The branches of trees in the streets were covered with icicles, and the eaves were covered with a thick layer of snow. The black cloak wrapped in the wind and snow turned pure white. The chestnut horse stepped on the ripples and stepped on the clear waves of the Jishuitan as it broke into the imperial capital.
“Good endurance!”
Liang Qu patted Chishan's neck, and his mouth and nose were filled with white mist.
Normally, we ride back and forth between the towns of Chishan, a few miles or dozens of miles in the blink of an eye, and the performance of Chishan horses is not brought into play at all. The section from Cangzhou to the imperial capital does not take the waterway, it is almost the same as flying low over the ground.
This is worthy of being called an ungulate animal.
Chishan shook his head and snorted twice.
Wow!
The cloak trembled.
Long Eying went to Jishuitan to clean up the house first. Liang Qu took off his cloak and put it on her to keep out the snow. Then, according to the procedure, she was led into the palace by the Tianyu Guard.
"Sir Liang, the emperor is busy. You have been running all the way. Please take a break for a while, drink some hot tea and catch your breath." In the side hall, the young eunuch served tea.
"But what happened?"
Liang Qu picked up the teacup and looked up, and with the help of the reflection from the ground, he could see the swaying figures in the hall.
He came with a feather letter and entered the imperial capital to explain the situation, but he didn't get to see the Holy Emperor first and instead had to stay in a side hall and wait?
"It's not something that can't be said. There was a big uproar in the imperial capital. Beiting went south, and there was a big fight in Liujinhai. It is said that two treasure houses were destroyed, and a lot of granaries were burned. A lot of good things were lost."
"Beiting south?"
Liang Qu was in deep thought.
There were signs of this when Harukhan came to the capital last year. He probably had not reached the limit of his patience, and after his attempts were thwarted, he gave up on further action. But what is coming will come.
"I wonder how the senior brother is doing..."
Before I could worry, another group of eunuchs hurried over, craning their necks.
"Master Liang, Master Liang?"
Liang Qu waved his hand: "This!"
"Master Liang, please follow me into the palace!"
Qinzheng Hall.
Several officials and university scholars gathered here to discuss important matters.
Liang Qu tidied his appearance, stepped to the center and handed over the feather book. The eunuch held the metal rod horizontally and confirmed with the Holy Emperor that the two ends were sealed with wax. He opened it on the spot and displayed it in front of the long steps.
Occasionally, a minister would look over and wonder what had happened in Pingyang Prefecture.
"Luan Dian Feng Dao Dan? Do you have any in the storehouse?"
A eunuch stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, there are no existing pills in the warehouse. There are two copies of the main medicine Yin Yang Orchid Grass, one of which is hidden in Nanzhili. I don't know if anyone has exchanged it today. The remaining major medicines, Ice Silkworm and Yang Fire Flower, have one and two copies respectively in the Beijing warehouse. The number of auxiliary medicines is complete, so it is not difficult to refine one. If there are more, I'm afraid we have to collect them together."
"Let the alchemy room refine it first! Immediately send a message to Nanzhili. There is no need to send it to the imperial capital. Once the finished products are made, send them to Pingyang Prefecture. Quickly! Keep it secret!"
"Yes!"
OK!
With just this one sentence, Liang Qu knew that the tone of the matter had been set.
"Your Majesty! Could you please tell me what needs this kind of medicine?"
Everyone in the venue was well-informed, and they were all surprised when they heard the name of the elixir.
The Holy Emperor nodded.
The chief eunuch passed the letter to the official who was questioning him.
Pass it on to each other.
The frowns on everyone's face gradually relaxed.
The situation in southern Xinjiang was critical, and there was another big disturbance in Beiting. Just when they were worried, a good thing happened in Jianghuai, which was in the middle. It might even help Dashun to reach out to the sea and stir it up.
"Liang Hengwei, the big monster is trying to swallow the monster king. Is there really a 40% chance of success in such a risky thing? You must not listen to the big monster's one-sided words!"
"Don't worry, Master Su. The Octopus King is not a brave and aggressive person. Most of his abilities are used to protect his life. Hai Fangzhu is just the opposite. Even if the Octopus King reproduces, he will still have to separate one tentacle to monitor his fourth wife, Hai Yun.
Using 'Inverted Yin and Yang' will make him even weaker, and his strength is less than 70%. Haifangzhu took the big elixir to replenish his body, and the strength will be reduced. In addition, I asked the white ape to leave a backup plan, so there is indeed a great hope of success."
The officials on the field pondered secretly.
Their realm is not high, and they have obtained too little information. As for the gap between the Great Demon and the Demon King, they can only analyze it based on the reaction of the Holy Emperor and He Bo's overwhelming support.
Really capable.
The benefits are great enough and the risks are small enough.
With permanent maritime trade ports, the relationship between land and water will be closer in the future, like an umbilical cord.
The risk is not whether Kaibouzu succeeds or not, but that even if he fails, Dashun will not get into trouble.
I would definitely not be able to explain it clearly if I sent someone, so I just gave them a pill...
Naturally, it must have been hidden by Haifangzhu in advance through a transaction, or found by some other means, or even grown by itself in the algae, and refined by the Ghost Mother Cult.
In short, it has nothing to do with Dashun.
"The dragon crossed the river, and Liang Hengwei lived up to his reputation. Fires broke out at the north and south ends, but the Jianghuai River in the middle was not only safe and sound, but if the plan succeeded, water could be pumped out to put out the fire, which was incredible."
"It is all because of your majesty's appointment in the past. Without your majesty, there would be no minister today."
"Two more."
The Holy Emperor patted the armrest.
Liang Qu bowed and listened.
"First, the treaty ports must collect taxes and settle in silver, and our people are allowed to check the accounts."
"Second, within fifty years, if either the Jianghuai Great Lake Jiaolong or the Ghost Mother Cult makes any unusual moves, he must unconditionally take action three times."
(End of this chapter)