From time to time, the sound of moving chips could be heard in the private room, until someone pushed the door open and came in.
Han Chengxu and the other three hurriedly stood up and called: "Alang."
"Mr. Yi Ning is back. It's been a hard journey."
"I can't say it's hard work. I have purchased all the supplies needed for the barracks and are unloading them at the city's pier. This is the book..."
Li Xia nodded, exchanged a few words with Han Qi'an, and then turned to Han Chengxu.
"We'll talk about it later. Mr. Han, help me take a look. I was stung by a little girl on Baiyan Village just now. I didn't feel it at first, but then I gradually felt my fingers were numb, but it only lasted for a short while, and now I'm fine."
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Han Qi'an was shocked when he heard this and asked: "Is this... being poisoned?"
"It's said to be a love Gu. I asked Xiong Shi, but I didn't see that girl raising poisonous insects and planting a pot of red flowers."
"These Miao barbarians!"
Han Qi'an frowned, and Yan Yunyun's eyes flashed with worry and curiosity.
They had all heard some anecdotes about the Miao territory, and they thought the Miao people were mysterious and weird, so they couldn't help but feel frightened at this time.
Only Han Chengxu and Li Xia chatted in detail for a few more words, and finally smiled.
"Don't panic, it was numbed by the flower juice. As Alang said, what this seedling girl planted should be a kind of Sanskrit flower. It is named after the 'Maha Manzhu Shahua' in the Lotus Sutra. This flower often grows in cemeteries.
, is called the 'dead man's flower', it has a numbing effect after being eaten, and is also called the 'soul-inducing flower'. I have been treating Qi'an for many years, and I have checked the classics, so I know it."
"Manzhushahua? Bianhuahua?"
"Alang also knows."
"I've heard a little bit about it."
Li Xia rubbed his fingers and put this trivial matter out of his mind, which finally gave him a small answer to his doubts.
There are so many superstitions, they are just small flowers used to make anesthetics.
Of course, there are a lot of secrets and anecdotes in Miao territory, so it is not that simple. This is just the level of an ignorant little girl in Baiyan Miao Village, a familiar Miao village that has been immersed in Han customs for many years. It cannot be called a real voodoo, and it does not count as a beginner.
Li Xia is not superstitious, but he knows that there are very few mature Miao villages like Baiyan Village among the Miao villages.
How can it be called a real Miao village without some mystery?
As for the Bo people, I'm afraid they are even more superstitious...
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Now that Mr. Yi Ning is back, workshops for clothing, armor, weapons, gunpowder, medicine and other supporting military supplies should also be opened."
Han Qi'an said: "I couldn't find out the specific formula of the porcelain tribulus fireball, but I found the raw materials from the firearms workshop, and bought Liuhuang, Wohuang, flame salt, Maru and other things. Maybe I can try to make it.
make……"
Li Xia's process of training troops and accumulating strength can be described as nothing more than "step by step".
Building various workshops and manufacturing armor, weapons, caltrops, fireballs and other items does not require him to show any talent. The test is nothing more than the skill of employing people.
The reason why he dared to act so blatantly was because Qingfu, a small border county, had given Li Xia the freedom to do whatever he wanted.
Jiang Chun didn't care about anything and just waited for promotion; Fang Yankai had no backer and was suppressed and had nothing to say.
Not to mention that the news has not yet reached Xuzhou, but even if it is really passed on, it is said that the governor of the state, Shi Jun, is also preparing to be transferred.
Of course, if someone asked, it would still be "The memorial to invite the founding of the Fu Army has been submitted, and the court will approve it" or "I want to follow the example of Duke Jiaxuan in creating the Feihu Army."
In short, it was a busy time to secure the people and govern the land, train private soldiers, and make armor.
Li Xia made some small innovations in military training.
For example, he plans to teach all the soldiers to read and learn the words used in the general's orders for the time being; for example, he will carry out some small ideological education every night; for example, after training, all soldiers will learn to perform first aid and wound treatment;
For example, each person is given a small bag containing various small items such as wound medicine, bandages, etc.; another example is...
He has the memory of future generations, so he naturally has all kinds of little ideas, some of which are useful, some of which are not, and some of which are not needed for the time being and will have to wait until later.
It’s nothing more than those routines, so there’s no need to go into details…
Many people have gradually realized that Lieutenant Li trained the Qingfu Army as elite soldiers.
Everyone is not stupid. You can feel this kind of thing even just by looking at the armor, let alone the rigorous daily training. Fortunately, Li Xia has already prepared a reason.
…
"The county captain will be the commander of Shu in the future!"
"General Liu Bai said that the county captain once heard what the general of the imperial army said about Commander Yu, and his lifelong ambition is to imitate Commander Yu, defend the country and defend the land, and become a 'great hero'."
"Tonight I will say that we can also be heroes..."
At night, a group of people touched their newly issued clothes and armor in the camp and admired them. Unfortunately, the camp did not allow lighting, so they could not try them on for the time being. They could not help but whisper about these things.
After a while, a general shouted outside: "Shut up and go to sleep!"
Yang Ben lay on the shop floor with his hands on his head, a slight sneer on his lips.
"Shuai Shu?"
Only he, Yang Ben, was not like those rustics. He knew that Li Xia did not want to be the commander of Shu at all, but was ambitious.
Li Xia, Li Yong's son, already knew what he wanted to do.
He was training elite soldiers, lurking in the southwestern border, waiting for the opportunity... and then deposed King Zhong and established a clan disciple.
Behind Li Xia, there must be a high-ranking official in the court who is unwilling to let King Zhong inherit the throne...
Yang Ben knew that if he wanted to find out the details and find out whether Li Yong was looking for Li Xia, he had to get close to Li Xia and lurk day and night.
It is impossible to do this as a soldier, nor as a general. You have to be a personal soldier, a general, or a bodyguard.
Even if he becomes a detective like Yu Bing and Song He, he will be led by Li Xia himself.
In short, you have to become a confidant, or at least be appreciated and used.
For this purpose, Yang Ben showed his talents as soon as he entered the camp. He talked about military regulations and military regulations and demonstrated the method of using troops in battle.
He was certain that, looking at the entire Qingfu camp, no one was more talented than him.
But Li Xia just didn't reuse him.
"There are Bole horses in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. Thousand-mile horses always exist, but Bole horses don't always exist. Therefore, although there are famous horses, they are humiliated in the hands of slaves and die in stalls..."
Yang Ben closed his eyes and murmured in his heart: "Where is the opportunity to get close to Li Xia?"
Late at night.
"Did you see him in the underworld?"
Li Xia heard a woman's deep voice asking.
Even in his sleep, he still maintained his rationality, telling himself that he had something to think about every day and something to dream about at night, so he didn't need to pay too much attention to this matter.
Just a coincidence.
However, by some strange coincidence, he vaguely felt that the voice was not a dream.
Opening his eyes, Li Xia was startled.
He suddenly saw a woman covered in black gauze standing beside his bed.
"you……"
Since his rebirth... no, in two lifetimes, this is almost the first time that Li Xia has been frightened like this.
He subconsciously shrank into the bed and asked in surprise: "How did you get in?"
The moonlight filtered through the window screen, and there was only a faint light in the room. The woman was covered in black gauze, and only her eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Ashayu...my name is Ashayu. Have you seen my husband in the underworld?"
Li Xia said nothing.
There was deathly silence in the room, and he could hear the beating of his own heart.
"You have been to the underworld, haven't you?" Asha murmured.
Li Xia only felt his scalp numb.
Xiong Shan and Xiong Shi both said that this woman was crazy, and Li Xia thought so too, but his secret was exposed by her...
"How do you know?" he asked.
Ashajiu slowly raised her hand, picked up a withered red flower, and said softly: "After you die, walk by the Wangchuan River to Naihe Bridge. You don't want to forget your past life... Come and smell this
Flower, he must be smelling this flower by the River of Forgetfulness. Only by smelling this flower can he not forget his past life..."
Li Xia held his breath, with a look of surprise in his eyes, which eventually turned into calmness.
"Qu Liang, is that you?" Asha looked at him and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and she looked a little surprised.
"Qu Liang, are you back? I saw you a few days ago... Just like we used to, you seemed to have walked out of a painting. I cast a love charm on you, waving and smiling at you... It was you who was here
Tell me you're back, right?"
Li Xia had calmed down, took out a dagger from under the pillow and said, "You have the wrong person."
Even though he was greatly frightened, he still found an explanation for everything in front of him... Asha was in a state of confusion. He saw scenes similar to those in the past, misunderstood and recognized the wrong person.
The withered red flower was twirling in Asha's hands. She smiled with a strange voice, which finally turned into sadness.
"I miss you so much, Qu Liang..."
She stepped forward, as if she wanted to be intimate with Li Xia, but was forced back by the edge of the dagger.
"Sorry." Li Xia said seriously: "You really recognized the wrong person."
"You just came back from the underworld. You have never crossed the River of Forgetfulness." Asha murmured: "Your soul has just told me this..."
Li Xia thought for a while and actually asked: "If I am indeed reborn, can you help me and make the Miao people obey my orders?"
Asha did not answer.
Li Xia asked again: "Can I be the Miao Tongsi? Datongsi."
He has been concentrating on rebellion recently, and has gradually realized a problem. Since ancient times, rebels have needed some deification, such as "The sky is dead, Huang Tian will establish the Great Chu, and King Chen Sheng".
and "The son of the Red Emperor, King Ming, is born."
Li Xia didn't believe these things at all, and even felt a little disgusted, but he realized that this was inevitable if he wanted to conquer the tribes in the southwest...
Asha looked like she didn't hear anything and turned around and walked out.
She was a little disappointed, perhaps because Li Xia's utilitarian attitude was completely unlike her Qu Liang, and she had recognized that he was not the reincarnation of her husband.
"You said you would be destined to be with me for three lifetimes... Don't worry about the old spirit on the Three Life Stone, admiring the moon and singing in the wind. I am ashamed to be a lover to visit, although the opposite sex will last forever in this life..."
"Brother Li."
Han Qiaoer pushed open the door of the small room, rubbed her eyes and walked out of the back room, looking like she was dazed in sleep, and muttered: "I heard you talking."
"Qiao'er, get away!"
Li Xia rushed forward quickly.
As soon as Asha stretched out her hand, Han Qiaoer fell to the ground.
Li Xia rushed forward, hugged Han Qiaoer, and checked for breath, but she fainted.
There is a slightly sweet smell in the air, and fine powder can be seen flying under the moonlight.
Li Xia held her breath and hugged Han Qiaoer out of the house.
I saw that Asha had walked into the courtyard, and two servants were fainting on the ground at the gate.
Li Xia stared blankly at the black clothes floating out of the courtyard...
Han Qiaoer closed her eyes and nuzzled into his arms, like a little kitten, murmuring in her sleep: "Brother Li, how long will it take for me to grow up?"