NFBE Chapter 365: Puhuang Powder
Chapter 365: Puhuang Powder
The two of them turned into swallows and circled over Qingshi Village. They just happened to see the puppet arrive at the village entrance. The villagers saw the strangers and dragged their sick bodies to greet them.
"Young man, we are in Qingshi Village. Many people in the village are sick. Please leave here quickly."
"Our disease is fatal, let's go quickly."
When Xiangxiang conveyed these words to Song An Ning, she felt a little uncomfortable.
These ordinary people are very kind. They are already in such a state and don’t want to have another sick person.
The puppet received Xiangxiang's instructions and said to the villagers very kindly:
"We are from Yaowang Valley. We heard that there was a plague in Qingshi Village, so we came here specially.
"Where's your village head? These baskets are filled with medicine. Quickly arrange for someone to distribute them."
When everyone heard the words "Medicine King Valley", their eyes lit up.
"What? It's Medicine King Valley! We're saved! We might not die!"
After the joy, they thought of the village head again, and everyone's faces were filled with sorrow. They whispered:
“Yesterday we found some people in the village sick, and two died this morning.
Seeing that something was wrong, the village head hurried to the government office to report it.
But the officer didn't care at all. He didn't even get to see County Magistrate Zhu and was beaten up.
When I came back from town, I found that several more people had died in the village.
Our village head was old and had been beaten, and he might have been sick, so he passed away this afternoon."
Song Anning got angry when she heard this, and Old Man Pan started cursing even louder.
"You bastard, why hasn't Zhu Yuan died yet?
Does he understand the principle of "the lips and teeth are cold"? Does he have to wait until everyone in Ping'an Town is dead before he intervenes?
He knew many officials of the Nanyue Dynasty, some of whom were diligent and some of whom were inactive, but this was the first time he had seen someone as arrogant and incompetent as Zhu Yuan.
"Alas, Ping'an Town is quite remote, and the emperor is far away. Who would care about it?"
After being here for a few months, Song Anning has become accustomed to it. Zhu Yuan won't live long anyway, so let him go.
At the entrance of Qingshi Village, the villagers have elected several strong and good-character people to serve as temporary village heads and began to distribute medicines.
The person carrying the spray bottle also took action, checking every corner very carefully.
"Master, Master, good news!
Xiangxiang detected that those disinfectants could kill the virus.
But we need to spray several more times to fully disinfect the area, and this needs to last for a long time."
"As long as it's useful, I can just buy more."
She was always paying attention to the situation in the village. At this time, the villagers had taken antibiotics and were kneeling in front of the doll, crying loudly.
“Thank you Yaowang Valley, thank you so much.
You saved everyone's lives! The government ignored us, and the medicine we bought in town didn't work. We were all just waiting to die.
But you came...you came to save me!"
The disease caused fever, body aches, and severe discomfort. However, the villagers still managed to hold on and expressed their gratitude in tears.
Song An Ning ordered the puppets to take good care of the villagers and let them go home and rest early.
She and Old Man Pan stayed close to Qingshi Village all night long. When dawn was about to break, good news came.
Everyone's high fever has subsided, but their bodies are still sore and they lack energy.
If the fever goes down, it means it's effective. If one tablet doesn't work, try two. As a new day arrives and the sun rises, the puppet has already cooked several large pots of medicine and given them to the villagers to drink.
What followed was a long wait. There were more than ten kinds of medicine in total, and the villagers were divided into ten groups. Each of them drank the medicine, and Xiangxiang kept reporting the physical condition of the villagers in each group.
Finally, it was concluded that two of the decoctions were effective and could be mass-produced.
“Alas, it would be even better if there was cattail pollen powder.
That's only available in spring, and you can't find it now even if you look for it. The herbs you buy in the mall are all artificially grown, so they're less effective.
We've done our best to achieve this."
Old Man Pan felt a little regretful, but he had to compromise. He also planned to go back to Yaowang Valley later to get some medicine.
"Puhuang powder? Is that what it is?"
The two entered the space, and Song Anning rummaged through his backpack for a while and took out a large pile of cattail pollen from it.
"I picked this in the mountains in spring, it's very fresh.
There are so many, use them!"
She generously took out 80% of it and piled it on the grass in the space.
Old Man Pan’s eyes widened when he saw these. Puhuang is not a precious medicinal herb, so why does this girl hoard everything?
This is so beautifully done!
“You don’t need too much pollen powder, a little is enough.
It's just that something this fresh is really rare, Aning, you've helped me a lot!"
"Hey, it's better to be prepared.
Every time I go up the mountain to collect herbs, I let the system recycle some of them and store the rest in my backpack.
Isn’t this useful?”
Old man Pan was so tired of words of praise that he gave her a thumbs up, expressing his sincere admiration.
Then, determine the prescription, pick the medicine, and boil the medicine...
Everything was going on in full swing. After giving the medicine to the puppet, the two of them collapsed on the recliners in the space and took a short rest.
Song Anning rubbed her aching eyes and asked Old Man Pan:
“What are you going to do next?
Our manpower and resources are limited, so it's okay for a village or a town, but as for the entire Nanyue Dynasty, that is the responsibility of the emperor and Su Chen.
They have money and people to spend, and we have medicine.
You can do business with them and just add a little more cost."
Old Man Pan thought so too, but considering that the situation between Prince Ling and the Emperor was tense, and Ping'an Town belonged to Prince Ling's fiefdom, Yaowang Valley never took sides and acted according to its mood, it was still a problem who to find to do business.
Looking at Song An Ning lying in the rocking chair and about to fall asleep, he smiled wickedly and told her the problem that was bothering him.
"Haha, little old man, you want to give me a difficult problem, right?
Since ancient times, to conquer the world, one needs not only a strong army but also the support of the people.
When we can't make a decision, we might as well throw the problem to them.
The opportunity to win the hearts of the people is here. Inform the emperor and Prince Ling about the plague at the same time.
Leaflets were also distributed in various cities to cause chaos among the people.
Didn't they ignore it before? They will definitely do it now, and they will race against time to seize the initiative. Then Ping'an Town will be saved.
All Yaowang Valley can do is provide medicine and collect money. You don’t need to worry about the rest.”
After Song Anning finished speaking, she picked up the tea on the coffee table, took a sip, and continued to lie down and bask in the sun leisurely.
Old man Pan touched his shiny forehead, the shock in his eyes still not dissipated.
When he was chatting with Song An Ning, he learned that in her previous life, she graduated from university and returned to the village to raise pigs and grow peppers, and had always stayed in the village.
But as the two became more familiar with each other, and he saw that Song An Ning was very careful in what she said and did, he even suspected that this girl was deceiving him.
"I'm impressed. I really admire you."
"Hahaha, come on.
You've been through so much, you're just too lazy to think of such a little trick.
The system just sent out a gift package, and you also have one. Do you want to take a look at it together?"
“Hey, I’m old and can’t do anything.
But I have a good apprentice who thinks much more carefully than I do.
We'll see after this is over. Now I need to go back to Medicine King Valley. Do you want to come with me?"
Song Anning thought about it. The epidemic in Ping'an Town had just been brought under control, so one of her and Old Man Pan had to keep an eye on it.
Thinking of this, she decisively refused, and the two of them split up into two groups, one in the town and the other going to Yaowang Valley.
It was a nice day today. Song Anning watched the puppets distributing medicines in the streets and alleys of Ping'an Town. Some people in the town had already fallen ill and were grateful after receiving the medicines.
Just as she flew over the yamen, she suddenly heard a wailing sound.
"My Lord County Magistrate, something's wrong! Find a doctor quickly!"