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At noon on New Year's Eve, at the altar outside the Shuzhou Palace, an old Confucian in plain robes began to worship heaven and pray for blessings. I pray that the entire fourteen counties of Shuzhou will have a bumper harvest in the coming year and the people will be safe and secure.
Xu Mu did not believe in God, but under the current circumstances, he had to go against the beliefs of the people in Shuzhou.
The prayer is completed.
In the streets and alleys of the city, long flowing water mats began to be laid out, and many people cheered and continued to celebrate the future of Shuzhou.
"Five thousand Liangzhou horses passed Yuguan the day before yesterday. Dong Wen didn't dare to gamble after all." Jia Zhou covered his mouth and coughed twice.
"Wenlong, why don't you go and rest first."
"Nothing." Jia Zhou waved his hand.
"These five thousand Liangzhou horses are a great joy to me in Shuzhou."
Listening, Xu Mu also nodded seriously. These five thousand Liangzhou horses, plus the original horses, should be more than ten thousand. Looking at the whole world, there are very few states with thousands of good horses.
Xu Mu has already thought of setting up a horse administration department in Shuzhou to manage good horses, such as breeding, foaling, and fodder supply.
Now, the war in the entire Shuzhou has calmed down, and political affairs are slowly getting on track according to his plan. Using the little agricultural experience in the previous life, the rice output should be slightly doubled by the time of the autumn harvest.
Bailu County's merchant fleet will also travel along the entire Xiangjiang River next year to conduct trade and investigate the information downstream.
It seemed that everything was slowly falling into place.
"Some time ago, over in Cangzhou... Yuan An asked all the foreign and Dingbian generals in the world to return to Cangzhou to report on their duties. Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him."
It would be strange if someone would pay attention. The Yuan family's empire is about to come to an end.
"Also, I heard that the Su family woman is pregnant with a dragon seed."
This last piece of news made Xu Mu's face full of disbelief. He had previously thought that there was nothing the black robe could do, so he became the imperial concubine and continued to stay in the Cangzhou Palace.
But who would have thought that... Yuan An really fell asleep, and a dragon spawn emerged from his sleep.
"If you are pregnant with a son, and the Cangzhou royal family is immortal in twenty years, this dragon will be the prince and the next emperor of the Yuan family."
"Moreover, if the Su family girl is not from the Central Plains, what about this dragon species?"
Xu Mu smelled a hint of conspiracy.
"In the spring, this matter needs to be investigated thoroughly."
…
"Queen, Queen!" In the bedroom, Yuan An climbed up from the dragon bed and ran forward with a smile.
On the desk in the dormitory, a cold-faced woman, wearing only a gauze, looked at Yuan An, who was chasing him, with a look of disgust on her face.
If she hadn't been exposed, she could have thought of other ways. But after the poisonous owl exposed her, she had to do this in order to stay in the palace.
He didn't say that he would feed wolves with his body, but he felt that this matter was a bit boring and that he should be suppressed by the mountain ghost.
"Your Majesty, please change your clothes. It's time to go to court."
Yuan An, who was having fun, suddenly paused. It was not like this just now. Everyone was obviously happy just now.
"Your Majesty, what will happen if the dragon species is injured?"
Hearing this, Yuan An did not dare to make any more trouble and hurriedly called Gong E to help him change clothes and wash up.
After Yuan An walked out of the dormitory, the woman stood up silently, turned her eyes to the north, and fell into deep thought again.
…
It’s the New Year’s Eve, but it’s not yet the Lantern Festival. Jia Zhou's body seemed to be getting worse day by day. There was less time to enter the palace. Only when Xu Mu called, he walked over with a smile on his face.
"What did the doctors say?" Xu Mu asked worriedly.
"It's just that the military advisor is overworked... He has a hidden disease, and medicine and stone are not of much use." Han Jiu in front of him said with obvious sadness in his voice, "Yesterday, Little Dog Fu came out of the military advisor's room and said he was reading to the military advisor. After only listening to half of it, the military advisor coughed up blood again."
Xu Mu listened silently.
Almost every day, he would go to Jia Zhou's house and see Jia Zhou's increasing fatigue.
First it was the young Marquis, then the grandfather Li Rucheng, and now it’s Jia Zhou. In this troubled world, those who were kind to him always seemed to be quietly leaving him -
"Han Jiu! Where is the miracle doctor!" Xu Mu said with a cold face.
"Lord, Shuzhou must be gone... We have searched everything."
"Go to the city and ask."
Han Jiu took the order, turned around and ran out quickly.
After hesitating for a long time, Xu Mu asked someone to prepare paper and ink, wrote a letter himself, and asked a confidant to take it and send it carefully to the inner city.
After delivering the letter, Xu Mu put on his big cloak and hurried out. When they walked to the side room in the backyard and in front of Jia Zhou's room, they saw Si Hu and puppy Fu from a distance, hugging each other and crying.
People were crowding inside and outside the house. Dongfang Jing, who arrived just in time, couldn't help but look sad and shed tears when he saw Si Hu crying.
There was a thump in the bottom of his heart, a sadness instantly filled his body, and his nose suddenly became sore. Xu Mu hurriedly walked into the house.
After entering the house, Xu Mu discovered that Jia Zhou was not dead... He was only holding a bowl of glutinous rice balls and slowly scooping them up.
Seeing Xu Mu, Jia Zhou smiled hard and put the bowl aside.
"Wenlong, wait for me first."
Xu Mu rushed out of the house, looked at the puppy Fu and Si Hu, and rewarded each of them with a chestnut. After that, he picked up Dongfang Jing, who was also crying, and walked into the house.
"Brother Mu, Xiaofu's rice dumpling bowl fell and he cried sadly, so I cried too -"
Xu Mu was too lazy to listen, but he was relieved in his heart. After entering the room, he slowly placed Dongfang Jing on the bedside.
"Wenlong, how are you feeling lately?"
"It's nothing, don't worry, my lord." Jia Zhou smiled, still looking calm and composed as before.
Xu Mu sighed. It had been like this from the beginning. Even if he was in trouble, his Poison Eagle military advisor would never bother him.
"Teacher, please don't work any more during this period."
"My lord, the great cause has not yet been accomplished——"
"My great cause has not yet been accomplished, so Wenlong must not get into trouble." Xu Mu interrupted directly, "During this period, Wenlong will rest quietly. You also know that now the tiger barbarians are calm, Shuzhou is stable, and there is no trouble. As for the state Wenlong doesn't need to worry about the war outside, with Bo Lie and me here."
Jia Zhou nodded hesitantly.
"If it's boring to stay here, I'll ask the puppy Fu to come over and read to Wenlong."
Instead of letting Jia Zhou sit in the room and meditate on strategies, simply...call the puppy Fu over. At least it will be more childish and make Jia Zhou happier.
"Very good, very good. My lord, I tell you, this puppy is blessed with great talents. In time, he will become a general of our Shuzhou."
"When I hear you praising him so much, I'll buy candied haws on a stick later."
Jia Zhou was happy and smiled slightly.
…
After walking out of the house, Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord, there must be a miracle doctor in the world. Teacher's illness cannot be delayed any longer." Dongfang Jing said from the side.
Xu Mu was silent for a while.
"I have already received a favor on credit. Please help me from the inner city, Toshiro Toshiro, to help me find some famous doctors to go to Shu."
The famous doctor from Shuzhou who was called by Han Jiu was at a loss.
"My lord is righteous." Dongfang bowed with trembling hands.
"Bolie, you and Wenlong are my right and left arms. If we lose each other, it will be a painful pain."
Xu Mu only hoped that things were not too strange. After Chang Silang helps, those miracle doctors will enter Shu as quickly as possible to diagnose and treat Jia Zhou.
