Practice Remembering You

"Huh~" Zhang Yu exhaled: "It can be seen that the situation here is not good. Where are the food and taxes?"

Bao Pingan paused for a moment and said hesitantly, "The granary has already run out of food, and only half of the reserve granary is left. As for taxation, it is now the minimum stipulated, 20% of the grain tax."

"Now I will make a few rules. First, taxes will be temporarily cancelled, including for shops. Second, the reserve granaries will be opened and distributed according to demand. Third, from now on, everyone can think of ways to revive the county. If the suggestion is adopted, there will be a reward of ten taels of silver. If it is adopted and there are results, there will be an additional reward of fifty taels of silver!

Fourth, encourage craftsmen to innovate. If they create something that is beneficial to Xiaoshi County, they will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. If they make great contributions, they will also be rewarded with 50 taels of silver. "

After listening to Zhang Yu's proposal, everyone was a little noisy.

Zhang Yu nodded at the table: "If you have any questions, please ask."

One of the lawyers asked: "Master Zhang, if this tax is abolished, what will our government do with its food, clothing and daily expenses?"

"Of course, everyone should plant a garden by themselves. When the crops are ripe, they will be enough for their family to eat. Special measures must be taken during special times. Xiaoshi County is going to become a dead county. If you continue to collect taxes, even if it is not a heavy tax, but just the lightest tax, people will definitely not be able to bear it."

"There is not much food left in the granary. If it is opened, it will only last for less than a month. And the food in the granary is used in times of crisis. If it is opened now, will it be…"

"Now is a critical moment." Zhang Yu said, "And the sick people need more food to recover. When they recover, the labor force will increase, which is more important."

Zhang Yu looked around and saw that no one had any more questions, so he continued, "Call a few doctors with better medical skills."

After a while, an old man came in. He smelled strongly of medicine and said, "I am honored to meet the county magistrate!"

Zhang Yu went straight to the point: "You should know all the patients in the county, what do they need?"

"My Lord, I know that I have helped treat many people. Now we are just short of medicinal materials."

"It's definitely impossible to get the medicinal materials for the time being. I heard from the deputy county magistrate that the number of people who get sick increases every day. Do you have any method other than taking medicine to prevent the spread of the disease as much as possible?"

"Master, there is a way to effectively control it. We just need to gather all the infected people together and prevent ordinary people from coming into contact with them."

Zhang Yu immediately ordered Bao Ping'an: "Integrate all the people who can move in the city, exclude those who are not farming, and let all the remaining people find a spacious place to set up tents and prepare to transfer all the patients out. You can start the process."

While the officials were busy, Zhang Yu went out with the doctor and asked him to find a patient for them.

First, a middle-aged man came. He looked very uncomfortable, but could still take care of himself. When he saw Zhang Yu, he knelt down.

Zhang Yu lifted him up with one hand, and then injected a stream of true energy into him.

About a minute later, the other party was surprised to find that his illness was cured, and he knelt down again to thank Zhang Yu. This time Zhang Yu did not stop him.

Time was very tight now, so Zhang Yu urged the stunned old doctor to go to the next place, requesting that this time it was for a seriously ill patient.

They came to a dilapidated house where a middle-aged woman was lying, being taken care of by a teenage boy.

Although this woman can move, her mobility is greatly reduced and she can only move very slowly.

Without saying a word, Zhang Yu started to use his true Qi to heal her wounds. The middle-aged woman clearly felt that her condition had improved. After about half an hour, the pain was completely gone.

This made the middle-aged woman extremely grateful to Zhang Yu, and her admiration for Zhang Yu turned into fanaticism.

We continued to the next place. This time, we went to a place where there was a patient who was so sick that he couldn't take care of himself. He was an old man.

A middle-aged couple was taking care of the children in the room. When they saw Zhang Yu coming, they immediately knelt down.

Zhang Yu didn't have time to care about them. He raised his hand slightly to stop their greetings, then went straight to the old man to treat him.

A large amount of true energy was injected, and even a faint golden light appeared on the old man's body.

This time it took a long time, about two hours, for the old man to return to normal.

Zhang Yu's control over his true Qi has reached its limit right now, and he cannot improve it in terms of time unless he can break through.

The old man's family was very grateful to Zhang Yu and thanked him crazily, but Zhang Yu did not help them and ignored them. At this time, he was thinking.

If we cure these patients one by one, it will be too slow and there won't be enough time. You should know that I have more than just this one thing to do now. But if we don't save them one by one, how can we save these people when there is no medicine in the county?

Zhang Yu needed to calm down and think for a while. It was also time for dinner, so he went back first.

At this time, the county pavilion had been cleaned up very cleanly. Mo Xue had prepared the meal and was waiting for Zhang Yu at the stone table.

"Madam, you've worked hard." Zhang Yu came over with a smile on his face and kissed Mo Xue on the forehead first: "You must be exhausted from cleaning the yard and cooking."

"I have no problem. I just cooked a dish. The other things like cleaning the yard and moving things are done by the servants. I just give orders." Mo Xue said as she straightened Zhang Yu's clothes: "My husband, you must be exhausted after this day."

The two sat down to eat and chatted. Zhang Yu subconsciously talked about the sick people in the county.

Mo Xue suddenly recalled the time when Senior Shi Dongdong was in the Mo Mansion when she was a child, so she asked Zhang Yu: "Husband, you rely on your true qi to treat others, right?"

"That's right."

"Husband, I remember when Senior Shi Dongdong was at my house, he injected his true qi into dead objects. Can you also inject your true qi into anything?"

"Sure." Zhang Yu picked up the chopsticks and injected his true energy into them. Suddenly, fluctuations of true energy appeared on the chopsticks.

"If you, my husband, stop inputting the true energy now, will the true energy attached to the chopsticks disappear immediately?"

Zhang Yu touched his chin and said, "If I stop inputting my true energy, I will definitely disappear in the end, but I can control the speed of disappearance."

"Husband, how long can you keep your true energy from dissipating?"

"I haven't tried this, but if you deliberately don't let your Qi dissipate, you can probably control it for about three hours. However, this kind of Qi won't have any offensive power."

Mo Xue's eyes lit up when she heard this: "What kind of aggression do you want? Husband, haven't you thought of anything?"

Zhang Yu thought about it in confusion, then suddenly realized it and said in surprise, "Yes! Why didn't I think of it? We can inject the Qi into the food and let the patient eat it, then he will recover!"

"Food is not very efficient. People who are seriously ill may not be able to eat well. My husband can inject his true energy into the water, so that no matter how inconvenient it is, he will drink it."

"Okay! Let's try it now!"

Zhang Yu asked his servant to fetch a basin of water, and then poured a large amount of internal energy into it.

About one seventh of the true Qi has been consumed, and the water can no longer accommodate the true Qi. If you continue to infuse it with true Qi, it will dissipate directly.

Zhang Yu took the water and found the doctor, asking him to give it to the patient to drink.

It turned out to be effective! But the effect was definitely not as obvious as Zhang Yu's personal treatment.

The doctor realized that it would take some time to observe before giving a result, so he told Zhang Yu about it and Zhang Yu went back first.

Second day

The doctor came running over excitedly: "County Magistrate, the effect is very good. After ordinary people with diseases drink the water, they will completely recover in about an hour. After a night, people with serious illnesses drink it and their bodies are not as painful as before. However, it seems that it will take some time for them to recover. Only those with very serious illnesses can only be said to have relief after drinking it, but they cannot really recover."

"Very good!" Zhang Yu was very satisfied: "We can do it bit by bit. Now we just need to recover the people with the least severe condition first, which will free up a lot of manpower."

After saying that, he went to the water tank and injected his true energy into it.

After a large amount of true Qi was injected, Zhang Yu soon felt his body seemed a little weak, and there was a slight dizziness on his forehead. This was due to excessive use of true Qi.

"Husband, are you okay?" Mo Xue asked anxiously.

"It's okay, I just used too much energy, it's not a big deal, I just need to recover a little bit."