The Doctor Who Traveled Through Water Margin

Chapter 39: Military Craftsman Ye Chun

When Li Jun led the fleet to Jiankang Prefecture, they were intercepted by government troops. Li Jun remained calm and commanded the fleet to turn a corner and go upstream towards the Huai River. The government troops immediately surrounded and intercepted them.

Unexpectedly, Li Jun sent Tong Wei and Tong Meng to take a large ship and several small boats to take this route, while he himself hid with most of his men. When the government troops learned of this, Li Jun had already entered the canal. The navy of Sizhou chased him, and Tong Wei and Tong Meng had already entered Sizhou with the large ship.

Li Jun also went upstream along the canal and soon arrived in Sizhou to reunite with the Tong brothers. At this time, the government troops were still guarding Jiankang Prefecture and Runzhou in Yangzhou, strictly preventing them from going out to sea.

When Wang Li heard that it was in Sizhou, he thought of a person and asked Shi Xiu to find a man who knew how to build a ship. His name was Ye Chun. This guy was the one who recommended himself to Gao Qiu as a shipbuilder when Gao Qiu attacked Liangshan in his previous life.

The vehicles and ships he built were very advanced. The reason why Gao Qiu was defeated was not Ye Chun's fault. In that era, it took several months to build a small boat, let alone a large ship?

Gao Qiu didn't think about these things. The order he gave was to build all the large ships within a month. Although the logistics were sufficient and Ye Chun had the money and manpower, there was not enough time, so they had to cut corners.

As a result, the quickly built boat was easily pierced by the Liangshan navy in the water, and Gao Qiu was captured alive.

The reason why Ye Chun recommended himself was that when he first came to Shandong to find a job, he passed by Liangshan and was robbed of his money by the minions of Liangshan, which made him hate Liangshan so much.

At that time, he had not yet been to Shandong. In addition, he had to go to Shandong to find a job in his previous life, which showed that he was living in poverty. Wang Li was confident that he could persuade him to join.

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Wang Li ordered Li Jun to lead the main force to Liangshan first, and send a fast boat to Liangshan to inform Ruan Xiaoer to pick them up. He himself stayed here with a canal boat to wait for this person.

The crowd could not persuade him, as they knew Wang Li's ability and knew that there would be no problem, so they could only let him go. Li Lang, Shi Xiu, Ruan Xiaoqi and others stayed behind, and the two women also stayed. Except for Zhang Shun who was bedridden, the original group left with Li Kui.

Hua Baoyan didn't want to go back and wanted to stay with Wang Li for a few more days. Her injuries were much better now. Although she couldn't run yet, she could walk without any problem.

Wang Li was watching very closely, guarding against fire, theft and Zhao Yuannu...

Although the well-informed Zhao Yuannu did not fall in love with Wang Li, she was very happy about this little girl when she saw that Wang Li was indifferent to her. She felt like she was being outdone. Wasn't the man in Tokyo drooling over her?

She couldn't understand why Wang Li could be attracted to this big, stocky girl with small breasts and big feet.

If Wang Li knew what she was thinking, he would definitely tell her that it was just a difference in aesthetics. Normally, Pan Jinlian and Li Qiaonu both had bound feet, but they were very quiet and didn't look awkward.

But the most beautiful woman in the Song Dynasty was lively and active, and her three-inch bound feet made her look awkward when she walked around. Although she was very flexible during a fight, it was still awkward.

She is said to be a singing and dancing goddess, but Wang Li has never seen her dance and doesn't want to watch it. It would be better if she had big feet...

In fact, Zhao Yuannu became lively only after she felt free these few days. In the past, she was a prominent figure and the lover of Emperor Huizong of Song, so she was naturally dignified and elegant.

Today, Wang Li drew a picture for her, and it was a full-body picture, but Wang Li drew her with big feet. Only then did Zhao Yuannu realize that Wang Li didn't like small feet.

Zhao Yuannu didn't care and still thought her feet were beautiful. But Hua Baoyan was excited. It was the first time she felt excited that she didn't have bound feet.

Hua Baoyan took the opportunity to muster up the courage to confess her feelings to Wang Li, and Wang Li did not refuse. When she told her story, Wang Li temporarily gave up his plan to win over Hua Rong.

She came from a military family. After her father died in battle, Hua Rong was only fourteen years old and Hua Baoyan was just over ten years old. His father left a will, saying that someone in Yuncheng County owed him a lot of money and asked him to remember to ask for it.

In this way, Hua Rong brought his sister to Yuncheng County, but unfortunately, the man who owed the money was no longer around, and the two of them had spent all their money.

They had no money to go home, so they had to live on the streets and perform. The silly girl Hua Baoyan held a pear in her mouth, and Hua Rong shot arrows from a hundred steps away. This simple, thrilling and boring performance was praised by the people of the Song Dynasty.

Later, when they encountered trouble from ruffians, it was Song Jiang who rescued them and sent them home.

Wang Li realized that Hua Rong followed Song Jiang all his life just for this favor, abandoned his official position and became a bandit. Song Jiang married his sister to Qin Ming, but Hua Rong had no regrets. In the end, he even abandoned his wife and children and followed Song Jiang to drink poison and die...

After listening to this, Wang Li also told Hua Baoyan his story, from learning from the old Taoist priest to going to Liangshan...

Finally, he lied to Hua Baoyan, "Sister Baoyan, I learned fortune-telling from my master, and I predicted that within three years your brother will also become a bandit. It will be a misfortune for you and your brother. When your brother becomes a bandit, you can come to Liangshan and I will marry you. Only in this way can I save your brother and your life."

Although Hua Baoyan couldn't believe it, she believed Wang Li. She said shyly, "But what if I miss you?"

"If it's safe, come to Liangshan to find me. There's an inn ten miles away from Qingfeng Village. Someone will take you there, but you can't let your brother find my inn, okay?"

Hua Baoyan nodded and leaned on Wang Li's shoulder with a silly smile...

Zhao Yuannu rolled her eyes as she listened to their conversation from behind. How could this silly girl believe a man's lies so easily?

Li Kui and Ruan Xiaoqi were drinking, calling each other Brother Tie Niu and Brother Qi.

These two are both fierce and ugly, and they have a lot in common...

Shi Xiucai came back around 30: p.m. and said, "Brother, I have heard that his family lives in Donggou Village, which is more than miles away. Ye Chun's wife has been ill for several months and has not recovered despite spending all her savings. He also has an old father with disabilities and two children who all depend on him for support.

I told him that I would bring the miracle doctor to his home tomorrow to treat him, and he agreed to follow us to Liangshan to build ships after he recovered, but he had to take his whole family with him. He was a military craftsman of the imperial court, and if he ran away, the government troops would embarrass his family.

After hearing this, Wang Li quickly carried the medicine box and asked Shi Xiu to lead the way. Li Kui came over and asked, "Where are you going, brother the miracle doctor?"

"I'm going to treat the disease and save people, you stay on the boat."

Li Kui refused to do so, so Wang Li had to take him and Shi Xiu to Ye Chun's house overnight.

The three of them followed Shi Xiu in the moonlight, holding a lantern, on a small road leading to the mountain village. Wang Li, carrying a medicine box, was anxious and couldn't wait to reach his destination.

The night enveloped the earth, and the stars twinkled in the sky, guiding them in the direction they were heading. The path was winding, with dense woods on both sides, and the night wind gently blew the leaves, making a rustling sound.

The three of them walked closely together, the lanterns in their hands emitting a faint light, illuminating the road ahead. Their steps were firm and powerful, hoping to arrive as soon as possible. When Li Kui heard about saving people, he thought of his mother and was surprisingly quiet along the way.

Finally, after a long journey, they saw the shadow of the mountain village. Although there were only about 20 households, and most of the houses were mud and thatched houses, the warm and quiet mountain village made them feel extremely comforted. When they heard the barking of dogs in the village, all their fatigue disappeared in an instant.

They walked into the mountain village and came to a yard surrounded by a bamboo fence. The dogs in the yard barked even louder, so Shi Xiu went over and knocked on the door.

"Brother Ye Chun, it's me, I'm Shi Xiu, I brought the miracle doctor with me, please open the door quickly."

After a while, a faint light appeared in the room, and a man in his forties came out with clothes on and welcomed Wang Li and his group in.

Wang Li saw a pale and skinny lady lying on the bed. Next to her lay two children, who were about ten years old and whose gender could not be distinguished. They were hiding under the quilt and looking at Wang Li and the other two.

The house can really be described as bare.

When Ye Chun saw Wang Li wearing brocade clothes, he knew at first glance that he was a wealthy man, so he said timidly: I'm sorry that your family is poor and I can't entertain you well.

Wang Li said it was nothing, waking someone up in the middle of the night was a very normal situation.

Wang Li said, "Sister-in-law, please stretch out your hand so I can see it."

The lady shyly stretched out a skinny arm from the bed. Wang Li felt her pulse first, asked some questions, looked at her tongue coating and said, "Brother Ye, my sister-in-law has gallbladder polyps and needs surgery. I'll give her acupuncture to stabilize the condition first, and then we can go back to the mountain for treatment, okay?"

Ye Chun said in embarrassment: "Can this be cured when I go back?"

Wang Li nodded and said, "Yes, my senior brother An Daoquan is also on the mountain, so there will be no problem. We can treat my sister-in-law here, but it will take more than ten days for her to recover. We need to replenish her body in the next few days to be more confident. The main thing is to drink rice oil (the layer floating on the top of the millet porridge). I can't eat anything. I have to rush to Yizhou to treat this brother Tie Niu's mother."

Ye Chun had heard of An Daoquan and trusted him, so he made up his mind to set out that night to follow Wang Li. His old father, who had gotten up in a hurry, had no objection, so Wang Li went outside and waited for them to pack up.

The family was poor and there was nothing much to pack, so Wang Li said he didn't want the bedding because they had enough on the boat, and he would first give him 1,000 strings of cash as a settlement fee.

Ye Chun woke up his neighbor and said he was going to see his wife and that his family would take care of her. The neighbor was also a military craftsman and knew his family's situation. They had a low social status, low wages, and a heavy workload. They couldn't even support their families. Although the court had various subsidies, these benefits were only for the craftsmen themselves, not their families. Besides, if the wages were not paid in full, what benefits could they talk about? They were all embezzled.

The treatment of craftsmen in the Song Dynasty was relatively better than that in other dynasties, but this did not include military craftsmen. Even military generals had a low status, let alone military craftsmen?

The neighbor told Ye Chun: "If it's good, take all these old brothers over."

Ye Chun nodded in agreement.

In this way, a family of five plus a big yellow dog, carrying simple luggage, Ye Chun carried his wife, Li Kui carried Ye Chun's father, Wang Li and Shi Xiu each held a child, Ye Chun's family said goodbye to their hometown overnight and embarked on an unknown future...

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