General Qin

Fan County, Lujiang County, the edge of the Qin army’s camp stretching as far as the eye can see.

A Qin army that arrived from Donghai County had just set up camp when a Qin general from the main camp set up a stove and boiled pots of herbal water.

"Liu Yu, come and drink the potion."

Shi Chang Zhang San's voice sounded in Xiang Ji's ears.

Liu Yu is his pseudonym, borrowed from the name of a descendant of a local Liu clan in Xutai County who has contacts with Jingtong.

He looked up and saw a group of people staring directly at him.

"Untouchable."

Xiang Ji cursed in his heart.

He knew exactly what those so-called robes were looking at.

One is that his eyes are a little different from ordinary people. Ever since he joined the army, he has attracted the attention of others and been treated as a curiosity.

This is a small mistake, but not a big problem.

The Guizhou leader at the bottom had never heard of the name of double pupils. He only knew that his eyes looked scary, so Liu Yu could just explain it away by saying that it was a strange eye disease.

Another thing that is more likely to attract attention is that Xiang Ji was born into a noble family. Even though he has been in despair for the past two years and has followed the Jing brothers to hide in the swamp every day, in many aspects he still retains the habits that the aristocratic children have developed since childhood.

In this regard, he is completely different from those Guizhou leaders who came from truly miserable backgrounds.

Even if he deliberately pretends, some subconscious habits are still difficult to change, and he seems out of tune with everyone.

The Qin army of ten people was so large that many people regarded Xiang Ji as an alien and often looked at him strangely.

Therefore, when Xiang Ji saw them staring at him, he felt angry.

However, he was over eighteen years old and could barely control his emotions and tried his best to suppress his anger.

When a person is angry, the pupils in his eyes will dilate.

His double pupils will become more obvious, drawing more attention to his eyes while intimidating others.

Therefore, Xiang Ji will try his best to control his anger and reduce his sense of existence.

This time, as soon as they set up camp, General Qin asked everyone to line up to drink medicine.

Xiang Ji was suspicious of the so-called Qin Army potion and found an excuse to evade it, but he didn't know that Zhang San, the commander of their army, even brought it to him specially.

"Liu Yu, this is a military order from above. Everyone must drink it. I heard that this is a good medicine made by the general to drive away poisonous insects. It is boiled with mugwort and can drive away poisonous insects in the body. Drink it quickly. Otherwise, I won’t be entangled by water bugs and die, that would be so scary.”

Zhang San opened his mouth to express relief. He was a veteran with a generous personality.

Seeing that Xiang Ji, a new recruit, didn't know much about many things, he thought he was a young man from a big family, so he took good care of him. Even Ai Shui took the initiative to bring it to Xiang Yu.

"Thank you, Shichang."

Xiang Ji took a deep breath and reached out to take the bowl of dark potion.

He took a look and drank it in one gulp with his eyes closed.

Very bitter.

“When heaven is about to entrust a man with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. Therefore, tempting his heart and forbearance will benefit him beyond his ability.”

Xiang Ji silently recited Mencius's passage in his mind to motivate himself so that he could endure the hardships before achieving great things.

After reciting a few life mottos, Xiang Ji gradually calmed down.

At this time, Zhang San remembered the instructions just conveyed by the village commander, and began to preach to the nine soldiers under his command.

"The general said that the poison of this water poison comes from the small insects in the water and the bodies of those fish and shrimp wild animals. Once you drink raw water or eat the meat of fish, shrimp and wild animals raw, those water poisons will take the opportunity to get in. Our bodies, then make nests in their bellies to give birth to babies, drink our blood and eat our flesh.”

"The internal organs in a person's body will slowly be eaten away by these poisonous insects, and his strength will become weaker and weaker day by day. In the end, his stomach will be filled with those poisonous insects, and he will die miserably. When he dies, it is said that the person will bleed from all his orifices and roll on the bed for seven days. It’s been wailing non-stop for seven nights!”

At the end, Zhang San also recounted the tragic case of the last time the Qin army conquered Vietnam, many people in the army were tortured and died by water poison.

Of course, Zhang San was talking about a certain Qin general whose name was not announced.

Because it is repeated many times, it is often exaggerated, making it even more terrifying.

Everyone screamed in surprise and turned pale.

Sweat broke out on Xiang Ji's forehead.

He remembered that when he was in Dazezhong, Xutai County, he often ate fish and meat with others.

Sometimes he found squirming worms in the stomachs of fish, but he didn't take them seriously.

In this era, eating meatballs is a very common way.

As for drinking raw water, that is even more common.

Now I heard from Zhang Sanyi that there were countless invisible tiny bugs and eggs hidden in the water and on the bodies of the fish and shrimps.

People who drink raw water and eat raw meat will be parasitized by poisonous insects, which makes Xiang Ji feel a chill on his back.

"So in this Yue land, you must pay attention to your physical condition and avoid being poisoned by water poison. It doesn't matter if you are poisoned by water poison. The general has already developed a deworming potion."

"In addition to the boiled mugwort water that can repel insects, there is another kind of wormwood that can be pounded into juice and taken, which is more effective. If Ersanzi finds any abnormalities in his body, report it to me immediately, and I will ask for wormwood juice for you. treat."

Zhang San repeated the order passed down by his superiors, which made everyone look better.

It turned out that the general had already made preparations to deal with the water poison, and he finally felt relieved.

Xiang Ji felt a little mixed after hearing this.

"In addition to being a great fighter and able to make huge cannons and other items, Zhao Tuo is also proficient in medical skills and can even deal with this terrible water poison. If this thief is not eliminated, Qin will only become stronger in the future. This time, I will definitely I want to kill Zhao Tuo!"

"Even if I risk my life, Xiang Ji, Zhao Tuo will die here!"

A flash of killing intent flashed in Xiang Ji's eyes.

However, when he thought of the large amount of fish and shrimp he had eaten raw in the Xutai swamp, his face became filled with a layer of gloom.

Is there water poison in his body?

"It's impossible. This water poison is something from Yue. Xutai is not Yue. The climate and environment are different. Naturally, it's different from Yue. Moreover, I haven't had anything happen to me for so many years. My body must be clean."

Thinking of this, Xiang Ji felt slightly relieved.

But this kind of mood disappeared by the night of the third day.

"who is it!"

While Xiang Ji was sleeping, he felt someone touching his buttocks. His eyes widened in an instant, his anger burned, and he suddenly reached out to grab him back.

Then, he caught half of the squirming insect.

After drinking mugwort water for three days, the things in my body finally couldn't bear it anymore and crawled out on their own initiative.

Xiang Ji's move woke up Pao Ze in the tent.

"Liu Yu, what are you doing?"

Zhang San heard the voice and immediately asked.

There was a trembling sound in the darkness.

"Chief, I want to drink the wormwood juice developed by the general."

In the dark night, Xiang Ji's face was already blue.

…

"General, there were forty-two parasites among the soldiers yesterday."

"Five people who developed malaria and other diseases have been isolated in other camps and have been treated with mugwort juice by dedicated personnel."

In the commander's tent of the Qin army, Meng Tian once again reported to General Zhao Tuo the situation in the army yesterday. Matters regarding water poison and epidemic diseases were naturally the top priority.

"well done."

Zhao Tuo nodded.

After more than a month, his pest control and epidemic prevention system has become increasingly perfect.

First of all, after a large number of experiments, Qin Jun has screened out varieties of wormwood that can cause poisoning, produce adverse reactions, and have no curative effects.

The remaining two or three varieties of mugwort are effective against water bugs and epidemic diseases, and when the juice is made and taken, the effect is even better than mugwort water.

So now that the new recruits are arriving, they need to drink boiled mugwort water for a few days to get rid of parasites such as roundworms.

Even if the insects are not expelled from the body, mugwort water can still have the effect of keeping out the cold in late autumn, which is beneficial.

Even after drinking mugwort water for several days, the parasites have not been eliminated, and if there is no physical discomfort, there is no need to drink it again.

If other problems arise after drinking it, drink mugwort juice which has better curative effect.

As for soldiers infected with malaria and other diseases, they were transferred to isolation and then treated.

In the Land of Baiyue, apart from the Yue people in the jungle, the most terrifying things are water poisonous insects and epidemic diseases, which make countless people change their expressions and regard it as a deserted area in the world and do not want to come here.

Zhao Tuo is now making great efforts to promote the whole army to drink medicine, prevent insects and epidemics, and implement this system.

In addition to having real prevention and control effects, it also gave confidence to hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers.

Don’t be afraid of water bug disease, we have medicine to treat it!

In a war, morale is very important.

Now, under Zhao Tuo's operation, the morale of the Qin army was stable, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Tuo looked towards Yue Di.

Winter is coming.

The war is about to begin.