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Chapter 53: There is nothing wrong with being kind

Chapter 53

Yuan Li happily rushed to the livestock farm in the dark.

When he first got the book "Postpartum Care for Sows", Yuan Li wanted to put the knowledge in the book into practice. He finally waited from spring to winter, and he finally got the chance.

Yuan Li had never delivered a piglet for a sow before, and now he felt like a stupid father standing at the door of the delivery room for the first time, curious and nervous.

The pigsty in the livestock farm had been cleaned according to Yuan Li's previous instructions.

The dirt was cleaned up and disinfected with hot water as much as possible. A layer of clean straw was laid on the ground, and candles were lit around. The dim light created a warm and safe environment, which would give the sows who were about to give birth a comfortable feeling. 

The pigsty was not built tall, because it was winter, and the short and dense pigsty could gather more temperature and prevent the pigs from getting cold and getting sick.

Yuan Li got into the pigsty and saw the sow with a big belly curled up in the corner uncomfortably. When she saw people coming in, she didn't move, only moved her eyes a few times, and looked very weak.

The wounded soldiers working in the pig farm had never raised pigs before, nor did they know how to help sows give birth. After knowing that Yuan Li was coming to demonstrate to them, they selected a dozen people with good memory to learn from Yuan Li how to help sows give birth.

The wounded soldiers looked more serious than each other, and they wanted to squat beside Yuan Li to observe his every move.

For them, raising pigs was their livelihood in the future. Even Master Yuan could do it, so how could they not? Could it be that Master Yuan would have to do this kind of work every time in the future?

Yuan Li, who was actually delivering pigs for the first time, was very nervous. He repeatedly went over the theoretical knowledge in his mind several times, turned around and asked, "Are all the things I want ready?"

Zhao Ying nodded quickly, untied a bundle, and took out the things inside one by one.

Sacks, towels, sharp daggers.

Everything was cleaned cleanly, and the dagger was specially scalded with hot water for a long time, and it was still warm to the touch.

In fact, in addition to these, the book also mentioned that disinfectant and iodine were needed.

But because the hardware conditions were not up to par, Yuanli could only work harder on cleaning the tools.

After checking everything, Yuanli nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "Most sows give birth at night, so it should be soon."

While waiting for the sow to give birth, Yuanli was too nervous to go outside for some fresh air. The snow was still falling at night, but it was much lighter tonight.

He breathed a few breaths of the cold winter air.

Don't be nervous, don't shake your hands. Yuanli, always remember that you are a professional.

Half an hour later, the sow began to exert its strength.

When a sow gives birth, the first piglet is the most difficult to give birth. The sow can only rely on its own efforts when giving birth. After the piglet was born, Yuanli immediately held the piglet with both hands and cleaned the mucus around the piglet's mouth and nose to prevent the piglet from suffocating to death by the mucus blocking its mouth and nose. The mucus on the piglet also needs to be wiped clean with a sack or towel to prevent the piglet from freezing on cold winter nights.

The only place that tests technology is the umbilical cord cutting. After Yuan Li carefully finished the first piglet, he had experience and could handle the piglets faster and faster.

After about an hour and a half, the sow expelled the placenta, and the job was done.

Yuan Li did the same thing with the other sows that were about to give birth, and the wounded soldiers understood it. After working for most of the night, Yuan Li was sweating all over, and the people who saw him busy were also sweating.

After washing his hands, Yuan Li asked the wounded soldiers, "Did you see it clearly?"

The wounded soldiers nodded and said confidently, "Don't worry, Master Yuan, we have seen it clearly."

After that, they couldn't help but admire Yuan Li in their hearts and praised him several times.

Yuan Li was very general-like, and smiled calmly, "During this period, there will be sows due to give birth. You can try to see if you can do it. I will also watch at the pig farm these days. If you don't understand, just come to me."

The wounded soldiers nodded gratefully.

The next day, Yuan Li got up early to see the piglets he had delivered last night.

The three sows gave birth to a total of 32 piglets. Eleven of them were sows and 21 were boars.

This ratio shows at a glance how precious sows are.

But Yuanli also likes boars.

Yuanli looked at these boars with a gratified look, and had already thought about how to castrate them in a month.

Ten days later, the eight hundred sows reached their due date one after another.

The candles in the pig farm were lit night after night, and soon, the weak cries of the piglets were all over the pig farm.

But not everything went smoothly, because the weather was too cold, and some piglets were frozen to death just one day after they were born. Some were even more outrageous, and were eaten alive by sows.

This made the wounded soldiers in the pig farm feel so distressed that they watched them more closely day and night, fearing that any piglets would be lost again. Under such circumstances, the wounded soldiers quickly adapted to the various emergencies of the sows and piglets, and did better than Yuanli imagined.

On December 10, Yuan Li was inspecting the pig farm. He was smiling at the tender white piglets when he got a piece of news - there was something unusual among the Baimi prisoners.

Some prisoners were causing trouble and killing people, and some wanted to escape in the chaos.

Yuan Li frowned and immediately sent his personal soldiers to suppress them. He also went to see what was happening.

When they arrived, the personal soldiers had surrounded the entire site. But compared with the 20,000 Baimi prisoners, a thousand cavalrymen looked too weak. Yuan Li was afraid that it was not enough, so he asked someone to call in the 5,000 soldiers stationed in Ji County. The

troublemakers were dozens of young people who suddenly rose up. They didn't know when they had hidden a stone on their bodies and smashed dozens of prisoners to death in an instant.

Yuan Li asked his personal soldiers to catch these people and hold them in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "Who assigned you to do this?"

These days, Yuan Li only asked the Baimi people to do some road construction work, and they were not short of food, drink and shelter. It can be said that under him, the Baimi people can live a more stable and peaceful life than before the rebellion, so until now, the captives are very satisfied and have never thought of making trouble.

Yuanli didn't believe it was such a coincidence that on the same day and at the same time, this group of people made trouble together and killed dozens of people, and even tried to escape in the chaos.

Dozens of young people lowered their heads and gritted their teeth, looking determined not to speak. Someone spit at Yuanli fiercely.

The guards kicked these people to the ground, and then pulled them up fiercely, threatening: "Be respectful to the adults."

Yuanli's face was calm, "I ask again, who instructed you to do this?"

After asking this question, none of these people spoke. But some people were already afraid and began to shrink slightly.

Yuanli smiled lightly and said directly: "Come here."

Wu Kai and Wang Er stood up.

Yuanli said: "Kill them here on the spot."

The two men clasped their fists in response, and then stepped forward with knives.

Seeing them coming with knives, these people stared in horror. They didn't expect Yuan Li to kill them after asking two questions without getting any answers!

Wu Kai and Wang Er didn't waste words or drag their feet. They killed these captives one by one. When the first head fell to the ground, the rest of the people screamed and struggled, and even wet their pants out of fear, which made the soldiers who were holding them frown.

The 20,000 white rice people who were watching behind him were ordered to watch this scene, in order to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Although they were afraid, they were more angry at these troublemakers than being afraid.

They were very satisfied with their current life of having food, drink and clothes, but these people insisted on making trouble. If they were implicated and angered, they would really hate these people to death.

Yuanli quietly watched the dozens of people who were making trouble die under the knife one by one.

Finally, someone couldn't stand the threat of death, and cried loudly with tears on his face: "It's Li Yan! It was Li Yan who asked us to kill people and make trouble. He said he could take us away and give us wealth and glory!"

Li Yan?

The unfamiliar name made Yuanli frown, and he asked again: "Who is Li Yan?"

"Li Yan..." The answer was from Zhan Shaoning, who was standing behind him with a pale face, "Yuanli, I know him."

Yuanli turned his head to look at him, and suddenly realized something, and his chest beat quickly twice.

He walked quickly to Zhan Shaoning, his face without a smile showing some sharpness, and said sternly: "Is Li Yan one of the fifty troops you brought to Youzhou?"

Zhan Shaoning had never seen Yuan Li so stern. He was a little panicked, his lips moved a few times, and nodded vigorously, "Yes, it's one of the old troops I brought. But Yuan Li, believe me, I never let Li Yan do this. I don't need to provoke unrest between them! Ask them which Li Yan it is, what if they just have the same name?"

"The Li Yan I know doesn't make sense to do this..."

Yuan Li's breathing became heavier, he turned his head and looked at Zhao Ying, "Go back to the mansion."

Zhao Ying was stunned, "My lord?"

"Go back to the mansion," Yuan Li raised his voice and repeated, "Go and see where Xiao Ce is now!"

His expression at this time was too scary, Zhao Ying didn't even dare to ask, and turned around and ran back. Because he moved too fast, he almost slipped on the ground.

But after running a few steps, he looked at the sky in the east in shock.

Yuan Li also noticed something was wrong. He raised his head, and the next moment his pupils shrank.

Thick black smoke billowed, and sparks and dust flew everywhere.

A big fire started in the east.

That was the location of the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

Not good.

Yuan Li's eyelids twitched again and again.

The next moment, a figure approached quickly on the side of the road. Yuan Li looked closely and found that it was Lin Tian riding a horse in a panic. Lin Tian was covered in black and gray. When he saw Yuan Li, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "My lord, it's not good. The backyard of the palace is on fire!"

Yuan Li felt that the dust had settled in an instant.

He took a deep breath and was about to walk over when another person hurried over behind Lin Tian. It was Guo Lin, who looked panicked. Guo Lin didn't even have the time to see how other people were doing. He flew to Yuanli and knelt down, choking with sobs, saying, "My Lord, the soap shop was burned down, and it was three craftsmen in our shop who started the fire. When I found them, they were nowhere to be found, along with their families."

Yuanli's Adam's apple rolled, and he wanted to say "Say it again", but before he asked, he knew there was no need to ask.

He looked at the black smoke in the east, and at the panicked tears on Guo Lin's face. Yuanli couldn't tell how he felt at the moment, but he felt that he should be embarrassed.

After living for 18 years, everything was under his control, but today he turned a somersault.

The craftsmen ran away, and naturally the soap formula could not be kept.

He closed his eyes and asked, "Is anyone injured?"

Guo Lin's eyes were hot, "The wounded soldiers who put out the fire suffered some burns, but fortunately no one died. It's just that the latest batch of soaps were all... burned."

Yuan Li smiled bitterly, "It's good that no one was injured or killed."

He didn't stay and immediately took a thousand personal soldiers and five thousand infantrymen back to the Chu Palace to put out the fire.

The Chu Palace was already in a mess. Liu Jixin was commanding the servants to put out the fire with a frustrated look on his face. He was in a state of panic when he saw Yuan Li coming. He was relieved when he saw Yuan Li coming. He ran over and whispered, "My lord, Xiao Ce ran away."

Yuan Li paused: "I know."

Liu Jixin explained the reason to him in a few words.

The fire started in Xiao Ce's room. The people sent by Yuan Li to watch Xiao Ce panicked when they saw the fire, and hurried to notify Lin Tian. When Lin Tian reacted, Xiao Ce was gone, but the fire became bigger.

The soldiers hurriedly looked for all kinds of utensils that could hold water to save the water. The flames of the raging fire reflected on Yuanli's face, illuminating the confusion, helplessness and anger in Yuanli's eyes.

These things gradually settled down and condensed into a hard coldness.

Yuanli could figure out what Xiao Ce was thinking.

Chu Hechao beheaded the Xiongnu Chanyu, which meant that there would be a few years of peace on the border, and Chu Hechao would return to Jixian. And once Chu Hechao came back, it would be even more difficult for Xiao Ce to do something.

So before the New Year, when everyone relaxed their vigilance, it was the easiest time for him to act.

Xiao Ce caused an abnormal movement among the Baimi people to attract Yuanli and the troops, and took the opportunity to escape and cause a fire, and burned the soap shop and took away the craftsmen who could make soap worth thousands of dollars.

When Yuanli found out that he had escaped, he could not send troops to stop him, because the most important thing at this moment was to put out the fire.

The weather was hot, and if the Chu Palace could not put out the fire, it might even burn down the entire street.

So Xiao Ce could escape openly.

Yuanli still underestimated him.

Under the firelight, the young man, who had not yet grown up, lowered his eyes expressionlessly, and the raging fire cast bright and dark shadows on his face.

He thought that if he broke Xiao Ce's legs, he could let Xiao Ce live as long as Xiao Ce lay quietly in bed in the future.

But he forgot that people's hearts are unpredictable.

Xiao Ce was not willing to spend the rest of his life lying in bed like this.

Yuanli remembered what Liu Jixin had said to him, asking him to kill Xiao Ce.

He thought in his heart.

Am I wrong?

Is it because I didn't kill him in advance that led to this disaster?

Yuanli stood silently.

Sparks flew onto his hands, bringing a burning pain that was almost unfeeling.

Many people protected Yuanli behind them, fearing that the fire would affect Yuanli.

Yuanli raised his eyes and looked at the fiercely burning flames.

He thought, I am not wrong.

I don't regret not choosing to listen to Liu Jixin and kill him.

I just regret why I only broke his legs instead of killing him after realizing that he was in danger.

Obviously.

Obviously, if I wanted to, there are many ways to kill him without making a sound.

Yuanli closed his eyes.

His breathing was a little rapid, and the unpleasant smell of burning filled his nose.

Outside the Chu Palace, many people were also attracted by the fire. Because of Yuanli's previous work of killing pigs and suppressing bandits, they loved Yuanli very much. After seeing such a big fire, they hurriedly took out the only remaining wooden barrels and basins in their homes and hurried over to put out the fire.

The people who had the honor of speaking to Yuanli bravely comforted him: "Sir Governor, we will help you put out the fire, and it will be out soon!"

Seeing that the governor was so young that he looked like a nephew, other people also interrupted, "Yes, yes, a lot of them have been killed."

"Don't worry, governor!"

Liu Jixin was also afraid that Yuanli would not say a word at this moment, so he whispered, "My lord, this is not your fault." Yuanli

finally moved. He walked forward without saying a word, picked up a wooden bucket and poured water on the fire.

Yuanli was very calm under the noisy sound.

Yes, this is not his fault.

There is nothing wrong with kindness.

But the mistake is that you should not be kind to disasters.

The burned palace and soap shop, the escaped craftsmen and the dozens of people who were crushed to death and executed among the white rice crowd.

This could have happened.

But too much kindness will lead to such consequences.

Yuanli grabbed the wooden bucket tightly, his eyes dim.

He seemed to have figured out something again.

Outside Ji County.

Chu Hechao was rushing to Ji County with hundreds of soldiers.

It was already dark.

On the road, they met a group of people who were also in a hurry.

Chu Hechao glanced at the group of people casually.

The group of people took four carriages, and the guards rode horses around the horses. The guards looked alert and panicked, and they immediately lowered their heads when they saw Chu Hechao and his group.

The carriages were all covered tightly. When the carriages passed by Chu Hechao, Chu Hechao smelled a faint smell of medicine and a not-so-light smell of burning.

He withdrew his eyes without much care and drove away carelessly.

Li Yan, the guard who was guarding the carriage, breathed a sigh of relief without a trace, and cold sweat had already flowed from his forehead.

At this moment, Chu Hechao suddenly reined in his horse and turned around to look at them, saying coldly: "Stop." Li Yan's

heart jumped suddenly, and he stopped with the carriage.

Chu Hechao led the horse to the carriage again, and the sound of horse hooves made the people in the carriage uneasy. Suddenly, a person popped out of the first carriage. The man had an unshaven beard and a thin but haggard face, looking like he was seriously ill. "May I ask what's the matter, sir?"

Chu Hechao looked down at the man, "Are you from Ji County?"

Xiao Ce said calmly, "Yes."

"It's so late, the city gates should be closed," Chu Hechao said indifferently, "How did you get out?"

Xiao Ce broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't know Chu Hechao, but seeing Chu Hechao's power and the soldiers behind him, he was sure that this was someone related to the Chu Palace. He had gone through so much trouble to get to this point, so he naturally couldn't be caught.

Fortunately, Xiao Ce had already had a plan. He took out a letter from his arms and respectfully asked someone to hand it to Chu Hechao, "Sir, I am a subordinate of Zhan Shaoning, a friend of the Governor of Youzhou. I am leaving the city this time on the orders of Zhan to handle some urgent matters."

Chu Hechao took the letter, casually threw it aside with his black leather gloved hand, glanced at it, and laughed after reading it, "Zhan Shaoning may have no one else to use, so he asked you, a man with a broken leg, to go out and do the work?"

Xiao Ce was stunned, not knowing what he thought. After hearing about his broken leg, Xiao Ce became more alert and dared not underestimate this man. He modestly said, "Although my leg is broken, my hand is intact and my brain is still useful. I should not just eat and not work."

Chu Hechao returned the letter to him casually, "Okay, I got it."

It seemed that he no longer doubted it. Xiao Ce breathed a sigh of relief. After Chu Hechao left, he lowered the curtain. He wiped the sweat from his head in the carriage. When he began to feel lucky, he suddenly heard Chu Hechao say coldly, "Come here."

Xiao Ce's heart skipped a beat.

The next moment, he heard the general say, "Tie them up."

The other carriages that had been quiet all of a sudden heard cries of begging for mercy.

Chu Hechao sneered and drove his horse slowly to the front. Do you really think I'm a fool?