496: Chapter 496 What is the Prince doing here?

Seeing this, Zhao Caiwei and Mu Wanying both looked at Lin Xiao with a strange expression.

After Divine Doctor Gu cured Marshal Suhe in the Yan Region, she also helped treat some soldiers of the Yan Army and the Zhenbei Army.

Both women had interacted with Divine Doctor Gu, and a woman's sixth sense allowed them to detect a hint of something special.

Lin Xiao remained calm, took the letter openly, and opened it to read.

"Oh? She has arrived in Hanyang?"

After leaving the Yan Region, Divine Doctor Gu learned that Hanyang had been massacred and specifically went there to provide aid.

"Yes, thousands of survivors were rescued in Hanyang. Although many were severely injured and did not make it, quite a few are recovering."

Zhao Cailing said, "The reason I returned this time is to collect more medicinal materials and send them to Hanyang together."

"With Divine Doctor Gu helping, the common people of Hanyang will surely be saved," Zhao Caiwei said, feeling very relieved.

"Sister, that sounds like if Master hadn't come, I wouldn't have been able to treat them..." Zhao Cailing said coquettishly.

"Could it be that you have already surpassed your master?" Zhao Caiwei teased.

"Not quite..." Zhao Cailing smiled helplessly. "I have only learned less than thirty percent of my master's skills."

Lin Xiao frowned and said, "I'm afraid that even with your master, there are many people she cannot cure..."

"She says in the letter that the biggest problem for the people in Hanyang City now is that the cases of sores and ulcers are becoming increasingly severe."

"She wrote to me to ask if I have any suitable medicine..."

The so-called sores and ulcers are suppurative infections.

These common people suffered various external injuries caused by the Khitan people; many were even bitten or had their fingers scratched.

In an era lacking antibiotics, such infections are quite fatal.

"If wounds cannot be treated in time, and severe sores cannot be suppressed, the fever will be uncontrollable, and it will truly be beyond help."

Zhao Cailing sighed, "It has been like this since ancient times. Even if Master is a successor of Medicine King Valley, she is not an immortal after all."

"It seems your medical skills are indeed very high, Brother-in-law, for Master to even ask you about such a difficult problem."

Lin Xiao felt a bit depressed. If only there were Penicillin. He had tinkered with it for so long back then but just couldn't manage it...

He knew the theory and the process, but the practical operation just didn't work. After all, he wasn't a professional in purification and filtration...

Eh? Wait a minute!

Just because he couldn't do it didn't mean others couldn't!

Lin Xiao immediately made a decision and said, "Cailing, you take the medicinal materials back to Hanyang first, and I will follow shortly."

"After you arrive in Hanyang, help me collect some things first..."

After hearing Lin Xiao's arrangements, Zhao Cailing was very excited at first, then became a bit puzzled.

However, her brother-in-law was always unpredictable, so she didn't ask further.

Nowadays, the Qing Kings Army is being watched by Lu Sanchuan, and the officials of the four western prefectures are all in danger because of one "Guo Zai".

There are currently no urgent matters in the north that require the Prince of Zhenbei, Lin Xiao, to handle personally.

Lin Xiao has time to challenge the production of Penicillin again.

After greeting Xiao Qingxuan and the others, Lin Xiao hurried to the laboratory of the arsenal.

When passing by the factory, the sign for the "Bureau of Military Armaments" had already been hung up.

This was a department specially approved by Lin Xiao for the Engineering Corps, with layers of security, and the highest level of confidentiality.

To prevent the leakage of the technology inside, besides basic confidentiality measures, Lin Xiao also granted the Bureau of Military Armaments the authority to "report directly to the superior".

Any worker in the Bureau of Military Armaments, as long as they discover someone who might leak information, has the right to report directly to him, the Prince of Zhenbei.

Even if it is found to be a misunderstanding after investigation, there will be no punishment.

With the joining of heavyweight craftsmen like Old Yu, Xie Yu, Yao Gang, and Fangfengzi, the Bureau of Military Armaments immediately became the highest-spec existence in northern military industry.

Let alone outsiders, even other departments of the arsenal had no idea what these people were tinkering with inside.

After checking the security deployment of the Bureau of Military Armaments, Lin Xiao came to his own small laboratory.

After putting various tools into his storage space, Lin Xiao headed straight to Lincang.

Xinghua Village.

After the Worlds Number One Wine Festival, this place has become a hot, idyllic paradise.

Literati and wine lovers from all over the world consider this a holy place that must be visited in this lifetime.

The "Jiang Jin Jiu" (Bring in the Wine) that Lin Xiao slightly adapted that day had already been carved onto a stone tablet and placed next to the wine festival judging platform.

The handwriting on this stone tablet was written by Zhu Ming himself.

Master Li Jingyi and Master Xu Huaian were also present that day, but because of Zhu Ming's strong connections, no one wanted to compete with him.

But everyone could see that the two great scholars were very envious.

When Lin Xiao used his light footwork to fly rapidly to Xinghua Village, he happened to see a large group of men and women surrounding the stone tablet, looking very much like an "internet-famous check-in spot".

He avoided the crowd and went straight to his exclusive courtyard in Xinghua Village.

Upon learning that the Prince had arrived, Hua Nongying immediately put down her work and hurried over to pay her respects.

"Your servant, Hua Nongying, welcomes the Prince!"

Hua Nongying wore a green long vest, her long hair simply tied behind her head, looking exactly like a working woman.

She was like a different person compared to the charming courtesan she once was.

"Boss Hua, I heard from Su Wansha that the sales of northern baijiu now account for twenty percent of the business alliance and are rising very fast. You have worked hard."

"The Prince flatters me. I am merely brewing wine; what does that amount to?"

Hua Nongying did not hide her admiration and said, "The Prince has now conquered the Khitan, the thirteen prefectures of the north, and the three tribes of Western Qiang, Mobei, and Khitan have all been conquered by the Prince. It is my great fortune to be able to work for the Prince."

"Haha... Since that is the case, I will give you another opportunity to serve!"

Lin Xiao did not beat around the bush. "How many brewers do you have under your command now?"

Hua Nongying was stunned, not understanding why Lin Xiao asked this, but she still answered truthfully, "I have cultivated some myself, and with the expansion a few days ago, there are now more than twenty brewers."

"In your opinion, what is their standard?"

Hua Nongying said confidently, "I recruited them according to the strictest requirements. I dare not say they are the best, but at least they are all first-class."

"Very good. Let them come... Forget it, I will go see them myself."

Lin Xiao did not want to waste time; it would be faster to go see them himself.

Hua Nongying could see that Lin Xiao had urgent business, so she didn't say much and immediately led the way.

The news that the Prince of Zhenbei had suddenly arrived at Xinghua Village and wanted to inspect the winery immediately spread among the workers.

In the workshop where the koji was being stepped on, Yu'er told a group of female workers this news.

Qing Zaner was sweating profusely, and upon hearing that the Prince had come, she was overjoyed.

"I knew it, the Prince wouldn't forget me!"

Saying this, Qing Zaner was about to run out.

Yu'er hurriedly grabbed her. "What are you doing? The work isn't finished yet, and besides, the Prince didn't say he wanted to see you!"

Qing Zaner slapped Yu'er's hand away and said unconvinced, "Then tell me, why did the Prince come?"

"How would I know?" Yu'er shrugged. "Maybe he is just concerned about the baijiu industry and came to inspect it?"

Qing Zaner sneered, "Do you think that's possible? How long has the Worlds Number One Wine Festival been over? The Prince is busy with ten thousand matters every day; where would he find the leisure time?"

"Besides, if it were an ordinary inspection, why would he come alone, acting so mysterious?"