novelraw Chapter 304 A Heart Full of Passion
Chapter 304 A Heart Full of Passion
Chapter 304 A Heart Full of Passion
Except for a few days during the Spring Festival, Bai Xi and his team spent almost the entire cold season in the Luolu Mountain and Hanshan area, and basically did not return to Beast City.
Therefore, when Ling Chengen planned to summarize the terrain and power situation at Luolu Mountain in February, he discovered that Bai Xi and Lin Ying had developed a lot of frostbite on their faces, hands, and even feet.
Fortunately, among the crow warriors assigned to them, several were wood-type. Although their ability level was not high, they could still treat frostbite. However, due to the extremely harsh weather, the frostbite kept recurring, leaving behind dark scars.
After getting the map from Ke Yang, Ling Chengen went to Yu Heng and got a lot of frostbite ointment from him.
These frostbite ointments were provided by him, because even in Beast City, many people still suffered frostbite on their hands, feet, and ears. In addition, the cold season is the peak season for typhoid and pneumonia, and there are not enough witch doctors in Beast City. Therefore, Ling Chengen suggested to Yu Heng that he provide some commonly used medicines.
Frostbite cream is one of them.
However, frostbite ointment can only treat mild frostbite. In severe cases, amputation may still be necessary, followed by limb regeneration.
However, the latter is very difficult, and currently only Yuheng can do it. So, throughout the entire winter season, even during the busiest days of the Spring Festival, he stayed in the hospital, spending most of his time treating patients with more serious conditions.
As a result, he was irritable during that period, and his mouth was like it was coated with poison. Anyone who dared to offend him would be mercilessly spewed at.
Ling Chengen was sometimes afraid of his mouth, and when he sensed that he was in a bad mood, he would avoid him if possible.
After taking the frostbite ointment from the medicine cabinet, she was about to leave when she noticed Yu Heng had appeared at the door at some point. He was now leaning against the doorframe of the pharmacy with his arms crossed, raising an eyebrow and saying, "You secretly took my medicine again? Did you pay for it?"
Ling Chengen pointed to the note on his desk: "I wrote you a note. I'll settle the bill with you at the end of the month."
"The hospital also needs to balance its accounts, okay? You can't just disregard the rules just because you're the lord of the city, can you?" Yuheng reached out his hand to her.
Ling Chengen frowned slightly and said, "What? You really want me to return it?"
Yu Heng straightened up, walked up to her, and said in a flat tone, "Give me the medicine."
Ling Chengen placed the medicine bottle in his palm and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Yuheng glanced at the label above, and seeing that she was about to leave, he reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her back and casually closing the door behind him.
"Frostbite medicine? For whom?"
He knew Ling Chengen's physical condition better than anyone else; there was absolutely no frostbite.
"This is for Bai Xi and the others. During the cold season, they were scouting and reconnaissance near Luolu Mountain. Many of them suffered frostbite. Although the wood-type warriors provided basic treatment, it kept recurring, and the wounds still looked quite frightening..."
Yuheng knew she was going to take down Luolu Mountain, so he let go of her hand, turned around and walked to his desk, opened a drawer, took out several bottles of medicine with more exquisite packaging, and replaced the frostbite ointment in his hand.
"The quantities of those medicines in the medicine cabinet are all registered at the hospital pharmacy, so I can't just give them to you."
"These frostbite medications are more effective than others. I made them myself when I had nothing to do. They also help with scar removal and tissue regeneration. Unless the frostbite is severe enough to lead to amputation, it can usually heal in three to seven days after application."
"We only made five bottles of this ointment. You can take them to them."
Yuheng pushed the emerald green porcelain vase in front of Ling Chengen and beckoned to her: "Sit down, let me take a look at it for you."
"I'm fine. Didn't I just have a checkup a while ago?"
Although Ling Chengen was reluctant to have the examination, Yu Heng was clearly not one to listen to advice. He just stared at her intently, and in the end, she couldn't resist and sat down opposite him.
Yuheng's examination was quick. He placed his hand on her wrist, and his supernatural abilities probed into her body, quickly circulating throughout her body.
Ling Chengen lay on the table, his head resting on his right arm, tilting his head to look at him.
When he examined and treated patients, he rarely showed any expression. His handsome face appeared particularly cold, with his lips slightly pursed. When he looked at people, he had a scrutinizing look that made people uncomfortable. However, he rarely looked at her with that kind of gaze, so she didn't feel it very clearly.
However, the orcs who had been treated at the hospital, especially the injured patients he had treated, all had a fairly consistent opinion of him.
His face was very sour.
And they're not easy to mess with.
Their attitude towards the injured was extremely poor, showing absolutely no gentleness.
But because his medical skills were so superb and his fighting ability was so outrageous, no one dared to mess with him.
After withdrawing his hand, Yuheng lowered his eyes and stared at her quietly, then scoffed, "What are you looking at? Haven't you looked at my face enough?"
Ling Chengen sat up straight, stretched his shoulders and neck, and found that his body felt more relaxed.
Although she wasn't sick, she was sometimes quite busy, so her body would accumulate fatigue. When she used her wood-type ability to cleanse her entire body, she could immediately feel refreshed.
Does this frostbite medicine have a name? Are the ingredients easy to find?
Yuheng watched her put the bottles of frostbite medicine into her pouch and chuckled, "No name, the herbs aren't easy to find, and they're not easy to grow either. What? You want to give me the herbs?"
Ling Chengen rested his chin on his hand and said, "I was just asking casually."
"However... we could give planting medicinal herbs a try."
She looked up at Yuheng and said, "The population density of Beast City is getting higher and higher. If we rely solely on the harvesting teams to collect medicinal herbs, Beast City will face a shortage of medicine and medical supplies in years with poor harvests. Since grains can be grown, medicinal herbs can also be grown. This way, the annual harvest of medicinal herbs will be stable, and we won't have to rely entirely on purchasing or exchanging medicinal herbs from outside."
Yuheng carefully considered her suggestion and nodded, saying, "I will consider this matter and make a decision as soon as possible, and also come up with a planting plan."
"However, we'll need Chongzhen's help to coordinate the manpower at that time."
Medicinal herbs cannot be planted arbitrarily; some medicinal herbs have specific environmental requirements.
However, after Ling Chengen said that, Yu Heng felt that... Bai Xi's decision not to give up the territories of Hanshan and Shilin was actually very correct.
The medicinal herbs within the territories of Hanshan and Shilin are of a wide variety and of high quality.
Moreover, many medicinal herbs grow in mountainous and forested environments, while the Mulan Plain is flat and has few trees, making it unsuitable for the growth of these herbs...
Ling Chengen handed the frostbite medicine to Lin Ying, asking him to take it to the reconnaissance team.
She returned to her usual office, carefully examined the map Ke Yang had drawn, and, referring to the map she had received from the system, created a more complete topographic map.
The mineral resources in the Lolu Mountains are quite abundant, but the mining is quite difficult.
The cold season is over now, so she doesn't plan to touch the coal mines on the western slopes of Luolu Mountain for the time being.
After Ling Chengen finished drawing the map, he first opened the window, gave a message to the raven perched on the eaves, and then took out the letters he had received during this period from the drawer, spread them out on the table, and began to mark the messages inside the envelopes on the map little by little.
Half an hour later, Chang Tianchen pushed open the door and entered, accompanied by Lin Jing and Lin Quan.
Hearing the voice, Ling Chengen didn't even look up, but continued to hunch over his desk, saying in a calm tone, "Find a chair and sit down. I'll finish drawing the blueprints here soon."
Chang Tianchen didn't sit down. Instead, he walked around to the table, peered at a very large piece of paper on it, and asked in surprise, "You're drawing a map again? Where is this?"
Ling Chengen: "Luo Lu Mountain."
The smile on Chang Tianchen's face vanished, and he frowned, saying, "Are you planning to attack Luolu Mountain?"
"Baixi prepared for a whole winter, and before the cold season, the wandering orcs in the mountains took advantage of our weak defenses to launch a surprise attack on our rear. Although we in Shilin did not suffer any casualties, that was because you sent Linquan to provide support. Otherwise, our situation would have been even more serious than that of Hanshan."
"Therefore, the wandering orcs of Mount Lolu... absolutely cannot be allowed to remain."
On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly.
Especially enemies like this who have no bottom line and are always thinking of stabbing them in the back.
Chang Tianchen pulled up a stool, sat down at the table, and said leisurely, "Let me go! I guarantee I'll kill them all, and bring their bodies back to you neatly."
Ling Chengen glanced at him and said speechlessly, "If we kill them all, what will we get in return?"
"Territory expansion?" Chang Tianchen felt that was enough. Those wandering orcs were no good; they were always robbing and looting, with no bottom line whatsoever. Keeping them around was simply a waste of food.
Ling Chengen pushed the envelope on the table in front of him, and before he could reach for it, he suddenly looked up and said, "During the cold season, I told you to study hard and learn to read, and you studied it diligently, didn't you?"
Chang Tianchen paused in his hand holding the envelope, then immediately straightened his back and said, "You said it yourself, if I can't learn it, you'll take my job. How can I not study hard?"
"How far have you progressed?" Ling Chengen asked.
Chang Tianchen's lips twitched, and he turned to look at Lin Quan beside him.
Lin Quan silently turned his head away, but finally, under pressure from his elder brother, he had no choice but to speak up: "There are more than three thousand basic characters. The clan leader has mastered about seventy or eighty percent of them, and he studies the rest every day."
Ling Chengen nodded, then looked at Chang Tianchen, who was leaning back in his chair, and said seriously, "It's fortunate that you have a few months to learn to read properly, otherwise you wouldn't be able to understand the battle reports and instructions I send out."
Chang Tianchen was a little annoyed, but he still defended himself, saying, "I know what's important, and I won't try to fool you on this issue."
Ling Chengen: "You lead the team to encircle and annihilate the orcs of Luolu Mountain."
"However, we must first get a clear picture of the situation. Bai Xi and the others spent several months figuring out all the forces on the mountain, and they also knew the terrain very well. They even found out which beastmen were cannibals and which were clean..."
"So what? You want me to lead the team there and follow his instructions?" Chang Tianchen was a little unconvinced.
He didn't like being commanded in battle by others.
Ling Chengen rolled his eyes and tapped the envelope in front of him with his fingertip: "You take command, and I want to see your command ability! But let Bai Xi lead the team with you, and don't let personal feelings suppress them. Whether you can get them to obey your orders depends on your ability."
After all, a general in the field may disobey orders from others.
Ling Chengen couldn't guarantee that Bai Xi would follow her arrangements.
Bai Xi had been planning this battle against Luo Lushan for a long time. If he were to be transferred here now, or directly asked to assist Chang Tianchen, he would definitely be unwilling.
Therefore, Ling Chengen intends to let Chang Tianchen solve this problem himself.
If a commander cannot win the heartfelt submission of his subordinates, then his position as commander-in-chief is not secure at all.
Chang Tianchen opened the envelopes one by one and examined them. He also received the blueprints from Ling Chengen and finally got one request from her.
"Although the wandering orcs of Mount Lolu are a stubborn problem, there are still quite a few capable orcs among them. However, their personalities are more or less problematic. You can't kill them all. Keep the ones you can use and try your best to persuade them to submit..."
Chang Tianchen looked at the envelope and raised an eyebrow slightly, saying, "What if they refuse to surrender even if it means death?"
"Can we kill them all?"
Ling Chengen looked up at him for a while and said, "You decide this."
"I don't want my commander to be a bloodthirsty person."
“I know that you are prone to losing control sometimes because of your ancestral bloodline.”
"But you must control yourself, especially when it comes to things like slaughtering surrendered enemies, which I cannot tolerate."
"If you don't cross my bottom line, I'll give you authority."
"Otherwise, I will fire you."
"No joke."
Chang Tianchen held the envelope, looked at her, and suddenly smiled: "From last year's dry season until now, there hasn't been a situation that got out of control again."
"I can't guarantee what will happen in the future, but I will control myself."
"I will remember what you said today."
Ling Chengen handed him the map: "Take this with you."
"Beast City still needs a large number of troops to guard it, so you will take a thousand men there. You can choose the specific tribes of orcs to be assigned and the number of them. As for weapons and equipment, go to Su Weihua. I notified him to start preparing weapons and equipment in January. After you have decided on the warriors you want to take, take the token I gave you to collect the equipment and armor."
Chang Tianchen rolled up the map, took an empty storage tube from the earthenware jar beside her, put the map inside, and then handed it to Lin Quan behind him.
Ling Chengen looked up at Lin Quan.
Because she hadn't seen him many times, she knew less about Lin Quan than Lin Jing did.
However, Ling Chengen was still very grateful to Lin Quan for leading the rescue of the elderly, women, and children in Shilin.
"You're taking both of them with you?"
Chang Tianchen glanced at Ling Chengen, then at Lin Jing, and pondered, "I'll take Lin Jing with me. I'm used to him. Lin Quan can stay and guard Beast City; his combat ability is quite good."
Ling Chengen shook his head and said, "You decide for yourself. Beast City doesn't need another person to guard it."
The three level 17 warriors in the city were no less capable than Cruma in terms of top-tier combat strength, so they were full of confidence.
After seeing Chang Tianchen off, Ling Chengen sighed softly.
It's unclear what kind of results Chang Tianchen will achieve this time.
However, that's how it is when a team is first formed. They can only get to know each other through battles, and then review and adjust after each battle. That's how they gradually get the team to take shape.
……
After leaving the city lord's mansion with Lin Quan and Lin Jing, Chang Tianchen went directly to the main camp in the north of the city.
Lin Quan remained silent, but Lin Jing, being quite lively, couldn't hold back any longer once they were outside and asked, "Clan leader, you really aren't taking Lin Quan with you?"
Lin Quan was also scrutinizing Chang Tianchen's profile, feeling somewhat uneasy.
Although he occasionally harbored resentment towards his eccentric patriarch, he still held Chang Tianchen in high regard.
This was their first battle after Snake Mountain was incorporated into Beast City, and it was led by their snake clan leader, so he really wanted to participate.
You need to make a name for yourself to have a place in Beast City.
He now understands that Beast City lacks everything, but what it lacks most is all kinds of talent.
He's not good at planting or healing, but he's very strong in combat. Although his level is slightly lower than the clan leader's, he's still young and has enormous potential...
Beast City will definitely continue to expand, and there will be no shortage of battles.
Every war is an opportunity, and many warriors in the Beast City are eager to fight.
In this situation, early participation leads to early fame and allows one to gain status sooner.
He was considered a confidant of the clan leader, and having the advantage of being close to the leader, he naturally didn't want to let this opportunity slip by.
Therefore, Lin Quan wore a blank expression, but inwardly he was praying.
Choose him!
You absolutely must choose him!
He was willing to fight and sacrifice for Young Master Ling, and perhaps in the future he could even overthrow his superiors and become the army commander who could overpower the clan leader!
Men may lack other things, but they certainly have plenty of passion!