Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder

The Strongest Fox-Demon (73)

Chu Xiang was amused by her childish words. “That’s right. I’m here to save you, but I’m not a Goddess. From now on, please call me Boss Chu. Don’t cry. Help each other, drink the porridge and medicine while it’s hot. I’ll see you in the morning.”

Chu Xiang had already sensed that there were people at the door. She put down the empty bowl and walked out. When she saw the doctors, she asked what they were good at, and then assigned tasks to them, asking them to dispense medicine, brew potions, and watch over the patients.

An imperial doctor couldn’t help asking, “Your Highness, can your prescription really cure this plague? Also, c-can you catch ghosts?”

Chu Xiang nodded, “I came here to capture a ghost and treat them. My sister was supposed to come here, but she closed her pharmacy and went to the south to send disaster relief supplies, so I came instead. The prescriptions need to be changed, but you don’t have to question it. Just do as I say, and I’m responsible for anything that happens. In any case, you don’t have a better solution, do you?”

“Understood, then we’ll do as Your Highness commands.”

“Hmm, each of you take one of these talismans and bring them with you to ensure that you will not get sick. Go, watch over the patients and give them some confidence. I still have things to do, so don’t come to me unless it is an emergency.”

Chu Xiang left after speaking. The twelve doctors were thrown into the pile of patients just like that. It should have been a very scary thing, but they didn’t know why they felt far from it. Maybe Chu Xiang’s attitude was too natural, or perhaps her momentum made them subconsciously convinced. Everyone exchanged glances and took a talisman before going to see the patients.

Chu Xiang returned to her temporary accommodation, lit a lamp and wrote a plan. If she wanted to do something fruitful within a short period, she needed a lot of manpower, financial resources and good ideas. She didn’t need to manage manpower and financial resources. These could just be left to Li Yufeng to arrange. She just needed to filter out suitable ideas.

Of course, crops, which were tied to the food and clothing of the people, were the first to bear the brunt. Many people die of hunger every year. If this could be solved, wouldn’t the old Emperor be overjoyed? At least she also lived in a village in the 1970s, and she still knew a lot about farming.

She wrote five crops that did not exist in this dynasty, including high-yield and easy-to-cultivate potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, and also listed ways to increase cotton, rice, and wheat yields. However, she was not an expert, after all. All these suggestions still needed to be experimented by skilled hands.

She just transcribed what she knew, and let Li Yufeng appoint some people for the rest. She knew that others such as soap, glass and cement were good, but she couldn’t make them. After some contemplation, she drew a few more blueprints and came up with several practical cold weapons. These were all tangible results that the Emperor could see. She estimated that the number was enough, so she passed everything she wrote to Li Yufeng through a paper crane.

Li Yufeng was flipping through memorials deep into the night, and when he saw what Chu Xiang had sent, he couldn’t help but be shocked even though he was well-informed. Where did Chu Xiang learn these things? It suddenly occurred to him that a long time ago, Chu Xiang jokingly told him never to pry into her background. She was increasingly becoming mysterious.

Li Yufeng took the few pieces of paper and looked at them for a while, then smiled. Who cared how she knew about them? No matter what, she was the Chu Xiang he knew, and they were happy together. That was enough. Digging deeper was not a good idea.

Li Yufeng summoned his confidants, arranged for them to carry out the list, and circulated the news overnight to find all the things they needed. No one could have imagined that Li Yufeng would do so many things on his first day in office. Even Prince Qi had yet to figure out his strength in time to arrange his men to counter-attack and hinder him. Thus, he took the lead.

From that day onwards, Li Youfeng went to court and stood at the forefront of all the ministers. His insights impressed the ministers, and the Emperor was obviously pleased, praising him in the courtroom. This rendered the atmosphere of Prince Qi’s faction more and more tense, and they constantly made moves in the dark.

The news about Li Yufeng’s participation in the national exam was also spread. There were no names on the examination papers, so the ministers were careful and prudent when marking each batch of papers. The Emperor was very concerned about this matter too. Prince Qi wanted to intervene and tamper with the examination papers but couldn’t do anything, so he just left the ministers finish marking the papers impartially.

When the names on the exam papers were opened, the ministers were surprised to find that the paper they thought was the best turned out to be Li Yufeng’s. Once this news got out, the ministers had a better impression of Li Yufeng.