Chapter 367: Chapter 367 Heading to Shu Capital
To be honest, Lu Zheng didn’t expect it at all. He just took a trip to the disaster area out of kindness and his teacher’s orders. Liu Qingyan unexpectedly received a plaque handwritten by Emperor Jing himself from the current dynasty.
This really reached the emperor’s ears.
Of course, the main focus was on the "Little Star Hu Four Spirits Antimalarial Soup," which is of great importance to ordinary people, hence Emperor Jing’s attention.
Don’t assume that in the Xianxia World it’s easy to obtain a mundane remedy. It’s because the true elites can cultivate, and sometimes such worldly peak items are actually rare.
After all, for cultivators, many ailments can be resolved with a snap of the fingers. Even severed limbs are no problem, so who would specifically research solving mundane problems with mundane power?
Therefore, the average technology in the Great Jing Dynasty’s mundane world may not be inferior to the ancient Hua Country, but the worldly peak skills are actually worse than ancient Hua Country.
Like medical skills, brewing and iron-making, even farming.
Of course, one shouldn’t speak too hastily; this could also be because Lu Zheng hasn’t visited too many other places. It’s just his current observation.
Maybe other places have divine doctors, and certain places have good wine, even the military’s secret supply might have good iron, who knows?
Liu Qingyan directly received Emperor Jing’s handwritten plaque, so Lu Zheng thought there might be follow-up events.
But after waiting for a while, nothing happened. Apart from the County Magistrate of Tonglin County personally visiting Renxin Hall and greeting Liu Qingyan, life continued as usual.
It’s as if the plaque was presented, then that was that.
...
"Of course, Little Sister Qingyan won’t just hang the plaque in Renxin Hall, so besides a few physicians who know the inside story possibly coming to seek advice, what else could happen?" Shen Ying asked in surprise.
"Alright, I thought too much." Lu Zheng placed another piece on the chessboard, "I thought someone might come for treatment or someone would come to cause trouble."
Liu Qingyan watched them play chess, and couldn’t help but laugh after hearing Lu Zheng’s words, "Lu Lang says I read too many storybooks, but I think you’re the one reading too many stories; it’s just an emperor’s handwritten plaque, frequently appearing in storybooks!"
Lu Zheng: Õ_Õ
Liu Qingyan’s words were a bit exaggerated; of course, the emperor’s handwritten plaque doesn’t appear often.
However, the foundation of the Great Jing Dynasty’s rule is the ordinary people, Emperor Jing’s main affairs are no different from the ancient emperors of Hua Country, so even though his handwriting is rare, it’s still about mundane matters.
All of them were cultivators, and they didn’t need to rely on Emperor Jing’s handwriting and this matter to make their names known or socialize with the influential, so the plaque was simply an honor without other uses.
Lu Zheng thought too much simply because of his own questionable identity.
"Oh! How dare you mock me, watch my Dragon Claw Hand!"
"Aiya!" Liu Qingyan hurriedly dodged to the side, "You’re playing chess with Sister!"
"Playing chess uses the brain, what does it have to do with my hands?"
Shen Ying was losing at this point, immediately said, "Sister, intervene, distract him, let me win a round."
Seeing Lu Zheng reach out again, Liu Qingyan nibbled her lip, seeing no outsiders around, she let herself be pulled over by Lu Zheng, falling into his embrace.
The chess game continued.
A moment later, Liu Qingyan was so flirty with Lu Zheng her face was red with embarrassment, panting, and couldn’t focus on the chess game before her, she was about to ask Shen Ying if she could win, just to see Shen Ying’s cheeks were also rosy like peach blossoms, her eyes like spring water.
Well, this chess game couldn’t continue.
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Tonglin County wasn’t affected by the disaster, apart from a period of time during which it provided relief to some displaced people and supported the northern disaster area with some supplies, it wasn’t impacted much.
So life completely returned to its usual rhythm.
Besides returning to White Cloud Temple the day after coming back, Lu Zheng returned to a state of being a "lazy fish" with nothing to do.
...
"Speaking of which, it’s already been three months, isn’t it time to deliver the airplane?" Lu Zheng asked Lin Wan, "That thing is taking up space in my storage gourd."
It was midweek, Lu Zheng was here to pick up Lin Wan for lunch.
"Do you need to store a lot of things?" Lin Wan curiously asked, "Doesn’t your gourd have a thousand cubic meters? What do you need to store?"
"Hmm..." Lu Zheng blinked, "Well, it’s not like I have anything in particular to store, it just looks a bit obtrusive, after all, I can’t use this thing."
Countless people covet the item, yet Lu Zheng finds it obtrusive.
Lin Wan couldn’t help but laugh, "Alright, alright, then give it away, where do you plan to send it? Nandu or Beidu?"
Lu Zheng shook his head, "No, neither, it’s Shu Capital."
"Ah? Shu Capital? So far?" Lin Wan looked a bit surprised.
"Nandu is too close, not safe, Beidu is central and easily misunderstood, so Shu Capital is better, plus there’s the aircraft institute."
Lin Wan remarked sarcastically, "You think things through quite thoroughly."
"Of course!" Lu Zheng nodded seriously.
"But Shu Capital is too far, how do you plan to get there?" Lin Wan asked seriously, "Whether you take a plane or high-speed train, you’ll leave travel evidence, or are you planning to first go to Mountain City, then run through the mountains yourself?"
Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Do you have so little faith in me?"
"So how do you plan to get there?"
"Of course, I’ll go on my own; my outside itinerary won’t even leave Hai City."
Lin Wan was speechless, "..."
"Man! Hai City is two thousand kilometers from Shu Capital!" Lin Wan was directly shocked, "I know you travel fast, even if I count one hundred miles per day, you’d still need a month!
Now it’s a tech society, as soon as you make a phone call you’ll expose your location, are you planning to be out of touch for three months?"
"Being out of touch for three months is unlikely, but a week is possible." Lu Zheng rubbed his chin, speaking earnestly.
"What?" Lin Wan was shocked, "You’re that fast!?"
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Instantly, several tables around turned to look at them, several pretty girls snickered quietly.
Lu Zheng’s cheek twitched, his gaze at Lin Wan was very unkind.
Lin Wan’s eyes shifted, then kindly served Lu Zheng a piece of sea cucumber.
Lu Zheng, "..."
...
Lin Wan was late the next day.
After driving her to work, Lu Zheng turned off his phone and used invisibility to leave the city.
Unlike the last time traveling from Yizhou to the Southern Border during the day in ancient times and sleeping at night in modern times, this trip was traveling in modern times during the day and sleeping in ancient times at night.
However, the roads were good to walk on in modern times, while in ancient times he frequently had to ask for directions; in modern times, he just followed the highway.
Over water, there were bridges, around mountains, there were tunnels.
It’s undeniable that Hua Country indeed excels in infrastructure; Lu Zheng hurried on his way and quickly arrived at Shu Capital, finding the Shu Fei Research Institute.