The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1017 - 1012: Saving Food

Under Gu Youyou’s vigorous control, the epidemic did not spread but was gradually brought under control.

King Jin now looked at her as if she were an enemy, yet he refrained from lashing out because Prince Qin and Searcy were always by Gu Youyou’s side. freewebnøvel.coɱ

"Hmph, I see you’ve saved these people, but where do you get the grain to sustain them until the autumn harvest?"

Not causing trouble didn’t mean he wouldn’t occasionally hurl a few words at Gu Youyou to put her at a disadvantage.

Gu Youyou gave him a bland glance and said, "Your Highness King Jin, if we don’t save them? Then, by your method of killing all the ’useless’ ones, wouldn’t we save on food, right?"

Gu Youyou never lost in a verbal spar.

King Jin snorted, "Naturally, those who are about to die should just die; it saves both food and medicine, wouldn’t that be better? What we really need now are all sorts of materials, how can we waste them on them?"

Gu Youyou didn’t want to talk to someone like him; such people didn’t pique her interest in debating. She turned and went into the pharmacy.

Seeing that Gu Youyou had left, Searcy immediately followed her.

Prince Qin spoke indifferently, "If you were to do that, the food would indeed be saved, but you would lose the people’s hearts."

He pointed at the people outside and said, "Look, take that family, for instance, if you let their elderly father die without a care, or even actively abandon them, what do you expect the young ones to think? They will consider you a patricide. And you, as a distinguished Prince of the Imperial Family, would then make the Imperial Family and the Imperial Court appear as patricides in their eyes. Should there be a rebellion someday, these people will be the first to respond."

King Jin was furious, "You, a mere illegitimate, dare to lecture me?"

"I dare not," said Prince Qin as he cupped his hands together, letting his sleeves fall as he left the room.

King Jin’s face was twisted with anger. He believed his ideas were not wrong, but what kind of people were his associates? Doctors? Civil officials? And Prince Qin, spoiled by Empress Dowager Sheng? These people were all too merciful; how could they understand his heart?

He was resolute and decisive; his way was the simplest and easiest.

As for rebels? He didn’t believe there would be any. After all, how could people who couldn’t even fill their bellies have the strength to rebel?

Yet, their methods weren’t wrong either, because he saw that those who were sick were gradually recovering, and there was a constant flow of materials coming in, even more than what the Imperial Court provided.

How could Gu Youyou have such capability?

He, as King Jin of Zhuzhao Country, couldn’t even accomplish that.

Quite the Gu Youyou, a woman with neither status nor position, how could she become Jin Zijin’s virtuous partner?

The supplies from the Lingnan branch arrived, a big convoy of carts, loaded with various materials and medicines, and among those who came was a person very familiar to Gu Youyou.

Lu Banxia.

It had been years since they had seen each other. Banxia had matured much since then and burst into tears upon seeing Gu Youyou.

"Sister Youyou!"

Banxia was now the chief doctor at Jisheng Hall in Lingnan. She was naturally intelligent, resilient, and studious; her medical skills were among the best in Lingnan.

"How did you come?" Gu Youyou was very surprised since Banxia had been hard to leave.

Banxia said with tearful eyes, "Banxia has always wanted to come to Beijing to see Sister Youyou, but she couldn’t get away; as soon as she found a chance, she naturally had to come."

Gu Youyou had saved many people in Lingnan and was therefore immensely popular there; as a result, the donations from Lingnan were the most substantial.

A long line of wagons made King Jin’s eyes turn red with envy.

What gave this woman the right?