Exchange Fate! She Saved the whole family and the Short-Lived Marquis! Chapter 57: Major Events in the Dream

Not just cold and indifferent words.

She saw the citizens of the city fall one by one.

She saw the County Magistrate dispatch people to slaughter livestock to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

She saw so people struggling to breathe and eventually suffocating to death.

She also saw many people die from high fever.

She saw uninfected citizens surrounding the dical Clinic and pharmacies, hoping to get dicine to save their family.

She saw soone, infuriated by the slaughter of their own livestock and heavy losses, go to smash the doors of the governnt office.

But ultimately, the County Magistrate and all the citizens of the city perished within the city.

She saw soldiers sent with cloth wrapped around their faces to avoid infection, holding torches and oil, setting various parts of the city ablaze.

Watched as the small city, once bustling yet peaceful, was consud by flas.

Fu Shinian sat up abruptly, her face pale.

"Miss." Chunmian and Chunyu ca over together; one patted her back while the other poured hot tea for Fu Shinian to drink, "Did Miss have another nightmare?"

Fu Shinian was in a daze for a mont before she rembered.

Ganning, epidemic.

Xiao Chengyu is going.

The original book didn’t specify exactly when.

It only ntioned it was a month after Mid-Autumn Festival.

By the current ti, it just happens to be when Xiao Chengyu would be in the city.

No way!

Xiao Chengyu is going to Ganning under the emperor’s order, so he certainly can’t return.

She couldn’t ntion that there would be an epidemic in Ganning, she couldn’t explain it at all.

Fu Shinian got up.

dicine!

Yes, buy dicine!

By then, Ganning would be short of dicine everywhere, she needed to buy a lot of dicine.

But she couldn’t buy dicine in the capital.

That would draw too much attention.

Lest she be suspected of being involved with the epidemic in Ganning, that would be a grave injustice for her.

She needed to buy along the way.

Buy from pharmacies along the route.

But she also needed a plausible reason.

Why would she bring so much dicine to Ganning?

Fortunately, there was still so ti before the epidemic, she had ti to think about how to prepare properly.

The Cheng Family!

Just as well, Aunt Cheng ntioned that Cheng Yuanshan was personally in charge of transporting military supplies.

He would be setting out soon, so she ca today to visit Aunt Cheng and Fu Mingzhu.

Fu Shinian quickly told Chunmian and Chunyu to tidy up for her.

Then she went to Aunt Cheng’s place.

"Aunt, is Uncle Cheng not here yet?" Fu Shinian asked.

Aunt Cheng thought Fu Shinian was concerned about the trinkets Cheng Yuanshan brought from the Western Regions, so she smiled and said, "Soon. Would you like to wait here?"

"Sure!" Fu Shinian sat down, and Aunt Cheng had Hua Yu slice so fruit for her to eat.

After a while, Fu Mingzhu arrived too.

It wasn’t long before Cheng Yuanshan showed up.

Cheng Yuanshan did not shy away from discussing business matters with Fu Shinian.

He admired this young lady very much, for her ideas and foresight.

If it weren’t for her reminder, the Cheng Family wouldn’t have been able to handle the task of transporting supplies to the military.

"This is the Cheng Family’s first official delivery of supplies to the military." Cheng Yuanshan wanted to hear Fu Shinian’s opinion, "I’m personally leading the team, does the young lady have any other suggestions?"

Fu Shinian quickly ca up with an idea, "I heard there’s war at the border now."

Cheng Yuanshan nodded, "So we must be extrely cautious."

Fu Shinian said, "Then I’ll donate so cotton clothes and dicine."

"By now, the Northwest must be very cold, the soldiers need to keep warm. But I heard there’s a shortage of supplies at the frontline, and they may not have enough warm clothing. I’ll do my bit and donate so. They are fighting every day, and their clothes wear out fast, so at least they’ll have replacents ready."

"You’re right." Cheng Yuanshan nodded, "That reminds , the Cheng Family naturally can’t sit this out, especially since we’re handling supplies. We must be inford about military supplies."

"Along the way, I can collect so cotton clothes from the Cheng Family’s shops." Collecting from each shop and accumulating them could add up to a considerable amount, "Consider this the Cheng Family’s donation to the Northwest army. While it’s an opportunity, it also bears risk, as we’re under scrutiny."

"The Cheng Family must show the court through action that the Cheng Family is not just a royal rchant, but also a righteous rchant, available for the court’s use." Cheng Yuanshan said solemnly.

As the Cheng Family grows, they are bound to draw attention.

They don’t need the court to find fault; the Cheng Family volunteers so goodwill, letting the court know that keeping the Cheng Family is beneficial and not harmful, no need for drastic asures.

Fu Shinian thought for a mont and said, "Why don’t sister also donate so in your own na?"

"No problem, that’s a small matter." Fu Mingzhu was unconcerned.

She and Fu Shinian had just opened a spice shop. Though the inco wasn’t much yet, it was enough to offset what she spent on the orphanage.

This way, Fu Mingzhu had quite a bit of pocket money.

But she no longer had to spend on Master Xiao, so her funds were more ample, and she didn’t quite know where to spend it.

Having heard there’s another good cause to spend her money on, Fu Mingzhu imdiately agreed without hesitation and handed all her money to Cheng Yuanshan, "Uncle, take all this and buy as many cotton clothes as you can for the military."

Fu Shinian seized the opportunity to say, "Uncle Cheng, I also have so savings. I won’t convert them to cotton clothes, but to dicine instead."

"The soldiers often get injured and develop high fevers, so we should buy various kinds of dicine from the pharmacies along the route and send them together, shall we?"

Fu Shinian had read many books in the past, including the Great Xi Atlas.

If she rembered correctly, Ganning was a necessary pass to get to the Northwest army.

She wouldn’t drag Cheng Yuanshan and those delivering supplies into this.

When she got there, she would take the dicine in by herself.

Moreover, Cheng Yuanshan was delivering supplies and couldn’t be delayed; even if he wanted to accompany her, he couldn’t.

Fu Shinian had already planned it all out.

"You and sister both donated cotton clothes, it should be enough." Fu Shinian said, "I’ll use my money to buy dicine along the way."

"I rember the Cheng Family also runs dical clinics and pharmacies, so if there are any owned by the Cheng Family along the route, naturally, I’ll buy from Cheng Family’s clinics and pharmacies. If not, I’ll buy from other dical clinics and pharmacies." Fu Shinian said, "Uncle Cheng, do you agree?"

"Not bad!" Cheng Yuanshan nodded, "That’s a good idea."

Fu Shinian took the opportunity to say, "Uncle Cheng, every ti you co back talking about the sights outside, the vast sky and the solitary smoke in the desert, I long to see them."

Fu Shinian, blinking her bright eyes, attempted to pass with sweet talk, "I wonder if I could join you this ti?"

Cheng Yuanshan was so startled he leapt from his chair, "No, no! This won’t do, absolutely not!"

Cheng Yuanshan feared that Fu Shinian would insist on going with him imdiately, so he hastily said, "I’m leaving first! I absolutely cannot agree to this."

After speaking, he left as if his seat was on fire.

What a joke.

Fu Shinian, a pampered young lady, hadn’t even been out of the capital, and now she wanted to join his convoy to transport supplies?

This was unthinkable!

Besides, transporting supplies wasn’t a leisure trip; it was very arduous.

To ensure tily delivery of the supplies, they would probably have to travel day and night.

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