Marrying a Disabled General and be His Wife

Finding the source of the disease made treatment much easier. Within half a month, the epidemic was stabilized, more and more people recovered, and life gradually returned to normal.

In order to prevent the epidemic from sweeping again, Feng Chilie led a small team out of the city late at night and went to the water source to collect the corpses of those who had died. The corpses on the river were also cleaned out and buried.

But as long as there were refugees, this situation was inevitable. Tan Chuyan thought about it all night and had an excellent idea, but he was not sure whether it was feasible, so he made a special trip to visit Master Jing’an.

Strangely enough, Master Jing’an ate and lived with them, but she didn’t contract any illness. It probably had something to do with the fact that she paid great attention to her body, so she was not so easily corroded by evil energy.

Stepping into Master Jing’an’s courtyard, she was bending over the table to dismantle the drawings. Tan Chuyan bowed and said, “Master.”

Master Jing’an put down her pen and said with some relief, “You look good, and your illness is gone.”

These days, Master Jing’an always went to see Tan Chuyan, but every time she was stopped at the door, so she could only talk to him through the door. She would always tell Tan Chuyan to have a good rest and not to worry about making the fire weapon. She happened to take advantage of this time to do some detailed dissection and annotation of the drawings.

Tan Chuyan said respectfully, “Excuse me, Master, I’m sorry. I hope it’s not a big problem for you.”

“Amitabha, it’s all good.” Master Jing’an bowed to the sky devoutly, then raised her finger to the opposite side of her: “Sit down.”

Tan Chuyan sat down and Master Jing’an said warmly, “You probably didn’t come here for a visit. Do you have anything else to ask?” The current situation did not give them time to chat. Every minute and second was crucial. Coupled with the impact of the epidemic, time was even more pressing.

Tan Chuyan said frankly, “You should have heard about the epidemic. If we continue to ignore the refugees, the epidemic will definitely come back, so I thought of a solution. I don’t know if it will work.”

“Tell me about it.” Although Master Jing’an didn’t know much about this aspect, she had been watching on the mountain for a long time and should be able to give some suggestions. As the saying said, the authorities were confused and the beholder was clear.

Tan Chuyan said, “The reason why people became refugees is simply because the people in power feel they didn’t bring any value, but I think the existence of the people itself is value. They can cultivate fields and weave mulberry trees, and provide food, grass, and clothing for the soldiers. Now is the best time for farming, so I plan to recruit refugees and let them reopen the wasteland.”

“It’s a good idea,” Master Jing’an said, “But if Cui Yuanqing and the others come to invade, how will you resist?”

“I don’t want to pay too much for this,” Tan Chuyan said. “I want the people to fight for themselves and give them the ability to protect themselves.”

“But it’s hard thing to do,” Master Jing’an said. “To let an ordinary citizen become a brave soldier, they must go through rigorous training.”

“No, there is a way to easily realize this idea,” Tan Chuyan said. “If we have enough fire weapon, the people will naturally have the ability to protect themselves.”

“But we didn’t have it yet,” Master Jing’an said.

“Then why couldn’t we?” Tan Chuyan said, “That’s why I came to you today. If we let the people do farming during the day, then let them follow you at night learning to make fire guns, how high did you think the success rate was?”

Tan Chuyan studied the drawings and found the forging method of fire guns was actually not difficult; the only difficulty was the assembly of the mechanism. But in fact, the assembly of the mechanism was also very simple, and it wasn’t difficult to learn as long as someone gave guidance.

And the person who understood this was sitting right here. As long as she agreed, this could be done.

Master Jing’an carefully savored Tan Chuyan’s words several times, laughed out loud, and was full of praise. Finally, she made a high evaluation of Tan Chuyan: “The king should know what he takes from the people, and uses it for the people, I think,” Master Jing’an raised her hand and nodded at Tan Chuyan: “You are very suitable to be this person.”

“My teacher once said so,” Tan Chuyan smiled: “But this was not my ambition.”

“Why couldn’t you? Think about it,” Master Jing’an said: “I know that after Chu Qingyi repented, you wanted to support Feng Chilie to become the monarch of the next dynasty, but the right person can only play his greatest role if he is in the right position. Feng Chilie was a general, not suitable to be a monarch. Even with your support, some things might not change because in Feng Chilie’s heart, you were more important than the country, and he would not marry a concubine or have a queen for you, even if he adopted from a side branch, it was not orthodox after all.”

Tan Chuyan said nothing, because what Master Jing’an said was not unreasonable.

He also thought about this question before; were these thousands of people really suitable to be handed over to Feng Chilie?

What would Feng Chilie have done if he was dead that day?

But Tan Chuyan really didn’t want to be a monarch. As long as he took the position, he would never have freedom again in his life. For the continuation of the dynasty and the consolidation of power, ministers would inevitably advise the king to establish a queen and take a concubine as soon as possible.

But his heart was very small, and he was only willing to have Feng Chilie in this life. Even if it was just for fun, he was not willing to compromise with others. That would have been unfair to Feng Chilie.

Feng Chilie would also have faced the same dilemma when he ascended to that position, and he would not want Feng Chilie marrying someone else.

Looking at this issue now, in fact, they were no longer suitable to be the monarchs of the new dynasty.

If they hadn’t become each other’s lovers, this kind of thing wouldn’t have happened. The most unpredictable thing was they couldn’t let go of each other.

Tan Chuyan frowned: “Thank you, Master, for the pointer. Now everything was not a foregone conclusion. I’ll think about it again.”

Master Jing’an nodded. She knew what Tan Chuyan was struggling with, but he had to work with Feng Chilie and make a choice for the common people.