After traveling through time, I thrived in ancient times

Chapter 272 Mine

Seeing this, Shen Chenli stood up and walked to her side, looking at what she was holding in her hand.

"This is?"

Handing the pill to Shen Chenli, Yu Tingwan pointed at it and explained:

"Dissolve the pill in water and then spray some on your body so you won't be bitten by these mosquitoes."

"As for how to disperse those mosquitoes, we light herbs such as mugwort, angelica, and rosemary, and burn them in military camps and border towns. The smoke produced will naturally disperse the mosquitoes."

Shen Chenli raised his eyebrows and looked at the thing handed to him, "I'll ask someone to do it right away."

He turned around and called the guards, whispered a few words to them, and then went back into the tent.

"I discovered something when we were fighting the Northern Di today. Logically, these mosquitoes don't know their boundaries and they won't pick people to bite, but I found something wrong on the battlefield.

Although there are few mosquitoes, they just don't touch the Beidi people. Not only that, I haven't heard of the Beidi people having the same situation as us. It's very abnormal to be so close to them."

After listening to him, Yu Tingwan knew what he meant.

"Do you suspect that those two are now in the Beidi military camp?"

Shen Chenli nodded and said, "I have just sent someone to the Beidi military camp to check the situation."

"It is possible, especially if they really unite. In the current situation, it is safer to choose to go to the Beidi military camp than to stay here."

Shen Chenli sat back in his seat, nodded quietly to show his agreement, and continued to look at his documents.

Seeing this, Yu Tingwan thought about it and realized that he was worried about the future.

Now they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and this battle is not an easy one. As a commander, the pressure is heavy for him. After all, if they lose, they will lose the lives of all the people and soldiers on the border.

And he is only in his twenties now!

"What is the princess' order?"

Yu Tingwan walked out of the tent and said to the guard standing outside: "Please find me some sand, soil, some other branches, and a few wooden boards."

After telling the guard the approximate size and quantity of things he needed, Yu Tingwan went back to prepare for what he wanted to do.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy. They really have no idea how well they know the terrain now, so they might as well prepare themselves while there is still time, so as to avoid having to do these things later when a real fight breaks out.

Who will give them time to prepare by then?

As for Lu Ming, she hadn't visited him during this period because he was poisoned, so she didn't know how his research was going.

There has been no movement at all recently.

If no one had come to report it, she would have suspected that Lu Ming had blown himself to death by accident!

"What are you going to do?"

Looking at what the guard brought back, Shen Chenli stood up and walked over. Yu Tingwan put the wooden boards together. Seeing this, Shen Chenli reached out to take over the task.

Yu Tingwan pushed back and didn't let him interfere.

"I'll do it myself. The logistics here are almost done. The families of the soldiers who came with me have also been arranged by General Sun. The construction and economic development of the border town will be postponed for now. Let Ji Shaoan get familiar with this place first."

Shen Chenli appreciated Yu Tingwan's plan very much. Because of trust in him, he never interfered after handing over the logistical forces to her for management.

She is really amazing.

Now they are in a state of isolation and helplessness. In such a situation, in addition to having strong armed forces, the soldiers in front must also have no worries.

And what Yu Tingwan has been doing during this period is just this, whether it is teaching medical skills, planting, raising livestock, or bringing the soldiers' families to the border, all of these are to allow them to have no worries when fighting.

But it was not enough. Yu Tingwan thought of the most important thing in a war besides silver and food: military arms!

Thinking that he had only asked Lu Ming to make hot weapons such as explosives, but here, cold weapons are the most commonly used.

If the weapons they use for fighting are damaged, it will be troublesome.

"By the way, how are our army's weapons made? Now that the imperial court has no supply, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble."

Shen Chenli chuckled softly.

"Don't worry, I've already prepared for this. I own several mountains and the minerals in them all belong to me. Most of them are at the border. As for the others..."

Looking at Yu Tingwan, Shen Chenli bowed to her and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Princess. After all, I don't want to let others get away with it!"

Thinking of the gold mine that had been emptied, Shen Chenli was extremely impressed by Yu Tingwan's abilities.

Well, Yu Tingwan nodded. She didn’t want to take advantage of others. It would be a shame if they didn’t enter her space.

The two hit it off and decided to go for the trip after arranging other tasks.

"Now, check if there's anything wrong or not done, and then fix it."

Shen Chenli looked up and saw that while they were talking, Yu Tingwan had stuffed all those seemingly useless things into the wooden box. There was everything in it, and after a quick glance, Shen Chenli felt it was somewhat familiar.

"This is... a map?"

This time I was really surprised. This map is a one-to-one restoration of all the landforms near the border, and the surrounding environment is crystal clear.

The only thing that feels abrupt is that there are some gaps around it.

Shen Chenli pointed at those places and asked, "Is this Beidi?"

"Yes," Yu Tingwan nodded, "I just wandered around the border and Dasheng. I really don't know their territory, so I can only rely on you."

As he spoke, Yu Tingwan patted Shen Chenli on the shoulder, as if to indicate that he was going to hand over the rest of the work to Shen Chenli.

Shen Chenli nodded in surprise, "Don't worry, I will complete it so that you can see it more clearly in the future battles."

He never expected that she had such a photographic memory. How many surprises were waiting for him?

On the second day, Yu Tingwan rode a horse and brought An San and An Si to the mountain where Lu Ming was making gunpowder.

"In the mountains" is a very precise term, because they made it directly in an empty cave.

It was a pleasant surprise. When choosing the site, Yu Tingwan had already thought about where to place it, but she didn't expect Shen Chenli to directly ask them to come to this mountain.

Inside is an iron mine that was mined before, but there is not much iron ore now, and the mountain is mostly empty, so it has been abandoned.

Now, because Yu Tingwan wants to use it, it comes in handy again.

"princess!"

The guards who were on duty outside the cave saw Yu Tingwan coming and hurriedly saluted.

Yu Tingwan waved his hand and asked them to lead the horses, while he and An San and An Si walked in.

The entrance to the cave was very deep. Yu Tingwan was not in a hurry and walked slowly. After about half a quarter of an hour, he heard a bang in front of him.

Yu Tingwan paused slightly, then ran over quickly.