Chapter 789: Chinaberry

Although the situation was somewhat urgent, everyone was tactful enough not to mention it while eating dinner; after all, the two mothers were still here, and they understood nothing and knew nothing.

Zhi's belly was getting bigger and bigger now, so naturally, these things could not be told to her, otherwise she would also have an extra layer of worry.

After the meal was finished, the servants cleared everything away. According to the time, it was now time for everyone to return to their own courtyards to rest, but Changle suddenly said: "Father, I brought back several very special plants from the Xuanyuan Tribe this time. I think they might be of great use. Could you go take a look now? I'm afraid you won't have time tomorrow when you receive Xuanyuan."

Baifeng also roughly understood that Changle wanted to take this opportunity to persuade him again, but it just so happened that he had figured things out now, and it would be good to tell these two children and let them set their minds at ease, so Baifeng agreed quite readily: "Alright, let's go, let's go take a look."

Yulong also hurriedly stood up: "I'll go take a look too." He turned his head to Zhi and said: "You go back to rest first, I'll be back later."

Zhi didn't think there was anything wrong with that and nodded obediently.

The father and his two sons went to Changle's courtyard just like that, opened the door, and lit a Platoon of Oil Lamp. The sky outside still had a little bit of light, and with these lamps, it wasn't too dark now; at least Baifeng could see things quite clearly.

Changle's servants were all at the same level as Baifeng's, understood how to advance or retreat and the rules, and had long since stayed far away from the study.

Changle pulled a chair over for Baifeng, let Baifeng sit in front of the desk, and the two brothers stood on either side. This feeling made Baifeng feel a bit strange, but he didn't state his thoughts first, instead tilting his head to look at Changle: "Where is it? Bring it here for me to see."

Changle obediently took out several specimens wrapped well in paper from his bag. He really did intend to use this thing to keep Baifeng here, and if that didn't work, he would try to persuade him firmly.

Baifeng unwrapped the paper package bit by bit. The strong odor of the bark made Baifeng wrinkle his nose involuntarily, but out of a doctor's instinct, he felt this thing was truly not simple.

Changle also immediately handed over the leaves and fruits from the same tree and unwrapped them. After Baifeng saw the fruit, he was stunned for a few seconds, then excitedly stood up from the chair: "This is, this is, hey hey hey, what was it called? Hey, anyway, it's a good thing. Changle, you discovered this from the Xuanyuan Tribe?"

Seeing his father's huge reaction, Changle knew there was a chance, and not only was the item of great use, but his success rate in persuading his father had also increased by a lot.

"That's right, Father, it was found in the Xuanyuan Tribe. They call this thing Bitter Tree and say that the leaves of this thing can be used to drive away bugs; these kinds of trees don't grow bugs at all."

"Bitter Tree, Bitter Tree, right, Chinaberry Tree. Oh my, how could I have forgotten about it?" Baifeng clapped his hands happily and said excitedly to Changle: "If you weren't my son, just for discovering this tree, I could have made you a Marquis!"

Hearing this, Changle finally realized just how important this kind of tree was, but what its function was, his father still hadn't said, and only Yulong was left worrying on the side; he hadn't understood anything at all.

Baifeng picked up that fruit, pinched it with two fingers, and held it in front of the Oil Lamp to observe it carefully: "That's right, that's right, one hundred percent correct. Chinaberry Tree, how could I have forgotten about you? With you, what kind of damn Betel Nut would I still be looking for?"

"Betel Nut?" Changle's eyes lit up, "Father, do you mean that this thing can replace Betel Nut and then kill the Ascaris in our bellies?"

The smile in Baifeng's tone could not be hidden at all: "That's right, that's right, but it's not replacing Betel Nut; its effect is no worse than Betel Nut, and it's even better. You can just use the bark of the Chinaberry Tree. Insecticide, oh insecticide, why do all the good things grow in the territory of the Xuanyuan Tribe?"

Yulong finally understood. He had a complete impression of what kind of insecticide it was; it could even be said that relying on this thing largely facilitated the alliance between Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe.

Yulong didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he could only squeeze to the side to look. Baifeng felt a head leaning over behind his shoulder and simply stuffed the fruit to Yulong: "Come on, take a good look at it."

Baifeng picked up that piece of Chinaberry Bark that was larger than his palm and sniffed it forcefully. Besides the smell of the bark itself, the stench of lamp smoke also drilled into his nose.

"We'll experiment tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll have people find some who are severely ill with Ascaris, let them use the medicine to see if it has an effect. If the effect is sufficient, we will import the medicinal materials in large quantities from the Xuanyuan Tribe and strive to eliminate Ascaris in Huaxia in one go," Baifeng said with a firm tone.

In such matters, Yulong was instead a bit like a fool, and he didn't mind showing this ignorant side of himself in front of his father: "Father, then do we need to eat it? Do we have bugs in our bellies?"

Baifeng patted Yulong's belly in a way that didn't fit his image: "Look at this belly of yours, the fat on your body, does it look like there are bugs? Generally speaking, the first manifestation of someone with Ascaris is being thin, not gaining weight, and not being able to get fat no matter how much they eat. Another thing is inexplicable stomach pain."

"I think you few probably don't have it, because our family has always been relatively particular about hygiene, and it's very difficult for Ascaris to spread into your mouths. I myself haven't felt like I have Ascaris. You two have grown up in such an environment since you were young, unless you went out to play before and ate without washing your hands when you came back, or put your hands in your mouths, only then would it be possible to be infected."

But Yulong had no bottom in his heart: "I feel like we should still take the medicine when the time comes, just in case? I always feel that the matter of having bugs in one's belly is too strange."

Baifeng nodded: "It should be taken. When the time comes, I'll study the dosage. Our whole family must take it, and I have to drink some too; this cannot be fully guaranteed."

Changle's focus was on other places: "Father, such an important thing, the Xuanyuan Tribe over there, I'm afraid the asking price will be very high, right?"

Baifeng didn't dare to guarantee it: "I'll talk to Xuanyuan about this tomorrow. The previous contract mentioned this matter; the pricing power is in our hands, but we definitely can't give them too little, otherwise Xuanyuan will have complaints in his heart."

"But the benefit of this thing is that it's a one-time business. As long as we thoroughly kill off the Ascaris, pay more attention to personal hygiene in the future, and don't come into contact with those wild people, it will basically be impossible to be infected again."

"In the future, we'll just store some more. When there are newly incorporated tribes or wild people, we'll kill them off again, that's all. The dosage won't be too large."

Baifeng suddenly asked again: "Is the output of this thing in the Xuanyuan Tribe large? There are quite a lot of people in our two tribes; we can't use this tree to the point of extinction all at once."