Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 1004 The Great Tang Has Another Treasure

Dugu Lanruo also said: "According to the medical records, 300 years ago, acne raged for nearly 50 years, and countless deaths occurred in the Central Plains. It was extremely contagious. In many states and counties, nearly [-]% of the patients died of the disease, and nearly [-]% of the severe cases died."

Liu Mu didn't know much about smallpox, only that the death rate of this disease was terrible.

It seems that hundreds of millions of people died of smallpox in history, and it seems that the death rate of Indians in America reached [-]%.

Li Shimin said to Liu Mu again: "Oscar Buddy came to meet brother, and he told brother a very terrible thing."

"horrible?"

"Correct."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "A few decades ago, there were troops attacking the Arabs. Back then, the Arabs had not yet established the Sarasan Kingdom. The number of enemy troops was quite large, and the entire army had not yet attacked the city and was wiped out."

"Because of smallpox."

The name Liu Mu blurted out was Smallpox.

Li Shimin knew that Liu Mu subconsciously said the name of smallpox. What is the origin of the name of smallpox? I don’t think Liu Mu himself knows, so Li Shimin helped Liu Mu round up the word:
"It's appropriate to call smallpox, it is true. According to Oscar Buddy's description, the face of the infected person is full of bumps and marks, and it is quite appropriate to use flowers to refer to it euphemistically. It was a disaster from heaven, and the disease will be called smallpox in the future.”

Liu Mu patted his head: "The problem of wanting to come to the Mediterranean Sea is more serious than ours."

"That's right, it's very serious. Many nobles lost their lives because of this disease. If they were lucky enough to survive, if it was a young woman, they might be in this life..." Li Shimin didn't describe it any further, he felt horrified even thinking about it.

The next day, the people sent representatives to see Liu Mu.

In addition to the common people in Chang'an, a large number of Persians and Arabs in Chang'an also came, and there were no Romans. They have received a message from the Clerk Department that they will talk to them about the vaccination in the next few days. Don and Rome were themselves allies.

Representatives of the people wrote letters to Liumu, and then Persia and Arabs.

The Arabs were defeated, made peace, and the arrested Arab businessmen were basically acquitted as long as they did not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

The Persians and Arabs came here hoping to obtain this miracle medicine.

The representatives of the people are not all because of the cowpox. There are other things about the cowpox.

An old man stepped forward after getting permission: "The West City Woodware Chamber of Commerce, the Pharmaceutical Industry and Commerce Association, and the Small Utensils Chamber of Commerce jointly signed a letter."

"Please tell me, old man."

"My son-in-law, according to the Chang'an decree, the Yonghe and Yongping workshops are also included, but the Chang'an mansion has rejected the qualification of many residents in the workshop to vaccinate. The craftsmen belonging to our three chambers of commerce were rejected."

Liu Mu didn't understand after hearing this: "You should appeal this matter to Chang'an Mansion."

"My son-in-law, the rejected artisan identity documents are all issued by the shipping department, and the Chang'an government doesn't care."

When Liu Mu heard this, he understood that the identity documents issued by the Shipping Department were the educated Jiaoren and the Fusang and Silla people who were under the management of the Shipping Department.

At this time, several representatives came forward.

"We demand equal pay for equal work, otherwise those craftsmen will slow down or even stop working. Therefore, the benefits that the people of Chang'an have, our craftsmen should also have."

It's not about cowpox.

It was these people who found out that Liu Mu was back, and Liu Mu was the chief envoy, so they organized a group to petition.

The purpose of each chamber of commerce is very simple. They are not here for the cowpox, but for the stable production environment of the workshops under their respective chambers of commerce.

The long-term unfair treatment and the large gap have caused dissatisfaction among foreigners with low status.

In particular, housing loans in Chang'an City, medical relief, free elementary school, basic clothing subsidies, wool subsidies, winter vegetables subsidies, etc.

This made the living cost of foreign craftsmen nearly double that of ordinary Tang craftsmen, so they borrowed this time to deny them the benefits of vaccinating, and put pressure on the workshop owners. The workshop owners went to the chamber of commerce, and the chamber of commerce held a joint meeting .

When Liu Mu returned to the city, countless people petitioned.

Now that there is an opportunity to talk, the chamber of commerce will send someone to petition.

"The Chang'an government doesn't care about this matter, and the household department doesn't care?"

"If you want to return to the son-in-law, we have handed over the letter three times. This matter cannot be decided by the gate of the yamen. Originally, we planned to hand over the letter to the minister and the cabinet's half-year public opinion in accordance with the law of the Tang Dynasty, but the letter of public opinion has piled up like a mountain. People don’t dare to think that these things of ours are big things, and they don’t dare to hand over the letter to the people of the Tai Chi Hall.”

Liu Mu turned sideways to inquire about the people around him.

The guard beside him said: "If you come back to Mr. Lang, there is a place in the cabinet called the Hall of Public Opinion. Not only is there Chang'an, but there are also letters from all states and counties in the world every day. It is indeed piled up like a mountain."

"Is there so much public opinion?" Liu Mu couldn't believe it.

"I don't know about that." The guard hadn't read the content of the Public Opinion Hall.

It was the older representative of the Chamber of Commerce who stepped forward and said, "My son-in-law, Xiaomin knows a thing or two."

"You said."

"As far as Xiaomin knows...

The representative of the chamber of commerce said dozens of things in one breath. This was obviously a kind act of the Tang emperor Li Shimin to open up his mouth. Xiaomin dared to say anything.

When it gets bigger, some scholars wrote a letter, and Maoling fell into disrepair...

Some post soldiers wrote a letter, suggesting that a bridge should be added somewhere...

To put it in a small way, some people wrote a letter, and two villages of such and such were fighting over water. This was not because they did not follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty, but because there was a century-old grievance and so on...

Those around Chang'an are sent directly to the Chang'an City Public Opinion Office. For those in other prefectures, the county will handle some of them first.Anyone who needs to ask for instructions will be packed every five days, and the unprocessed ones will be sent to the government office. If the state government can't handle it, it will be sent to the governor's office of each province, and then sent to Chang'an.

After the old man from the Chamber of Commerce finished speaking, Liu Mu probably understood.

No wonder the elders of the chamber of commerce dare not talk about their own major issues, because all the things sent from various places are at least things that the state government can't handle, or they involve appropriation, or they conflict with the law but they are different from each other.

"I accept this matter. I will personally write a letter to the cabinet. Please go back and appease the craftsmen in the workshops. There will be a result."

"Thank you son-in-law."

The chambers of commerce took the opportunity to raise a lot of issues, some wanted to represent vaccinia, some complained that a certain industry's tax was too high, and some of them applied for free vaccinia for other workshops, etc.

After Liu Mu answered one by one, he summoned the representatives of the Persians and Arabs.

The representatives of these two sides only want to do one thing, which is to vaccinate against vaccinia. I don’t know how many people have died because of smallpox in the land of their two clans.

"His Royal Highness, we are here for cowpox...

(End of this chapter)