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Chapter 1125 A land flowing with milk and honey (second update, please subscribe)
On the streets, monks in yellow robes can be seen everywhere.His bare, dark arms swung the prayer wheel.

Even if they are far apart, they can still hear the sound of chanting scriptures coming from the temple, which is coming from Youning Temple. The sun shines on the golden roof of Youning Temple, reflecting a dazzling brilliance.

Gazing at the resplendent and magnificent temple, Nahdigar's eyes were filled with admiration as he chanted sutras solemnly.

"This temple is really a work of art! A Chinese-style art treasure!"

In fact, since he crossed the Suez Canal and entered Ming Africa to enter this vast colony, in the past two years, the most buildings he saw were Lama Temples.

In cities, lamasery is often the most spectacular building, but in wild and savage places, lamasery is also the only modern building.

Although he was envious of the Ming Empire occupying such a vast land in Africa, on the other hand he had to admit it.To a large extent, yes, I did bring civilization to this barbaric land, at least here, it is now difficult to see those savages with hands and teeth in their lips.

Whether they like it or not, they have all been educated to a certain extent. Civilization has taken root and sprouted in this land. Of course, this is what Germany needs to learn in the future.

"In Africa, lama temples are a symbol of a certain civilization. The lamas of the Ming Empire are like European missionaries. They went deep into the grasslands and rainforests to preach to the locals and brought them to the embrace of Buddhism. European beliefs are God, but Yu Daming's belief...may be Buddhism."

For Europeans, they don't know the difference between the Yellow Sect and Buddhism, and of course they don't understand the Chinese people's attitude of worshiping gods and Buddhas when they meet Buddhas. Hedigal was most impressed by the lamasery that can be seen everywhere in the imperial colonies.

Those that can be displayed are not only Chinese art treasures, but their existence is a symbol of civilization and a conquest of civilization and barbarism.It is the existence of civilization.

"The land has been changed by them!"

Looking at the dark-skinned monks in yellow robes, Nahdigar said with emotion.

In Ming Africa, those natives were very happy to become lamas. Being a lama meant that they didn’t need to perform heavy labor, and they could even get something for nothing—they didn’t need labor.

Of course, they can no longer marry after becoming lamas, but so what?

The important thing is that lamas do not need to do hard labor, they only need to read scriptures to eat.In contrast, everything else is secondary.

Indeed, as Nahdigar laments, the land has been profoundly changed.

As for what the future of this land will look like, I am afraid only God knows.

Of course, in this land, there will be a place for God in the future. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of exiled prisoners of war living here. They have long married wives and had children here, and took root here.

Even now with the demise of Peru and Bolivia, new captives will come here, and they will take root here and breed with native women.

The chanting in the lamasery echoed in the air. In this early morning, in the sky of the "land flowing with milk and honey" that many travelers in Europe said to be yearning for, a group of dark clouds Passenger pigeons fly through the air.

On the balcony of the Institute of Tropical Diseases in Mombasa, Keiji Ito, holding a teacup, looked at the flock of passenger pigeons in the sky, thought for a while, and then asked.

"Tanaka, do you remember when did this group of passenger pigeons arrive in Kenya?"

"It should be in March this year! When this group of passenger pigeons flew over, it was even featured in the newspaper."

Tanaka replied.

Passenger pigeons are pigeons introduced by the empire from North America. A few years ago, several flocks of passenger pigeons were introduced to African colonies to kill locusts. Unlike ordinary pigeons, which are vegetarian, passenger pigeons not only eat vegetarian food such as acorn grass seeds, but also It also eats pests such as locusts and flies.

In the era without chemical pesticides, passenger pigeons are a very effective tool for killing locusts and insects. Although they also eat food, they are within an acceptable range. After all, passenger pigeons are less harmful to crops than locusts. The damage is within an acceptable range.

And this is also the original intention of Emperor Zhu to introduce passenger pigeons. Of course, there is no need to worry that it will become an ecological disaster-passenger pigeons are plump and easy to catch-if you set up a net, you can catch tens of thousands or even 10,000+ Only, the 50 billion passenger pigeons in North America can be eaten by Americans to extinction.

When it’s time to balance the ecology, just catch and eat it—it’s almost like exchanging food for meat. Even now, many people hunt passenger pigeons to eat meat. In Daming, many teenagers carry air guns to add food to their homes on weekends.In contrast, the red-billed quelea, which is rampant in Africa, is a pest.Although their young birds also eat pests, they will eat a lot of food when they reach adulthood. As for food for meat, it is simply impossible. A bird weighing only a few grams does not have enough meat to fit between its teeth.

"March, let me think about it..."

Keiji Ito thought for a while, and suddenly, he ran into the office and took out a report, and said a little excitedly.

"Have you noticed that from March this year to now, it seems that the incidence of sleeping sickness has been decreasing!"

Pass the report to Tanakaichi, Ito Keiji said.

"So is it possible that the decline in sleeping sickness is directly related to these passenger pigeons? The incidence of sleeping sickness has been reduced by more than 50%. What do passenger pigeons eat?"

"Different from ordinary pigeons, it is omnivorous and eats everything, including grass seeds, grains, wild fruits, locust larvae, flies, mosquitoes, etc..."

Tanaka recalls the food found among the captured passenger pigeon bits.

"That's right! Flies, mosquitoes... yes, that's right!"

Ito Keiji shouted excitedly.

"So, I think sleeping sickness may be brought by flies or mosquitoes, and there are trypanosomes in their bodies..."

Said to his colleague Tanakaichi beside him.

"Sleeping sickness" is the greatest enemy of the empire's conquest of Africa. Tens of thousands of people are infected with this disease every year. Not only that, but hundreds of thousands of livestock die from this disease every year. This is also the focus of research by the Institute of Tropical Diseases. Through the anatomical study of the corpse, they have long discovered that this disease is caused by trypanosomes. In the early stage of trypanosome invasion into the human body, they parasitize in the lymph fluid and blood, causing most of the human body's lymph nodes to enlarge, splenomegaly, myocardium, etc. inflamed.After several years, at the advanced stage, some of them invade the cerebrospinal fluid of the human body after 2 to 4 weeks, and meningitis occurs. The patient appears in a state of apathy, tremors, convulsions, and finally lethargy or lethargy, and usually dies in about 2 years.

Although the pathology has been clarified, its transmission route has not been clarified.But with the arrival of this group of passenger pigeons, Iteng Keiji saw some possibility.

"It is indeed possible!"

Tanaka thought for a while, then said.

"I think flies are more likely, after all, trypanosoma is unlikely to exist in mosquitoes!"

"Then let's try it out!"

On the same day, people from the Institute of Tropical Diseases saw Dr. Iten catch flies with a net in the yard.Sometimes a remarkable discovery often begins with an accidental discovery. That evening, Iten found the pathogen of African trypanosomiasis in the local tsetse fly through a microscope.

What does this finding mean?
It means that the source of a disease that has the greatest impact on Ming’s African colonial career has been found. If the source is found, it is natural to prescribe the right medicine to reduce the tsetse fly by controlling the environment - reclaiming forest land and regularly burning bushes to prevent it. environment to reduce their threat to immigrant settlements, and eventually this land will be transformed into a fertile soil suitable for human survival...

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