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Chapter 317 Penicillin Progress; Buff+1
"Sir, today's news is about Russia. It is said that they are in civil turmoil again. I'm afraid it won't stop for a while, right?"

"Yes."

Seeing Zhou Changfeng's straightforward answer, Xia Xiaoshi hesitated and asked, "Then you..."

The former waved his hand to signal Lin Xi to sit down, and then he picked up the teapot and poured tea. The warm tea flowed into the cup with the tea leaves, steaming hot.

"One ring after another, Britain, France and Russia joined hands to contain Germany and Austria in the middle. Now that the east is in chaos, the situation will definitely only accelerate and deteriorate."

"Oh, in this case, will the impact affect us as well?"

People sometimes have such contradictions - they have already guessed the answer in their hearts, but they still ask the question knowingly, hoping that the other party will give a negative answer.

Zhou Changfeng didn't dare to sip the hot tea, he just blew on it, then looked at Xia Xiaoshi and said with a smile: "I've read a lot of books anyway, what do you think?"

"Sigh." The latter sighed, with a gloomy face, "In that case, wouldn't you have to leave a year ago?"

"I'm afraid so."

"What about New Year's Day?"

"New Year's Day should be fine, but it won't be so soon. Even if the European side fights first, it will take about a month for our turn to end."

Lin Xi on the side suddenly said: "If we send troops to Nanyang, we will be involved too. I don't know if I will receive a call-up order."

It is almost impossible for Lanfang to be alone. In this turbulent era, the possibility of a small country wanting to stay out of it is very slim.

What's more, Lanfang's geographical location is very critical, and it doesn't have the unique geographical advantages like Switzerland, which is located in the Alps.

It is also a small country where all the people are soldiers. Lanfang's west and north sides are all coastal, and it is difficult to defend in every aspect, so it is actually not as thorny and difficult to deal with as Switzerland.

If Lanfang is hard difficulty, then Switzerland is hell difficulty.

"Thinking too much, you are abroad, how could you send the call-up order?" Zhou Changfeng replied indifferently.

However, Lin Xi said: "You seem to have forgotten that after I resigned from the library, I left a letter at home and came to Daming. Then, the call-up order was sent directly to my home."

"That's it." Zhou Changfeng frowned and thought for a while, then pondered: "For some reason, he was not in the country and failed to apply in time. This should not be investigated. It's not that you resisted maliciously."

"That's true."

"Don't worry, you can wipe out Borneo by yourselves, as far as the British and Dutch-Indian troops are looking like in Fibrakan."

Taking a step back, even if the parties were really to be held accountable according to the Lanfang law, at least it was a republic, so it wouldn't mess around with punishment, and the special treatment would naturally be dealt with specially.

If you really want to use tactful words flexibly, take good care of the wife of a general in the country, so that he can lead the army wholeheartedly without any worries, and in the end, isn't it considered a powerful help for the country?
This is the real way to help the country.

After dispelling Lin Xi's concerns, Zhou Changfeng explained to Xia Xiaoshi that he was about to leave for the landing drill.

As a result, her expression became more gloomy visible to the naked eye.

Alas, this trip will take at least a month, but what can I say?

This is something that can’t be helped, and I shouldn’t complain, because that would make me appear to be uncultivated and unreasonable.

After sharing the same bed at night, Xia Xiaoshi's mood was still low.

The emotional impact of pregnancy varies from person to person, at least it was more obvious to her. She was optimistic and positive in the past, but now she has become a lot more sentimental.

Zhou Changfeng looked at her with admiring eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, you have a good physique, and your belly doesn't show much during pregnancy. If you take good care of it, you won't get stretch marks."

"Hopefully, don't show up, or I'll die of depression." Xia Xiaoshi shook her head again and again, who wants to grow that thing, it's ugly and annoying, just thinking about it makes people uncomfortable.

"You can go to the doctor to write a prescription. The hospital should have that kind of ointment ready-made. The focus is on prevention."

"Well, then...go ask the doctor in a few days."

After a while, Zhou Changfeng's hand began to move up slowly...

"Huh? Why?"

"What do you think? Of course it's something you haven't seen for a long time."

The shy Xia Xiaoshi blushed involuntarily, "This is not good..."

"Didn't I say it before?" Zhou Changfeng leaned into her ear and said softly, "It's not allowed for the first three months, but it's okay for the middle months."

Needless to say, it was an extraordinary night - comfortable and relaxing.

The next day, morning.

It was late autumn, and the north wind was bleak. Although the daytime temperature in Nanjing remained at a refreshing level, it was already a bit cold in the morning and night.

"...with the sharp sword out of its sheath, my brave and agile aviation athlete lived up to everyone's expectations and taught the enemy a painful lesson. On that day, a total of 24 enemy planes were shot down and six were injured. Yu Zhen, a pilot trainee, is skilled and outnumbered. He also captured two planes; Lieutenant Flying Officer Zhao Xuwu was fearless, went deep into the enemy's territory, and knocked down two planes one after the other..."

Because Daming has already entered the battle readiness, more and more press releases need to be reviewed, so there is a lag of about one day in many things.

"Wow, this is just a conflict in such a remote border. Did this kill more than 20 planes at once? One against five?" Xia Xiaoshi, who was drinking porridge, said in surprise.

"Not that many." Zhou Changfeng on the opposite side of the table replied casually while peeling the salted duck eggs: "Actually, sixteen were shot down, seven were damaged, and five of our own were lost, and two were seriously damaged. It is necessary to fly back." scrapped."

"That's pretty amazing, one is three."

"Well, don't say this to the outside world. The published battle report must consider the morale of the army and the people, and there will definitely be rhetoric."

Xia Xiaoshi let out a "huh", curled her lips and said, "I'm sure, I'm not lacking in thoughtfulness."

With well-trained, proper tactics, and superior aircraft performance, it is not uncommon to have a one-to-three exchange ratio.

This is because it is located in the territory of Tsarist Russia, most of the pilots of the Ming army did not dare to chase and fight unscrupulously, otherwise the results would be even more.

Later, when Zhou Changfeng was flipping through a medical journal, a paper titled "On the Selection and Preliminary Purification of Molds That Can Reduce Germs" caught his attention.

In fact, he has been paying attention to the study of penicillin since the pacification of Japan. At that time, he was still worried that his identity had nothing to do with biomedicine, and he didn't know how to lead the research in advance.

But after the class teacher returned to China, he checked and inquired for a while, and he learned that Furong University had formally organized a group to start research at the beginning of this year.

Now that I have started research, I have nothing to do with myself. Anyway, I don't know how to purify and extract biochemistry.

In history, Fleming's discovery was buried because of the failure of purification. It was not picked up again by two Australians until [-] and continued to try.

However, the variable is that the size of Ming Dynasty is too large, accounting for almost a quarter of the world's population.

Even as a late-developing industrial country, the economic and educational level is not comparable to that of the first-developing industrial countries, but even if only a few prosperous provinces are considered, they still have a considerable high-quality population.

With such a large population base, the possibility of many things being discovered and tried in advance will naturally increase significantly.

Judging from this paper, scholars in Chengdu are already trying to make a large-scale production.

Because the amount of penicillin obtained by the laboratory method is too scarce, even animal experiments and clinical trials cannot be carried out, so we must find ways to prepare more.

Zhou Changfeng was helpless in this regard—remembering the critical mass of uranium and plutonium was nothing, it was just a number, but the professional knowledge of biochemistry was beyond the grasp of ordinary people.

So I can only hope that their progress can be faster, and it can save hundreds of lives if it is put into use one day earlier...

No, there is another variable.

After dealing with the remaining porridge and half a salted duck egg, Zhou Changfeng took the journal and set off.

Seeing that the pointer of the fuel gauge had reached the red zone, he refueled while passing by the gas station.

"NO.70, top up."

"Okay, wait a minute."

后世的92号、95号、98号汽油在现在可是稀罕物，大明航空兵只有在作战时才会使用94号汽油或100号汽油，转场和日常训练的时候会退而求其次使用87号汽油。

As for civilian vehicles, trucks generally eat No. 56 or No. 66 coarse grains, and cars eat No. 70 or No. 78 fine grains.

Today's gasoline is leaded, because tetraethyl lead needs to be added as an antiknock agent, so there is no small harm to the environment and human body.

When they arrived at the Forbidden City, Zhou Changfeng, who was in high spirits, went straight through the Qianqing Gate and went straight to Zhaoren Hall, where Zhu Lingjing usually worked.

Compared with the troubles of other officials to meet the emperor - waiting for many days, and possibly being rejected, the special treatment of myself as a consultant is really wonderful.

But after seeing a lot, it will always be a little annoying, especially Zhu Lingjing is not feeling well today.

"what's up?"

Her colder tone than usual dampened Zhou Changfeng's previous interest, he could only cup his hands, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, you should know the mold that can kill pathogenic bacteria, right?"

Since the emperor didn't like other people's half-talking, he went on to add: "Furong University has confirmed that this mold is very effective against common pathogenic bacteria, but because the amount produced is too small, follow-up tests cannot be carried out."

"Oh, did you come to ask me for money?" Zhu Lingjing said indifferently.

"Your Majesty, weren't you very angry yesterday? You can use it if you want to spend a billion dollars on the big exercise." Zhou Changfeng quickly explained: "The significance of this antibacterial drug is too great. Let me talk about it from the perspective of war, for soldiers. It is almost equivalent to having a second life, and it will definitely improve morale; and the more veterans who return from injury, the better, and it is also conducive to long-term wars.”

"I've known about this before..." Zhu Lingjing glanced at him sideways, thoughtfully, as if she was struggling with something, and after a while she said, "Well... okay."

The reason why she is not very interested in this is that there is very little information about penicillin, and she does not know its efficacy, drug resistance, and side effects.

From her point of view, it might just be something similar to sulfonamide—maybe the efficacy is mediocre, and drug resistance might appear soon.

Wouldn't it be good to follow the steps and develop slowly?No hurries?
Don't be reluctant to spend money that should be spent, but don't waste money that shouldn't be spent.

"Don't come to me for such things in the future, just write a notebook." She said impatiently.

Zhou Changfeng stared at her hand holding the pen, and saw that she wrote a sentence in a few swipes, and then typed a chapter neatly.

"Your Majesty, I can only be considered rudimentary. It is so troublesome to write official documents."

"Slick tongue, I've read all the papers you wrote before, what's the matter? You can write the papers, but can't you write the memorabilia?" Zhu Lingjing said leisurely: "Why don't I give you special approval to remake it?"

"Don't, don't, write, I'll write, and I will definitely write a notebook if I need instructions in the future... Your Majesty is well, I'm resigning!" Zhou Changfeng picked up the flimsy but meaningful piece of paper after finishing speaking, and was about to run away.

However, Zhu Lingjing stopped him, and said, "I have to send someone to go to Fujian Dudu's Mansion. A case happened there. It's not a trivial matter, and it's still being suppressed. If you don't have time later, let Luo Fu go." You go talk to him first."

"May I ask Your Majesty what is the case?"

"Fuzhou government, reselling military supplies, smuggling."

hiss!Maybe it will be an imperial case.

Relying on mountains to eat mountains, and relying on water to eat water, there will always be local officials who can't help but be tempted, but until everything is found out, the real situation in Fuzhou Prefecture is still unknown.

But Zhou Changfeng didn't take this matter too seriously, because compared with it, penicillin was obviously more important.

It wasn't until he left the Forbidden City that he realized why Zhu Lingjing showed no interest—no wonder the woman felt that she was making a fuss out of a molehill, and she thought that penicillin was on the same level as sulfa.

However, how can penicillin, as a classic antibiotic that has increased the average life expectancy of all human beings by more than ten years, be comparable to mere antibacterial drugs?

But no matter what, she is still very face-saving.

[Acceleration Buff+1, Penicillin R&D Speed+15%]

At noon three days later, Lu Luji.

"Woooooo-"

Amidst the sound of the siren, the military column loaded with officers, soldiers and equipment of the [-]st Marine Brigade slowly slowed down and stopped steadily at the Luluji Railway Station.

On the platform, workers wearing fur hats had been waiting for a long time. Some people came forward holding water pipes, and some people told them to stay out of the way. Just like that, they began to add coal and water to the military column. It was a scene of great enthusiasm.

Luluji is the Harbin of later generations. In fact, this place existed in the Yongle period in the early Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was a post station of Nuer Gandusi.

The sun is in the right sky, with a lot of light, but it can bring very little heat, and the temperature at noon is only 2°C.

For two days in a row, the First Marine Brigade took the train from south to north and crossed almost half of Ming Dynasty. The soldiers were very tired, and many soldiers from the south had never experienced the severe cold in the north.

It's only November, how can it be minus six or seven degrees at night?

In the officer's compartment, Xie Wancheng pushed open the door, lifted the curtain and walked in.

He reported: "Boss, it's a bit slower than planned, and we will arrive at the sea cucumber in the middle of the night."

Zhou Changfeng was staring at the white window and lost his mind, only to regain his senses when he heard the sound, "Well, the sea cucumbers will wait for a few days to get used to it before boarding the ship."

(End of this chapter)