Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 318 Good Medicine: Mung Bean Sprouts and Kelp

"Fan Taicheng, you have found a cure for the strange disease!"

Tong Guan, who had just woken up after a night's rest, couldn't wait to find Fan Zheng to ask about the situation.

Whether doctors can find the cause of strange diseases is related to the success or failure of opening up the Maritime Silk Road. Such strange diseases have appeared in the nearest countries of Korea and Fusang, making the entire fleet panic.

If it cannot be solved in time, sailors will have to sail thousands of miles to the South China Sea and the West Sea, which will cause heavy losses to the sailors and even discourage maritime merchants.

"Fortunately, the doctors have lived up to their mission!" Fan Zheng said.

A trace of ecstasy suddenly appeared on Tong Guan's face. He did the right thing by asking Fan Zheng for help. Such a strange disease was cured by Fan Zheng.

"I don't know what medicine is needed?" Tong Guan asked impatiently.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "This disease does not require medication. You only need to eat green vegetables to avoid getting the disease."

"Such a strange disease is just a lack of vegetables!"

However, when Fan Zheng told Tong Guan the cause of the disease, Tong Guan suddenly looked strange. He never thought that the cause of the strange disease turned out to be an inconspicuous vegetable.

"Yes, green vegetables are often eaten by sailors and crew on land, but are extremely rare at sea. Therefore, this disease only occurs on ocean-going ships. As long as vegetables are eaten in time, sailors and crew can avoid these strange diseases." Fan Zheng nodded. .

"Qingcai! Isn't this simple?" Tong Guan breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly his expression changed, and he raised his voice.

"But the sea is thousands of miles away, where can we find vegetables?"

He suddenly realized that even if he knew the cause of the disease, it might be difficult to completely prevent sailors from getting sick. After all, in the vast sea, the most precious thing is vegetables.

On the ship, food can be stored, and meat can be pickled and stored. However, vegetables are extremely difficult to store, and it is difficult to find vegetables without relying on land!

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Although it is thousands of miles away from the sea, there are many islands along the coast. As long as we go ashore regularly to replenish vegetables, we should be able to prevent the occurrence of sepsis."

Tong Guan smiled bitterly and said: "Although the method mentioned by Fan Taicheng is effective, the disadvantages are also obvious. If this is the case, the fleet can only sail along the coastline, and go ashore to look for vegetables and fruits wherever they go, but it is time-consuming. Too long."

As a result, not only will the journey become longer, but it will also take a lot of time for such a large fleet to go ashore in search of vegetables, which will add many difficulties to the already long voyage.

This voyage needs to avoid the summer hurricane season, and also take into account the monsoon wind direction. If you delay for one more day at sea, there will be one more day of risk. For maritime merchants, time is money, and naturally the shorter the time, the better.

Naturally, Tong Guan also wanted to complete his important mission to the maritime countries safely and quickly. In this way, he could also claim credit from the imperial court.

Fan Zheng smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, Fan has already prepared vegetables for you!"

"Seriously?" Tong Guan looked at Fan Zheng suspiciously. The vast sea was boundless. Let alone Fan Zheng, even gods might not be able to provide vegetables for so many people.

Seeing that Tong Guan didn't believe it, Fan Zheng put a handful of mung beans into Tong Guan's hand.

"green beans!"

Tong Guan's head was suddenly covered with black lines. What he wanted was green vegetables. Even if the mung beans were a little green, they couldn't be used as green vegetables!
Fan Zheng laughed and said: "Master Tong, what you said is wrong. Mung beans are of great use. If you cook mung bean porridge directly, it will naturally be the staple food. However, if you soak the mung beans in water, it will only take three to five days." It’s a plate of green vegetables!”

"Green bean sprouts!"

Tong Guan's eyes lit up and he said.

"Of course!" Fan Zheng said proudly.

Then he stretched out his hand and patted it, and a servant brought a plate of fried mung bean sprouts and placed it in front of Tong Guan.

"Medical books record: Mung beans are sweet and cool, can relieve heat and thirst, clear away heat and detoxify, and can detoxify aconite, arsenic, and other stone medicines. More importantly, mung beans are extremely durable in storage. Master Tong carried a large amount of mung beans on the ships, which can be used as food." The staple food can also be used as vegetables, which can be eaten at any time on the sea. There is no need to go ashore to look for vegetables, which will greatly reduce the voyage." Fan Zhengdao.

Tong Guan looked at the mung bean sprouts in front of him and couldn't help but feel excited. He picked up his chopsticks and ate happily.

Tong Guan was Zhao Xu's valet in the palace and had never tasted any delicacies from the mountains and seas. However, there had never been a dish as delicious as the plate of stir-fried mung bean sprouts in front of him.

"It turned out to be a strange disease caused by a lack of vegetables!"

When the news came back to Dengzhou Port, all the maritime merchants breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Others may wonder about the cause of this disease, but maritime merchants often go out to sea, so they naturally know that the most precious thing at sea is vegetables. In addition, lack of meat can cause night blindness, and it is natural that lack of vegetables can cause septicemia.

In addition, the reputation of the evil doctor Fan Zheng is known to the whole world, and now he has even prescribed a prescription for mung bean sprouts, so that no one has any doubts.

Sure enough, with the addition of a large amount of vegetables and fruits, as well as the use of folk recipes for stewing mustard greens!At Qingzhou Port, some septic patients with mild symptoms gradually improved, further confirming that Fan Zheng's medical prescription was correct.

At present, the originally somewhat depressed voyage has once again aroused enthusiasm. The temptation of huge profits, the protection of the overseas mission, and the overcoming of the cause of septicemia have made the voyage no longer a worry.

At present, the number of ships willing to go to sea has increased dramatically, reaching thousands in a short period of time, and the tax collected alone is as high as 50 yuan.

When Tong Guan once again escorted 50 yuan to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the whole court was shocked.

"Qi Guan Fang, Fuso's country is relatively stable, but its country is extremely martial, and its sales are quite good. Our family only sold a thousand pairs of armors and weapons..." Tong Guan reported.

"One hundred thousand guan!" Zeng Bu couldn't help but was stunned. A thousand pieces of armor and weapons were equivalent to [-] guan. He didn't expect that the weapons trade could be so profitable.

All the ministers in the court also had wry smiles on their faces, it would be too profitable to go overseas!
Many courtiers secretly calculated that it had only been more than two months since the imperial court ordered them to go to sea.First, three hundred ships going to sea were taxed 15 guan, Goryeo bought weapons 20 guan, and Fusang bought weapons 50 guan. Now, the next time they went to sea, another [-] guan was collected, which was enough to earn nearly a million guan for the court. It's even faster to grab money.

Zhao Xu also forcibly endured his excitement. With this million dollars, the imperial court's tight finances will be greatly alleviated.

"Tong Guan! You have done a good job, but remember, making money is secondary. The most important thing is to bring the people of the Song Dynasty back safely. At the same time, don't make friends with other countries and promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty." Zhao Xu did not hesitate. Appreciated.

"Tong Guan obeys the order!"

Tong Guan naturally understood Zhao Xu's will. If making money was the second priority, he would not put it first.

The ministers of the old party were also dissatisfied with the imperial court's arms trade and the emphasis on maritime merchants. However, in the face of such huge wealth, they could only hold their noses and admit it. Moreover, these maritime merchants were diverting troubles to the east and earning money from overseas countries. The money is beneficial to the Song Dynasty, and they are naturally happy to see the results.

Off the coast of Dengzhou!Thousands of sails compete,
The scale of this trip to sea was even greater than the previous one, with thousands of merchant ships following it. Its scale attracted countless people to watch.

Maritime trade is highly profitable, and the advantage lies in its large volume. Each ship hoards as much cargo as possible. One voyage can make a person rich overnight.At the same time, the major shipyards in the Song Dynasty had only one requirement for customized hulls, which was to be as large as possible and to carry as much cargo as possible.

On the Shenzhou, Tong Guan looked at the hundreds of battleships and thousands of cargo ships behind him, and he suddenly became very high-spirited.

"Send an order to confirm whether all ships carry mung beans. Ships that do not carry mung beans are prohibited from going to sea." Tong Guan ordered decisively.

Apart from natural disasters, the biggest risk on the ocean is septicemia, and the best way to solve the green vegetable crisis is mung bean sprouts. Mung beans are the key to the success of the opening of the Silk Road, so they are naturally a top priority.

"Yes!" Immediately a eunuch took a small boat and went to the ships to deliver the order.

Each ship responded one after another, saying that they had sufficient reserves of mung beans.

Mung beans were very common in the Song Dynasty, and the price was not high. Mung bean sprouts were the key to avoiding septicemia. In addition, mung beans could be used as a staple food and were carried around. This also caused the price of mung beans to rise slightly. Even so, the ships were still in large quantities. After all, everyone knows that when purchasing mung beans, if you bring too little and want mung beans at sea, they will not be priced at Song Dynasty prices.
"set off!"

Following Tong Guan's order, thousands of ships pulled up their sails and slowly sailed out of Dengzhou Port under the strong wind, officially beginning their voyage to the Western Ocean and opening up the Maritime Silk Road.

In Kaifeng City, Fan Zheng got the news that Tong Guan was going to sea. It was already six days later.

"Expanding overseas, from now on, the course of the Song Dynasty will probably change!" Fan Zheng said with emotion.

Su Dun on the side frowned and said: "Su doesn't know whether the progress of the Song Dynasty has changed, but the progress of the medical family has changed because of this voyage!"

"Now Yang knows how vast medicine is!" Yang Jie said with emotion.

Doctors have always prescribed prescriptions to treat diseases, but Fan Zheng's gooseneck bottle experiment proved that the causes of diseases are alive. The subsequent emergence of microscopes ushered doctors into the era of microorganisms.

However, microbiologists have not yet thoroughly studied the case of septicemia caused by lack of green vegetables, which has plunged doctors into a deeper field.

"Without meat, people will suffer from night blindness, and without vegetables, the human body will suffer from sepsis. Fan speculated that whether it is meat or vegetables, they must contain substances necessary for the human body to maintain life. Once they are lacking, it will cause the body's Disease! Fan calls it vitamins." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Vitamin!"

The two nodded slightly, and Fan Zheng's naming hit the spot.

Moreover, vitamins are hidden in vegetables and meat, making them more difficult to detect than the sources of disease, which is a huge shock to doctors.

"But the example of septicemia at sea reminded Fan of a very similar disease." Fan Zheng frowned.

Yang Jie was surprised and said, "I wonder what disease Brother Fan is talking about?"

Fan Zheng explained: "I don't know if you two still remember that when we took the gooseneck bottle to experiment and went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to compete, the main purpose was to focus on Chao Yuan's ancestral medical book "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases", in which there was a The case is called gall disease."

"There are many "gall" diseases in mountainous areas because the people there "drink sand water." Yang Jie was the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau at the time, and he was familiar with medical books and spoke freely.

Gall disease, commonly known as gall bag, refers to a cystic tumor that occurs in the front of the neck, which is also the big neck disease that is very popular in our later generations.

Fan Zheng solemnly said: "Although "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases" has certain errors, it cannot be denied that it is an excellent medical book. And there are many "gall" diseases in mountainous areas. Is it the same as septicemia among sailors on sea ships? Do you get sick only under certain conditions?”

The two of them were suddenly shocked. Su Dun said solemnly: "You suspect that gall disease in mountainous areas is caused by lack of vegetables and certain vitamins in the body, just like sailors."

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Other than that, it doesn't make sense at all, why this disease is so common in mountainous areas but not so common in other areas."

"But although the people in the mountainous areas are poor, they can hunt and gather wild vegetables. There is no shortage of meat or vegetables." Yang Jie frowned.

Except for the inconvenience of traveling, the diet of people in mountainous areas is almost the same as that of people in other places. It is not as obvious as the lack of vegetables at sea.

Su Dun was also frowning. Although he was a forensic doctor and had solved countless cases, he was still helpless when facing this matter.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Actually, the real cause of the disease has been hinted in this book."

"Drinking sand and water, what kind of disease is this?" Su Dun frowned.

Yang Jie's heart moved and he said: "I know! Compared with the well water in the plains, the sand water must lack some life-sustaining substances, just like the lack of green vegetables on the sea."

"What should we do? Is it possible to bring water from wells in the plains to people in the mountains to drink?" Su Dun said helplessly.

If there is a lack of vegetables at sea, mung bean sprouts can still be grown, but it will be troublesome to transport water. Moreover, the mountainous terrain is high, and transporting water upwards can only be done by people. With so many people, it is an impossible task.

Fan Zheng said loudly: "As long as the cause of the disease is found, it can be easily cured. You only see that there may be a lack of life-sustaining substances in the sand and water. As long as you find the whereabouts of these lost substances, you can solve the disease. "

Yang Jie said in frustration: "We don't even know what these substances are, how can we find them?"

Fan Zheng smiled confidently and said: "Gall disease mostly occurs in mountainous areas, and drinking sandy water flows downwards. Where do you think those substances go?

"In the river?" Yang Jie's heart moved.

"The river is also flowing!" Fan Zheng shook his head.

"The lake is not the sea!" Su Dun's eyes lit up and he suddenly said.

"The sea?" Yang Jie looked at Fan Zheng and Su Dun with difficulty. He never would have guessed that the good medicine for treating big neck disease in mountainous areas would actually be in the sea.

However, when he picked up the records on the causes and symptoms of various diseases and recalled the joint reasoning of Fan Zheng and Su Dun, he finally found that this was probably the only reason.

"You can try it!"

Yang Jie nodded solemnly.

Fan Zhengdao said: "This method is beneficial and cost-effective. The sea is rich in products, including kelp, seaweed, scallops, sea fish, etc., which is enough for the people of the Song Dynasty to no longer have to suffer from gall disease."

Su Dun and others looked at each other and nodded solemnly.

Yang Jie couldn't help but look strange. Septicemia at sea was caused by the lack of vegetables on land, and galls on land actually needed to be treated with plants from the sea.

The sea and the land drink and peck at the same time, which is both coincidence and providence.

(End of this chapter)