Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 24 Friends of Women
Wang, the most trusted Wenpo, was first ordered to get into the carriage of the Crown Princess.

As soon as I knelt down and sat down, I heard the Crown Princess starting to ask: "Tell me, how effective will the birth forceps be? I want to hear the truth!"

Although she was listening just now, she had never delivered a baby before and could not evaluate how effective this birth forceps would be, so she called Wen Po to ask questions.

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately said excitedly: "The role of this birth forceps is really immeasurable. From now on, most of the births that were difficult in the past will become smoother with this birth forceps."

She was afraid that the Crown Princess would not believe it, so she immediately added: "Don't listen to Mr. Zhang's words about what situations it should be used for. Based on the experience of civilian women, it is definitely suitable for many dangerous situations and can save many mothers and children from danger!"

She is just a stable mother-in-law. Although she also delivers babies in the East Palace, she does not have an official position, so she calls herself a common woman.

If Zhang Yifan only told her to listen to it alone, maybe she might also deliberately belittle the birth forceps and then use it herself.

But listening with her were several stable women, all of whom were well-known in Nanjing.Then she can only tell the truth, otherwise, if she speaks differently from the other stable women, it means that she has no knowledge.

In fact, her statement is not an exaggeration.

Before caesarean section, birth forceps were used very frequently during delivery and occupied an absolute position.Even after medical science developed in later generations, it still ranked only behind caesarean section.

Zhu Jingjing was very happy when she heard this.After Wen Po confirmed it, it was Zhang Yifan's great achievement.

As a mother who has given birth to a child, the Crown Princess has experienced the pain of childbirth and is also very happy to know that the conditions for childbirth can be improved. It can even be said that she is even happier than Zhu Jingjing.

No, seeing that she could no longer hide the smile on her face, she praised in front of Mr. Wang: "You are truly a man of great merit and a friend of women!"

This is a very high praise, but if Zhang Yifan were present, he would probably cry!Why did you send him a sign of a friend of women!
After the Crown Princess praised her, she asked Wang: "What do you think of what he said next?"

Of course Wang knew that this was referring to what Zhang Yifan said about disinfection.

This time, she didn't answer immediately, but replied after hesitating for a while: "The woman doesn't dare to confirm, but I feel that what he said makes sense, maybe it's true!"

Even if they see dust in the air, it doesn't mean they can believe that there is a microscopic world.

After all, for them, the dust in the air is actually understandable.But they still couldn't understand what it was like about microorganisms.

After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she added: "But the women of the people think that it is better to believe that they are there than to believe that they are not. From tomorrow on, the women of the people will do as he says when delivering babies to others. After a while, , maybe we can come to a conclusion!”

"That's right!" The Crown Princess was also very concerned about this issue, she nodded immediately and said, "Then one month is the time limit, you should pay attention to return visits to those women who have delivered babies, and then come to the East Palace to report."

It is definitely impossible for them to believe what Zhang Yifan said about this kind of thing. After all, she is the only one who trusts Zhang Yifan like Zhu Jingjing.

"The woman obeys the order!" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang immediately sat up straight and kowtowed, to show that she accepted the order.

However, she then said in a bit of embarrassment: "But the civilian woman still doesn't know how to make that... 75% alcohol?"

It was the first time she heard what Zhang Yifan said, so it was difficult to understand. However, it was related to Wang's meal, so she finally forced it down.

After hearing this, the Crown Princess thought for a moment and said: "The alcohol he mentioned should be wine dew. I seem to have heard my father say that. When I go back and ask, someone must know. When it is made, I will send someone to "Send it to me." There are many explanations for the emergence of distillation technology in China.The more credible one was brought by the Yuan Dynasty from the Western Regions, at least that's what Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica".

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were many wastes waiting to be renovated, and there was a severe shortage of food due to years of war. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, it was naturally impossible to encourage wine making.

When Zhu Jingjing heard this, she said excitedly: "Why are you working so hard? I'll go back and ask him right away and I'll find out!"

After saying that, she was ready to stand up.But in the end, she didn't stand up because she was held down by the Crown Princess.

The princess didn't pay attention to her immediately, and then asked Wang about baby care.

As far as this experience is concerned, Wen Po must be richer than herself.

This time, Wang did not hesitate, but affirmed that there was no problem with the baby care mentioned by Zhang Yifan.

After asking these questions, in order to be on the safe side, the Crown Princess called all the other Wen women into the car after Wang and asked the same questions.

Basically, the answers she got from other stable women were similar to Wang's.She also gave the three stable women a one-month deadline to verify the effectiveness of the methods of birth forceps and birth care.

It wasn't until she was done with this that the Crown Princess looked at Zhu Jingjing.But she didn't speak, just stared.

After a while, Zhu Jingjing felt a little uncomfortable.So she asked directly, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, the Crown Princess looked at her and suddenly said: "You are already a big girl, and you are still a princess. You have to be reserved and have royal majesty, you know?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jingjing immediately blushed, but she naturally refused to admit it and immediately retorted: "Sister-in-law, before you married my eldest brother, didn't you also like riding horses and archery, and went out to play?"

After hearing this, the Crown Princess did not delve into the matter further. She just called it a day and turned around to tell the maid to let Zhu Di get in the car.

Then, she said with a serious expression: "Father has already received confirmation. It is estimated that if there is an auspicious day in the next few days, you will be allowed to marry your daughter-in-law. You don't have to worry about the smallpox thing. Take care of it first." marriage. After all, your father-in-law is not here, so you can’t neglect your wife."

Xu Da was guarding Northern Xinjiang at this time, just over Peiping. He moved a large number of civilian and military households from Shanxi and other places to enrich the surrounding areas of Peiping. He was very busy. It was not until the spring of the 13th year of Hongwu that the Hu Weiyong case broke out, and Xu Da was ordered to return to Beijing.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and agreed.

If the smallpox incident is true as Zhang Yifan said, it will definitely be a huge credit.To be honest, he really wanted to get involved.However, he is the vassal king after all, and he is out of his mind to compete with the prince's brother for credit.

Besides, what the Crown Princess said actually made sense. To him, the most important thing was his wife.If you neglect him, your father-in-law may not be able to do his best in Beiping.Therefore, Zhu Di had no choice but to agree.

However, he also had concerns in his mind: If he went back to find the boy, there were still many things that he had not yet figured out, and he might be able to get some credit out of it.

That boy is really a mysterious person!

(End of this chapter)