Kai Fu Han

Chapter 378 Lack of Labor
In order to avoid the recurrence of gaps caused by his own negligence, Liu Xinqi could only use his brain to continue searching for the medical knowledge he had come into contact with in his previous life.

"Vaccinia is an infectious disease that occurs in cattle. It is an acute infection caused by smallpox virus in cattle. Its symptoms are usually localized ulcers on the udder of cows." Liu Xinqi said: "This virus can be passed through contact with It is transmitted to humans and is more common among cattle farmers, milkers, and butchers who slaughter cattle."

"I have seen this disease. In half of the cases, the infected person will recover on his own in about half a month. And he will not be infected again if he comes into contact with it again in the future. It should be that he has formed immunity as you said before." Dong Nian answered.

"Yes, what I want to say is that the virus that causes this disease has the same antigenic properties as the virus that causes smallpox." Seeing that Dong Nian did not understand what he said, Liu Xinqi immediately changed his statement: "To put it simply, People who have been infected with cowpox cannot get cowpox again, and they cannot get smallpox again.”

"Is there such a thing? I will come down to conduct a survey and statistics to see if it is really the case." Dong Nian couldn't believe it, smallpox, what a terrible disease.

"There should be statistics. If the statistics are as I said, you should study it in depth and try to see if you can actively carry out this process. In the case of manual intervention, people can be exposed to the virus without getting sick, and it can also cause the risk of smallpox. resistance, so that the disease smallpox can be completely solved." Liu Xinqi guided.

Smallpox is one of the oldest infectious diseases with the highest mortality rate. It is highly contagious and severe.

The fatality rate of severe smallpox is close to [-]%, and that of mild cases reaches [-]%.And even after the patient recovers, there will be pockmarks on the face, hence the name "smallpox".

The survivability of smallpox virus is very strong and can withstand dryness and low temperature. It can survive on scabs, dust and clothes for several months to a year and a half.

In ancient times, one word can be used to describe the treatment of this disease: "fear of acne like a tiger."

If we can completely solve this disease, we will leave our mark in history.

Faced with this temptation, no doctor can resist it.

"I will do research seriously and strive to achieve results as soon as possible." Dong Nian responded.

"Don't be too eager for success. Nothing is absolute. Just like the cowpox mentioned before, most people will recover on their own after being infected, but a very small number of people will be infected and die. So you have to take this situation into consideration. , You cannot artificially inoculate cowpox for the purpose of immunizing against smallpox, only to have people die from cowpox." Liu Xinqi added.

Some people are born with immune deficiencies and have no resistance to certain viruses, so the vaccines of later generations are all detoxified. Liu Qi in the previous life had only heard of detoxification, but knew nothing about the specific operations of detoxification. Nor can I give Dong Nian good advice.We can only tell everyone about the principles of resistance of the human body and the principles of producing antibodies to viruses, and let Dong Nian study it slowly in the future.

"During the research process, you must also pay attention to your own prevention of infection, take isolation measures, wash your hands frequently, and avoid touching your mouth, nose, eyes, etc. with your hands." Liu Xinqi explained again and again, saying everything he could think of.

In the end, even high-purity alcohol can kill viruses, but the knowledge points such as alcohol being flammable were mentioned.

He didn't let Dong Nian go back until he couldn't think of anything else.

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After discussing medical matters with Dong Nian in the morning, Liu Zhimu, Luo Cheng and Liu Lisheng came together in the afternoon.

"Now the manpower gap is too big. We could make ends meet before. But after this summer harvest, farmers' income has increased significantly. Coupled with the harvest of cultivated land from land reclamation last year, people who were originally landless are also interested in the income from land reclamation, which is not much. The loss of the industrial population has intensified. Currently, except for some key military factories, other factories are experiencing labor shortages," Luo Chenghui reported. "Yes, after the institute is short of manpower, many research results cannot be turned into practical results in time. Relying on our researchers alone will greatly affect the research progress. There are many repetitive tasks that can be left to ordinary people. This can greatly free up researchers' time and allow them to think more." Liu Zhimu continued.

Liu Xinqi knows that the current research and development of steam engines is affected by the speed of manufacturing test machines.

"Arms factories are also facing difficulties. At present, they can only rely on the special situation of the military to barely maintain the current number of workers. However, the symptoms are treated but not the root cause. It seems that a new round of recruitment will begin in August. These recruits will be trained for three months. We are about to enter active service, and then we will need a full set of weapons and equipment. We are also under great pressure." Liu Lisheng also complained.

Since Liu Xinqi reminded Liu Zhimu last time, mature military production has been handed over to Liu Lisheng, and some workers and factories have also been transferred to the Logistics Department.

"Does reform-through-labor have sufficient manpower? Some work that does not involve confidentiality can be completed by reform-through-labor prisoners." Liu Xinqi suggested.

"I have thought about this and discussed it with Yingping. However, Ju Yingping said that the workload of road construction, water conservancy construction, port construction, city repair and other tasks he is currently responsible for is also very arduous. Our manpower is already stretched thin and we have no spare capacity to help us." Luo Cheng replied.

"I checked on the spot and found that there are indeed not many people in Yingping. You previously requested that counties connect roads. With the current manpower in Yingping, it is estimated that it cannot be completed on time." Liu Lisheng continued.

Liu Xinqi felt a little dizzy for a while.

The Han people's love for land is really engraved in their bones. If they could live comfortably by farming, they would not consider other options.

Moreover, the current life of people in the city is not much better than that in the countryside. Many wealthy landlords, gentry and wealthy businessmen will build villages in the countryside.

Before the emergence of revolutionary living facilities such as electric lights, telephones and televisions, the city was indeed not much better than the countryside, and the costs were higher.

If you want to keep warm in the city, you have to buy firewood or coal. In the countryside, you can just pick up a handful of straw from the fields.

Everything in the city is free of charge for food, clothing, housing and transportation. In the countryside, you can basically be self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

"Is there anything you can do?" Liu Xinqi asked.

If they can come together to find it, they must have a solution that needs to be decided by themselves.

"Can we go to Hebei and Henan to recruit refugees? Now that we have the status of Zhao State, it will be easy to recruit in the name of our motherland." Luo Cheng said tentatively.

After hearing this, Liu Xinqi pondered, and then replied: "We have just reached a tacit agreement with the puppet Qi. It would be unreasonable to start trouble on their territory immediately. But we can't do it openly, but we might as well do it secretly. I will arrange for Ting Ting to do it in private To carry out this work, arrange the glue defense line and the coastal defense fleet to coordinate and coordinate, as if the refugees, refugees, and bankrupt farmers fled to us on their own," Liu Xinqi replied.

"That's good." The three of them felt relieved when they saw Liu Xinqi's agreement.

(End of this chapter)