King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 77 Allicin and Penicillin

Seeing the prince coming back.

Mr. Tang was very happy.

The big eyes flashed suddenly, looking at Zhu Tan foolishly.

He said softly: "Your Highness, you are back!"

Zhu Tan smiled and said: "You're back! Ah Zhi——!"

Mr. Tang was startled.

"Your Highness is suffering from cold? Come, hurry up and make ginger tea for His Highness!"

Zhu Tan felt warm in her heart.

In fact, I just had an itchy nose, not a cold.

But looking at the little princess beside me, her beautiful face was full of worry, I couldn't help teasing her.

“Ahem, cough, cough!
  This king seems to be suffering from a serious disease that can be passed on to others. Princess, please stay away quickly to avoid getting the same disease as this king! "

Yin Shao, who was accompanying him, was startled.

Your Highness is sick?
  Can it be passed on to others?

I've been with him, why didn't I know?
  We even got together in the same carriage for so long
  For a moment, Yin Shao also became anxious.

When Mr. Tang heard this, he was a little confused, and tears suddenly welled up in his eyes.

She said nervously: "Your Highness! What kind of disease is that? I'm going to ask the doctor right away! No, I'm going to ask the doctor! Don't worry."

As he said this, Mr. Tang suddenly leaned closer to Zhu Tan.

Zhu Tan was stunned.

"Ahem, I'm sick! You have to stay away! Aren't you afraid of being infected if you are so close?"

"Your Highness, husband and wife are one and the same. If I also suffer from this disease, I can still test the medicine for Your Highness.
  Your Highness, don't panic, this disease can definitely be cured! "

Zhu Tan sighed.

This silly girl is so boring to tease!
  However, if he gets a wife like this, what else does the husband want? !
  Zhu Tan suddenly hugged Mr. Tang.

Tang's pretty face suddenly turned red.

There are foreign ministers around!
  He wanted to break free, but he was not as strong as Zhu Tan.

Mrs. Tang couldn't help but whispered: "Your Majesty! There are still foreign ministers here."

Zhu Tan nodded and glared at Yin Shao.

"Didn't you hear what the princess said? Are you still standing here, waiting for me to kill you?"

Yin Shao felt bitter when he heard this and hurriedly left.

Tang couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, you...are you still ill?"

Zhu Tan said vaguely: "This king is suffering from lovesickness! You are my medicine! Good princess, let's do it."

This time, I didn't use those powerful elixirs.

Zhu Tan discovered.

His body, which had been harmed by the pill, was finally healed.

The princess was sleeping soundly next to her.

Zhu Tan suddenly thought in his heart.

The princess reminded herself of what happened today.

In this era, I urgently need something to save my life!
  That's antibiotics.

After all, bacterial infections are so common these days.

Any cold or wound infection may be fatal.

Only with antibiotics can the probability of accidents be reduced as much as possible.

At present, penicillin and allicin are better choices.

Of course, penicillin is the best choice.

The antibacterial effect of allicin is only one-tenth that of penicillin, but its production and acquisition are much simpler than penicillin. At the same time, because allicin has a stronger antibacterial spectrum, it can be used as an alternative.

At the same time, the production of penicillin was also put on the agenda.

Zhu Tan didn't know much about this area of ​​knowledge and could only explore a little bit.

soon.

The steward of Prince Lu's Mansion received the prince's order.

"What? The prince wants to buy 200 kilograms of garlic? Want to buy a whole jar of pickles from different places? Buy 100 jars?"

The butler had a bitter look on his face.

"Your Highness, you won't want to make an elixir again, right? But what kind of elixir are you going to make? It tastes so strong! It's both garlic and pickled vegetables!"

Unfortunately, His Highness's order must still be implemented. Garlic is a little easier to handle.

There are 100 jars of pickles from different places, which really stumps the housekeeper.

There was no other way, so Prince Lu's Mansion had to send people to search for pickles all over the city, and they had to buy the jars together.

For a time, rumors spread all over Yanzhou Prefecture.

"Have you heard? Prince Lu bought tens of thousands of kilograms of garlic and thousands of jars of pickled vegetables!"

"Why did I hear that Prince Lu wants the whole city to grow garlic! He also wants everyone to pickle vegetables!"

"I heard you wrong! Prince Lu asked everyone to eat garlic, and he bought so much to set an example! He even asked everyone to make pickles from the extra garlic!"

"Hiss! We all eat green onions. Garlic is delicious!"

"What are you talking about! Does eating green onions taste bad? We must obey the prince's order! From now on, everyone must eat garlic cloves!"

"Oh, the pancakes are just garlic, isn't that a waste?"

"Listen to your Majesty, we will definitely live a long life! I think the pancakes are very fragrant even with garlic!"

Compared with making allicin and penicillin.

Zhu Tan has a more pressing matter right now.

That is to open up the market for salt from Changlu Saltworks.

According to the current project progress.

In up to one month, the Wudazi Salt Plant of Changlu Salt Plant can complete the entire transformation and upgrading process of the salt production line.

The salt produced by then will not only be of high quality, but the yield will also be terrifying.

Compared with the previous decoction method, the steaming and drying method can easily increase the production efficiency by nearly a hundred times!
  It can even continue to improve in the future!

After all, as long as enough salt fields are opened up, as much salt as you want can be quickly produced.

of course.

The salt from Changlu Salt Farm is now of extremely high quality.

This makes Zhu Tan not worried about the sales of salt.

For salt of this quality, Zhu Tan does not need to sell it at an average price.

Even if you sell it at a slightly higher price, it will be snapped up.

no way.

The gap is too big!
  According to current terms, the product is invincible!

On one side are huge black and yellow grains of coarse salt, which even have a bitter taste.

This salt tastes really delicious.

But for the common people, it is already very rare.

After all, salt became too expensive under the strict control of the government.

Normally, people need to eat more than 6 grams of salt every day.

Most of the people were engaged in heavy physical labor, and the salt in ancient times was not as pure as it is today, so the consumption of this salt was even higher.

It is normal to reach 15 grams.

One kilogram in the Ming Dynasty is about 590 grams.

A normal person eats 9 pounds of salt a year!

The price of salt today is exaggeratedly expensive, with a pound of salt costing one cent and two cents of silver.

If you can afford to buy official salt for a year, you will spend more than 1 tael of silver just eating salt!

How can ordinary people afford such high salt prices if their annual income is only 3 taels and 5 taels.

Therefore, most of the time, you have to buy a large amount of cheap private salt as a supplement.

The salt from Changlu Salt Field has almost no impurities, can be easily dissolved in water, and does not have the bitter taste of ordinary coarse salt.

Compared with the salt from other salt farms, it can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.

The current situation would make Zhu Tan anxious.

He could even turn over the table and directly sell the official salt for the price of private salt.

soon.

Notices about Changlu Saltworks investment promotion were posted all over Shandong!
  This time.

Zhu Tan has no intention of relying on the power of other business gangs.

He plans to use the salt sales rights to invest in shares, thereby taking control of the salt sales channels!
  Wu Mansion.

Wu Waner looked at the notice of the Changlu Saltworks Investment Conference and said to Wu Shengyan: "Father! We also have to go to this investment conference!"

(End of this chapter)