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

Chapter 84: Mustard marinade and penicillin
  Wu Waner raised her head and looked at Zhu Tan.

I saw him looking at me with bright eyes.

Her pretty face couldn't help but turn red.

Then I secretly encouraged myself in my heart: "Calm down! Calm down! Don't let His Highness look down on you!"

at last.

Wu Waner calmed down.

She took a deep breath and told Zhu Tan about the Wu family's business advantages.

Such as enough silver
  Mihang can add salt categories on site, and it also has enough talents to open new stores.
  What's more important is that the Wu family also has a group of talents who can obtain Yan Yin relatively easily!
  When Zhu Tan heard this, he looked at Wu Waner with admiration.

Originally I thought Wu Waner just made the right bet.

Unexpectedly, she really understands!
  In this case, Zhu Tan was relieved.

Hear this.

Zhu Tan smiled slightly.

"Miss Wu really reassures me! I'll leave the rest to you!"

Wu Waner looked at Zhu Tan, slightly startled.

What about expressing your feelings?
  Touched?
  Please?
  This girl has sacrificed so much for you. Isn’t it possible that there is no reward at all?
  Is it
  I had just misunderstood His Highness. He had no feelings for me at all. Was everything just wishful thinking?
  After all, my infatuation was wrongly paid!

Think of this.

Wu Waner couldn't help but feel a little sad!
  suddenly.

Zhu Tan smiled at Wu Wan'er and said, "Miss Wu, work hard! I promise you that in the next year, you will get returns that far exceed expectations!"

that's the truth!
  No one would have thought that Zhu Tan’s real purpose was to monopolize the production and sales of salt for the 60 million people in the Ming Dynasty, right?
  By then, I'm afraid Wu Waner will faint from the overwhelming amount of money!
  But when these words fell into Wu Waner's ears, they had another effect.

Wu Waner's whole body seemed to be hit!
  A return that far exceeds expectations? I understand! This is a test His Highness has given himself! As long as I work hard to run the salt business, His Highness will give me an explanation next!
  Ugh.
  What a big test!

However, for me, it is just right, just right for His Highness to see what I am capable of.

on the other hand.

Wu Waner also understands.

Who is His Royal Highness King Lu?

Golden branches and jade leaves!

The powerful vassal king only gave himself such a simple test, and he must have taken a new look at himself.
  Wu Waner's heart instantly rose from the bottom to the top again.

She said with joy on her face: "Don't worry, Your Highness! Wan'er will definitely run the salt store business well! Wan'er is also looking forward to the rewards in the future."

While talking.

Her beautiful eyes looked at Zhu Tan, and a touch of excited red flashed across her pretty face.

It made her even more beautiful.

Zhu Tan was slightly distracted.

It's just that Zhu Tan is always a little confused.

Why is this girl Wu Waner always so excited?
  Are all ancient businessmen like this?

Yanzhou.

Wu Mansion.

Wu Shengyan looked at Wu Waner and the contract she brought with Changlu Saltworks, and felt like crying.

"Daughter! Isn't this a trap? Are you going to jump in? It's such a big deal! Why don't you discuss it with me?
  Even if we do our best in this business, we may still lose money! "

Wu Waner nodded.

"At that time, no one except me was willing to help His Highness. I couldn't just sit back and ignore it!"

Wu Shengyan sighed and said: "Silly girl! I am a noble prince! Apart from the emperor, you are the most powerful person in the world! Can he like you? Even if we take my heart out, he may not take it seriously. Here! What are you doing?"

Wu Waner smiled sadly.

"My daughter has read a poem written by Mr. Yuan, asking what love is in the world, and directly teaches the promise of life and death? Dad, if it talks about love, that's it."

But our family runs a rice store and we know nothing about selling salt! "

Wu Waner lowered her head and said: "My daughter agreed to the matter, and everything will be borne by her! My daughter will complete the cooperation with the salt farm herself!"

Wu Shengyan was stunned when he heard this.

He sighed and said: "That's it! That's all! Dad will indulge you for the last time!
  My daughter, go to various places to open a salt shop, buy stores, recruit employees, and smooth relationships! This matter needs to be brought to light. If it is not convenient for you as a daughter, leave it to your father!
  You are responsible for running the salt guide! You can choose the shopkeepers and waiters in our family. Dad understands that this line of work is nothing more than transporting grain!

Don't worry too much about losses and costs, just sit behind the scenes and let the shopkeepers and guys take action!
  It doesn’t matter if the cost is higher or lower!
  At worst, dad pays some money! All you need to do is deploy good people!
  You are a daughter of a family. When you do these things, try not to be in the public eye, otherwise it will ruin your reputation. Even if His Highness King Lu wants to marry you in the future, he will not be able to marry you!

Dad, you are the only daughter in this life. As long as you are willing, Dad will do anything for you! "

When Wu Waner heard this, her eyes were filled with tears.

"Dad, my daughter is dragging you down!"

"Don't mention this. Wan'er, give this salt shop a name?"

Wu Waner lowered her long eyelashes, thought for a while, and said, "Dad, our Shandong Province has been called Qilu since ancient times. Well, my daughter thinks Lu sounds better, so let's call it Lu Shang Salt Company!"

Wu Shengyan smiled.

"You girl! You're cunning! Are you trying to say that this is His Royal Highness Prince Lu's salt shop? Haha."

Done.

Seeing Wu Waner's face full of shyness.

Wu Shengyan couldn't help but sigh.

"Nizi! Dad is really worried. You really paid for this piece by mistake."

"Dad, His Highness told me that as long as you do good things, you will get rewards far beyond expectations. My daughter believes that His Highness is testing me!"

With the cooperation matters settled.

Lushang Salt Company started from Shandong and established a sales network to all provinces.

Although there is no salt yet, the preparations need to be done.

The construction of salt fields and filter ponds is also in full swing at the Changlu Salt Farm.
  Zhu Tan's energy fell on another thing.

That’s making allicin and penicillin!

Making allicin is easy.

Zhu Tan just wants to teach a few more people how to make it.

If it is promoted in the future, many people can be saved.

Allicin is an organic sulfur compound extracted from garlic cloves.

It is a light yellow oily liquid that is relatively stable in vegetable oil.

The specific preparation method is to peel the garlic, then cut into small pieces or mash it, then soak the garlic in rice wine and let it sit in a cool place for several hours, and the allicin will gradually dissolve in the liquid.

The liquid is then filtered through fine gauze, and allicin is obtained.

It is a good anti-inflammatory and bactericidal drug.

However, its effectiveness in treating bacteria is still far inferior to that of penicillin.

Seeing his subordinates making allicin under Zhu Tan's command, Zhu Tan nodded.

Allicin is not easy to store and is useless if left unused.

Zhu Tan just said to his subordinates: "Teach more people how to make this thing later! This is a magical medicine that can cure diseases!"

Yin Shao stood aside, covering his nose and said: "Your Highness, do you want all the servants in the house to learn it?"

Zhu Tan nodded and said: "If you can't learn it, leave it to Chen Guard."

Yin Shao laughed dryly. Chen Huwei has now become a ruthless figure in the palace who can stop children from crying at night.

As soon as they heard that they were going to be handed over to Guard Chen, everyone hurriedly gave in.

Since His Highness said so, everyone will definitely learn from it.

Now, what Zhu Tan values ​​most is penicillin!

soon.

Under Zhu Tan's order.

Hundreds of jars of pickles were placed in the palace.

These pickled vegetables have long been requested by Zhu Tan, and they do not need to be preserved as well as ordinary pickled vegetables.

All you want is for them to get moldy!
  at this time.

Many of these pickles have grown long green moldy hairs, which are three or four inches long.

This is the so-called Penicillium.

Zhu Tan once read a book called "Supplements to the Compendium".

The book records that in the Tianning Temple in Changzhou during the Ming Dynasty, many huge jars were used to pickle mustard greens. They were exposed to the sun and night dew, causing them to become moldy and grow green mold. Afterwards, the monks would seal the jars and bury them. It is buried in the ground and is not opened for use until ten years later.

At this time, the mustard greens in the tank had turned into water, and even the mold hair was gone.

This jar of water is the so-called "old mustard stew", which is specially used to treat high fever diseases, such as pneumonia and tuberculosis.

in fact.

This is the original penicillin.

Zhu Tan naturally wouldn't wait as long as ten years.

At this time, many pickle jars already had a large amount of Penicillium.

Zhu Tan decided to use another indigenous method to make penicillin.

He learned that from a TV series.

Part of the Penicillium mold in these tanks was removed and put into jars where cowpeas, peas, mung beans and other beans were added to boil it into a paste.

These substances can help quickly cultivate Penicillium.

At the same time, some other penicillium molds were scraped out from the jar by Zhu Tan's order, and the penicillium solution was mixed with vegetable oil.

In this way, the liquid in the barrel is divided into three layers.

Fat soluble substances, insoluble substances and water soluble substances.

Because penicillin is a water-soluble substance, the liquid in the barrel will be penicillin after it is taken out.

Next, it needs to be purified.

Mix the penicillin solution with the boiled carbon powder and stir again.

Allow the carbon powder to fully absorb the penicillin, then add distilled water to initially filter out impurities.

Next, pour acidic water made with vinegar. Because penicillin is a weakly acidic substance and is insoluble in acidic water, impurities can be filtered again.

Further purify penicillin.

Finally, pour alkaline soda water, and the penicillin will dissolve from the carbon powder into the water, and finally high-purity penicillin will be obtained.

Seeing everyone follow Zhu Tan's order, they got bottles of penicillin.

Become!

Zhu Tan was secretly happy.

anyway.

By traveling through time himself, I got a life-saving weapon.

Many incurable diseases considered by the ancients, such as tetanus and pneumonia, can be easily resolved by penicillin.

Zhu Tan basically no longer has to worry about coughing.

at this time.

Next to Zhu Tan stood Princess Tang.

Recently.

Zhu Tan focused all his attention on the production of penicillin and allicin.

This also made Princess Tang very worried.

His Highness used to favor alchemy, but now... what is he doing?
  Isn't it a superstitious belief in immortality?

Tang was very worried when he thought about the last time Zhu Tan was poisoned and was unconscious for so long.

This time, Your Highness, please don’t wear anything randomly.

at this time.

Mr. Tang looked at the liquid. The production process was so complicated, and finally it turned from a ball of green hairy substance into a transparent and colorless thing.

I felt a little panicked.

She looked at Zhu Tan and couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness! Isn't this something that can help people live forever?"

Zhu Tan looked at the beautiful princess in front of him in surprise.

He always felt that the princess in front of him was a cute little girl who didn't care much about anything.

Unexpectedly, she was interested in penicillin.

Zhu Tan smiled and explained to Mr. Tang seriously: "If you insist on saying that this can help people live forever, you are actually right. It can indeed help many people live longer!"

Tang's pretty face turned pale.

really!

The prince still hasn’t given up on immortality!

Ugh.
  But immortality is all a lie!

Tang couldn't help but asked again: "Your Highness! Can this be taken too?"

Zhu Tan smiled and said: "It can be applied externally or taken internally, and of course it can be injected intravenously! However, that step is a bit complicated, so just listen to it now."

Tang heard this.

His face suddenly became paler.

Finished!

In addition to taking it, His Highness also developed new methods!

Who taught him this?
  Isn't this more dangerous?

Tang thought of this.

The silver teeth in the mouth are biting lightly, and the beautiful eyes are filled with tears, looking at Zhu Tan.

"Your Highness! Promise me, please. If you must take this water, let me take it first!"

Zhu Tan was stunned for a moment, and asked a little strangely: "Why do you have to accept it first?"

This thing is obviously for patients.
  Tang's face was full of tears.

"Your Highness, please don't try these things on your own that look like they may be poisonous. I am willing to test the poison for you first!"

Zhu Tan looked at Mr. Tang and remained silent.

I couldn't help but hug Tang Ming gently.

"Princess, even if one day we really need to test the medicine, it will be this man who stands in the way! Do you remember?"

(End of this chapter)