Win the Ding 1617

"General! As God's shepherd, I firmly oppose you doing this!"

Outside Shouhan's meeting room, Li Huamei heard Father Alfonso's hoarse roar from a long distance away.

"What happened to this priest?"

"Sister!" Li Huamei's half-brother, Hua Bao, jumped over to the side. The little guy had a thick head and a thick head, blinking his big eyes and wiping the sweat from his forehead with a towel.

"Going to practice with the master?" Hua Mei took the towel from his hand and wiped the sweat off his face.

"The Daoist has partiality!"

Hua Bao pouted and complained to his sister in displeasure.

As Hua Mei's master, Taoist Master Liu Guidan also taught some kung fu to the young masters and ladies in the mansion, mainly to keep them fit. "With your identities, there will be no fighting in battle. I will teach you the tricks of killing people. It will not benefit you at all. It will only hurt Yinluan. It is better to teach you some ways to strengthen your muscles and bones."

"But I want to learn the spear piercing technique made up by the Taoist priest, but she just refuses to teach it!"

"She won't teach you, so you just hide and watch her steal her teacher while teaching others! Since ancient times, those who steal teachers can accomplish great things!"

"Hmm! Okay! Sister, Father A is arguing with Father and Mr. Wang!"

"why?"

"Mr. Wang said that if we want to control the spread of smallpox, the current popular method of vaccination with water seedlings may not work, so we should change it."

Wang Tingqi, who was in charge of the medical and health affairs of the South China Army, led a group of disciples around in spite of his advanced age, intending to find a better and faster effective method than the water seedling vaccination.

but.Whether it is the method of using cotton to get the acne slurry into the nostrils of the vaccinated child, or the method of grinding the acne scab and blowing it into the nose of the vaccinated child with a silver tube; or taking off the underwear of the vaccinated child , the pox clothing method that is used to infect healthy children is generally a method of preventing smallpox by making normal people produce antibodies through various contact methods. They have almost all tried it, but these methods seem to be inferior to the water seedling method efficient.

So Shou Han told him that he might as well go to the mountain pasture to relax, maybe he would gain something.

more than a month ago.In Fulang Mountain Ranch.But it is unintentional to plant willows and willows into shades.

Several women serving the cows had several small pustules on their hands. In the eyes of Wang Tingqi, who has dealt with smallpox and other diseases for many years, he could tell it was pox at a glance!Immediately, he and his disciples felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.but.But he made a good laugh at the people in the ranch.

"Mr. Wang, this is how rare you are! This group of women who work with cattle will grow these things on their hands. But it is a blessing in disguise, and they grow this thing. After a few days, the scabs will fall off, and they will not be infected with smallpox in the future. "

This made Wang Tingqi, who was looking for a special method to treat smallpox all the way, very excited and novel.Without taking a break, he led a group of disciples and doctors, while patrolling the ranch and visiting people, trying to find regularity in words.At the same time, he ordered people to gather the women with acne on their hands and faces for observation.

Three days passed, and those women had nothing to do, they were still alive and well.I don't know when the pus spores on the face and hands disappeared.

This result made Wang Tingqi very excited.

Among the entourage, a person who had never suffered from smallpox was selected to test it. Wang Tingqi personally operated the knife, and with a small knife, lightly scratched a small mark on the left arm of the volunteer who stood up. Then, from the scabs on the hands of the women who served the cows, a little bit of yellowish pus was taken out with fine white cotton, and it was inoculated to the place where the volunteers cut their skin, and then the wound was covered with gauze place.

Then everyone began a long and anxious wait.

Two days later, the volunteer felt a little unwell, but soon healed up. Three days later, this brave man was still a hero. Wang Tingqi specially asked him to do all kinds of exercises. There is no hindrance in life and labor.Just in case, on the way back, Wang Tingqi arranged for the volunteer to have close contact with smallpox patients while deliberately concealing the facts. As a result, Wang Tingqi was very pleasantly surprised. During the journey, I came into contact with no less than [-] smallpox patients, and that person showed no symptoms at all!

After returning to Hue, Wang Tingqi immediately launched a larger-scale experiment.

They used official documents to request twenty criminals from the General Inspection Office, and used the same method to make a small cut on their left arms, and implanted the light yellow pus that had been transported all the way into their bodies. The twenty criminals were locked up for observation.

Three days later, the effect remains the same.

A week later, Wang Tingqi made an even more surprising decision.

"Send it to the area where smallpox patients are concentrated! Take care of those smallpox patients! Tell them, if they are fine, my old man will let go of his old face and plead with the lord to spare them the death penalty!"

As a result, after ten days passed, these twenty people seemed to be the undead King Kong in the concentrated area of ​​smallpox patients, and some of them became the technical backbone of nursing and caring for these smallpox patients.Although the dead are carried out of the isolation area every day, nothing happened to these twenty people!

So old man Wang excitedly came to report the results of this experiment to Shou Han, and was going to propose large-scale planting of vaccinia in the Nanzhong area to prevent the spread of smallpox and prevent a large number of population losses.

I didn't want to be here with Shou Han, but I met Father Alfonso who was seeking more assistance for the restoration of Portugal.

"Smallpox is God's grace, and mortals cannot act against the sky."

Father Alfonso again brought out the god whom the watchman would not listen to.

"General, you used a unique method to treat and prevent smallpox before, although it was effective for a while, but what can you do? God sent an even greater smallpox disaster, which made you incurable and hard to prevent. Therefore, as your friend, I pray that you will take refuge in the light of God and ask God for His blessing and forgiveness."

"Father, this statement is wrong! There is a folk proverb in Nanzhong that only half of the child is born. Smallpox is considered complete. According to the statistics made by the old man when he was practicing medicine, the death rate of newborns due to smallpox infection is about four. Cheng Xia, if this is the grace of your Western God, this God is also an evil god! Fierce God! Can't you take human life as your own incense and blood?!"

These words immediately made Father Alfonso a little angry, but he couldn't find an argument to counterattack for a while, so he had to use a bit of a rascal, and sacrificed a big killer.

"After being planted with the cowpox you mentioned, it will make horns grow on people's heads and make the sound of cows. They will become messengers and believers of the devil!"

Although this is a bit of a rogue playing a rascal.But it also frightened the civil and military officials in the chamber who were interested in watching the debate between the two on the promotion of vaccinia cultivation.

"There's no need to argue."

The guard sitting behind the handsome seat stopped Wang Tingqi's words. Although he stopped talking, the old man was still bearded by Father Alfonso's hooliganism.

"Mr. Wang, you have been in charge of the medical and health affairs of the South China Army for many years. There are countless people under your command. I trust you. That's it. Today, I am here to vaccinate the smallpox vaccine for my family who have never had smallpox and have not used the vaccine method. The offspring of your family are inoculated with the cowpox you mentioned. See if they will turn into cow demons."

Such support.The old man Wang Tingqi was very surprised. The previous experiments were all carried out on the death row prisoners who were raised in the prison, and they died as soon as they died.This is the master's family!To be able to put the lives of the whole family in his own hands.How much trust is this? !

"My lord, it's getting late today. From what my old man sees, it's better to choose an auspicious day and issue an announcement ordering all the people in the city to come to the square in front of the mansion to watch the vaccination of the lord's family. It's also a good way to put an end to the rumors!"

Wang Tingqi's words resonated with many people.

"The subordinates are willing to follow the lord Jiwei and vaccinate those who have never had smallpox in their wives, concubines and children!"

"The subordinates are also people who have never had smallpox, and are willing to vaccinate together!"

"Subordinate willing!"

"We also want to taste, what it's like to be a cow demon!"

At that moment, someone took out the almanac and looked it over, "My lord! On the seventh day of June in the tenth year of Chongzhen, it is appropriate to offer sacrifices, ceremonies, and seek medicine. The subordinates think that this day is the most appropriate to plant cowpox in public, so as to set the record straight!"

"That's good! Let's build a high platform in front of the palace gate for the soldiers and civilians in the city to watch the process of the general's family planting cowpox."

Li Peilin raised his eyebrows, Wang Fu?Li Shouhan was finally willing to say this word!In his consciousness, his mansion is already the palace of the king!

For Li Peilin, who is determined to become a minister of the dragon, this is good news that is much more important than planting cowpox.

"Mr. Wang, please prepare more pox syrup at that time. Military, civilian, officials and people in the city can plant it on the spot if they are willing to plant it. The government will take out some money and food, distribute it to them, and buy some fish to supplement nutrition for these people!"

Li Peiting on the side shouted haha, and saluted Wang Tingqi, "Mr., please, please prepare an extra share for about twenty people. I plan to send a few concubines, three sons and two daughters, and the family Several singers in the film have been inoculated with cowpox, so that there will be a lot of people queuing up."

After saying this, he turned his head and asked Shou Han with a smile, "My lord, where do I get the nutrition allowance? My family's vegetable money these days is based on these allowances?"

"I'll pay you far! Not only do you have no allowance, you have to donate some money!" Shou Han also joked with Li Peiting.

Li Peilin over there also took the lead in setting an example, and registered his four women, four sons and two daughters.

In a blink of an eye, there were hundreds of people who signed up in front of Wang Tingqi to participate in the vaccination on that day, most of them were family members of officials and generals at all levels in the General's Mansion.

"Include all the soldiers, guard battalions, and Hue garrison in the general's mansion. From now on, soldiers, students, officials at all levels, stewards, workers from various places, official slaves, etc. will all be forced to vaccinate."

In a blink of an eye, planting cowpox, an unprecedented activity with great unknown risks, has become a hidden status symbol under the leadership of Shou Han and others!If you can't get vaccinia on the first day, or you can't get vaccinia in the first batch, or you can't be forced to get vaccinia, it can only show that you are very bad!Just a farmer!

Therefore, driven by the intentional public opinion of the Nanzhong Business Daily, all places are eagerly looking forward to the results of the vaccination of the Lord's family and the families of officials, officials and generals at all levels on the seventh day of June, if it is really all right.In the future, I don't have to worry about the damn smallpox taking the lives of my children.

Some meticulous farmers have already started to think, if the sons of the family can all reach adulthood, can they divide the family again and open more land to plant?

But to the great excitement of Shouhan and his senior officials, another happy event came.

The Tokugawa shogunate veteran, Izumori Matsudaira Nobuzuna, who was in charge of trade activities with the South China Army, led [-] boats to Hue.

"Foreign minister Yuan courtier Matsudaira Izu Shouxingang, pay homage to the great general of the Celestial Dynasty! The great general is mighty and invincible, and his military might spread everywhere!"

Izu Mori-sama has gained a lot of weight in recent years.Among the Japanese of this era, his weight is enough to be a sumo wrestler.but.Who dares to say such disrespectful words to the big red man in front of the general, Mr. Songping who holds the power of trade with Nanzhong in his hands?Do you still want to export your own products?Labor and girls exported?Wouldn't that make the warriors under him dissatisfied? !

"Master Izu Mori, please stand up!" Shou Han accepted his kowtow kindly, and motioned him to get up and speak.

"I don't know what is the purpose of Izumori's coming here this time?"

"Our general heard about the epidemic in Nanzhong, and was grateful for the friendly trade and business relations between the two countries. He specially ordered the foreign ministers to escort ten boats of bluegrass to the general to treat the sick and control the epidemic."

It turned out to be medicine!Ten boats of bluegrass, at least three boats of isatid root can be processed, even if the boat of the Japanese is small.It is also enough to control the epidemic in the current epidemic area.

In addition to the ten boats of bluegrass, Mr. Songping also brought two boats of gold and silver and eight boats of people, five boats of young and strong men, and three boats of young women.Many of them were the daughters of samurai under the clan.

"This guy! He must have learned that there is an epidemic in our place, so he came here to take advantage of the fire! But it doesn't matter, you bluegrasses will die when they arrive in Hue. Don't want them, you can just pull them back!" Jiu Jiu Li Peiting, who was in business ups and downs, had some malicious intentions in his heart.

However, contrary to Li Peiting's expectations, Senior Songping expressed his grief to everyone present.

"My Majesty learned that the disease was prevalent in the general's jurisdiction and urgently needed it for treatment, so he ordered his foreign ministers to purchase and collect it from all over Xiaobang, but he didn't want to hear about that greedy person, not only refused to help, but instead took advantage of your place In times of difficulty, let’s sit on the ground and raise prices, and distribute the ill-gotten gains! My General Tokugawa was very dissatisfied with this behavior, and ordered his foreign ministers to quickly escort ten boats of bluegrass to the general for use, in case of emergency!"

Without making a fuss, Matsudaira Nobuzuna stomped on the Kyushu feudal clans headed by the Shimadzu family in front of the senior officials of the Nanzhong Army, showing his high profile and friendship to the Nanzhong Army.

"Then, on behalf of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Southern Central Army, Li would like to thank your lord for coming."

Following Shou Han's words, Li Peilin stepped forward and bowed deeply to Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

"I don't know how Master Izumori plans to trade this time? What is the price of this batch of bluegrass?"

"Nobuna heard in our country that some people have frantically raised the price of fresh bluegrass to the point of changing a set of armor and weapons for every load. Such an unconscionable practice, my General Tokugawa and the foreign ministers are disgusted. The foreign minister brought this Ten boats of bluegrass can be rewarded by the general at will, and with the kindness of the general, the foreign ministers will definitely not be disadvantaged."

"This old fox!"

Li Shouhan, Li Peiting, Li Peilin and others cursed Songping Xingang in unison in their hearts.

What he said was extremely righteous, but he put Li Shouhan on the stage, and Shouhan was too embarrassed to bargain if he wanted to!You have to pinch your nose and say hello to him!

"Matsudaira is right! General Tokugawa is so benevolent and willing to help. Our Nanzhong Army has to follow suit. The subordinates have checked the price of the bluegrass trade with Fusang before, and a load of processed and dried bluegrass, It can be exchanged for a set of armor weapons. However, since the epidemic in our army has consumed a lot of bluegrass recently, the price has skyrocketed. A load of unprocessed bluegrass has already been asked for a set of armor weapons by the southwestern feudal clans of Fusang. Mr. Matsudaira The bluegrass that came here is also unprocessed, but General Tokugawa’s family is no better than the southwestern feudal clans. In my humble opinion, the price is still calculated according to the previous price, but every five loads can be rewarded with two sets of armor and weapons. I don’t know my lord. What do you think?"

Pei Ting's method properly took care of the face of the Tokugawa family. With the method of attacking the shield with the spear of the son, it also raised the Tokugawa family to the moral high ground, making Matsudaira Nobuzuna unable to say that I was doing it for profit. Come on, those bullshit benevolence and morality are all paper used in the toilet.

And every five loads can get two more sets of armor weapons, such a price is also within the bottom line of the Tokugawa family.

So everyone is happy.

"Foreign ministers came here this time, in addition to sending ten boats of bluegrass, there are two boats of gold and silver, and eight boats of people. My lord wants to discuss with the general of the Celestial Dynasty to buy all the bluegrass from Nanzhong. Swords, guns, gunpowder, iron cannons, country collapse, big cylinders, etc. I hope the general will agree!"

Shou Han exchanged glances with Li Peilin and the others, and they all understood the other party's meaning in their eyes. A new round of arms race among the major power groups in Fusang has begun!

Not long ago, the Shimadzu family, the Huashan family, the Naoshima family and other southwestern feudal clans came to Nanzhong one after another, sold bluegrass, and traded gold, silver and sulfur. After the young women and women, they took the silver dollars they bought Order swords, guns and armor from Longshengxing and other places wantonly, and swallow as much as you can for iron cannons and gunpowder.There seems to be a never-ending demand for Nanzhong's matchlock guns.

It seems that this time the Tokugawa family ordered the old Nakamatsuhira Nobutsuna, who is in charge of trade, to come to Nanzhong in person. It is definitely not as simple as sending charcoal in a timely manner.

Must have smelled gunpowder! (To be continued..)