Wentang

Chapter 486 Scurvy

The first group of people who embarked on great voyages almost all encountered the same problem, scurvy, which is said to have claimed the lives of millions of sailors.

At first people didn't understand this disease and thought it was a curse. It wasn't until more than 200 years later that some people discovered that it was related to eating habits. Later, some people found that eating orange and lemon juice could prevent and treat this disease.

So far the curse of scurvy was lifted.

For future generations, this is a common sense problem. Scurvy is caused by lack of vitamin C without eating vegetables for a long time. Oranges and lemons contain a lot of vitamin C. If you eat them regularly, you will not get this disease.

The fleet going to Dongsheng Shenzhou this time is estimated to sail on the sea for a year and a half. If they do not eat vegetables for a long time to supplement vitamins, the consequences will be very disastrous.

Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately, he remembered this at the critical moment, otherwise... I can't imagine it.

"Come here." Thinking of this, he shouted loudly.

"Da Lang." The servant waiting at the door came over after hearing the sound.

"Ask Xu Shanying to come and see me."

"Here."

After a while, Xu Shanying hurried over, um, his clothes were a little disheveled, and he didn't know what he was doing in broad daylight.

"Old Xu, send someone to Dizhou immediately and tell Liu Rengui that the departure date of the expedition fleet has been postponed, and wait for my news about the specific time." Yue Shan ordered.

"Here." Xu Shanying didn't ask any more questions as usual... Maybe he was too embarrassed to stay longer and wanted to leave early, so he trotted away after answering.

Then Yue Shan began to think about the solution to scurvy. In fact, it is very simple to supplement vitamin C, but how to supplement it?

There are not too many ways. The oranges and lemons mentioned above are fine, but the shelf life of oranges traveling thousands of miles is another problem.Carrots are known as vitamins that grow in the ground, but they also face storage problems.

If you switch to people from other places, you may be really helpless, but here is the Great Heavenly Dynasty, which has one of the world's three major natural drinks-tea.

The vitamin C content of tea is several times higher than that of oranges and lemons. It is small and easy to store and eat... It can be called the best drink in the age of great voyages.

It seems that it's time to bring over the techniques of fried tea and tea bricks, Yue Shan thought in his heart.

Roasting tea and making tea bricks are not difficult for Yue Shan, as the same saying goes, if you have money and power, you will naturally have someone to help you order what you want, and the same is true for tea making.

Speaking of the origin of tea, many people who don’t understand probably think of Caiyunzhinan at the first time. There is no way, the tea garden there often appears on TV.In fact, tea is grown in the entire southern region of China, and even in the Central Plains.

The history of tea planting in Shaanxi is also very long, dating back to the Qin and Han Dynasties of the Warring States Period, so there are tea gardens around Chang'an.

Therefore, it is very convenient for Yue Shan to collect tea, instead of going to grab other people's tea or go to the south of Caiyun to pick tea like the protagonists in some online novels in later generations.

He was quietly making inventions and creations, and the outside became lively because of a decree from the imperial court.

The day before yesterday, the emperor invited civil and military officials to dinner, and the dishes on the table were all locusts. The news spread like wildfire.Most people don't believe it. People don't even eat locusts, but the emperor will eat them?
When more and more news came out, everyone had to believe that it was locusts.Now everyone can't figure it out, what kind of madness is the emperor going on?

Soon, an imperial decree announced to the world answered all doubts.

There may be a plague of locusts in the Guanzhong area-what?Is there a locust plague in the Guanzhong area?Many people who were slow in the news reacted belatedly, and then fell into panic.

But the imperial decree still needs to be listened to—the imperial decree said that the imperial court already knew about this matter, and responded in advance, and has already begun to mobilize food and grass from all over the world to Beijing, so you don’t have to worry about famine.

Then everyone was a little relieved.

Continue—the imperial decree also said that some people spread rumors that the locust plague was a warning from the heavens to fight the epidemic. In order to dispel everyone's panic about the locust plague, the emperor invited all officials to eat a locust feast.

You see, the sages and officials have all eaten, and there is nothing wrong with it.This shows that locusts are not magical things, they are edible and can be controlled.

Moreover, the sage killed Zheng Yuncheng, the envoy of Dushui who was bewitching the crowd with his demonic words. By the way, this person surnamed Zheng was a descendant of the Zheng family in Xingyang. He had five surnames and seven Wangs.

This shows that the sage is really determined to kill anyone who dares to spread rumors, and it also shows the sage's determination to fight against the locust plague.

Now the people finally calmed down.

Sometimes what everyone is most afraid of is not difficulties, but that there is no way to deal with them.The imperial court has come forward to make up their minds in advance, and they have a backbone.

The following is the dry goods, and the court directly came up with guidance.

His Royal Highness is concerned about the common people and found some effective ways to deal with the locust plague through experiments. One is to raise more chickens and ducks, which can prevent disasters and generate income.

The second way is to light a fire at night to lure locusts into the fire.

At the same time, in order to encourage the people to catch locusts, the Royal Commercial Bank opened the door to collect dry locusts at a price of one penny per catty.You can also exchange locusts for corn, a basket of locusts for a bucket of corn.

Then there was a lot of nonsense, saying that the saints are wise, the locust plague is not terrible, and everyone is encouraged to tide over the difficulties together.

This imperial decree was issued to more than 27 counties in 360 provinces and [-] states in the world, and it is valid for a long time.

With this decree, the world boiled, and all the people shouted long live the sage, Prince Ming.

What, you said long live the prince?Want to die?However, in the Tang Dynasty, Long Live was not a unique title for the emperor. You could say Long Live to anyone.The prestige of the Li family father and son among the people has once again reached a peak.

Li Shimin couldn't close his mouth with a smile when he got the news, he rewarded Yueshan with a lot of products, even the crown prince rewarded a few pieces of Shu brocade.

Although Li Shimin is not a qualified father, he is really worried about the education of his children.Take Li Chengqian as an example, the dignified prince does not have a set of exquisite costumes.

Although he has no shortage of clothes made of silk, Shu brocade and Suzhou embroidery are unavoidable. If you dare to wear them, your legs will be discounted. I'm afraid that Li Chengqian will develop a problem of arrogance and lust.

The unprecedented award of Shu brocade now shows how happy he is and how satisfied he is with Li Chengqian's report.

The common people also mobilized to join the ranks of exterminating the locusts. The imperial decree clearly stated that there is no hesitation for everyone, just do it.

So the night of the whole Tang Dynasty became brighter.In addition to burning locusts in the fire, many people are trying to raise chickens and ducks.

However, in this era, there is no technology to master artificial egg incubation. It is conceivable that chickens and ducks depend on the number of eggs hatched by large chickens.I haven't noticed it usually, but when everyone needs it, there will be a 'miao panic'...

You can't buy a single chick or duckling all over Chang'an City, even if you pay a high price.

Then someone turned their attention to the academy, there was no way, the chicken farm in the academy was famous in Chang'an.In everyone's opinion, they are the least short of seedlings...

So everyone flocked here, and some people ran dozens of miles just to buy a few chickens and ducklings, which frightened Yu Zhiming, so he hurried to find Yue Shan.

At this time, Yue Shan was frying tea in the yard with a few servants.

(End of this chapter)