February 24, 1911, Far East. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the morning of the same day, the news gathered from various regions reached Wu Liande's office, and there was not a single death in the whole of Harbin, and there were only three new cases!

The whole building was boiling in an instant!

Not only the Chinese cheered, but several foreigners stationed here were also ecstatic and began to make frenzied phone calls around them. After a moment of revelry, Wu Liande immediately ordered the news to be disseminated, and suggested that Xiliang, the governor of the three eastern provinces, promote it to the whole northeast in accordance with Harbin's epidemic prevention measures......

The plague outbreak in Northeast China at the end of 1910 and the beginning of 1911 was the first large-scale infectious disease to be controlled by scientific means in human history. And this time, with the timely assistance of the Huntelaar Medical College, and their firm support for Wu Liande, the spread of the epidemic was limited in advance. Therefore, compared to the other world, this time the number of people in terms of both harm and death has been greatly reduced, and the results have been good.

Of course, it's not just the doctors and medicines that work.

Shi Zhaoji, the right minister of foreign affairs in Beijing, and Xiliang, the governor of the three eastern provinces in Fengtian, were all staunch supporters of Wu Liande, and it was they who withstood the pressure of the Russians, especially the Japanese, as well as the pressure of blocking traffic and burning corpses, and fully trusted Wu Liande. At the same time, because of the fear of the plague going south, the Qing government also made its greatest efforts......

So on March 15th, John ? Huntelaar received the sixteenth telegram from Professor Adrian.

“…… To sum up, the epidemic in Northeast China has come to an end. ”

In the telegram, Professor Adrian described in an emotional tone: "During this trip to the Far East, I experienced the resilience and sacrifice of this ancient country, where 76 health workers died in Changchun alone, and as many as 8 of the 19 people in the quarantine center died......"

“…… In addition, many expats are also admirable, I heard that the 26-year-old Scottish doctor Jacques Jaxon, who had been in China for less than three weeks, died because of Chinese diagnosis and treatment, and the relatives who came to claim the ashes donated all the 10,000 yuan pension issued by the Qing government to prepare for the establishment of a medical university......

After reading this telegram, John was silent for a long time before he wrote a reply: "Please express your condolences and pay my respects to the dead on my behalf......"

“…… You are allowed to stay in the Far East and attend the subsequent Plague Congress...... Professor Adrian, please firmly support Mr. Wu Liande as the chairman of this conference, the merits of the heroes cannot be erased......"

“…… After the meeting, please extend an invitation to Mr. Wu Liande on my behalf and invite him to come to the United States at an appropriate time for an academic exchange at the Huntelaar Medical College......"

“…… Finally, please inform Mr. Wu Liande that the China branch of Huntelaar Bank will donate US$200,000 to help him build a medical school in Harbin. If necessary, we at Huntelaar Medical College will also be happy to send them on teaching assignments to help them prepare for the ...... as soon as possible."

After writing this telegram, John let out a long sigh of relief.

If the original trend of history is followed, Wu Liande will next preside over the International Plague Conference, and then set up the Northeast Epidemic Prevention Affairs General Management Office, and then it will not be until 1925 that the future Harbin Medical University will be established. But this time, with Professor Adrian sent by John to blow the wind, Wu Liande has already had the idea of establishing a medical school in Harbin.

Strike while the iron is hot, John naturally wants to support it vigorously!

$200,000 is a small amount of money, and just like supporting his students to set up a medical school in Los Angeles, if Wu Liande finally decides, John's support will definitely not be less than that of Los Angeles, or even more!

"There's no doubt they're going to have a tougher time!"

After writing the telegram to Adrian, John was uncontrollable for a while, and simply spread out the letter and began to write a letter to Yan Fuqing in Changsha, Hunan!

That outstanding graduate of Huntelaar Medical College should have returned to Changsha for almost three years.

If most of the other students were given to the Huntelaar Bank branch for attention and support, there were two groups of people who were constantly on his own. One wave traveled to Wuhan to join the five young people of Han Yeping, who have undergone the most rigorous university training and worked for three years at the world's most advanced and largest U.S. steel company, and are undoubtedly the top talents in China's steel industry. Therefore, when the five people came to Han Yeping, they were absorbed without hesitation, and soon occupied an important position in technology.

Then, at the right time, John borrowed their hands and threw out a large amount of money.

In recent years, Han Yeping has ambitiously improved the process and expanded the scale of production, which requires a large amount of financial support, and although the funds provided by John require a stake in Han Yeping, first, in the name of five students, they are real Chinese, and second, even if Beijing has Huntelaar Bank, but it does not carry any additional political conditions, so it is greatly welcomed.

And......

In addition to receiving a lot of financial support, Han Yeping also received more benefits - cheap production equipment and state-of-the-art steelmaking technical support!

For Han Yeping, perhaps this is the most important thing!

In fact, whether it is China's Hanyeping or Japan's Yawata Steel, the road to development in the early 20th century was full of ups and downs. They lack the experience of large-scale steel smelting, lack of sufficient technical personnel and skilled workers, and those Western countries with mature technology will never really help them, so they can only rely on their own slow groping and hard work. It's just that the final result is completely different, the Japanese finally stood up to Hachiman Iron after spending hundreds of millions of yen, while Han Yeping was in the darkest era in China, and was soon hit by the Xinhai Revolution, and finally declined in this helpless era, becoming the iron ore factory of Hachiman Steel!

John didn't know what the results of his efforts would be, but he was determined to stick with them......

In addition to a few students in Wuhan, John's most important relationship is undoubtedly Yan Fuqing in Changsha. After returning to Changsha in 1908, Yan Fuqing naturally became the vice president of Xiangya Hospital and began to preside over the construction of the new Xiangya Hospital!

In October 1908, the second month after returning to Changsha, Yan Fuqing received a down payment of 100,000 silver dollars from the Huntelaar Bank, purchased 150 acres of land in Changsha, and began to build a real modern hospital. His idea received strong support from the Hunan Yuqun Society, and at the same time funded him with 20,000 silver dollars.

In March 1909, after a long dispute, Yan Fuqing, who had all the sources of funds, finally persuaded Edward ? Hu Mei and the Yale-China Society named the hospital Xiangya Hospital.

In April 1909, the second payment of 300,000 silver dollars from the Huntelaar Bank arrived, and the construction of the Xiangya Hospital at the selected address began, and the full construction began in October. After Yan Fuqing received a telegram from John, the construction specifications of Xiangya Hospital were repeatedly improved, not only the scale is huge, but also the most advanced construction technology is used, and the sturdiness has been greatly improved.

In September 1909, five international students who had graduated from Huntelaar Medical College, Harvard Medical School, and Columbia Medical College returned to China and all joined Xiangya Hospital, which was under construction. At the same time, not to be outdone, the Yale-China Association sent two young physicians to Changsha. Just with the strong Huntelaar Department of physician pressure and Edward? Under Hu Mei's coordination, they could only reluctantly occupy a secondary position.

In October 1909, the third batch of remittances of 200,000 silver dollars from the Bank of Huntelaar arrived, and at the same time, with the support of the School of Nursing of the Huntelaar Medical College, the Xiangya School of Nursing began to be established.

In May 1910, more than half of the construction of Xiangya Hospital was completed, and the School of Nursing officially started.

In September 1910, the third batch of nine Chinese students joined Xiangya Hospital, three of whom graduated from Yale University School of Medicine.

In February 1911, the fourth batch of 400,000 banks of Huntelaar Bank arrived, the main building of Xiangya Hospital was completed, and the Xiangya Medical College next to it officially started!

At the beginning of March 1911, Yan Fuqing gave John? Mr. Huntelaar sent a telegram saying that both the operation of the old hospital and the construction of the new hospital were progressing smoothly, but the situation had been turbulent recently, and he hoped to organize a nursing team if necessary.

So in this telegram that John wrote to Yan Fuqing, he encouraged Yan Fuqing's ideas, and sent an order to the branch of the Huntelaar Bank, which immediately provided Yan Fuqing with a huge sum of money of the fourth half hundred thousand silver dollars, and asked them to pay more attention to the situation in China and Changsha, and to ensure the safety of Xiangya.

In 1911, the storm that swept through China was coming...... (To be continued.) )