"Li Zhanshi, how long will it take for this medicine to take effect~?"

Li Er asked all the servants in the house to go out, and then he asked Li Zexuan with his hands on his shoulders.

Li Zexuan replied: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the minister's estimate, the effect should be seen in the afternoon, and the number of Qingque bowel movements will be significantly reduced at that time, keep a pair of medicines in the morning and evening, and it will definitely be cured within five days~!" ”

"You're so confident~?"

"The minister has this confidence~!"

If at the beginning, he only relied on his understanding of medicinal materials to infer prescriptions, and he may not be 100% sure, but now that he saw that Li Tai and others were smoked by the toilet chips, they began to gradually improve, and he became more confident in the prescription that the old village doctor said.

Li Er nodded imperceptibly, and said: "This time, Qingque suddenly suffered from cholera, and his life was almost lost, thanks to your help, I and the queen are very grateful, what reward do you want, just say it!" ”

Li Zexuan's eyes lit up, and then they dimmed again, he sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that all the Qingque and Ugly Cows are suffering from cholera, just because they drank the water of the Bahe River, I don't know if it is true~?" ”

Li Er couldn't help but be surprised, and when he heard Li Zexuan suddenly ask about this, he suppressed the question in his heart and nodded: "That's true!" I had already sent someone to check the recent food in Qingque Mansion before, and there was nothing unusual, and, just now, I received news that there were hundreds of more people suffering from cholera outside Chang'an City! ”

Li Zexuan's heart sank, and he said: "Therefore, the minister thinks that now is not the time to discuss rewards, this river is invisible, and the pollution on the water source is the most difficult to control, and the number of people infected with cholera will definitely be far more than this number, and the top priority at the moment is that the local government should come forward to remind the people to pay attention to drinking water hygiene, so as to prevent more people from suffering from cholera!" ”

Although he does not have the heart of a bodhisattva, he does not want to see too many people suffer. Since ancient times, cholera, an acute infectious disease, has always been more important to prevention than to cure. If you don't have a set of preventive measures, you won't be able to control it when the number of cholera patients reaches a certain number!

When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but look at Li Zexuan a little impressed, and secretly said that this kid is usually oily-headed and smooth-headed, but when it comes to critical times, he can still distinguish the importance very well!

"Yes, I am very pleased that you can think of this, but yesterday I have already ordered that the Jingzhao Mansion and the county officials of the prefectures and counties near Chang'an City will go door-to-door to inform Baixin not to drink the water of the Bahe River, and when your prescription really works, I will ask the Imperial Medical Department to allocate a batch of medicinal materials and distribute them to the sick people for free!"

Li Er looked at Li Zexuan with a look of relief and said.

Who knows, Li Zexuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this rule of law does not cure the root cause!" Although there are eight rivers around Chang'an, Wei, Jing, Feng, Li, Wei, Zhu, Chan and Ba, there are five canals in the city, including Longshou Canal, Qingming Canal, Yong'an Canal, Yellow Canal and Cao Canal, which can be said to be rich in water sources, and one less Bahe River can still meet the water supply of the people in and outside Chang'an, but Your Majesty should not forget that these eight rivers and the five major canals are interconnected, and over time, the water of other rivers also has the risk of causing people to contract cholera! If His Majesty wants to prohibit the people from drinking river water, only one Bahe River, it is far from enough~! ”

Chang'an in this era is different from the modern West (An), and the surrounding area is quite rich in water resources, otherwise it would not be enough to support this super city with a population of 2 million! But in this era, there is no running water, and people's drinking water mainly comes from river water, so Li Zexuan felt that Li Er's method was unreliable.

(The reason why there is a shortage of water resources and frequent droughts in modern Xi (An) is mainly because of the Sui and Tang dynasties for more than 300 years, the population of Guanzhong increased significantly, the Loess Plateau was overdeveloped, and the forests disappeared sharply, of course, the most important thing was the war at the end of the Tang Dynasty)

After listening to Li Zexuan's words, Li Er couldn't help frowning deeply, pondering for a long time, he glanced at Li Zexuan, and said, "Looking at your confident appearance, you must have a countermeasure in your heart, right?" Speak up, don't sell me a pass! ”

Li Zexuan secretly rolled his eyes, is this called selling Guanzi, master? It's called strategizing!

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the reason why the water of this Bahe River can cause people to be infected with cholera is because there are tiny lives that cause cholera in the river water, this kind of life is very small, and it cannot be seen by the naked eye, when it enters the human body, it will generally be killed by the acid secreted by the human stomach, but there will always be a part of it that survives, and the surviving part will invade the human intestines, and it will multiply in large quantities in a very short period of time, producing a high concentration of toxins, and the lethality is very powerful! The specific manifestation is that the blue finch vomits and diarrhea non-stop like yesterday! ”

Li Zexuan began to instill modern medical theories in Li Er and Li Tai, Li Er's eyes widened when he heard it, but Li Tai couldn't help but shiver a few times, and he felt panicked at the thought of countless small things "giving birth" in his intestines.

Li Zexuan continued: "The people's lives are inseparable from water, so His Majesty's method of prohibiting the people from drinking river water is not a long-term solution, and the minister feels that instead of this, it is better to encourage the people to boil the water before drinking water, so as to greatly reduce the possibility of them suffering from cholera!" ”

(In ancient times, the river water was generally drunk cold water, and only when the weather was cold, the water would be boiled and drunk)

Li Er was puzzled: "If this water is boiled, can it kill those little things in the water~?" ”

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Of course, in fact, not only this kind of small life, but also other things that can cause people to get sick, most of them can be killed when the water is boiled!" ”

Li Er nodded lightly, but in his heart he secretly said that he had to order for a while, all the water in the palace would have to be boiled in the future before it could be used, and the little lives that Li Zexuan said just now multiplied in Li Tai's stomach in large numbers, and it also disgusted him, he Li Er is the Ninety-Five Honor, and he can't allow these gadgets to offend his Long Wei!

"Just as you say, and in a moment I will be told! You remember to write what you just said in the "Datang Daily" later, it is best to let more people know the stakes~! ”

Today's "Datang Daily" has become a force of public opinion that cannot be ignored, and many times the decrees of the imperial court have to be publicized through newspapers.

Li Zexuan promised that even if Lao Li didn't say it, he would do it.

"That's... Mountain chief, where did the little cholera-causing life in the river you mentioned earlier come from~? ”

At this time, Li Tai, who was half-leaning on the bed, asked weakly.

Li Zexuan turned his head, glanced at the baby sympathetically, and said: "According to my estimate, it is very likely that the water of the Bahe River was contaminated by the feces of patients who had cholera before, so there was such a small life again, and then it happened to be ..... by a few of you."

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(End of chapter)