Then, he took out a leather bag, Dugu Jiu leaned over, and saw Li Mu take out a handful of small lead from it, these lead are of different shapes, all with sharp edges and corners, after these edges and corners are sprayed out, they can scratch people's skin, and lead is a heavy metal, after abrasions, the wound is not easy to heal, and in severe cases, sepsis. Of course, if you don't want to kill yourself, you can also change it to iron or even stone, and it doesn't exceed the weight.

On top of this layer of small lead bullets, Li Mu used a large lead bullet or large stone bullet that was slightly smaller than the muzzle of the gun to press the top, and the section ring of the bullet was completed.

"Shoot!"

As Li Mu shouted, Dugu Jiu lit the twister, and then he followed Li Mu's example and covered his ears.

With a bang, the big and small bullets flew out together, roaring like thunder, and an awl scattered out in front of them, and the distance at the farthest end reached more than 100 zhang, which was more than the bow and arrow.

Dugu Jiu looked at the scene in front of him in shock, and wondered in his heart whether he could escape if he was within the range of this awl-shaped. In the end, he judged that it was impossible. Within the range of this awl-shaped, the lead bullets scattered would definitely be able to hurt him, even if it killed him. If you fight for your life on the battlefield, your combat effectiveness will be drastically reduced if you are injured. If this cannon is fired in front of the two armies, no matter how brave the cavalry is, it can only be a miserable defeat.

"Big brother, with this sharp weapon, the Tang Dynasty soldiers will be invincible!" Dugu Jiu said excitedly, but when he saw Li Mu's expression, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Big brother doesn't want to dedicate this thing to Your Majesty?" ”

Li Mu finished checking the barrel and said to Dugu Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, let me ask you, if I dedicate this thing to Your Majesty, what will Your Majesty do?" ”

"This ......" Dugu Jiu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty should immediately go east to Goguryeo, after all, with this thing, winning this battle is almost a certainty." ”

"And then?" Li Mu looked at Dugu Jiu and said, "After defeating Goguryeo, will Your Majesty stop the army and make a truce?" ”

"Will ......" Dugu Jiu's tone became less certain.

Is Li Shimin a good emperor? Whether it is in the history that Li Mu is familiar with, or in the history that has happened now, except for the Xuanwumen incident, which is a stain on Li Shimin's life, the rest of the things all show that Li Shimin is a good emperor.

When he was young, he fought all over the world, won every battle, and was known as the general of Tiance. After becoming the emperor, he stayed up all night, no matter how big or small, Corporal Lixian, the Tang Dynasty was thriving in his hands, and the people's lives were getting better and better. He is as open-minded as the sea, and can accommodate Wei Zheng, Wang Jue, who was opposed to him before, he is a meritocracy, willing to open the imperial examination, and accept the world's talents for the use of the imperial court. Compared with any emperor in history, Li Shimin can be praised as virtuous.

But is there no fault in a wise man? Li Shimin naturally has shortcomings, and his shortcomings are that he cares too much about his reputation, he wants to expand his territory too much, and he wants to complete the unfinished things of his predecessors. He wanted to use this way to prove that he was worthy of the position of emperor.

If this weapon of mass destruction is in the hands of Li Shimin, all the hidden dangers that Li Shimin thinks will definitely be attacked. The Tang Dynasty soldiers are invincible...... But is this necessarily a good thing?

To fight a war, you can not only have a big killing weapon. Soldiers and horses, grain and grass, all consumed are people's fat and people's ointment. However, once the war machine is in motion, it is out of its own hands. It's easy to start, but it's not so easy to stop.

People's desires will also grow slowly, and the distance between the dim and the virtuous is often just a thought.

Dugu Jiu stopped talking, Li Mu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "You can have a killing weapon, but you don't necessarily have to use it." I don't want Datang to become a killing nation, but I hope that the surrounding ethnic groups will take the initiative to integrate with the surrounding ethnic groups who admire the culture of Datang. Conquest is always just a strategy, and no dynasty or country can be strong forever. But we have this thing, which can protect us, Xue Yantuo and the like, if they want to cause trouble to Datang, it is also impossible! ”

Dugu Jiu nodded, although he didn't understand too much, but he believed that Li Mu's judgment would not be wrong.

The brothers packed up and returned to Gu Yuan, it was already getting late. Li Mu wanted to wash up and rest, but the porter came to report that someone had been waiting here all afternoon.

It's really not common to wait for an afternoon. It's not that he has a lot of people here, it's really Li Mu's bad temper, everyone knows it. Lai thought that he could meet him at the door, which was basically an illusion, so few people were bored.

Today's test was successful, Li Mu's mood was not bad, so he took advantage of the time to wash his feet and asked the porter to call someone over to see who it was and what was going on.

When people came, Li Mu didn't raise his head, continued to wash his feet, and said, "Before I finish washing my feet, say something, you don't have much time, pick up important things." ”

"The villain Wang Tong is a doctor!"

"Hmm,"

Li Mu said 'um' and said, "Something, say!" ”

"Master Hou, the villain came to meet Master Hou on purpose, and he came to warn him. If the villain is not bad, within half a month, a plague will be rampant in Cheng County. The 20,000 soldiers stationed outside the port of Mingzhou could not escape their fate! ”

"Huh?" Li Mu's movements paused, and finally looked up, the person in front of him was about five feet tall, with a short beard, and embarrassed eyes, but except for his eyes, there was nothing special about it, not like a charlatan, nor like a clever tongue.

Li Mu looked at it and said, "Your name is Wang Tong, and you are from the Langya Wang family?" ”

Wang Tong was also shrewd, and when he heard Li Mu's voice, he hurriedly said: "The villain came to warn, and it has nothing to do with the family. I really saw the problem, and I can't treat it as if I didn't see it, after all, this matter involves tens of thousands of people. Moreover, once the plague spreads, I don't know what kind of catastrophe will happen to the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, so I came to remind him that if the Hou Ye doesn't believe it, the villain will retire here......"

"Wait!" Li Mu wiped his feet, pointed to the seat next to him, and said: "Tell me carefully, if it makes sense, Benhou will forgive you for your innocence, and I will reward you, but if you can't justify yourself, Benhou will punish you, and it is useless for anyone to intercede." ”

Wang Tong sat down, leaned forward, only took a side, and said to Li Mu: "Master Hou, although the villain was born in the Langya Wang family, but because he is not from his own family, he has no ancestral property, and his ancestors have three generations, all of whom practice medicine for a living. Recently, the villain practiced medicine in Cheng County, and found many cases, the patient cough, chest pain, blood in the sputum, accompanied by fever, dysentery and other symptoms, the villain knew that this was a big belly disease. ”

"Big belly disease is not uncommon in Jiangnan. From time to time, when the condition is mild, it is not difficult to treat, and there are prescriptions, which are roughly divided into five categories: insecticide, spitting, stasis, water, and straightening. Even if the locals don't need a doctor, they still have their own earthwork. It's almost immortal, but if you don't notice it in the early stage, or misdiagnose it, in the late stage of the disease, your stomach will be swollen and distended, but the gods will be incurable. ”

"What caught the villain's attention this time was that the disease was not an isolated case, but a village, and there were four or five families. The villain did not experience it personally, but according to the codex of the villain's father. When Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty visited the capital of Xingjiang, he brought 100,000 craftsmen, and among these 100,000 craftsmen, there was an outbreak of this disease, and tens of thousands of people died of the disease. ”

The villain thinks that the large-scale outbreak of this disease should be directly related to the unsuitability of water and soil, and the unclean water source. So the villain thought of the 20,000 soldiers in Mingzhou and the 30,000 Turkic people who migrated over. The villain visited the resettlement village and found no outbreak of the disease. However, when I went to the camp in Chengxian County, I heard about the situation of the officers and men in the battalion seeking medical treatment, and many of them had unbearable diarrhea and dysentery, and the number of them expanded from dozens to hundreds...... If this continues, the situation may be unpredictable once the epidemic breaks out. Therefore, I came to report to Hou Ye and wanted to ask Hou Ye to pay attention to this matter. ”

Li Mu frowned slightly, and said, "Didn't you go to General Hou?" What did he say? ”

Wang Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, the villain is just a footman, how can he see General Hou." I came here to ask to see Hou Ye, but I also tried my luck, I didn't expect to see Hou Ye's face...... The villain just thought, just do his best, if he doesn't come to this trip, he will feel uneasy, since he has been here, whether he sees Hou Ye or not, he can be regarded as doing his best. ”

"Hmm......" Li Mu nodded and said, "You are very good, a good doctor." But the situation you said, Ben Hou has to verify. In this way, you can rest here for a day, and then Benhou will send someone to ask for clarification, and then make a plan. If what you say is true, Benhou will not be stingy with his reward. ”

"Master Xie." The king thanked him, went down with the porter, and went to the guest room to rest.

Wang Tong's intention, Li Mu understood in his heart. In fact, Wang Tong is not necessarily unable to see Hou Junji, but when he sees Hou Junji, compared with seeing him, the difference is big. Although Hou Junji is a secretary of the military department and a general, Hou Junji does not have the right to appoint and dismiss officials. But Li Mu is now the governor of Jiangnan, the governor of Jiangnan, who is also in charge of water transportation, and has Shang Fang's sword in hand, so he has the right to appoint and dismiss personnel. If the situation is true, his news is equivalent to saving the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, and such a merit cannot be unrewarded. At least a seventh-grade official is indispensable, from a footman, he has become an official. The fish leaps over the dragon gate, that's it.

Li Mu didn't mind Wang Tong's careful thinking, he never hesitated to reward meritorious people. Those who have the ability, he appreciates it even more.

Wang Tong talked about the illness, as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Mu knew what it was. Judging from the symptoms he said, the so-called big belly disease should be schistosomiasis. In Li Mu's previous life, big belly disease once became one of the diseases with the highest mortality rate in the Yangtze River basin before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China. When Li Mu was in school, he also read relevant records in history textbooks. This disease is caused by schistosomiasis parasitizing the human body, so it is called schistosomiasis. After adults get this disease, the body slowly loses weight, the spirit is not good, there is no strength to work, after a long time, there will be water in the stomach, day by day swelling, so it is also called big belly disease. If a child gets sick, he will not grow tall, and he will still look like a teenager when he is in his twenties, and he will not have children when he gets married.

But as Wang Tong said, this disease is not a terminal disease that cannot be treated. If it is detected early, or if there is earthwork prevention, it is actually controllable. But the problem is that the locals know how to prevent it, but the outsiders don't. Therefore, the 20,000 soldiers transferred from Chang'an, as well as the 30,000 Turkic migrants, became a dangerous group for this disease.

Wang Tong is right, schistosomiasis is indeed related to water sources. But he didn't talk about the joints, to be precise, about the microbes in the water. Schistosoma traps will parasitize in snails, and if the water source is not clean, or if there are snails to survive, there is a high probability that there will be schistosoma larvae.

If a person eats a snail or drinks water from a source where the snail is present, it is possible to eat the larvae of the schistosomiasis. It's easy to prevent this disease. Because Schistosoma is a single-host organism, the most straightforward way is to eliminate the snails.

Alternatively, taking water from a water source where there are no snails to survive can also solve the problem. Schistosomiasis can occur in the camp, probably because of the living conditions of the soldiers. There is not even a decent place to live, and there is no decent well for getting water. If you take water in the ditch, you can imagine that the existence of snails is inevitable.

Thinking of this, Li Mu blamed himself a little, the project of Mingzhou Port is so big, what is the matter sooner or later. First of all, the craftsmen were dispatched, the barracks were built, and the wells were dug for water, so that the soldiers would not be sick.

Fortunately, the epidemic has not yet broken out, and it is still too late.

Li Mu immediately asked Dugu Jiu to personally take people to the camp to check whether what Wang Tong said was true. If it belongs, please ask Hou Junji to come over and discuss how to solve it in the future.

At the same time, he also asked people to send a message to Gu Sizhi and asked him to prepare medicinal materials. Even if the situation is not so serious this time, it will not be wasted to prepare some medicinal herbs. In the future, when the fleet goes to sea, medicinal materials must also be available.

In addition, he also flew a pigeon to pass the book to the Ministry of Industry, so that Yu Wengui, who has now been promoted to the Ministry of Works, no matter what way he thinks, he will also make up a thousand craftsmen to support the construction of Mingzhou Port within a month, and the first thing that these thousand craftsmen have done is to solve the problem of the barracks. The soldiers can no longer be allowed to live in tents, these soldiers are not only left by Li Shimin to deter the Jiangnan Wang clan, but also the foundation of Li Mu's development of the water division, and there is no room for error.

After doing all this, it is already the top of the moon. Li Mu still couldn't sleep, and this incident reminded him. Although what he did seemed to be smooth, there were still some hidden dangers under the surface of the smooth sailing. This kind of thing happens when the steps are too fast and a lot of foundations can't keep up.

When this incident has passed, it is time to put the implementation of the hospital in Jiangnan on the agenda.