A steep rock swoops down, and a waterhole beneath the rock is crystal clear.

On the bow of the boat, a fisherman with a hat holds a fishing rod in his hand, and behind him, at the stern of the boat, a boy dressed as a fan fanning the charcoal fire on a small stove, as if ready to wait for the fisherman to catch a fish to cook.

On the side of the rock, a stream of water flows down the stone wall, forming a small waterfall that splashes countless times on the surface of the pool.

On the mountain rock, a cluster of trees clings to the stone wall, and the side escapes obliquely, and the artistic conception is more and more lofty.

"Wen Bing, it's been hard in the past few months."

In May of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Lin Wenbing completed the Tailugu trial mission of the Guangzhou and returned to Hue.

In the nearly half-year trip, not only did he open up the trade routes with the Shahi Sultan, but also surveyed and mapped the sea routes, hydrology, tides, currents, reefs, beaches, etc., in the Shahi Sultan's kingdom, from north to south, the prototype of three trading posts has been established, like three stars inlaid on the east coast of the Indian Ocean.

Madras, Hyderabad, Maslibata, the three trading stations, the shops, the storage houses, the warehouses, the wharves, the warehouses, and most importantly, the protective measures, those watchtowers, watchtowers, and fences, have begun to take shape under the labor of the natives, "We handed over all the eight-pounder guns on the ship to the brothers who stayed behind, and the big franc machine left half of it, and almost all the ammunition left. ”

"Except for one Fu Ship left for the purpose of liaison transportation between the three merchant stations, the remaining five Fu Ships and the Guangzhou were all fully loaded."

Lin Wenbing took out the current accounts and logbook of the voyage from the leather protection book. Handed over to the official room beside Shouhan on duty.

"Please take a look."

"Wen Bing, what do you think of this landscape?"

Shouhan shook his hand on the surface of the water, and immediately there were waves on the water, and the small boat of Wupeng also rose and fell.

"This is the bonsai sent by Peiting from Guangzhou during the Chinese New Year."

Lin Wenbing carefully looked at the stone mountain bonsai in front of him made of Yingde's specialty stone, which was made of Yingde's specialty stone, needless to say, the wrinkled, thin, and transparent stone, and the trees on the mountain rocks were even more exquisite. The pruning and pruning of the leaves allows it to grow and develop according to the will of man, and over time, the traces of artificial pruning gradually disappear. It's like nature. Intriguing.

The most ingenious idea is the seemingly ordinary pond, in which there is another mystery in the water and the mountain rock made of stone, which presses the water to the top of the mountain rock. It becomes a waterfall that flows down the rock wall. And then there's the fishermen fishing in the pool. The boy who made the fire, the whole bonsai is a living landscape painting, and the artistic conception is far-reaching and profound.

"The second son and Ye Shaoning are both elegant people. I'm a layman, and I can't understand something. ”

Lin Wenbing looked at it and replied to Li Shouhan with some humility.

"This bonsai is said to have taken many years of painstaking efforts by craftsmen to make, and it is really a scene that has been completed for ten years. It is said that looking at the mountains is the mountains and the water is the water, and the realm has arrived, but unfortunately I am also a layman and can't do this! Shouhan also laughed at himself, and picked up the account book handed in by Lin Wenbing.

"Count all kinds of cotton, precious stones, peony horses, horses, etc." He whispered.

After the return of this trade, the largest cargo was cotton, the most valuable cargo was all kinds of precious stones, and the most troublesome thing for the crew was the purchased horses on each ship.

Woman. And it is a group of women who are extremely enchanting even if they are judged by the aesthetic standards of Ming Dynasty scholars.

"A couple of Jagil bought our swords and firearms, claiming that they had no cash for us, but they also promised to plant all the cotton seeds we had provided on their land, and I agreed. As a sign of their sincerity, they selected the captives and slave girls they had taken from the aliens in several battles and sent one hundred and fifty of them over. It's a thank you to us. ”

"What do you think of these people?"

Lin Wenbing lowered his voice and looked around. He didn't want to lose the reputation of a courtier who flattered and invited favors.

Indian beauties?

Rao is Shouhan is already a father and a husband, but when he heard such words, he was like hearing an order, and he couldn't help but be enthusiastic.

However, after all, he is the master of one party, and he can't show his monkey urgency, even if he is sexually interested in these orchids, he has to maintain a little demeanor.

"This, you send it to the general number of the business, let them find a way to deal with it, whether the officials and generals at all levels will marry the soldiers according to the way of the Japanese people, or whether it will be used for the spot, you will discuss it yourself."

"Then, it's okay, these one hundred and forty people, I'll send them to the main number."

Without showing his face, Lin Wenbing's 150 people became 140 people.

"No, it's one hundred and fifty! If I'm going to ask for it, I'll go to the general number and pick it myself. In the last half of the sentence, Shouhan also lowered his voice and said to Lin Wenbing, and after finishing speaking, he winked at him narrowly.

Think of the heroine in a Bollywood movie, with a bewitching body, a soft snake-like waist, fair skin, and jewel-like eyes. Shouhan couldn't help but get a little distracted.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

"What is the origin of these women? It can't be the so-called untouchables in India, right? ”

"It's not. According to the Jagils, they were all noble ladies of the nearby tribes, and some of them were so-called princesses. Those untouchables, not to mention giving them away, are a great insult to the Jagils at a glance. ”

Thinking of the images of those untouchables he had seen in various materials, Shouhan couldn't help but quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

"In Telugu, untouchables are not treated as human beings. However, because of this, they are hired at an extremely low price, even for a bowl of rice cooked in milk. ”

"If possible, the ship's position is sufficient. In the future, some untouchables of India can be brought over to serve as official slaves, which are much cheaper than those horses, and they do not occupy so much space. ”

Just now, under the supervision of Shouhan, Lin Wenbing handed over forty horses with extremely pure blood to Huang Yishan and Hu Licheng, who came from Fulang Mountain. Seeing the fat and shiny horses being pulled out of the stable by the groom, Huang and Hu couldn't help but smile, especially when the two of them saw the scepters under the crotch of each horse that marked their strong reproductive ability, it made the two of them smile almost to the ears. This is no less than the seed of a great horse-eating horse brought from heaven! In the future, the development of the horse team will be more helpful.

There are also more than 1,000 tons of cotton. More than 100 textile machines were dismounted by the textile mill, and they were devoured almost instantly. Looking at the clumps of white cotton quickly turning into thin cotton threads in the hands of weavers, and then looking at the merchants in Fujian, Guangdong, and even Fusang who were holding a string of collusion treasures and a silver dollar waiting to buy muslin, Lin Wenbing knew that he had bet on the right treasure. This adventure not only brought me a lot of money. It also added some help to the lord's foundation.

"My lord. The contracts we have signed with Jagil all over Telugu are about five million acres of cotton, and each acre is only ten pounds of cotton, which is also a monstrous amount. Ask the lord to arrange the ships and the goods to trade, and prepare to go to Telugu to transport the cotton back when the north wind rises. ”

"Naturally, the ships will be arranged, not only Telugu that you have opened, but also Goa, which is the Ban of Gonzalez!"

Shouhan smiled indifferently.

Although from the perspective of the South Chinese Army, Gonzalez's Portuguese Restoration Army was basically a group of wine bags and rice bags, it took more than half a year to attack a Goa fortress with few defenders. However, with the assistance of the South Chinese Army at no cost, the earliest Portuguese fortress in India finally fluttered the flag of the former Portuguese Empire again.

There was no time to clean up the treasury and check the loot, so Colonel Gonzalez gathered his subordinates and invited all the large and small princes in the vicinity to either invite them or go to the palaces and castles of the princes, with only one purpose, to purchase all kinds of products, cotton, wheat, precious stones, jute, as long as they are needed by the South Central Army, they are the first choice on the procurement list of the Restoration Army!

"Now our fleet has to go around India, across the ocean to Telugu, or resupply in Ceylon and continue west to Goa. Ship back to Hue all the items that Gonzalez has purchased for us over there and sell all our products in Goa. ”

"Therefore, not long ago, Ye Qi took great pains to find a group of craftsmen from the Longjiang Bao Shipyard who claimed to have built big ships in those years, and I sent them to the shipyard to build our Ha Tinh, Hue, and Chai Stick. But, guess what they say? ”

"My subordinates don't know, but if I think about it, it's inevitable to be surprised."

"Hey, hey! When they first arrived at the shipyard that day, it happened that the keels of the two ships had arrived. Seeing the keel made of nine-turn steel, several old shipwrights jumped to their feet and scolded, saying, there has been no such thing in shipbuilding since ancient times! How could a lucky ship ever have ribs? Who ordered this ship? Such a loser! ”

Li Shouhan's many practices are known as the things of the loser, and it is no longer news to everyone in the Southern Chinese Army, and Lin Wenbing only politely followed the lord's narration and let out a burst of laughter when he heard it.

Then, when they saw the size of the keels, they stopped shouting, but just said that the legend of their ancestors was true! It turns out that the legend of the Three Treasures Gonggong fleet back then is true! ”

The 30-meter-long keel has a total weight of more than 100 tons, and only such a keel can support the hull of a ship of the Guangzhou class with a total length of nearly 60 meters and a width of 12 meters, and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.

After chatting with Shouhan for a while, and made a more detailed report on the experience of going to sea, Lin Wenbing looked at the fire and felt that it was almost over, so he got up and said goodbye.

"My lord, if there is no other messenger to explain, then my brothers and I of the Guangzhou will rest for a few days, and then set off for the north to the capital to finish the affairs that prevail in Long. You see, do you have any other commands before I go? ”

Hearing Lin Wenbing's words, Shouhan thought about it, walked indoors, and took out a banner with two words on it, "Hidden." ”

"This is when I was talking to Master Li a few days ago, he wrote it on a whim. If you are leaving today, I will give you this letter, which is a parting message, hidden, hidden. It's to make everything you know about going north. ”

"Hidden, hidden. Latent, hidden. Lin Wen Bingpin seems to have comprehended the meaning of these two words.

"When I get there, I will do a good job, maybe I will go to the capital in a few years. When the time comes, I will have to rely on you more! ”

"The subordinates don't dare! But there was a day. The subordinates must ensure that there is no shortage of food and ammunition for the army! ”

Speak for the sake of it. Naturally, there is no need to say more. The Han guards ordered Lin Wenbing to take the emeralds, jadeite, ruby sapphires and the like, and among them, there was also a ruby that claimed to be able to exchange for a Guangzhou in the capital.

"My Lin Da shopkeeper, your Long will prevail in the future. It is Nanyang jewelry. Muslin, rice, Fuso Nanban and other swords, fine firearms were the main commodities. ”

Smack. Shouhan closed the delicate box containing the precious stones, "These things are fascinating, and it is useless to stay with me." You might as well take it to the capital and run it well. ”

At the end of May, Lin Wenbing led the Guangzhou fleet to sail north to the capital after a short rest, loaded with rice, muslin, sugar, and the sword of Nanzhong, which was known as the Japanese sword.

In June, just as the new rice was being harvested, an unexpected event happened again.

Happening again?

The reason why I say this is because at the beginning of this story, this matter has already troubled Pig's Feet.

Malaria!

As a common and frequent disease in tropical and subtropical regions, it is relatively common. Under the measures taken by Shouhan for many years to forcibly promote the cultivation of hygiene habits, the outbreak of malaria did not form a large scale, and did not cause a large number of deaths on the old territory of the South Chinese Army.

However, this time, with the influx of a large number of victims from the Mojiakong area in the north into Honghe Province, and tens of thousands of victims who entered the Jiulong River from the Guò waterway in Guangdong, malaria broke out among them, and with the help of mosquitoes, malaria spread in the north and south directions.

When he received reports of malaria outbreaks in more than 20 prefectures and counties in Honghe, Kowloon, and Fanlang, Shouhan was not sure that this was true.

"Mr. Wang, are you sure that this outbreak is malaria? Will it not be misdiagnosed? ”

Wang Tingqi, who was in charge of the health and medical treatment and epidemic prevention affairs of the entire South China Army, threw the headscarf on his head aside with a little annoyance, and the students next to him hurriedly went over to help him pick up the headscarf, so as not to have the crime of dereliction of honor in the signing room of Shouhan.

"Lord, the old man has been working with you for more than ten years, and I don't dare to say anything else, but when it comes to medical medicine, the old man is still a little sure. After being bitten by a mosquito, there are sudden chills, chills, and then high fever, nonsense, confusion, and other symptoms, this is not malaria, what is it?! ”

Now that it is clear that it is malaria, then follow the previous routine and continue the treatment according to a very mature set of treatment experience, and there is no need for you Mr. Wang to be so angry, right? Even if you have a compassionate heart, it won't be like this, right?

Shouhan slandered in his heart.

"My lord, when I was in Ha Jing in the past, I used Artemisia annua to treat patients, and you taught me this method back then. However, now this method is a little weak! ”

The reason is actually very simple, Artemisia annua, as an annual herbaceous plant, grows in today's Ji, Liao, southern Hebei, southern Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Lianghu, Liangguang, eastern Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces, and is distributed in North Korea, Japan, Vietnam (north), Myanmar, India (north) and Nepal. However, now the center of the South Central Army is in Hue, which is geographically part of the southern region of Annam, and a large number of patients are concentrated in the Kowloon Province, Phan Lang, and Phan Thiet regions, which are all concentrated in the southern region.

Where to find Artemisia annua?

Moreover, it is necessary to "hold Artemisia annua, stain it with two liters of water, wring the juice, and serve it", that is to say, it must be fresh Artemisia annua!

"Lord, Mr. Cheng and I are already at a loss, but please read it in front of those tens of thousands of patients, and ask Lordship to think of a way, it is a living being!"

Wang Tingqi burst into tears when he spoke, and he even wanted to kneel down in front of Shouhan, but the bluffing Shouhan hurriedly pressed him to the chair and sat down with several of Wang Tingqi's students.

"What's the matter, you just say, why bother? You're not going to fold my longevity? Shouhan reproached Wang Tingqi with a somewhat joking tone.

"My lord. Actually, the old man wants to ask the lord to endure the pain of love! ”

"Back then, we also used cinchona cream to treat malaria patients. The effect is very good, and once this thing is made, it is no longer affected by the region, and there is no place between the five lakes and the world, unlike Artemisia annua, which must be freshly squeezed. ”

One of Mr. Wang's students annotates the teacher's actions.

"Good! Then you and Cheng Shopkeeper will go to the procurement together, why come to me? It's not been said a long time ago. Encountering this catastrophe and pandemic. All the money and food expenses will be paid in advance from the inner government, have you forgotten? ”

Wang Tingqi heard this, and slowly stood up from the chair of the Huanghuali official hat. Dressed up. Respectfully and respectfully bowed to Shouhan deeply. "Lord, are you telling the truth?"

"Huh! Old gentleman! You and I have not known and worked together for a day or two, have I ever spoken uncomfortably? ”

"The old man naturally knows that the lord's heart is bright. Confessed, but the matter is big, and I am afraid that the lord will not be reluctant, so the little old man must explain it to the lord. ”

Hearing this, Shouhan seemed to understand a little, this old man was afraid of something, this idea was absolutely no problem in controlling the epidemic, but I was afraid that Shouhan's personal interests would be severely damaged.

"Didn't you arrange for Chen Qinghua to plant cinchona trees and tear trees in several mountainous areas and plains? I heard the Portuguese in Alfonso say that the bark of the cinchona tree is the material for refining cinchona cream, and in their country people dig up the roots of the cinchona tree that grows for about 12 years and peel off the bark or root bark; After that, the 12-year-old cinchona tree is dug up by roots and stripped of its bark or root bark. Or boiled soup to eat, or processed and refined into cinchona. ”

However, in this way, the Lord's years of hard work were in vain, and those trees, which were only planted for five or six years, were like chickens. Although the old man's move is not selfish, it damages the lord's family business, such as killing chickens and taking eggs! ”

"Tens of thousands of living beings will ......"

"That's it! Say no more! ”

Shouhan was a little annoyed.

"Originally, I spent a lot of money to buy these foreign plant seeds, which one was not for the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the people? Just for a few trees, look at how big your bend is! You're still the old man who followed me from the time I first took over! Take a look at your little bit of talent! ”

"Your old man cried and cried for a long time, just to persuade me to cut down those trees to save people, lest I be unwilling? Joke! Am I such a petty person?! ”

"How many epidemics have I cared about money that time?"

After a tantrum, the atmosphere in the room was surprisingly good, and Wang Tingqi looked at Li Shouhan who was standing behind the table with a wolf pen and scribbling on the paper.

"It's been six years since they were planted, and those trees should be ready to use. I will arrange a boat and arrange a few people to go with you to find Chen Qinghua's house and tell him, the matter is urgent, don't dig the roots. ”

The method taught to Chen Qinghua by the Shouhan was the method of cutting branches.

The pruning method is to cut down the tree from the ground, peel off the bark, make the remaining trunk base indefinite branches, and leave 1~2 branches for it to grow, and then peel off the bark after the branches grow, dry or dry, in this way, the cut down trees are into a cycle of regeneration procedures. Rather than a one-shot deal, as is the case with the digging method.

Wang Tingqi took the thin pieces of paper in Shouhan's hand, as if they carried the lives of tens of millions of people, and his hands couldn't stop shaking, so that the paper couldn't stop making a burst of sounds.

"Mr. Wang, I see that you are also old, and I am afraid that you will not be able to bear this boat and car, so let these high-level people go there, you just sit in Hue, or go back and forth to supervise one or two!"

Soon, the cinchona trees were cut down by the roots, and the doctors instructed the many officials and slaves of the plantation to quickly peel off the bark, and before they had time to reel, dry or dry the process, they ordered the fresh bark to be transported directly to the Kowloon River and Honghe Province by boat.

The cinchona cream, which once had a life-saving grace for a person with smallpox sequelae and his family in history, was actually not a discovery of European medicine, and the Europeans' own research on materia medica did not have the first "scientific" elixir until the publication of Viselin's "Review of Foxglove" in 1785. "Cinchona bark" was originally an indigenous medicine for the Peruvian Indians. The Jesuits introduced it to Spain from the New World around 1632, and the missionaries presented it to Kangxi, calling it a "Western" medicine. In fact, it is an indigenous herbal medicine that is no different from Chinese herbal medicine, and it is not a scientific product! Therefore, those who say that Western medicine has surpassed Chinese medicine since the end of the Ming Dynasty can go to see pockmarks.

In the era of breaking the wheel, the treatment of external injuries was to pour hot oil on the wound or use a soldering iron to stop the bleeding!

What scientific discoveries can be expected from such a healthcare system? Don't be funny!

Fortunately, Lao Tzu has played the Age of Discovery, and has seen countless literary and artistic works, so he knows what is useful and when. Shouhan looked at Wang Tingqi, who was busy with epidemic prevention and control in several major epidemic areas, and felt very proud. (To be continued......)

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