"Ahem...... "Ahem" Speaking of this, in fact, Ma Wensheng is also desperate in his heart.

Ping Xihou, you are so sick that your life is dying, you are still thinking about this.

But...... Obviously, this hand works.

Even Liu Jian was moved, this great hero of the garrison border town, before he died, he had a little wish, what's wrong?

Ma Wensheng thought about it for a while, and then continued: "He also said that if His Majesty is willing to approve this family business, he will be blind to death, and the title of Pingxi Hou would rather be taken away by His Majesty." He also said that the epidemic, the southwest is bound to be uneasy, as long as he still has a breath left, dragging this serious illness, he will continue to inspect the guards, if he dies, his wife Liu, will also inherit his will, for His Majesty, the town of Guizhou, Guizhou Ding, then the southwest, the southwest, then the Ming Chang. He understands this. ”

"In this recital, there is also Liu's handwritten recital......"

Ma Wensheng sighed and continued: "Liu said that since she married into the Fang family, one day she is the Fang family, she is dead, and she is also the ghost of the Fang family. ”

Speaking of which......

Emperor Hongzhi was silent, needless to say, this Fang Jinglong's loyalty is not to mention, even this Liu family is indeed admirable.

Emperor Hongzhi naturally understood what Ping Xihou meant, but at the same time, he couldn't help but be worried about Ping Xihou's physical condition.

He immediately said: "Immediately order the imperial doctor to rush to Guizhou and try his best to treat Pingxi, but the top priority at the moment is to cure this disease." ”

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh: "The Fang family is a loyal martyr, which one is not dedicated to the court and died." If Fang Jifan learned about this matter, he didn't know how worried he was. ”

He found that he was actually starting to think about Fang Jifan's feelings.

Obviously, what should be more concerned is that the erosive situation of the entire Yungui is.

Now that such a big plague outbreak means the death of countless people, the dominance of the Ming Dynasty in the Yungui area will be weak, coupled with the current filthy relationship with Annan, it is difficult to protect the south but take this opportunity to fall into the ground.

Emperor Hongzhi got up, put his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth in the hall, very anxious in his heart.

Every outbreak of malaria, in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, in the past, meant a military defeat or the occurrence of a rebellion.

I hope this time, I can spend it safely.

And the most harmful to malaria every time is the Tuntian military guard, which means that a large number of Han casualties, the Ming rule over the southwest, will fall into a weakened situation, at that time......

Emperor Hongzhi sighed, then stopped, looked at Liu Jian and the others with a pair of bright eyes, and paused word by word: "I want to make the princess marry Fang Jifan, the prince of Pingxi, what do you think?" ”

Liu Jian and the others were silent.

It is not advisable for a princess to marry a meritorious person, which, in the eyes of many, increases the risk of relatives interfering in politics.

But what about now......

Pingxi is infected with the disease, and death is just around the corner.

People are about to die, and if the princess marries, the title of Pingxi Hou will naturally be taken away.

At this point, if you oppose it, it's a bit unreasonable.

This is full of loyalty, hasn't Daming always advocated loyalty and filial piety?

Fang Jinglong is old, although malaria is not an incurable disease, but the mortality rate is extremely high, once infected, when a person of Fang Jinglong's age is reached, it is almost like stepping on a coffin board.

Moreover, the situation in the southwest is critical, and the imperial court needs to use the help of the Liu family and her people to try their best to maintain the situation.

Otherwise, once the southwest erodes, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Emperor Hongzhi added another sentence: "Thinking back to the beginning, the Duke of Qianguo was ordered to control Yunnan. Emperor Wen married the princess to the son of the Duke of Qianguo, and there is a precedent for me to do so. I only have one daughter, for the loyalty of the Fang family, why not marry the princess. There are tens of thousands of Han troops in the southwest, hundreds of thousands of family members, and many people who have migrated, and there are countless people, at this moment, I not only care about their safety, but also hope that I can take advantage of the joy of the princess's marriage to dilute the worries of the crisis in the southwest, Liu Qing's family, Li Qing's family, and Xie Qing's family, not to mention, in the ancestral law, the princess is married to the minister, it is not impossible. But even if there is no precedent for the ancestral law, there is love outside the law, Fang Jifan's father is dying, thinking about it, he is also like a fish in his throat, I give marriage and reward loyalty, can't it? ”

Liu Jian was calm, His Majesty's words really made him unable to refuse: "If Your Majesty makes an order, the minister has nothing to say." ”

Emperor Hongzhi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xie Qian and Li Dongyang.

Xie Qian smiled bitterly: "What Your Majesty said is reasonable, extrajudicial is nothing more than human affection, and the minister has nothing to say." ”

Li Dongyang hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "That is the case, then make an order, what happened today, there are joys and sorrows, I wish the country and the people peace, I wish the country and the people are safe, and now my daughter Zhu Xiurong will be in the boudoir, and now I will hear the loyalty of the Fang family, and I will be released to the palace, and I will marry Fang Jifan, the son of the Fang family......"

………………

Xi shan.

Fang Jifan has obtained a letter from home.

Looking at the family letter, Fang Jifan frowned.

This is not so much a family letter, but a will, I hope that Fang Jifan can keep the family business in the future, from now on, you must not be ridiculous, do things, you must look forward to the future, you must not be as willful as before, and you must take care of your sister Yunyun.

Dad...... I got malaria.

And...... Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the ninth malaria has completely broken out in the Yunnan-Guizhou area.

Malaria has swept through the three provinces, and almost everywhere the military guards have already had epidemics, and in serious cases, it has reached the point of wailing in the entire military camp.

Panic has spread, a large number of officers and soldiers have begun to flee, and people have begun to bring their families with them, hoping to get as far away as possible from the source of the epidemic.

The originally stable Yungui line began to move again.

After Fang Jifan finished reading this family letter, he couldn't help but feel melancholy, and the whole person was very uncomfortable.

My dad ...... Hindsight.

actually proposed to the palace at this time, and proposed to the palace about the princess and his own relatives.

Although he complained in his heart, Fang Jifan knew that the epidemic was like a fire, and once it could not be controlled, then he didn't know how many people would die, and even his father.

Fang Jifan was a little anxious, malaria can be regarded as an incurable disease in this era, and now it is important to control the disease and treat the disease and save people.

He hurriedly found Zhang Xin.

The cultivation of cinchona trees, since Xu Jing brought back the seedlings and seeds the year before last, has begun to plant, it has higher requirements for the environment, Zhang Xin has probably figured out their habits, so in the greenhouse, has begun large-scale planting.

To plant cinchona trees, it takes a very high cost, at the beginning of Tuntianwei, there are too many tree species and crops that need to be cultivated, and they are not willing to invest too much cost, if it is not for Fang Jifan's attention, Zhang Xin will not be interested in this cinchona tree.

In the past two years, the entire northern foot of the West Mountain, has set up a continuous greenhouse, the cinchona tree is widely planted, but the current cinchona tree, the vast majority, has not yet 'adult', not tall and strong, at present, but the birth is only as tall as a person, the trunk is only thick with a water cup.

Originally, it took six years for the tree to grow, but in terms of economic benefits, if they start to scrape their bark, the yield is not high, and it is very easy to cause the death of the cinchona tree.

Zhang Xin heard that Fang Jifan was going to take the bark of the cinchona tree, and he was immediately a little unhappy: "Thousands of households, in order to plant these trees, the tuntian office, used hundreds of manpower, this tree has a very high demand for temperature and soil, and needs a lot of water for irrigation, it is very pampered, and it is not easy to build a greenhouse, and the cost is huge." ”

What he didn't say was that this cinchona tree cost him countless painstaking efforts.

Although he didn't say it, his reluctance could be heard from Zhang Xin's voice.

At this time, Fang Jifan couldn't manage so much, and it was important to save people, so he said to Zhang Xin very solemnly: "At this time, it is important to save people, and now it is very much needed to make bark medicine, compared with human life, no matter how much this tree costs, how much is it worth?" ”

Fang Jifan suddenly felt that when he said this, his waist was very straight, what is the three views of the right, what is called for the country and the people, my Jifan is.

"Harvest the bark now, and harvest as much as you can."

Fang Jifan personally went to the cultivation base of the cinchona tree at the northern foot of the road, where thousands of cinchona trees occupy hundreds of acres of land, in order to create a tropical rainforest environment, this large piece of land, have been specially transformed.

Fang Jifan gave an order, even Zhang Xin could only endure the pain and pass on the order.

Hundreds of farmers, armed with knives for the bark, carefully scraped off the bark of the cinchona tree, and then loaded it with a dustpan, and the next day, dozens of baskets of cinchona bark were transported into a special pharmaceutical workshop.

In the last life, people extracted cinchona cream from the bark of the cinchona tree, which became the first generation of anti-malarial medicine; Since then, with the development of the pharmaceutical industry, people have made quinine from the ingredients of this cinchona cream.

This special drug, for malaria, is extremely effective, is a rapid blood schizont killer.

It's not easy to make quinine, but it's ...... With cinchona bark, this primitive quinine is much easier.

In South America, where the rainforest environment is similar to that of Yunnan, Guizhou and the Western Ocean, which are also in the tropics, and therefore, the Indians discovered the cinchona tree, which dried its bark and ground it into powder to treat malaria.

But this alone, as far as the other party's successor is concerned, it is obviously not only that, he ordered people to harvest more bark, even if he didn't care about the survival of the cinchona tree, he could scavenge as much as he could, and on the other hand, he ordered people to start preparing medicines.