"Xianggong, you can sleep in the study these days! There are as few people as possible in the inner house. ”

Yan Mei'er ordered someone to pass on the message, and in the past few days, the house has stopped frying and fried beans and other matters, and on the other hand, she has packed up the things that are used with Shouhan.

"Sister Shilin's eldest brother who gave birth to us has been happy these days, and the sister of the Li family is also pregnant, so it's better to care about each other in the house."

Shi Lin's son is having a fever these days, accompanied by fever, as well as irritability and chills. Vomit. Loose stools and other symptoms. He was still conscious, and from time to time he pointed to his throat with his little finger and told his mother, meaning that his throat hurt.

Very typical smallpox symptoms!

Smallpox, a well-known virulent acute exanthematous infectious disease. In the era of no vaccines and cowpox, patients can only rely on their own resistance and luck to gamble their lives. Among the many people who have survived the birth of Tianhua, the most famous is Kangxi Xiaomazi, one of the reasons why he was able to become the emperor is that he has already had smallpox.

In addition, a little else, the famous summer resort, one of its functions is to contact the Mongolian princes outside the Guan, and many of these Mongolian princes are the so-called "born" who have not had smallpox, lest they lose their very valuable lives in the Central Plains because of smallpox, so under the premise of maintaining stability, the pockmarks built the most high-sounding buildings and halls like the summer resort, and the poor Ming Wuzong was scolded for hundreds of years because of the construction of a leopard house, which can be seen, How important it is to find the right name for everything!

(Leader!) The colon laughed! ）

Ge Hong described smallpox in his "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" as follows: "When you are sick than you are, you can do it. There are still sores on the head, face and body, and they must be around for a while, like fire sores, all wearing white pulp, and they will live with the decision", "The dramatist dies more".

This smallpox was also due to the influx of a large number of refugees, and the guide zhì was unable to carry out effective isolation and physical examination of the refugees, and some refugees carried smallpox patients into the Nanzhong military area.

So, the movement of personnel. Smallpox spread from north to south in the South Central Army. It spread rapidly from east to west. A large number of people who have never had smallpox are infected through the transmission routes of smallpox virus, such as droplets and contact. During the incubation period, people are still going about their normal life and work, when the incubation period of about 10 days has passed. Fever is present. Headaches, back pains, chills. It is also easy to be mistaken for colds and fevers and other diseases, so more and more people are infected!

With the explosion of the number of infected people. The incense of the pox god Niangniang in various towns quickly flourished.

When people are faced with acne rash, which has almost no particularly effective means, in addition to trying their best to heal, they go to the Niangniang Temple to pray for the blessing of the pox god Niangniang.

The pox god Niangniang, who is enshrined in various places, is the Jin family, the wife of Yu Hualong, the general of Yin Shang, according to the list of gods. It is said that when Jiang Taigong was beheading the gods, because Yu Hualong's father and son were good at using pox, he sealed Yu Hualong as the main pox Bixia Yuanjun, and at the same time named his Yuan with Jin as the mother of the health room Yuanjun, that is, the grandmother of the pox god, and named his five sons Yu Da, Yu Zhao, Yu Guang, Yu Xian, and Yu De as the main pox gods in the east, west, south, north, and middle, and jointly controlled the current disease of the world. As smallpox spreads, people have set their sights on the pox lady, the wife of the pox god Yu Hualong, Jin, hoping that she will be merciful and merciful and bless everyone to escape this fate.

"Mr. Wang, how is the child's condition?"

Shouhan ordered someone to serve tea to Wang Tingqi, the director of the health camp, and asked about his son's condition with great concern. There's no way, ruthless may not be a real hero, how can a poor son not be a husband? No matter how strong a hero you are, you are just a father in front of your children.

Taking off the mouth towel and headscarf, and wiping the sweat on his head with a hand towel stained with alcohol, Wang Tingqi pondered for a long time in embarrassment, "The symptoms of the son are not very good, and the lord needs to be more prepared." ”

"In my experience, the pimples are small dark red papules at first, followed by pimples after a few hours. After 2~3 days of pimple stage, it gradually becomes blister-like, that is, acne blister, and the surrounding area is red. To 5~8 days of pegemus grouting, gradually become pustules, painful, and the surrounding redness deepens. At this time, the temperature rises again, which is called "purulent fever". In 10~14 days, the body temperature gradually drops, the pus scab gradually dries up, or ruptures and scabs, and finally forms a scab. After another fifteen days or half a month, the scab will naturally fall off, with an itchy sensation and blister scars, called 'pockmarks'. Childe's situation is in the process of herpes grouting and if you can get rid of the acne rash and fever, you can be worry-free, but, looking down, this is also the most dangerous stage. ”

"In order to ensure that the son is safe, please order the people in the house to open more windows for ventilation in the son's bedroom, keep the indoor air fresh, and do not light too many fires to prevent too much dryness and high temperature. Frequently turn over and change positions to prevent bedsores. Give your son plenty of water, preferably more soy milk. Tell people to pay attention to the children to wipe off all kinds of body fluids in the mouth and surrounding areas, and keep the area around the mouth clean and clean. Prevent scratching and avoid secondary infection. ”

"What else can I do?" Shilin's eyes were red and swollen like rotten peaches, this child was Shouhan's first son, and her hope, but now she was hovering between life and death because of a smallpox, and the mother, but there was nothing she could do, she could only watch the child moan in pain there.

"Third wife, there are some things that are indeed powerless."

"Mr. Wang, please read that the lord is nearly thirty years old, and for the sake of this one son, you must think of saving my son!"

As the owner of the inner house, Yan Mei'er and Wang Tingqi are also acquaintances, and they begged immediately, but some things are not transferred by human will.

"Madam, you also know a lot about the medical medicine stone, and in some cases, the doctor can only do his best to know the destiny of heaven!"

"My son!" Hearing what the doctor said, Shilin's body couldn't help but fall backwards, but fortunately Shouhan helped her up, "Xianggong, let me go, I want to go to the Buddha Hall, go to the Niangniang Temple to incense my son, please Bodhisattva bless my son, get out of trouble." ”

When Ye Qi and Zhang Xiaohu's fleet docked at the dock. When the two of them rushed to the general's mansion to report the victory, they were very surprised to find that on the lintel of the general's mansion, there were a few white flowers made of white silk.

"The young master didn't come out because of the pox and died."

Hearing such news, the two of them originally planned to boast about their military exploits in front of Shouhan, and suddenly turned into nothing like hot charcoal fire meeting cold water.

"What's going on in that house?" Zhang Xiaohu hurriedly inquired about the people in the military division.

"The third wife washes her face with tears every day these days, and the lord has to comfort him, and two days ago, the young master was buried. Burned all the used clothes and toys. It is said that when it was burned, "the deacon of the military division looked around, "the third wife, the fourth wife, and the fifth wife, that is, the woman of the Li family, also had a big quarrel. Almost hands-on. If it weren't for the presence of the lord. It's really hard to clean up. ”

"This woman from the Li family. It is really hateful to say insulting words when someone else's child is buried when he is pregnant! ”

Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help but scold when he heard it, but Ye Qi was more reserved. I just handed over the diary in the battle to the people of the military division for archiving, got up and said goodbye and came to meet Shouhan.

"A smallpox that killed thousands of people everywhere, alas!"

After Shouhan listened to Ye Zhang's report on the situation of the Manraka Campaign, he listened to the words of the two people to comfort him, and his face couldn't help but be full of bitterness, and there seemed to be a tear flashing in the corner of his eye.

"Lord, it is true that smallpox cannot be cured at the moment, and it can only rely on people's bodies and luck, but when my subordinates were in their hometown, they had the experience of planting pox, and this disease cannot be cured, but it can be prevented!"

Ye Qi used his own experience to show up and say.

"Shaoning, let's put the smallpox thing first, how do you think of Manraga this time?"

"My lord, I have cooperated very happily with Commander Zhang, occupying more than ten islands at both ends of the strait, selecting the place to build ports, docks, and stacking warehouses, and preparing to start construction of the fort, and at the same time, more than 30 pirates of all sizes in the sea area of this area have been suppressed, and more than 4 million taels of gold and silver have been seized, and other goods should also have this number."

Shouhan nodded with satisfaction, for such a benefit, he felt that it was more in line with his understanding of the waterway of Manraka, if Westerners did not take this waterway, then they would have to make a big detour, not to mention the long time, the increase in operating costs, and the risk was also increased several times.

"How do you think we should govern this area?"

Zhang Xiaohu looked at Ye Qi, the scar on his face couldn't help jumping, he had already learned that his brother Zhang Xiaoqi had been sent to the customs office in Manraka to take up the post of tax department. In the past few months, he has stayed in Manraka and Li Jiapo, he already knows the wealth of this waterway, and he still knows a lot about his precious brother's character, and he is ready to send someone to send a letter to Zhang Xiaoqi immediately after meeting Shouhan, asking him to be cautious, don't have silver and no life!

"Lord, we just have to collect taxes! Governance, there is a local sultan? ”

"Little Liuzi! Confused! I don't want a tax customs, I want this area! ”

Zhang Xiaohu, who was reprimanded, was also used to it, he grabbed the sea of tea on the coffee table, poured a few sips of "coo-doo-du", and wiped the water droplets at the corners of his mouth, "Lord, you are a little difficult for a strong man, if you ask how to fight a naval battle, how to attack from the sea to the land, I naturally understand this, if you want to talk about how to win people's hearts and govern the place, you, this is a bit of a blind man to inquire about the road." Shaoning, what do you say about that sentence? ”

"Asked Yu Blind."

"That's right! Ask Yu Blind! ”

"If you want to ask about this, you should ask people like Li Peilin, Lord Li and Shaoning, don't ask me!"

Zhang Xiaohu's words made Shouhan's gloomy mood a little better these days. I also saw some smiles on his face, "Shaoning has more important missions, waiting for him to do it." ”

After sending Zhang Xiaohu away, Shouhan took out a key from his waist, opened the sturdy and huge cabinet in the corner, searched carefully on the partition of the cabinet, and took down a delicate small box.

Ye Qi took the box, hesitated slightly, and Shouhan motioned for him to use the key attached to it to open the wooden box.

Inside is a thin booklet.

"Manraka's business is done, and I plan to let you go back to Jiangnan. In the past few years, not only have there been frequent disasters in the south and central parts of the country, but there have also been floods, droughts and famines in the interior. You are in the hinterland of Daming, and the situation in all aspects is extremely complicated. It is inevitable that someone will pay attention to you, and even someone will spy on you in the dark. Just in case, this is a hidden booklet that I have compiled, and if there is anything in the future, you will write it yourself and then compile it according to this booklet, put it in this box, and order someone to send it to me, and only you and I will know what to say. ”

Ye Qi understands that this is the group of people who Shouhan regards as his most confidant and core. In the South Central Army. There should be no more than twenty people with such a secret box. Come to think of it, because of their important status, there may be two people in Manraka, and the rest of them are doing things outside. It is estimated that there will not be many people with such qualifications.

"After the subordinates go back. He looked for people who were good at planting pox on the ground in Nanzhili. No matter how difficult it is, whether it is willing to say a lot of money, or whether the kidnapping is a deception. The subordinates have to find dozens of people to come, so that no one in our Southern Chinese Army will be ruined because of this. ”

Ye Qi is right, since the beginning of the Longqing period, some people in Taiping County, Ningguo Prefecture, Nanzhili, have begun to plant pox, "This has spread all over the world, and so far most of the people who have planted flowers are Ningguo." It is claimed that it can reach the proportion of "eight or nine thousand people who have pox, and twenty or thirty ears of those who cannot be saved". This was already a very high technique in the seventeenth century.

The main methods of vaccination are pox pulp, dry seedlings, pox coats, etc. Probably use cotton paste to take the acne slurry and stuff it into the nostrils of the inoculated children, or grind the acne scabs finely and blow them into the child's nose with a silver tube; Or take off the underwear of a child with acne and put it on a healthy child to make it infected.

"Shaoning, there is a long way to go to Jiangnan. The future is also extremely dangerous. Be safe at all times. However, you can rest assured, Jiangnan, you are not alone! “

Holding Ye Qi's hand, the guards on the dock said goodbye.

Soon after Ye Qi returned to Jiangnan, he sent someone to escort him by clipper (escort?). More than 20 pox experts who searched in Nanzhili went south.

From then on, the system of compulsory planting of pox seedlings was implemented in the South Central Army.

In addition to the above three methods, there is a new method for pox seeding.

"This is our latest medical achievement, the water seedling method."

Alfonso, the chaplain of the Portuguese Restoration Army, returned from the front line in Goa, bringing with him more than just the latest medical technology of the Shui Miao Method.

The water seedling method is to take the bean scab as a pox seedling, and generally need to take 20~30 acne scabs at a time to develop a fine powder. The doctor mixes the powder with 3~5 drops of purified water or human milk and mixes it evenly, which is the pox vaccine used to "plant pox". The doctor wraps the prepared pox vaccine in a thin sheet of new cotton cloth, kneades it into the shape of a jujube pit, and ties it up with a thin thread. During the treatment, a cotton cloth bag is inserted into the nostrils of the person being treated, and it is taken out after six hours, and if the person has a fever and acne after 7 days, it means that the pox has been successful.

"Say it!"

Handing over this technical post of the water seedling method to Wang Tingqi to test it, Shouhan stared at Alfonso's chubby body with dead eyes.

"Not on the front line and Colonel Gonzalez to fight for the great cause of Portugal's recovery, to soothe those Lambs of God, soldiers of the Portuguese Empire, what are you running back for?"

I don't know why, this young governor, every time he sees himself, he doesn't have a good face, Alfonso sighed in his heart, is this the injustice of the past life in the mouth of the Eastern believers? Why can't this adult give me a good face?!

He hurriedly took out a thick ledger from his pocket, "Mighty and wise as God, although we know that your treasury is no less than that of the Inca Emperor, but, as your ally, we are willing to offer you a little of the spoils of our war in India to show you our loyalty and friendship!" ”

Shouhan casually looked through the ledger presented by Alfonso, which recorded in Latin and noon that since he landed in Goa, India, and began the movement for the restoration of the Kingdom of Portugal, there had not been many major battles, but the bullying and weakness of the Indian princes and various forces had been constant. For this kind of behavior, the Portuguese Restoration Army called it actual combat training.

"10,000 catties of gold bars. Twenty buckets of gems? 100 horses? You've made a fortune! ”

Shouhan's eyes swept over the first page, and he was a little surprised.

It is said that this group of Portuguese and Spaniards are greedy and good at plundering, but they did not expect that in just a few months, they plundered such a huge amount of wealth? If they can offer one, they will have at least three more in their hands!

"Well, in the crusade against the vassals and allies of the Spaniards, we attacked several local temples. There are also several palaces of Indian maharajas. ”

That's right!

Shouhan remembers that he once read the news that a large number of gold, diamonds, and so on were found in a temple in India. The temple's chamber was filled with sacks filled with diamonds, as well as gold ropes, crowns, and other treasures. A 6-meter-long gold necklace weighs dozens of pounds.

Come to think of it, these guys were looted from a similar temple!

When asked, Father Alfonso was embarrassed to reply, and it was on his way to Goa, in order to go ashore in search of supplies, Gonzalez ordered his troops to land and plunder, which was the Kerala region of India. Later, a lot of loot was recorded in the Goa region.

"Say it! Send me such a valuable gift, what kind of water seedling method, what is the matter? ”

As a diplomat of the Portuguese Restoration Army, Father Alfonso's purpose was very simple: to come for artillery.

"Those damned traitors, the bearers of the Holy See, who have turned Goa into a fortress, we want to buy some of the kind of artillery that the Doge's men used in Manraka."

"You want to buy artillery?"

Shouhan was a little embarrassed.

"You don't know, not long ago the Governor of Luzon Don Pérez came, crying and saying not to interfere in the internal affairs of Spain, and I relented for a while, and when I saw that he was crying pitifully, I agreed to him. You're not going to have a good deal with this. ”

"I'll you big lie!" Despite the religious precepts, Father Alfonso cursed in his heart, "You were the one who encouraged us to go to war against Spain, and now you are the one who says that we cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the Spanish Empire." Are you still soft-hearted? When you slaughtered other people's villages and destroyed the whole indigenous people who rebelled against you, how did you never relent? ”

"Your Royal Highness, Honorable Governor, for the sake of the freedom and dignity of the Portuguese, I would like to ask you to give us a lot of help."

was politely sent out of the general's mansion, and the poor and rich Cheng Dù arrived at a pious shepherd of God like Alfonso with a gift of greed, so he only received a sentence from Shouhan, "The matter is so great that I can think twice." ”

The market is still as bustling as ever, and it has not been affected much by smallpox. However, it was also because of smallpox that some changes occurred.

"Hurry! Fast! ”

A group of inspectors dressed in black clothes and red pants ran quickly from the priest's side, as if they were going into battle to kill the enemy.

"Alas! The lord has died of his son, and the pox gods everywhere have fallen into bad luck! ”

The comments of passers-by struck a chord.

"Well deserved! Who made the pox god Niangniang not open her eyes?! The eldest wife, the third wife, and the fourth wife all went to the temple to offer incense, kneel down, and make a wish, this face is big enough, but this pox god Niangniang just doesn't give face, what is the result? One of the lord's lone seedlings died, and all the statues of the pox god Niangniang were also smashed by the inspection. ”

"That's it! This immortal also has to listen to the lord's forehead! Otherwise, don't want to enjoy the incense in this south! (To be continued......)