Miracles are sometimes just a few pills.

Historically, the 17th century was the golden age of science, and it was also the golden age of medicine, new medical knowledge such as anatomy and pathology changed people's cognition of medicine, and the progress of physics, chemistry and biology made the theory of traditional medicine in this period broken by new physical, chemical and biological theories, and there was a school of physical medicine, chemistry and vitality, and these three schools without exception attached great importance to experimental and clinical research, and the introduction of experimental observation and quantitative analysis methods, which promoted the development of basic medicine, people began to use scientific means to study medical problems, which directly laid the foundation of modern medicine. In another time and space, it is from here that Eastern and Western medicine go in two completely different directions.

But in this time and space, it seems that some changes have taken place, from the training of military doctors during the period of the Loyal and Righteous Army, to the later establishment of the medical hall, and the introduction of rigorous medical theoretical knowledge from later generations, which completely changed the development of medicine in the Ming Dynasty. In particular, with the introduction of modern medical theories and experimental analysis methods into the people, coupled with the introduction of Western medical theories, the application of microscopes, the debate of various medical theories and the rise of experimental science, especially the establishment of medical associations, the publication of medical journals and the exchange of medical circles at home and abroad, the traditional medicine of the Ming Dynasty has been completely changed.

This change stimulates the development of the level of medicine in the Ming Dynasty, and also allows the Ming Dynasty to replace Europe in the field of medicine and lead the development of world medicine.

This is even more common in Western Europe, where in many places people sometimes think of medicine as witchcraft.

"Forget the worry water, forget the worry water, as long as you drink a sip, you can forget all your troubles, this is the magic medicine from the Celestial Empire......"

Like all cities in Europe, in any market, you can see people peddling the "magic medicine of the Celestial Empire", of course, whether they are liars or not, I am afraid that it is a matter of opinion, but one thing is certain is that "forget the worries" can indeed forget the troubles.

The scammers who sell the "miracle medicine" there describe the "miracle of the miracle medicine" in exaggerated language, as if as soon as this "miracle medicine" is drunk, even if it is a skeleton buried in the ground for decades, it will immediately be resurrected and become a living person.

"It's opium water!"

Link said resentfully.

"Those scammers are using opium water to deceive people, they use opium to anesthetize customers, so that customers indulge in drug addiction, forget personal troubles, in Britain, half of the people will smoke opium, is under the temptation of opium water, they just want to use the so-called "forget the water", forget the real troubles......

As an aristocrat man, Link was resentful of the opium epidemic in Britain, which he had witnessed firsthand over the past few years.

"It's not just because of the opium water, it's more important because of the increasingly difficult life of the people."

Nelson looked at the people in the bazaar, all of them yellow and thin, numb, and the poverty and hunger that had gripped all the civilians of the country for years.

"You look at them, like a bunch of walking corpses, with no hope of living, and what can these poor people live in in such a slum, in an environment where disease is rampant, hunger and cold, but opium can bring them some comfort? Ticket to the New World? Are they going to agree to become slaves themselves first, or through the ticket of the Celestial Empire? In the midst of this despair, as long as there are beautiful young women without bad habits, what can they rely on but opium? ”

The most fundamental reason for the spread of opium is because of the desperation of the people, as a doctor, Nelson has seen too many people at the bottom, of course, he knows why they choose opium, in the despair of reality, this kind of flood is almost inevitable.

"They can go to the New World......"

As soon as the words came to his mouth, Link scolded resentfully,

"Damn James, he actually mortgaged the colony to Mingguo!"

As early as a few months ago, James II, who had fled to Paris, signed a loan agreement with the Bank of the West, by mortgaging the North American colonies to the Ming Kingdom in exchange for a total loan of up to 3 million taels, and it was that loan that allowed James to hire more than 15,000 mercenaries from Hesse and other regions. Last month, with the help of those mercenaries, James II defeated the army sent by King William in Ireland.

Now that Britain has lost control of Ireland and James II has declared himself the rightful king of England in Dublin, England is already divided.

"Ming ......"

Link said coldly.

"It was Ming Guo who single-handedly contributed to all of this! Look at what they have brought to Britain since they came here? They brought opium to Britain, so that hundreds of thousands of British people became addicted to opium, every year there are thousands of young women, would rather go to the Ming Kingdom to be slaves than marry British, many British people without wives, can only find a little comfort in opium, James ...... He may have divided Britain, but the real driving force behind it was Mingguo! ”

"Indeed, I read in the newspaper that James once wanted to ask the French king Louis for help, but Louis only gave him two thousand French soldiers and 500,000 francs, in contrast, the Ming people generously gave three million taels of silver, and it was with these silvers that he hired a large number of mercenaries, and if there was no silver from the Ming Kingdom, he would not have been able to hold out in Ireland with only two thousand French soldiers."

The support of the Ming Kingdom for James II is almost well known, and in the eyes of everyone, it is the support of heresy for heresy, although in London, people will use words to satirize this, but James II, with the support of the Ming Kingdom, has gained a foothold in Ireland, but it is an ironclad fact.

"Yes, how generous they are, how generous, all they need is a little collateral, a little reward......"

Link said in a sarcastic tone,

"Back then, they leased New York to Ming, and now they have mortgaged the North American colonies to Ming, they are really a good pair of brothers!"

Link's "good brother" refers to the previous king, Charles II, who was the elder brother of James II, who leased New York to the Ming after the Great Fire of London, and now, his younger brother has gone one step further and mortgaged the entire North American colony to the Ming Kingdom.

"That's because, in their eyes, nothing is more important than the crown, and as long as they can be kings, they are willing to pay any price!"

In Link's angry words, Nelson shook his head and said.

"Perhaps, for many, James is the greatest threat to Britain, but in reality, even James declares himself the rightful King of England in Dublin, which has no effect on London, after all, King William is the choice of Parliament, and the choice of the British people, and no one can deny this......"

Compared to Link, Nelson doesn't care about James at all, he cares more about other issues.

"Is there anything more important than beating James?"

Link asked rhetorically.

"Now that he is in Ireland, he may at any moment lead his mercenaries and restore his rule in London, and in the end, all of us will be ruled again by the Catholics, and he will even restore the Catholic position in England!"

For Link, who had participated in inviting William to England, the last thing he wanted to see was the reinstatement of James, and once this happened, he would inevitably be held accountable. It is precisely because of this that he does not want to see William's defeat.

"The future of Britain is more important, if opium is allowed to run rampant here as it is now, then Britain will definitely have no future, and the future Britain will definitely be a country full of poverty and opium ghosts, and such a country will have no future."

Nelson's tone was unusually solemn, and he even said in a pessimistic tone.

"In the last ten years, more than 20% of the British will smoke opium, which will not only cause a huge loss of gold and silver, but also many women will be sold by their parents to slave traders, and those slave traders will sell them to the Celestial Empire or their colonies, God can testify, maybe in a hundred years, the British will disappear from England, if we can't stop opium!"

Looking at Link, at the nobleman who had a good personal relationship with the king's close ministers, Nelson shook his head and said.

"Now, in London, everybody says that it is the most important thing to defeat James, but Lord Lord, it is impossible for James to cross the Channel to attack England, for he has no navy in his army, not even a single warship, how can he attack England? Perhaps, he was a Catholic, or perhaps the Irish Parliament declared allegiance to him, but for most Irishmen, he was still the king of England, and what could barren Ireland give them? Now, with the support of Ming's loan, he may be able to hire a powerful army, but what about a year from now? With the tax revenue provided by Ireland alone, enough money can be paid to this mercenary army from Hesse, and without money, this army will return to Hesse, and when the time comes, we can easily defeat James! He will lose to time! But ......"

With his eyes on Link, Nelson said solemnly.

"If we can't solve the problem of opium, then we will also lose to time! Although this era is very long, it is certain that by that time England will cease to exist! ”

In the face of Nelson's warning, Link fell silent, and for the rest of the day, he did not speak, but walked silently in the slums, along the way, he could see many people immersed in opium, men and women, either in opium dens or in tents on the side of the road, they were lying there with smoking guns in their mouths, and they were spitting smoke.

For them, perhaps the opium smoke was God's "miracle" and they were willing to indulge in it.

"Nielsen ......"

After coming out of the chaotic, filthy slums, Link looked at Nelson and said.

"You should know that opium was originally brought by the Ming people."

"I know that this is not a secret, although most of the opium trade is now monopolized by Jews, but one thing is for sure is that the first people to transport opium to Britain were the merchants of the Ming Kingdom, but now most of the Ming people are no longer engaged in this business, I heard that it is because in the Ming Kingdom, it is illegal to engage in the opium trade."

Although Europe is curious about the Celestial Empire, Europe does not know much about the Celestial Empire, after all, many Europeans who go to the Celestial Empire end up staying in the Celestial Empire, and only a very small number of people return to Europe, and they tend to focus only on academic research. Compared with the Celestial Empire's understanding of Europe, Europe does not know much about the Celestial Empire. Because of this, Nelson has no understanding of the Celestial Empire at all.

"What a bunch of despicable fellows, they allowed their merchants to bring opium to England, but forbade the merchants to bring opium back to China, it seems that from the beginning, they already knew the dangers of opium, these Ming people are really despicable to the extreme......"

"Indeed, they are very despicable indeed!"

In fact, Nelson obviously forgot a point, as a doctor, he also used a drug extracted from opium for pain relief, and the Ming Dynasty only forbade the people to smoke, but did not prohibit the use of opium extract in medicine.

However, of course, no one cares about these, even if the British patients enjoy the blessings brought by the medical science from the Ming Dynasty, it does not prevent them from accusing the Ming Dynasty of "favoritism".

"However, this also brings about another result, that is, almost all of the people engaged in the opium trade in England are Jews, which also means that if we ban the import of opium, it will be the Jews who will be affected, not the Ming people, Your Excellency, and this may be a blessing in misfortune!"

Nelson's words made Link nod his head thoughtfully, of course he knew who the opium merchants in London were, they were all Jews, in fact, almost all the opium merchants in Europe were Jews, and those Jews had long woven a dense trade network in European countries, specializing in the opium trade, and they even monopolized Turkey's opium exports with the help of Jewish compatriots who enjoyed a special status in Turkey, and then monopolized the opium trade in Europe, and then accumulated huge wealth.

"Those damned Jews, who did not hesitate to cooperate with the devil for the sake of wealth, maybe, all this is a conspiracy of the Turks......"

After saying this, Link's eyes lit up, and his gaze changed somewhat.

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