Li Jiazhuang, inside the medical school, Zhang Zhongjing's office.

"Drug purification technology?" Zhang Zhongjing looked at the report and then asked Hua Tuo, it seemed that Hua Tuo was very interested in this report.

"Yes, this is what one of my students proposed, he thinks, the current efficiency ratio of our herbal medicine is very unreasonable, and even, in a state of waste, we have advanced drug manufacturing lines, and there are related technologies in use, but we do have a little too poor in the efficiency ratio of drugs. If we don't have enough drugs, it will cause us a lot of trouble, and if we can increase the use of some drugs, I think the problem should play a bigger role. Hua Tuo said.

"Well, I totally agree with that." Saying that, Zhang Zhongjing suddenly took out some drug production schedules, among them, there are many standing drugs that cannot be produced because of the lack of some important herbs, if the purity of a certain amount of drugs can be improved, can such a problem be avoided. Obviously, this is a certainty.

"Not only these, but we also have a lot of drugs that need further research, such as microbial pharmaceuticals and chemicals, and their efficacy in some aspects is still very obvious. If we can use it together, I believe that the types of drugs and related technologies will develop to a greater extent. Zhang Zhongjing said.

With the further expansion of trade, arms, iron products in the trade after becoming the leading products, drugs have also been rapidly improved, especially the large-scale export of alcohol, in fact, the number of products exported by the republican army is extremely limited, most of them are exported through the form of smuggling, these needs are very extensive, such as the Xiongnu, other nomadic tribes in the northern grasslands, Xiliang, Guanzhong, and even the southern court, smuggled products are divided into two kinds, one is the original product, the price is a hundred times the normal price, quite expensiveThe other is alcohol mixed with water, which cannot meet the original demand in terms of degree, but it also has a certain effect. The price of this alcohol is not too expensive, and some can be directly turned into drinking alcohol. For example, the Huns purchased such alcohol on a large scale, on the one hand, when they were injured in the war, they could achieve such an effect in time, and on the other hand, they could also become a good stimulant when they were fighting, which could paralyze their nerves and make them extremely excited.

But the money that the First Pharmaceutical Factory made on alcohol was also extremely limited, and they could not even guarantee the development of the next stage of their production tasks. This is extremely unfavorable for Zhang Zhongjing.

"It's a new technology, and if we can use this new technology, we can reduce the waste of herbs, and at the same time, we can make more effective drugs, and they can form the best effective effect within a certain range, so that our situation will develop to a greater extent, and this development will have the best beneficial results for us." Hua Tuo said very excitedly, he suddenly felt that his ideal should be achievable, because the technology of herbal purification was proposed by his students, and he did not object to his students putting forward some unrealistic ideas, on the contrary, he was also very encouraged, because this means that they have more and more means, and there will be more and more practical problems that can be solved, otherwise, Hua Tuo will not do such a thing as surgery.

He was a bold healer.

"However, our situation is not optimistic, research drug purification technology, we need to invest a lot of scientific researchers, drugs, as well as personnel costs, equipment costs, in addition, we may have to add a new production line. All of this requires funding, but we're running out of money. Zhang Zhongjing said in great embarrassment, he felt that this was the most serious conflict with his ideals. But the problem is that in order to invest in the research of new technologies, there must be more and more funds, but the problem is that even if Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo give up such treatment, they still cannot meet the funding gap.

"This." Hua Tuo was a little embarrassed. This may be the first time Hua Tuo realized that money is really a good thing, and they really didn't care about it in the past, but when they wanted to make some new drugs, they found that such things were really difficult for them.

"It seems that the only way we can do this is to hire a management team to do this. Otherwise, we simply don't have that much money to do something like this. Zhang Zhongjing said helplessly.

"Well, I agree with that, otherwise, I wouldn't have achieved some of these results." Hua Tuo finally agreed to do so. There is no way, if they really continue to persevere, it will cause great trouble to the progress of medical technology, any research needs to be invested, and in the face of such investment pressure, they have to compromise. Because they need research, and research requires financial investment, and they lack so much financial investment, which is extremely disadvantageous to them, and in this case, they can only do some things like this, because this is the only result that is extremely beneficial to them.

On the other side of the Yellow River, the Republican Army and Dong Zhuojun formed a confrontation, and the two sides were tense on the surface, but in private they were extremely harmonious. Because the two sides have formed a cooperative relationship. For example, when the military advisers of the Republican Army arrived on the other side of the Yellow River, they were secret and did not make it public, and so did the diplomats, who secretly arrived in Chang'an to garrison them, and the two sides were also fully liberalized in terms of trade, which was ostensibly hostile, but in fact, they were working closely together.

"The imperial court has agreed to give us six battalions, and the rest, not too much, we should note. The Imperial Court is also on guard against some of our situations. Dong Zhuo said. Dong Zhuo told the imperial court that the situation he had encountered was extremely difficult, and he believed that he would need at least more than thirty battalions to cross the Yellow River. The imperial court thought it was complete nonsense, and severely reprimanded Dong Zhuo, but also in order to encourage Dong Zhuo to march into Hedong and then reach Bingzhou, so he gave the other party six battalions in a consolatory nature.

"This amount of troops can't meet our needs at all, take the initiative." Li Dao said with great worry.

"So with that, so do we." Dong Zhuo said this, in fact, Dong Zhuo was more worried about such a move, and he was even a little anxious.

"Think of a way, think of a way, otherwise we won't have a chance, it's too difficult for us." Dong Zhuo said. Dong Zhuo knew very well what the imperial court thought, but in such an extremely unfavorable situation, Dong Zhuo wanted to find his own way, and how to do such a thing needed to see how they themselves did it.

"My lord, we might as well be like this, and quickly recruit the people and become the people's battalion, the military adviser of the republican army said that the firearms are extremely cheap, as long as they are trained in their way, the size of the troops can be as many as they want, and the combat can be very fast." Li Dao said.

After talking with the military advisers of the Republican Army, Li Wei learned that the popularization of firearms and equipment actually requires the quality of the soldiers, but their training level can be greatly simplified, just like the work of their factories, and as long as some specific steps are clearly defined, they can achieve concrete results themselves. In this case, the musket battalion is actually the cheapest type of troops.

In such a situation, he thinks that those people can carry out large-scale training and equip them with firearms, so that they can be the most lethal, but as long as they take care of some equipment, they can achieve such an effect, and the training can be simplified to achieve the goal, and they can achieve some of the results they need under almost all conditions, which may be the best result.

"Yes, but the question is, after the people are recruited, how will our grain and grass be transported?" Dong Zhuo asked puzzled.

"Lord, we can ask the Republican Army to help us transfer, as long as we have money, we can save some money." Li Dao said.

He knew very well that the Republican Army's ability to transport supplies, the popularity of four-wheeled carriages and ox carts, was extremely beneficial to their logistical supply solutions. Although it cost some money, it can expand their forces and save some necessary needs, which is a good thing for them like never before.

"Well, I think that's it, it can be done." Dong Zhuo thought about it, so he could only agree.

In ancient warfare, the proportion of logistics personnel was much greater than that of front-line combatants. For example, when a soldier fights on the front line, he usually needs more than three people to do logistics work, which causes their logistics to be inefficient, and at the same time, the personnel are large and bloated, and the consumption of financial and material resources has reached an alarming level, which is an unbearable result for any warlord.

The reason for pushing logistics to the Republican Army is because their logistics supply is more mature, and they have a lot of productivity to meet demand, and at the same time, they can also expand their own troops, two huge benefits, how can Dong Zhuo not be tempted, he decided to do so. Because this can expand his strength in a relatively short period of time, and even confront each other with the imperial court. That's the biggest benefit. Why not do it.