In fact, there are theoretically three or five days before Xun Guanniang's birth, but this thing is not accurate, and giving birth so many days in advance cannot be regarded as premature birth.

It's just that there was no warning in advance, otherwise Pei would not have come to the front hall to work. He originally thought that his wife's physical fitness was good, and her belly was not very big - indicating that the fetus was not too obese - there should be no big problem with birth, right? In contrast, he was more worried about whether the little one could be born alive and how long it would last after birth.

Because the level of medical care is too low, even if the family is wealthy, the infant mortality rate remains high in these years - of course, Pei Gai has not made specific statistics, but according to the inquiries and understanding of acquaintances, it is said that it is more than 30%.

Who wanted to be talking to Ge Hong, and overheard a report from Pei Fu outside the door, saying that Mrs. had a difficult birth...... Pei Cai's face immediately changed greatly, and he stood up as soon as he straightened his waist. He thought to himself, what is going on? Is it because the mother is too young, or is there still a problem with nursing during pregnancy? It is said that Mrs. Xun's first child was also stillborn, so there will be no inheritance for the two of them, right?

Pei Gai was so anxious that he forgot to say hello to Ge Hong, so he hurriedly left the hall, put on his shoes, and went straight to bed. Ge Zhichuan was serene, and he slowly stood up, and followed behind Pei Gai - maybe he really practiced for many years and achieved something, don't look at him who seems to be unhurried, and his steps are not high, but he is always only half a foot behind Pei Gai, who is galloping, and follows him into the backyard.

Neither the soldiers nor the servants knew who this gentleman was, but seeing that Pei Gong's face was anxious, and this gentleman followed closely, he thought that Pei Gong had specially brought him over, so no one dared to stop him.

When he came to the door of the bedroom, Pei Gai didn't dare to enter suddenly, but just searched left and right, looking for people everywhere, and asked, "How is Madame?" Immediately, an old woman in her fifties came out of the door, bowed to Pei Gai, and said, "Madame's amniotic water has broken, but the birth canal has not been opened, I'm afraid it will ......."

Pei Gai grabbed Lao Wenpo's hand and asked repeatedly, "Is it dangerous?" What should I do? ”

Lao Wenpo said tremblingly: "Dare to ask Pei Gong, is it to protect the big or the small?" ”

Pei Gai replied without thinking: "Baoda, naturally Baoda!" ”

The old woman couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this. She has been doing this for half her life, and she has delivered hundreds of babies, and most of them are from rich and noble families, according to previous experience, in this case, there is an eighty percent chance that the master wants to keep the small or not the big - why is Pei Gong so special?

Although there have been many cases of Baoda, it is generally necessary for the couple to have been married for a long time, and the woman has given birth many times - anyway, there is already a baby, and it doesn't matter if there is one less, but if the mother dies, what will happen to the first few children? If it is a young couple, and it is the first birth, most of them will ask for a small child - the heir is the most important, the wife can remarry after death, and it is not a poor family, so they will be afraid that they will not be able to marry the second.

For this reason, he asked again: "Pei Gongke has thought about it, do you really want to protect the university?" ”

Pei Cai grabbed the old woman and said hurriedly: "Go, go...... The child died, and there was nothing to be done; If you have three longs and two shorts, you will be punished for your sins! ”

The old woman agreed again and again, and hurriedly retreated indoors.

Pei Gai was in a hurry, when he heard a voice behind him: "Pei Gong, the grass people are also a little skilled in medicine, and they may be able to save the lives of Mrs. Zun's mother and son." "Turn your head and take a look—hey, Ge Zhichuan, why did you follow me to the back?

But this is not the time to question this matter, although Pei Gai said in his heart: You are a Taoist priest, what kind of doctor are you, is it true that the witch doctor is not separated in these years? However, just when he was nervous, like a person drowning, Ge Hong said casually and fell into Pei Gai's ears, like a life-saving straw. So he hurriedly saluted Ge Hong: "If Mr. can save Jing's wife's life, there should be a good reward...... pause, and then added: "Release Peng Xiao immediately and give him an official position!" ”

Ge Hong nodded, and walked into the house. Pei Gai himself did not have a woman's birth, and men were not allowed to approach—there were not a few male obstetricians and gynecologists in later generations—Ge Hong was to save people's lives, so he did not avoid suspicion, but as soon as he entered, the women in the room couldn't help but exclaim in unison.

Pei Gai raised his voice outside the door and said, "Mr. Ge's Taoist skills are exquisite, you can listen to his orders." "He is also sick and rushed to the doctor, anyway, the witch doctor is indeed of the same origin - the so-called "medicine king" Sun Simiao, isn't he also a Taoist priest - compared to those pure technical workers of the stable woman, Pei Gai still believes in the Taoist Ge Hong more.

He lingered outside the door, and could not help praying to the gods and Buddhas in his heart—though he had never believed in those things—and almost promised that if his mother and son were safe, he would henceforth revere Taoism as the state religion by virtue of the power of the Great Sima. But the more people are at a loss, the more they will fly out of the sky, thinking wildly, Pei should not help but wonder: Taoism is also divided into factions, which faction is Ge Hong? Is it to respect all factions, or to honor Ge Hong's master and apprentice at that time?

By the way, I just prayed to the Buddha, so will I respect those bald heads in the future?

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a loud cry in the noise. Pei Gai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, his footsteps stopped, and the whole person froze on the spot.

Immediately, he saw Ge Hong come out and bow deeply towards Pei Gai: "Congratulations to Pei Gong, congratulations to Pei Gong, he has given birth to Lin'er, and the mother and son are safe." Without waiting for Pei Gai to react, he said: "The birthday of the son, the room is full of incense, and it will become a great thing in the future!" ”

Pei Gai was stunned until he heard the words "mother and son are safe", the stiff muscles on his face suddenly relaxed, and then the corners of his mouth grinned, and the smile overflowed. He hurriedly bowed to Ge Hong: "Mr. Domon's rescue, the great favor cannot be repaid......

Ge Hong smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Gong Pei can enter the room to carser Lin'er, Hong will leave for the time being, and come back tomorrow to ask to see him." "He knows that Pei Cai can't have the spirit to receive him today, so I'd better go first, and we'll meet tomorrow.

Pei Cai instructed Pei Fu to send Mr. Ge out, and as soon as he turned around, he jumped into the bedroom. When I came in, I saw Xun Guanniang's face pale, sweating profusely, clinging to the quilt and slumping on the couch, and the cat was wiping her face with a hot hand towel; Several servant women were cleaning up the dirty blood on the ground, led by the old stable woman, and the three stable women were in the same place, dipping the newborn child in a basin of water and scrubbing it carefully.

Pei Gai glanced at his son, and said in his heart - it's so ugly. The little thing had pink skin, but it was wrinkled, its eyes were not open, all four of its facial features were crowded together, and a pair of big ears were about to be branched. From the perspective of the general aesthetics of human beings, this kind of thing only occupies the word "ugly", but I don't know why, Pei should look at it, but he is not disgusted.

He just thought: Am I so ugly when I was born?

just glanced at this, and then he hurriedly ran to the couch and grabbed Xun Guanniang's exposed hand - this hand is usually quite powerful, but at this time it is soft and boneless.

Xun Guanniang slowly opened her eyes, looked at her husband, smiled weakly, and said in a low voice: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored." ”

Pei Cai hurriedly said: "Where did Madam say that?" If you give birth to a child, it is a great favor to me, if you don't give birth, it doesn't matter, and you should put the health of your wife first. ”

The cat laughed and said: "I was almost scared to death, but fortunately, the lady tried her best, and the gentleman gave the right guidance, so that the son had to give birth smoothly - it turned out that the woman's birth was so dangerous, I still don't marry......"

Xun Guanniang shook her head lightly: "You were frightened today, and you won't think so in a few days." ”

Pei should see that although his wife is weak and lacks energy, it really doesn't seem to have any worries about her life, so she completely relieved herself. Then he looked left and right, and commanded, "You can open the window......"

The old woman hurriedly said: "Pei Gong, one month after the woman gives birth, she must not be affected by the wind." ”

Pei Gai smiled: "Where is the wind at this time?" If you are afraid of the wind, you can put the brocade screen in front of the couch, but the room is empty...... The breath is so turbid, how can you live in peace? ”

In his previous life, he had heard that it was a common custom to put the mother in a dense and unventilated environment for fear of the wind, but in fact the mother was in great need of fresh air, as long as she was careful not to catch a cold. This is the case in the information society of the future, where all kinds of useful and useless information may be transmitted to the audience through various channels or intentionally or unintentionally, so the people of that era are generally more knowledgeable and knowledgeable than the ancients.

While Pei Gai said that, he instinctively sniffled again. When he came in, he felt that the room was airtight and the air was very turbid...... Could it be that what Ge Hong said is true, and my son was really born with a strange fragrance?

So he asked the cat, "What is the fragrance?" ”

The cat pointed her chin towards the smoker next to the couch: "Oh, it's the Baiyun incense brought by that gentleman, saying that it can protect the birth and calm the soul." ”

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help pouting, and said in his heart that this Ge Lao Dao really still has the habit of a charlatan......

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Besides, Peng Xiao and Peng Ziqin were sent as chengdan - that is, hard labor prisoners, who were originally sent to build cities, so they were called this - but Pei did not really let him do coolies, but still asked him to study gunpowder intensively and make a ratio of different functions.

Although the work is the same, it is very different from when I was in Xuzhou. Now Peng Xiao has no official or position, he can only wear a linen short coat, his daily diet is only full, and he is supervised by soldiers in and out, not to mention sneaking out to lean on the red and green, and he doesn't even have a holiday......

Peng Ziqin really regretted not being at the beginning, but he was helpless, he just hoped that the work ordered by Pei Gong would be completed quickly, and when he reported it in person, he could mourn and cry, and beg for forgiveness again - but unfortunately, the trial production of gunpowder ratio is not only dangerous, but also extremely difficult, and it has to be tested repeatedly, and there is no shortcut at all.

Peng Xiao is not actually in Chang'an City, but to the north of Bacheng, there is a narrow strip of land between Weishui, Bashui and Chengguo Canal, which is a newly built "industrial zone" in Pei Gai.

According to Xu Yu's design, the raw materials collected by all parties are transported here through water transportation for processing and construction. Pei Gai knew that if it was scattered and not large-scale, there would be no "industry", and it would always be just a small handicraft workshop, so he gathered his craftsmen here, and successively set up various workshops such as ironwork, woodwork, papermaking and printing, employing more than 300 people. In addition, there are "fire workshops", that is, where gunpowder is tested and manufactured, but it is far away from the other workshops, and it is heavily guarded by soldiers - because each workshop manufactures both military and civilian products, only gunpowder, which is only used for military purposes for the time being, and must be kept secret.

To the west of each workshop, south to Chengguo Canal, there are more than a dozen hectares of agricultural experimental fields, try to plant various crops, research new agricultural technologies, if successful, can be promoted to all parts of the country - anyway, at present, Yongzhou land, one-third of the land, one-third of the family, one-third of the people, there are few self-cultivated farmers, so it is relatively convenient to promote.

For people from all walks of life who come to apply for recruitment with a skill, or are recommended by the magistrate because of their skills, or even coerce them to come, Pei should personally review them even if he is busy. Because only he can do this job, after all, he has nearly two thousand years more knowledge than others, and it may not be possible to see whether it is reliable or not, whether it is completely unreliable, it can be seen at a glance. For example, if someone offers the art of composting, Pei should not see that it is good; However, some people offered the art of praying to the gods, saying that it could prevent locusts from growing and barnyard grass from growing, so Pei Gai ordered someone to beat them out on the spot......

Only Pei Gong felt that the technology that might be reliable was allowed to allocate funds for research and development, and during the test, the technicians were temporarily given fifty stones, waiting for their success, and giving them the rank of nine grades. Some technologies can produce immediate results, but the relevant agricultural technologies must take at least half a year to achieve results, and whether they are really universal, I am afraid that it will have to be studied for ten years or even longer.

However, Pei Gong's act of conferring the title of knight - although it was only a minor official of the eighth or ninth rank - was generally resisted by the shogunate, and Pei should have tried his best to persuade him everywhere. In fact, in ancient times, there was the name of agricultural officials, and the magistrates would recommend old farmers who were good at farming to the imperial court on time, and the Son of Heaven would personally encourage them, and even give them to Lu, and Confucianism would not attract too much opposition to agriculture. But for craftsmen and businessmen who have always been lowly and regarded as other industries, the attitude of the big guys is different.

Pei was forced to make certain concessions, and Shang Jia had to donate a sum of money to the shogunate before he could be allowed to become an official; As for the craftsmen, Pei should have gathered them together and sent people to surprise training, no matter how strong the skills and how great the merits, they must be able to read and write 500 words, and listen to the explanations of the scriptures before they can become officials.

From this, it can be claimed that although this person is a craftsman, he also has the knowledge of a scholar, and he can also be awarded an official. At the same time, Pei Gai also hopes that the craftsmen have culture, which is convenient for the progress and inheritance of technology.

Only Peng Xiao himself is a scholar, although he does the work of a craftsman, but he is a senior technician, although he has not been able to take out all the formulas required by Pei Gai, he is supervised and does not dare to be lazy, and he has already achieved some results. It's just that Pei should have forgotten him, and he didn't mean to forgive him at all.

Peng Ziqin is really living in the workshop, and finally Master Ge Hong came over, listened to him explain the previous situation, and after a good reprimand, he said: "I'll try to go to Pei Gong and plead for you." But then he walked away for more than ten days, and there was no shadow......

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