Chapter Eighty-Seven: Inspecting Yunnan
In terms of pharmaceutical reform, the relative intensity is much smaller.
You must know that now is the era when traditional Chinese medicine dominates the world, and ordinary people can't spend a lot of money to see a doctor and buy medicine.
And at this time, the folk customs are very simple, and there are very few phenomena of bullying and dominating the market and asking for prices.
In addition to the hope of having land to live and food, the people do not have higher health care requirements.
If you blindly implement the medical security system for future generations with the current strength of Yunnan, you don't know how ugly it will be to die at that time!
However, there are still some improvements in medicine, such as the development of Chinese patent medicine.
In ancient times, after getting sick, the common people grabbed medicine and boiled soup to drink, which was not only time-consuming and laborious, but also inconvenient to carry.
Chinese patent medicine does not have these problems, as long as it is made into pills in advance, it can be taken at any time no matter where you go, which is really convenient.
Li Yi himself is a top student in the Department of Bioengineering, so it is not a problem to do these things.
To this end, Li Yi personally instructed Yang Lequan and them to start making Chinese patent pills.
The first thing to do, of course, is the 'Yinqiao Antidote Pill' and the 'Qingwen Septic Pill' that Yunnan urgently needs at present.
Other products that can often be used, such as the 'Miasma Avoiding Pill' to avoid miasma, and the 'Jiuwei Qianghuo Pill' to treat colds, are also produced in large quantities.
The pills made now are actually water honey pills, which are made by mixing and kneading pure honey made from boiled pure honey and powders of various medicinal herbs.
First of all, the honey should be refined with a sandwich copper pot to remove impurities, kill microorganisms, evaporate water, and enhance viscosity.
Continue to heat until it is brownish-red, with a red luster, and it is very sticky with your hands, and you can pull out the white silk.
Then mix the refined honey and the powder in proportion, the ratio of the powder to the honey is generally one to one or one to one and five to one, and there are less than one to one, which varies according to the nature of the medicine and the season.
The amount of honey used in summer is small, and the amount of honey used in winter is large. Knead evenly to make dough-like chunks.
When combining, honey is generally added while hot, fully and evenly, so that it is moisturized inside and outside, the color is consistent, the softness and hardness are moderate, and it can be pinched and molded at will.
The dough-like soft material can be placed for a certain period of time, so that the medicinal materials and honey ingredients are mixed and moisturized, and a certain viscosity can be produced.
It can be made into a certain amount of smooth, spherical pellets by hand or pill-making board.
The honey balls can be wrapped in wax paper and stored in a cool and dry place.
Although the production of pills was not large at the beginning, it was quickly liked and recognized by the people in the market, and the sales volume also increased exponentially.
Although Li Yi advocated a low-profit operation, due to the market reaction was too hot, sales and profits have skyrocketed.
The Yunnan Medical Center was able to make a lot of profits, which Li Yi did not expect in advance.
It is now the scorching summer of July, and it has been almost four months since Li Yi came to Yunnan in this era.
experienced a series of major experiences such as Sun Decheng's rebellion, the entry of disaster victims in southern Sichuan into Yunnan and the initial reform of Yunnan, which made Li Yi busy all day long.
can only nest in Ningzhou, and even the counties below have not been inspected, which is really a little unreasonable.
Therefore, when all aspects of work began to get on the normal track, there was already a special person in charge of all affairs, and there was also a clear supervision and accountability system, and there was no need for Li Yi to do everything himself.
In his free time before the start of school, Li Yi decided to take a walk around the following counties.
It is also possible to accumulate some experience for future development plans, by inspecting the administrative affairs and the people's livelihood and conditions in various counties, to understand the real situation at the grassroots level, and to inspect the achievements and administrative ability of some local officials.
This tour also has the purpose of showing the demeanor of the Xuanfu envoy, so Li Yi is no longer just with Lian Jun and a few others.
During this period of time, because a large number of soldiers with very good physical fitness were selected and recruited to enrich the ranks of the pro-soldiers, the guard establishment of the Xuanfu Embassy was fully staffed, and the total number of people reached 500, and there was no longer the phenomenon of being overstretched before.
Therefore, Guo Zhun carefully selected a hundred fierce and brave soldiers for Li Yi, and formed a cavalry team with full equipment.
Since it is to inspect government affairs and inspect the people's situation, of course Li Yi has to take He Shoujie, who is in charge of supervision.
Moreover, he is also familiar with the customs and customs of various places, and the tenure of officials in various places.
Lin Yi stayed in Ningzhou and fully presided over all affairs in Yunnan.
Although there are only six counties in one prefecture under the jurisdiction of Yunnan, it is not big but not small, and if all of them go around and do some effective work, three or two days will certainly not be enough.
Therefore, Li Yi planned a five-day trip, the purpose of which was to have a detailed understanding of the needs and a general understanding of the capabilities of officials in various places.
Another purpose is that Li Yi has selected many intellectuals with good knowledge and ability from all over Yunnan and southern Sichuan, and has already been sent to various counties to take up temporary posts for training.
Whether they are competent in all aspects is also an important content that Li Yi needs to investigate.
Li Yi took He Shoujie, Lian Jun and a horse team composed of 100 personal soldiers to Luliang County in the south of Ningzhou first.
This county is the southernmost and least populated county in Yunnan, it is close to the territory of Tonghaijie Town of Dayining State in the south, and the steep Yuezhouwei in the north.
Luliang County has no danger to defend in the face of Tonghai, and if it is attacked by Tonghai, this is a territory that must be reluctantly abandoned.
Although Luliang County is not the smallest in Yunnan, it is vast and sparsely populated, with a population of only 3,793 people, which is not even comparable to a large village in the 21 st century.
The county master here is an old pedant, who is only willing and honest, and only knows how to be content with the status quo and has no talent.
If it weren't for the county order being taken down for participating in Sun Decheng's rebellion, it seems that he would not have expected to act as an agent for the affairs of a county for the rest of his life.
Moreover, because this poor county is full of dense forests and rolling hills and rivers, the cultivated land is limited to the surrounding areas of the county.
In addition, the local people live in the wasteland all the year round, and they have no knowledge and no decent industry.
The common people only know how to guard a few acres of thin fields, dig food from the soil, or rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water, and they do not know how to engage in some border trade with the neighboring Tonghai side to obtain some extra income.
Fortunately, this is still the largest wild forest area of Tieli Wood, and the wood will be able to make some profits.
All in all, the people of this place have outdated ideas and no enterprising and innovative spirit, and it will not happen overnight to completely change the face of poverty and backwardness here.
Therefore, after Li Yi learned about the specific situation, he immediately held a meeting in the local county government attended by local officials and gentry.
At the meeting, Li Yi gave important instructions on the future development direction of Luliang County, urging them to vigorously develop border trade and carry out extensive trade with the sea on the basis of doing a good job in the construction of basic farmland.
In addition, for the planting of iron powerwood, it is necessary to increase efforts and develop in depth. According to the characteristics of iron power wood that is stronger than gold and iron and has a fine texture, it is used for processing, manufacturing furniture, row cars, and the development and utilization of wear-resistant and durable tools. Strive to form a new industry with iron power wood as the source, so that the people can benefit from it.
Finally, Li Yi also stressed the importance of cultivating and educating teenagers and children to read, and hoped that Luliang County would attach great importance to it, implement the education funds issued by Yunnan, and make up for educational resources, and that the enrollment rate of teenagers and children should meet the prescribed standards, and if they fail to meet the standards, they will be severely punished, up to and including dismissal on the spot.
Leaving Luliang County the next day, Li Yi and his entourage went straight to Luoping County in the north.
The population of Luoping County is only seven or eight thousand people, and the mountains and forests in the whole county are dense, and it is a place where Han and barbarians live together.
The fiscal and tax revenue of its border trade can account for more than half of the county, and it is almost a pure commodity trade county.
The biggest problem here is the issue of ethnic relations, and as long as the relations between various nationalities are well managed, there will be no big problem here.
Therefore, after Li Yi inspected the whole county according to the itinerary, he instructed them on the problems that should be paid attention to, inspected the situation of the alternative officials, and left Luoping County and rushed to Xuan County overnight.
The situation in Xuanxian County is similar to that of Luliang County, the only difference is that it is the main road from Ningzhou to Lingnan and the capital.
Although the industries are not developed, due to their proximity to transportation, the commodity trade is still relatively prosperous, and they have no problem being self-sufficient.
Therefore, Li Yi just took a routine inspection, rested for a while, and then marched to Fuyuan County non-stop.