The two exchanged pleasantries, and Xihuan said tentatively:

"I heard that there is a plague at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and my nephew is here to find medicine, I don't know if there will be any gains."

Ji Kang did not hide his frustration, and said deflated:

"Don't hide it from my aunt, King Xian is not energetic, so he asked his nephew to discuss with his uncle, Yongxing Hou and Master Nuo, but Yongxing Hou said that there is not much medicine, which makes his nephew a little embarrassed."

"Oh......" Xihuan sighed, thought for a moment and said, "Yes, what Yongxing Hou said is indeed true." My aunt also heard from your uncle that this medicine is only five or six hundred thousand yuan, and it should be distributed to the people of Xianguo for free, and thirty people will not be able to share one. Therefore, in the future, the imperial court will pay for the vaccination of 300,000 people every year, and it will continue to be implemented until everyone is planted. So, it's really not enough. ”

What Xihuan said was indeed the truth, but the listener was intentional when the "speaker was unintentional", and the words "five or six hundred thousand" were almost an astronomical amount in Ji Kang's ears, and in addition to being shocked, Ji Kang hurriedly said:

"Is my aunt serious?"

Xihuan replied seriously:

"My nephew, can my aunt lie to you, if you don't believe it, ask your uncle, he knows more than your aunt."

"Then according to this, there is no shortage of medicine in Xianguo."

"No, why not. The people have to be vaccinated with this medicine, and how five or six hundred thousand is enough is definitely not enough. ”

Xihuan repeatedly focused on mentioning the words "five or six hundred thousand", Ji Kang clearly understood the "essence" of Xihuan's thought, and his heart became more and more atmospheric, he said:

"If you have good medicine, you don't give it to me, but you have to give it to the people free of charge, what does Yongxinghou mean by this."

Vaguely seeing Ji Kang taking the bait, Xihuan continued to take eye medicine again:

"The people of Xianguo are weak, and the people can't afford to withstand the plague a few times, and my aunt heard that Yongxinghou doesn't want the plague to affect the people, so he sends medicine free of charge."

"This ancient common sense of spending money on medical treatment, how can there be a reason for the imperial court to pay for free medicine, Yongxinghou's move is neither reasonable nor beneficial, it is simply unreasonable."

After Ji Kang's words were finished, Xihuan continued to make up for it and said:

"Your uncle also means the same, but the Marquis of Yongxing insists on his opinion, and the prince can't resist him, I heard that there are still a lot of civil and military ministers who oppose it."

"Then King Xian agrees?"

"But isn't it, my father is now old, and he relies on the Marquis of Yongxing to govern the state alone, although your uncle is the crown prince, but he can't speak."

"Isn't this a one-handed cover!"

Ji Kang blurted out, and Xihuan smiled and said:

"Over the years, the Marquis of Yongxing has governed the country well, and the world has seen it, and no one can stop him from doing what he wants to do. My aunt is from the past, and she has not been on good terms with Yongxing Hou for many years, but her aunt still knows his temperament. As long as it is something he recognizes, others can't stop it. If the Son of Heaven wants to ask for medicine, I'm afraid it will be difficult. ”

"Aunt Xie mentioned that my nephew is entrusted by the Son of Heaven and will do his best to complete the mission."

"Alas...... I'm a woman, and I don't know anything about the court, so I can't manage so much. My aunt looked forward to a few more days of stable life, and she was satisfied. ”

Xihuan pretended to prevaricate, but this fire was lit. So at noon, Ji Kang entered the palace to see the prince Jiang Yu, and the two came to a place where no one was there and whispered.

"Ji Kang has seen his uncle."

"Young Marquis, please excuse me, sit down."

"Thank you, uncle."

Jiang Yu couldn't close his mouth with a smile, but he actually had other plans in his heart.

After Ji Kang sat down, Jiang Yu first asked:

"The young marquis is here for the medicine of smallpox."

Ji Kang nodded with a bitter face and said:

"Don't hide it from my uncle, my nephew learned from my aunt that there are hundreds of thousands of smallpox medicines in Xianguo, why can't I give some to the Son of Heaven."

When the prince heard the news, he immediately became cautious, he had no position in this matter, preventing Bailiyan from implementing treasury subsidy vaccination was caused by his limited thinking, in Jiang Yu's view, this was Bailiyan buying the hearts of the people in the world.

After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Yu said carefully:

"I think your aunt should have told you all the details, so I won't say more. There are only two ways to treat smallpox, one is to collect the pulp from the cow rash and the other is to inoculate the cow rash, but the number of the cow rash pulp collection method is not enough to use, and it is said that one out of every 30,000 people will die from an unknown violent disease. Therefore, the most appropriate and the largest number is the medicinal seedlings produced by Yicaotang, and one person per 150,000 people will die of an unknown violent disease, which is the best medicine at the moment. ”

"Isn't this Yicaotang owned by Yongxing Hou!"

"Exactly, Yicaotang has all the secret recipes for good medicine, so although I am the crown prince in this matter, I can't speak, and this matter still has to be solved by the Marquis of Yongxing."

Yicaotang is now responsible for the "Ministry of Health", "General Military Medical Hospital", "People's Hospital", "Township Health Institute", "Drug Research and Development", "Drug Production" six major functions, due to the imperfect system and industrial confidentiality needs, Yicaotang has always been a private industry of Bailiyan, but shoulders the responsibility of official medical and health care. Since it is a private hospital and an industry run by powerful people, of course the imperial court can't control it.

When Ji Kang heard the news, he suddenly felt unbelievable, and said busily:

"According to this, it is also true that Yongxing Hou distributed medicine to the people for free?"

The prince nodded and said:

"Not bad, but it has to be paid 60% by the national treasury and 40% by the people, 300,000 places every Chinese New Year's Eve, and another 100,000 full-cost places, and so on every year, until all the people plant this medicine."

"With a population of more than 17 million, it makes no sense how much food it costs."

The prince pretended to be helpless and said:

"To inoculate smallpox once in the city of Chenling, it takes money for eight plants, and the imperial court buys about five rat plants at this price and 70 yuan, of which the people pay 28 yuan for two plants, and the imperial court pays 42 yuan for three plants, and purchases 300,000 doses a year, which is 102,600 yuan.

It is said that in two to three years, the supply of this medicine will be increased, and 600,000 to 1 million people will need to be vaccinated every year, and 3,400,000 yuan will be spent a year, according to this calculation, it will take 20 to 23 years to inoculate the whole people, and it will cost 4 to 5 million. ”

Ji Kang was stunned when he heard this, and pinched his fingers and calculated, if this is sold for eight plants, thousands of people will use medicine every year, and Bailiyan's annual income will be millions.

He suddenly "understood" Bai Liyan's true intentions, obviously asking Liang Guo to spend money on medicine, and he was obviously dreaming.

Realizing this layer, Ji Kang calmed down and said bluntly:

"It's really worthy of the Marquis of Yongxing, taking people's lives to make people's money, everyone has to be grateful to him, I've seen despicable and shameless, but I've never seen someone who buys people's hearts like this, called for the people, but it's really for collecting money to win people's hearts.

Uncle, although Ji Kang is a foreign minister, there is a sentence that does not vomit unpleasantly, Yongxinghou's move may not be a good act, so let him accumulate wealth and buy people's hearts, it is not tolerated by national law, nor is it tolerated by reason, and it must be guarded against! ”

The prince listened to Ji Kang's words into his heart, and the words "buy people's hearts, you must not guard against it" repeatedly vibrated back and forth in his mind, reminding him that some people have always coveted his rights and the world.

Xu was a little moved, Jiang Yu nodded slightly, the amplitude was not very large, but his expression could see his deep attitude.

"The young marquis still needs to negotiate with the Marquis of Yongxing and his father in this matter, and I will find some way to persuade my father to solve problems for the Son of Heaven, what does the young marquis think?"

"Okay, please also ask my uncle to arrange an opportunity for my nephew to meet King Xian alone."

"I think my father would have agreed."

The two agreed on the details, and after Ji Kang returned to the pavilion, he designed Li Yi to come forward and test Bailiyan's bottom line again. So the next afternoon, after Bailiyan returned home, Li Yi came unexpectedly:

"Uncle, are you busy?"

"I'm no better than you Son of Heaven, as long as you move your mouth, the world is invincible. Now I have to do all the big and small things alone, where can I have any free time. ”

The two walked to the atrium and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, Bai Liyan continued:

"Say, Ji Kang asked you to come over and ask you something."

Li Yi's cheeks turned red when he heard the news, and he was quite embarrassed, so he said in a hurry:

"My cousin wants to know what my uncle thinks about the current situation."

"In this way, your behavior is fake, but it is true for the eldest grandson."

"Originally, it was like this, but who knew that my uncle wouldn't let me take a step, so it would be difficult to do, so my cousin wanted to make it easy first and then difficult."

"Huh...... First easy and then difficult, good one first easy and then difficult. ”

From this incident, Bai Liyan saw a serious problem, the current rulers do not treat ordinary people as human beings, and their disregard for life is almost cruel.

Of course, before the modern society, the powerful and status classes were mostly like this, even in the modern society, this phenomenon is still very common, but at least there are relatively fair opportunities, and the person can be guaranteed.

The war between Wei Guo and Changsun has come to this point, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that neither country has the will to continue to launch a large-scale campaign, and Liang Guo jumped out again at this time, first of all, he does not intend to admit the victory of Wei Guo, once he admits it, Wei Guo will undoubtedly become a hegemon.

Secondly, this is a critical moment to bring down the defense of the country and harvest land and political interests, as long as someone stabs the defense in the back, the war situation will collapse quickly like an avalanche. No matter who stabs this knife first, the other princes will take action one after another to divide the benefits. But no matter who eats the crab first, there is a risk of being shot in the head, and the other princes know it, so no one wants to be the leading big brother.

Compared with the war between Wei and Changsun, smallpox seems to be painless, but it is actually more harmful. In the two-and-a-half-year war, more than 700,000 military and civilian casualties between the two countries were lost.

Liang Guo put the cart before the horse and sacrificed the original to pursue profit, not only the limitations of history itself, but also the ignorance of people and the gap in ideas. Bailiyan can't expect the current elite to understand the importance of public health, but they can't still be left to their machinations and do whatever they want.

Sent Li Yi away, it was getting dark, and Bailiyan came to Gongliang's residence. Three days later, he left for China, and Bai Liyan planned to give him a few pocket watches to help him in the coup.

Time is an invisible and intangible abstract substance, and the emergence of clocks and watches has achieved accurate timekeeping and regular work and rest, and the accuracy and rigor of military operation time are much higher than the impact of military operations themselves.

With clocks, different units on different fronts can launch actions at the same time at a pre-agreed time, which is far more accurate than relying on human transmission and using fire and sound effects as signals.