In addition to the carpenters and old farmers, the new Chinese people are naturally most concerned about those Chinese medicine from the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to malaria, the number one killer, the residents of the New China area also face typhoid fever, plague, dysentery, colds and other diseases, with an annual mortality rate of up to 10%, which is the highest mortality rate among the residents in the overseas colonies (South Africa, New China, and Heishui). If it weren't for the abundance of land and the importance of its location, the Executive Committee would have been reluctant to develop such a tropical colony.

Later, the Dutch developed Indonesia, the British developed the Malay region, the French developed Equatorial Africa, and the Japanese developed Taiwan and New Guinea, all of which paid a heavy price, and the number of attrition due to illness was even unbearable. This was in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when medical and health conditions were good, and one can imagine how much of a reduction in the number of people this kind of exploitation of hot areas would result in the 17th century, when medical care was scarce. We can say without hesitation that at present, the annual mortality rate of more than 3,000 official residents in Xinhuagang and Tacheng is controlled at 10%, and the people on the east coast have done a very good job. Under normal circumstances, the mortality rate of the migrant population should be between 20 and 30 per cent, because they do not have the natural resistance of the local population to some tropical diseases.

Therefore, one can imagine the thirst for doctors in the New China Colony. In the past, most of the immigrants recruited by the East Coast were from displaced people, and there were not many of them who were skilled, and even fewer were doctors, and the few who were pulled away by the mainland. This time, Shi Qinjie and others had to leave a few, so they did not hesitate to go to the Executive Committee even if they filed a lawsuit with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

There are only two doctors in this group of immigrants from Yucheng County. An experienced Chinese medicine practitioner in his forties and his young apprentice. Not. The two guys in his pharmacy don't know if they should be counted, so let's count them too. Well, that is, they intercepted a total of four medical personnel. This is the first batch of official doctors in the New China Colony.

The good news spread throughout the city as soon as possible. Farmers from Ireland, fruit growers from Provence, Cossacks from the South Russian Plain, and immigrants from Daming Shandong, who accounted for the vast majority of the total, were all venting their happiness in their own ways. Everyone shared the lychees from the back mountains (introduced by the Portuguese three years ago), the high-quality honey produced on the small islands in the bay, the fresh coconuts picked in the port, and the large lobsters that had just been caught in the bay.

The tall Pei Soning closed the window. Keep the noise of the square out of the hustle and bustle. After the windows were closed, the fresh sea breeze could no longer blow in, and the air in the room suddenly seemed a little hot and humid. It is the alternation of the hot season and the cool season, and even in the cool and suitable Xinhua Port, the night temperature will still reach as much as 234 degrees. It doesn't sound like a lot of temperature, but if you consider the high humidity of the air here, you won't be so optimistic, it's tropical after all - uninhabitable tropics.

"Sir, I think this drug really works." Former Irish farmer Charles has officially changed his name to McKinley. McKinley wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a slightly excited voice to Pei Soning.

Pei Soonen was a student of the botanist and botanist Meng Hu. Originally known as Pesonen, he is from Finland. He was the first batch of veterans who participated in the preparation of Xinhuabao. He is currently working as an assistant to Shi Qinjie, but he only focuses on government affairs in his daily life, and the rest of the time he is engaged in another crucial task at Shi Qinjie's orders - that is, to find another drug that can treat malaria well.

Pei Soning believes that the urgency of this matter is undoubted, even more important than some industrial development projects, because it is directly related to the safety of local residents, after all, no one can guarantee that they will not be bitten by mosquitoes. If you bite it, you have almost a 1% chance of getting malaria, which is not a joke, they outsiders have little resistance to this disease, and the chance of getting the disease is very high. If the person is not able to resist the malaria outbreak within 24 hours of the illness (when the body produces the most antibodies), then the person can be sentenced to death. In the new China region, where falciparum malaria is prevalent, this man does not live for a few days. Even if he was lucky or had a bad physique, he carried it at that time, and he would face the threat of recurrence in the future, which was simply a nightmare that haunted him for a lifetime.

Last year, Pesonin learned from some local natives who had taken refuge in the East Coast Republic that in the jungles of the south, many species of plants grow that have more or less some effect on resisting or suppressing malaria, and the locals have been using these drugs for thousands of years. Pei Soning took this situation very seriously, and he quickly recruited three assistants in Xinhua Port to go deep into the jungle of the south with him to conduct research.

A large area of mountainous jungle south of Xinhua Harbor is dominated by the Eight Banners of the newly founded island, who rely on the help of the people on the eastern coast to constantly resist the invasion of rival tribes and even the feudal kingdoms on the central plateau. Therefore, when Pei Soning and others asked them to assist in sampling for research, these people did not refuse.

Over the next year, Pei Soning often took his assistants deep into the island's Eight Banners station in the southern jungle, took samples, and then returned to the city to treat the sick to see how the results were, and so on. In total, he experimented with hundreds of plants that were said to be effective, tea for malaria, a common drink of the locals, and even some so-called "medicines" used in witchcraft ceremonies. In the end, he selected 229 anti-malaria plants that he and his assistants had long observed and thought were "at least somewhat effective," and one seemed to be much more effective than the others.

According to a local doctor who once gave a lecture, this plant can only act on malaria in the pre-hepatocellular stage, and does not work on malaria in the blood phase, so it can be judged that this plant can only work on malaria people who have just gotten sick. Although there are some limitations, this is already a huge breakthrough, because it means that a considerable number of people may be saved for their lives.

This plant is abundant in the jungles of the south, and Pessonen once thought that it should be classified as a strychnopsisthouarsii in the family Strychnopsisthouarsii, based on an incomplete list of plants and animals compiled by Menghu. Locals grind the bark of this plant and eat it into a decoction, sometimes with their homemade antimalarial tea, which has a certain effect. Pei Soning and others once tested this drug on patients, and the results showed that one of the three patients did survive after taking the decoction, and seemed to be cured, and has not relapsed.

Worried that this was an accident, Pei Soning and others later went deep into the jungle to collect a considerable part of the materials, and also learned those antimalarial teas from the locals. Especially for those who are in the early stage of malaria, the effect is still more prominent. Generally speaking, this drug has a certain inhibitory effect on malaria, and if it is combined with other treatment methods, the patient's body is stronger, maybe it can be cured, and the proportion is about a little more than one-fifth.

And although the efficacy of this drug is not as good as cinchona bark powder, once cured, it is generally difficult to recur. Because after a person is bitten by a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite, there are likely to be dozens of malaria parasites in the body, and cinchona bark powder cannot kill them all at one time, so the patient often relapses after being cured. However, this drug inhibits the early development of the malaria parasite, and once it is cured of malaria with other "medicines" such as medicinal teas and plant rhizomes, it will be difficult to recur. Therefore, the role of this drug should not be underestimated.

"Thanks to the unique geography, climate, flora and fauna environment of Xinhua Island, this is a closed continent isolated from the world, and many pests and diseases that are only found on the continent are not found here. At the same time, there is also medicine that can fight the evil disease of malaria, and it has to be said that the true god really loves the land too much. Pei Soonen is not as excited as McKinley, but his voice is also a little impassioned.

Perhaps realizing that he was a little out of shape, Pei Soning calmed down his mood slightly, and then said: "This medicine should be taken together with antimalarial medicine tea, the effect will be greatly increased, but there is no guarantee that everyone can be cured." The effect on the local natives will be stronger, and the effect on outsiders will be much worse, but it is still an excellent drug, at least it can save the lives of 20%-30% of malaria patients, which is a huge credit for the development of the new Chinese colony. ”

"How should I name this drug?" McKinley asked subconsciously with a packet of decoction in his hand.

"We've had 108 trials and lost two friends forever, let's call it Drug 108." Pei Soning replied simply, "50% of the rights and interests of the drug patents belong to the New China Pioneer Team that sponsors us, 30% of the rights and interests belong to the Xinhuagang Health Center, which provides the test equipment and venues, and the other 20% belongs to you and me and the other two friends involved in this matter." Although they have passed away forever for various reasons, their immediate heirs are entitled to this right. I'll explain this to Captain Shi, and he'll approve of that. (To be continued......)