Chapter XII

A person's future path is greatly influenced by childhood. As an ordinary only child, Chen Ke has no companions for him to play with. His parents are very busy at work, and if Chen Ke can read honestly at home and not go out to cause trouble, this is a great convenience for his parents. Chen Ke did spend his childhood as they hoped.

Among many popular science books, "The Story of Candles" and "The Road to Conquer Bacteria" had a great influence on Chen Ke at that time. It is originally a simple popular science work, which explains the history of the development of chemistry and medicine in words that children can understand. Later, Chen Ke chose to major in chemistry, and it cannot be said that these two books played a huge role.

"The Road to Conquering Bacteria" introduces the story of the fantasy doctor Ulrich researching the special drug 606. Chen Ke later also specialized in the production methods of 606 and 914. I also gave birth myself, and when I completed this experiment, the joy in my heart at that time can still be remembered by Chen Ke. So, on June 27, 1905, Chen Ke felt double his joy.

606 and 914 pioneered chemotherapy therapy. In 1908, Ulrich received numerous honors. Chen Ke was very envious of the honor that this great predecessor received back then, and now, although he does not expect to get the "face" of his predecessor, he can at least get the "lining". Ulrich was a German, and the British could not imitate this medicine until the outbreak of World War I. During World War I, the British were denied access to medicines and had to spend huge sums of money on alternative products. It was not until the defeat of Germany and the end of World War I that the British, as the victors, mastered this special medicine.

"We must save He Zudao. He is our colleague, our comrade, and we cannot abandon him. Chen Ke said to the youth. It will be deep, you take me to see He Zudao. Tell him the news. ”

Qi Hui looked at Chen Ke with deep emotion, "Mr. Wenqing, you should write a letter for me to bring it over." He Zudao said that he respects Mr. Wenqing very much, and he has no face to see you when he is infected with this disease. ”

"What's so embarrassing about this kind of thing?"

"Mr. Wen Qing, if you want to give He Zudao a pharmaceutical, I'll tell him now. Infected with this disease, he has the heart to die. If you go to see him now, he's afraid he really won't be able to think about it. You write a letter, and I'll bring it to him. ”

Hearing Qi Huishen's sincere words, Chen Ke had no choice but to take a notebook and a disposable pen, and under the envious and surprised eyes of the young people, he wrote a letter in super bad characters. The content of the letter is very simple, Chen Ke wants He Zudao to believe that he will definitely be able to make a special medicine to save He Zudao. This new group will never abandon any of its companions.

Seeing Qi Huishen slip out of the door with a letter, Chen Ke looked at the other young people who were eagerly looking at him, and he was not very relieved about the confidentiality work. So far, Chen Ke has only been able to work with You You. These young people know too much only for the good, not the good.

Now Chen Ke is not in Germany, and he is not the famous Dr. Ulrich. This special medicine is a double-edged sword for Chen Ke, and there must be collaborators.

Chen Ke called the young people to the blackboard and began to talk about the cause of the contagion. After learning that skin-to-skin contact was enough to contract the disease, the people who attended the lecture did not lose their faces. As for how to ensure disinfection, that is, change clothes, take a bath, and expose your clothes to the sun. Although I don't know if the sterilization method I said is right, Chen Ke wants to scare these people home, and that's all he can say.

Seeing that the young people were uneasy one by one, Chen Ke asked them to go back first. When they heard this, the young men ran away as if they had been pardoned.

Hua Xiongmao's face was also wrong, "Wenqing, is it really so serious?" ”

"Definitely not. But when we're experimenting, don't go back yet. In this way, let's go back first, I have something to tell Sister Qiu. Let's go back and get a change of clothes, and we won't be going back to our accommodation these days. ”

"Good. I listen to Wen Qing. ”

Qiu Jin and Xu Xilin were not at the residence, Chen Ke asked the maid Lin Jian, and she was not very clear. Chen Ke simply went to the last meeting place with Hua Xiongmao. After a long time in this world, the two of them couldn't remember where they were. There was no head in a circle over there, and the two of them didn't dare to knock on the door casually to ask, so they simply came back and waited while packing up their things.

While packing up his things, Chen Ke asked, "Zhenglan, do you think those people are credible?" ”

"Wen Qing is worried that as soon as this medicine comes out, someone will take advantage of the fire to rob it, right?" Hua Xiongmao said with a smile.

"That's true."

"We really have to find a backer. The people in the government are absolutely unreliable. The people on the rivers and lakes are ...... and unreliable. If it really doesn't work...... Hua Xiongmao muttered, "If it really doesn't work, Wen Qing will have to pretend to be a bachelor." Don't let them scare you, you have to ask for you, as long as the prescription is not leaked, they will not dare to do anything to you. This medicine is a life-saving thing. ”

After listening to Hua Xiongmao's words, Chen Ke felt that there was only such a thing. After packing up their things, the two of them explained to Lin Jian that if Qiu Jin came back, she would definitely be asked to wait for Chen Ke to come back at her residence. That's when I went out.

Back at the workshop, You Yu didn't come back. Zhou Yuanxiao has already said that he will return to the workshop in three days. Since there was no one in the workshop, Chen Ke and Hua Xiongmao thoroughly cleaned the entire workshop. When he was in full swing, he heard You Yu shouting excitedly: "It's hard work for two." ”

Finally waiting for someone, Chen Ke's mood immediately relaxed.

"You You, there is something important to discuss!" Chen Ke shouted.

You Wei was dressed up very beautifully, the dyeing was over, she deliberately changed into a brand-new royal blue silk dress, and You Wei, who usually does not wear jewelry, also inserted a silver hairpin on her head today.

After listening to Chen Ke for a long time, You Wuteng, who was still smiling, stood up, her face was gloomy as water, and she looked at the stool with disgust, "I won't be infected, right?" Her tone sounded cold and intimidating.

"Definitely not."

"Humph!" You Yu kicked the stool aside in anger, "People sit on the stool, and disaster comes from heaven!" Brother Wen Qing, if I contracted this disease......" Speaking of this, You Yan's mouth was flattened, his eyes were red, and he was already aggrieved and burst into tears.

"Calm down! Calm down! Shouldn't I just make this medicine? Chen Ke knew that if you were a big girl, if she contracted this disease, it would be difficult to argue.

"I don't want to listen to this nonsense. I, I'll go back now, and burn all the clothes I've wore. Speaking of this, the six gods and the ownerless You Gu grabbed Chen Ke's collar, and she choked up and said, "Wen Qing, Wen Qing, my family won't be infected, right?" Speaking of this, You Yu was already scared to tears by his own imagination.

"Oh my God! What a thing this is! Chen Ke had mixed feelings in his heart. I originally wanted to research new drugs with You You, but I didn't expect You Yi to come out like this. Disrupted Chen Ke's plans. A girl who is usually quite confident in Youyu is completely messed up when she encounters this. "Women are unreliable!" Even Chen Ke, who has always advocated equality between men and women and respects women, couldn't help but complain like this in his heart.

But looking at You Mu trembling like a frightened bunny, the pear blossoms brought rain. Chen Ke still had to be patient and appease You Wei first. Doing his best to know about medicine and biological infectious diseases, Chen Ke talked endlessly about how You Wei was safe, which even told You Wei about the human immune system, but did not give You Wei the slightest sense of security. The knowledge that Chen Ke just talked about was used by You Wei to question Chen Ke indiscriminately.

In the end, Chen Ke simply roared angrily, "I said, you're fine, and the people in your family will be fine." Then it's sure to be fine! This clear angry shout frightened You Wei. But this angry shout also stabilized You Yu's spirit.

"This has nothing to do with you, we are going to save He Zudao now! This guy is dying. Chen Ke continued to roar.

"Ah......, oh, my family is fine." You Yu finally held back such a sentence. almost amused Chen Ke again.

Chen Ke asked You Wei to sit down, You Wei looked at the stool timidly and refused to sit, Chen Ke didn't care about her, and directly pulled a stool to sit upright. "First, we asked Wang Bin to buy materials. You must never reveal what you are going to do. ”

After hearing this, You Yu nodded desperately.

"Second, we're starting to make medicine now. You can't leak our medicine. ”

You Yu still nodded.

"Third, it's money. How much does that have to be? Even if 100,000 patients in the world buy this medicine, one person gives you twenty pounds. That's how much is that? ”

"Two million." You Yu was a little nervous and calculated the results, but she was obviously unaware of the concept of the money.

"So, boy, come with me to find Wang Bin now." Chen Ke pretended to be relaxed and said.

"Huh? Million? Two million pounds? "You Yu finally understood what Chen Ke meant." Wenqing, two million pounds! ”

"It's definitely not possible to give it all to you!" Chen Ke looked at You Wei's eyes that were almost radiating golden light, and he slammed into the head.

"I want one percent! No, half percent! No, fifty thousand! No, thirty thousand! Thirty thousand pounds is enough. You Yu began to get confused again.

"You took 30,000 pounds, and you are not afraid that someone will kill you?" Chen Ke was.

After the ups and downs of emotions, You Wei rested for a while before returning to normal. She made up her mind, "Let's go find Wang Bin now." ”

The scientific name of 606 is Xinfan Naming, also known as "Saerfosan", which is an anti-willow disease drug containing arsenic. It was Ulrich and his colleagues, after a long period of experimental research. by Paul in 1908. Erich's lab found that hundreds of newly synthesized organossenic compounds were screened at that time, and the 606th compound was finally determined to have anti-willow disease activity, which was the first organized and purposeful attempt to achieve optimal biological activity through chemical modification of the lead compound.

Paul. Ulrich pioneered chemotherapy. In 1910, 606 was launched under the trade name Salvarsan, which was the first organic substance to treat willow disease, which was a great improvement over the inorganic mercury compounds used at that time. In 1912, neoarsine sodium (also arsenic compound, 914), which has better solubility and easier to operate, but has a slightly worse efficacy, was marketed. The invention of 606 was a major achievement in medicine at that time, and it was later improved to "914" (new arsenic vanamin) and thioarsenic vanamin, which was more convenient to use. The latter can be injected intramuscularly.

The predecessor of 606 and 914, Arsenic Vanamine, is actually a very ordinary thing. This compound was also widely used as an embalming agent for corpses in England in the 17th century, and arsenic vanamin made from the infiltration of old cemeteries was one of the known contaminants in British groundwater sources in the 21st century.

Wang Bin frowned slightly after seeing this medicine. It's not because Wang Bin has any vision for the future that he has any worries about China's environmental protection. He just couldn't figure out why there was such a thing on the long purchase list for soaking corpses.

On the way, Chen Ke had already strictly ordered You Yu not to talk nonsense. So You Yu was silent.

"Isn't this stuff easy to get?" Chen Ke asked.

"It's not hard to get it, I'll give it to you the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow you come first, and I'll give you whatever I get. Wang Bin replied.

"This matter is for Brother Wang to worry about. I'll bring the money tomorrow. ”

Back in the workshop, Chen Ke stopped You Wei's question, and he and Hua Xiongmao carried a faded white cloth. Cloth is also marketable this year. Chen Ke left dozens of pieces of cloth of various colors in the workshop for his own use. The dark blue overalls last time were sewn by Chen Ke and You Wei together.

"Make ten white lab coats." Chen Ke put down this sentence and took Hua Xiongmao away.

When he returned to his residence in the evening, as soon as he entered the door, he heard Qiu Jin talking to Lin Jian inside, and Chen Ke was relieved. Finally found someone.

"Sister Qiu, I have something to ask for."

"What?"

Chen Ke took out a small bag and pushed it to Qiu Jin across the table. Qiu Jin opened it and saw that it was actually a pile of silver. She sighed and prepared to take off the watch on her wrist.

"Am I such a miser in Sister Qiu's eyes?" Chen Ke said with a smile.

"What is Wenqing for?"

"I heard that Sister Qiu is going to Japan, and I want to ask Sister Qiu for something. Mr. Chen Tianhua is also in Japan now, and Sister Qiu will definitely be able to see him after she goes. I want Sister Qiu to invite Mr. Chen Tianhua to return to China and meet me. The fifty taels of silver were given to Mr. Chen Tianhua for tea on the way. ”

"Oh." Only then did Qiu Jin understand what Chen Ke meant.

"I have never known Mr. Chen Tianhua in my life, Sister Qiu, you have a good reputation, and it is no longer appropriate for you to help me contact Mr. Chen Tianhua. Originally, I was supposed to go to Japan with Sister Qiu to visit Mr. Chen Tianhua, but I couldn't leave because of something. Definitely can't go. ”

"Ha, Wen Qing has been busy." Qiu Jin said with a smile. Knowing Chen Ke's intentions, Qiu Jin was a little curious. After these days of contact, Qiu Jin knew that Chen Ke was a figure who didn't see rabbits and didn't scatter eagles. Seeing Xu Xilin is like this, seeing Tao Chengzhang and Cai Yuanpei is the same. Just relying on the money he provided, Chen Ke made money in Shanghai with his bare hands. It is true that Chen Ke relied on his own ability, but without the help of so many people, Chen Ke would never have been able to get to where he is today.

Chen Tianhua's "Fierce Return" and "Alarm Bell" were well-known among the revolutionaries. He, like Zou Rong, who has unfortunately passed away, is a very prestigious figure among the younger generation. Chen Ke must have some special reason for having such a great interest in Chen Tianhua.

"Wen Qing knows this Mr. Chen Tianhua?"

"I don't know, I've just read his books. I really want to get acquainted with this Mr. Chen. ”

"Then why don't you come with me to Japan? Wouldn't it be more sincere for you to go to see this Mr. Chen in person? Is Wen Qing busy like this? ”

"For the next month, I didn't even know how many hours I would be able to sleep." Chen Ke smiled helplessly. There is an article in Chen Ke's English textbook in which Dr. Olich, who studied 606, had to write to himself in order to avoid forgetting his family's birthday, so that he could attend the birthday party on time. I've made this medicine myself, but it's in a 21st century laboratory. In 1905, what kind of "Chen Ke Laboratory" would be created was something beyond imagination.

Qiu Jin knew that Chen Ke didn't like to talk, although he hadn't seen the specific operation of Chen Ke dyeing cloth, but every time he came back, the strong smell of Chen Ke and Hua Xiongmao could prove what the two of them were doing. Since Chen Ke said so, he must be really busy.

"Then I'll do Wen Qing a favor." After speaking, Qiu Jin put away the silver.

Rushing back to the workshop, You Yu was no longer there. There was a letter on the table, and before Chen Ke opened it, he armed his spirit. Even if there was something in the letter asking for a break with Chen Ke, Chen Ke could accept it.

The content of the letter really surprised Chen Ke, and You Wei didn't complain or anything in the letter. On the contrary, she clearly informed Chen Ke that she was going to live in the workshop during the treatment period. In order to avoid trouble, You Yu will bring a maid to live here. This time she went home to convince the family of this. So tomorrow she won't come too early, not even over.

Chen Ke put down the letter. is worthy of being a chemistry background, and everyone really has the same awareness. There was no one in the workshop, so Chen Ke was ready to go back. But he heard the sound of the door being pushed. The dyeing has ended, and the access control has naturally been broken, who is still running at night?

As soon as the door opened, Qi Huishen appeared at the door.

"Mr. Wenqing, I have already met He Zudao. I've been here a few times today, and there's no one here, so I'm going to send you a reply from He Zudao anyway. ”

"It's going to be deep, sit down." Chen Ke hurriedly said. Qi Huishen's serious spirit really made Chen Ke like it. "The world is only afraid of the word serious. We are the most serious. This clear criterion was put forward by the great man. Chen Ke originally liked Qi Huishen, a revolutionary party, and now he lists Qi Huishen as the number one person to recruit.

He Zudao's letter was very moving, and the child's painful mood was completely revealed between the lines. Contracting this disease itself is a shame, and He Zudao repeatedly swore in the letter that he had not done anything "bad". And he begged Chen Ke to save himself. He Zudao said that after he recovered from this illness, he would follow Chen Ke with all his heart, and he was willing to break through for Chen Ke.

"Huishen, have you told He Zudao, I said, never give up on our colleagues."

"Mr. Wenqing, I went to find He Zudao, and he closed the door and didn't let me in. I specifically said what you said, although He Zudao did not open the door, but I heard him cry heartbreakingly in the house. Mr. Wen Qing, I can trust you, please save He Zudao! Qi Huishen didn't sit down in the first place, but when he said this, he bowed deeply.

Chen Ke hurriedly helped Qi Huishen up, "Huishen, everyone is a colleague and a friend." Where is the truth that you can't be saved when you see death. He Zudao has been here with us these days, and he definitely hasn't gone to any Fengyue places. I can trust him. ”

"Mr. Wen Qing, during your treatment, as long as you have any orders, I will definitely listen to you and let me do anything."

"Can you do anything?"

"Exactly."

"Well, can you come and live with me this time, we have to start work day and night. If you get this medicine one day earlier, you will save He Zudao one day earlier. ”

"I obey Mr. Wenqing's orders." Qi Huishen replied without hesitation.

"That's good. I came from a chemistry background, and since I was a child, I have admired the work of those seniors who can stay up all night without practicing and sleepless. I also came to do it this time and saved He Zudao. Feel the hard work of our predecessors. Ha ha. Chen Kezhi said confidently.

"Don't work too hard." Qi Hui persuaded deeply.

"Labor is the most glorious. It will be deep. Labor is the most glorious. Sitting there doing nothing, and the sky will drop a pie for you? Why do the great powers look down on China, because China has no contribution to the world, and only when our generation works and creates a new China will the world respect you. Thousands of people like you and me, working together, working hard, working hard. Only then can a new China come out. Will it be deep, do you want to go to the revolution with me? ”

"Mr. Wenqing, this is the revolution?" Qi Huishen was reluctant to hit Chen Ke's enthusiasm, but his puzzled tone could not be concealed.

"It will be deep, the revolution is not to kill people, the revolution is to save people. Revolution is a kind of humanity! Chen Ke's voice was deep and powerful.

Hearing this, Qi Hui was stunned.

Chen Ke patted Qi Huishen's shoulder, "Huishen, I'm not a cruel and murderous person." With my ability, I don't say that I am rich and rival the country, but I have no worries about food and clothing, three wives and four concubines. In the future, there will be a group of children under my knees, and it will not be difficult for me to sit and enjoy the joy of my family. But I love our China, and I love the Chinese people. China should not have fallen to the point where it is today, and looking at today's China, I feel more uncomfortable than dead. But what can I do alone, I can't do anything without many comrades. Revolution with me, it will be deep. We will gather comrades who are willing to rejuvenate the Chinese nation, and we will not abandon anyone to save the Chinese people and China from its current situation. ”

Listening to Chen Ke's words, Qi Hui was stunned and silent. Gradually, Qi Huishen's eyes turned red, "Mr. Wenqing, you are a real revolutionary." ”

"Don't be a sycophant here, hurry up, do you want to join?"

Qi Hui wiped away his tears deeply, "I must follow Mr. Wenqing before and after the saddle." ”

"What Mr. Wenqing, you and I are not a few years old. Since you are a comrade, just call me Wenqing. You hurry back and rest, and come over tomorrow at noon. The days ahead will be very hard, let's save He Zudao first. ”

"Wen Qing, I'm also a revolutionary comrade, right?" Hua Xiongmao interjected. Looking at Chen Ke's formal solicitation, Qi Huishen was deep. Hua Xiongmao felt uncomfortable.

"Zhenglan, you are naturally a revolutionary comrade. You joined earlier than Huishen, or senior. So please, don't put your qualifications here. Chen Ke said with a smile. Turning his head to look at Qi Huishen who was full of tears, Chen Ke slapped Qi Huishen on the shoulder, "Huishen, the revolution is not a dinner party, why are you so excited?" Starting tomorrow, you should be prepared to die of exhaustion. Let's go, let's go back now, don't keep your spirits up, where do you have the strength to work. ”

Chen Ke dragged Qi Huishen, turned off the lights with Hua Xiongmao, and checked all parts of the courtyard before leaving the workshop together.