"Dao Chief, is this true?"

In Xinxiang, the top floor of the First Hospital, Yu Guozhen looked at Gui Quanzi with a nervous expression.

In fact, when it comes to medical skills, Gui Quanzi is definitely not the most brilliant in Xinxiang now, except for the famous doctors that Yu Guozhen brought from Nanzhili last time, in the past few months, Yu Guozhen has spared no effort to search for famous doctors. His purpose is very simple, through the progress of medical technology, to enhance the ability of the Chinese people to cope with different climates and environments, improve physical fitness, and prolong people's lifespan.

Another important purpose is to ensure the survival rate of pregnant women and babies.

Xinxiang Hospital already has 150 qualified women - now called obstetric nurses, and the famous doctors who have been hired are still teaching them how to treat common maternal conditions, and another 300 middle-aged women have begun training in this regard.

All of this seems to have come in handy today.

Gui Quanzi nodded, and then the old man, who had always been a little pretentious in front of Yu Guozhen, stood up and waved his hand towards Yu Guozhen: "Congratulations to Nanhaibo, congratulations to Yu Gongzi!" ”

Yu Guozhen's face was full of joy that could not be hidden, and beside him, Fang Ziyi's face was also full of shy joy.

After nearly a year of marriage, she was finally confirmed to be pregnant with a child.

"This is good news, this is good news, I immediately wrote a letter to report the good news to my relatives in Jinling!" Yu Guozhen patted Fang Ziyi's hand, Fang Ziyi gave him a fierce look, then retracted his hand, gently stroked his lower abdomen, and laughed again.

After sending the two out, Gui Quanzi lit three sticks of incense and offered them to the god case in his office, behind which was a statue of Lao Jun. Although Lao Jun didn't seem to care about this, Gui Quanzi still prayed silently to Lao Jun: "The ancestor of the Three Qing Dynasty is above, bless the prosperity of the heirs of Nanhai Bo, and the foundation will be eternal ......and prosperous."

Up to now, it is said that this original Youfang Taoist has been fully integrated into Xinxiang's system, and here, he feels the hope of Daomen Chongchang. Unlike when Zhu Mingzi forcibly sealed the Zhenwu Emperor to promote the prosperity of the Daomen, that kind of prosperity did not last long, as long as there was a change of dynasty or even an emperor, that kind of prosperity would no longer be there. On the contrary, now the eyes of the people of Xinxiang looking at the Taoist priest and Taoist aunt are completely different, it is respect from the heart!

The reason is that the nurses who are called "fairy aunts", in order to facilitate their actions, but also to reduce some disputes about weathering and the like, these nurses are all dressed as Taoist aunts, they were originally trained to take care of the injuries in the tiger guard, but since the establishment of the first hospital in Xinxiang, their service objects include all the people of Xinxiang.

Whether it is from the perspective of realizing his personal ambitions or the prosperity of the entire Daomen, Gui Quanzi feels that the more prosperous Yu Guozhen's foundation is, the more beneficial it will be to him.

Out of the hospital, they were greeted by Song Xiance and Zhang Chi.

Song Yingxing was arranged by Yu Guozhen to serve as the director of the newly established Institute of Mechanical Physics, while Song Xiance and Zhang Chi were left by him. This is not that he has any opinion of Song Yingxing, on the contrary, it is the result of his great importance to the study of mechanical physics.

There are two research directions identified for Song Yingxing, one of which is more sophisticated gear manufacturing. Now Xinxiang's machinery is still eating Yu Guozhen's five years of accumulation in Xiang'an, such as pulleys, gears, are set by him and Xiang'an's craftsmen together, at the beginning, they did play a great role, but now they are gradually showing shortcomings, especially the two major carriage workshops, constantly complaining about gears and bearings.

The second is the steam engine.

The principle of the steam engine is very simple, the process is not complicated, and with the strength of Xinxiang today, it can be built completely. The only steam engine was built, and its efficiency and use were limited, and it was okay to use it as a tool for pumping water in the mine, but it was not enough to power Xinxiang's industry and transportation as Yu Guozhen imagined. Yu Guozhen had the intention to spend three to five years to take out the practical steam engine, and his own personal energy was limited, so he could only hand it over to Song Yingxing, who was very interested in machinery.

After prompting Song Yingxing what effect the steam engine would have on the production of workers and peasants by converting heat energy into mechanical energy, Song Yingxing completely forgot everything else, only one, he reached out to Yu Guozhen to ask for money and people, Yu Guozhen was also happy, and promised that his research expenses could not be less than half of the cost of weapons research, and the manpower could be given priority in Xinxiang Primary School.

"How's it going?" Song Xiance couldn't wait to ask.

"Sure enough, as Mr. Song expected, there is." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

His affairs are cumbersome, although Fang Ziyi cares, but he didn't notice some details, so after Fang Ziyi's pregnancy showed symptoms, Song Xiance accidentally found out, and then reminded Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen led her to ask Gui Quanzi to take the pulse. Yu Guozhen still has respect for this wonderful method of judging whether she is pregnant through the pulse image, and as far as he knows, Gui Quanzi is very accurate in taking the pulse.

"That's great, congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the master!"

Song Xiance was immediately overjoyed, he took a step back, and then made a long bow.

The same is true for Zhang Chi, the two of them stayed by Yu Guozhen's side, and Song Xiance was responsible for providing staff for Yu Guozhen in military affairs, while Zhang Chi handled some common affairs for Yu Guozhen in government affairs. However, Song Xiance himself also knows that he can't really enter the decision-making level of Xinxiang now, and even some of Xinxiang's secrets can't be touched, to a large extent, he is just a Qingke idler, and it is exactly like this, although he actively advises, he is still very cautious.

"Yes, it's a happy event!" Yu Guozhen's joy overflowed with his face, he groaned for a while, and ordered: "Don't be in a hurry to say it first, you know enough about this matter." ”

"The lord's words are wrong, and at this time it should be widely announced, so that the people of Xinxiang can enjoy the joy together." Song Xiance made a suggestion contrary to Yu Guozhen this time.

At this time, even the people who are accustomed to it in Xinxiang still have the idea of passing on the inheritance after all, and Yu Guozhen's heir is naturally the next generation of earls to whom they are loyal. As long as Yu Guozhen has descendants, it means that he does not have to worry about withdrawing the seal due to the extinction of the heir, and from Xinxiang to Hoi An, there will not be much change in a few decades.

Therefore, spreading the news that Fang Ziyi is pregnant with a child can unite people's hearts to a certain extent.

After he said his thoughts in this regard, Yu Guozhen pondered for a moment, then nodded, but added: "It's better not to rush for the time being, let's make a decision after the news of North Korea comes, it should be these two days." ”

Seeing that the south wind has risen, the ship that is rushing south in the last north wind of January should also be about to arrive in Xinxiang at this time.

"I don't know...... How is the war going in the north? Song Xiance also nodded.

After more than an hour of "onslaught", after organizing three beach raids, not only did they not gain anything, but they left the sampan boats they carried on the beach, Li Jun and Li Chongyuan are now kneeling in front of Shuo Tuo and crying.

"It's really not that the lower country is incompetent, but that the Ming army is too cunning." Li Jun almost went up on his knees to hug Shuo Tuo's legs: "Xiaochen's two nephews have already died on the beach, and now there is no one to ask for a boat or a boat, if you attack again, you will just be sent to death in vain!" ”

"Yes, what the envoy of Yongbyon Prefecture said is very true, and the minister also has a grandson whose life and death are unknown...... Master Pei, the minister is really powerless! ”

Of course, the crying of the two of them could not make Shuotuo have the slightest sympathy, in fact, since the beginning of the army, Jianlu did not know what sympathy was. All he has in his heart is boredom, these two incompetent people, wine bags and rice bags! Originally, he thought that even if he couldn't attack it, he would be able to consume some of the strength of the Ming army on the island, and at the same time let him get a glimpse of the reality of the garrison on Phi Island, but what are these two wastes doing!

Shuo Tuo could see from a distance that they were indeed working hard, but that hard work did not achieve any goal, neither saw the emptiness of the Phi Dao garrison, nor did they achieve the goal of depleting the Ming army.

It was a good drain on the strength of his side, and those sampan boats could not be recovered now, and even if he wanted to send a full man to attack the island, he was short of vehicles, so he couldn't use this big ship to hit the shoals - although he didn't know how to fight at sea, Shuoto also understood that if the big ship ran aground, it would be a fate to be slaughtered.

He wanted to use these two people to prevaricate Huang Taiji, and he couldn't really cut them down at this time. Therefore, Shuotuo was rarely kind and pleasant: "The two of you have worked hard, I can see the situation clearly, it's not that you don't want to serve, it's really the ferocious firearms of the Ming people...... King Zhishun, what do you think? ”

Among all of them, Shang Kexi is the most familiar with the defense of Phi Dao, and at this moment, his eyebrows are furrowed and worried.

"This is not Shen Shikui's soldiers, who is Shen Shikui, we all know very well, he just started by sending his daughter to Mao Wenlong's bed, and the soldiers he brought out are not as good as the pigs he raised." Shang Kexi said affirmatively: "The defense of Phi Dao has always been focused on the north and the south is empty, but I look at the density of the muskets fired by the Ming Army, at least there are two or three thousand muskets...... Something is wrong! ”

This is also nonsense, Shang Kexi, who was originally the most active in fighting Phi Dao, after seeing the state of preparedness on Phi Dao, he also felt that acting rashly at this time would probably not lead to anything.

"Lord Kong? Geng Wangye? Shuoto asked the two men again.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming certainly knew his idea, and now it seems that the attack on the island is going to be in vain, and there are clearly new variables on the Phi Island, and Shuo Tuo also needs a reason to respond to Huang Taiji, who has just conquered Korea and is full of ambition.

"That's not quite right."

Kong Youde thought about it, it is not good not to speak out, and if he does not speak up, he will offend the emperor's nephew, no matter how Huang Taiji does not treat him, after all, it is the housework of his love for the Xinjueluo family. But if he was asked to take the responsibility of retiring from the army for Shuoto, of course he would not do it, so he said that the corner was extremely clever.

Shuotuo was a little impatient, these Han people had obviously taken refuge, why did they still slip one by one and didn't keep their hands, don't they know how to be a scapegoat honestly? So he said politely, "What's wrong."

(To be continued)