Chapter 266: Belonging
When Luo Jian returned to the mansion, there were already many people in the mansion, and the old lady was already directing a group of women to make various preparations, even the red lady and Zhu Yujiao were also here, and Liu Lan was about to give birth.
The red lady often comes to Luo Jian's mansion, and she has now become the best sister with Liu Lan, and the relationship between the two is very close.
And Zhu Yujiao has come to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion much less often since she suspected that Luo Jian was beaten by Liu Lan, but Liu Lan still arranged things to do in her "China Daily".
Liu Lan was prepared for giving birth to a child, she looked up a lot of information a few months ago, and trained a group of nurses who specialize in delivering babies according to the information, and now the three nurses who learned the best have come over.
As a person who came over, Luo Jian was not nervous, he knew that Liu Lan was in good health, and she had been busy since she was pregnant with a child, so there would definitely be no big problems, the old lady was not allowed to enter the delivery room, Luo Jian had to cheer Liu Lan up outside the door and went back to the living room to sit down.
After a while, Xing'er and Li Yue also rushed over, said hello to Luo Jian and ran to the back.
When Shi Kefa, Ren Minyu, Yuan Jixian, and Lu Zhenfei arrived, a white fat boy had already been hugged out by the old lady, Xing'er and Li Yue were supporting the old lady one by one, and the group of people was very rare, and the old lady couldn't close her mouth with a smile.
Luo Jian was squeezed out by everyone after just one look, greeted Shi Kefa and the others, and ran towards the delivery room.
Although Liu Lan looked tired, she was in good spirits, and Luo Jian sat on the edge of the bed and held Liu Lan's hand.
"Xinghua, we have our children, have you seen it? They all said they looked like you. Liu Lan's leisurely voice made Luo Jian feel extremely distressed, since Liu Lan was pregnant with a child, Luo Jian has not had more time to spend with her, and now she feels very guilty when she thinks about it.
"Liu Lan..."Luo Jian wanted to say something. I can't say it again.
"Xinghua, you don't have to say that, I understand you, when our children are older, I'll help you, okay?" Liu Lan knew what Luo Jian wanted to say, and pulled his hand. Didn't let him continue.
Luo Jian stayed with him until Liu Lan fell asleep, and then gently closed the door and went out.
In the living room, the old lady sat on the sofa with the child in her arms, and whoever wanted to hug it didn't give it, Shi Kefa sat next to her and watched the old lady like this, both happy and a little sad.
However, the topic quickly shifted from children to having children.
"Xinghua, your Liulan gave birth to a child so smoothly, and the birth of that kid in my family almost killed my wife." Lu Zhenfei's voice was not small, and the old lady glared at him when he heard it, and quickly suppressed his voice.
The old lady got up and ran the child to the backyard. She thought that a few men were talking loudly, and she was afraid that the children would be scared, so a few of them let go of their voices to speak.
"Liu Lan was still telling me about this just now, you can't think it's a trivial matter, I have asked people to investigate before, and now the survival rate of babies is too low, and a woman giving birth to a child is like passing through a ghost gate, we must solve this problem as soon as possible." Luo Jian saw Lu Zhenfei bring up this topic. Then he said.
"Is there a solution to this?" Yuan Jixian asked with some curiosity.
"In our country, the survival rate of babies is not 100 percent. There are always more than 95, this is mainly beneficial to the progress of medical technology, our research in this area is lagging behind, we have to catch up as soon as possible. ”
Luo Jian's words surprised everyone very much, it is normal for ordinary families to have seven or eight children now, but there are only two or three at most who can really grow up. This will have to survive smallpox and so on.
Luo Jian remembered that Emperor Shunzhi had smallpox because of his favorite concubine, and he was infected with it when he was only in his twenties. This is probably one of the important reasons why he was chosen as the heir of Shunzhi.
"We need to fix the smallpox problem as soon as possible!" Listening to Luo Jian's words, everyone lowered their heads and thought, and Luo Jian said very abruptly.
"Can smallpox be cured?" Several people asked in almost unison.
The smallpox virus has caused far more deaths in human history, along with the Black Death and cholera, and China has also been ravaged by the smallpox virus in human history.
"So far there is no effective treatment for us."
Listening to Luo Jian's words, several people showed disappointed looks.
"But we can prevent it!"
In fact, Luo Jian has been paying attention to this matter since last year, and has also arranged for a group of military doctors to start secretly studying cowpox and smallpox prevention and treatment in a relatively closed village in Anqing Mansion.
However, Luo Jian had just received a secret report a few days ago that there had been a breakthrough in the village's research work, and that several Manchu captives had been planted with cowpox, and they had contact with smallpox patients and were never infected again, which showed that planting cowpox could effectively prevent smallpox.
At this point in the experiment, it was not too far from practicality, so Luo Jian told everyone about his arrangement.
"I said Xinghua, if this thing succeeds, it will be really amazing!" Shi Kefa said with a sigh.
"I told everyone, in fact, in the area of medical research, I have arranged for a lot of people to do it, but there are some things that do not agree with everyone's philosophy, so I didn't tell you, and when the research results come out, you can accept some of them, right?" Luo Jian said with a smile.
"Xinghua, what else have you arranged? How come I don't know at all? Shi Kefa asked curiously.
"Don't be angry when you say it."
"Hey, I said Xinghua, don't sell it, we all know that these studies are a great thing, that is, to prevent smallpox, this is a problem that people have not solved for thousands of years, just this point, you Luo Xinghua can leave a name in history." Yuan Jixian couldn't wait anymore and said quickly.
"Although our Chinese medicine can solve many diseases, the research on the human body itself is far from enough, so I asked them to conduct a very important study on the human body itself, which requires the dissection of the human body, but we don't have a big living person! We dissected the corpses of Qing soldiers. ”
Luo Jian's worries were not unreasonable, and after listening to Luo Jian's words, several people showed strange looks on their faces. Since ancient times, the dead have been great, and all men have died. I have to dismantle them in eight pieces, and I really can't stand it psychologically.
"Now there are some research results, and the mortality rate of our wounded soldiers on the battlefield is so low, which is also due to these research results. The next step is to spread these technologies, not just in the military. ”
Luo Jian's next sentence made everyone's expression normal.
"Coming to this topic today. I wonder if we're going to put together a health department? What do you think about the fact that the prevention and treatment of large-scale diseases and research can be carried out in an organized and planned manner? ”
"Good! This is the great thing that really benefits the people, and I am a hundred in favor of it. Lu Zhenfei said first.
"Of course, the establishment of the Ministry of Health is only the first step, and the gradual establishment and improvement of medical institutions at all levels is our ultimate goal, we want to let the people have a place to see a doctor, but also to let them afford to see a doctor, we still have a long way to go." Luo Jian sighed and said, this question is still the biggest problem in his time and space.
"I think Xinghua said it well, although we can't do it now. But we can do it step by step, we can't finish it, and that kid is there. Lu Zhenfei watched Xing'er come out with the child in her arms, and pointed and said.
The old lady was probably too tired to hug her, so she handed the child to Xing'er and walked to the sofa and sat down.
"You're talking about big things, and the old woman shouldn't have interjected, but I heard you say. It's all a big deal for the people, and the old woman is happy. You are always thinking about doing something for the common people, well, this is much stronger than the original imperial court. ”
In fact, there is one more thing that Luo Jian didn't tell everyone, that is, after the two just got married last year, Liu Lan discussed with Luo Jian and started the development project of penicillin. Although the samples have now been produced, the core problems of industrial production have not been solved.
Luo Jian and Liu Lan didn't have the time and energy to pay too much attention, and after providing the research team with directional things, let them study and explore on their own.
After little Luo Ting was born, the old lady lived in Luo Jian's Mansion.
Xiao Luo Ting's name was given by Shi Kefa. For the sake of this "thunder", Shi Kefa explained to Luo Jian for a long time, but Luo Jian didn't understand it too much, but he thought the name was not bad, so he agreed.
With the precedent of Yangzhou last year, this time the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion does not need to issue a special document to emphasize, everyone consciously did not dare to give expensive gifts.
It's almost the New Year, everything that should be busy is almost busy, and the affairs that should be arranged have also been arranged, and Luo Jian is also free to accompany Liulan more.
"Xinghua, why do I think you seem to have a lot of peace of mind these days, don't you?"
Liu Lan sat on the bench in the back garden with Luo Jian's hand wrapped in a thick blanket and asked Luo Jian leisurely.
Luo Jian didn't speak, since Luo Ting was born, Luo Jian felt that his mentality had really changed a lot, what were the changes, Luo Jian had been combing for a long time, and it took him two days to understand.
Coming to this era, although he said the same words and listened to the familiar names of places and people, Luo Jian always felt that he still did not belong to this era, he didn't know whether he came here to work for the intelligent system or its owner, or for the country and the nation, although he didn't want to think so, but there would always be such thoughts in his subconscious.
The birth of little Luo Ting made Luo Jian feel that he was already flesh and blood with this era, and he could no longer be separated.
"Liu Lan, after the New Year, let's go back to our hometown to have a look?"
Luo Jian's words made Liu Lan stunned for a moment, but Liu Lan quickly reacted.
Liu Lan knew that Luo Jian's hometown was in Huizhou, and she also knew that Luo Jian's ancestors were not from Huizhou, and they only migrated from the Qing Dynasty.
Time flies, the vicissitudes of life, and no one can say what earth-shaking changes will happen to a piece of land in hundreds of years, but Liu Lan knows that Luo Jian just wants to find back the mountains, those waters, and at the same time find his sense of belonging in this era.
"Okay, let's take Ting'er with us then, okay?" (To be continued.) )