Chapter Two Hundred and One: Penicillin
Yuan Shikai responded with some doubts in his heart, Yuan Shikai still disagreed with Wang Lin's arrangement, but the other party was the emperor, what the emperor said, what the people below should do, there was no reason and power to oppose it.
Perhaps Wang Lin attaches too much importance to the potential enemy of the United States, at least that's what Yuan Shikai thinks so at the moment. On the third day after Wang Lin decided to send Yuan Shikai to Mexico for negotiations, he selected 1,000 active instructors and 100 blood wolf members, and handed them over to Yuan Shikai, who led the 1,100 soldiers to Mexico.
Five days later, Yuan Shikai boarded a fleet of dozens of ships of the Huade Trading Group, and their destination was to go to some part of Western Canada, wearing loads of small goods and the like. Of course, he also carried 10,000 rifles and millions of matching bullets.
They will first put Yuan Shikai and others in Mexico before heading to Canada.
The British ships carrying goods are still quite safe in the world today, except for natural disasters, and all other countries that see fleets flying the British flag are passing by. For them to contend with the boss of this world is undoubtedly a story similar to the Arabian Nights.
There are a lot of benefits, but there are also a lot of problems that come from the back, many down-and-out people abroad see that Hainer and Richard can both make a fortune in China, what if they come here? Maybe it's better than Heiner and Richard?
Therefore, for a long time, those people from all over the world who are not good at home have all wanted to come to China with their heads out, hoping to make a fortune here. But there are also many middle-class and upper-class people who also want to get a foot in the Far East.
Once it was leaked, the entire Chinese empire seemed to have become a nest of incense in the eyes of the whole world, and everyone wanted to come here to get a piece of the pie.
After learning about this situation, Wang Lin had to shake his head secretly, I don't know if it's right? Or is it wrong? Originally, the foreigners in the world were arrogant in China, saying that China was full of gold, because they thought so after reading the book written by Marco Polo. And now? Not only did Marco Polo tell them that gold was everywhere in China, but what happened to Heiner and Richard also told them that China was a place full of gold.
In the end, however, Wang Lin decided to adopt a passport system, and anyone who wants to come to China must have a passport issued by the Chinese embassy, otherwise they will be sentenced for illegal immigration instead of being deported to China. After the introduction of this system, it caused a sensation in countries around the world.
There is no other reason, just because Wang Lin's move is a bit excessive, illegal smuggling is actually not a big crime, and only needs to be extradited back to China. For some of the weaker countries, they may not see any shortcomings in what you do, at least everyone is on an equal footing.
But for Britain, France and other countries, this is equivalent to Wang Lin giving them a slap in the face in front of everyone. Only the Germans applauded with some excitement, in short, no matter what it was, as long as Britain and France were opposed, Germany would absolutely support it unconditionally. Although the performance is not as obvious as it was later, secretly, the Germans do not seem to be very honest.
A month later, Yuan Shikai, who was far away in Mexico, finally came to the news that the Mexican leader had agreed to China's conditions, and the two sides would sign a treaty early next month and pay the first payment for the purchase of guns.
Wang Lin had already expected this situation, with the performance of the Hainan Army and the Zhengnan Army at the beginning, those foreigners should have seen the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Imperial Army a long time ago. Even the British soldiers were so vulnerable in front of the Imperial Army, not to mention that even the British Army was a little inferior to the American Army?
At this time, Wang Lin came to the door to talk about things, and it was too late for the Mexicans to be happy, as for why they talked for so long, it was naturally because Yuan Shikai's asking price was too high at the beginning, and the Mexicans felt a little difficult to accept. But negotiation is buying groceries, and if you don't talk about it, how do you know how much price he can cut?
At the same time, somewhere in the UK.
A blonde man walked back and forth outside the hospital ward with an anxious face, the expression on his face looked a little pale, and even when he walked, he felt a little fluttering, as if he had suffered a serious blow, and the whole person gave people a feeling of lack of energy from the inside out. There were several children and some young men and women standing next to the man, unaware of the situation, but looking at the man anxiously.
"Dad, how's Mommy?" A slightly older man saw that his father's face was a little ugly, and asked with some worry, he knew that his father's current appearance must be because of his mother's illness.
The man looked up at his children and several grandchildren and granddaughters in despair, and he couldn't bear to tell the real situation, staring at his son and daughter-in-law with red eyes for a long time, but finally couldn't say a word.
"Dad, what the hell did the doctor say? We have the right to know the truth. Seeing that his father seemed to have thought of something terrible, the man's eyes, which were normally normal, suddenly turned red, and even frightened the few little ones next to him to retreat again and again, hiding behind their parents.
"Veris, you can take the children out first." The other, a slightly younger man, seemed to see something in his father's eyes, and hurriedly whispered to his wife.
Veris answered, and led a few of the little ones to play outside the hospital. The little ones didn't seem to feel the seriousness of the matter, and in their eyes, their grandmother was just suffering from a cough and would soon get better.
After seeing his daughter-in-law take his grandchildren out, the man could no longer bear the pain of despair, and suddenly, holding his two sons, began to cry bitterly.
After a long time, under the comfort of the two sons, the man came to his senses a little. Looking at his son, he said in a somewhat blocked voice: "Child, the doctor said that your mother is suffering from pneumonia, which is an incurable disease, and we want us to prepare for him." ”
After hearing the news, the two men were shocked, only to feel that their minds were blank, and the blood in their bodies suddenly seemed to be drained, and their eyes were full of empty and aimless sweeping, as if they couldn't believe that this was true.
Pneumonia, in this day and age, may not be a serious illness at all, as long as you get to the hospital, you can be cured quickly. Even in small clinics in some places, the disease can be controlled, at least antibodies can be implanted in the body, so that you can rush to the hospital in time.
But in this era, in this era when there are no penicillin and other drugs, suffering from pneumonia is basically equivalent to suffering from cancer in later generations. As soon as it is diagnosed, it is basically equivalent to a declaration of death.
These things seem small in modern times, but a hundred years ago, it was discovered that any small problem can be fatal.
"Dad, could the doctor have made a mistake? Let's go to the doctor and diagnose my mother again. The youngest son shook his head again and again, letting the tears fall down his cheeks wantonly and did not wipe them, and muttered indistinctly.
"It's useless, I told the doctor, but the doctor has seen too many of these soldiers, from your mother's symptoms, they can be sure that it is pneumonia, and more than one doctor told me so, almost all of them said so." At this time, the man who had been walking back and forth in the hospital seemed somewhat stable, but now he dissuaded his two sons in turn.
"Is it really useless? Mother is still so young, she can't just leave. At this time, the eldest son was a little heartbroken and shouted in the hospital.
"Kid, keep your voice down and don't disturb the other patients." Seeing that his son looked like he was about to lose control, the father hurriedly put his hand on the eldest son and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
The eldest son's shout seemed to alarm many people in the hospital, and since the shouting, some people have looked at this side from time to time, and the father can only use his red eyes to apologize to the crowd around him.
"Hey! Isn't this the Count of Ritter? Just when the family was in great pain, a voice suddenly came from behind.
The man, known as the Earl of Ritter, trembled slightly, as if this voice was important to him, and hurriedly looked back, only to see a man holding a bouquet of flowers, standing behind the three of them, looking at him with an inquiring look.
"Hi, honorable Count Hainer, have you come here to see a patient?" Ritter, who is also an earl, has changed the title of Haina to you, which not only means that Heina's status is higher than him, but at the same time, in the whole of Britain, Heina's identity seems to have been at its peak.
"Of course, I have a friend who is sick and hospitalized, and I have just returned from the Far East, so I came to see it. Count Ritter, do any of your friends also be hospitalized? What disease did he have? Can you tell me? Heiner asked anxiously.
This time when he returned to the UK, in addition to building the Warner Group, he also took on the task of promoting penicillin, but in order to increase the price in the early stage, Wang Lin only stipulated that these drugs should be used in the upper class of the whole Europe, because only they could afford the expensive medical expenses.
"It's my wife, she has pneumonia, and she's not in a bad condition." Count Ritter looked at Hainer with some loss, these family matters should not be told to outsiders, but since Count Hainer asked, if he still didn't say it, he seemed to despise the other party a little.
"Pneumonia, this one seems really bad. But I guess I should be able to cure her with some certainty! ”
(To be continued)