Next to a clear stream, several bonfires are burning violently, and on the fire, there are some golden game that has been roasted, these golden barbecue meat on the fat overflows, occasionally some dripping onto the fire below, splashing sparks, from time to time a young maid comes forward, while gently turning the barbecue, while brushing on the top of the various spices, so that the whole stream on both sides of the meat fragrance.

Not far from the upper reaches of the stream, Princess Yuzhang and Wen Xin were laughing and playing in the water, although the stream was not wide or deep, but there were a lot of fish in the stream, so they all rolled up their trouser legs and stood in the water, saying that they wanted to catch a few fish and come back to make soup. And by the tent behind the fire, Li Su, Tang Yizhi, and Li Ke were discussing the matter that happened to be reported by the guards.

"Your Highness, this time the smallpox epidemic of the Australian natives is menacing, although those sick natives are still quite far from Nanao City, but the disease is ruthless, and no one knows if smallpox will spread here, so in the opinion of the ministers, you and His Royal Highness King Wu, as well as the princess, princess and others, it is best to leave here as soon as possible!" Tang Yizhi spoke first.

Just now the guards came with an urgent news, in the northwest direction of three hundred miles away from Nanao, several indigenous tribes have successively discovered the plague of smallpox, and it has broken out, and some of the surrounding indigenous tribes have also begun to get sick, among which the sick are almost certain to die, and the Han caravan that found this situation immediately reported it, and now that area has been blocked, the merchants who reported the news have also been isolated, but no one knows whether the smallpox epidemic will come to Nanao.

However, after hearing this, Li Su shook his head easily and said: "Don't worry about this, when we were in Taiwan, we had already promoted the method of planting cowpox." Han Chinese who migrated overseas were required to be vaccinated against vaccinia, and only after vaccination. The body will develop antibodies to smallpox, and you will never get smallpox again for the rest of your life. Therefore, not to mention that smallpox is still so far away, even if I go to the Tianchang epidemic area now, I don't have to worry about getting sick! ”

A few years ago, Taiwan's medical school invented the method of planting cowpox, which is to take the pus and blood in the cowpox pus, and then dry it into powder, and then prick a person's arm and apply it, and then the pox person will react in the next few days. But it is generally not very heavy, and it will soon return to normal, and this shows that the pox was successful, and the government of Taiwan and Datang vigorously promoted it at the beginning, regardless of whether it was high or low, and Li Ke's family was also vaccinated, and now there is a scar on his arm.

However, although Li Ke believed that Li Su would not lie, he still had no confidence in the cowpox planted on his body, so at this time he spoke: "Liulang." The technology of planting pox to prevent smallpox has only been promoted for a few years, although there has been no outbreak of smallpox in Datang and Taiwan in recent years, but it cannot be fully explained that this is all due to cowpox, and there are also ugly children. So let's be careful this time, everyone gets on the boat and leaves South Australia first! ”

Hearing Li Ke mention these ugly children, Li Su was also shocked. Although he believed that the ugly who had been infected with cowpox would not be infected by smallpox, he was a father. He would not put his children in any danger, and smallpox was known for its high mortality rate. Moreover, the current cowpox planting technology can still be rough, in case one of the ugly children does not produce antibodies, it will be too late to get sick.

It may be difficult for people who don't have children to understand Li Su's worries, but as long as they are parents in Li Su's current situation, I'm afraid they will have this kind of concern, so Li Su finally nodded and said: "Okay, then let's prepare and strive to leave South Australia in these two days, but brother-in-law, do you want Sister Yuzhang to leave with us?" ”

Li Yu finally turned his head to Tang Yizhi and asked, but Tang Yizhi smiled after hearing it: "Your Highness don't worry, in fact, this smallpox outbreak in Australia is not the first time, when we first came here, there was an outbreak of smallpox among the natives, and the smallpox caused most of the natives near Nanao to die, and the rest also migrated, but none of our Han people got sick, I believe it is the credit of planting cowpox, and I also Yuzhang experienced that smallpox, so I am not surprised by the outbreak of smallpox among the natives. But Your Highness, you'd better leave, after all, no one can guarantee such a thing. ”

Li Su was stunned for a moment when he heard Tang Yizhi's words, and then he remembered that in the compromises that Tang Yizhi gave him, he seemed to have mentioned the outbreak of smallpox among the Australian natives, but because no Han people were infected, he didn't care about it at the time, but now when he was there, he could understand the anxiety and anxiety of Tang Yizhi and his sister Princess Yuzhang at that time.

"Why, are smallpox outbreaks frequent here in Australia?" Li Ke asked with some surprise after hearing this.

And this time, without waiting for Tang Yizhi to speak, Li Su took it and explained: "Third brother, you don't know, there was no smallpox here in Australia, but because of the arrival of outsiders, we brought some evil diseases from the Central Plains and other places. To use a professional medical term, these natives have no antibodies against these diseases at all, so when faced with smallpox, they have to wait for death! ”

When Li Su said the end, he also remembered that he had seen some information on the Internet in his previous life, when Spain invaded the Americas, it also brought the smallpox virus, which made the Indians, who had never encountered the smallpox virus, have no ability to resist at all, causing tens of millions of deaths. The situation in Australia is similar to that in the Americas, and the natives naturally have no resistance to the smallpox plague.

"Your Highness Mingjian, this is indeed the case, and it seems that the closer to us are the natives, the more likely they are to be infected, speaking of which, those natives are now respectful of us Han people, and they are not even willing to contact us for some transactions, plus some activities of the slave catching team, so the current natives are also quite unfriendly to us, and it is not easy for the city to recruit some natives to work!" Tang Yizhi also said with a wry smile.

As the lord of Nanao City, he is also in charge of the government affairs of the southeast coast of Australia, so he naturally inevitably deals with the natives, plus the number of Han people in Australia is scarce now, so Tang Yizhi has always wanted to recruit some natives tribes, but unfortunately because of the disease and the slave hunting team to hunt slaves everywhere, the relationship between the Han people and the local natives is getting worse and worse, which makes him worry that large-scale conflicts will break out in the future, so he now takes this opportunity to bring it up and wants Li Su to think of a way.

Li Su naturally heard the meaning of Tang Yizhi's words, and he frowned and thought about it at the moment. Australia is not as far away from the Central Plains as the hometown of the Han people, even if he promised a lot of benefits and formulated many preferential policies, but there are still too few people who are willing to move here.

And not only Australia, but also Ceylon and the Americas have the same problem. The Americas are too far away to mention for the time being, but the Sinhalese people on the island of Ceylon believe in Buddhism, and they surrendered peacefully, and the entry of the Han people did make them feel that their living standards have improved, so the Sinhalese people on the island not only quickly got used to the rule of the Han people, but also actively cooperated, which made the development of Ceylon extremely fast, and the gem and tea industry has become the two major economic pillars of the island.

With the precedent of Ceylon Island, it is not surprising that Tang Yizhi can think of a way to recruit local natives, besides, as a local magistrate, and he is a very self-motivated person, he naturally wants to make some political achievements under his own rule, so as to show his talent, but if a place wants to develop, the root of everything is the people under its rule, how can no one develop, and this is definitely not possible by the Han people in Australia alone, so the fastest and easiest way is to recruit local natives, and then use both grace and power, While promoting the method of sinicization, let them join in the construction of Australia.

Thinking of this, Li Yu let out a sigh, and then turned to Tang Yizhi and asked, "Brother Yizhi, if you have any ideas, just put them forward!" ”

Tang Yizhi perked up after hearing this, what he was waiting for was Li Su's words, only to see him immediately speak: "In fact, if you want to recruit natives, it is nothing more than to show their authority and lure them to their advantage, there are 6,000 regular troops stationed in South Australia, and there are also a considerable number of slave catching teams, and there were some natives who didn't know what to do in the past, and all of them were exterminated by us, so it is enough to show their authority." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Yizhi paused, and then spoke: "But the next temptation is more important, because only by letting those natives see the benefits, will they be willing to use it for us, I have thought about this problem for a long time, in fact, as long as I do two things, the first is to issue a protection order to the natives who submit to us, prohibiting the slave catchers from capturing the natives of these tribes, and the second is to inoculate them with cowpox to relieve them of the pain of illness, the second of which is the most important, so please also ask Your Highness to consider one or two!" ”

After listening to Tang Yizhi's words, Li Yi was silent in thought, Tang Yizhi's idea of seducing him to profit was very good, the first suggestion was actually to pay equal attention to grace and power, and if you return to obedience, you don't have to worry about becoming a slave, if you don't return to obedience, then wait to be arrested and buy a mine. The second is to grasp the weakness of the local natives, and is not afraid that they will not obey.

Thinking of this, Li Su finally nodded and said: "Okay, this matter is settled, I will let the Slave Hunting Association and the Medical College send someone to assist you, but for the recruited natives, the implementation of sinicization must also be grasped, and a group of white-eyed wolves must not be raised!" ”

"Your Highness rest assured, Your Majesty can save it!" Hearing Li Su's promise, Tang Yizhi was also full of excitement.

But then Li Su suddenly thought of another thing, and his eyes lit up and said: "Wait, I still have a special batch of immigrants in my hands who can be sent to Australia, and then I can also help you stabilize the rule here." (To be continued......)