Chapter 185: Malaria

Cao Cao looked at Bai Tu's recital, his expression a little condensed.

First of all, there was an outbreak of malaria in Shouchun - let Cao Cao gloat a little.

Sure enough, the great sage of Bai, who loves the people like a father, his first reaction at this time is that the class teacher returns to his house and is busy with the chaos of Shouchun.

However, Bai Tu's reaction after that made Cao Cao a little uncomfortable......

The seven counties of Yiyang were occupied, and Cao Cao didn't expect Baitu to return it, and nominally...... In order to provide disaster relief, Bai Tu continued to distribute relief food in the seven counties, so that people from these seven counties could have a full meal when they went.

But considering that the counties of Runan are not so seriously affected, even if Yuan Shu is more brutal and has a worse reputation, there should not be many people who abandon their families and careers to "rub rice".

The setting up of Yiyang County and the appointment of Yiyang Taishou are all expected, and although Runan has been gnawed off, Cao Cao is also very distressed, but ...... It's just a corner.

What really made Cao Cao's expression a little unnatural was ......

"Qing Yu Zhonglang General? This is the general number that Bai Gong, who has no ambitions, came up with? Guo Jia said sarcastically.

"Ahem, it was indeed my lack of guard before...... Xun Yu said with some embarrassment.

"I'm not targeting you, I mean...... That guy is a liar! Guo Jia emphasized.

Guo Jia was very aggrieved, he knew that Shouchun was going to do this, what did he bother to do with the "general trend"?

For the owner of the "Book of Fortune", the greatest luxury is longevity, and almost all of the slightly advanced luck skills have to be compensated for by longevity.

Five years, after Guo Jia launched the effect, he has lost his life for five years, and then he ...... Bai Tu actually turned his head and went back?

Fortunately, it was not a one-time payment, and after learning the news, Guo Jia also terminated the effect of the "general trend" and stopped the loss in time - the "general trend" can only take effect on the same target at the same time.

"Combined with the letter sent before, it seems that this General Bai does not want us to receive Yuan Shu's relics...... What do you think? Cao Cao asked.

Bai Tu not only condemned Yuan Shu's crimes to the imperial court before, but also sent a message to Cao Cao in his private capacity, hoping that he could "turn back to the shore" and give the participants of the Shouchun Tribulation a fair verdict!

Afterwards...... and canonized the military general sitting in Yiyang as the "Qing Yu Zhonglang General", which made Cao Cao have to think - is it that if I accept the words of those people, you Baitu will want to come to the "Qingjun side"?

Thinking like this, it is obviously not only Cao Cao.

After all, in the case of holding the imperial court and serving the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the only reason for using troops against Cao Cao was "the side of the Qing monarch" was not like Yuan Shu, when he severed relations with the Han family.

And with Bai Tu's prestige, after Cao Cao accepted Yuan Shu's general, if Bai Tu wanted to "clear the king's side", maybe someone would really believe it from the bottom of his heart...... There are even more tacit beliefs.

As for whether this "side" only includes Yuan Shu's generals, or Cao Cao is also counted, then only Bai Tu himself has the final right to interpret.

Liu Ye suggested at this time that the evil head Qiao Rui and others could be executed to eliminate Bai Tu's excuse.

Of course, this is just an assumption, after all, Qiao Rui is still on the southern front of Runan, and he has not surrendered to Cao Cao yet!

But at this moment, Yang Xiu, who had just been "hired" into Sikong Mansion recently, spoke: "How can you cut off the opportunity to strengthen yourself because of Fanchen's words, and damage your reputation for being a virtuous person?" If even the surrendered generals can't be saved, how can other surrendered generals be reassured?

What's more, even if there is no Shouchun incident as an excuse, can't the Xuzhou incident be used as an excuse? Instead of thinking about how to morally make Bai Gong not requisition, it is better to defeat the other party in terms of strength, otherwise can the lord defeat Bai Gong in benevolence? ”

The matter of Xuzhou ...... "can't it" be overcome in benevolence......

Cao Cao felt an arrow in his knee, and an arrow on the left and right!

Looking at the young and vigorous Yang Xiu, talking eloquently there, many people were uncomfortable and wanted to cover their faces......

Well, in general, what Yang Xiu said is very reasonable, and the analysis is simply incisive, but why does Cao Cao feel so uncomfortable?

Yang Xiu is the son of Yang Biao, that is, the sister-in-law of the old lady who was previously found by Cao Cao to find an excuse to have an in-law with the Yuan family, took off his official position, and was severely beaten in prison.

Because of the incident of Yang Biao's imprisonment, Cao Cao also decided to hire Yang Xiu to repair the relationship with the old noble family of the Han family.

And Yang Xiu is not an incompetent person, Cao Cao did attach some importance to him at this time, and entrusted him with the position of "master bookkeeper" - that is, his secretary, with Yang Xiu's age, this is already very rare.

"Ahem, what Dezu said is not wrong, if he is led away by Bai Gong, what if he wants to kill the Yuan clan today, and ask me to kill General Yuan Rang and General Miaocai tomorrow?" Xun Yu diverted the topic and gave examples to the two generals of the Xiahou clan.

"Yes, the lord must not be short of himself and long of attacking the enemy." Yang Xiu solemnly summed it up.

From everyone's understanding of Yang Xiu, he didn't deliberately stimulate Cao Cao, but was just "reasoning".

It's just that Xun Yu doesn't want to answer.

Cao Cao: ......

"Dezu, I heard that Lingtang recently forced you to get married?" Cao Cao asked suddenly.

"Little things, little things, not worth talking about here." Yang Xiu said abruptly.

Yang Xiu was only seventeen or eighteen years old, which was considered a late marriage in the Han Dynasty, but among the noble sons of the family, he was not too old.

After that, Cao Cao really didn't mention it again, which made Yang Xiu inexplicable.

However, in terms of decision-making, Cao Cao did think of one thing with Yang Xiu - he couldn't give up the opportunity to strengthen himself because he was afraid of Bai Tu's offensive excuse.

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On the other hand, when Bai Tu led the army back to Shouchun, he found that the city had been completely under martial law, and the sick people, whether they were residents in the city or rural farmers, were concentrated in the area around the west gate of the urn city as much as possible.

Tents are naturally indispensable in the army, and although there is already a hint of autumn, it will not make the patients feel cold.

This is also the result of Zhang Zhongjing's command of the Shouchun army and civilians, Lao Zhang is not only a famous "miracle doctor" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but also compared with another miracle doctor Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing is better at the epidemic.

"Niyang Zhang Ji, meet Bai Gong." When Zhang Zhongjing saw the white picture, he was still more respectful.

After all, when Zhang Zhongjingguan was the oldest, he was only too guarded, and he couldn't compare with the general of the chariot cavalry, and more importantly, ...... Zhang Zhongjing admired Bai Tu's benevolence even more.

Of course, it was said to be a visit, but it was only an arch......

"Doctor Zhang doesn't have to be polite! Fortunately, you are always here, otherwise the people of Shouchun will suffer from natural disasters after man-made disasters! Bai Tu said with emotion.

This year's Shouchun is indeed unfavorable, and finally because Yuan Shu moved away, the drought is about to pass, and it has rained a little, and the plague has come again.

"I don't dare to be a miracle doctor, it's just the duty of a doctor." Zhang Zhongjing said modestly.

However, Mr. Zhang's morality is also undoubted - if it is an ordinary person, who dares to drill where there is a plague?

Not to mention ancient times, when modern preventive measures were perfected, medical workers and rescue workers who dared to go to the epidemic area were all stubborn and had nothing to say.

Bai Tu also asked Mr. Zhang about the plague......

"First chills, then fever, and finally a drop in body temperature...... It's malaria, yes. Bai Tu muttered to himself that it was already called "malaria" in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Bai Gong also understands medical skills?" Zhang Zhongjing asked curiously.

What Bai Tu asked before was indeed very pertinent, and Zhang Zhongjing could see that he was not pretending.

"Slightly...... I've seen some, and Mr. Zhang called me a hard drive. What does Zhang Lao think about the malaria in this Shouchun? Bai Tu said modestly, he had indeed seen some, just before coming back.

Zhang Zhongjing showed some embarrassment when he heard this, and then said: "If several people are sick, there is still a prescription for the old decay, but it is just ...... In the past, man-made disasters were continuous, and they could not be detected in time, but now the epidemic is spreading, and it is difficult to deal with it. ”

did not hide it from Bai Tu, Zhang Zhongjing said his prescription, one is to treat malaria Shu Qi San, and the other is to treat the sequelae of turtle nail decoction pills.

The latter is just a tonic, and if you don't have it, you won't have it, and Bai Tu really can't find so many Wang Ba to boil turtle glue......

However, as a therapeutic drug, the former is just needed!

But the medication is somewhat ...... Uncomfortable, the main medicine of Shu lacquer powder is Shu lacquer, keel and mica, the first two are plants, mica is a mineral, and Shu lacquer ...... Just listen to the name, it is a plant in the land of Bashu, and the keel is also known as the "triangular overlord whip", which is a kind of succulent and produced in Lingnan.

Lao Zhang is worthy of being a miracle doctor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, even if he encounters a plague, he will not be helpless, but he is ...... Now go to Yizhou and Jiaozhou to buy Shu paint and keel?

You may not be able to get a share of the city in a year!

As for the stock of individual pharmacies? The folk medicine of the Eastern Han Dynasty was not well developed, there were few prescriptions, and Shu lacquer was unpopular enough, where could I get it for a while?

Moreover, Zhang Zhongjing is not boasting about Bai Tu, and the chance of treatment is not very high.

When it comes to ancient malaria, cinchona cream is the best treatment, and it's easy to use – peel the bark of the cinchona tree and chew it!

But here's the problem...... Don't look at that thing in later generations, it was found in Yunnan and Baodao, and it was all transplanted from South America, counting on South America...... It's better to go to Yizhou and Jiaozhou!

More than ten or twenty or thirty years later, Bai Tu has the hope of getting cinchona trees.

But it's not that it's out of the blue, it's just ...... There are difficulties in operation!

Artemisinin, the substance that Ms. Tu studied for decades and finally won the Nobel Prize, is the nemesis of malaria.

Moreover, Ms. Tu's inspiration for studying artemisinin originally came from the "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription", that is to say, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were already examples of the use of artemisinin to treat malaria, but unfortunately it was not common, and it was ...... There is a big problem.

The reason why this prescription, which revealed the nemesis of malaria more than 1,000 years ago, failed to eradicate malaria, and Ms. Tu studied it for decades under modern science and technology, is precisely because of one of the most critical problems - the concentration of ancient prescriptions is too low and the effect is very poor.

The method of "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" is to squeeze Artemisia annua raw in water, and then drink it tons and tons......

For people with good luck and good physique, it is indeed effective, otherwise it will not be passed on to future generations, but the cure rate can only depend on fate.

The raw material of artemisinin is easy to find - Artemisia annua.

The "Artemisia annua" in the Eastern Han Dynasty was the "Artemisia annua" in later generations.

But extraction is a big problem, first of all, the simplest cooking is definitely not good, because artemisinin is decomposed by heat, and it is better to squeeze it raw when boiled.

This is also why artemisinin is obviously better than quinine and has fewer side effects, but under the original technology, cinchona is more effective than artemisia......

In later generations, ether, gasoline, and silicone could be used...... However, these cold brew technologies are not the same as Baitu, and it is estimated that it is too late for Pang Tong to learn on site, after all, many of them need the big later technology in the Baitu plan!

But now without further ado, Bai Tu is going to find an excuse to collect a large number of Artemisia annua, and then immediately contact Pang Tong, if there is a way, if there is no way, raw squeezing Artemisia annua can also deal with it.

If you want to come to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the malaria parasite should not be as resistant as the later generations, at least more reliable than the untrustworthy Shu Qisan......