Chapter Seventy-Six: People from Chengdu

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou organized a large number of human body fruits, and finally found the yellow flower "stinky artemisia" for the treatment of malaria, and with this ubiquitous herb, he finally cured the sick 5,000 soldiers.

The Shu army once again saw the extraordinaryness of this prince, and all kinds of praises resounded throughout the military camp. Due to the limited level of knowledge of the ancients and the relatively backward world view, in the end, these praises and discussions gradually deteriorated, and various opinions finally gradually converged into the statement that "the prince is a god descending to earth and is the true son of heaven".

The biggest impact of this incident is not that Liu Hou has gained the absolute trust and loyalty of the whole army, but that he has since created a theoretical branch of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, the Xianyao School.

In the past, most Chinese medicine was fried into one bowl of water from three bowls of water, and fresh medicine was rarely used to treat diseases. The success of the treatment of malaria with freshly squeezed Artemisia annua juice has allowed many doctors to see a new path of medicine.

Since then, many doctors have devoted themselves to researching the therapeutic effects of various new medicines. It was also from that day that various freshly squeezed juices, freshly squeezed vegetable juices, and freshly squeezed grass juices could be seen entering the medical and health care industry.

The research of these fresh medicine schools has greatly enriched the drug system and treatment system of traditional Chinese medicine, and also greatly developed the drug refining technology.

Although he found a cure for malaria, Liu Hou was not satisfied. According to the current treatment method, it is necessary to drink a large amount of freshly squeezed juice of Artemisia annua, and the taste of this juice is not so pleasant, especially if you drink too much, it is easy for the stomach to be unbearable. To overcome these shortcomings, better means of drug refining are needed.

He immediately wrote a letter to the Ministry of Industry in Chengdu, asking Zuo Ci to send the research team that developed penicillin in the first place. Penicillin is also a substance that is thermally unstable, and their method of purifying penicillin is also a technology for purifying substances at room temperature. Let them study and refine artemisinin, maybe they can surprise themselves.

Just two days after the letter was sent, Zuo Ci brought this Xingcai to Panyu City, Liu Hou suddenly saw them appear, and felt stunned, why did they come so quickly?

Even if Lao Dao really knows how to shrink the ground into inches and fly with the sword, but the letter was sent out just now, and the messenger has not yet stepped out of the range of Jiaozhou, so he should not have received the letter yet.

Of course, this is nonsense, and they came so quickly, of course, because they set off early in the morning. They had already set out from Chengdu at least a month or two ago, so it was possible to reach Panyu City at this time. It's just that I don't know why they ran over by themselves without Liu Hou's dispatch.

Liu Hou, who received the report from the soldiers, hurriedly went out to greet the two, but the two had already entered the Assassin's Mansion. Liu Hou saw them on the porch, and Liu Hou saw that Zuo Ci had not changed much except that there was more gray hair on his head and some weight loss on his face.

"Old man, why did you come so fast?" Liu Hou arched his hand and said to Zuo Ci.

Zuo Ci also arched his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince." "That's a hello. Zuo Ciming is Liu Hou's master on the surface, but he is actually an apprentice, and in the absence of outsiders, Liu Hou is not very polite to him, let alone call him a master.

Before Zuo Ci could answer, Liu Hou greeted Zhang Xingcai again: "Hello Sister Xing, why are you here too?" ”

"What? Little Adou, don't you welcome me here? Zhang Xingcai said.

"How come, Sister Xing came all the way to see me, of course I'm very happy, then again, I haven't seen you for a while, Sister Xing, you are really getting more and more beautiful." Liu Hou saw that Zhang Xingcai was a little unhappy, so he hurriedly slapped him over.

Of course, it's not a sycophant, that's basically true. Zhang Xingcai is in puberty, her body is developing rapidly, her chest has been bulging, and her skin has become smooth and delicate. The so-called eighteen changes in the female college refer to this time, so Liu Hou hasn't seen her for more than a year, and she has indeed changed a lot.

At the same time, in the past few years, I have followed Zuo Ci to study and do research, and the humanities have become much quieter, and there is a unique bookish atmosphere on my body, which is indeed much better than the original image of the female man.

"Hmph, you'll be flamboyant and happy, during this time of fighting, you must have coaxed a lot of women, right? Did you hide a few female captives or something? ”

The two have already made a marriage, and Liu Bei sent several letters urging Liu Hou to go back to get married, but Liu Hou insisted on attacking Lingnan and did not return to Chengdu, so the family affair has been delayed. But the relationship between the two has been determined, and they have grown up playing together since childhood, so they are very familiar with each other, so Zhang Xingcai will not be polite when he speaks to Liu Hou.

"Where, where, where are there women hidden, you don't look at how busy I am, I don't stop all day long, I am entangled in all kinds of affairs, I have to arrange military quarters, I have to supervise training, I have to worry about the renewal and maintenance of weapons, and I have to care about the reorganization of tens of thousands of prisoners.

Recently, tens of thousands of people have been affected by the floods, and I have to be busy with disaster relief, building resettlement sites, repairing roads that have been washed away by floods, and clearing fields to help people resume production.

The most hateful thing is that Gao Ding, who actually brought back 5,000 soldiers suffering from malaria, 5,000, you also know how contagious malaria is and how difficult this disease is. I am the treatment method of forgetting to sleep and eating, and I have just put out the epidemic, and you are here.

You see, I'm so busy that I don't even have time to sleep and eat, and I have time to think about women. Liu Hou pretended to be aggrieved and said.

In fact, Liu Hou is of course not as busy as he said, he is just moving his mouth and grasping the general direction, and the specific implementation is carried out by Fei Yi and Bu Qi, two capable ministers, so he really doesn't have to worry about it.

Liu Hou welcomed the two into the living room and asked someone to serve tea and watch, and before Liu Hou asked them why they had traveled thousands of miles from Chengdu to Lingnan, Zuo Ci asked first:

"You just said you cured malaria? As far as the poor Dao knows, this disease is caused by the miasma generated by the damp and hot climate to invade the human body, and it is extremely difficult to cure, and nine out of ten people who get this disease will eventually die. Dare to ask the prince, how did you get cured? ”

"What a curious baby......"

"What?" Zhang Xingcai asked puzzled.

"It's nothing, I said that the old way is very curious. Well, let me explain to you first that malaria is not caused by miasma, but by a very small bug, which is the parasite that I told you before, after it enters the human body.

Secondly, the disease is transmitted by mosquitoes, which bite the sick person and suck the blood of the sick person, and the worm enters the mosquito with the blood. When the mosquito bites a healthy person again, the worms in the mosquito's body enter the healthy person's body, and the healthy person is also infected with malaria. ”

"Oh? Is there such a miraculous thing in the world? How powerful are small mosquitoes? I thought they were just harassing bloodsuckers, but I didn't expect to spread the plague. It's no wonder that some plagues are spread by guò, and there are still such hidden ways. Zuo Ci said.

"That's right, mosquitoes are a very dangerous kind of insects, and in addition to malaria, they can also transmit many diseases, so you have to remember that in the future, you must teach people to do a good job of mosquito control and mosquito prevention."

"yes, I see." Zuo Ci replied.

Zhang Xingcai felt very strange, why did these two people talk strangely, listening to Xiao Adou not speak in the tone of a disciple talking to a master, but like a master teaching a disciple. What's even more strange is that Master Zuo didn't doubt Adou's words at all, but took it for granted.

Is what Little Adou said true? When did this kid understand so much? How did he learn this? Aren't these things taught by Master Zuo? Then why does he understand everything, but Master Zuo doesn't understand?