As soon as Fang Xiu lifted the curtain, a guard greeted him and said:

"Master, someone's car in front of you overturned and blocked the road."

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "It's okay to wait. ”

"Yes, sir."

The guards saluted and left.

Fang Xiu lowered the curtain, looked at the little empress, and said, "Whether it can be developed or not, it doesn't matter what the minister said, I have to wait until I get to the medical school and listen to what those imperial doctors say." ”

Most of the gentlemen in the medical school were imperial doctors who had re-learned new medical techniques.

Compared with the folk Langzhong, they are more energetic in learning, and they will not be easily troubled by some trivial matters in the outside world.

Wu Mingkong nodded, his delicate little face showed a thoughtful look, and said to himself: "If the people from the medical school can really develop the magic medicine you said, my Daqian can indeed destroy the Yan Kingdom without much effort, if there is really such a day, wouldn't my Daqian have the opportunity to unify the countries, and truly achieve the whole world is not the king's land, and the coast of the land is not the king's minister." ”

When Fang Xiu heard this, a smile appeared on his face and said, "The minister once said to His Majesty that the minister would unify the countries sooner or later in his lifetime, but His Majesty didn't take it to heart. ”

Wu Mingkong defended himself: "I took it to heart, I still remember that you said this on the way to Tangquan Palace, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly." ”

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Then Your Majesty thinks that if you want to achieve the grand cause of dominating the world, how long will it take?" ”

Wu Mingkong said with a serious face: "In my opinion, it will probably be until you and I are too old to walk, and it will almost be time to dominate the world." ”

Fang Xiu was silent for a few seconds and said, "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the minister also thought the same way before. ”

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Fang Xiu said again: "But even if I win the Yan Kingdom, my Daqian still may not have the strength to dominate the world. ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he glanced at Fang Xiu in some surprise and said, "This is not like what you said. ”

Fang Xiu asked, "Then what does Your Majesty think the minister will say?" ”

Wu Mingkong thought for a few seconds and said: "If it was placed in the past, no matter how weak the Great Cadre was, you would not say that the strength of the Great Cadre was insufficient, only that the time was not ripe." ”

Fang Xiu was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really like that.

Unexpectedly, the little empress usually observes his words and deeds very carefully.

"The minister used to say the unification of the countries, but now he is talking about the unification of the world, the two are not the same, after all, who knows what kind of vast world there is overseas, maybe somewhere in a place that His Majesty and the minister can't see, someone has already studied the starship."

Fang Xiu said half-jokingly.

Although it is just a joke, in some ways, it also represents some of his concerns.

There is too little record of the lands of the lands of the lands of the nations.

The strength of the overseas merchants who traded with the countries was not strong, and judging from their weapons, equipment, and the goods they transported, the level of science and technology was not much different from that of the other countries.

But who knows, in overseas lands, there is no place where technology has developed to a certain extent, but the exploration of the ocean has not yet begun?

It doesn't take much advanced technology, as long as there are automatic weapons and a certain number of steel chariots, it is enough to crush the countries.

Fang Xiu didn't want that one day, the land where the countries were located would be regarded as a newly discovered continent by Columbus.

Of course, these are not the main things on his mind right now.

After all, as far as the present situation is concerned, the great cadres cannot even unify the countries, and it is a bit unfounded to consider whether Columbus will be eyeing him.

The other side.

The little empress could probably understand the meaning of Fang Xiu's words.

It's just that what she doesn't understand is what a starship is.

After being silent for a few seconds, she still couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, and asked, "What is a starship?" ”

Fang Xiu explained with a serious face: "The so-called starship is a ship that can sail in the starry sky. ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then his beautiful face showed a trance, and he muttered to himself: "A ship that can sail in the starry sky. Isn't that a fairy's car? ”

After a pause, he muttered again, "That should be beautiful." ”

For some reason, she suddenly thought of a year ago.

Fang Xiu took her to watch the scene of the rainbow after the rain in a hot air balloon, and the picture was so beautiful that a year later, she still remembered it deeply and never forgot it.

"Fang Xiu."

Wu Mingkong's crisp and melodious voice sounded in the carriage.

Fang Xiu looked at her and was slightly stunned when he saw her looking at him with a longing on her face.

Just when he wondered what the little empress was thinking about again, the little empress's voice sounded again.

"One day in the future you will build a starship, and I will look at the stars in the sky with you. Only with me. ”

Wu Mingkong emphasized with a serious face.

When Fang Xiu heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he didn't know what to say.

"If I can build a starship, I guess it will also make the two of us immortal, and when the time comes, let alone look at the stars in the sky with you, it will be no problem to go to the sun to bathe together."

Fang Xiu wanted to laugh a few words, but when he saw the little empress's solemn expression, it didn't seem like he was joking, so he swallowed the joke back, nodded lightly, and said, "The minister promised Your Majesty." ”

"Is it hard to build a starship?"

Wu Mingkong noticed the change in Fang Xiu's expression and asked curiously.

She clearly remembered that when Fang Xiu said that she could go to heaven, she was confident and very sure.

Now, Fang Xiu's expression was very complicated.

It's as if building a starship is harder than climbing into the sky.

Fang Xiu was silent for a few seconds, and decided to answer truthfully: "The difficulty is probably no less than Your Majesty allowing the minister to share the bed with Li Yinyue. ”

When the little empress heard this, she nodded seriously and said, "That's really more difficult than climbing to the sky." ”

Fang Xiu: "."

No matter what time it is, the two of them always feel very fast when they are alone.

Between small talk, time passed minute by minute.

But the carriage still didn't move.

The noise grew louder and louder, and there were people arguing in front of and behind the carriage.

Fang Xiu lifted the curtain, looked outside, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The guard said: "There are too many people coming and going, blocking the official road, master, do we want to change the road?" ”

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When Wu Mingkong heard this, he was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "This official road is built according to the one that can drive four carriages at the same time, and it will be blocked?" ”

The guard hurriedly replied: "Madame Hui's words, at this time, the vendor who went to the academy to do business has just returned from pushing a cart, and it is very easy to get congested. ”

When Wu Mingkong heard the word "madam", his mood instantly became happy, he nodded, and said, "Got it." ”

Then, I didn't ask any more questions.

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Fang Xiu looked thoughtful and asked, "Those vendors usually push carts back and forth between the academy and Chang'an?" ”

The guard said: "According to what those vendors said, it is true, they are not allowed to build grass huts near the academy, nor are they allowed to stay overnight, and some of the scholars of the academy are children of the family, and they spend a lot of money on weekdays, as long as the vendors transport things to the vicinity of the academy, they can almost sell them."

Therefore, in order to earn more money, they got up early and greedy for darkness, took advantage of the fact that the academy was not yet in school, pushed the cart to sell, and after the sale, returned to Chang'an, and when it was time to get out of school at night, they pushed the cart back. ”

Fang Xiu sounded a sense of déjà vu, when he was in school, the vendor at the door was like this.

However, the occurrence of such a phenomenon also shows that today's academies have become quite large-scale.

It seemed that it was time to expand a new city on the basis of the academy.

How to do it, I have to discuss it with Zhao Zizheng after I go back.

Fang Xiu thought so, waved his hand, and said, "Since this is the case, find a way to bypass this section of the road." ”

"Yes, sir!"

The guard saluted respectfully and turned to leave.

Because of the "traffic jam" on the road.

Fang Xiu and the little empress arrived half an hour later than originally planned.

Compared to the other three colleges.

The architecture of the medical school is more unpretentious.

It is a bungalow made of the simplest cement and bricks.

That is, the main halls are more brilliant, but compared with the Mingxiu Academy, they still seem to be relatively simple.

An apricot tree is planted around the college.

In winter, it looks unremarkable.

Fang Xiu and the little empress, escorted by the guards, came to the gate of the medical school.

When I raised my eyes, I saw that the plaque on it had several gilded characters, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced.

It is Myeongshu Medical College.

In front of the door, an old man with gray hair stood there, followed by three young people, waiting quietly.

Meet Fang Xiu and Wu Mingkong.

The old man hurriedly greeted him, and said respectfully: "When the minister is flat, I will meet Your Majesty and meet Fang Xiang!" ”

Behind him, the three young men were also busy saluting, and followed: "Students meet Your Majesty, meet Fang Xiang!" ”

The little empress waved her hand and said, "No need to be polite. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The old man and the three young men saluted again.

"Half a year ago, I planned to come to your place to have a look, but then I heard that you were very busy from morning to night, and you wanted to study the structure of the human body, so I didn't come here so as not to disturb you.

This time, I came to visit you to see what else you need, so that the Ministry of Household and Industry could supply you, and secondly, to do another thing, that is, smallpox vaccination. ”

Wu Mingkong said with a serious face.

The old man named Bian Shi and several young people were stunned when they heard this.

"Smallpox vaccine?"

Bian Shi's old face showed a blank look, searching for this term in his mind.

I didn't have any memory for half a day.

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A young man who looked ordinary, but his eyes lit up, obviously he had heard of the so-called smallpox vaccine.

Wu Mingkong looked dazed when he saw Bian and asked, "You still don't know about the plague?" ”

Bian Shi's face showed embarrassment, and he arched his hand: "The minister only knows that Yan Guo has caused a plague, and Fang Xiang has come to order that the medical school will make every effort to develop a medicine that can stop the spread of the plague, and the rest have not had time to see, so they heard that His Majesty and Fang Xiang are going to visit the medical school in person, and then they began to prepare, as for the medicine, they haven't had time to study it yet." ”

It's reasonable.

Wu Mingkong nodded and said, "In that case, you will first read the orders given to you by Fang Xiang." ”

"Yes!"

Bian Shi bowed respectfully, took out the letter from Zhongshu Province that he had received from his bosom, and looked at it carefully from top to bottom.

After reading it, he handed it to the three young people beside him.

The three youths looked at it carefully.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu asked, "These three people are your disciples?" ”

Bian Shi replied respectfully: "If you go back to Fang Xiang, they are all students of the academy, and they are both students of the minister and students of Fang Xiang, but they are not the disciples of the minister. ”

Fang Xiu is the titular dean of Ming Xiu Medical College.

Bian Shi is the nominal vice president of Mingxiu Medical College, but the de facto dean.

Therefore, every student of Mingxiu Medical College is a student of both of them.

But from the perspective of master and apprentice, he is far from being called a disciple.

"The minister asked them to accompany them because the three of them were the best among this group of students."

Bian Shi then explained.

When Fang Xiu heard this, he raised his eyebrows, looked at the three young men, and said, "Your dean praises you so much, it seems that you also have some real skills, I believe you have all seen it, what do you think?" ”

Among the three, two of them looked at each other with blank expressions.

But the most ordinary-looking person was in full spirit, stood up, bowed and said: "Back to Fangxiang, the student believes that if you want to develop a vaccine against smallpox, the most important thing is to find the cowpox recorded in the medical book, if you find the cowpox, you can inactivate it according to the method mentioned in the book, or eliminate the virus, after many attempts, it should be successful." ”

When Fang Xiu heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "It seems that you have a good understanding of this aspect, what kind of medical books are you reading?" ”

The young man said: "Back to Fangxiang, what the students are reading is the basic immunology published by Zhu Fengxuan. ”

Basic Immunology.

As a biological dog, Fang Xiu is no stranger to this book.

Although the name has two words in it, it is not easy to read.

Especially for a scholar who has never received a modern biology education, it is even more obscure.

It is extremely difficult for this kid to be able to read this book and gain some knowledge from it.

That's it.

Fang Xiu's face showed a look of approval, and he asked, "What's your name?" ”

The young man replied, "Student Li Si." ”

"Li Si, this minister intends to hand over the task of developing a vaccine for smallpox to you, are you confident?"

Fang Xiu looked at Li Si and asked.

When Li Si heard this, his face showed hesitation, and he didn't dare to agree for a while.

Although he was confident in his knowledge, he also knew that there was a lot at stake.

If he doesn't do it well, I'm afraid he can't bear the consequences.

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Seeing that he didn't speak, Bian Shi said, "You are one of the most outstanding students in medical school, and you should have the courage to move forward in your work." ”

When Li Si heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Students have confidence!" ”

Seeing this, Fang Xiu smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's okay if you don't have confidence, the new style of medicine has just started, don't talk about you, even your dean only knows a little about it." ”

"It's not easy for you to settle down and study basic immunology, and this is the task that Benxiang has given you because of your knowledge, not because the burden is on you.

After that, I will give you money, transfer people, and do my best to do it, if you can do it well, it is naturally good, and it doesn't hurt if you can't do it, continue to work hard."

(End of chapter)