Early the next morning, Li Congyan was escorted by a group of soldiers of the new army to the shogunate.

At this time, the entire shogunate had all moved over, with the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the left and the Ministry of Military Affairs on the right. There are plaques hanging at the gates of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the words on the plaques are written by Li Congyan himself. Li Congyan also practiced for a while for this, and finally could see it.

Li Congyan entered the Ministry of Military Affairs under the escort of more than a dozen soldiers of the New Army and went straight to the small courtyard where the Military Medical Department was located.

The pattern of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is basically the same, with four entrances and cross-courts. The front yard of the Ministry of Military Affairs is the Department of Recruitment and the Department of Military Warfare, the middle front yard is the Department of Military Medicine and the Department of Baggage, the middle and back yards are the office of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the backyard is the Department of Military Treasury and the Department of Research and Development, the left courtyard is the case room of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the right courtyard is the treasury of the Ministry of Military Affairs and where the guards are located.

The various departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs are separated by small walls, forming relatively independent courtyards, and the deployment of the various departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is roughly the same.

At this time, Li Congyan came directly to the middle front yard, and Sun Yi, the military medical director who got the news, hurriedly greeted him and saluted with several of his subordinates.

"Okay, no need to be polite. Come in with me. ”

Li Congyan strode in, and waved his hand at the same time, Sun Yi and the others hurriedly followed: "I came today for one thing, to bring you a new medicine to clean the wound, reduce swelling and stop pus!" ”

Sun Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

Li Congyan was not in a hurry to announce it, but said: "Find an empty house, and send someone to find some quicklime!" ”

Sun Yi didn't know what he said, but he still hurriedly sent someone to find quicklime.

"Lord, please!"

Li Congyan and the others came to an empty house, which was originally a warehouse, but it had been emptied at this time, Li Congyan looked around, the room was not small, and nodded with satisfaction.

"In addition, send someone to notify the brewing workshop, and order the director Chen Dongli to prepare ten catties of good wine immediately and send it over as soon as possible, I will wait here!"

Sun Yi was even more puzzled when he heard this: "Let people bring wine over, is the Lord going to have lunch here, so do I have to prepare some food?" ”

Just when Sun Yi was secretly pondering, Li Congyan found a chair and sat down, and said to Sun Yi: "How many trauma medicines have been ordered by the Treasury Division?" ”

Sun Yi forked his hand and said: "Your Excellency, the Military Treasury Division is booked according to the number of the whole army, and each person orders two copies of trauma medicine, plus the number of some reserves, a total of fifteen thousand copies are booked. In addition, the Treasury Department has also ordered some other medicines, which have been prepared by the subordinates. ”

Li Congyan knew that the Treasury Division had counted the trauma of peacetime drills, as well as minor and major injuries during the war, and the average number calculated on the head of the person was quite reasonable, so he said: "Okay! Wait a minute, and today I'll teach you how to make a new trauma medicine. However, this new drug is not called a trauma drug, but a medical alcohol. ”

"Medical alcohol?"

Sun Yi asked rhetorically: "What the Lord said, could it be made of wine?" Medical alcohol is the essence of the wine used by medical craftsmen? ”

"Well, that's right, so to speak."

As he spoke, the official of the Military Medical Department found a large basket of quicklime, which was twenty or thirty catties. Li Congyan asked people to find several large vats, as well as some bamboo tubes of the same size, a long wooden stick for stirring, and a scale for weighing.

Then the people from the brewery also arrived and sent two jars of good two-pot wine, one jar was five catties, a total of ten catties of two-pot wine.

Seeing that everything was ready, Li Congyan ordered Sun Yi to find a few medical craftsmen in charge of trauma medicine, and let everyone learn how to make medical alcohol on the spot. When everyone arrived, Li Congyan ordered someone to close the door of the room, and sent the accompanying soldiers of the New Army to guard the door.

"You see, this medical alcohol is made from highly strong liquor."

After speaking, Li Congyan rolled up his sleeves and personally demonstrated it for everyone. Sun Yi led a group of doctors and craftsmen around, watching Li Congyan's every move intently, and two people specially carried paper and pencils, ready to record the steps of preparation one by one.

I saw Li Congyan first pour a jar of Erguotou wine directly into a large vat, then took some quicklime and put it on the scale, measured half a kilogram of quicklime several times, and then put it into the large vat of Erguotou wine little by little.

Under the gaze of everyone, as the quicklime was put in, the two-pot wine in the vat instantly surged, like boiling hot water, constantly bubbling densely, and at the same time, a puff of white smoke rose, and the strong wine mixed with the pungent smell of quicklime spread, making everyone squint and cough constantly.

Li Congyan also coughed violently, choked on white smoke, and almost couldn't open his eyes, but his subordinates did not stop moving, and kept stirring in the vat with a long wooden stick, so that the second pot of wine and quicklime continued to fully fuse, accelerating the reaction in the vat.

"Lord, is this—will this work?"

In Sun Yi's view, although spirits also have a certain swelling reduction effect, compared with special medicines, this effect is not worth mentioning at all. What's more, quicklime is added, everyone knows that quicklime meets water, and it can melt a big living person alive, and such a thing can also heal injuries?

Li Congyan coughed a few times and said to Sun Yi: "Of course it can be done!" As a medical officer, you should know that spirits have an anti-swelling effect, but do you know why this effect is so small, far less than ordinary medicine? ”

"Why?"

"It's because the concentration of the spirits is not enough, that is, there is too much water in the spirits! So melt the water out of the spirit with quicklime, and the rest is what I call medical alcohol! ”

While speaking, Li Congyan looked into the vat through the white smoke, and saw that the Erguotou wine in the vat had been reduced, and about one-third of the Erguotou wine was consumed by the reaction.

Li Congyan was overjoyed in his heart, the degree of Erguotou wine was more than forty degrees, less than fifty degrees, and now one-third of the water was consumed by the violent reaction, according to the approximate proportion, the degree of the wine in the vat should be sixty or seventy degrees at this time.

"It's not enough, it's just a little bit, it's a little bit worse!"

So Li Cong came up from an official of the Yanming Military Medical Department and continued to stir, and then he took some quicklime again, took it with a scale, and poured it into the vat.

"Stir, stir, don't stop!"

"Whoa!" The official did not dare to slack off, and kept stirring the wine in the vat.

With the addition of quicklime for the second time, the two-pot wine in the vat tumbled even more violently, and the room was already filled with smoke, like a fairyland. Li Congyan had no choice but to let people open the window, and the white smoke like a thick fog suddenly rushed out of the window, and the visibility in the room recovered a lot.

Li Congyan stepped forward, only to see that the Erguotou wine in the vat had gone down a few more points, and the Erguotou wine was no longer tumbling violently, and gradually calmed down. So Li Congyan calculated a little in his heart, and the concentration of the remaining liquor at this time should be between seventy and eighty percent.

Of course, this is only calculated according to the original volume and degree of Erguotou wine, but only the approximate concentration. But this is enough, Li Congyan has reason to believe that the remaining liquor in the vat at this time is already the level of medical alcohol, and it is the only vat of medical alcohol in this era!

"That's it!"

Li Congyan shouted excitedly, and then ordered someone to lift the big tank aside and replace it with another empty tank.

Li Congyan said to several medical craftsmen: "Do you all understand? That's it! A jar of two pots of wine is five catties, mixed with ten taels of quicklime (at this time one catty is sixteen taels), and it should be stirred continuously and quickly until it no longer reacts violently! ”

Several medical officers took orders one after another, and then began to do the same.

Li Congyan called Sun Yi aside, pointed to the first vat of alcohol on the ground, and said, "This is what I said about medical alcohol, this thing is much better than the previous trauma medicine." Pouring medical alcohol on the wounds of the soldiers can have a very good effect on reducing swelling and suppuration, which is several times stronger than ordinary medicinal powder. ”

Sun Yi was taken aback when he heard this, and said: "This thing is so easy to use, the officers and soldiers in the army will benefit a lot, and how many soldiers can be saved on the battlefield in the future!" Lord, you are a bodhisattva-like method! ”

"Haha!"

Li Congyan said with a smile: "What kind of bodhisattva means, it's just to know some knowledge of healing diseases and saving people." ”

Looking at Sun Yi's excitement, Li Congyan picked up the bamboo tube placed next to him and said, "When I go back, I will give an order to the Industrial Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to transport 100 catties of two-pot wine from the brewery every month." According to today's test, ten taels of quicklime are used for five catties of two pots of wine, and about three catties of medical alcohol are finally obtained. It can be seen that the military medical department needs to prepare 12 and a half catties of quicklime every month, and can obtain about 60 catties of medical alcohol every month. ”

"This bamboo tube can be filled with almost half a kilogram of medical alcohol, which is not only easy to carry, but also easy to use.

"Whoa!"

Sun Yi recorded Li Congyan's requests one by one, and then immediately found a few medical officers in charge and gave instructions one by one.

Then Sun Yi forked his hand and said: "Lord, my subordinates thought that they could distribute medical alcohol to the new army, and each army was given a bamboo tube, and then the medical officers who accompanied the army carried a certain amount of medical alcohol according to the number of people in the army. In this way, officers and soldiers in the army can debride themselves at the first time of injury, which can save a lot of time. I wonder if the idea of my subordinates is feasible? ”

Li Congyan shook his head and said: "Medical alcohol does not need to be anything else, it must be carried, managed, and used by the military medical officer, and it cannot be sent to the army." This is made of spirits, and it is inevitable that some people in the army will secretly drink it, which will not only reduce the combat power of the army, but also cause all kinds of problems! ”

Sun Yi suddenly realized when he heard this, and said with his crossed hands: "The lord is thoughtful, it is his subordinate Meng Lang." ”

"Haha, you also mean well, there's nothing wrong with that."

Li Congyan changed his mind and asked: "Quicklime, bamboo tubes, and Erguotou wine all need to be paid for by the Military Medical Department, is the cost allocated by the Ministry of Military Affairs enough?" ”

Sun Yi said with a wry smile when he heard this: "Lord Mingjian, the cost of the Military Medical Department is very limited, but the subordinates can still support it. ”

Li Congyan said with a smile: "Okay, I know everything, and after I go back, I will increase the allocation of funds to various departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs." ”

"My subordinates have thanked the Lord!"

Li Congyan stayed in the Military Medical Department until the afternoon before leaving, and instructed Sun Yi to deliver all kinds of medicines ordered by the Military Treasury Department as soon as possible, and there should be no mistakes.

Then Li Congyan came to the Military Division adjacent to the Military Medical Department.

A few days ago, Li Congyan drew up several standard armaments that the new army would be equipped with, and this time he had to hand over all of them to Zhang Jun, the commander of the War Division.