The so-called "water Gu" refers to schistosomiasis, which has been endemic in China for at least 2,000 years, and the cause of this disease was unknown before the advent of modern medicine.

The ancients classified it as Gu disease, calling it water Gu, water poison, stream poison, abdomen, and so on.

The famous doctor Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wrote "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" in which there is "a person in water poison...... Insects eat the five organs, and the heat is extremely annoying. Good doctors cannot be cured"; Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote in "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions": "Some people suffer from edema, with a large abdomen, thin limbs, and a hard abdomen like a stone...... This lifelong disease cannot be cured."

In the Later Ming Dynasty, schistosomiasis was first discovered and named in 7896 in the Qiyuan calendar, forty years ago, when the disease-causing schistosomiasis cercariae were first discovered through a microscope.

At that time, according to the investigation of the Tai Hospital and the local government, schistosomiasis was endemic in 350 prefectures and counties in many southern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, with about 12 million people already affected, and more than 150 million people in the epidemic areas who could be infected with the disease.

Due to the lack of modern medical conditions in the rural areas of Daming, most people do not get effective treatment, and as the disease progresses and worsens, liver cirrhosis, splenomegaly, ascites, and emaciation follow, and eventually diehard!

In the Poyang Lake Basin, which is the hardest-hit area, thousands of households have been wiped out in Duchang County alone, and some villages with hundreds of people have been wiped out in the past ten years.

However, in that chaotic era, the imperial court and the government naturally had no time to take care of this matter, and it was not until after the constitution was established, as the situation stabilized, that such diseases were taken seriously and cured.

However, because of the transmission route and the administrative efficiency of the grassroots organizations in the Ming Dynasty, for 30 years, the schistosomiasis disease in the north and south of the river has been rising and falling, and it can only be said that it has been barely contained.

After all, it has been vigorously controlled for decades in history, but it has not been eradicated until the new century. That's what can only be done to this extent, let alone Da Ming.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival this year, due to the uncommon schistosomiasis disease in recent years, people also healed their scars and forgot the pain, and the people of Hukou County collectively went down to the river beach to fight bamboo to prepare for making zongzi, and more than 3,000 people were infected.

Some of them were acute, so more than 600 people died in just three months.

However, such a disaster was concealed by the local government of Hukou County, because they should have prevented the people from going down to the river beach and such a dangerous act, and it was a huge dereliction of duty to make such a mistake, so the magistrate and the county Cheng and others decided to conceal the report, until the county's medical explosion was really impossible to conceal, and the words used in the report were also understated.

This kind of idea of wanting to get through the trick obviously can't fool Zhu Shiyan, who has been an emperor for more than 30 years and has rich experience, so... Incident.

After Zhu Likai, who had inspected Yangyue Company in Wuhan Prefecture, learned about it, he changed his schedule on his own initiative and flew directly to Jiujiang Prefecture.

Although the emperor was a little dissatisfied with the crown prince's approach, he was far from hating it, and just sent him a message to come back quickly.

The impact of this incident is not very large, and there is no Internet now, and people can only learn about it in the newspapers.

Beginning in mid-November, with the completion of the Marine Corps Seminar, the official transfer order of the Ministry of War was finally issued.

According to the arrangement, all the officers and men under the jurisdiction of the 1st Marine Regiment must arrive at the place of formation on 20 November, and the preliminary formation will begin on 21 November, so that the officers and men will get acquainted with each other and then prepare for the Chinese New Year.

The follow-up training is not in a hurry, and it will not officially start until the 16th of the first month of next year.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhou Changfeng rushed to the formation site in Jiangxinzhou early on the morning of the 20th, which would also be the station of the 1st Marine Regiment.

Nowadays, there is no Yangtze River Bridge and Jiangxinzhou Bridge, so this location is quite inconvenient in terms of transportation, but it is quite suitable for training in units like the Marine Corps?

"Jiang Xinzhou is suitable for building a house in this area, and it can only accommodate you four thousand people at most."

Jiangxinzhou is susceptible to flooding, so only one piece of higher ground can be used as a military camp.

Huang Taize made a special trip to "visit", although he didn't say it verbally, he was still reluctant to be transferred away from the descendants he valued.

"I'm afraid that since you were ordered to attend the press conference, you have fallen into the eyes of the other party, and since then you will inevitably be involved in the political struggle, and it is very difficult to be alone...... Huang Taize said a few words, then looked at Zhou Changfeng, and quipped: "You can't take this lightly, do you hear?" Head Zhou. ”

When Zhou Changfeng heard this, he hurriedly bowed and replied seriously: "You are serious, I have been indispensable for your care since I graduated and joined the service, and my predecessors will always be my predecessors." ”

"Enough is enough, that's not the point." Huang Taize, who didn't care, waved his hand and looked at the boats on the Yangtze River in the distance, "Although I don't know the truth yet, I can also take a peek at the leopard, there are quite a lot of radical and anxious people in the navy, and the theory of quick success and quick profit is also very open, so ......"

"Are you worried about forcing the palace?" Zhou Changfeng asked.

"Well, but... It may even be more than that. ”

The forced palace is already very serious, more than that? What's more? More serious than forced uterus is......

But Huang Taeze didn't seem to want to continue on this topic, he coughed dryly twice, and then said: "There is no room for choice now, let's focus on the present." ”

Zhou Changfeng's originally good mood was a little heavy because of these words, he dispelled this thought, and then said with a wry smile: "Regiment Deputy Xie Wancheng, Chief of Staff Zhao Hanfeng, First Battalion Commander Xue Can, and Artillery Battalion Commander Zhu Lishuo are all known to me, and the chief officers of the second battalion, the third battalion and the combat team have not yet arrived, and it is even more troublesome to form a unit from scratch than I expected." ”

"The trouble is right, how can it be so easy to do the way?" Huang Taize paced with his hands in his hands and continued: "The few people you know are all pulled away from the Mixed Third Brigade, hmph, this Marine Regiment has a part of my Mixed Third Brigade in their bones." The rest of you must also know the resume, they are not ordinary people, no matter what, you have to suppress them, the generals of an army must not be without authority, whether you can twist into a rope depends on your ability. ”

Chen Min, the commander of the second battalion, was originally the commander of the independent fifth battalion of the Marine Corps stationed in Weihai.

Fan Qijin, the commander of the third battalion, is the grandson of the current Lamber, and on the whole, the theoretical level is not low, but the practical experience may be relatively lacking.

These guys have different personalities and qualities, and none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, and the thought of the future organizational work is full of wind.

However, he still has the confidence, in terms of quality, combat performance, and personal force, he is confident that he can handle these guys.

As ferries brought soldiers, equipment, and building materials from the wharf on the riverside, the originally deserted barracks suddenly became lively, with more than 20 trucks carrying equipment and building materials back and forth, while the soldiers walked on foot after disembarking.

On the evening of the 20th, with the arrival of the last officer, Zhou Changfeng held a meeting of all the officers with the meal of dinner.

(End of chapter)