Chapter 68: Internal and External Troubles

In the dead of night, Qin Di closed his eyes and pondered where the weakest point was in China in 1928.

At this time, China was in the most difficult stage in history. One word, "semi-colonial and semi-feudal society", can be regarded as the best summary of China's current situation.

Due to the oppression and exploitation of foreign powers, China does not even have the autonomy to tariff duties! Japan occupies Taiwan, the Ryukyus, and Korea, occupies Qingdao and Jinan, and covets the three eastern provinces! British warships can sail to Wuhan and Sichuan in one go! They wantonly ram and sink Chinese merchant ships! Where can there be normal business and trade under the guns?

There are warlords fighting in it, the Qingbai Party has gone on the Northern Expedition again and again, the Great Red Party has sparked the prairies, the people are ignorant and poor, industrialization has just started, and the West has completed the first industrial revolution and is in the process of the second industrial revolution!

The war between China and Japan was an unequal war. Japan has already completed industrialization, and China has just touched the threshold of industrialization, and Japan's aggression against China is equivalent to a dimensionality reduction blow.

During the 14 years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the reason why China fought hard was not because the people did not work hard, but because the foundation was too weak.

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten" is not an empty phrase.

China is backward in all aspects, including the government's organizational capacity, industrial production capacity, and the quality of the common people. China's population has a literacy rate of less than 20 percent, while Japan's population has a literacy rate of more than 95 percent.

In fact, Japan's literacy rate in the early Meiji era (1868) was less than 30%, which is similar to that of China, but after the Meiji Restoration, the literacy rate increased in just 30 years.

They took money from China and used it all to develop education. And China's Galeries Lafayette is still preparing the jewelry for the funeral!

Qin Di III was a human being, reincarnated in this era, what could he do?

Old China has been poor and weak for more than 100 years, and it can be said that it is full of holes! Even if he donated all his assets, it would still be a drop in the bucket for the entire country.

The 40,000,000 Chinese people need to undergo the baptism of blood and fire and arduous exploration before they can find the right path.

In front of the huge wheel of history, Qin Di could only hide on the side and secretly beat the side drum.

He can't just start a political party on his own and dream of being a leader, because the country is already chaotic enough that he can't afford to act indiscriminately.

Although his martial arts are world-famous, he can't stand up and assassinate Hideki Tojo, Ninji Okamura, and Yamamoto Fifty-six, because the assassination does not solve the problem, Japan will die a general, and there will be more successors, and he himself will have to suffer the backlash of Heaven.

Therefore, Qin Di could only think quietly: "Is there any way to make many Chinese live better?"

He knew very well in his heart that neither the improvement of the literacy rate nor the upgrading of the industrial base could be done by him.

After liberation, China participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and made huge sacrifices to win 156 major projects provided by the Soviet Union, including 2 oil refineries, 7 chemical plants, 7 iron and steel complexes, 11 non-ferrous smelting enterprises, 24 machine manufacturing plants, 25 coal mining and washing yards, 25 thermal power stations and hydroelectric power stations, as well as light industry, medicine and 43 military industries.

Think about it, can this be done by an individual?

Qin Di can only do what he can from the pharmaceutical industry.

Moreover, even in the pharmaceutical industry, he can't do whatever he wants, for example, Ci'an Surgical Hospital, which only opened ten branches in big cities, and did not continue to open more branches, not because there was no money, but because he could not find qualified doctors.

Fortunately, the "Ci'an Higher Medical College" has already opened, and 100 students are being trained, and another 100 will be recruited next year.

In addition, the production of penicillin and sulfonamides has been accelerated, and the price of penicillin has dropped again and again, seeing that it has dropped to ten oceans and one piece, and I don't know how many people have been saved.

Chen Shuqing of the Great Red Party went to different pharmacies every month to buy 10 boxes of Western medicine at a price of 10%, and then sent them to Jiangxi, Hunan and other places by water. There is fighting all the time in those places, and many people are wounded and infected and need medical attention.

Every time he got the medicine, Fu Zhengchen, the director of the Soviet District Hospital, was ecstatic.

The situation in the Soviet area is complicated, and doctors often ask the question: "How do you buy these medicines that are in short supply, and why do you get them every month?"

Chen Shuqing strictly abided by the requirements of the commander-in-chief of the special department, and refused to tell the source of the medicine, only saying that it was purchased from the magic capital with a lot of money.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of Tek had a very lofty status and was named "Zhou Xiang".

However, Zhou Xiang was busy with affairs and was not very stationed in the magic capital, and he also had important work in the Soviet area.

Therefore, the leaders of the special department are often replaced, mainly Li Shenggong and Qian Renfei are in charge.

Before Zhou Xiang left, he explained to Chen Shuqing: "I can only tell Li and Qian about receiving the medicine, and I can't tell the third person otherwise." ”

Chen Shuqing also has an important mission, and he can't stay in the magic capital to buy medicines all the time.

Of course, he is very careful about this matter, as long as he stays in the magic capital for a day, he will go to handle it in person.

He knew very well in his heart: "This matter concerns the lives of many fighters, and if this line is broken, there will be no further connection! What a loss it will bring to the revolutionary cause!"

In the blink of an eye, in October 1928, another Nobel Prize was announced.

To Qin Di's surprise, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was once again awarded to Chinese scientists Zhu Wan and Qin Ling for their contributions to vitamin C. In 1925, they published a series of papers, including "Synthetic Methods of Vitamin C", "Mechanism of Vitamin C Ascorbic Acid", "Vitamin C Anti-Aging", "Vitamin C Prevents Colds", "Vitamin C Anti-Cancer", etc. These papers have led to a craze for vitamins, and many people have used them as a panacea.

In history, there have been as many as two Nobel Prizes for vitamin C, so it is not too unusual for Zhu Wan and Qin Ling to win awards.

Qin Di thought that her mother had reached the pinnacle by winning the Nobel Prize twice, but she didn't expect her to win it three times!

The news was transmitted back to China and once again caused a national sensation!

The newspapers are overwhelming, praising the big scientists "Mr. Zhu Wan" and "Mr. Qin Ling".

Many people came to Qin's house to visit and congratulate, and for a while, the guests were full of people and the traffic was busy.

Soon, Cai Yuanpei, the president of the newly established "Academia Sinica", came to the door in person, saying that he would abdicate and let Zhu Wan be the dean, and if she was too busy, she could be the "honorary dean".

This time, Zhu Wan accepted Qin Di's suggestion and promised to be the "honorary president" of the Academia Sinica.

In addition, the central government also sent an invitation to Qin Ling to preside over the work at the Ministry of Health. Because the child is too young and does not like to be constrained, Qin Ling only accepts the vacant position of "deputy minister", and promises to go to a meeting every year to discuss the national medical policy, and does not participate in specific work.