Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2073, the price is better than gold, a medicine is hard to find

"How can we cultivate Penicillium on a large scale and find an efficient purification method?"

Zhang Xingjian frowned, thinking and researching carefully.

Whether it is due to the instinct of a doctor to produce more penicillin to help patients, or from the perspective of economic interests, Zhang Xingjian is now trying to find ways to expand the production of penicillin.

Because its demand is too great, the price is also very expensive.

Hesitation The market demand is huge, and the current production is still very scarce, so the price of penicillin is even more expensive than gold at present.

The price of a small bottle of penicillin is as high as 10 taels of silver. It can be said that gold is not as expensive as it.

But don't think it is expensive, it is something that even the rich can't buy it, the market demand is too great.

In the Affiliated Hospital of Daming Medical College alone, a large amount of penicillin is used every day.

There are a lot of rich people here in the capital, and the population of the capital is large, and there are many people who get sick every day, and a large number of people come to the capital to see a doctor.

Especially after the news of penicillin spread, people from all over Daming, all corners of the country, and even all over the world came to Beijing to seek medical treatment.

Pneumonia, plague, tetanus, meningitis, tuberculosis and other diseases that were helpless in the past can all be cured very easily in front of penicillin.

The demand for penicillin soared rapidly. At the same time, hospitals and clinics from all over the Ming Dynasty continued to place orders with Zhang Xingjian and send telegrams to buy penicillin.

With the huge market demand, the price is also rising, but the supply is still in short supply.

After all, for the current Daming, almost every household can afford tens of taels of silver, or even hundreds of taels of silver. To save lives, it is nothing at all to spend this little money.

As long as an adult Ming person goes to work, he can easily earn tens of taels of silver a year. If he has a skill, it is not a problem to earn hundreds of taels of silver.

You can earn money if you lose your money, but once you lose your life, you really lose everything.

"The culture medium is a very important thing. Common bacteria like to grow on high-starch and high-protein foods, such as leftover rice, steamed buns, soybeans, etc."

"The production of moldy tofu is designed to cultivate a kind of mycelium."

"Yes, moldy tofu!"

Thinking of moldy tofu, Zhang Xingjian couldn't help but slap himself hard, why didn't he think of moldy tofu.

In fact, Chinese descendants have learned to use bacteria a long time ago. For example, moldy tofu uses natural mold to grow to produce a completely different umami taste.

There is also the invention of distiller's yeast, which is also a way to use bacteria.

"There's still wine koji, there's still wine koji!"

Zhang Xingjian became more and more excited as he thought about it. He didn't have much idea at first, but now he suddenly thought of moldy tofu and distiller's yeast, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment. A set of manufacturing techniques and methods specially suitable for penicillin came out, so as to produce penicillin on a large scale.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xingjian is going to visit some moldy tofu production workshops and distiller's yeast production workshops and factories in the Beijing-Tianjin area. He is ready to carefully study and study the cultivation of mycelia, and find out suitable methods for large-scale production of penicillin. The way to purify.

Just relying on the current method, the output in our own factory is still too small, and the cost is extremely high, requiring a lot of labor to produce this penicillin.

It is necessary to find a way to produce penicillin efficiently and on a large scale.

Because there are too many, too many people who need this penicillin all over the world, and there are a large number of people waiting for this penicillin to save their lives every moment.

Of course, for Zhang Xingjian, being able to produce and purify penicillin on a large scale also means a lot of wealth. Even though the production is still very low, it has already brought him good income.

If the output is greatly increased, the benefits will be even more considerable.

"The decree has arrived!"

At this moment, accompanied by a voice and many footsteps, a eunuch and several officials found Zhang Xingjian accompanied by many professors and students of the medical school.

"Zhang Xingjian accepts the order!"

The eunuch's voice was a bit sharp, but upon hearing his words, Zhang Zhigang immediately brought his grandson to salute respectfully excitedly.

"In order to honor the emperor's fate, the imperial edict said: Zhang Xingjian of the Daming Medical College has made great contributions to the discovery of penicillin, benefiting all people and the common people, and saving countless people from diseases. This is a great contribution and great merit."

"Confer Zhang Xingjian the Marquis of the Divine Medicine, and give him a gold medal for avoiding death, rewarding him ten thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Hearing the eunuch slowly read out the content of the imperial decree, everyone present couldn't help but gasped, and then their eyes turned red.

Damn, this Zhang Xingjian was really lucky. He discovered penicillin, which not only directly sealed a Marquis, but also gave him a gold medal for avoiding death.

The key point is that the Son of Heaven is really very generous this time, he directly paid 20 taels of gold and [-] taels of silver. If calculated, this is [-] taels of silver directly dropped on Zhang Xingjian's head.

20 taels of silver!
In this era, it is an astronomical sum.

You must know that the annual income of Putong Daming people is only a few tens of taels of silver. If converted, this 20 taels of silver is almost equivalent to two small goals for later generations. up.

Of course, money is a thing outside of the body. For people like them, their income is not bad. In fact, daily life can be carefree.

What is really enviable is this status, conferring the title of Marquis of Divine Medicine, which is directly a Marquis. From now on, he can still receive a good amount of money and food from the imperial court every month, and he has entered the rank of nobles in Ming Dynasty. It is easier than ever to get a gold medal from death.

You must know that none of the princes of Ming Dynasty have been exempted from death with gold medals, and he is the only one.

The main reason is that penicillin can save too many people. This thing can save millions of people. Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi felt that the credit was very great, so he directly gave Zhang Xingjian a gold medal to reward Zhang Xingjian's contribution.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

Zhang Zhigang, who was over eighty years old, was blushing with joy and trembling with excitement after hearing this.

It's really a big pie from the sky, he smashed his Zhang family so dizzy, his grandson was directly named a marquis, and he also had a gold medal for avoiding death, and even directly smashed ten thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Now the Zhang family has all the fame and wealth. If you want status, you need status, and you need money.

"Haha, congratulations to the old professor, congratulations to the old professor, you have a good grandson!"

"Congratulations to the Marquis of the Divine Medicine, Congratulations to the Marquis of the Divine Medicine!"

Everyone also sent blessings to Zhang Xingjian and Zhang Zhigang.

To be honest, this one is actually very envious and jealous.

Why didn't such a good thing fall on his own head? It was just the discovery of penicillin.

This is not the only thing everyone is envious of. The market demand for penicillin is very large, and the price is comparable to gold. This also means that the Zhang family who has mastered penicillin can rely on it to continuously generate income. This silver is like flowing water. Zhang's pocket.

This is what Fame and Fortune are talking about.

Early the next morning, with the morning light, the Ming Morning Post started another day of bombing.

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper!"

"Zhang Xingjian, the discoverer of penicillin, was conferred the title of Marquis of the Miraculous Medicine by the emperor, and he was given a gold medal for avoiding death, with a reward of ten thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"Sell the newspaper! Sell the newspaper!"

"The discoverer of penicillin has immeasurable merits and blessings for all people, and the emperor named him the marquis of the magic medicine!"

Accompanied by the yelling of the newsboy, all of a sudden, the whole Ming Dynasty was spreading the news, and the whole world knew that Zhang Xingjian was named the Marquis of the Miracle Drug because of the discovery of penicillin, and at the same time, he also knew more about penicillin.

Knowing that there is a drug that can easily cure pneumonia, tetanus, plague, viral cold, tuberculosis and other diseases, it has overcome many diseases that have been incurable until now.

All of a sudden, orders from all over the world to the Beijing-Tianjin region of Ming Dynasty flew over like snowflakes, which made the Zhang family both happy and sad.

What I like is that the more orders there are, the better the sound, and the more money I can make. What is sad is that the production of penicillin is always a problem.

The medical scientists of the Zhang family have not yet found a way to produce and purify penicillin on a large scale in colleges and universities, which means that they have not been able to meet the market demand. Know that in the world, people die almost every moment because of lack of penicillin.

Of course, for Daming people, the impact is far more than that.

Zhang Xingjian was awarded the Marquis because of the discovery of penicillin. This is undoubtedly a great encouragement to these medical scientists, scientists, engineers and other technical people in Ming Dynasty.

When the train and the internal combustion engine were invented, those involved in the work were rewarded, and some of them were made earls.

Now that Zhang Xingjian has been conferred the title of Marquis of Divine Medicine, it shows that the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to this aspect. As long as he can make contributions, it will be beneficial to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, long-term peace and stability, and the improvement of the productivity and national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor will not be stingy with his rewards.

In the past, this knighthood could only be awarded by military merit, or a small number of civil servants really worked hard, and the emperor would reward him with the title of earl as a token of appreciation, but this is not hereditary. The replacement iron rice bowl is only one generation.

Now those people who are engaged in technology and science and technology in Ming Dynasty can also get awards and titles by virtue of their outstanding contributions in related fields.

This will naturally greatly stimulate these scientists and medical scientists in Ming Dynasty to continue to study, to research, to develop new technologies and medicines, and so on.

This is not just about getting a lot of money. Over the years, the development of medical technology in Ming Dynasty has made great progress, and many, many new medicines, new treatment methods, equipment and so on have appeared.

These have brought considerable benefits to inventors and researchers, especially some new drugs, relying on exclusive secret methods, these drugs can often bring good benefits to inventors.

Many prescriptions that everyone treasured in their hands in the past have also appeared on the market, and many medicines have a very good effect on the treatment of certain diseases.

There are also some prescriptions that were originally only in the hands of doctors in some remote places and small places. They have gradually been excavated, and they have become some well-known medicines for the treatment of some special diseases.

Like this time, the penicillin discovered by Zhang Xingjian can also bring huge benefits to Zhang Xingjian and even the Zhang family. The price of this penicillin is comparable to gold, and the market demand is very large. It is difficult not to make money.

But everyone can't be jealous, because this is what Zhang Xingjian deserves. He researched bacteria and viruses and discovered penicillin. After having this medicine, it is unknown how many people can be cured.

This is a great contribution and a great merit. Everyone has nothing to say about Zhang Xingjian making money from it. If you have the ability, you will also discover or research the same important medicine, and no one will say anything.

Of course, at this moment, a large number of medical scientists have been influenced by Zhang Xingjian, and they have also devoted themselves to the field of research on bacteria and viruses, and the field of penicillin.

They all wondered if they could also discover something special from it, which would bring them fame and fortune.

The emergence of penicillin has also opened a new door for everyone, the door of the field of antibiotics, antibiotics are far more than just penicillin, there are many kinds of antibiotics, and their effects are also different.

The research in this field must be very promising, not to mention being a marquis like Zhang Xingjian, at least if there are results, there should be no problem in making a fortune.

A large number of medical scientists have devoted themselves to research in this field, which is also very helpful in promoting the development of Ming Dynasty's medical science and technology.

When the entire Ming Dynasty was discussing the magic drug Hou and penicillin, Zhang Xingjian, the discoverer of penicillin, had already devoted himself to the research on how to expand the production of penicillin and purify penicillin on a large scale.

At this time, he was learning and intensely making moldy tofu in a moldy tofu workshop.

The scale of this moldy tofu workshop is very small, only a few women are making this moldy tofu.

Although the scale of this workshop is small, its reputation is quite good. It is very famous in the surrounding area, just because the moldy tofu made by this workshop tastes very good and is deeply loved by everyone.

"O God of Medicine!"

"When it comes to making moldy tofu, the most critical thing is the moldy process."

"Generally speaking, moldy tofu can only be made in certain seasons, and only when the temperature is cool enough is the time to make moldy tofu."

"When it's too hot, the moldy tofu won't grow mycelium, but will stink directly. If it's too cold, the mycelium that grows will be very, very slow, and it won't even be able to grow fungi. Silk."

"In addition, if you want to grow full and long mycelium, you need to sprinkle water regularly. Too dry environment is not good. If it is too wet, it is easy to grow black mold, which is not good. Black Mold not only affects the taste, but it is also extremely easy to cause moldy tofu to spoil."

"I'm a woman, so I only know how to make moldy tofu, and I don't know anything else."

Mrs. Xu, the proprietress of the workshop, explained to Zhang Xingjian in detail some things to pay attention to when making moldy tofu.

Zhang Xingjian on the side quickly took notes with a pen.

"Appropriate temperature, the growth of mycelium must control the temperature, and it must be kept in a more suitable temperature environment, so that the bacteria can multiply on a large scale."

"It can't be too high or too low."

"There is also humidity. The growth of bacteria requires a certain amount of humidity. If it is too dry, bacteria cannot reproduce and grow quickly, while an environment that is too humid will breed all kinds of bacteria."

"Sterilization is a big problem. How to create an environment that is only suitable for the growth of Penicillium is a very important part. Well, high temperature can kill most bacteria. Using high temperature to kill bacteria in the air, Then return the temperature to normal temperature, transplant Penicillium under such relief, and cultivate Penicillium, which can prevent other bacterial contamination.”

While Zhang Xingjian was recording quickly, he was also thinking quickly.

As a scholar who studies bacteria and viruses, he has already accumulated a lot of experience in this area. Xu's side is just talking about it, and Zhang Xingjian's side quickly grasped some of the key things.

“Our workshop always chooses the best beans to make moldy tofu, because only good soybeans can make good tofu, and only good tofu can grow beautiful mycelia. Moldy tofu is delicious."

Xu took Zhang Xingjian to visit his moldy tofu workshop. In a cool room, a large amount of moldy tofu was growing moldy. The long white hyphae were like a ball of fluff, which had completely covered the tofu.

"The tofu in front of me is already moldy. This time the mold is very beautiful. The mycelium is very rich and full, covering the entire tofu. The moldy tofu produced in this way tastes very good."

When Xu introduced it to Zhang Xingjian, she was also slightly proud, because her technique of making moldy tofu was also excellent, and she was already well-known in the capital, and there were many people who bought her moldy tofu. It can be sold out.

Some hot pot restaurants and restaurants even approached her to buy moldy tofu for their own condiments, and the business was quite good.

"Yes, the growth of this mycelium is indeed very good."

Zhang Xingjian carefully observed and studied carefully. He also took out a thermometer to measure and asked, and carefully observed the surrounding environment. The whole growing room is a cool room, avoiding light and so on.

PS: The two-in-one chapter is lazy and divided into two chapters, so today is only one chapter, but it is actually the amount of 2 chapters~~
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