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Chapter 791: Merits are rewarded, mistakes are punished

The road to heaven is firmly controlled by the lowly Confucian scholars. Wang Qian's intention is to open up another official promotion route for science and engineering officials, open the promotion channel, and everyone can ascend.

This is the order that opens the gates of heaven and shakes the universe.

If this door to promotion is not opened, don't blame the scholars of the Ming Dynasty for not wanting to take off their long gowns to learn mathematics, astronomy, mechanics, geomancy, etc., nor can you blame the students of the Royal Institute of Technology for looking for higher remuneration for their labor.

If you can't get power and money, what's the point of learning mathematics?
Among the three thousand great doctrines, only Confucianism is orthodox. Only those who have mastered Confucianism can enter the official career. Others are unorthodox doctrines. If you cannot enter the official career after learning them, they are just inferior knowledge. Who would do that?
Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, for five thousand years in the Central Plains, only scholars have always stood at the high position of the ruling class. Even during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, scholars were still the ruling class.

A scholar can only be called a scholar if he can enter the officialdom. If he cannot enter the officialdom, he is not a scholar.

This is a very simple and self-evident truth.

Wang Qian’s meaning was very clear. If the Ming Dynasty was to achieve continuous progress in productivity and break the preferential treatment of local gentry, it was necessary to break their monopoly on power or the imperial examinations!

Needless to say, as soon as Wang Qian's statement gets out, he will be labeled a treacherous minister who shakes the foundation of the country. He cannot bear the responsibility, as this sin is too great.

Zhu Yijun could hold on because he really had 100,000 elite soldiers from the Beijing camp, and they were well-trained soldiers who had experienced many battles.

Not convinced?! If you are not convinced, then come to the capital and take off his head and kick it like a ball!

As for what happens after death, he has no control over it. Even Emperor Taizu Gao couldn't control his affairs after his death, so Zhu Yijun's efforts were not in vain.

"Your idea is very good. I will send an edict to the cabinet to inquire about it in a few days. Don't worry. Just focus on your work in Yanxing Tower." Zhu Yijun signaled Wang Qian not to worry about so many trivial matters. For such private summons to make reports, there would be no records written by the Secretariat.

The only one who could shake the foundation of the country was the idle and rebellious emperor Zhu Yijun.

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace." Wang Qian bowed his head again and chose to leave.

When he walked out of the imperial study of Tonghe Palace, he looked behind him.

He knew clearly! His Majesty was an extremely brave man, like a mountain, standing in front of everyone. Before Optimus Prime fell, the wind and rain would not fall on the heads of these ministers who were doing their work.

Wang Qian's eyes rolled and he laughed. He suddenly understood why his father and Yuan Fu were so bold to continue to implement the new policy.

Because Your Majesty is still young, he can outlast those stubborn conservatives.

On that day, all the people in the world who grew up during the Wanli Restoration will naturally gather together to protect the new policies, because they grew up in such an environment and took the Wanli Restoration for granted and as it should be.

"Please stay, Censor Wang. His Majesty said that Deputy Prime Minister Wang is old and the winter is getting colder. I would like to trouble you to take this dodo velvet knee pad back to the Deputy Prime Minister." Zhang Hong stopped Wang Qian and handed him a pair of knee pads.

Wang Qian quickly took it, bowed respectfully to the imperial study and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great grace!"

Is this a kneepad?! This is a holy favor!

This thing is more precious than any golden medal of immunity from death.

The golden medal of immunity from death cannot really save people from death, but your majesty's divine favor can always help people escape danger.

Zhang Hong smiled and said, "I will leave these two dodos to Wang Yushi. His Majesty said that dodos are easy to raise. They will keep their nests clean and comb their feathers. They are not picky eaters and are not aggressive."

"Your Majesty also said: The road to reforming the country is long and arduous. I am alone and will inevitably be exhausted. I must keep moving forward."

"I obey your order." Wang Qian bowed to the imperial study again, holding the two baby birds, and returned home happily.

As soon as Wang Qian entered the room, he shouted, "Dad! His Majesty asked me to bring you a knee pad."

Wang Chonggu put down the letter in his hand, was startled at first, then frowned, and then his face changed drastically. He stood up suddenly, reached out to take the knee pad, rubbed it briefly, and then looked at Wang Qian suspiciously and said: "When you left, you said that His Majesty would hold you accountable. Why did you come back with two knee pads?!"

"There are two more birds!"

Wang Qian handed the two birds to the housekeeper. He didn't need to raise them himself, so he smiled and said, "Well, Dad, listen to me and tell you slowly."

Wang Qian picked out some important contents and told them to Wang Chonggu, except for the part about Kowloon University and the special granting of Jinshi degree. It mainly talked about the various things about Yanxinglou Trading Company.

"No, His Majesty has always been clear about rewards and punishments. You didn't do anything else, so His Majesty would not reward you with a pair of knee pads! Tell me honestly what you did!" Wang Chonggu was an old and experienced man. He knew the emperor very well. In short, the emperor was a good student of Zhang Juzheng.

There will be rewards only if you have made contributions, and there will be punishments if you have made mistakes.

Apparently Wang Qian had done something he didn't know about and had performed an incredible feat. One must know that apart from the emperor, only Zhang Juzheng had a padded jacket made of Dodo's fine high-end velvet products.

"It was just a trivial suggestion, but His Majesty didn't allow me to tell anyone else." Wang Qian shook his head repeatedly.

Wang Chonggu was so angry that he almost laughed. He said angrily: "I am your father! Am I an outsider?"

"It's nothing, actually. Just some small suggestions on the issue of talent retention in the Imperial Academy of Sciences." Wang Qian was afraid of angering his father to death, so he carefully expressed his suggestions.

After Wang Chonggu finished listening, he walked around the room twice and said, "This... your method is better than Dad's. I did take it for granted. Hey, His Majesty told you not to tell anyone else?"

Wang Qian nodded and said, "Yes, His Majesty said that he would ask the cabinet himself."

"What a good scapegoat! Your Majesty actually didn't use him!" Wang Chonggu said with emotion: "When this decree was first implemented, there must have been a lot of complaints. The longer it goes on, the greater the resentment."

"When the time comes, I'll push you outside the Meridian Gate and chop off your head. Then the decree will be implemented and the resentment will be appeased."

"Dad!" Wang Qian stood up suddenly and said, "I am your biological son!"

"Anyway, you already have three sons and two daughters." Wang Chonggu said nonchalantly: "If you die, it can be regarded as a heroic death for the country. It is a worthy death. Our Wang family can also retire bravely. Isn't it wonderful?"

"I won't talk to you anymore!" Wang Qian was shaking with anger. Finally, he threw away his sleeves and went to Yanxing Building to cut leeks.

On this day, Yanxing Tower was filled with wailing and resentment. What were originally simple technical adjustments in the past few days turned into a sharp blade that brought bloodshed.

In fact, Wang Chonggu knew very well that the emperor would not use Wang Qian as a scapegoat, for the same reason that the emperor had always been protecting Zhang Juzheng's reputation.

If Wang Qian was really chopped off as a scapegoat, people's hearts would be scattered, and the grand Wanli Reform would come to an end.

Your Majesty needs more people to stand firmly behind the Emperor. Your Majesty cannot withstand the strong winds and huge waves alone, but with endless comrades walking with you and having fun together behind you, they will be able to block the huge waves.

Politics is complex and intricate, but it can also be simply a matter of people's support.

There are many things like this, you focus on being decent, but in the end, you end up with nothing. What Wang Qian said and did could not be described as decent, but what he had to do was to ensure that he did not end up with nothing.

Your Majesty has done a lot over the years, and in one word, you will never enjoy the glory alone, and you will never shirk the blame!
Shen Shixing, a fifth-rank Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue and the Governor of Songjiang and Zhejiang, returned to Songjiang Prefecture from Hangzhou Prefecture.

Li Hongdao, the prefect of Taizhou Prefecture, condoned local gentry to form a bandit group that bullied the good and suppressed the tenants. He forced Shen Shiqing, the instructor of Nanhu Academy, to rebel, and the soldiers of the Sanjiang Camp guarding Taizhou Prefecture attacked the city.

Li Hongdao repelled the soldiers of the Sanjiang Camp and when he gained a huge advantage, he ran into trouble with the Taizhou Prefecture's Tax Inspection Office.

The tax inspectors made the final decision, and the situation on the ground in Taizhou gradually stabilized, and the return of farmland to Zhejiang began to accelerate.

Shen Shi had just arrived when he encountered such a thing. Naturally, he was punished by the court and demoted three levels again, becoming the fifth-rank governor of two places.

But no one regards Shen Shixing as a laughing stock in the Ming Dynasty officialdom anymore.

Being the fifth-rank governor of two places, it is not funny at all. On the contrary, after several ups and downs, Shen Shixing is no longer the good-natured master of keeping things balanced in the past.

If he becomes Prime Minister in the future, he may be even more violent than Zhang Juzheng.

"Now that we're back in Songjiang Prefecture, let's not cause any trouble." Shen Shixing muttered to himself as he looked at the Songjiang Prefecture city that was getting closer and closer.

There were bursts of horse hooves sounds outside the carriage. Shen Shixing sat up with a start. He opened the window and looked at the postman who was coming on horseback.

"Ah!" The postman reined in his horse and walked slowly, without dismounting. He clasped his fists and said, "Governor, Yao Guangqi, the magistrate of Shanghai, is waiting for you at the government office."

"What's wrong with him?" Shen Shixing frowned and said, "Is it still about calling away souls? He has gambled his life, no one can curse him to death, isn't this case closed?"

"Magistrate Yao did not specify what it was about." The postman did not know what had happened. Yao Guangqi came in a mysterious manner and avoided being seen. He entered the government office directly through the back door, and it was obvious that he had something to discuss.

"I understand." Shen Shixing knew very well that his current position was a blessing rather than a curse. If it was a curse, it was unavoidable and he had to face it calmly.

He was already a fifth-rank doctor. If he was guilty of any more crimes, he would most likely be dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown.

Shen Shixing's carriage began to accelerate. The repaired road surface was extremely flat, and with the help of imperial riders leading the way, the journey was extremely smooth.

Shen Shixing got out of the car and saw Yao Guangqi. He waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. What's the hurry?"

"An evil spirit has appeared in the four counties of Songjiang Prefecture, the Jile Cult." Yao Guangqi said solemnly, "Governor, this matter is of great importance. Please move aside and allow me to report in detail."

"Oh, it turns out to be an evil spirit. I thought it was a civil riot." Shen Shixing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Just destroy it."

I thought it was some kind of major event like a civil unrest. As long as it wasn't a civil unrest, just a minor evil spirit, it could be eliminated.

Let alone evil spirits, even if the Buddhists and Muslims cause chaos, they will be beaten. When these sects first came to the Central Plains, they were not as harmless as they are now.

If the recent soul-calling case had not been caused by these monks who were selling anxiety, it would not have caused the incident to the point of disturbing the ears of the Holy Saint.

Songjiang Prefecture is better. Even if Shen Shixing is not in Songjiang Prefecture and there is trouble, it will not affect his career. It is not like Zhejiang. Zhejiang is a bit evil and unlucky for the governor. In addition, there is Yan Shixuan who is unlucky for his superiors. Every time you go there, you will be terrified.

"This time it's a little different." Yao Guangqi said with some embarrassment: "It's a foreign sect from Japan."

"Don't Japan believe in Buddhism? How come there is something like Paradise Religion? Tell me in detail." Shen Shixing was stunned, but when he thought that Western missionaries had already preached in Japan before the Ming Dynasty arrived, it was not surprising that some strange and evil spirits were born there.

When people are confused, they will feel pain. When they are in pain, they will seek comfort. In order to find the other side, they often resort to religion.

When Japan is self-destructing, all things are born and die together, and the different are born and die together, and the people of Japan no longer even pursue fame and fortune, evil spirits will take the opportunity to enter and spread at a terrifying speed.

The reason why Western missionaries were able to take root in Japan was closely related to this environment. The Ming army invaded Japan and interrupted the spread of Western sects in Japan. The Pure Land Sect replaced the ecological niche of Western sects and even backfired on the Ming Dynasty. The Pure Land Sect entered the Ming Dynasty through Japanese women and began to spread in the Ming Dynasty.

After Yao Guangqi briefly introduced the birth and spread of the Pure Land Sect, he said with concern: "If it came from overseas, then it is not overseas. If we uproot it, and just ban it in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

Shen Shixing asked with some doubt: "Please cooperate with the Nagasaki Governor's Office. Japanese women who believe in the Pure Land Sect are not allowed to be sent to the Ming Dynasty. They should be sent to Nanyang to be Nanyang sisters. They should be directly diverted at the Nagasaki Governor's Office. What are the typical characteristics of this sect?"

Yao Guangqi leaned forward and said, "They have a baptism ceremony, which is to burn a Ming character on their feet. In the teachings of the Pure Land of Bliss, the Great Ming is the Pure Land of Bliss. It's not even the Tang character, but the Ming character."

The Japanese called the Ming Dynasty "Tang" and called the invasion "into Tang". This was an obvious wolfish ambition, that is, there was no China after Yashan. The Japanese did not recognize that the Ming Dynasty was the legitimate dynasty in the Central Plains and that it was a usurper, so the invasion was justified.

As for this Paradise Cult, there is a word "Ming" burned on the ankle.

"The Pure Land of Bliss is the Ming Dynasty? This..." Shen Shixing finally understood why Yao Guangqi was so worried about his future. This religion was not easy to eliminate.

Generally speaking, religions will invent a heavenly kingdom as the other shore. In this way, it is difficult to reach the other shore in one’s lifetime, and liberation can only be achieved after death. This is the basic narrative principle of most sects.

But the Paradise Cult obviously does not follow this path. It does not make up stories, but actually constructs a kingdom of God on earth.

The most crucial and most troublesome thing is that this divine kingdom on earth is real. At least compared with Japan, the Ming Dynasty has no war and chaos, society is stable, grain production is increasing, productivity is far higher than Japan, and material is very abundant.

Yao Guangqi continued, "Religion is to guide people to liberation. The way to liberation of the Pure Land Sect is to enter the Ming Dynasty and be baptized. That is, to burn a Ming character on the ankle, which means that no matter what kind of suffering you endure, you must enter the Ming Dynasty."

"The core doctrine of the Paradise Religion is: if you cannot be liberated, you will sink into hell. Pleasure is supreme. If there is any chance of liberation, you must board the ship to the Ming Dynasty at all costs."

"This..." Shen Shixing fell silent for a rare moment. He thought for a long time before he said solemnly, "The reason why the Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of God is that it is out of reach."

"These evil spirits are destabilizing factors for the Ming Dynasty. When they first land in the Ming Dynasty, they may be satisfied, but they will soon find that the Ming Dynasty is not a divine kingdom on earth. The Ming Dynasty has its own contradictions, and they are extremely complicated."

"And they came to Ming and left the Japanese environment, but they could not be liberated."

If desires are not satisfied, one will be rude; if desires are not fulfilled, one will be resentful.

A group of Japanese people who were full of resentment towards Japan, arrived in Ming Dynasty and found that they were deceived and still lived a difficult life. The Japanese people who were full of secrets were unstable factors in Ming Dynasty and they needed to be driven away resolutely.

The Ming Dynasty belongs to the Ming people, and these Japanese are uncultured people.

Shen Shixing and Yao Guangqi were both scholars who were brought up on Confucian classics. The Japanese had no self-cultivation. It was their growing environment and hardships that made it impossible for them to nourish their bodies, minds, natures, and lives, and so they lacked righteousness.

No matter how small the gift is, without greater righteousness there will be no righteousness.

"The governor is still thinking long-term." Yao Guangqi agreed with Shen Shixing's judgment.

Yao Guangqi continued, "I actually thought so too, but I'm a little unsure. I'm afraid it will delay the great cause of our dynasty to destroy Japan. In the short term, it seems to have some benefits, but in the long term, I'm afraid it will become a big problem. It's better to kill it before it sprouts."

Shen Shixing said confidently: "I will send official letters to the five major customs offices to let them know the pros and cons, so that the hidden dangers can be eliminated."

Whether to crack down on the Pure Land Sect within the Ming Dynasty and how to crack down on it require the cooperation of the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office. These three issues need to be decided by Shen Shixing.

"Then I'll do it." After repeated confirmation, Yao Guangqi and Shen Shixing decided to take action.

There were about 300 followers of the Pure Land Sect in the Ming Dynasty, mainly Japanese women, and the main destination for the trafficking of Japanese slaves was still Southeast Asia.

These believers spread secretly in the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the Maritime Customs discovered the word "Ming" on the bodies of these Japanese women that they realized something was wrong. It was not difficult to eliminate them.

These Japanese women are all registered as Japanese, and have only recently flocked to the Ming Dynasty. They are still being assimilated into the Songjiang Ocean Trading Company, mainly learning Chinese culture and some female skills.

Yao Guangqi now has the halos of the Kelp King, the Salt King, and another extremely important identity, which is the reputation he has accumulated in eradicating the soul-calling technique, a great benefactor!

Rumor has it that Yao Guangqi has made great contributions to the people and is full of righteousness, so he is not afraid of the technique of calling souls. During the intermittent fasting therapy, those who knew the technique of calling souls fought with Yao Guangqi for hundreds of rounds, but were eventually defeated and died from the backlash.

For many people, this is the truth, and some people have seen it with their own eyes!

On the day of the closure, the great benefactor fought against the evil spirits at the gate of Shanghai County Government for a whole day without eating or drinking, and finally he swept away all the evil spirits in Songjiang Prefecture!

Moreover, the great benefactor is still protecting the people of Songjiang Prefecture. Otherwise, why wouldn't those evil spirits who can call souls dare to cause trouble again?
He is definitely afraid of the great meritorious person's supreme magical power.

This narrative cannot be said to be outrageous, it can only be said to form a logical loop and is absurd.

Yao Guangqi had explained in a notice that he was not some great meritorious person, and that the soul-calling technique was totally fake and did not exist at all. The righteous and upright spirit refers to a person's cultivation, not a breath of righteous energy that can extinguish thousands of evil spirits.

Unfortunately, the effect was minimal. In this era without universal education, his explanation made people believe it.

Now, when the great benefactor declares that the Paradise Cult is evil, then the Paradise Cult is evil. Since Yao Guangqi represents justice, what he opposes must represent evil.

The Pure Land religion was a tool used by the Japanese to seek comfort in their extreme pain, which is itself a tragedy. Wherever evil is rampant, tragedies will continue to occur. People are powerless to change it, so they resort to religion to escape reality.

Yao Guangqi handled the case very smoothly. He quickly completed a comprehensive review of both naturalized and non-naturalized Japanese women. After finalizing the list, he set off for the Luzon Prefecture soon.

The Governor's Office is certainly not a garbage dump where everything can be sent. It's just that these members of the Paradise Cult may be a scourge in the Ming Dynasty, but there is no need to worry about them in the Luzon Prefecture. On the contrary, the Paradise Cult overseas can help to gather centripetal force and contribute to the king's rule.

"These captured Japanese women are asking why they were sent away." said a lawyer with a puzzled look on his face.

Yao Guangqi thought for a moment and said, "Because they are not pious enough."

The legal advisor was originally from the Yao family and left the Yao family with Yao Guangqi. After hearing the answer, the legal advisor was a little silent. He felt that his own son was no longer the wanton and arrogant young man he used to be. He was becoming more and more like those senior officials in the court, and his reasons for doing things were so sufficient.

The young man was very happy at the beginning, but his life was very twisted. He just muddled through the days, living one day at a time. He didn't have anything special that he wanted to do and was a bit confused.

Today's young master's days are very fulfilling. He wishes he could use a quarter of an hour as an hour. He walks in a hurry and has endless things to do every day.

Was the young master happier then or now? The master had no answer.

The master only knew that the young master would never turn back for what he was doing now, whether it was planting kelp and facing the pirates' butcher knives, or facing the surging soul-calling technique without fear, he would never turn back.

I am afraid, but if it happens again, I will make the same choice again without turning back.

The lawyer turned and left and told the jailers to tell the Japanese women why they were sending them away. There were sufficient reasons. When they arrived in Luzon, they would not cause trouble. Instead, they would become more pious and actively spread the teachings of the Pure Land of Bliss, telling the people in Southeast Asia that the Pure Land of Bliss was the Ming Dynasty.

“When people are in poverty, they return to their roots. Therefore, when they are exhausted from labor and fatigue, they always call upon heaven. When they are sick and in pain, they always call upon their parents.” Yao Guangqi put down his pen. He was writing a memorial. He stared blankly at the line of words.

This is an excerpt from "The Biography of Qu Yuan", which means that when people are at the end of their rope, when they are extremely tired and exhausted, they will cry out to God; when they are in extreme pain, they will cry out to their parents.

The county magistrate, the prefect, the provincial governor, and Your Majesty are all the heavens of the people and the parents of the people.

When common people are at their wits' end, they have to turn to God and their parents for help, but these officials have forgotten that they are the God of the people, they have forgotten that they are the parents of the people, and have been completely alienated by power.

Who should the people go to then?
How to be a good provider for the people and how to be a good official are what Yao Guangqi needs to figure out.

Over the years and with so many things happening, His Majesty's requirements for officials are actually very simple. It doesn't matter if they are a little greedy or take a little, but they cannot do nothing, they cannot fail to get things done, and they cannot take bullying the people for granted.

"When Ling Bu Tang took me away from the capital, he told me that I would understand life better as I lived on." Yao Guangqi muttered to himself and continued writing the memorial, reporting the affairs of the Paradise Cult to the emperor in detail.

Seeing that Yao Guangqi had finished writing the memorial, the lawyer hastily reminded him, "Mr. Zai (an ancient honorific for the county magistrate), Shanghai Bacteria Factory, please go over, the governor is almost here."

"Okay, prepare the car." Yao Guangqi checked the memorial again, handed it to his secretary to send to the capital, and then went to the fungus factory.

Shen Shixing arrived just a step later than Yao Guangqi, and Yao Guangqi brought Shanghai ground officials to welcome Shen Shixing.

The Shanghai Sterilization Factory, which was affiliated to the Shanghai County Government, was a large-scale official microbial factory built solely by the Shanghai County Government. This was also the reason why Shen Shixing rushed back from Zhejiang.

The Shanghai Maritime School, now the School of Medicine of Shanghai Institute of Technology, provided technical guidance for this bacteria manufacturing plant.

The bacteria production factory is specifically used to cultivate bacterial flora, such as the Penicillium provided to Huimin Pharmacy, various types of distiller's yeasts provided to wineries, vinegar bacteria for making vinegar, yeast for making dough, etc.

Every year, the mushroom factory distributes 30% of its profits to the craftsmen, hands over 30% of its profits to the government, keeps 30% for itself to expand production capacity, and uses the remaining 10% to provide financial support to the Shanghai University of Technology Medical College to cultivate a variety of strange and exotic bacteria.

For example, the Shanghai University of Technology and Medical College recently extracted a kind of fungus from kelp. This kind of fungus can ferment various products and finally produce a kind of fresh salt that is only found in kelp. If it is consumed with salt in a ratio of 4:6, it can greatly increase the flavor of food.

Kelp is very delicious and can be considered meat to some extent because of the fermented substance it contains.

Vinegar, wine, soy sauce, fresh salt, yogurt, fermented black beans, fermented bean curd, etc. are all fermented products, but the production of these fermented products is often the result of the fermentation of harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria together, which not only produces strange flavors, but may also be harmful.

The bacteria production plant has a very broad market prospect, and Shanghai Guojiao Distillery is eager to monopolize the production capacity of the Shanghai bacteria production plant.

"Governor, with this Penicillium, the three workshops can only produce 800 bottles of brine a year." Yao Guangqi said with some dissatisfaction as he walked with Shen Shixing.

The output is too low and the gap is really too big.

Aged mustard brine is a secret recipe that was officially confirmed as effective by Jie Ku Yuan in the sixth year of Wanli. Later, Jie Ku Yuan found Penicillium through a microscope and has been cultivating Penicillium that can produce more aged brine.

Nearly ten years have passed, and the output is still very small.

One bottle is a unit, the amount needed to treat a tuberculosis patient. To date, Shanghai's large-scale bacteria production factory can only produce 800 bottles.

Not enough, far from enough.

"Even the medical school is cutting the soles of shoes, what else do you want? Be content. The output has increased eight hundred times from one bottle per year at the beginning!" Shen Shixing advised him not to be anxious. This matter cannot be rushed. If you are in a hurry, someone will cheat.

The reason for stripping the soles of shoes is that the mud on the soles of sailors contains various kinds of Penicillium, as well as various ballast stones, which are also the targets of looting by the chief medical officers of the medical school. As long as it increases the production of Penicillium, Your Majesty will reward them generously.

Since last year, the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going merchant ships have brought back a large amount of soil from various places every year and handed it over to the Shanghai Maritime Academy Medical School.

(End of this chapter)