Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

"Hmm...where are the doctors?"

Li Kuan nodded slightly and then asked.

"They are arguing in there! A bunch of old guys staring at each other! They are so angry that they almost start a fight! But I can't understand what they are talking about!"

One soldier seemed to remember the appearance of the imperial doctors, and his expression was extremely strange.

"Yeah! As soon as they arrived, they found a sick civilian and started to think about it! They are really a group of cute old guys!"

Another soldier also said.

"Humph! They are the imperial doctors of our Great Yan! How can you talk about them like that? So disrespectful?"

The old witch behind him was a little unhappy. After all, the imperial doctors said that their official ranks were not low.

The two soldiers in front of him kept calling him an old man. If you didn't know better, you would think that Cheng Yaojin didn't discipline his subordinates strictly!
"It doesn't matter!"

Li Kuan waved his hand and took the first step forward.

"Why is this symptom so strange? Old Zhang, what do you think?"

"Old Li! You are really stupid! I would say this is caused by miasma!"

"No! You are all wrong! Miasma has symptoms of poisoning! Where are the signs of poisoning on this person's body?"

Before Li Kuan entered the room where the imperial doctors were, he heard a faint noisy sound.

"Um, is this the imperial physician?"

Li Kuan's face looked a little strange. Listening to the quarrel inside, it was clearly like the quarrel at the entrance of the vegetable market. A few old men were playing chess and got angry. They were scratching their heads and ears. How could they look like imperial doctors?

It seems that what the two soldiers outside the door said was correct. The imperial doctors are indeed a group of weird old men!

"Squeak!"

Li Kuan slowly pushed open the door, and the old witch followed him in.

But the people inside,
But he didn't notice the two people coming.

A group of people were still staring intently at a sick and unconscious citizen in the middle.

"Then how does this disease spread?"

An old man asked everyone, stroking his long beard.

"You have a chance of getting infected if you have close contact with them, and even droplets can spread the disease when you talk to them!"

The others were still thinking with their heads down, when a voice suddenly rang out from behind them.

"Hmm? Feimo?"

Everyone raised their heads and looked over there at Li Kuan.

"Boy! What do you mean by droplet transmission? Are you trying to say that we will also get the disease if we observe like this right now?"

The little old man in the lead opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Kuan with confusion.

"Indeed! If you are not prepared, you are seeking death if you rush in to check."

Li Kuan nodded and looked at everyone strangely.

Are these old guys really imperial doctors? How come they don't know such common sense?

I’m afraid if they think about it for a while longer, they themselves will get sick!

"Boy! How dare you! How did you talk to Lord Sun?"

A few old men nearby became anxious when they heard what Li Kuan said.

"Um... Imperial doctors, this is your majesty, Li Kuan..."

The old witch at the back saw the group of doctors staring with their eyes wide open, and hurried out to speak.

"Li Kuan? Your Majesty?"

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this. Although they were devoted to studying medicine, they had heard of Li Kuan's name before!

"Humph! So what? You are insulting our medical skills by saying this! I will definitely report you in front of them!!"

The old man called Lord Sun had a strange look in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

His medical skills were the pride of his life, so how could he allow others to question them?
"Doctor Sun Simiao, don't worry. Your Majesty is just expressing his own opinion, not questioning it."

The old goblin was afraid that the old man would really get angry, so he spoke again.

"Master Sun? Could it be Sun Simiao?"

A name suddenly popped up in Li Kuan's mind. Is there anyone else with the surname Sun who could be so highly praised by all the imperial physicians, except Sun Simiao, who is known as the King of Medicine?
"Ahhh, I'm so angry! They never even addressed me by my name!"

Sun Simiao's eyes were wide open and his gray eyebrows were trembling. He was obviously very angry.

"Um... I really don't mean to question it, but droplets can indeed spread the disease. In fact, right now the air in this room already contains substances that can cure diseases!"

Li Kuan then remembered that although these imperial doctors had superb medical skills, they did not have that kind of awareness yet, and they did not even know what a virus was.

"really?"

Sun Simiao frowned. In fact, he had never heard of this saying in all his years of studying medicine.
"Why would I lie to you? Do I, Li Kuan, look like someone who would lie to you?"

Li Kuan shrugged and said, but he was not angry because of Sun Simiao's doubts.

Ignorance is not a crime! He can't blame the old man for being ignorant, right?

“Droplet transmission…droplet transmission…”

Sun Simiao lowered his head, stroked his beard and paced back and forth.

"Yes! Yes! That must be the case! No! Get out now!"

There was more and more expression in his eyes, but he suddenly said "Oh no" to himself and ran out the door.

"Old Sun! Where are you going?"

The group of old men were very confused as to what made the King of Medicine Sun Simiao so panicked.

"How can you be so stupid! If what the general said is true, if we stay here, won't we also be infected?!"

Instead of stopping, Sun Simiao quickened his pace and walked outside before speaking to everyone.

"Yes, yes, yes! Get out now!"

The old men suddenly realized what was going on and ran out in a hurry.

After a while, the group arrived at another house.

"Your Majesty, we were disrespectful earlier. We apologize!"

An imperial physician standing beside Sun Simiao bowed to Li Kuan and said.

"It doesn't matter. The situation in the city is already unstable. We should go check it out as soon as possible without delay!"

Li Kuan helped the imperial physician up and then said.

"Alright! It's time for us to contribute!"

Sun Simiao nodded slightly. Being able to see an epidemic of this scale was a good opportunity to hone his medical skills.
"Wait! Old goblin! Distribute the stuff to everyone!"

Just as everyone was walking towards the door, Li Kuan suddenly called out something.

Under the gaze of several old men, the old demon took out something that Li Kuan had asked him to prepare in advance. "What is this?"

Sun Simiao looked at the object in his hand that he had never seen before, and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

"This thing is called a mask! It contains cotton. Wearing it can prevent the spread of droplets and reduce the chance of contracting disease."

Li Kuan picked up a mask and explained, while demonstrating it.

"Huh? It's so magical?"

Sun Simiao stared at the mask in his hand as if he had discovered a new world.

In the east of the city, the group soon arrived at the worst-hit area.

In a courtyard, many sick people were leaning against the wall and groaning. Several imperial doctors came out to check on their conditions.

After a while, several people gathered together again, but each of them had a frown on their face.

"How is it? Can you see anything?"

Sun Simiao looked at everyone, wanting to get some affirmative answers.

But the old men all shook their heads, obviously having no solution to the problem.

"Old Sun? Your medical skills are much better than ours! Do you have any solution?"

The old men were silent for a while, then they all raised their heads and looked at Sun Simiao. Just because they had no clue, it didn't mean that the King of Medicine had no clue!

"I have seen this kind of case in history books, but the records are only fragmentary, and there is no detailed treatment method... We may be able to cure them slowly, but I am afraid they can't hold on for that long..."

Sun Simiao looked a little gloomy. Perhaps he could relieve the patient's pain, but there was no way to cure it completely.

"What should we do?"

Everyone felt a little depressed after hearing this. Even Sun Simiao, who was the most skilled doctor, said that there was no way. So there was really no way to deal with it this time.

"Everyone, there is no need to be so dejected. I asked you to come here just to familiarize you with the situation."

Li Kuan, who was standing behind him, saw that all of them looked sad, and couldn't help but speak.

"Hmm? Your Majesty, do you have any plan?"

A glimmer of hope flashed in Sun Simiao's eyes. He could clearly hear the helplessness in Li Kuan's tone. It seemed that he already had a plan.

"We do have a solution, but the conditions are not yet ripe. How about this, we split into two groups. The majority of people will go first to gather medicinal materials and supplies and prepare prescriptions to stabilize the condition of the patients, and the other group will follow me to the people who have not yet fallen ill!"

Li Kuan naturally knew how to deal with the situation of a critically ill smallpox patient who wanted to be brought back from the brink of death.

But at this time, there is no antiviral drug! We can only use the power of traditional Chinese medicine to control the situation according to the symptoms.

But for those who have not yet had an attack, Li Kuan has a solution.

"Go to the patients who haven't had an attack yet? Your Majesty, do you have any way to prevent them from having an attack?"

Sun Simiao was a thoughtful person and immediately understood what Li Kuan meant.

"Well, old demon! Search the city for a cow with ulcerated udders, and then go to the area where the patients have not yet had an attack and join us."

Li Kuan pondered for a moment and wanted to refer to the method of cowpox infection to immunize patients who might be infected with the smallpox virus.

"Hmm? A cow with ulcerated udders? Are you kidding me? Why are you looking for that? What does it have to do with curing illnesses and saving lives?"

The old goblin was extremely confused when he heard this and thought Li Kuan was joking!
"Do I look like I'm kidding?"

Li Kuan glanced at the old witch indifferently, with an extremely serious expression on his face. How could there be a trace of joking?
"Um... okay..."

Although the old demon was still full of doubts, seeing Li Kuan's expression, he did not dare to delay any longer.

"Your Majesty? What is your intention in asking General Cheng to find a cow?"

Sun Simiao asked Li Kuan respectfully, like a student who was willing to learn humbly. The imperial doctors behind him also pricked up their ears and listened.

Li Kuan would not do something without a purpose! He must have had his own intentions in asking Cheng Yaojin to do this, but they just couldn't figure it out.

"Ahem... I once read a pharmacopoeia that records that anyone who comes into contact with a cow with udder ulcers will contract a disease called cowpox! This disease only causes some adverse symptoms to humans, but it is not fatal! And people who contract cowpox will never be infected with smallpox again!"

Li Kuan was stared at by several old men. He felt a little uncomfortable and coughed loudly, then he told the story slowly.

He could not directly say that this method was discovered by people in later generations, so he could only lie and claim that he found it in a pharmacopoeia.

"Hmm? It's recorded in the pharmacopoeia? Your Majesty, what is the name of the pharmacopoeia? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Old man Sun widened his eyes. Although he had been immersed in the pharmacopoeia for many years and had read countless prescriptions and folk remedies, he had never seen the treatment method that Li Qiu mentioned.

"Um... it's like this... that pharmacopoeia is a unique copy. After I finished reading it, I accidentally burned it..."

Li Kuan was afraid of Old Man Sun, so he kept asking him to take out the pharmacopoeia, and directly sentenced the pharmacopoeia to death!

"What is the smallpox that the general is talking about? Could it be the serious disease that the people of Goguryeo are suffering from right now?"

Seeing that his request for the pharmacopoeia failed, Sun Simiao changed to another question, just like a student who knew nothing but was extremely curious about everything.

"That's right. The pharmacopoeia does call this disease that way."

Li Kuan cursed inwardly, wondering how come this old man Sun has so many problems at his age.

"Ahem! The patients don't have much time to waste, so let's act quickly!"

Li Kuan seemed to sense the increasingly scorching gazes of the crowd and quickly changed the subject.

"You guys go prepare the prescription! Let's stabilize these people's situation first!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Simiao looked at Li Kuan deeply, then retracted his gaze and spoke to several imperial doctors beside him.

He has the best Chinese medicine skills among them all, so naturally he is their leader.

"We don't have any ready-made prescriptions..."

Several people set off immediately without any hesitation, but soon a doctor came back. He smiled awkwardly, waved his hand and said,

“…You are the imperial physicians! What is the point of having all these medical skills? If you don’t have a prescription, go research it! If that doesn’t work, study the pharmacopoeia and prescribe the right medicine!”

Sun Simiao was just about to follow Li Kuan to the other side when he heard what the old man said. He glared at him, and then spoke unhappily, almost pointing at his nose and cursing.

………………

Chang'an City, Imperial Palace, outside the imperial kitchen.

"Sister Changle, why are we so sneaky? Why don't we go through the main door over there and into the imperial kitchen?"

Changle and Xiao Yuanyuan were hiding behind the flowers. Xiao Yuanyuan blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion.

Maybe she was pricked by the flowers and plants, so Xiao Yuanyuan pouted and wanted to stand up.

"Hey, Xiao Yuanyuan! Don't go out!"

"Sister Changle, why are we so sneaky? Why don't we go through the main door over there and into the imperial kitchen?"

Changle and Xiao Yuanyuan were hiding behind the flowers. Xiao Yuanyuan blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion.

Maybe she was pricked by the flowers and plants, so Xiao Yuanyuan pouted and wanted to stand up.

"Hey, Xiao Yuanyuan! Don't go out!"

(End of this chapter)