I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Before the Dutch mission came here, in order to learn about the Ming Dynasty, they bought the missionary's travel notes about the Ming Dynasty, which mentioned that Nanjing is really the most beautiful and largest city in the world.

At first they didn't believe it, but when they arrived, they found that it was indeed the case.

From the Shangfang Gate in the south to the north, you can see that there are many villages along the river. They live along the river. The boats on the river are either carrying goods or carrying people on the river, which is extremely busy.

But when they walked on the road, this group of foreigners was a rare sight, attracting frequent glances from Ming Dynasty merchants and travelers passing by.

After walking for almost half an hour, they first passed the Grand Campus, then crossed the Zhonghe Bridge, and finally arrived at the Zhengyang Gate, the south gate of the Imperial City of Nanjing.

Desheng and others had also heard about this city gate. According to legend, it was made entirely of large stones and was so solid and wide that three carriages could ride on it.Now it turns out that this is indeed the case, and the Zhengyang Gate in front of me looks very tall.

Each city gate has four gates (referring to the urn city), which are equidistant from each other. The city walls are high and thick, the gate towers are majestic, and the gates are even covered with iron sheets.When he saw this, he couldn't help but sigh to himself, what kind of army could break through such a city wall.

"After entering the city gate, you will reach the Imperial City. Then you can report to the Ministry of Rites."

The translator finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the Zhengyang Gate of the city. After traveling such a long way, he could finally have a good rest.But when he looked at Desheng and others, he found that Desheng was looking at the direction of the city gate notice in confusion.

"Translator Li, why are there so many people over there? Why are there cheers and children crying from time to time?"

The translator followed the sound and saw two large notices posted on the wall to the west of Zhengyang Gate. A government official seemed to be reading the contents of the notices to the people around him.However, the distance was far away, and Desheng and others could not hear it clearly.

The translator originally didn't want to talk to him, but he couldn't resist the curiosity of Desheng and others, and besides, he was employed by these Dutch people.So he immediately handed over his hands and said:
"The Ming Dynasty officials are explaining the notice over there, but I can't hear the content very clearly. If you want to hear it, we'd better go in and have a rest."

Desheng was originally just curious about this, but when the translator said it was a notice from the government, he immediately became interested.Isn't this a good opportunity to learn about the Ming government, so he nodded repeatedly and let the translator lead the way.

As they approached, Translator Li read the notice and listened to what the government official said.After a while, the surprise on his face was clear, and Ming Dynasty actually discovered a method to treat smallpox.

It turns out that this notice is also very simple. Now the people are talking about it and are helpless to do anything about it. Every year, there are many children killed by smallpox.The emperor felt that smallpox was raging, so he was very heartbroken.Therefore, he has been thinking about this matter and thinking about how to cure it.

The emperor's actions also moved God, but God blessed him with blessings. The emperor once browsed ancient books and accidentally discovered a secret recipe that can prevent smallpox by getting cowpox.

After he got it, he immediately ordered Taipei Hospital to test this method and found that the effect was really good. People who were vaccinated with cowpox could basically be protected from smallpox infection.

So His Majesty specially issued an edict, specially allocating money from internal funds, and ordered the 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty to select doctors to go to the Taiyuan Hospital to learn the technique of cowpox, and to establish doctors' halls in various places to promote the technique of cowpox for free. As long as everyone goes to the doctor's hall, every day For a mere ten cents, an individual could be vaccinated against cowpox for free and immunized against smallpox poisoning.Now the Medical Hall of Nanzhili is built in the outer city of Nanjing. In order to let the people know about this, this notice was posted so that people who want to be vaccinated against cowpox can go to the Medical Hall to get vaccinated.

This news suddenly surprised Li Translator. He knew that smallpox was the most fatal disease in childhood, and he had also experienced it.But he had never heard of anything that could prevent this disease, so while translating for Desheng, he wanted to find someone to ask, but he looked around and gave up the idea immediately.

Because now many parents come from all over with their children. After hearing the notice, they go to the outer city on the left. It seems that they are going to the doctor's hall to get vaccinated with cowpox.

When everyone in the Dutch East India Company mission heard the news, they were suddenly surprised.You must know that smallpox was not only raging in the Ming Dynasty, but also in Nanyang, Europe and other places, and it was very serious.

Basically everyone has heard or experienced it, and their emotions change after hearing it, but there is nothing they can do about it.So when I heard what the translator said, I suddenly became curious. If it weren't for official duties, I would have wanted to find out and see if it was true or not.

After holding their thoughts, they all entered the Zhengyang Gate and walked eastward along the Imperial City. After a while, they found the location of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.

However, after arriving at the headquarters of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites seemed to be very deserted, and there were very few officials working in the office. They waited for a long time before they found an official who claimed to be a doctor from the Ministry of Rites.

Fortunately, a group of them were all dressed as Europeans, and it was not easy for others to impersonate them. Therefore, this person did not make things difficult for them, but he also did not say anything to them.

He just sent someone to take them to live in Siyi Pavilion, and told them to wait there for the summons of Yuan Keli, the governor of South Zhili. After that, they were blown away.

All this made Desheng and the other Dutch delegation look at each other, wondering why the Ming Dynasty was so rude.Although the Netherlands was defeated, they would not be dismissed like this.

But they didn't understand the language, and the doctor from the Ministry of Etiquette was extremely impatient with them, so they were kicked out before they could say a word.In the end, Translator Li had no choice but to look at the official from the Ministry of Rites who was leading the way.

"My lord, I am the interpreter of these red-haired barbarians. Today I will follow these red-haired barbarians to the capital to pay a visit to the governor. I wonder when we will be arranged to meet?"

As a native of the Ming Dynasty, Translator Li naturally understood the customs of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Seeing that he was not interested in leading the way, he immediately took out the money he had prepared and put it into the hands of the clerk while passing the message.

The little official from the Ministry of Etiquette weighed the money and immediately felt that this translator was very capable, and his face finally became less ugly.

"You guys came at the wrong time. Rumors are spreading all over the Nanjing Sixth Department, and everyone is in danger. The adults in the Sixth Department are busy trying to keep their own jobs, so they don't have the mood to care about your affairs.

In addition, the Governor is also very busy. Recently, he has to vaccinate against cowpox, supervise the construction of reserve warehouses and water conservancy projects, deal with Ryukyu's complaints, and recruit troops to go to Ryukyu. None of these things is important.Just wait, at least it will take more than half a month. "(End of chapter)