Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 158 Save Prince Daying! Shen Baozhen marries his daughter!

The palace doctor rushed in quickly.

At this time, there is very little they can do, other than drink some warm sugar water and try to massage their abdomen.

But it doesn't do much, and it doesn't relieve the pain.

Severe abdominal pain is followed by frequent diarrhea.

At this time, Prince Albert felt the most undignified moment.

Because many palace doctors are nearby, and the Queen is also nearby.

He had requested many times that Her Majesty the Queen could avoid him whenever he had diarrhea, so as to avoid his embarrassing appearance.

But the queen felt that she needed to be by her husband's side during this painful time, so she even held his hand.

And once diarrhea occurs, it will come back again and again.

Basically, it is like this, severe pain first, then diarrhea, and then the severe pain subsides. But it won't be long before the severe pain comes back, followed by diarrhea.

This happens over and over again, making people miserable.

During this period of time, the prince did not even dare to eat anything, not even drink much water.

Because of this frequent diarrhea, it is very harmful to the rectum.

The palace doctor has determined that once this kind of diarrhea becomes more frequent, anal fistulas and perianal abscesses may occur.

And today's attack is destined to be very painful.

Because, over and over again, it has been more than four hours.

Prince Albert's face was pale, his body was covered in sweat, his lips were almost dehydrated, and his face was even blue and purple.

The Queen took his hand and kissed his face, as if she wanted to share his pain.

"Poor Charles, my poor Albert, please God, let me share your pain..."

Then, she asked the palace doctor: "Don't you have some way to alleviate the prince's pain? Isn't it possible that the British Empire is rich and wealthy all over the world and can't solve this disease?"

The palace doctor had no choice but to silently bear the Queen's blame.

What was served was still only the product of boiling willow leaves in water, which is more of the original version of salicylic acid.

However, salicylic acid is not effective in treating Crohn's disease.

Prince Albert suppressed his fear and drank the glass of salicylic acid soup.

It's not that this stuff is hard to drink, but every time he drinks it, it will strongly stimulate his intestines and cause severe pain again.

really……

Just drank it!

That terrible pain came over me again.

"Ah..." He cried out in pain again, curling up on the bed, twitching in agony.

Cold sweat broke out all over his body again.

This kind of pain is really beyond the limit of endurance, almost like giving birth to a woman.

Moreover, this time the pain lasted for so long.

The queen hugged her husband desperately, tears pouring out.

"Morphine...morphine, give me morphine..." the prince cried weakly.

The Queen said: "My dear, you can't use morphine..."

Although morphine relieves pain, it is highly addictive.

At this time, Prince Albert desperately covered his stomach and begged God desperately. He was really willing to pay any price as long as it could reduce his pain.

At this time, he suddenly saw the bottle on the table and the light yellow crystals inside.

Basha Li's words from a few days ago rang in his mind. This was a magical medicine specially developed by Sir Su Yi of the Qing Dynasty after hearing about the prince's illness. It had a miraculous effect on the prince's illness.

After he experienced grief, his eyes were full of expectation for other people's pain, which made him empathize with others.

So at this moment, all I could think of was Basia Li's eyes.

It's like grasping at straws.

Originally, the prince dismissed the medicine that Su Yi sent all the way, because everything in the Qing Dynasty represented backwardness.

But now, the pain has reached the extreme, and he really doesn't want to give up any hope.

He also wanted to grab a life-saving straw.

"Use, use that medicine..." Prince Albert tried his best to point to the bottle on the table.

The palace doctor stepped forward and picked up the bottle, which contained very professional instructions.

How to use, how much to use each time, etc.

"Your Highness, where did this medicine come from?" the palace doctor asked.

The prince said weakly: "He is from the Qing Dynasty."

The court doctor exclaimed: "Qing Dynasty? That corrupt, ignorant, ignorant Qing Dynasty?"

At this time, the prince felt that every second was torture, and he used all his strength to say: "Quick, quick..."

Because he felt the pain intensified.

The dull knife was twisting hard in his abdomen, twisting hard.

It made his eyes darken for a while.

The palace doctor immediately turned his attention to Her Majesty the Queen.

The Queen said: "Test first, hurry up."

Next, the palace doctors immediately conducted human tests and mouse tests.

First make sure the drug has no side effects.

"Ah...ah..." The prince's whole body curled up into a ball, and he kept shouting God.

The human test is fine, and the mouse test is fine too.

The palace doctor immediately took a unit of metronidazole, melted it with physiological saline, and extracted it into the injection tube.

Finally, he said uneasily: "The origin of this medicine is completely unknown. Are you really sure you want to use it?"

"Quick...quick...quick..." the prince trembled.

The palace doctor was filled with uneasiness and slowly injected the potion into the prince's bloodstream.

then……

Everyone waited quietly for a reaction.

For the inflammatory reaction and severe pain caused by Crohn's disease, metronidazole has a very strong and rapid anti-inflammatory effect.

Next, there’s diarrhea!

The diarrhea at this time was also a kind of torture, and the burning pain in the rectum was like being cut with a knife.

According to past experience.

Soon after diarrhea, the pain will return again.

Then came persistent diarrhea.

It directly makes a person collapse.

But... none of this happened.

The prince waited with trepidation for the next bout of severe pain, followed by frequent bouts of diarrhoea.

but……

The next time the pain came, it was not severe, but much milder.

The next diarrhea also came, but it was much milder.

Then...the next abdominal pain didn't come again.

Instead, he felt a warm feeling in his abdomen where the severe pain had been. After repeated severe pain, he felt vaguely comfortable.

It worked like a charm.

Pulled him back from the abyss of pain.

Finally, his energy could no longer hold up.

The whole person fell into a deep sleep.

The Queen trembled: "This, is this medicine effective?"

The words were full of expectations.

The palace doctor said excitedly: "It should, it should be. Because according to the usual situation, His Royal Highness needs a long process. The pain will subside and the frequency of attacks will slow down until they slowly disappear. It will take more than a few hours. Then it will take about a week of recovery. . But now, his abdominal pain and diarrhea have completely relieved and disappeared directly."

"Obviously, this miracle drug is working."

The Queen asked: "Is it like morphine, which just numbs the pain?"

The palace doctor said: "Obviously not, Her Majesty the Queen. Pain is an accessory, and diarrhea is the most direct symptom. Morphine can improve the pain, but it cannot stop the diarrhea. And now not only the pain has stopped, but the diarrhea has also stopped. .”

"So, it is absolutely certain that this drug is working."

The Queen said: "Show it to me quickly."

The palace doctor handed the glass bottle to the queen, who held it in her hand with great care, as if it were a priceless treasure.

The Queen asked: "What kind of medicine is this?"

The court doctor said: "Metronidazole."

He really couldn't imagine that the entire most elite medical community in London was helpless to deal with His Highness the Prince's illness, only to be treated by a Qing nobleman thousands of miles away.

This... is amazing.

It's incredible.

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By this time, it was already late at night.

The palace doctors withdrew. They were supposed to ask the servants to clean her husband's body before going to bed, but when she saw her sleeping husband, the queen gave up the idea.

She took off her clothes, lay down behind her husband, and covered herself with a thin quilt.

The sound of raindrops falling outside became clear just now.

The queen hugged her husband gently, not dissatisfied that he was full of the smell of sweat, and said softly: "My dear, our God has noticed you and has begun to answer our prayers."

Noon the next day!

Prince Albert just got up. After bathing and changing clothes, he drank milk and ate soft food, lest he irritate his fragile intestines and stomach.

Even now he is careful when drinking milk, lest he accidentally trigger the disease and let the pain continue to come.

The palace doctor came in again and said: "Your Highness, according to the instructions of this medicine, we should give you two more injections. Do you need it?"

Prince Albert asked: "Is this the order from the magical doctor thousands of miles away?"

The palace doctor said: "Yes."

Prince Albert said: "In front of patients, doctors are the biggest, so of course I obey."

Next, Dr. Gongting injected him with another unit.

"If you feel any discomfort, please notify me immediately." The palace doctor said.

Then he bowed and left.

As a court doctor, he was also in a very happy mood, because Prince Albert's recovery would bring a lot of good emotions, at least to the court.

The prince is humble and gentle. When he is around, the whole palace is peaceful.

He is like the entire palace..., if he can speak Chinese, he should know the word Dinghai Shenzhen.

After Albert finished the so-called breakfast, he was so weak that he did not intend to deal with government affairs today, nor did he intend to receive any envoys.

Holding the bottle in his hand, he looked at the handwritten instructions on it.

My heart was full of surprise.

I really didn't expect that a Qing nobleman thousands of miles away would save him from the abyss of pain.

The Parliament of the British Empire had just passed a war agreement against the Qing Dynasty.

This is really like a story from a fantasy.

Next, he struck the bell on the table.

Suddenly, an internal official walked in.

Prince Albert said: "Formally extending invitations to Sir Bowring and Sir Basili, I will receive them in Room 1844, the time is..."

Albert thought for a while. His mental state was too bad now, and his brain was not working fast. He might not be able to withstand a long meeting.

"The time is set at one o'clock noon three days later."

"Please make arrangements in advance to ensure that room 1844 is available at that time and that there are enough etiquettes to receive these two gentlemen."

The internal official said: "Yes, Your Majesty the Prince."

Next, Prince Albert kept himself in a comfortable state, picked up the document on the desktop, and read it slowly.

This document was ostensibly written by Bao Ling and Ba Xiali.

However, all the contents inside were written by Su Yi.

From another perspective, it elaborates on another possibility of the relationship between China and Britain.

Perhaps, when the uncrowned king of the British Empire picked up this document, the wheels of history took a slightly different path.

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Leave Tianjing!

Su Yi took a British armed freighter and returned to Jiujiang.

This time, he could only stay in Jiujiang for a short time, and then he had to go to the next place non-stop.

He will be very busy in the next time.

Go meet and negotiate with the feudal officials in various places.

All for the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone.

Although the negotiations between Ba Xiali and Bao Ling in London have not yet been concluded, we don’t even know whether they will succeed.

But on Su Yi's side, he had gone all out and wasted no time.

We cannot wait until everything is settled and the secret agreement between the two countries is fully signed before we do these preparations.

How much time would that be wasted?

In the cabin, a thick stack of documents was placed in front of Su Yi.

He needs to read these things and sign them.

After every document is signed, a lot of money will be spent.

Ten million taels of silver were mortgaged in Liru Bank for three months and could not be moved.

Previously, Su Yi raised 12 million taels of silver, mortgaged 10 million taels, and still had two million taels left.

And now there is not much left of these two million taels.

He spends a lot of money every day.

During this time, he kept spinning every day.

First, he negotiated with Zeng Guofan, and then went to Shanghai to have a not-too-successful negotiation with Wade and Sir Henry.

Next, he held talks with He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, and Wang Youling, the chief envoy of Jiangsu. Very in-depth talks.

Then he went to the north of Tianjing to negotiate with Hong Xiuquan's special envoy Lin Shaozhang.

Next, I will go to Chengdu to talk with the Governor of Sichuan.

Then I will go to Kunming to talk with the governor of Yunnan.

After becoming the governor of Jiangxi, Su Yi's role changed instantly.

Of course he knew that war was getting closer.

He wants to ensure that his Jiujiang Economic Pilot Zone succeeds.

Therefore, a lot of resources and a lot of markets are needed.

These markets, after the factory is opened, it is already too late to rush around. They need to be explored in advance and they need to hold talks with the governors of various provinces in advance.

There are still a lot of raw materials and supplies that need to be dealt with in various provinces.

Even before the war came, Su Yi had to build a sufficient tacit understanding with the feudal officials of various provinces.

Even... even the jurisdiction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Su Yi would not just pass.

At this time in Tianjing, other supplies may be in short supply, but there is countless money.

And what's amazing is that these provincial governors are all self-contained and have a close relationship with the capital court, but they have strong independence.

Su Yi's previous status as a favorite was not of much use to them.

But now that Su Yi has lost his holy family, the impact is not that big.

As long as there is interest, everyone can cooperate.

Moreover, these feudal officials are very arrogant. With Su Yi's previous status, they would not be willing to pay a visit. Even if you are the emperor's favorite, you are not of high enough rank.

But now as the governor of Jiangxi, that is completely enough.

Almost all the feudal officials will receive you with sufficient etiquette.

Zeng Guofan and Luo Bingzhang were no exception.

Although Zeng Guofan personally conducted negotiations at Su Yi's house before, he was still aloof in his heart and felt that the two parties were not equal.

But this time, Zeng Guofan's attitude was completely different.

It's a completely equal attitude of respect.

While Su Yi was running around, there was one person who always followed him beside him, and that was Hu Xueyan.

He said nothing, just a spectator.

From Beijing to Tianjin and then to Shanghai.

He watched Su Yi enter Liru Bank with a money order of ten million taels.

I saw him and Sir Basilei running wildly for a new route for Sino-British relations.

Watching Su Yi board Count Elgin's battleship.

Watching the negotiations between Su Yi and the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Hunan, and the governor of Hubei.

Watching the negotiation between Su Yi and Tianjing's special envoy Hong Xiuquan.

He understood some things.

But there were some things that he didn't understand.

His vision has not yet reached such a high level.

However, he still felt an extremely strong shock.

Before, he felt that following Wang Youling, who went to Shanghai to cooperate with foreigners, had opened his eyes, and he was already considered a great person in the Qing Dynasty.

Now, he felt like a frog in a well.

Su Yi took him to see a higher level world.

That kind of layout is not just in Liangjiang, not just in the entire Qing Dynasty, but at the entire world level.

That kind of moving vertically and horizontally, that kind of moving around, that kind of storm is coming, that kind of layout feeling that big things are about to happen.

Hu Xueyan was deeply intoxicated.

In comparison, his backer Wang Youling, the chief envoy of Jiangsu, and even He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, are really nothing.

The levels are too different.

At this time, he saw Su Yi sitting on a chair with her eyes closed and concentrating.

Hu Xueyan deeply felt that Su Yi's world was too lonely, because almost no one could keep up with him, and no one could share his worries.

The servant made a cup of coffee and Hu Xueyan took it. He had no idea why Su Yi liked this kind of food before. It was simply too unpleasant to drink.

And now he knows, because only this thing is the most refreshing, even more refreshing than strong tea.

"Sir!" Hu Xueyan stepped forward and placed the coffee in front of Su Yi.

Su Yi woke up, then picked up the coffee and took a deep sip.

"Guangyong, would you like a drink?" Su Yi said.

"No need." Hu Xueyan said, "At least not now."

Then, he hesitated for a moment.

Hu Xueyan suddenly knelt down on one knee and said: "My lord, from now on, Xueyan is willing to serve your lord both in front and behind the horse."

Su Yi was stunned, then stepped forward to help him and said, "Okay!"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I've been eyeing you for a long time, but you are Wang Youling's man, so it's hard for me to say anything." Su Yi said, "But I value your talent too much, and the people around me can use it." , too little.”

"Now that you've said it, I'll tell you straightforwardly. Follow me, and you will control world-class trade from now on."

"Those British businessmen and bankers you need to curry favor with now will all crawl at your feet in the future."

"In the future, with a little effort, you can block an industry in an Asian country."

"As long as you perform well enough, you will be one of the first-rank officials in the imperial court in the future!"

This series of words directly stunned Hu Xueyan.

He couldn't imagine these things at all.

I really can't even think about it. This is a country based on officials. Even if Hu Xueyan is a businessman, he still dreams of being treated like a bureaucrat.

All he could think of was donating a false official.

A first-class official? !

I would never dare to think about it for several lifetimes.

But Su Yi is really not a painter. Sheng Xuanhuai can do it, but Hu Xueyan can't?

Is it because he, Su Yi, is not as good as Li Hongzhang?

Hu Xueyan said: "The villain is short-sighted and just wants to follow the adults to see the higher world."

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When Su Yi's armed freighter arrives in Jiujiang.

Throughout the meeting, there were countless and mighty ships, all of them big ships.

Hundreds of large ships.

The huge amount of supplies he purchased arrived.

Fifteen thousand, the second batch of immigrants arrived.

At this time, we were disembarking.

The entire pier was very lively and full of people.

Su Yi said: "Go to another dock to land. Don't disturb these immigrants."

Then, the steamer went to the pier on the other side to land.

Su Yi dressed lightly and entered Jiujiang City from another city gate.

At this time, Jiujiang City showed an alternative, almost abnormal prosperity.

The original new army, plus Lin Qirong's command, totaled nearly ten thousand people.

Including the first batch of immigrants and the second batch of immigrants, the population exceeded 30,000.

Many more residents were added, and they carefully descended from the mountain and entered the city.

There is another group of people, that is, businessmen!

Knowing that there was business in Jiujiang, countless businessmen flocked here.

Food, clothes, quilts, etc.

Countless supplies poured in.

And Jiujiang is like a greedy giant beast, swallowing up all the materials that come to it.

The amount of money spent every day is an astonishing amount.

Therefore, the entire Jiujiang showed a short-lived and amazing prosperity.

After Su Yi deposited ten million taels of silver into Liru Bank, he turned around and took out a loan of nearly one million pounds.

Otherwise, his money has been spent.

Currently, the people in charge of money in Jiujiang City include Waita Bu and Bai Feifei's father, Mr. Bai Yan.

The two spent their money fearfully.

Mr. Bai Yan can be regarded as someone who has experienced the world. After a series of cruel and bloody struggles, he took away a million-dollar fortune.

However, it took several generations to earn his millions.

And now, in just about a month, he has spent millions.

How could this not scare him?

Astronomical amounts of food, astronomical amounts of materials, and astronomical amounts of steel are pouring into Jiujiang.

Countless wood, countless stones, etc.

He didn't even know why Su Yi bought so much food.

The entire Jiujiang City is rushing forward at an exaggerated speed.

This is prosperity created entirely with huge amounts of money.

In the eyes of many people, it is completely unsustainable.

Another person who was full of uneasiness was Shen Baozhen, the prefect of Jiujiang.

He is a talented man and a first-class person in domestic affairs, but during this time, he did not interfere in government affairs.

Because he couldn't understand it either, he was also very uneasy.

I don’t know why it’s so urgent, so fast?

As a mature bureaucrat, he was very afraid of this almost exaggerated leap.

He is afraid of this kind of abnormal prosperity that is not practical and grounded.

He waited for Su Yi at the prefect's Yamen every day, but Su Yi was always busy and never came back, and he didn't know where he was going.

Today, Su Yi finally came back.

Shen Baozhen came to Su Yi with red eyes and said, "Master Futai, we need to talk."

Su Yi was dusty, but still nodded and said: "Okay!"

Then, he closed the door.

Su Yi and Shen Baozhen had a secret conversation.

"Sir Futai, the Jiangxi governor's office is in Nanchang, not Jiujiang." Shen Baozhen said, "Why don't you go to Nanchang?"

Su Yi said: "I will not go to Nanchang, I will stay in Jiujiang. All my energy will be put in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone and the factories. I will put all the political power in Jiangxi and the military power of the Green Camp. It was handed over to the Hunan Army. In exchange, he had to help me complete the procedures for more than six million acres of fertile land, 300,000 immigrants, and the cattle and farm tools needed for the six million acres of fertile land."

Just this sentence shocked Shen Baozhen.

You tried all your tricks to win the governorship of Jiangxi, but in the end you handed over all the most precious political power, the military power of the Green Camp?

This...why is this?

"Master Futai, before leaving the capital, the emperor secretly summoned me and gave me the right to secretly report. He asked me to keep an eye on you to see if you had any objections and to be ready to report at any time." Shen Baozhen said: "But I don't have any I am shaken because I know that the emperor is my biggest backer, but he may not be my backer."

"If I betray you again, I will become a slave of the three surnames and die without a burial place."

"So, in order to show you my true feelings, I even plan to tie you further."

"However, I hesitate now because I can't understand your behavior at all."

"You threw away almost all the power of the governor of Jiangxi. You finally borrowed 10 million taels of silver, but spent millions in just a few months."

"The whole of Jiujiang has entered a kind of abnormal and terrible prosperity."

“You travel all over the country.”

"It seems like everything is running wildly, but I can't understand it or why."

"I'm scared!"

"So Mr. Futai, I want to know why? If I don't get this answer, I won't dare to stay in Jiujiang. I will just report my illness and return home and quit my official career."

"I really planned to tie you up completely, even if you lost the Holy Family. But your chariot seems to be rushing towards an endless abyss, and I am very scared."

"Give me a reason so that I can be completely loyal to you and work for you wholeheartedly. I am afraid of the feeling of being blindfolded, riding on a strong horse, and running towards the cliff."

Su Yi was silent for a while and said: "Mr. Youdan, the reason is that the war is coming soon."

"The British Empire, France, even the United States, and possibly the Russian Empire will pounce directly."

"This war will completely break the backbone of the Qing court and bring a devastating blow to the Qing imperial system."

"I need to complete a lot of layout before the war comes."

"When the war broke out, my place became an absolute safe zone and entered into rapid development."

"I need to build another order with the British Empire and even with the world's great powers in these two years."

"This kind of order will save China."

Suddenly, Shen Baozhen trembled all over.

After a long while, he said hoarsely: "Yes, to what extent will it be beaten? Is it more powerful than it was more than ten years ago?"

Su Yi said: "It's different. The country is in turmoil. In the eyes of many people, it even seems to be in danger of national subjugation."

Shen Baozhen said tremblingly: "But the British army in Guangzhou has completely retreated."

Su Yi said: "Minister Bao Ling was dismissed. Not long ago, I just boarded the battleship of the new minister, Count Elgin. He was once the governor of North America, and his power is different from Bao Ling. Navy Commander Simago Li and I have cut off hundreds of thousands of pounds of interest. If I guessed correctly, the British Parliament should have approved a resolution on all-out war against the Qing Dynasty. "

"Next, more warships will continue to join the Far East Fleet."

"The British Empire would send troops from the colonies to the East."

"Even if the gods come, they can't stop the war."

Shen Baozhen was silent for a long time.

After a long while, he bowed down and said: "I am willing to be completely loyal to Lord Futai and dedicate myself to you until death."

"Shen Bao'er, the daughter of a lower official, is willing to marry you as your concubine. Please accept it!"

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