Win the Ding 1617

A steep rock swooped down, and a water pool under the rock was crystal clear.

On the water surface, a small Uppong boat is rippling leisurely on the water surface with the water waves. On the bow of the boat, a fisherman wearing a bamboo hat is fishing there with a fishing rod in his hand. Behind him, there is a boy at the stern. The well-dressed man was fanning the charcoal fire on a small stove with a cattail fan, as if preparing to wait for the fisherman to catch fish for cooking.

On the side of the rock, a stream of water flew down the stone wall, forming a small waterfall, splashing countless water splashes on the surface of the pool.

On the rock, a clump of trees clings to the stone wall, escaping sideways and slanting out, making the artistic conception more and more lofty.

"Wen Bing, you've worked hard these past few months."

In May of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Lin Wenbing completed the Telugu sea trial mission of Guangzhou and returned to Hue.

Nearly half a year's journey not only opened up the trade route with the Shahi Sultanate, but also surveyed and mapped sea routes, hydrology, tides, ocean currents, hidden reefs and beaches, etc. In the kingdom of Shahi Sultan, from north to south, the prototype of three trading stations has been established. , like three stars inlaid on the east coast of the Indian Ocean.

In Madras, Hyderabad, and Maslibadan, the shops, warehouses, warehouses, docks, warehouses of the three commercial stations, and most importantly, the protective measures, those watchtowers, watchtowers, and stockades, in the work of the natives The situation has begun to take shape, "We handed over all the eight-pound guns on the ship to the brothers who stayed behind, and left half of the big Buddha Langji, and almost all the ammunition."

"Except for one lucky boat to be used for transportation between the three trading stations, the remaining five lucky boats and the Guangzhou ship all returned with full load."

Lin Wenbing took out the current accounts and logbook of the voyage from the leather protector.Hand it over to the office next to Shou Han on duty.

"My lord, please take a look."

"Wen Bing, what do you think of this landscape?"

Shou Han waved his hands on the water surface, and there were bursts of waves immediately on the water surface, and the black boat also heaved up and down.

"This is a bonsai sent by Pei Ting from Guangzhou during the Chinese New Year."

Lin Wenbing carefully looked at the stone mountain bonsai in front of him, which is made of Yingde's specialty Yingshi as the main material. Needless to say, the Yingshi is wrinkled, thin, and transparent, and the trees on the cluster of rocks are even more beautiful. It is delicate.By pruning and cutting leaves, let it grow and develop according to human will. As time goes by, the traces of artificial cutting will gradually disappear.Just like nature.Ingenious workmanship.

The most ingenious idea is the seemingly ordinary pond, in which there is another mystery in the rock made of quartz, which presses the water to the top of the rock.It becomes a waterfall flowing down the rock wall.Coupled with fishermen fishing in the pool.The boy who makes fire, the whole bonsai is a living landscape painting, and the artistic conception is lofty and profound.

"Second Young Master and Ye Shaoning are both elegant people. But I am a layman, and I can't appreciate it."

Lin Wenbing looked at it, and answered Li Shouhan somewhat self-effacingly.

"This bonsai is said to have been made by craftsmen for many years. It is really a scene that has been completed in ten autumns. It is said that seeing mountains is mountains and waters are waters. It is a pity that I am also a layman and can't do it. That's it!" Shou Han also laughed at himself, and picked up the account book that Lin Wenbing handed in.

"Cotton, various gemstones, stallions and mares are counted." He read out in a low voice.

After returning from this trade, the largest cargo is cotton, and the most valuable cargo is all kinds of gemstones. The most worrying thing for the crew is the purchased horses on each ship. What is scratching my head is another piece of goods, oh, it seems inappropriate to say that it is goods, because these goods are people.

woman.Moreover, they are a group of extremely enchanting women even by the aesthetic standards of Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats.

"Several Jagills bought our swords and guns, claiming that they had no cash to give us, but they also agreed to use their land to plant all the cotton seeds we provided. I agreed. In order to show their sincerity, they will fight several times. I selected the captives and female slaves snatched from foreign races, and sent 150 of them here. It is a thank you to us."

"These people, look, how to deal with them?"

Lin Wenbing lowered his voice and looked around.He is not willing to lose the reputation of a courtier who flatters and invites favor.

Indian beauties?

Rao Shou Han is already a father and a husband, but when he heard such words, it was as if he heard an order, and he couldn't help but feel excited, and he had to gallop for a leaping horse!

However, after all, he is the master of one party, and he cannot show his eagerness. Even if he is sexually interested in these orchids, he must maintain a little demeanor.

"This, you send it to the head office of the firm and let them find a way to deal with it. Officials, generals and soldiers at all levels will marry them back home according to the method of the Japanese people. Whether it is for use or not is up to you to discuss."

"That's fine, I'll just send the 140 people to the head office."

Without revealing anything, Lin Wenbing's 150 people became 140 people.

"No, it's 150 people! If I'm going to ask for it, I'll go to the main office and pick it out myself." Shou Han also lowered his voice to talk to Lin Wenbing about the second half of the sentence. Blinking narrowly at him.

Think of the heroines in Bollywood movies, with their enchanting figure, waist as soft as a snake, fair skin, and jewel-like eyes.Shou Han couldn't help being a little distracted.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

"What is the origin of these women? Are they not the so-called untouchables in India?"

"No. According to the Jagels, they are all noble ladies from nearby tribes, and some of them are so-called princesses. Those untouchables, let alone giving them away, are a great insult to the Jagels. .”

Thinking of the images of those untouchables he had seen in various materials, Shou Han couldn't help but quietly heaved a sigh of relief.

"In Telugu, untouchables are not treated as human beings. However, because of this, the price of hiring them is extremely low, even a bowl of rice cooked with milk is enough."

"If possible, the space on the ship is enough. In the future, some untouchables from India can be transported to serve as official slaves. They are much cheaper than those horses, and they don't take up so much space."

Just now, under the supervision of Shou Han, Lin Wenbing handed over forty sons and horses of extremely pure blood to Huang Yishan and Hu Licheng who came from Fulang Mountain with great care.Seeing a fat, shiny stallion being led out of the stable by the groom, Huang and Hu couldn't help but smile, especially when they saw the marks on each horse's crotch. When the scepter possessed powerful reproductive ability, it made the two of them grin almost to their ears.This is no less than the seeds of the big food horse brought from heaven!In the future, the development of the cavalry will be even more helpful.

There are also more than 1000 tons of cotton.The more than one hundred fruit dismounted textile machines in the textile factory were swallowed up almost instantly.Look at the clumps of white cotton quickly turning into thin cotton threads in the hands of the weavers, and then look at the shops in Fujian, Guangdong, and even Fusang holding strings of collusion treasures and envelopes of silver dollars waiting to buy fine cloth. The businessman, Lin Wenbing knew that his bet was right.This time the adventure not only brought huge benefits to himself.It also added a bit of help to the lord's foundation.

"My lord. The contract we signed with Jajir in various parts of Telugu is about 500 million acres of cotton, and each acre only produces ten catties of cotton, which is a monstrous amount. Please arrange the ships and transactions The goods are going to Telugu to bring back the cotton when the north wind blows."

"Of course the ships have to be arranged, not only the Telugu you developed, but also the Goa of the Gonzalez people!"

Shou Han smiled lightly.

Although from the perspective of the Southern Chinese Army, Gonzalez's group of Portuguese rebels were basically a group of wine bags and rice bags, and it took more than half a year to attack a Goa fortress with few defenders.However, with the help of the Nanzhong Army at all costs, the earliest Portuguese fortress in India finally flew the flag of the former Portuguese Empire again.

Before it was too late to clean up the treasury and check the loot, Colonel Gonzales summoned his men to invite all the nearby landowners, large and small, or to their palaces and castles, with only one purpose , to purchase all kinds of products, cotton, wheat, gemstones, jute, as long as it is needed by the South China Army, it is the first choice on the Fu** procurement list!

"Now our fleet has to run around India, cross the ocean to Telugu, or resupply in Ceylon, and continue westward to Goa. Gonzalez procured for us there All kinds of goods are shipped back to Hue, and our various products are sold in Goa."

"So, Ye Qi worked hard not long ago, and found a group of craftsmen from Longjiang Bao Shipyard who claimed to have built large ships. I sent them to the shipyard to build our Ha Tinh, Hue, The Stick. But guess what they say?"

"The subordinates don't know, but according to the subordinates' thinking, surprise is indispensable."

"Hehe! That day when they first arrived at the shipyard, the keels of the two ships happened to arrive. When they saw the keels made of nine-turn steel, several old boatmen jumped up and cursed, saying, there has been nothing like this in shipbuilding since ancient times! Why did the lucky boat have ribs? Who ordered this boat? Such a prodigal!"

Many of Li Shouhan's actions were called prodigal sons. It was no news to the people of the Nanzhong Army. Lin Wenbing just politely followed the narration of the lord and let out a burst of laughter.

"Then, when they saw the size of those keels, they stopped yelling and cursing. They just kept saying that the legend of their ancestors is true! It turns out that the legend of Father-in-law Sanbao's fleet was true!"

The 30-meter-long keel has a total weight of more than 100 tons. Only such a keel can support the huge hull of a Guangzhou-class ship with a total length of nearly 60 meters and a width of 12 meters, and a displacement of more than 1000 tons. body.

After chatting with Shou Han for a while, he gave a more detailed report on the experience of going to sea this time. Lin Wenbing saw that the heat was almost ready, so he got up to leave.

"My lord, if there is no other errand to explain, then the brothers on the Guangzhou ship and I will take a rest for a whole day, and then set off north to the capital to finish the matter of Long Shengxing. Look, do you have any orders before I leave?"

Hearing Lin Wenbing's words, Shou Han thought for a while, went indoors, and fetched a banner with two words on it, "Hide."

"This is when I was talking to Mr. Chang Shi Li a few days ago. He wrote it on the spur of the moment. You are leaving today, so I will give you this calligraphy. It is a parting message. It is about going north. It's all clear."

"Hidden, hidden. Hidden, hidden." Lin Wenbing seemed to understand the hidden meaning of these two words.

"When I get there, do a good job. Maybe I will go to the capital in a few years. At that time, I will have to rely on you more!"

"The subordinates dare not! But there will be a day. The subordinates will ensure that the army has no shortage of food and ammunition!"

For the sake of speaking.Naturally, there is no need to say more.The guards of the Han Dynasty took the emeralds, emeralds, red sapphires and so on that Lin Wenbing handed in, among them was the ruby ​​that claimed that one can be exchanged for a Guangzhou ship in the capital.

"My shopkeeper Lin, your prosperity will prevail in the future. It will be Nanyang jewelry, fine cloth, rice, Fusang Nanban, etc., swords and fine firecrackers as the main products."

There was a snap.Shou Han covered the exquisite box containing the gems, "These things are fascinating, and it is useless to keep them with me. You might as well take them to the capital and manage them well."

At the end of May, Lin Wenbing led the Guangzhou fleet after a short rest, filled it with rice, fine cloth, sugar, and the Nanzhong sword known as the Japanese sword, and set sail to the north to the capital.

In June, when the new rice was about to be harvested, an unexpected thing happened again.

Happen again?

The reason for saying this is because at the beginning of this story, this matter has already troubled the pig's feet.

malaria!

As a common and frequent disease in tropical and subtropical regions, it is relatively common.Under Shou Han's measures such as forcibly promoting the development of hygiene habits over the years, the outbreak of malaria did not form a large scale, and did not cause a large number of deaths in the old territory of the South Central Army.

However, this time, as a large number of victims from the areas controlled by the Mo family in the north poured into Honghe Prefecture, and tens of thousands of victims from Guangdong entered the Jiulong River through waterways, malaria broke out among them, and through the flow of people, with the help of mosquitoes Under the circumstances, malaria has a tendency to spread in both north and south directions.

When receiving reports of malaria outbreaks in more than 20 states and counties in Honghe, Kowloon, and Phan Rang provinces, Shou Han was still not quite sure it was true.

"Mr. Wang, are you sure this outbreak is malaria? Will it not be misdiagnosed?"

Wang Tingqi, who is in charge of the health, medical and anti-epidemic affairs of the entire South Central Army, threw the turban aside in a bit of annoyance, and the students beside him hurried over to help him pick up the turban so as not to lose it in the guard's signing room. Yi's sin.

"My lord, I have been working with you for more than ten years. I dare not talk about other things, but I think I am somewhat sure about medical medicine. After being bitten by mosquitoes, I suddenly felt cold and shivered. Then I developed a high fever, talking nonsense, unconsciousness, and other symptoms, this is not malaria, what is it?!"

Now that it is confirmed that it is malaria, it is enough to continue the treatment according to the previous routine and a very mature set of treatment experience, and there is no need for you, Mr. Wang, to be so angry?Even if you always have a heart of compassion, but that's not the case?

Shou Han slandered a few words in his heart.

"My lord, when I was in Hejing in the past, I used Artemisia annua to treat patients. This method was taught to me by you back then. However, this method is a bit powerless now!"

The reason is actually very simple. Artemisia annua, as an annual herb, grows in Ji, Liao, southern Hebei, southern Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Lianghu, Guangdong, Guangxi, eastern Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces are distributed in Korea, Japan, Vietnam (North), Myanmar, India (North) and Nepal.However, the center of the South Central Army is now in Hue, which geographically belongs to the southern area of ​​Annan, and a large number of patients are concentrated in the areas of Kowloon, Phan Rang, and Phan Thiet, all of which are concentrated in the southern area.

Where can I find Artemisia annua?

In addition, "hold Artemisia annua, soak it in two liters of water, twist it to get the juice, and drink it", that is to say, it must be fresh Artemisia annua!

"My lord, Mr. Cheng and I are at our wit's end, but please remember the tens of thousands of patients, and please think of a way, they are all living beings!"

Wang Tingqi burst into tears when he said that, and even wanted to kneel down in front of Shou Han, so that Shou Han hurriedly pushed him onto a chair with Wang Tingqi's students and sat down.

"What's the matter, you just talk about it, why do you have to do that? Aren't you trying to ruin my life?" Shou Han reprimanded Wang Tingqi in a somewhat joking tone.

"My lord. Actually, this old man's obeisance is to ask the lord to bear the pain and give up his love!"

"Back then, we also used Cinchona Cream to treat malaria patients. The effect was very good. Moreover, once this product was made, it would no longer be affected by the region. There is nowhere to go between all over the world, unlike Artemisia annua Generally, you must use freshly squeezed juice."

One of Wang Tingqi's students commented on the teacher's behavior.

"Okay! Then you can go shopping together with shopkeeper Cheng. Why come to me? Didn't I say it a long time ago. When encountering such a catastrophe or epidemic, all money and food expenses will be paid from the inner mansion first. By the way, have you forgotten?"

After hearing this, Wang Tingqi slowly stood up from the chair of the huanghuali official hat and teacher.Full clothes.Respectfully, he gave Shou Han a deep salute. "My lord, are these words the truth?"

"Hey! Old mister! It's not a day or two since you and I have known each other and worked together. Do I have times when I don't mean what I say?"

"Of course, this old man knows that the lord has a bright heart. He is honest and frank, but the matter is too serious, and the lord may not be willing to let it go. Therefore, the little old man must explain to the lord."

Hearing this, Shou Han seemed to understand that the old man was probably up to something. This idea was absolutely no problem in controlling the epidemic, but it might seriously damage Shou Han's personal interests.

"Didn't you arrange for Chen Qinghua to plant cinchona trees and teardrop trees in several mountainous areas and plains? Back then, I heard Alfonso and the Portuguese say that the bark of the cinchona tree is the material for refining cinchona cream. In their country, people dug up the roots of cinchona trees that had grown for about 12 years, and stripped the bark or root bark; skin; or boil soup for consumption, or process and refine it into cinchona cream.”

"However, in this way, the lord's painstaking efforts for several years will be in vain. Those trees have only been planted for five or six years, and they are like chicks. Although this old man has no selfish intentions, it has damaged the lord's dignity. Family business is like killing a hen to get its eggs!"

"However, tens of thousands of creatures will all know..."

"Okay! Stop talking!"

Shou Han was a little annoyed.

"I originally spent a lot of money to buy these foreign plant seeds, which one is not for the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the people? Just for a few trees, look at your detours! It's a pity that you still started from when I just took over. Just follow me as an old man! Go and see how promising you are!"

"You old man has been crying for a long time, just to persuade me to cut down those trees to save people, lest I don't want to? Just kidding! Am I such a petty person?!"

"How many times have epidemics spread, and when did I care about money?"

After losing his temper, the atmosphere in the room was surprisingly good. Wang Tingqi looked at Li Shouhan who was standing behind the table with great joy, smearing on the paper with a Langhao brush.

"It has been planted for six years, and those trees should be ready for use. I will arrange a boat and a few people to go with you to find Mr. Chen Qinghua, and tell him that the matter is urgent, so don't dig the roots."

The method that Shou Han taught Chen Qinghua was the method of pruning.

The cutting method is to cut down the tree from the ground, peel off the bark, make adventitious branches at the base of the residual trunk, and leave 1 to 2 branches to let them grow. After the branches grow up, peel off the bark and dry them in the sun. Or drying, in this way, the felled trees have entered a cycle of regeneration.Rather than a one-shot deal like the root-digging method.

Wang Tingqi took the thin sheets of paper from Shou Han's hands, as if they carried the lives of thousands of people, his hands kept shaking, which made the paper make a series of rustling noises.

"Mr. Wang, I think you are getting old. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the commute by boat or car. Even if you let your students go there, you can just stay in Hue, or go to various places to supervise one or two things. Yes!"

Soon, the cinchona trees were cut down by their roots, and the doctors directed many officials and slaves in the plantation to quickly peel off the bark, before they could be processed by rolling, drying or drying. The fresh bark was directly transported to Jiulong River and Honghe Prefecture by boat.

Cinchona cream, which was once a life-saving favor to a certain smallpox sequelae and his family in history, was not actually a discovery of European medicine. The first "scientific" elixir will be considered only after the publication of "Review". "Cinchona bark" was originally an indigenous medicine of the Peruvian Indians.Jesuit priests introduced it to Spain from the New World around 1785, and the missionaries presented this medicine to Kangxi, calling it the "Western" holy medicine.In fact, it is an indigenous herbal medicine that is no different from Chinese herbal medicine, not a product of science!Therefore, those who say that Western medicine has surpassed Chinese medicine since the end of Ming Dynasty can go to see Mazi.

In the era of Napoleon Wheels, the first treatment for trauma is to pour hot oil into the wound or use a soldering iron to cauterize the wound to stop the bleeding!

What scientific discoveries can be expected from such a medical system?Give me a break!

Fortunately, I have played the Age of Discovery and read countless literary and artistic works, so I know what is useful and when.Shou Han looked at Wang Tingqi who was busy with the prevention and control of the epidemic between several major epidemic areas, and felt very proud. (To be continued..)

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