Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 60: Success lies in the future
Zhang Yu was used by Zhang Luan and Zhang Yanling, father and son, without knowing it.

After the letter was written, Zhang Luan came in.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhang Luan tilted his head and asked, "Will the prince really take such a letter seriously?"

Zhang Yanling next to him said, "Why should we worry about this now? Dad, it would be best for you to hand this letter to Uncle Shen early tomorrow morning."

"Ugh!"

Zhang Luan frowned, "I am afraid that the prince will think we are bad guys... How can the prince not be on guard when he suddenly receives such an unknown letter in the Forbidden Palace?
"If this gets out and people know that we are secretly exchanging letters with the Crown Prince, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry. The crown prince is now in danger of losing his position as the heir to the throne. He is more afraid than us of people saying that he has been secretly communicating with people outside the palace."

Zhang Luan asked, "Then why do we write to him? Aren't we afraid that the truth will be revealed?"

Zhang Yanling said: "The letter was given to him by Li Zisheng... With Li Zisheng's connections in the palace, is it difficult to quietly deliver a letter to the prince?
"As long as the Crown Prince and Li Zisheng don't leak the information to the outside world, this matter will basically remain peaceful. The Crown Prince knew that it was Li Zisheng who helped him pass the message, and he was so happy that he couldn't contain himself. Doesn't the Crown Prince want to make friends with Li Zisheng to help him get out of his current predicament?"

"Oh."

Zhang Luan seemed to understand something and nodded, "You mean, the prince is in urgent need of help... Even he thinks highly of Li Zisheng?"

"I can't say that he is respected. The prince at this moment only has a title but no power or influence. He is not qualified at all... If the prince knew how to be patient, he would know that he should not establish close ties with Li Zisheng... Now we are just giving him an opportunity. What is Dad afraid of?"

Zhang Luan looked annoyed: "Of course I am afraid that the earthquake in Mount Tai is a fabrication. How many people can dare to say that there will be an earthquake in a certain place and then there will be an earthquake there?
"If there really is such a god in the world, why would you let your father pass on his message?"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Dad, that person is really an expert. If you don't believe me, forget it."

After hearing this, Zhang Luan felt much more at ease.

Zhang Yanling thought about it and felt that he did not deceive this old gangster.

He came back to this era from the future and is familiar with history. Where can we find a master like him?

……

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The next morning, Huizhou Guild Hall.

Shopkeeper Qin received the genius doctor Wang Ji who had traveled all the way to the capital.

"Many people from Huizhou who are stranded in Beijing have come to visit you upon learning that you will arrive in the capital soon. They want you to come to their homes for a chat. Someone in their family is sick and they hope you can treat them. You will not skimp on the consultation fee, and I have specially prepared a small gift."

Shopkeeper Qin did not mention Zhang Luan's matter right away.

Obviously, Manager Qin also realized that Wang Ji seemed to have misjudged the truth about Zhang Luan's ability to prevent and treat smallpox and epidemics, and he was unwilling to take the initiative to expose the scar.

Wang Ji was not shy about this and said, "Before I even entered the city, I heard that the people from the Imperial Hospital helped Zhang Luan set up a consultation center to grow medicine and prevent diseases for the people of the capital...I wonder if this is true?"

Shopkeeper Qin did not give a direct answer, but looked at Xu Gong beside him.

Xu Gong said, "In reply to Mr. Wang, it is true. We have sent people to keep an eye on it these past two days and found that few people in the capital believe in Zhang Jiansheng. It is very deserted there. Only a few merchants who are about to go south or people from Hejian Prefecture will go there to grow medicine."

Wang Ji asked, "Then I wonder how effective his medicine is?"

Shopkeeper Qin advised, "Sir, you have just arrived in the capital, so you should rest first and don't worry about such trivial matters right away."

Wang Ji sighed, "I never thought that his method of preventing and treating smallpox would still be believed by people. I also don't understand what drugs he used, how toxic it is, whether the people who planted the drugs would have adverse reactions such as fever, and how he made the court believe that it was effective."

Shopkeeper Qin immediately asked Xu Gong to take out a letter.

"This is?"

Wang Ji's face was full of confusion.

Shopkeeper Qin said: "This is Zhang Luan's prescription for curing diseases and saving lives that we got from the Imperial Hospital through connections. To put it simply, he used the pus-filled fluid from the surface of sick cows with smallpox to inoculate humans.

"It is said that after taking this medicine, the reaction is extremely mild, and most people don't even have any symptoms. But the magical thing is that it is like having acne, and they will never be invaded by diseases again in their lifetime... But I take this as a joke."

"Sick cow?" Wang Ji was surprised.

He opened the letter and read its contents carefully.

Shopkeeper Qin said, "Sir, you are a great doctor of medicine. You can make an assessment. Is he playing with the safety of the people of Ming Dynasty? If this method of preventing and controlling the epidemic suddenly fails at some time in the future, causing a large-scale outbreak of pox and rapid spread, I am afraid his life will not be enough to compensate!"

These words were actually a disguised way of comforting Wang Ji.

Although it seems that his method of growing medicine has some effect now, who knows if it will bring disaster to the country and the people in the long run?

So let's just be calm and wait and see what happens.

Wang Ji was shocked, and he carefully recalled the ancient books he had studied, and nodded: "Ancient books have recorded that when cattle get smallpox, the symptoms are relatively mild, and they only say that cattle get smallpox from humans, but no one has ever mentioned what will happen if the smallpox of cattle is transmitted to humans.

“That student Zhang has very little knowledge of medical theory. After a few in-depth conversations with him, he revealed many loopholes and made people laugh. That’s why I concluded that he was a liar.

"But now it seems that his insights are extremely brilliant, and they are probably the true knowledge gained from practice. In this way... won't it be..."

Shopkeeper Qin asked hurriedly, "How is it?"

Wang Ji put down the letter with the prescription and sighed, "It is very likely that the stubborn disease of smallpox will disappear from the land of China in the future."

Shopkeeper Qin widened his eyes and said, "It's not as magical as you said, is it?"

"Ugh!"

Wang Ji said, "To be honest, I was too rash before. I only met with him once, did not ask him in detail about the cause of the disease and medical theory, and did not ask him for specific diagnosis and treatment methods, but I said he was a fraud. I was really reckless!"

As he spoke, Wang Ji seemed to feel very remorseful.

Xu Gong said, "Mr. Wang, you don't have to praise him too much. Zhang Jiansheng used the pus fluid from sick cows to infect people, making them sick when they don't have any. This is too reckless."

Wang Ji said: "You may not know that the only way to prevent smallpox in China is to use smallpox clothing, which is to use the clothes worn by people who have had smallpox and give them to people who have not had smallpox. In this way, they can be infected with the disease, or because the symptoms are mild, they can prevent the person from getting smallpox again.

"The vaccination method adopted by Zhang Jiansheng probably adopted this medical theory, and the symptoms of the disease in cattle will only be milder, which is safer and more reliable than the smallpox method. If it is verified to be true, it means that anyone who has been vaccinated with his medicine will never get smallpox again in the future, and it will be effective for life."

"So is the rumor true?"

Shopkeeper Qin didn't think much of it at first, but after listening to Wang Ji's professional interpretation, he immediately felt that he seemed to have gone astray and had completely misunderstood it.

People who have been treated with emotional medicine are not just lucky, nor are they temporarily immune to diseases, but they are immune for life...

This had a huge impact on the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Ji nodded: "If it is feasible, it will benefit the present and future generations. But it still needs time to prove. I wonder if there are people who have been vaccinated and have close contact with people who are infected with smallpox to test the effect?"

The question is whether any live experiments have been conducted.

"Never..."

Shopkeeper Qin shook his head and explained, "Smallpox is an extremely dangerous disease. If you get it, your life or death is a 50-50 chance. No one dares to try it."

Wang Ji said: "In that case, I can give it a try."

"No, sir."

Shopkeeper Qin hurriedly persuaded him, "You are a man of great talent, how can you risk your life? After some time, I think there will be more news to verify it."

Wang Ji sighed: "But this is the fastest and most effective way."

Xu Gong, who was standing by, also tried to persuade him: "Sir, there is really no need to do this. In fact, in Hejian Prefecture, some families have experienced this before... The people who planted the medicine were fine, but those who did not plant the medicine quickly became ill. We only need to send people to the place where the smallpox epidemic broke out to verify it in detail."

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