Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 297 He is really a tough guy

Xia Lin prepared for this operation for two years, from the initial planning to the execution now, he really made a lot of preparations.

Before Dong Niang showed up, he even planned to perform the operation himself.

If we were to ask what to prepare for Sanniang now, apart from the urinal and the bathtub, I'm afraid there's really nothing else that needs to be prepared. After all, everything that needs to be prepared has already been prepared.

Including the surgical sutures. Speaking of these sutures, they are really amazing. They were made by a cook, an embroiderer and a chicken who worked together for more than a month to successfully make them.

The material is sheep intestines. The cook first cleans the intestines bit by bit, then the embroiderer starts to pull the thread, and finally it comes to Feng Lingyue. She processes the thread with the skills of making musical instrument strings. After hundreds of failures, a roll of real surgical suture thread finally appears.

It is said that these three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. As the saying goes, history never belongs to a certain person, it belongs to all those who are full of hope for life.

These three people who had nothing to do with each other came together and used their expertise in their respective fields to create an enteric suture that meets modern process standards. It is not that their technology is so terrifying or advanced, but that they produced tools that can only be understood by modern industrialization in an era of backward productivity.

There is also the padding on the bed sheet, which is used to prevent cross infection caused by blood contamination. In order to prevent water from seeping in, it is made by a bamboo craftsman, a carpenter and a barrel maker. The material is a kind of Lingnan palm tree.

It is the kind of palm tree used to make cattail leaf fans. These old men have perfectly combined the weaving technology of bamboo mats, the shaping technology of carpenters and the water-draining technology of coopers, and finally made an extremely fine mat that is breathable but not water-permeable, and can breathe through the mat but does not leak water. What's more interesting is that in order to facilitate cleaning, the bamboo craftsmen used the technique of point weaving. Water cannot penetrate at all when poured from the front, but it can penetrate all the way from the front without a drop of water spilling out when poured from the back.

This mat looks plain on the surface, but it took three months of hard work to make.

Xia Lin never took credit for other people's achievements. He wrote down everything in his own book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", in which everyone's name and life story were recorded. This was because if one wanted to start a brilliant industrial civilization, the status of workers and farmers had to be elevated during the long preparation. This would make people admire them and sigh, and let people know that even if one cannot read, one can still leave their name in history.

The noble families will not suppress these things, they do not care, because these inferior things are not acceptable to them, but they are short-sighted after all, and do not know that these workers and peasants will eventually become the sword that destroys them.

Maybe Xia Lin won’t be able to see that day, but it doesn’t matter. I don’t have to be the one to achieve success, I just hope that I will be part of it.

Xia Lin started compiling "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" five years ago, almost as soon as he arrived in Fuliang. Later, the School of Engineering of Ehu Academy would add to it every month. All conceivable technologies would be copied and then sent for review to decide whether to enter it.

Although the current Tiangong Kaiwu is less than 10% of what Xia Lin had imagined, it already has 3.3 million words, covering 45 major categories and more than 700 subcategories. From food, clothing, housing and transportation to marching and fighting, from astronomy and geography to disaster prevention and mitigation, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, etc., all categories are involved. It's just that it has just started, and some things have not been studied and completed, otherwise the number of words may directly reach 30 million.

Sun Simiao's evaluation of it was "the essence of miscellaneous studies, unparalleled by the Four Books and Five Classics."

The college's School of Engineering has even started using it for teaching, so it's pretty awesome.

Then someone will ask, Xia Lin, you have a mobile phone in your hand, why don’t you write down everything you know? Why bother editing it? It wastes time and money.

Haha... he did think about it, but technology is something that you can never get overnight. How about he share a controlled nuclear fusion technology now?
How long did it take to heat treat a gun barrel? Finally, after the metallurgical and mining industries developed, alloys could be manufactured initially, and then the gun barrel could be developed.

Five or six years is just a blink of an eye in the industrial field. Even with a cheating device in hand, it can only shorten the time by about ten times. The manufacturing industry takes hundreds of years to develop, so ten years or so is a hurdle.

But it's pretty good. Even if it's ten years later, Xia Lin is only twenty-five or twenty-six. It's said that one should become famous as early as possible. Being young means unlimited possibilities.

The first five-year period was for laying the foundation, the second five-year period was for development, the third five-year period was for consolidation, and the fourth five-year period was for strengthening. After four five-year periods, we finally touched the edge of industry, and Xia Lin was less than 40 years old at that time.

Back to the topic, Her Royal Highness the Princess is currently undergoing surgery and Xia Lin cannot go in, so he sits on a chair outside the medical school with a charcoal pencil in hand, thinking about his next work plan.

His weakest link now is his own unconventional intelligence system, that is, the spies he has to set up. As the country with the earliest agent system in the world, this thing has always existed, but as an insider, Xia Lin knows how much it costs to train such a team.

He really doesn't have much money now. Most of the funds are used for industrial upgrading and the military, and the rest is used for food reserves.

After paying taxes every year, there might be less than 100,000 taels of silver left in the government's accounts. This 100,000 taels of silver had to be used to cover the entire county's infrastructure, water conservancy, and people's livelihood security, as well as to subsidize medical care and literacy education, which was really a bit stretched.

But Xia Lin has no time to make money these days. It just so happens that now is a peaceful time, and it is time for him to show his skills.

The easiest way to make money is to take advantage of information gap, which is faster than robbing directly, and the information gap he has is more than 1,400 years.

"grown ups."

At this time, a clerk in charge of documents in the government office found Xia Lin, bowed beside him and whispered, "A letter from Guangfu."

"read."

"Military Advisor, we have finished the work you asked us to do. Now the brothers have taken over the work of hauling manure and swill in the city, packing the docks, and maintaining order. However, many people have come to us for help. There are too many of them and we cannot accommodate them. Now I would like to ask you to think of a solution."

After the clerk finished reading, Xia Lin laughed. These rascals were really uneducated. Even their letter was so concise.

Xia Lin didn't think much about it, just waved his hand: "Where are you from?"

"I am from Jianzhou."

"I'm from Jianzhou." Xia Lin touched his chin: "What's your name?"

"My father's family has died out, and there is no name left... My surname is Chen, and my given name is Sheng."

"Chen Sheng? You are so brave."

"No, no, no... Not that Chen Sheng, but Sheng Da Sheng."

Xia Lin nodded: "A scholar's reputation, um... being a clerk in the government office is not a big deal. Let me ask you, are you willing to go to Guangzhou? Go and lead these uneducated people."

"I'll go wherever my lord tells me to go."

Xia Lin nodded: "Well, then you should leave immediately and say that Master Zhang from Jiangnan sent you to give them advice. By the way, do you know Cen Wenben?"

"When Lord Cen was here, I followed him in doing things."

"That's perfect. We can save the token." Xia Lin touched his chin. "When you get to Guangzhou, go find Cen Wenben. He will explain everything to you. This is a huge fortune, but I don't know if you can hold on to it." "I will definitely fulfill your mission."

Xu Jingzong was absolutely right when he said that Xia Lin was a powerful official. Now everyone knew in their hearts that a mere fifth-rank official would be easily killed by anyone else, but Xia Lin could wrestle with the entire court.

This is something that only a powerful official with troops at his disposal can do. Everyone in the court knows that Xia Lin holds a quota of 3,000 armored cavalry, which is almost equivalent to the configuration of the King of the Northwest. Therefore, the only case that can bring him down now is that he has troops for his own benefit and intends to rebel. No other charges can bring him down.

Even if he was exiled, it was just to give an explanation to the higher-ups and give the court a good reputation. Otherwise, if he was exiled for less than a year, would the magistrate of Fuliang County really let him stay here idly? Who wouldn't be jealous of this lucrative position?

But who dares...

This sitting lasted almost until noon. The operation was still going on, and Xia Lin couldn't run around, so he simply had a quick meal in the cafeteria of the medical school.

It must be said that there are three places in Fuliang with the best food. The first one is the Academy. The food there is really good, so good that even Emperor Hongbao thinks it is good. He even specially asked Tian En to allocate 1,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury every year to subsidize the meal expenses here.

The second place is the military camp. Due to the high intensity of training and the need to ensure the combat capability of the soldiers, the food there is also very good. The soldiers are treated as if they were death squads. Over the past few years, the soldiers of Fuliang have become so muscular and energetic that they cannot fall asleep unless they run 3,000 meters in the middle of the night.

The third one is the Medical School. Although it is called the Medical School, judging from the current situation, it is almost the same to call it the Academy of Sciences. Chemistry, biology and medicine are inseparable, and the people here are studying these things.

I don’t make elixirs anymore. I haven’t made elixirs for a long time. Now people find that chemical reactions are more interesting. We have entered a stage where we not only know the results but also the reasons behind them.

Since they are all high-level intellectuals, their food must be better. To be honest, Xia Lin’s daily food is not as good as those in these three places, so eating here is considered a snack for him.

Of course, power also brought him benefits. Today, the kitchen stewed chicken legs. It was a big meat festival twice a week. Originally, everyone could get one chicken leg, but Xia Lin was able to eat two!

There was an extra egg, and the rice could even be topped with a large spoonful of chicken leg soup made with garlic, wild onions, ginger, pepper, etc. It was rich and went well with the rice, and Xia Lin ate two large bowls.

He wouldn't eat any vegetables.

After dinner, he lay on the grass in the medical school compound, basking in the spring sunshine and fell asleep. He did not look like a powerful official at all, until someone came out and woke him up.

"Sir, the operation is over and the patient is already in the ward."

Xia Lin got up, washed his face and went into the ward. Princess Pingyang was still sleeping on the bed. Her breathing was steady and she looked in good condition.

Dong Niang was sitting nearby eating. When she saw Xia Lin come in, she didn't say anything but pointed at the princess on the hospital bed with her chin.

"How is it? How difficult is it?"

"It's OK." Dong Niang said concisely: "The incision is simple, but as you said, it's a bit difficult to clean the abdominal cavity and apply medicine. There is a lot of pus inside."

"Will he die if he doesn't get treatment?"

"Yes." Dong Niang nodded: "If it is not cut, it will definitely die."

When she was eating, Xia Lin clearly saw that her hands were shaking, but it was probably not due to nervousness but simply low blood sugar. It was almost evening since she entered the operating room in the morning, and she was indeed tired and hungry.

"I'll make you some sugar water."

Xia Lin took out a large can of brown sugar from the cupboard and started to make sugar water for Dong Niang: "I will go to Qiongzhou someday to see if I can cross the sea and get some coconuts from there. They are delicious and useful."

"it is good."

"Show some reaction, don't just stand there." Xia Lin handed the sugar water to Dong Niang: "What else do you want to eat? Tell me."

"No."

Dong Niang pursed her lips and shook her head: "I don't want to listen to you, be quiet."

Xia Lin rolled his eyes and sat quietly beside him. There was nothing he could do. Dong Niang was the most powerful person in the world, so he could only let her be...

Around the next morning, the princess woke up. She couldn't eat or drink yet, so she could only moisten her throat with water and then hold a piece of candy to replenish her energy. There was really no other way. After all, there was no intravenous infusion yet, and the bleeding had to be stopped by Hua Tuo's golden needle technique...

But after the lesion was removed, the princess was obviously much better. She tilted her head and looked at Xia Lin: "I have another scar."

Xia Lin looked at her in astonishment: "Has the anesthetic not worn off yet? Why don't you feel any pain at all?"

"This?" Princess Li smiled. Although her face was still pale, she looked calm and composed. "This little pain is nothing."

"You started bragging when you got a little better." Xia Lin stood up and said, "Well, I'll ask your subordinates to come and visit you. If they don't see you, they'll eat Lord Lu alive. Yesterday, they rushed into my yamen with spearmen."

“No.” Princess Li turned her head slowly. “I am their commander. I don’t want them to see me in such a state of disgrace.”

"Then I will order people from the barracks to suppress them. Attacking the county government office is considered treason and the offender shall be executed according to the law."

"you dare."

"I'm going to make a bet with you. Just wait and see if I dare or not." Xia Lin stood up and said, "Just wait for them to collect your bodies."

Princess Li was stunned for a moment, then struggled and shouted, "Call them over..."

"If you had cooperated earlier, everything would have been fine." Xia Lin laughed, "If you can't control the people under you, there will naturally be people in society who can help you do that."

(End of this chapter)