"Captain, why don't you just use a knife to cut them, I can't bear it." Lin Yue looked at those white and plump maggots and said with a pleading look on his face.

"Lin Yue, don't worry. I'm not telling you to eat it. This is for external use." Dong Liang comforted him. He was worried that Lin Yue would be sick to death before he was infected.

"Mr. Dong, is this thing placed on the wound?"

"Medical Officer Xiang is indeed very skilled in medicine. You can tell at a glance."

"I don't dare to accept it. My mentor is also a Chinese and is good at treating ulcers. It's just that Xiang suffers from blood sickness and only learned some decoction techniques."

"Oh, that's it."

Xiang Ying asked doubtfully: "These maggots are dirty things. Wouldn't putting them on the wound aggravate the injury?"

Xiang Ying couldn't figure out why Dong Liang would choose maggots.

"Haha, Doctor Xiang, these maggots have very picky mouths. They only like to eat rotten meat. After eating rotten meat, they will spit out something that can stop bleeding."

"Wonderful, really wonderful. I didn't expect that Xiang would be able to witness such a miracle today. Maggots eating poison, it's really wonderful! Mr. Dong must be from a famous family?"

Xiang Ying said with admiration.

"Medical Officer Xiang, I am just a poor scholar, and I only know a little bit about it."

"Captain, you can do it, but can you help me cover my eyes first?" Lin Yue begged, he really couldn't stand it anymore.

"Ah Fu, go and cover his eyes. Lin Yue, it will take some time for this thing to work. Just leave it alone. You have to drink the medicine given by the medical officer on time."

"Ah, how long will it take, Captain?"

"If your meat is more fragrant, the time will go faster." Dong Liang joked.

Dong Liang began to prepare.

Xiang Ying took out the medicine and gave it to the Chinese workers in the living group to cook, while he stayed and watched intently how Dong Liang used maggots to save people.

Even the maggots removed from the rotten fruit are somewhat dirty and need to be washed with light salt water to allow the maggots to expel the remaining food residue from their bodies.

Also be careful not to kill it.

I saw Dong Liang using tweezers made of bamboo strips to place the maggots on Lin Yue's wound.

The maggots that had vomited their stomachs clean seemed to have found their own Garden of Eden, crawling excitedly, and then got in through the cracks in the wound.

The hairs on the hairs of the Chinese workers who were watching the excitement stood on end.

Xiang Ying even wondered if this was a prank.

He knew a lot about the culture of the Central Plains and heard that there was a kind of voodoo technique that could control insects and help people heal their illnesses.

Dong Liang covered the wound with a piece of gauze but did not tie it up.

"Next, let's look at the doctor's medicine." Dong Liang stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Mr. Dong has also read the prescription, so there should be no problem." Xiang Ying was obviously more humble when facing Dong Liang.

Just now he had a cold, superior attitude.

"By the way, Doctor Xiang, how long will it take for my brothers who are sick with fever to recover?"

"Mr. Dong, I'm good at fever. It's just that these people were delayed on the ship for a long time, and their bodies are severely exhausted. It will take at least seven days to recover."

"Besides, Mr. Dong had better find a way to make them eat better."

"We here in Yaeyama are small and poor, so we really can't provide any good food."

"I can understand this. Thank you very much."

Lin Ben had already told him when he was patrolling outside just now.

The local people sent them thousands of kilograms of white potatoes, which are the main local food crop.

There are two large islands in the Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island. One is mountainous and the other is covered in hilly forests, with very little land that can be cultivated.

Islanders mainly grow sweet potatoes on the mountains of Shihuan Island.

These white potatoes are still the local people's own food rations.

Dong Liang never thought that there would be such kind and honest islanders in this era.

It takes time for the maggots to clean up the carrion, so Dong Liang didn't wait here.

It happened that Xiang Ying had also completed the consultation, and he walked out with Xiang Ying.

The two people walked out of the stone house and went to the beach outside.

"Xiang Medical Officer, why are there all stone houses on this island? There are many trees here, why not build wooden houses?"

"We here in Yaeyama experience more than a dozen storms every year. The wooden houses are indeed cool, but they cannot withstand the storm. It is precisely because the houses are surrounded by stones that the island is called Ishigaki Island."

"I see."

In the face of nature, human beings still choose to surrender and obey in most cases.

"Medical officer Xiang, could you please take Dong for a walk? I am very interested in the customs of the Ryukyu Kingdom." Dong Liang took the opportunity to say.

When he read a book before, he learned a little bit about the history of Ryukyu, and it seemed that it should be controlled by the Satsuma clan now.

But he hasn't seen a single Fuso man yet.

If I asked Xiang Ying directly, I would be afraid of violating other people's taboos.

"I just have to go back to the medical clinic in Fuki. Why don't Mr. Dong come to my place for a cup of tea? Xiang is also very interested in the culture of the Central Plains."

Dong Liang learned from Xiang Ying that this place was administratively subordinate to Gong Liang Jianqie.

Jangiri is the first-level administrative unit of the Ryukyu Kingdom, equivalent to the prefecture of the Qing Dynasty.

Gong Liangmaqie governs more than a dozen villages with a total population of tens of thousands.

The administrator here is named Xiang Bang, who is Xiang Ying's brother.

"To the medical officer, if it is convenient, please help introduce your brother. Dong doesn't want to disturb the people of Yae Mountain. If we can get your help, we may be able to go back earlier."

"Well, don't worry, Mr. Dong, Xiang will do his best." At this time, Dong Liang was already regarded as a great talent in Xiang Ying's heart.

"Mr. Dong, I think Mr. Dong is quite talented, why was he kidnapped by foreigners?"

"To the medical officer, those foreigners believe in the bandit theory of the jungle and the strong. In their eyes, we Orientals are no different than macaques in the mountains. How can they care whether you have read a book or not?"

Dong Liang sighed.

At this time they walked to the fishing village on the other side of the harbor.

There is a simple dock here, with some canoes parked in the harbor and several small sea boats.

The place where Dong Liang and the others camped was just on the other side of the harbor.

After a while, we crossed the harbor, and we could see that this island is really not big.

"These foreigners are really abominable. My king has always forbidden us to have contact with these foreigners. It turns out he has good intentions."

"It's just that these foreigners have strong ships and powerful guns. Now that Mr. Dong has offended the foreigners, what will you do in the future? Does Mr. Dong think that everything will be fine if he returns to China?"

"Dong also knows this, but if we don't go home, where can we go?" Dong Liang tentatively replied.

"Medical Officer Xiang, is this where your Yae Mountain local government is located?" Dong Liang inquired carefully again.

"This is Fuki, Yaeyama's port for external communication and its main trading market."

Dong Liang looked around. In his opinion, this was a simple small fishing village.

Some dried fish are drying near the simple pier.

Disheveled women mending fishing nets under coconut trees.

Most of the men were wearing only a pair of trousers, some were killing fish, and some were pushing fishing boats on the shore into the sea.

Dong Liang's dress attracted a lot of people's attention.

Dong Liang smiled back at the locals who looked at him curiously.

The local people also smiled heartily.

People here generally have dark skin, but their foreign trade characteristics are the same as those in Fujian Province.

"Medical Officer Xiang, this place is really a paradise." Dong Liang praised.
Chapter completed!