In the 10th year of Zhenguan, there were diseases in Guannei and Hedong, and doctors ordered them to give medicines to treat them - "Old Tang Book·Taizong Volume".
The next day, Chen Jingke did not wait for the craftsmen, but Li Shimin and his wife arrived first.
I've been busy these two days, and he really doesn't welcome these two people. And they only met yesterday. What big thing can happen after only one day, and you two have to make a trip?
But there is nothing I can do. Who makes people the emperor and queen? Hurry and welcome them to the backyard.
Li Shimin didn't mince words and directly stated his purpose: "The epidemic in Guanzhong is spreading rapidly. I wonder if the real person can teach me a good way?"
Hearing this, Sun Simiao was also worried and said: "I wonder what kind of epidemic it is?"
Li Shimin took out a memorial and handed it to him: "The specific conditions of typhoid fever are written here. Please read it."
Sun Simiao picked up the memorial and read it over before saying: "It is indeed typhoid fever. The former sage Zhang Zhongjing has already conquered this disease. Your Majesty can prescribe the medicine according to the prescription and send it to the affected area, so that the spread of typhoid fever can be controlled."
Li Shimin said: "Yesterday I sent people to dispatch medicinal materials to the epidemic areas, but it will take some time for the medicinal materials collected by the imperial court to be delivered."
"And this time the typhoid fever is coming so fiercely, I'm afraid that the disease will spread to more areas when the medicinal materials are delivered. I wonder if there is any way to alleviate the disease and buy time for the government to rescue?"
Sun Simiao shook his head and said: "I'm afraid I will disappoint Your Majesty. I don't know much about typhoid fever. I can only take medicine according to the prescriptions left by the predecessors."
Li Shimin said disappointedly: "What can we do?"
At this time, the eldest grandson Wuguo on the side said: "Jing Ke, you have the most clever ideas. Is there any way you can help your aunt?"
Chen Jingke always felt that there was something wrong with this couple, but because he was worried about the epidemic, he didn't think much about it and said, "I know a little about typhoid fever. It is caused by some kind of bacillus."
Li Shimin and his wife were overjoyed and quickly exchanged glances. Sure enough, it was not in vain.
Sun Simiao smiled bitterly. How could he not see that the emperor and his wife came here just for this silly apprentice. However, this also showed that the empress valued Chen Jingke, which was good news.
At the same time, he was also very curious about typhoid fever and wondered what kind of solution this apprentice could come up with.
"This kind of bacteria likes wet, cold, rainy weather. The peak outbreak period is often at the turn of autumn and winter and the turn of winter and spring... It is most afraid of light, heat, and dryness. It can be killed by the sun for half a day, and it can be killed by boiling water.
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Li Shimin interjected: "Shandong Road and Guannai Road are experiencing continuous rainy weather, which has lasted for more than ten days. The epidemic only broke out on a large scale after the arrival of the rainy weather."
Chen Jingke said: "Then it's gone. This kind of bacteria is very tenacious and can survive in water for half a month without the human body... Any water source that the patient has come into contact with will become a source of infection."
"The patients themselves are the source of infection, and people who have been in contact with them are also susceptible to infection. Even the clothes they use, their excrement, etc. can become sources of infection."
"If you want to control the spread of the epidemic, the first step is to seal off the epidemic area, prevent people in the epidemic area from contacting the outside world, and artificially cut off the source of infection."
"Carry out hygiene and epidemic prevention within the epidemic area... Wash your hands and face frequently, do not drink raw water or eat cold food, and do not dump excrement anywhere... These methods are not only effective against typhoid fever, but can be used for all epidemic diseases."
Chen Jingke brought out the knowledge of epidemic prevention and blockade control methods in his previous life. He didn't know whether it could be popularized or how effective it would be, but at least it was better than having no method at all.
As expected, Li Shimin liked this method very much and immediately wrote it down.
Sun Simiao showed a thoughtful expression, thinking of the bacteria and germs that Chen Jingke had told him before. This set of epidemic prevention methods fully corresponded to these theories.
It stands to reason that with his medical skills, he should be able to think of these methods, but some things have already formed a fixed mindset, and he has only been exposed to this theory for a short time. When encountering problems, he can't help but think in the old way.
The eldest grandson Wugou looked at Chen Jingke happily. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him. This nephew was indeed his lucky star.
"By the way, I have asked the general supervisor to assign the craftsmen you want and they will be delivered to you in the afternoon."
"Thank you, aunt." Chen Jingke took a sip of tea and wanted to talk about the issue of craftsmanship, but in the end he did not speak.
Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou may not be stingy on other issues, but on issues of national system, he is not qualified to express opinions.
All he can do is improve his influence and show his talents in governing the country to the world, so that he can be qualified to participate in system reform.
So he changed the topic to another place: "Aunt, I heard that Goguryeo is in serious trouble. Why don't we slowly immigrate to Liaodong, build cities and villages, and then eat away at them step by step?"
Changsun Wugou didn't expect that he would ask this question. He didn't know whether he should answer or not, so he looked at Li Shimin with some embarrassment.
Li Shimin was also surprised, but he was thinking more. Could it be that this young master had a way to solve Goguryeo? He became excited when he thought of this.
The force he wants to conquer most now is neither the Feng family in Lingnan nor Xue Yantuo in the north, but Goguryeo in the northeast.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin decided to talk to Chen Jingke about the difficulties a little bit, and if he had a way, he could talk about it in depth.
"The biggest difficulty faced by immigrants to Liaodong is the cold winter. The winter there is long and the temperatures are cold and water turns to ice. People lack winter clothes and cannot survive."
Chen Jingke said in astonishment: "Ah? Isn't it because the weather is too cold to plant crops?"
Li Shimin laughed and said: "Who said that? If they couldn't grow crops, how did the Goguryeo people survive? Although it is cold there, they can grow one crop a year, and the land is fertile and the yield is no less than that of the Central Plains."
"This..." Chen Jingke scolded some so-called historians in his previous life.
In his previous life, he read an introduction to historical materials published by the Eight Classics, which said that the Northeast's low annual accumulated temperature is not suitable for crop growth, and people living here can only survive by fishing and hunting.
This primitive way of life cannot support large-scale immigration, so the Central Plains dynasty has been unable to effectively rule here.
It was not until corn and potatoes were introduced to China that the Northeast began to develop. Later, Japan brought over cold-resistant rice, and the Northeast took off.
At that time, he believed it to be true. He always thought that the reason why Northeast China could not be developed in ancient times was the lack of cold-resistant crops. He was very excited when he dug out those few grains of rice yesterday.
As a result, I was slapped in the face.
Fortunately, he asked more questions and did not take out the rice seeds directly, otherwise it would be embarrassing and embarrassing.
Li Shimin saw that his expression was a little strange, but he didn't know the reason and didn't ask more questions. Instead, he asked: "Does Jing Ke have a way to survive the cold winter?"
