Chapter 374 The Opening of the Show of Prayer for Rain
Chapter 374 The grand drama of offering sacrifices to the sky and praying for rain begins (for the alliance leader? Yu Yu adds more)
Author: The best is like no water
Chapter 374 The grand drama of offering sacrifices to the sky and praying for rain begins (for the alliance leader? Yu Yu adds more)
Chinese people have always been wise and ingenious.
The women on Zhuangzi had already learned many techniques for making breakfast.
Things like fried dough sticks, steamed buns, pancakes, tofu puffs, etc. are all made in a stylish way.
Sun Simiao looked at a large pot full of hot fried dough sticks and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
He had been to rich families a lot, but this was the first time he had seen people cooking food with a large pot full of oil like this. It was really outrageous.
The old Taoist priest has very good teeth, and even at his age, the fried dough sticks are crunchy and crunchy.
He doesn't eat slowly, but he can still chew slowly and never waste food. Even the leftovers that fall on the table will be picked up and eaten.
After breakfast, Sun Simiao helped clear away the dishes and finally started talking about business.
"Fellow Taoist." He looked very serious. "I heard that fellow Taoist has an elixir that can cure smallpox?"
"Which bastard told you that I have an elixir?"
‘Uh~~~’
Sun Simiao was stunned for a moment, and Li Shimin's appearance appeared in his mind.
He shook his head with a wry smile, "Fellow Taoist, it's really shocking how violently smallpox poisons the people. We, the Taoist cultivators, are hanging pots to help the world. If you, the Taoist, can save all the people from the fire and water, the old Taoist shamelessly implores you to do something for the people of the world."
Share your strength!"
If these words were spoken by Fang Xuanling and others, Li Yunze would yawn.
If Li Er had told him, Li Yunze would discuss business with him.
The reason is simple. He knows very well that the purpose of these people is not as pure as they say.
After all, there is no pure person in the court.
But these words were spoken by Sun Simiao, but he listened carefully.
Because Li Yunze knew very well that Sun Simiao was a pure person, and he only said these words to cure illnesses and save people.
Li Yunze has always respected such people.
As for treating smallpox or something like that?
"Daozhang Sun." Li Yunze sighed and said, "For me, it's not that it's impossible to treat smallpox, but it's that it can't be applied on a large scale."
Large-scale treatment of smallpox requires national-level efforts.
Not an agricultural country, but the power of a truly industrialized country.
"So what we should really do to deal with smallpox is vaccination. As long as you are vaccinated against smallpox, you will not get sick even if you are infected with smallpox in the future."
Li Yunze could clearly feel that Sun Simiao's breathing was quickening. "My friend, where is the smallpox vaccine?"
Li Yunze also scratched his head when he asked this question.
He could buy a huge amount of supplies from the modern world, but he couldn't buy the smallpox vaccine.
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I don’t.
In the modern world, smallpox was completely eradicated decades ago, and the vaccine was naturally discontinued accordingly.
Smallpox still exists in some laboratories, but the vaccine cannot be stored for that long. It is even less possible to take smallpox out of the laboratory and recreate the vaccine.
That would lead to the risk of leakage.
Therefore, Li Yunze could only take Sun Simiao to the bullpen.
Looking at the large cattle shed in front of him, which was filled with hundreds of cattle, Sun Simiao was puzzled, "What does this mean, fellow Taoist?"
"Smallpox can not only infect humans, but can also infect cattle." Li Yunze explained, "The vaccine, to put it bluntly, enhances the body's corresponding resistance and activates the immune system through microtoxicity. I can't get the finished vaccine here at the moment.
You can only make it yourself
Done."
Although he didn't understand many words, Sun Simiao still nodded seriously, "How should I make it?"
"First the cowpox, then grind it into dry powder and then finally."
After describing the method of preventing and treating cowpox, Li Yunze continued, "This matter is very risky. In order to avoid infection, we have to find a remote and uninhabited place to make a batch first and then conduct the experiment. Once the experiment is successful, it can be promoted on a large scale.
Yes. If all
Everyone in the world has been vaccinated against smallpox, and the smallpox has no basis for its existence. The only result is that it will disappear on its own. What's wrong with Taoist Master?"
While Li Yunze was talking, he saw Sun Simiao actually shed tears.
The old man at this age was crying, which really made him a little embarrassed, "What did I say?"
"Fellow Taoist, don't be surprised."
Sun Simiao wiped away the tears from his eyes and smiled, "The old Taoist is happy."
"The old Taoist once went to a place where smallpox was raging to save people, and he saw the tragic scenes. It was like a ghost, like a ghost."
Having said this, Sun Simiao wiped the corners of his eyes again, "The old Taoist has tried all his methods, but they are still useless. At this time, I heard that my fellow Taoist had a magical formula that can resist smallpox, and I cried with joy."
"well."
What else could Li Yunze say? He said nothing.
He never worried about dealing with people like Fang Xuanling and Li Er because he knew that he could control the situation.
But facing the pure Sun Simiao, he could only gradually become pure.
He is a good person after all.
Li Yunze could only show up in person and teach Sun Simiao step by step how to extract cowpox, how to make vaccines, how to conduct experiments, how to inoculate, etc.
Not only did I teach in person, I also had to stay up late at night writing, writing out each step in great detail, which really made my eyes red.
Fortunately, the hard work finally paid off. Medicine King Sun Simiao lived up to his title and studied very seriously and quickly.
"Fellow Taoist." Sun Simiao said seriously, holding a thick stack of procedures in his hand, "I want to write this recipe into Qianjin Fang. I wonder if you are willing to part with it?"
At this time, what else can Li Yunze say? "It doesn't matter, you and I are both benevolent doctors. The purpose of hanging a pot to help the world is to prevent the people of the world from suffering from diseases. It's not just to deceive people for money and professional titles. I want to
A person's life savings are all spent on medical treatment.
Inside the museum, we have to hold banners to celebrate. Take it and use it, so that people all over the world can use it for free."
Sun Simiao took a step forward, and held Li Yunze's hand tightly with his big hands that had numerous cuts from picking herbs all year round. "Fellow Daoist, the people of the world will never forget your kindness."
Seeing Sun Simiao leaving Zhuangzi with men and materials and heading towards the Qinling Mountains in the distance, Li Yunze could breathe a sigh of relief.
Sun Simiao went to the depths of the Qinling Mountains to do experiments, and Li Yunze, who was pushed seriously by the old Taoist priest, finally did not have to stay up late to write books.
Back in Zhuangzi, Li Yunze told Zuo Hong before going to bed, "I want to rest. Even if a meteorite falls from the sky, don't wake me up. Otherwise, I will let you clean up the cow dung."
There are naturally piles of cow dung in the cattle farm, and the smell is really hard to describe.
Judging from the breeding density of Lijiazhuang, it is possible to faint directly from the smoke.
There is no doubt that cleaning up cow manure is a tough job.
Zuo Hong beat his chest so loudly that he swore that he would never disturb the village owner's rest even if it was burned by fire or flooded with water. "Whoever dares to disturb the village owner's rest, I, Zuo Hong, will be the first to spare him!"
Then, in the early morning of the next day, before last night's thick fog had completely dissipated, Zuo Hong was already standing in the yard calling out at the top of his voice, 'villager owner~~~villager owner~~~'
The people in Li Yunze's room were kicked away, they really flew out.
The flying debris splashed on Zuo Hong's face, causing many wounds.
But Zuo Hong didn't dare to move at all because there was someone behind him.
A group of guards hurried forward to protect Li Er. They were really frightened.
The flying wooden door almost hit the emperor. If that happened, they would be in big trouble.
Of course, I still have to thank my former comrade-in-arms Zuo Hong, because Zuo Hong blocked the flying debris for the emperor.
"Young people get very angry when they get up in the morning." Li Er, who didn't know when he started growing a mustache, pushed away the crowd and came forward. "It's understandable."
After glancing at Li Er, Li Yunze looked up at the sky, "Don't you have to go to work? Don't you have to go to court early? Are you coming here so early, your head is so wet?"
Li Er also looked up at the sky, and said quietly with his hands behind his back, "There are clouds today, and they are quite thick."
Hearing this, Li Yunze was stunned.
Then it suddenly dawned on me that this was the day the rain had been promised.
When Li Yunze and Sun Simiao were practicing cowpox, there were days when there were heavy clouds in the sky.
It's just that Li Er needs to make a lot of preparations to make this ritual of praying for rain bigger and stronger, in order to achieve the best results.
Offering sacrifices to the sky to pray for rain is never really about praying for rain, but a political action that contains many demands and secret actions and arrangements.
Asking for rain is just a process, what is needed is the result.
Li Yunze raised his head and yawned, then turned back to the room to get ready.
After sorting out the clothes, washing up, and having breakfast after coming out, I set off for Chang'an City.
But before setting off, Li Yunze reached out and tapped Zuo Hong, "Do you still remember what you said last night?"
Zuo Hong, who is neither stupid nor stupid, has a good memory. Of course, he remembers what he said last night: whoever dares to disturb the village owner's rest, he will never spare his words.
But the problem is that it is the emperor who disturbs the village owner's rest. What can he do? He is helpless.
Zuo Hong's eyes were full of pleading.
Li Yunze snorted twice, but didn't say anything more.
When he arrived at the city gate, Li Yunze reined in his horse and simply asked, "When will it rain?"
Li Er looked at him with astonishment for a while, then responded in a deep voice, "Noon."
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded, "Your Majesty, go and prepare. It will rain at noon inside and outside Chang'an City."
The weather today is very suitable. There are many thick clouds in the sky, the wind is not too strong, and the clouds move very slowly.
Looking at Li Yunze's back as he rode away, Li Er's mind was filled with scenes of making waves.
Shaking his head to dispel the scene in his mind, Li Er rode back to Chang'an City with the guards.
This is his stage, and he is about to stage a huge show of worshiping the sky and praying for rain.