When the head of the Ouyang family gave the order, Pan Jinhua naturally complied.
Not only did he order Li Qingyao to present all the records from the past few days, but he also summoned Mo Qiaoniang, Li Qingzhi, and Li Qingjun to him so that the physician brought by the head of the Ouyang family could examine them carefully.
"Sir, there is no problem. These three people are in good health, with only a slight deficiency of vital energy, but there is nothing serious."
"Are you sure everyone has been treated with scabs?"
"I dare not deceive you, sir."
The head of the Ouyang family naturally knew that the Li family dared to make this request, so there must be no problem. He just couldn't help but blurt it out.
"Good! If this cowpox vaccine is so effective, our people will never have to suffer from smallpox again!"
"Are the other three still in this back room?"
"That's right, sir."
The head of the Ouyang family looked them over and nodded. "The Ouyang family has seen the Li family's good intentions."
Hearing these words from Patriarch Ouyang, the Li family members were all relieved.
All these things were done to show the Ouyang family, the Empress, and the Emperor the Li family's efforts. Suppressing his inner joy, he hurriedly arranged for someone to inoculate Wang Jiao with smallpox.
The Ouyang family also arranged for people to go in with them. Nowadays, the Ouyang family is not short of people who have survived smallpox and recovered. They are gathering these people because they actually have the idea of taking their blood to feed the crown prince. This is something they would only do as a last resort, so let's not talk about it for now.
Wang Jiao's condition was not good. At this moment, the person who was being vaccinated was holding a cylindrical, unidentified object in his hand, with the tip resembling a gold needle.
This syringe cost Pan Jinhua over five thousand taels of silver. Its exorbitant price was astonishing.
The needle body is made of glass, and glass is still available today, mainly for the palace, so ordinary people rarely see it. Glass is precious to begin with, and to make it into such a thin, cicada-wing-like tube is even more difficult. But with such a great reward, there will surely be brave men.
With the help of the Ouyang family and a large sum of money, Pan Jinhua went directly to the department in charge of glassmaking at the Ministry of Works. It is well known that craftsmen have low status and meager salaries. Pan Jinhua offered 500 taels of silver as a reward, which attracted many people to work day and night to make the glass. Later, the reward was increased to 800 taels. The potential of people is truly limitless. In just one week, Pan Jinhua obtained the glass body.
Pan Jinhua not only gave a reward to the craftsman who made the tube, but also to everyone in the entire glassmaking department. Everyone from top to bottom was taken care of, and no one was dissatisfied. In fact, many people were hoping that the Li family would place another order.
That craftsman was quite clever; he used the reward money to buy a house and spent it all. I heard that before that, his whole family had been renting a house from others.
The gold needle craftsmanship is not simple either, but the weaving process can even produce gold thread, and gold has good ductility, so it is easier to obtain than the tube body.
Upon seeing the person who had been vaccinated take out a syringe, the person sent by the Ouyang family immediately spoke up to inquire.
"Your Excellency, this is a syringe. As you can see, the concentrated liquid inside was extracted from the cowpox vaccine. What I am about to do is inject this liquid into his body."
The man nodded after listening, then fell silent, only keeping a close eye on his movements.
Wang Jiao's condition was not good at this moment. He had a fever, many red rashes on his body, his eyes were glazed, and his temples were wet with sweat. However, he was still conscious and knew what his situation was.
"Young master, I'm going to get vaccinated."
Wang Jiao responded and let the inoculator carry out the procedure.
The inoculator injected the liquid into Wang Jiao's wound. The action was quick. After the syringe was empty, the two were removed from the room. Of course, they could not come out directly. The two had to wash and take a medicinal bath, and their clothes had to be burned. They could only appear in public after a night.
During this period, the head of the Ouyang family read through the experimental records of Mo Qiaoniang, Li Qingzhi, and Li Qingjun several times, and even copied them back to the Ouyang family immediately for verification.
This record is of great importance; if it is true, they will no longer have to worry about smallpox!
Li Xushi and Li Qingjing's wounds began to scab over, and the rashes on their bodies showed visibly signs of improvement. Their chills and fever also disappeared.
The head of the Ouyang family even left someone at the Li family's residence to record and report the symptoms of the three people every day. As for Wang Jiao, he did not have a fever again on the third day after being vaccinated.
Upon hearing this, the head of the Ouyang family took the pile of things directly to Duke Chengen. Not long after, Duke Chengen left the mansion and headed for the palace.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Cheng'en requests an audience, saying it concerns the Empress and the Crown Prince."
"Announce."
Ying Hao is currently in a state of utter chaos, having suspended court for nearly half a month. As an emperor, this is quite capricious, but at this critical moment, no one dares to object.
Hearing that it was the Duke of Cheng'en who had come, and that it was for this matter, no matter how impatient he was, he still had to see him.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings."
After entering, Duke Cheng'en Ouyang bowed deeply to show his respect.
"Lord Cheng'en, please don't be like this. Your Excellency said you came about the smallpox, but is there good news?"
"That's exactly right! Your Majesty, please take a look at this."
Da Ban hurriedly took the documents brought by Cheng En Gong and presented them to Ying Hao.
"His Majesty is no stranger to the Li family. The tofu and regenerated rice of a few years ago, and now the soap, are all the work of the Li family."
"Of course I know. The last time the Crown Prince's smallpox scabs were removed, it was with my approval. Is there really progress now?"
Ying Hao took the document, but before he could even look at it, he heard Duke Cheng'en mention the Li family. This Li family was truly remarkable; their early methods of cultivating rice, such as the regenerated rice, were a testament to their immense benefit to the people. Three years ago, the Ouyang family suddenly came to the palace, claiming they wanted to start a soap business, and it was the Li family who provided the soap.
The Li family's soap business grew so large not only because of the Ouyang family's backing, but also because of the emperor. Of the 30/70 split, the Ouyang family received only 20%, while the remaining 50% went into the emperor's private treasury. Even the emperor was poor; he needed to increase his income.
Although the Ouyang family gained little profit, they earned the emperor's deep trust, something that no amount of money could buy.
"It was truly a blessing from heaven. From the common rumor that cattle herders were less likely to contract smallpox, Madam Pan of the Li family painstakingly discovered cowpox. Using this cowpox vaccine, they found that it could indeed cure smallpox. The above documents are all records of the Li family's experiments. The elder brother was also present to witness the vaccination of the last person. At the same time, the Ouyang family was also verifying this matter."
As Ying Hao listened, he quickly flipped through the papers in his hand. The records on them were concise and straightforward, very easy to understand. The person's height, weight, age, symptoms, recording time, and so on were all complete, which excited him greatly.
"Excellent! Excellent! Great! Summon Pan Jinhua to the palace immediately, and at the same time have someone test this medicine on the Crown Prince."
"yes."
Ōtomo stepped forward respectfully, took the document, held it carefully in his hand, and hurriedly left the hall.
Note: Cowpox could only prevent smallpox, it could not cure smallpox, and the virus has now been eradicated.
This is just to exaggerate the heroine's achievements; readers should not misunderstand.
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