Chapter 190 Emergency Book...
What medical miracle?
That is clearly a system-added feature!
Qiao Yan's current physique is indeed inseparable from her daily hard training, but as Hua Tuo said, her previous condition should be called a deficiency disease, which was a problem with the body itself.
To develop to her current state, it is no longer possible for her to rely on so-called exercise and dietary supplements to achieve such a breakthrough in seven years.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a medical miracle.
Qiao Yan certainly couldn't attribute it to God's mercy.
It is not a wise move to tie yourself to destiny in this era.
Just like how Emperor Ling of Han allowed her and Zhang Jue to refute the theory of the correspondence between heaven and man.
If she said today that she had recovered, it was because Bingzhou's governance was gradually getting back on track and people's livelihood was stable, and God could not bear to see her suffer from illness, so he let her recover.
Two years later, there was the drought and locust plague that lasted for three or four years, and the great epidemic that left nine out of ten houses empty during the Jian'an period. How should she protect herself from the influence of public opinion?
The best way is to divert Hua Tuo's attention with another thing.
"Perhaps it's the local climate and soil that determine the local people." Qiao Yan's nonchalant answer obviously could not explain Hua Tuo's confusion.
But he soon didn't have the extra time.
He came to Bingzhou because of pepper, a special material that is hard to come by in this era.
But Qiao Yan said solemnly that he was invited for another important matter, which required Hua Tuo's support.
For someone like Hua Tuo who wanted to apply his medical skills to various parts of the Central Plains, staying in one place was not actually his first choice.
But what Qiao Yan said was: "Mr. Wu has been practicing medicine in Bingzhou for several years and has recorded thousands of diseases. When we were summarizing it last year, we found some problems. Take typhoid fever as an example. The existing prescriptions are all large prescriptions. They are too complicated in configuration. If they are used in large states and counties, it would be fine. But if they are used in remote areas, I am afraid that even if we know which prescription is suitable for the disease, we cannot collect all the medicinal materials."
Hua Tuo replied: "This is because the current medical canon requires that the medicine cure the disease immediately, and the dosage must be sufficient in the prescription."
Qiao Yan pointed at himself and said, "But in fact, people have the ability to heal themselves. My case can be considered a special case, but there are also cases where people can recover after the symptoms are alleviated to a certain extent. The other is to achieve the purpose of auxiliary treatment through dietary supplements."
Hua Tuo was lost in thought when he heard Qiao Yan say, "In fact, it's not just the remote areas that can't get all the medicines. The medicines in the world are like wheat in the north and rice in the south. Each has its own growing environment. However, now is a time of unrest. It's very difficult to communicate between the north and the south. It's not easy to find a doctor to see a doctor. In the time it takes to find a doctor and medicine, people have died three times."
Qiao Yan's statement was a bit exaggerated, but Hua Tuo really had no way to refute her.
He is a miracle doctor but not a god. He cannot turn herbs into medicine. When he was treating patients in different places, he could only change the prescriptions as much as possible to make it easier for people to prepare the medicine.
But he heard Qiao Yan's tone, as if he had some ideas, so he asked: "What do you mean?"
"I want to publish a book and ask Mr. Yuanhua to compile it. It's called 'Prescriptions for Emergencies'."
"Part of this is the record of existing symptoms, trying to record as many different symptoms as possible so that when an emergency occurs, it can be determined what it is."
"The second part is what I mentioned before, simplifying some of the large prescriptions into small, easy-to-use prescriptions suitable for rural areas. This cannot be done by someone who has only a rough understanding of medical skills. I will only feel at ease if I let Mr. Yuanhua take on this task."
In fact, a hundred years later, such a medical book came out, written by the famous doctor Ge Hong, called "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow".
This means that it can be readily accessible from behind the elbow.
The development of medical skills caused by the rampant epidemics during the Three Kingdoms period and the demand for doctors brought about by the wars led to the formation of a medical book that was more popular among the people during Ge Hong's time.
But from another perspective, such medical books did not appear until the Western Jin Dynasty, perhaps because the practice of medicine was greatly restricted during the turmoil in the world.
Before the emergence of medical temples similar to hospitals, although there were medical clinics, doctors' diagnosis and treatment were still more focused on individual medical practice.
But Qiao Yan had the conditions and the foresight to support Hua Tuo and Wu Pu to do this.
The medical tips published in Leping Monthly were a preliminary attempt at promotion, and are now being implemented in a truly systematic manner.
With Hua Tuo's keen eyesight, he would not fail to see how much benefit it would bring if such a book of emergency medical skills could be developed.
The current relatively stable situation in Liangzhou and Bingzhou is indeed suitable for him to concentrate on writing the book.
After all, Hua Tuo's hometown, Qiao County of Pei State, was in the midst of war at that time because Liu Bei was ordered to conquer Yuan Shu.
Otherwise he wouldn't have come here at this time.
He asked, "Then may I ask, sir, if this book is successful, how should it be promoted and used?"
Although Qiao Yan did not use the name "Emergency Prescription for Elbow" which sounds more like a medical book that can be easily found, the word "emergency" in "Emergency Prescription" made it easy for Hua Tuo to see Qiao Yan's ambition to promote it.
Simply archiving the books in Leping Academy or the provincial capital would certainly not achieve her desired goal.
Of course, the fact that he asked this question meant that he agreed with Qiao Yan's suggestion.
Hearing this, Qiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
Relying on something new like pepper could not guarantee that Hua Tuo would stay here for a long time, but writing books could.
While writing the book, he always had to provide medical treatment and train disciples in order to expand the caseload, thus ensuring Bingzhou's core medical capabilities.
With Hua Tuo around, she could also appropriately shift the focus of Wu Pu's work toward military emergency relief, and she wouldn't feel guilty for giving him too many tasks.
In addition, although Hua Tuo's surgical skills were groundbreaking, his internal medicine skills were not bad either, especially his attainments in gynecology and pediatrics. Once he confirmed that he would stay here for a long time, Qiao Yan would have something to explore.
As for the question of how to promote Hua Tuo, Qiao Yan replied: "With the quality of Lepinghou paper, it is not difficult to record and copy it. Then, the chiefs of each township, pavilion, and village will each hold a copy, which will be convenient for reference when necessary. I will have it included in the items of Bingzhou government assessment, and the assistant will be responsible for supervision."
This method of operation was not difficult to assign with her status as the governor of Bingzhou, and it was also a reassurance for Hua Tuo.
When she sent Hua Tuo to meet up with his disciple Wu Pu, Qiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "There is one more thing I want to discuss with Mr. Yuan Hua."
Hua Tuo smiled and said, "Now I understand why my disciple wanted me to help him out."
Qiao Yan has really taken labor exploitation to the extreme.
Completing the pre-made medical book on emergency prescriptions was already an extremely daunting project, but luckily for her, she was able to think of something else at this time.
But after hearing what Qiao Yan said, Hua Tuo, who had always been cautious in medicine, couldn't help but straighten his expression.
Qiao Yan asked, "Mr. Yuanhua, you must have heard of the sore?"
Hua Tuo nodded. "When this disease strikes, blisters appear on the face and head, and then spread all over the body, turning from red to white, and bursting when touched. Even if the patient does not die, purple and black sores will be left on the skin, and it will take a year to heal. I have seen this when I was practicing medicine in the Central Plains. May I ask if anyone under your command has this disease? They must be isolated as soon as possible."1
"That's not the case." Qiao Yan replied.
Smallpox is the disease caused by smallpox.
This disease occurred among the Hu soldiers during the battle of Nanyang during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, so it was named Luchuang.
She continued, "I sent people to travel along the Silk Road this time. In addition to bringing back sesame, I also heard about a special case in Kushan. It was said that a family's cows were infected with this kind of scab, which was transmitted to the cattle breeder, but the symptoms were much milder than ordinary scab. After the scab was cured, it happened that the scab spread here, but this person was not infected. I would like to ask Mr. Yuanhua to study this matter if he has time."
The symptoms and names of medical diseases are often not clearly defined nowadays, and large-scale infectious diseases are collectively referred to as epidemics.
But there are many types of major epidemics, including plague, dysentery, leprosy, etc. Therefore, during the great epidemic during the Zhongping period, Qiao Yan could only use general methods to prevent and control it.
This situation did not change until Ge Hong's emergency prescriptions, which included clear records of diseases such as smallpox, leptospirosis, and icteric hepatitis, which were actually very likely to occur in a major epidemic.
Qiao Yan was helpless with other things, but he still remembered cowpox as smallpox.
However, everyone has their own expertise, so let's leave it to Hua Tuo.
All she could do was to rely on the fact that she had people traveling along the Silk Road and that her channels for obtaining information were not limited to the Central Plains. Under certain circumstances, she could make up a story.
Anyway, no one can disprove what she "heard".
Even if it is exposed, the product that benefits the people has already appeared. Who dares to say that this is not a white lie?
Hua Tuo agreed immediately and claimed that he would study the matter carefully.
After settling it down, Qiao Yan went to the fortress in the mountains to see the homing pigeons raised there.
The pigeons kept in cages are certainly not white pigeons, but small silver-gray pigeons with only their feet being white.
After being domesticated in Bingzhou for more than half a year, these pigeons have become familiar with their nests here. Even when a stranger, Qiao Yan, suddenly appeared to feed them, the pigeons did not feel shy.
Qiao Yan withdrew his hand from spreading the feed, glanced at the pigeon cages, and said to Xi Zhicai and Lu Yuan, "The news that was safely sent back from Yangzhou and Yanzhou last time has proved the superiority of pigeons for sending messages. It's about time to expand the scale of raising pigeons."
"But in this case, pigeons in different places need to be marked accordingly, and the code of pigeon messaging can only be cracked by trusted people."
"I would like to let Mr. Zhicai do this."
Hua Tuo has arrived, and with the restrictions on Xi Zhicai's alcohol consumption in recent years and the additional dietary supplements, this additional workload is not a problem for Xi Zhicai.
Besides, he was only asked to think about the optimization of the password and the selection of people who would be responsible for mastering the password, not to raise pigeons himself. Nothing can go wrong.
Qiao Yan added: "In addition, there is another drawback to the scale of sending messages by carrier pigeons."
When she said this, she looked at Lu Yuan, allowing Lu Yuan to confirm that this was the task assigned to her.
She thought about it for a moment and roughly knew what Qiao Yan was going to say.
Nowadays, it is difficult to stabilize transportation routes across the country. If people find out that carrier pigeons can deliver messages, the pigeons' belongings will easily expose the messenger's identity.
The features are too obvious, and the creature being carried is alive.
So the possibility of being discovered must be postponed.
This requires finding a suitable way to transport homing pigeons while expanding the scale of pigeon breeding.
She replied: "I suggest that you use the caravan as a cover to transport the pigeons, but we cannot put all our hopes on the Mi clan of the East Sea for this caravan."
When I sent Zheng Xuan and others to Bingzhou, I had already borrowed their strength, but I couldn’t use it every time.
Since Donghai County does not belong to Qiao Yan, no one can guarantee when they will defect.
Then it is best to prepare another more reliable subordinate for yourself to serve as the person to expand the intelligence network.
"This person must be eloquent and have a certain degree of skill. Most importantly, he must be loyal to you, or at least be completely controlled by you."
This will also be a project that requires long-term operation, so this person must be able to endure not holding an official position for a long time and being just a businessman.
These constraints naturally excluded Mi Zhu.
He could be the trading partner for Qiao Yan to exchange things and materials, but he would not be someone Qiao Yan could trust with the matter.
Qiao Yan said to Lu Yuan, "Yes, as for this candidate, I hope you can give me an answer within three months."
She was certain that there was currently no one under her command who fully met this condition.
Xu Shu, who is relatively suitable for the job, has almost been tied to her. Suddenly asking him to change his career and go into business would probably only arouse other people's suspicion.
Then we can only try to find a suitable candidate among the existing relatives and new applicants.
It’s not easy…
Qiao Yan said that he had given this task to Lu Yuan, but as he continued to look over other matters in Bingzhou, he couldn't help but be distracted by this matter and thought about it for a while.
Until Cai Zhaoji came to report to her on the progress of Leping Monthly Report, she interrupted her thoughts.
Zhao Ji, who had grown a lot taller, sounded more imposing when reporting on the affairs, which made Qiao Yan collect his thoughts and focus on her, feeling the joy of successfully nurturing a young seedling.
She only said, "In the May issue of Leping Monthly, the agriculture section was temporarily changed to economics, and the matter of the prince's arrangement to recycle the copper coins with missing corners on the market and recast the standard five-zhu coins was published in it. For this purpose, the prince and I applied for it and went to the coin minting three officials."
This was something Cai Zhaoji had mentioned to Qiao Yan before.
The standardization and recasting of currency, as the currency became more and more circulated between Liangzhou and Bingzhou, strengthened the confidence of the people of Bingzhou.
Compared with Dong Zhuo's small amount of money, Qiao Yan's protection of the economic order is even more evident.
But when she mentioned it again in June, it was clear that she had another purpose.
She went on to say, "The three officials of Bingzhou were transferred from the three officials of Shanglin. The craftsmanship in the forging of the coin mold was very high, and the words "five baht" on the corresponding coins were also very clear."
"I'm thinking about a question. We can use coin molds to cast coins, so why can't we use literary molds to mass-produce books..."
Before Cai Zhaoji finished speaking, she saw Qiao Yan's expression suddenly turn serious.
She raised a finger to silence him.
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