The next day at the court assembly, Liu Hong, beaming with pride, arrived at the Chongzheng Hall with a new type of anesthetic and wound medicine, explaining the effects of the two new drugs to the officials.
The civil and military officials were also shocked. It could even heal open wounds; it was practically a miracle drug.
The military generals in the court, in particular, looked at the new medicine in the emperor's hand with gleaming eyes, as if they were seeing a fairy from heaven.
In this era, the most significant troop losses are not deaths in battle, but deaths from injuries.
In a battle involving tens of thousands of people, perhaps only a few hundred will die in battle, but the number of people who die from injuries later could be as high as several thousand.
Now that these two new drugs are available, wounded soldiers can avoid dying from their injuries. Once they recover and rejoin the battlefield, they will surely become rare and elite veterans.
In short, these two new drugs have enormous effects, enormous benefits, and enormous contributions.
Grand Commandant Li Ying immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the two doctors, Hua Tuo and Zuo Ci, have made great contributions in developing new medicines and deserve to be richly rewarded!"
"We second that proposal!"
After Li Ying finished speaking, generals such as Huangfu Gui, Xu Rong, Lü Bu, and Dong Zhuo stepped forward to petition the emperor for credit for Hua Tuo and Zuo Ci.
Liu Hong smiled and nodded: "By imperial decree, Hua Tuo and Zuo Ci are to develop new medicines. Their achievements will be comparable to opening up new territories. They will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and a thousand bolts of brocade!"
Hua Tuo was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Huayang, a third-rank official, and Zuo Ci as the Marquis of Zuoyin, a third-rank official.
Subsequently, Liu Hong issued another decree to build a royal pharmaceutical factory and accelerate the production of these two new drugs in order to meet the army's needs as soon as possible.
After the court session ended, the Great Han Daily immediately published the efficacy and benefits of the two new medicines in its newspaper. Hua Tuo and Zuo Ci, the developers of the new medicines, were praised and lauded to the fullest extent.
For a time, Hua Tuo and Zuo Ci became household names, and the two gained both fame and fortune.
Those alchemists who were familiar with Zuo Ci or had heard of his great name, while envying his success, flocked to Luoyang, hoping to secure a respectable future.
Despite the praise and discussion from the outside world, Hua Tuo and Zuo Ci, these two experimental fanatics, did not lose their way. Instead, they quickly calmed down and entered the next stage of research.
Unlike Hua Tuo, who was dedicated to healing and saving lives, Zuo Ci appeared harmless on the surface, but his true personality was gloomy and ruthless. Moreover, he enjoyed conducting live experiments, often deliberately infecting slaves with various diseases in order to test his new medicines.
Hua Tuo didn't say much about Zuo Ci's actions, and Liu Hong let it go.
After all, Zuo Ci's approach did make it easier for them to develop more new drugs.
As more and more alchemists came to Luoyang, Liu Hong prepared a new secret manor for them, and Zuo Ci's research was also moved to the new experimental manor.
Like Zuo Ci, these alchemists were mostly people with eccentricities and strange ideas, making them the most suitable candidates for conducting inhumane medical research.
Of course, in addition to requiring these alchemists to study medicine, they were not neglected in their research in chemistry either.
Scientific progress cannot be separated from the combined application of mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Liu Hong didn't understand chemistry, nor did he expect them to be able to research any new chemical products in his lifetime, but everything always needs a beginning.
Once this beginning is established, one year, ten years, a hundred years, one day, the technological level of the Han Dynasty will experience a qualitative leap.
Mid-July.
Liaozhou, Daqing Military Town.
Those scions of gold-digging families and businessmen who dream of striking it rich have been here for over two months.
These people had visited Cao Cao and others many times, hoping that they could send troops to recover Yilou as soon as possible, but they were all turned away.
Left with no other choice, the scions of noble families and merchants went to seek an audience with Huangfu Song, the commander of the Liaozhou camp.
After promising to provide the army with provisions, military expenses, rewards for meritorious service, and compensation for the wounded and the injured, Huangfu Song finally issued the order to Cao Cao and his men to set out on the expedition.
On this day, drums resounded in Daqing Military Town.
The 40,000 Liaozhou soldiers stationed here, armed and armored, stood in formation in the center of the drill ground.
Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, and Sun Jian stood side by side on the command platform.
Outside the training ground, the scions of noble families and a group of merchants also looked on with anticipation at the heroic Han soldiers.
On the command platform, Cao Cao stepped forward, looked at the soldiers, and shouted, "Brothers, that King Yilou does not respect the rule of the king and intends to be an enemy of our great Han. What do you say we should do?"
"kill!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!!"
Forty thousand soldiers raised their weapons and shouted in unison. Without needing many words, their morale had already reached its peak.
With the implementation of the military merit system, the soldiers in the army are eager to go into battle and kill the enemy. Now that the opportunity is right in front of them, they are naturally very excited.
"Set off!!"
Immediately, Cao Cao waved his hand, and a horn sounded. Forty thousand soldiers turned around in unison and marched out of the camp in neat formation.
Soon, the army left the military town, while the scions of noble families and merchants, leading transport teams, escorted large quantities of grain and fodder, following behind the army.
The 40,000-strong army, consisting of 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, along with transport teams and soldiers, was touted as a force of 200,000, and marched in a mighty procession toward Yilou.
Shortly after Cao Cao and his troops left, Huangfu Song dispatched a force of 20,000 men from Jilin County to secretly garrison Daqing Army Town.
Yilou Palace.
Upon learning that the Han Dynasty had dispatched 200,000 troops to attack him, the King of Yilou was immediately terrified and turned pale. The officials he had summoned were also at a loss.
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