Chapter 1113 The Technology Tree Goes astray (First update, please subscribe)
There is morning mist beside the river.
A gentle breeze blew, swaying the branches of the trees on the shore.
In a teahouse by the river, Emperor Zhu was having breakfast.
Pick up a crystal clear soup dumpling, take a bite, and the delicious soup splashes in your mouth, leaving you with an endless aftertaste.
While enjoying breakfast, Emperor Zhu looked into the distance and saw endless grassland outside the city.
grassland!
Although the Brazilian plateau is high, it is extremely flat, with a mild climate and abundant rainfall, which is suitable for crop planting and animal husbandry. In later generations, it is not only the center of Brazilian animal husbandry, but also the origin of Brazilian soybeans. However, if you want to develop the planting industry, you can't do without fertilizers. At present, when chemical fertilizers are not developed, this land is relatively poor, so it is more suitable for animal husbandry.
"When the fertilizer industry develops in the future, we can develop soybean cultivation here."
In fact, under the attention of Emperor Zhu, soybean cultivation in the Ming Dynasty developed very quickly from scratch. As early as 1867, Nanhua Company brought soybeans to Paris to participate in the World Expo, which attracted the attention of European countries to soybeans, soybean oil and soybean cake.
In February of the following year, a ship of the Nanhua Company sailed from Nanhua to London carrying hundreds of tons of soybeans. This voyage was not only the beginning of the export of Nanhua soybeans to Europe and the West, but also the beginning of the export of soybeans and soybean products, which were quickly sold out. Later, large quantities of soybeans were transported to Europe for promotion every year, and the export volume continued to increase. Ten years later, in 1878, the Ming Dynasty exported more than 600,000 tons of soybeans, soybean oil, and soybean cake to Europe. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, by 1888 at the latest, the Ming Dynasty's exports of the three soybeans would exceed one million tons.
Since it is an industrial power, it is also an agricultural power. This is how Emperor Zhu positioned the Ming Dynasty.
And it is true that the Ming Dynasty is the world's largest meat exporter, as well as the world's largest grain exporter. It is also the largest dairy producer. Even now, Ming Dynasty's milk powder is popular in Europe and America, and it almost monopolizes the milk powder market in Europe and America with its quality and price advantages.
The milk powder of Ming Dynasty originated in 1866. In order to solve the problem of overproduction of milk, Emperor Zhu invented the spray method. This method is to first vacuum concentrate the milk to 1/4 of its original volume to become concentrated milk, and then spray it into a drying room with hot air in the form of mist. After dehydration, it is made into powder, and then quickly cooled and sieved before being packaged as a finished product.
Subsequently, many milk powder brands were born in the Ming Dynasty, and the infant formula milk powder prepared by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself benefited the whole world and countless infants and young children. For example, the "Sanlu" infant formula milk powder of the Ming Dynasty is now sold well in Europe and the United States and is a hot commodity in the market. What is certain is that drinking it will definitely not cause stones to form, not because the chemical industry is underdeveloped, but because people always have to have a bottom line.
While drinking the soup made from old hen, Emperor Zhu cast his gaze towards a billboard in the distance. The familiar "Sanlu" logo made him feel mixed emotions. He was of the generation that grew up drinking it, and it was a blessing from God that he didn't have any stones in his kidneys. It was definitely luck and blessing.
"Making money is not shameful...but as a human being, you always have to have some bottom line."
While sighing like this, the Emperor Zhu's mind once again emerged with that pretty figure. It was in the Achilles Palace, where she was lying on her side in a bedroom wearing a purple suspender nightgown. After standing by the door and admiring her figure for a long time, the Emperor Zhu walked over with a sense of interest, and then naturally, they were passionate...
Who would have thought that she was Maria Alexandrovna, well, Eugene's wife.
She actually stayed as a guest at Sissi's house and even lived in the bedroom of Emperor Zhu.
That kind of thing happened... It's just a little unbelievable.
Misunderstand!
It’s definitely a misunderstanding!
Fortunately, the misunderstanding occurred in the simulator.
Although she was already a widow, it was really unbearable to let her live like a widow, but Emperor Zhu was also a man of principles.
Eugene is a good boy, Eugenie is a good lover, what about her?
Although it’s quite exciting to think about it, but... I’m a person of principles!
Therefore, Emperor Zhu temporarily adjusted the train's destination, Genting, so it won't be needed in the near future.
It’s definitely not because Emperor Zhu was worried that he couldn’t control himself. Am I such a person with no self-control?
The main reason is that I am afraid that I cannot bear it. After all, I cannot bear to let her be a widow!
So, I just pretended not to see it, but my heart... still couldn't bear it.
So, Emperor Zhu simply decided to go on a secret trip. After getting off the car halfway, he drove out by himself. Of course, he was not alone, just like now, there were two guards sitting not far away who were having a meal.
There were a few other people in the car outside, and there was a man standing next to his car reading a newspaper.
Wang Youling had just been assassinated. How could the protection of the emperor of the empire be disrespectful?
Although there are portraits of Emperor Zhu Da hanging in every school, he is not worried about being recognized. In the first state, that is, Mato Grosso Province, 90% of the residents are of Chinese descent.
Daizhou, located deep inland, was originally sparsely populated. It was not until a few years after the empire annexed Brazil that Chinese immigrants poured in in large numbers, and a large number of ranches and farms emerged on the grasslands. The reason why Emperor Zhu came here was because this was the place where he fought in the long simulation of rescuing the gold miners.
There is always some emotion.
"Who would have thought that in just twenty years..."
Recalling the "short life of a guerrilla", Emperor Zhu's lips curled up slightly. Although that life was short, it was glorious. He was even regarded as an idol by Castro, Che Guevara and others.
Although his life was short, it was also legendary, and it has supported countless self-media. Even in the 21st century, many Chinese cities are vying for the right to be his hometown, and have built "former residences" and ancestral homes.
In a word, short but glorious.
But for Emperor Zhu, it was all in vain.
That’s right!
It was all in vain, it's like now.
After taking a bite of the soup dumpling and savoring the delicious juice, Emperor Zhu raised his lips with pride.
"How can the Brazilian Spartacus compare to the emperor, the slave liberator... Well, I am still a slave liberator, I liberated millions of slaves!"
When talking about the liberation of slaves, Emperor Zhu felt a surge of pride in his heart. He was indeed very proud. He sent three million Brazilian black slaves back to their homeland, and they returned to Africa as free people. How wonderful!
"After this year's Emperor Prize is created, how about giving yourself a Peace Prize?"
But how do you give yourself an award?
From the left hand to the right hand?
I don’t know how the Russian emperor awarded himself the medal. His shamelessness... is really thick.
Come on, do good things without leaving a name! This is what we should do as an emperor.
After breakfast, Emperor Zhu wandered around Daizhou City, a small pastoral city with a population of only more than 10,000 people. Although the city is not big, it has everything it needs.
From primary school to middle school, from community clinics to hospitals, the infrastructure had already been set up when the plan was made. There were even two Chinese medicine shops, which was rare in Daming, because those Chinese medicine practitioners did not need to travel across the ocean to make a living in Daming.
There are historical reasons why there are few traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the Ming Dynasty. There were few doctors among the early immigrants. Compared with ordinary people, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have a higher chance of surviving in the war. After all, even soldiers from the Heavenly Kingdom would get injured and sick and need medical treatment.
The lack of traditional Chinese medicine directly led to the fact that Chinese medicine in the Ming Dynasty went in a completely different direction from that in China. Although China has the tradition of "If you can't be a good minister, you can be a good doctor", in fact, there is still a big gap between doctors and scholars.
Due to the limitation of level, the traditional Chinese medicine of the Ming Dynasty eliminated the Yin-Yang, Five Elements, metaphysics and witchcraft. The monarch, minister, assistant and envoy, and the guiding drugs to the meridians were also downplayed, mainly because of the lack of level. The traditional Chinese medicine of the Ming Dynasty mainly looked for prescriptions and proven prescriptions to treat diseases from traditional medical works such as "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and "Golden Chamber Synopsis". Especially the latter, and many of the new drugs launched by the Empire Pharmaceutical Company of the Ming Dynasty were made according to proven prescriptions and sold well at home and abroad.
Of course, although these Chinese medicine shops on the market sell Chinese medicine, they are strictly restricted. They can only choose from the types of medicinal materials mentioned in the official prescriptions and cannot be freely combined. Recipes such as hanging ropes, coffin boards, and menstrual belts will never appear in those prescriptions.
The reason for specifying the prescription is that the level of doctors is not high enough. In the early days, there were not enough doctors and their level was low. They could not even take the pulse accurately, let alone prescribe the medicine on their own. Therefore, Emperor Zhu instructed several well-known doctors to come up with a "Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Guide", which is similar to the treatment instructions of later generations. For example, the guide lists the symptoms of diseases such as colds and what prescriptions to use. In a word, by limiting the prescriptions, the difficulty of doctors' diagnosis and treatment can be reduced to meet the basic treatment needs of immigrants.
This was the only solution, after all, there were really few doctors in Nanhua at that time. This also led the Chinese medicine of the Ming Dynasty to another path - medicine.
Doctors in the Ming Dynasty only needed to prescribe medicine based on symptoms. Although this method seemed rigid and dogmatic, it benefited tens of millions of immigrants - even ordinary people could prescribe medicine according to the treatment guidelines, and it also made the training of health workers extremely simple.
With the involvement of Ming Dynasty pharmaceutical companies such as the Imperial Pharmaceutical Company, the traditional method of boiling medicinal soups is rarely seen in the Ming Dynasty market. Almost all prescriptions are made into granules or further extracted into capsules using modern technology.
While traditional medicine was combined with modern chemistry, traditional Chinese medicine took another path in the Ming Dynasty. After abandoning the physiology of zang-fu and meridian acupuncture due to the lack of early level, a new medical system with anatomy and physiology, histology and embryology, biochemistry and molecular biology as basic disciplines was developed through the process of studying the physiological and pathological phenomena of the human body. This medical system is called "Western medicine" in the view of later generations.
Is the current Ming Dynasty medicine Chinese medicine or Western medicine? Even Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself could not tell clearly. Why couldn't he tell clearly?
To put it bluntly, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Ming Dynasty medicine had already gone astray. For example, Ming Dynasty doctors could not take pulses, perform acupuncture, or understand meridians, but they could use stethoscopes, thermometers, sphygmomanometers, and many other clinical diagnostic aids. In addition, the introduction of disciplines such as surgery, anatomy, anesthesia, and aseptic techniques made Ming Dynasty medicine completely different from traditional medicine.
Of course, it is different from "Western medicine". When Emperor Zhu Da taught preoperative hand washing and surgical disinfection in the Nanhua Medical Lecture Room, and first used hot steam to disinfect surgical instruments and dressings, Western medicine at that time was more like a butcher than a doctor, wearing a butcher's apron stained with black blood and sawing arms and legs like a butcher. As for Western pharmacy, it is also hard to describe. It is more like chemistry than pharmacy. It is the kind that wants to pour sulfuric acid into people's mouths.
In what direction will Ming Dynasty medicine develop in the future?
Emperor Zhu was not quite sure, but Daming's traditional medicine was definitely distorted by him.
Looking at the Chinese medicine shop on the side of the road with a sign saying "Baicaotang", he thought for a moment and decided to go in.
As soon as I entered the store, a waiter greeted me warmly.
"Sir, are you here to see a doctor or get medicine?"
"Can you treat the disease? Can you prescribe medicine?"
Emperor Zhu asked.
There are two types of Chinese medicine shops in Daming. One type sells medicine according to the Guidelines, which is the most traditional type. After all, many people in Daming still prefer to boil medicine soup. The other type has traditional Chinese medicine doctors sitting in for consultation, who can prescribe medicine and treat patients. This is a very rare existence in Daming.
"Look at what you said. Who in Daizhou doesn't know Doctor Chen from Baicaotang? They have been practicing medicine for generations. When I was in my hometown, who didn't know Doctor Chen from Jiyuantang? No matter what kind of difficult and complicated disease, he can cure it with just one prescription!"
As soon as the waiter finished speaking, a gentleman with white hair and beard laughed.
"You are the only one who talks nonsense. If I really have that ability, what will happen? As the saying goes, 'Medicine cannot cure incurable diseases, but Buddha can save those who are destined to be saved.' So what disease can be cured by a single medicine?"
He walked up to Emperor Zhu, looked him over briefly and said.
"Sir, are you here to see a doctor?"
"I haven't been sleeping well lately, and when I saw this medicine shop, I came to take a look."
Emperor Zhu said.
"Sir, please come in."
After Emperor Zhu sat down, Doctor Chen took his pulse and looked at him carefully, then spoke.
"Sir, although you are rich, you should always exercise moderation in your indulgence. Indulgence is harmful to your health, so it is better to exercise some moderation. Otherwise, I will prescribe a prescription for you to replenish your energy!"
Uh...indulgence in sex is indeed harmful to your health.
Well, I'm a bit disappointed, why not go back and get a tiger penis to make up for it...
Emperor Zhu said to himself.
Actually, I am quite restrained, otherwise I would have gone directly to Genting. But I still need to be more restrained in the future!
Like all drugstores that prescribe medicine, the doctor writes a prescription and hands it directly to the clerk, who then dispenses the medicine according to the prescription. What the medicine is and how much to use are all secrets that are not passed on.
After that, Emperor Zhu walked out of the pharmacy carrying three packets of medicine. He looked at the medicine in his hand and muttered to himself.
"Could this be Liuwei Dihuang Pills?"
Emperor Zhu was not sure whether the medicine prescribed was Liuwei Dihuang Pills, but what was certain was that in those days, prescriptions were mostly kept confidential in pharmacies.
Even if the prescriptions were published in ancient books, they would add or subtract a few herbs when using them to form their own unique secret recipes.
As for the effect...only those who use it will know.
"How about learning how to discover and collect folk remedies and secret recipes, and then conduct research on them?"
Thinking about the fact that in another time and space, many people made "decisions that went against their ancestors' teachings" and offered up those ancestral secret recipes.
Emperor Zhu was actually hoping to conduct further research on those secret recipes, improve them by combining them with modern medical science, make them into modern medicines, and sell them to countries around the world.
Of course it is not for making money, but for curing diseases and saving lives.
Making money, vulgar!
Save people, Ya!
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(End of this chapter)
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