Emperor Hongxing said with a stern face, "But this meat is really too unpalatable, I don't want to eat it."
The servant, with a pained expression, advised, "Your health is of utmost importance. Even if you don't think about yourself, you must take care of your health for the sake of all people!"
Upon hearing the news from the people of the world, Emperor Hongxing's expression finally changed slightly. He picked up his chopsticks again and began to eat with a furrowed brow.
The servant looked on with pity: "Master, why are you so stubborn? Why come to such a poor, remote place for a widow? It breaks my heart to see you like this!"
“Since the Astrology Pavilion has said so, then she is no ordinary widow. For the sake of all people, I must come and see her.”
Unfortunately, just these past two days, Wan Shu fell ill as soon as he arrived in Sishui County, which prevented him from seeing Wan Shu and forced him to stay in Sishui County.
After managing to eat a few more bites, Emperor Hongxing couldn't eat anymore. He put down his chopsticks again and spoke with a hint of impatience.
"Go out and find out if Wan Shu has come to the county town recently, or if there is any news that she has recovered."
...
Achoo!
Achoo—Achoo—
Achoo—achoo—achoo—
Wan Shu rubbed her swollen nose, her eyes blurry with tears: "Who on earth is talking about me again? It's making me sneeze nonstop."
Meng Wenyuan looked at the two large basins of crushed garlic in front of Wan Shu, covered his nose, and twitched his lips.
"Is it possible that it's not someone talking about you, but rather that you're being irritated by the smell of garlic?"
After saying that, Meng Wenyuan couldn't help but sneeze.
He took a step back in disgust, unable to bear it any longer: "Aunt Liang, why did you have to mash so much garlic?"
The five little ones in the family also didn't understand.
"Mother, you've only just recovered. Why aren't you resting? Why are you pounding so much garlic?"
What else can we do? Of course, we can make allicin!
The pigs from those hundred or so dead pigs have now been distributed to various areas of Jingzhou Prefecture.
Wan Shu predicted that the plague would break out in full force within two days at most.
Now that the plague has broken out, there is nothing she can do but try to alleviate it.
Allicin was the solution she came up with.
Allicin is a relatively easy-to-extract broad-spectrum antibiotic that can be used to treat infections caused by bacteria.
Initially, Wan Shu wanted to buy medicine directly from the system's in-game store.
After all, the medicines in the system store are not only cheap, but also very comprehensive, and can treat both bacterial and viral epidemics.
But as soon as the idea popped into her head, she immediately rejected it.
If she were only treating one person, or even the whole village, she could use the excuse of a master, saying that the medicine was left behind by that master.
But now the plague has spread to an entire prefecture.
She produced enough medicine for an entire prefecture, and the effects were stronger than ever before, which would definitely attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
In the end, it might even bring her death.
The reason she wanted to supply medicine to the entire prefecture was partly due to her compassion; she didn't want to see scenes of corpses strewn everywhere.
Secondly, and most importantly, it's about maintaining a stable life.
If the entire city of Jingzhou were to suffer widespread damage, their family would likely not be able to escape unscathed.
To put it bluntly, the main reason is still to save ourselves.
Since it's for self-preservation, we can't reverse cause and effect, and we can't put ourselves in a dangerous situation because of it.
So in the end, she could only pin her hopes on the only antibiotic that could be extracted in ancient times—garlic!
However, it's clear that not all of this can be said.
She only vaguely explained, "Besides first aid and information about the plague, the master also taught me a life-saving prescription that uses garlic."
Meng Wenyuan frowned, thinking that he had read so many books, but he had never heard of any prescription that would use garlic to save lives.
However, when he realized that it was Aunt Liang who said those words, he felt relieved.
After all, Aunt Liang could save his life, so it's not surprising that she knows some miraculous remedies that ordinary people don't.
He asked with great interest, "How do I set up this pharmacy? I'll come along and help!"
The five little ones also became curious and rolled up their sleeves: "Yes, yes, yes, we'll help too. Mother, please tell us how to do it."
Wan Shu looked at them with a serious expression: "The first step is... to boil the garlic!"
Meng Wenyuan: "..."
The five little ones: "..."
Seeing Wan Shu's serious expression, they assumed that what she was about to instruct on was something very complicated and technically demanding.
The result was boiled garlic!
They all looked a little embarrassed.
"Mother, are you sure it's boiled garlic?"
"Isn't this cooking?"
"No, no, no, this isn't cooking." Wan Shu looked at them inscrutably: "This is called distillation."
As she spoke, she brought out the distiller she had bought from the system's online store from the room.
To conform to the existing technology of the Great Sheng Dynasty, she did not buy glass distillation equipment, but rather copper distillation equipment that looked very old.
Although it looks rather unusual, with the existing technology of the Great Sheng Dynasty, it is possible to make it with a little thought.
And she once again attributed the origin of this thing to a "master".
"This was left to me by a master before he left. If you want to make a miraculous medicine, you must use this."
After saying that, Wan Shu led Meng Wenyuan and the five little ones to boil garlic water.
Oh no, it's the distillation extraction of allicin.
The distillation process for allicin is not difficult; it is similar to the extraction process for essential oils.
However, when Wan Shu was in modern times, he was a complete novice when it came to experiments and had never come into contact with such a thing before.
In addition, the existing environment may be rather rudimentary.
Even with the help of the Baidu system, Wan Shu tried to extract the data several times, but without success.
Seeing that it was getting dark outside, Wan Shu was very discouraged.
"So I really don't have a talent for pharmaceuticals..."
Er Ya gently comforted her, "It's alright, Mother. We can try again tomorrow. You've just recovered and need to rest."
Wan Shu was indeed very tired after a busy day, so she could only rest and get up to work again the next day.
With the experience gained on the first day, Wan Shu was much more skilled at distilling and extracting allicin on the second day.
However, after three distillations, a yellow, oily liquid was extracted.
According to Baidu's explanation, this is what allicin looks like.
After so many failures, Wan Shu had lost confidence and still wanted to find a way to test the effects of allicin.
Before she could come up with a way to conduct the experiment, the villagers outside the courtyard exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh no! Wang Dajiao is dead!"
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