Doudou is looking after the newborn baby in the outer room
"Why are you like a red monkey?"
"It will be red now and white after a few days. The redder it is, the whiter it will become."
"It's better not to be too white, otherwise you won't look like a gigolo!"
Bai Zhiyue patted Doudou,
"You're the only one talking nonsense. You look handsome with your features. Don't be ugly, or you'll be outshone if you stand next to him."
"How am I ugly? I'm obviously a handsome boy. Every time I go to a party, I'm surrounded by a group of boys and girls. They all want to be my friend and say I look better than them."
"You better be more careful and don't be fooled by a few little flatterers!"
"Hehe, no way, that's all I'm saying. But don't call me ugly, it hurts my pride!"
The naughty kid has so many things to do, but he is becoming more and more like a child now. Bai Zhiyue is also happy. It is a blessing to be able to be a child happily without any burden or pressure.
This year, a not-so-small event occurred in the palace.
The virtuous concubine did not find an opportunity to take action during the queen's pregnancy, but the eldest prince fell ill from time to time, and once even vomited blood, which made her more resentful.
She didn't blame herself for using the medicine on her own child in order to win favor, nor did she blame herself for not taking good care of the child. Instead, she blamed the emperor for only caring about the queen's health and wanting a legitimate son.
Unfortunately, the queen was very cautious and she failed to do it several times, so she made an ugly doll herself.
They bribed someone to get the queen's horoscope and wrote it on both sides. They then gave her dozens of needles every day. The dense needles were terrifying to look at.
She remembered hearing that if the acupuncture lasted for 49 days, the queen would become ill or even die.
It turned out that the Queen had already planted people in her palace. In the past, she was seen as powerless and did not care because of insufficient evidence. But this time the matter was no small matter, as witchcraft had always been a royal taboo.
The queen personally led people to catch the culprit in the act, and there was both witness and evidence.
The emperor was very angry about this and banished her to the cold palace.
Later, he found out that half of the eldest prince's illness was caused by her, and he was so angry that he almost wanted to kill her.
He was almost forty years old when he raised two sons, but both of them were harmed by their own mother.
Later, a special imperial physician was sent to carefully nurse him, hoping that he would at least live past thirty and leave behind an heir. This also led to a greater concern for the Second Prince, which improved his situation. After all, he had too few sons.
Fortunately, the queen finally gave birth to a healthy son, and two newcomers to the harem were also found to be pregnant, which made the emperor greatly relieved.
In the past two years, because the queen's family was sensible and the queen herself was generous, he became closer to the queen. This was a good thing and conducive to the stability of the harem.
The Queen resolved the issue and specially sent several boxes of gifts to Bai Zhiyue as a thank you for her reminder.
She became more and more concerned about the Bai mother and son. Even the Marquis of Pingnan let go of his resentment towards her and sent gifts to her mansion every year.
Breeding techniques and related veterinary drugs have become popular, and cattle that can do farm work are no longer a scarcity. More and more fields are being reclaimed, and with the emergence of chemical fertilizers that increase production and fattening, there is no need to worry about empty granaries anymore.
Even if there is a famine, as long as it is not particularly large-scale, we can always survive by relying on stored food.
A few years later, the food for the soldiers at the border was greatly improved. They could often eat dried meat and even fresh meat. Their ordinary cotton-padded clothes were also lined with a layer of sheepskin to keep them warm and resistant to cold. This was a benefit for the soldiers in the north.
They were physically strong and not afraid of the cold, so naturally there were fewer casualties in the battles, and in the end they defeated the Tartars and forced them to surrender.
Doudou started learning medicine at the age of three. With the help of the equipment in the space, after he turned twelve, he would occasionally come up with some prescriptions for curing diseases and saving lives. Some of them were left by Pengda, and he improved and perfected them.
The truth is that that person only talked about the therapeutic effects and often ignored the side effects on the body. After learning various medical knowledge, Doudou combined what he knew to make a more effective medicine with basically no side effects.
Later, he specialized in studying various epidemic diseases, conducting experiments in the laboratory with specimens, looking for substances in Chinese herbal medicines that could inhibit the therapeutic effect.
It really worked for him. There were medicines for plague, waterlogged malaria, and even some that specifically killed parasites.
Saved countless lives in various natural disasters
But antiparasitic drugs are not free, and not everyone is willing to pay for them. Even if it is an official requirement, many people will not use them.
Bai Zhiyue sets aside three hundred thousand taels every year, and the medicines bought with this money are distributed free of charge to poor families, who are actually the most susceptible to infection but also care the least.
She had seen many children with big heads, only skin and bones left on their bodies, and bloated bellies. Their families had no money to buy medicine to treat their illnesses, so they just suffered like that until the day they died.
There are a lot of bugs that can burrow through the belly, it's really...
It’s not that the emperor doesn’t want to make everything free. If he does, his annual expenses will be too high. The key is that it’s not something that can be done this year and then not done next year. It is a long-term and continuous thing.
The emperor, who had just escaped poverty and had a somewhat abundant treasury, was unable to do this. He had too much to do, including building water conservancy projects, reservoirs, bridges, roads, and various other expenses.
The more you earn, the more you spend.
Bai Zhiyue has a lot of money and is willing to do some good deeds. Over the years, she not only provides medicine for free, but she and Doudou also donate money and supplies wherever there is a disaster or war.
The main reason was that she had too much income, not to mention the money she had previously stored in the space, plus the income from several technical formulas, more than 20 shops, and the income from so many farms.
There are several other big sources of income. She made beauty products, bath products and soaps, and cooperated with the princess and the Princess of Qi to set up a large workshop. The sales of these products amounted to several million silver dollars every year.
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