Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

In fact, in ancient times, it was quite normal for a woman to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and even a woman over the age of 20 was already considered the kind of person who was too old to marry.

As for married women, what they hope most is to give birth to an offspring for their husband's family as soon as possible, but they don't know that their thoughts make pregnancy even more difficult. There are many reasons for miscarriage.

If you are lucky, if you are born, because of the lack of nutrients absorbed in the mother's body, the physical fitness of the born baby is generally poor. Let alone live past one year old, it is a big challenge to live a full moon safely up.

"It's difficult for Daqin's baby to grow up, and it's actually related to the woman's age at marriage? Is it true or not?"

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Che suspiciously. He had reason to suspect that this was Zhao Che's excuse for not getting married.

"Of course it is true. If you don't believe me, Dad, you can ask someone to investigate and compare the chances of successful pregnancy and childbirth for women aged 20 and [-] or [-] to see if it is what I said."

The data in Zhao Che's hands is just a rough statistic without too detailed records, but for Ying Zheng, it is not too difficult to check such a thing.

As soon as the servant got Ying Zheng's order and left, Xia Wuqie walked in.

"I have met Your Majesty, the Young Master, and all the adults!"

"Excuse me, sit down!"

Ying Zheng waved his hand, signaling Xia Wuqiu to sit down, and then couldn't wait to ask about what Zhao Che told him just now.

"Xia Wuqi, just now Che'er told the widow that whether a pregnant woman can successfully give birth to an heir is related to her age. Do you think this makes sense?"

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Xia Wuqie frowned and remembered.

"Xia Wuqi, you can refer to the difficulty and success rate of pregnancy and childbirth between a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old woman and a twenty-five-year-old woman."

Hearing Zhao Che's reminder from the side, Xia Wuqie's eyes lit up.

"How did the young master find out about this? Speaking of which, it seems that it is very difficult for a relatively young woman to successfully conceive and give birth to an heir, but for a woman after the age of 25, as long as there are no problems, Babies are generally born without problems, and the babies born are stronger."

Although Xia Wuqiu is the imperial physician of Xianyang Palace, he also practiced medicine in Zhao State in his early years, and although he seldom assisted in midwifery work, it is not completely ignorant.

Zhao Che has already explained the truth in such a simple way, how could Xia Wuqiu fail to respond?
"So, the birth of a baby is really related to the age of the mother?"

Ying Zheng frowned. For thousands of years, it has been normal for women to marry and give birth at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Hearing this kind of news suddenly is indeed a bit shocking.

"Your Majesty, if the subject's guess is correct, it should be that those young women are still in the process of growing up, so premature pregnancy will cause great damage to their bodies."

"Because of the physical development of these women, they still need a lot of nourishment. However, in the first two years of the Great Qin Dynasty, it was difficult for the heads of Guizhou to barely eat enough. This caused the women themselves to compete with the baby for food, which eventually led to the baby's death. Easy miscarriages happen."

"Since the young master has given a comparison age, then the minister guesses that the most suitable age for a woman to give birth should be around 25 years old."

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Xia Wu is worthy of being an imperial physician, and he also learned a lot of modern medical skills from Zhao Che, so he quickly understood the mystery, and deduced and discovered the optimal age of childbearing for women.

"Che'er said the same thing just now. It seems that this matter is indeed reasonable. You can consider informing the world's heads of Guizhou about this matter."

Both Zhao Che and Xia Wuqiu had already cleared up Yingzheng's confusion. What else could he say? For the sake of the health of the head of the Qin Dynasty and the healthy growth of the baby, it is better to slow down the childbearing age.

"Father, the slowing down of childbearing age is only one of the reasons. Whether you can conceive and give birth in October smoothly, you must not only consider the problems during pregnancy, but also the childbirth and the raising of the baby after giving birth."

"I have a plan to specially train a group of female doctors and teach them modern medical skills, especially the technology of midwifery. This will greatly increase the success rate of babies born successfully."

"Secondly, I just read that there are many pregnant women who are prone to dystocia. The end result is that adults and children may not be able to keep them. Therefore, I plan to promote caesarean section to reduce the difficulty of childbirth again."

"Secondly, Daqin will establish hospitals in various places, and at the same time set up a special birth department, to serve these pregnant women in Daqin, encourage them to check their bodies regularly, carry out physical conditioning according to the doctor's advice, and learn some scientific birth theory knowledge."

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Zhao Che intends to bring over the later generation's theory of fertility knowledge. Daqin now has no financial pressure, and the northern grasslands have been pacified militarily.

Now that the development of Daqin has been on the right track, the matter of population growth must be put on the agenda, and it must be more scientific and smooth.

"Yes, yes, but what does this caesarean section mean? Could it be that the pregnant woman's belly is cut open and the baby is taken out?"

There was a trace of panic in Ying Zheng's eyes. Although he had never seen this caesarean section before, just hearing the name was scary enough.

This is not comparable to stabbing the body with a knife, directly digging open the stomach, and then taking out the child. This is too bloody and cruel. Can the husband agree?
"Dad, don't worry, caesarean section is just a surgical method. Although it is true that a person's stomach is cut open and the baby is taken out, as long as it is handled properly, it will not harm the life of the pregnant woman at all. It's just a scar."

"Is it true that no one will die?"

Ying Zheng was still a little unconvinced.

"Can I still lie to you? Not only will caesarean section not kill people, but it will save people. If caesarean section can be carried out, there will not be so many pregnant women dying of dystocia."

"Okay, you are fully responsible for this matter, but how to persuade pregnant women in Daqin to accept your caesarean section is none of my business."

Ying Zheng casually agreed to Zhao Che's plan, but he didn't understand what happened next, and he didn't want to get involved.

Ever since he handed over the government affairs of the court to Fusu, Ying Zheng's character seemed to have become a lot more lazy all of a sudden.

To borrow a sentence from a certain emperor's uncle, the widow has fought for a lifetime, so can't he enjoy it?
"Xia Wuqi, let's go back and start experimenting with the establishment of the fertility department at Jingyang Hospital. You recruit a group of female doctors who are willing to come. It is best to have medical experience. If you have no medical experience, give priority to those who are skilled. Steady lady."

Zhao Che turned his head and ordered Xia Wuqiu.

In fact, it is better to choose male doctors to train caesarean section doctors, not only because of the scarcity of female doctors, but also because women are naturally weaker than men.

Of course, women's personality is also good, that is, careful, but most women, after seeing the bloody scene, feel somewhat unacceptable in their hearts.

And a cesarean section involves cutting open the stomach of a living person by hand, and taking out the baby from the inside.

Even an emperor like Ying Zheng, who is used to seeing life and death, can't help but stand up when thinking of such things, let alone ordinary women.

Therefore, it is definitely not so difficult to train a qualified female doctor. Even if the training is good, it is very likely that she will lose the chain at a critical moment.

But this point, Zhao Che can't help, because the thinking of ancient people is much more traditional, and the difference between men and women is even more important.

Whose wife, even if she is wearing thin clothes, she will be poked on the back and scolded as a vixen when she walks on the street, let alone let them lie on the bed and take off their clothes and be stared at by several big men for surgery up.

Therefore, for the consideration of ethics and morality, Zhao Che finally decided to respect the traditional thinking of today's people, and spend a lot of effort to train a group of qualified female doctors.

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