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Thomas Sydenham's name is rarely mentioned in time-travel novels, but this name is related to a drug in England in the seventeenth century.

The name of the drug is laudanum.On the streets of London at that time, this thing was as casual as selling candied haws.Even in the eighteenth century, on the streets of Europe, this substance was sold as a panacea for all diseases.

To drain a region dry of money, one cannot hope to achieve the end through one means.For example, in the arms trade, this kind of trade can only make money for the country; while ordinary trade can make money for ordinary people; however, there is another class between the country and the people, that is, the distinguished or elite class.Britain’s Opium War against the Qing Dynasty did not plunder the bottom of the people, nor the treasury, but the pockets of the rich.

In fact, this was later achieved through a large number of luxury goods, a method of changing the soup without changing the medicine.For example, diamonds, skin care products and bags that we are most familiar with.These things affect celebrities, how different is it from the smoking that men lay on the bed more than 100 years ago?At that time, wasn't there a comparison between men who smoked more tastefully?This is the same as the fact that some people have more expensive bags than others, isn't it?

Therefore, since Zhu Youjian lowered the export price of the original Ming Dynasty luxury goods such as porcelain, he must find another batch of substitutes to re-occupy the luxury market.But that kind of crop itself was produced in Southern Europe and was brought to all parts of the world during the Age of Discovery. Europeans realized its harm very early on. Even if it flooded, it was only flooded among some people.

If Ming wanted to come up with this method to fool Europeans, he had to learn from the practice of later generations.A white drug is produced.

In a small private practice in London, Thomas Siddenham tiredly bandaged a patient's wound, his hands still covered in blood.This was an accidental traffic accident. The patient just thought that an ordinary craftsman was hit by a carriage while walking on the road, and his bones were broken in several places.

Originally, patients in this era most believed in going to the church and asking the church for bloodletting for treatment, but because this person had already been bled, and the church saw that he was going to die, they threw it out.Thomas Sydenham is a doctor who advocates clinical medical theory. In order to prove his point of view, he picked up the dying people for treatment.

It was also Thomas Sydenham's bad luck. A patient with such a serious injury was bled. Such a patient had a very small chance of being cured, otherwise the church doctor would not have thrown the patient out.Looking at the patient who was gradually breathing like a gossamer, Thomas Siddenham was already terrified. If he could not be cured, his reputation would be even worse.

"Master, there is a gentleman who claims to be John Niederp outside the door and wants to see you." When Thomas was at a loss, one of his servants knocked on the door and reported.

"No, I'm busy." Thomas yelled loudly. In fact, he was in a state of disorientation now, and was very worried that more people would know what was happening.

"The gentleman said that he has good medicine brought from the Ming Dynasty, which can save the master's emergency." The servant continued.

Ming country?Good medicine?These two words filled Thomas's brain at once.The image of Daming in the UK is very good now, especially the public opinion that Daming helped the UK defeat the Netherlands, and the image of the entire mysterious ancient country in the East is on the paper.The idea that people pile up unknown things is always full of fantasy, even with some kind of expectation.Since it is a good medicine of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural to have a look.

As mentioned above, John Niederp has entered the upper class of England with the support of Daming. Now he is going smoothly, and he looks like a rich man wherever he goes, and he is short of entering the ranks of nobles.

"Sir, please allow me to introduce myself. I am John Niederp." John was very polite, like a gentleman.

"I've heard of you. You are the merchant who sold Ming Dynasty porcelain." Thomas suddenly remembered who this person was, and he was full of surprise and excitement.You know, John is very popular now, and almost everyone in London knows about it.

"Yes, I am the general agent of Ming products in London." John is very proud. He feels that he has the capital to be proud. He is the only one in Europe who can directly connect with the emperor of Ming Dynasty. This is a huge resource.

"Here I am" Thomas spread his hands, glanced at the patient lying on the table, and expressed his helplessness.

"I'm here for this." After John finished speaking, he took a suitcase from the entourage behind him. After opening it, the small crystal bottles in the suitcase were dazzling.

"This is a medicine brought over from the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away. This one is for treating trauma, this one is for relieving pain, and this one is for pain relief." John introduced and showed Thomas in a short time. dazzled.

As for the patients lying on the table, they basically didn't expect much, and they were purely dead horses as living horse doctors.But medicine is better than no medicine.I don't know if the white powder really stimulated the potential of this patient, or if this guy should have died, or if Thomas' clinical method is effective.

Three days later, the patient actually came back to life. , but also began to enter the water.

At this moment, the name of the miracle doctor Thomas was spread, and the dead who had been thrown away by the church could be revived by him, which was news.But the church is not stupid. After finding out that the mysterious medicine from the East brought the dead back to life, it slandered Thomas for using witchcraft.This kind of thing, everyone understands, is nothing more than for profit and face.

In this case, whether witchcraft or not is irrelevant.What matters is that the dead come back to life.The people at the bottom may be frightened by witchcraft, but what the smart and rich people see is the hope of life.In particular, John was also involved in it, which made interested people want to know the truth of the matter even more.

The search for a longer life spans East and West alike.The richer people are, the more they are afraid of death, because their life is full of enjoyment, who would be willing to abandon these?

What John can bring to Europe, of course, are some specific medicines from Daming.For example, Yunnan Baiyao, Ginseng Jiuming Pills, and the white powder with a slight yellowish tint have not yet been formulated.The main reason is that the purification is not in place, but it has already left the original form.

"This is a good thing. This thing is produced in the East. It is much better than the dark things sold on the street. It has no side effects at all. In the mysterious East, only the royal family of the King of Kings can enjoy it. For example, before The princess who visited London, she uses it every day. This is what she bestowed on me.” While blowing, John took out a delicate translucent porcelain bottle, which looked like a snuff bottle.

John generously poured a little for the high-class young people present, and then enjoyed it generously.If you want to make something popular, of course you should first find young people.

Fortunately, the young people in London are simple. They think that the white thing has the same effect as the black thing on the street, and it won't be addictive once or twice, and it will also hinder the face of this new celebrity.But they didn't know that this white thing was the essence of black things.

Chapter 649: The difference between inside and outside

Every July to August is the season when Hokkaido's lavender blooms.From Sapporo to Furano, it feels like you have stumbled into the paradise of purple lavender.

Zheng Zhilong, as the "Supreme King", is enjoying the life of a master in Sapporo.Compared with being an uncle in Daming, Zheng Zhilong felt that life in Hokkaido was not too pleasant.

Because of the strength of the Zheng family's shipping, everything that Daming can enjoy, Zheng Zhilong can enjoy in Sapporo, and there are no regulatory restrictions.

Before "Big Brother" Zheng Hongkui could speak, Zheng Zhilong gave him a glaring look.

"Our Zheng family is a big family, so we have to talk about big and small." Zheng Zhilong looked like a superior.

"Taishang Wang, this is a leather garment just produced in Taiwan. It is said to be made of whale skin. It is soft and comfortable. It is very suitable to wear in this season." Zheng Hongkui followed two beautiful Japanese women, holding A piece of black shiny clothing stepped forward timidly.

"Well, it's really smooth and soft, just suitable for lonely enjoyment." Zheng Zhilong touched the Japanese girl's little hand with his callused hand, and then slipped on the leather jacket and said.I don't know if the smooth in his mouth refers to a woman or a leather jacket.

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was in a happy mood, Zheng Hongkui boldly asked: "This year's grain output in Hokkaido is not much, should we buy more grain so that the people can survive the winter?"

"Buy, of course I have to buy. These are the people of my Zheng family, so I can't treat them badly." Zheng Zhilong readily agreed, which means that Zheng Hongkui, who is in charge of the Zheng family's shipping, has another job to do.

If you have a job, you can make money. Even if it is a family business, there is a question of how much profit it will make.Zheng Zhilong became the supreme king, and what Zheng Hongkui could reap was the benefits of sea trade and transportation.In other words, the current Zheng Hongkui only needs to beg for food under his elder brother's hands.

Because Hokkaido has become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the distance between Hokkaido and the main island of Wa Kingdom is too close, this caused a large number of people on the main island to flee to Hokkaido.Hokkaido, which itself has a small population, has now grown to tens of 10 people, which makes Zheng Zhilong full of confidence.When several 10 people gather in a place, the foundation for establishing an administration and army is already in place.

However, Hokkaido's grain production is not high. In the past, a small part of the population was fed by other products. However, when the influx of people reached hundreds of thousands, a food crisis naturally occurred.But Zheng Zhilong thinks this is a trivial matter, because he started out as a sea trader, and he has never worried about food in his heart.Isn't it just sending a boat to Daming to buy grain? What a big deal.

"But Taishang Wang, the price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River has not fallen. The grain we bought and shipped to Hokkaido has tripled. It is too much money." Zheng Hongkui said with a sad face and a little aggrieved.

"What? The food price has tripled?" Zheng Zhilong was quite surprised when he heard that.When the population was small in the beginning, the Zheng family could still support them, but they couldn't afford hundreds of thousands of mouths.Not to mention high food prices.

"How about asking Sen'er to sell us some cheap food from Taiwan?" Zheng Hongkui asked.

The Zheng family still has a lot of land in Taiwan, but these fields belong to Zheng Chenggong and are not included in the Zheng family.But Taiwan is the territory of Ming Dynasty. Even if the Zheng family sells grain internally, they have to pay export tax. This is why the Zheng family buys grain expensively.In other words, Daming is now very strict on grain control, and it is pursuing a policy of only allowing imports but not exporting, and the grain exports are heavily taxed.According to Zhu Youjian's thinking, Daming is not a grain exporting country at all, and the domestic stomach has just been full, so even if there is surplus grain, it must be stored for other uses.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong can appreciate the difference between the native country and the vassal state.

"I'm afraid this matter is difficult for Sen'er!" Zheng Zhilong thought about it carefully. If this matter is not done well, it will damage Zheng Chenggong's reputation and make him unable to stand in Daming.

But watching the food grown in my own land and having to buy it at a high price makes me feel uncomfortable no matter how I hear it.Zheng Zhilong began to have resentment towards Daming from the bottom of his heart.It was as if Daming took away what should belong to him.

"Brother, I don't think my nephew should pass this matter." Zheng Hongkui moved closer to Zheng Zhilong's ear and said in a low voice.This time, he didn't care about big or small, and the address was the same as before.

"Then who are you looking for?" Zheng Zhilong didn't care about it, and was curious about what his younger brother would do.

"We should find Aunt Dong You." As soon as Zheng Hongkui said, Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up.Zheng Chenggong's family properties are all managed by his wife, and the land in Taiwan is no exception, and Dong Yougu is kind and soft-hearted, easy to talk about when things happen.

"Just do it like this." Zheng Zhilong also felt that finding a son is worse than finding a daughter-in-law, since they are all family anyway.

"Taishangwang, there is one more thing to report to you." Zheng Hongkui said with a serious expression in a different tone.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Zhilong didn't realize it, and was still looking at the Japanese woman next to him in fascination, and was about to pull her into his arms.

"There is a news from the capital that people from the royal family are talking bad things about our Zheng family everywhere, inciting Japanese people not to come to our Hokkaido, and saying that anyone who comes to Hokkaido is a Japanese traitor." Zheng Hongkui looked at it out of the corner of his eye as he spoke. Zheng Zhilong.

This topic is no longer an internal matter of the Zheng family. It should be the internal affairs of the Hokkaido vassal state itself, or it should be resolved by Aritagawa Jiro himself.But Zheng Hongkui brought this matter to Zheng Zhilong to make a small report.

"These dwarfs are out of order." Zheng Zhilong was not happy when he heard that.Thinking back when he was doing business with the Wa country, he would at most enshrine the Japanese royal family as a statue, and the only thing he really needs to be in awe of is the shogunate.But if the royal family of this island disturbed his good deeds, Zheng Zhilong would be just as angry.

The truth here is obvious, as the Zheng family, who are preparing to establish a country in Hokkaido, certainly do not want Ming to immigrate to Hokkaido on a large scale.Because Zhu Youjian has now shown the aura of the Ming Lord, if the people of the Ming Dynasty emigrate to Hokkaido, what is the difference between the Zheng family here and Fujian?Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's idea is to use the Japanese to develop a territory that is only loyal to the Zheng family.

Now that someone is blocking the way, of course Zheng Zhilong has to get rid of it.He thought it would be impossible to rely on the power of Jiro Tagawa, and the Zheng family had to do it.