Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

There is indeed a contraceptive method in brothels, but the reputation of doctors going to brothels is not good, let alone Zhang Youniang is a female doctor.

But doctors don’t have no other options! When Fan Zheng founded the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he had already merged the Fan Tower and abolished the status of the brothel brothels trained in the Fan Tower. Many brothel brothels were so grateful that they voluntarily stayed in the medical school and became the first batch of doctors. Many of the female guards are now under Zhang Youniang's command, and of course the most famous one is Li Shishi.

At that moment, in order to obtain as much contraception as possible, Dr. Zhang decided to summon all the old people from Fan Lou.

"What, Ms. Zhang wants the contraceptive technique of a brothel." Li Shishi, who came after hearing the news, said in disbelief. She did not expect that a doctor who studied medical skills could still find a brothel.

The other female nurses who were born in Fanlou also frowned. Many of them were female nurses who followed Ms. Zhang. Naturally, they knew that Ms. Zhang had devoted her life to treating infertility among women all over the world. Now her medical skills were in completely different directions. Start researching contraception.

"Whether it is treating infertility or studying contraceptive techniques, they are all part of medical technology. Contraceptive techniques are not harmful to women, but are aimed at families with many children to prevent many families from becoming impoverished due to having too many children and curb the population of the Song Dynasty. Disorderly growth.”

Zhang Youniang nodded helplessly and explained the crisis of the population explosion in the Song Dynasty one by one.

A group of female nurses from Fan Lou suddenly realized that many of them came from poor families and their parents could not afford to support them, so they were eventually sold into brothels. If they had not met Fan Zheng, their lives would have been extremely miserable.

Li Shishi frowned and said: "There are indeed contraceptive techniques in brothels, but most of the contraceptive techniques in brothels are harmful to the world, and I'm afraid they cannot be applied to ordinary people."

The expressions of the other female nurses who were born in Fan Lou suddenly changed, and they couldn't help but shudder when they thought of the evil arts taught by their mother, combined with the medical knowledge they now learned from doctors.

"Of course I know that the method of the brothel can harm Tianhe. Stones from other mountains can attack jade. The method of the brothel can at least be used as a reference or even as a negative example to save women." Zhang Youniang said solemnly.

Li Shishi and others looked at each other, and out of trust in the doctors, they immediately explained the methods of contraception in brothels.

"Mercury, musk, sitz bath..."

However, when Zhang Youniang actually got the contraceptive method from the brothel, her expression changed. Generally speaking, the contraceptive method in the brothel mainly harmed the body, and they were all irreversible.

In particular, mercury is highly toxic, and it has been confirmed by doctors that you may be poisoned by even smelling it, let alone taking it directly, and if you take it for a long time, you will definitely get mercury poisoning over time.

Musk is recognized as a drug that can cause infertility and is contraindicated by pregnant women, not to mention sitz baths. It will directly harm a woman's body and make the uterus of brothel women cold.

"These three methods must never be used again! They must be stopped even in brothels." Zhang Youniang said firmly, these three methods are really harmful to Tianhe.

Li Shishi sighed helplessly: "Compared to mutilating the body, brothel women are more reluctant to get pregnant, but brothel contraceptive methods are relatively mild, such as the silkworm paper contraceptive method of swallowing the shells left by silkworms after hatching on the paper. , and casings made of sheep intestines, which are best disinfected with alcohol before use.”

Zhang Youniang frowned. Although the contraceptive methods used in brothels were either cruel or unreliable, she still recorded them in the record for future research.

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"Sheep casings!"

Zhang Youniang recorded the contraceptive method in the brothel, but Fan Zheng did not participate. When Zhang Youniang handed over the contraceptive method in the brothel to Fan Zheng, Fan Zheng couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his mouth. Isn't the sheep casing the predecessor of the famous contraceptive tool in later generations?

Who said that the wisdom of the ancients was not as good as that of later generations? They were just limited by the tools at that time. Even with extremely simple conditions, they could achieve the same effect.

"I think this recipe is the biggest gain from my trip to the brothel." Zhang Youniang is already old and naturally no longer avoids the matter of men and women, she said bluntly.

She was very interested in making casings from sheep intestines. After all, this method was prepared for men and would do the least harm to women. It can be used repeatedly when combined with alcohol disinfection. If it could be popularized, it might have miraculous effects.

Fan Zheng looked embarrassed and sighed helplessly: "I will ask the master craftsman from the Ministry of Industry to come over and try to use the best craftsmanship to make the sheep casings."

"Thank you Fan Taicheng. However, with the unexpected gains from the trip to the brothel, I am even more looking forward to the trip to the palace. I also asked Fan Taicheng to introduce me." Zhang Youniang said eagerly.

"Uh!"

Fan Zheng felt like he had shot himself in the foot, but he couldn't shirk his suggestion that the palace had contraceptive methods.

At that moment, Fan Zheng brought Zhang Youniang to the palace and explained his intention. As expected, he did not get a good look from Zhao Xu.

"The royal family of the Song Dynasty has always had poor heirs. Do you think the royal family has contraceptive medical skills?" Zhao Xu said through gritted teeth.

If it weren't for Fan Zheng and Dr. Zhang who came, Zhao Xu would definitely have driven them away. Even if Fan Zheng's original intention was to solve the population problem of the Song Dynasty, going to the Palace of the Song Dynasty to find a prescription for Bizi Tang would be too bullying.

Fan Zheng gritted his teeth and said: "I naturally believe that the officials and the previous emperors would not be like this, but how could there be no harem fights in the previous dynasties? There may be one or two medical prescriptions spread, which may help Dr. Zhang to be very busy. Find a solution to the crisis of the population explosion in the Song Dynasty."

"Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. Only doctors who have deeper research on contraceptive medicine can completely control the secrets of fertility and further treat infertility." Zhang Youniang also added.

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Hearing Zhang Youniang's unintentional words, Zhao Xu suddenly fell into deep thought.

Although he benefited from Fan Zheng's evil prescription, he gave birth to a son and two daughters in a short period of time, successfully solving the crisis of the succession of the throne.

However, as an emperor, he has too much responsibility. It is still very risky to inherit the throne with only one son. Especially in the Song Dynasty royal family, many princes died in infancy, not to mention the precedent of Renzong, which made Zhao Xu feel more worried. Some worries.

If the doctor can go further in the research on fertility medicine, he may have a chance to get another prince, which will greatly reduce the risk of inheriting the throne. This is something that an emperor must consider.

"Yang Jian, please cooperate with Dr. Zhang to check the palace's daily notes and collection of books!"

Although letting outsiders inquire about the daily life in the palace would leak the royal secrets, in order to have the chance to get the prince again, and because Zhang Youniang is a female doctor, Zhao Xu did not have any taboos, let alone the purpose of female doctor Zhang. It was for the sake of the Song Dynasty that Zhao Xu finally compromised.

After Yang Jian left with Zhang Youniang, Zhao Xu said with a solemn expression: "Fan Aiqing, can contraception really solve the population crisis?"

Not only are doctors worried about the crisis in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu, as the emperor of the Song Dynasty, naturally has sleepless nights. There are no chemical fertilizers and high-yielding crops in this era. Now 10 million people are already the peak of the Song Dynasty, and the food gap will become more and more important in the future. It was even estimated by the court that based on the current territory and grain output of the Song Dynasty, the limit that the Song Dynasty could bear was 20 million people.

Once the population reaches its limit, the Song Dynasty will inevitably collapse as long as there is a slight disturbance in the Song Dynasty. According to the current fertility rate, the Song Dynasty will grow from 10 million to 20 million people in just twenty years.