Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The shocked duo managed to recover their sanity under the crowd's onlookers.

It was Xiao Zirong who came back to his senses first, and he turned to look at Xiao Xuexing.

Xiao Xuexing said with a smile: "Because I was coming back soon, I didn't rush to tell you that Yuan Jia took the lead in abolishing Yuan Ke's throne and becoming emperor."

Yuan Jia immediately explained: "It's not that I want to be the emperor, they insist on me being the emperor. Later... I brought the letter of surrender, and I'll give it to you!"

Xiao Zirong glared at Xiao Xuexing angrily, confirming that this guy did it on purpose.

Why did he remember to tell Yuan Ke to see "Xiao Wen" before giving the prescription because he was not in a hurry when he came back soon?

But now is not the time to settle accounts with Xiao Xuexing, so he can only ignore it, turned his head to look at Yuan Jia and said with a smile: "Back then, I really didn't expect you to be the emperor."

Yuan Jia was also in shock: "I never thought that your real identity is... actually..."

Yuan Jia didn't know how to describe it anymore, he had already guessed that Xiao Wen's identity should not be simple.

Whether he was able to get the refined salt or Xiao Xuexing rushed to the crown and led a surprise attack later, it showed that the other party attached great importance to Xiao Zirong.

But at that time they all guessed that Xiao Zirong was related to Xiao Xuexing by blood, and Yuan Ke even once thought that Xiao Wen was Xiao Xuexing's illegitimate son.

Unexpectedly, although the two of them are not related by blood, they are righteous brothers.

Thinking about it this way, those questions were answered.

As the only remaining son of Xiao Xuexing's adoptive father, Xiao Zirong has always been taken seriously by the other party. This is something that even he who is far away in the country of Wei knows.

Yuan Ke detained Xiao Zirong, and the other party was about to go crazy.

Yuan Jia especially wanted to ask what His Majesty thought at the beginning, why would he take the risk of going to Wei Guo in his capacity.

However, he was too timid to ask.

Xiao Zirong asked about Yuan Jia's current situation, and had to say that it seemed a little better than Yuan Ke's current situation, at least Yuan Jia was really cowardly and obedient.

He will do whatever Xiao Xuexing asks him to do, he just wants to keep his dog head.

Xiao Zirong couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said very generously: "Don't worry, since the regent has promised you, I will not treat you badly, and I will be named a state guest."

Yuan Jia was instantly ecstatic: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Well, anyway, he never regarded himself as the emperor, and this call from His Majesty was very sincere.

After all, Xiao Zirong really treated him kindly.

In fact, Xiao Zirong just remembered that it was very difficult when he brought those little ladies to settle down. If it wasn't for doing business with Yuan Jia, I'm afraid it would not be so smooth later.

Even for a long time afterwards, the deal with Yuan Jia was the main source of support for the construction of Taoyuan City.

Focusing on this point, even if Yuan Jia didn't cooperate, he would save the other party's life, not to mention that the other party was very obedient?

Yuan Jia was also a little worried when he didn't know the result at the beginning, so he couldn't let go of his nervousness. After he knew that he could indeed become a rich man, he relaxed and asked very curiously: "I heard that Your Majesty is concentrating on seclusion before. Developing an antidote, and now His Majesty has successfully left the customs?"

Xiao Zirong said very happily: "No, but it's almost there."

Yuan Jia didn't ask any further questions, and left after saying a few words.

Xiao Xuexing looked at him and asked, "Already almost?"

Yesterday he purposely didn't inquire about this related information because he didn't want to put pressure on Xiao Zirong. In his opinion, as long as the plague can be controlled to the north of the Yangtze River, it will be fine.

Then step by step to strengthen control little by little, and those places with severe disasters can only choose to give up in the end.

This is the method used to deal with epidemic diseases in the past. The warmer time in the south is longer, and there are more mosquitoes, it is easier to breed various germs, which can be regarded as the formation of a certain epidemic prevention system.

Although this system is almost full of loopholes in Xiao Zirong's view.

Xiao Zirong said: "It will take some time, but I have found Streptomyces griseus!"

The genus of Streptomyces is too extensive, and more than a thousand species are in the soil. It is really difficult to find useful Streptomyces among them.

There is also a test of whether the microscope can be used or not, all of which must be done by Xiao Zirong himself, because no one except him knows what Streptomyces looks like, and whether what they observed through the microscope is Streptomyces.

There are so many troublesome things, even if Xiao Zirong has a cheat in his hand, he still has to follow the basic scientific research law. It is impossible to find Streptomyces griseus casually.

Finding Streptomyces griseis is basically just the beginning, and then they will study antibiotics while cultivating Streptomyces griseis.

The most suitable temperature for the growth of Streptomyces griseus is 37 degrees, but the most suitable temperature for the production of antibiotics is 28 degrees, so there must be a temperature-controlled greenhouse.

Xiao Zirong started from having a headache at the beginning, and then he followed the steps step by step, and it was smooth.

He suddenly asked: "By the way, how many people have been recovered from the plague before?"

"About 300 people, what do you want them for?" Xiao Xuexing was a little strange.

Xiao Zirong sighed and said, "I don't know when the streptavidin will be produced. We can't let the plague go on like this. We still have to rely on these people to control the plague in a short time."

Xiao Xuexing frowned: "Rely on them?"

Xiao Zirong simply took him to the laboratory and called all the researchers in the laboratory together.

Xiao Xuexing was immediately stunned at first glance—although these researchers were not unkempt, one of them had thick black circles and an exhaustion that could not be concealed.

There seems to be no distinction between men and women here, everyone is wearing loose white robes and the simplest kind of hair bun at a glance, which makes Xiao Xuexing have the illusion that he is not in the laboratory but in the prison.

Xiao Zirong said: "Leave the matter at hand to Zhai Ling now, Zhai Xi, you take some people to study the serum."

Zhai Xi looked up blankly: "Huh? Serum?"

Xiao Xuexing at the side felt relieved, even the people in the laboratory didn't know what serum was, so he could definitely wait for an answer.

So the emperor's small classroom began.

Xiao Zirong turned around and wrote down the concept of the serum with a brush on a whiteboard behind him.

Of course, some more complicated concepts that are not fully exposed to these people are eliminated, and the key point is to inform them that the serum contains specific antibodies.

Therefore, a series of science popularization about antibodies should also be put on the agenda.

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that the serum could cure the plague. To be honest, they have been researching Streptomyces griseus day and night recently, but they are too far away from the goal set by the emperor. They were full of confidence from the beginning to Later, I simply doubted whether I could make medicine to treat the plague before it ravaged the Central Plains.

The only thing that needs to be thankful is that it is winter in the north, and the spread of the plague is not so easy. It is said that if it is summer, I am afraid that there are not many people around Xianyang who are still alive.

Zhai Xi asked, "What about the serum?"

Xiao Zirong looked at her and said, "First, we need to make a centrifuge."

Zhai Xi: ...

OK, another new machine.

Xiao Zirong looked at their disheveled faces and smiled and said: "In fact, you may not have seen this thing before."

Everyone looked at him curiously, and then Xiao Zirong said: "The folks have used it to dehydrate textiles and extract honey. The essence is to use the external force generated during rotation to separate serum from blood."

The difference is that the current centrifuges are all manual, while industrial centrifuges have stricter requirements on the rotation speed.

Xiao Xuexing sat aside and listened in a daze, but he was not in a hurry. Originally, he was not good at this. After he couldn't understand, his attention shifted to the whiteboard behind Xiao Zirong.

Looking at the current emperor's flamboyant handwriting, Xiao Xuexing couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It was a waste of pressure to practice calligraphy for Xiao Zirong before, but it's only been so long, and the handwriting is almost out of shape!

But this time Xiao Xuexing didn't intend to let Xiao Zirong practice calligraphy again, the other party was too busy, and after explaining to the group of researchers, he had to draw pictures of the various parts of the centrifuge.

In addition to the centrifuge, the most important thing is blood collection. The syringe is not difficult to make, and the disinfection is not difficult. The problem is that many people may not be able to accept it.

People these days don't know that taking a little blood won't have any effect on themselves, and maybe many people will feel that they are going to die.

The propaganda that blood collection is not life-threatening still needs to be in place, Xiao Zirong entrusted this glorious task to Xiao Xuexing.

Xiao Xuexing didn't say anything, but asked: "Since there is serum, why did you only send so few people?"

Not many people Xiao Zirong arranged to make centrifuges, and not many people collected blood, and more people were still studying Streptomyces griseus.

Xiao Zirong looked around and found no one, then stretched his body in a very unimpressive manner and said: "The serum is only a stopgap measure. If there are too many infected people in the north, the serum is not enough. The blood that everyone can provide It is limited, only 300 people, even if you draw all the blood out of their bodies, it is impossible to cure so many people."

Although it may take a lot of time and money to study streptavidin, once it is researched, it cannot be said that there is no need to worry about the plague, but at least it has the ability to resist risks.

Xiao Xue understood: "So to use serum, there must be enough people who have survived and recovered from the plague?"

Xiao Zirong nodded, then glanced at Xiao Xuexing, straightened his chest, and said with a serious face, "That's why I have to meet Yuan Ke."

Yuan Ke's medicine may not be able to cure everyone, it may require certain conditions to be cured, but at least it is a direction, streptomycin may not be able to cure many people, what if someone is allergic?

Yuan Ke's requirement for handing over the prescription is to see him. Of course, Xiao Zirong can also choose not to see him and torture him directly, but the question is what if Yuan Ke goes crazy and gives the wrong prescription?It's better to meet him and see if he can adopt a soft policy.

The biggest problem was Xiao Xuexing, and Xiao Zirong was very worried that Xiao Xuexing would get angry.

Xiao Xuexing glanced at him: "See you."

He brought Yuan Ke here for this matter, and a prisoner of a defeated general is not worthy of his anger, let alone when Yuan Ke took out the prescription and confirmed that the prescription was true, how can he deal with him then?

Xiao Zirong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the time and said, "Bring him here, the battle will be settled quickly, I don't want to talk nonsense with him."