At the moment outside Bianping Township, Mr. Niu led about [-] brothers under his command to surround this dying village in a siege gesture.

Since ancient times, once smallpox appeared, it would inevitably take many lives. It was even passed on from one village to another, often spreading from village to village, and tens of thousands of lives could be easily harvested at one time.

Even though the Qing Dynasty already had human pox, its risk was high, and the imperial physician needed to observe at any time and change the prescription, so as to ensure the survival of the princes vaccinated, but even so, the clan children who died of vaccinated every year would still Not a few.

As for the old people on the ordinary Manchu banner, even if they are determined to vaccinate their children, they will need to spend a generous gift to ask the doctors of the Imperial Hospital for help.But there are very few people who choose this way. In their view, it is really unnecessary to go through a deadly gate for the smallpox that has not yet come.

Ordinary people don't get the chance at all.

In the face of diseases and epidemics, people are always extremely vulnerable. Even if they fight hard and search for solutions, they may have little effect.But even so, there have always been countless people who have continued to take the torch and move on for thousands of years.

At this moment, when most people have already sentenced Bianping Township to death, there are still many doctors who came from afar to seek medical advice, save lives and heal the wounded, regardless of their own safety, voluntarily walked into this dead place.

In the midst of despair, the medicine stove was set up, and the bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine gradually diffused. No matter how effective it was, it played a lot of soothing effect.

The village head of Bianping Township is now an old man over fifty years old. After his mother-in-law left, he did not remarry. The couple gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Now only the third son and youngest daughter survived. Fortunately, for most of my life, my son got married and my daughter got married, and life got better and better.

But at this time, their village encountered smallpox. At first, some people in the village had small red spots on their bodies. Be the first to react.

Soon, their village was surrounded by soldiers.

He, his son, and his daughter-in-law were the first to have a fever. They burned on the bed for several days. These kind doctors poured bowls of medicine, and he survived. So gone.

Thinking of his grandson who is only three or four years old now, the old man can only cheer up and continue to suffer.

Village head Shi cheered up and helped these doctors manage the village.

People with fever were put together by these doctors in temporary huts.Others who have not yet seen symptoms are asked to stay at home and minimize going out. The doctors will also distribute a pack of herbal medicine every day, so that they can drink water at home to reduce going out.

But for people with acne, some survived, and of course some died. Tragedy happened every day. Many of them knew that their family members were gone, and the little doctor who came to notify them began to swear without restraint.

"Aren't you doctors? Don't you mean saving the dying? Why can't my son be saved? I have cooperated with you well. Why is my son still dying? Give me back my son's life." The widow Yu grabbed the little doctor's arms with both hands, shaking him, and shouted with a mad face on her face.

Village head Shi, who heard the commotion, rushed over, and finally rescued the little doctor from Widow Yu's grasp, and got two blood marks on his face.

After running far away, Village Chief Shi and the half-grown little doctor stopped to catch their breath.

"He~he, little doctor, don't blame Yu Niangzi, she just heard the news suddenly and went crazy. She is also a miserable person. She lost her husband at a young age, and her natal family is unreliable. She has to force herself , Never take advantage of others, a woman is like a man, soaking in the fields every day, our village admires her.

After all, she brought up her son, and her son is also a promising man. When he was young, he found things in the fields and sold them. He saved some money and paid tribute to those glib monks in the outskirts of the city. However, he learned a little Words and abacus, before that, I found an apprentice job in a restaurant in the city.

If there is no smallpox this time, rely on that kid's cleverness.It is indispensable to become a shopkeeper, but it is a rare promising person in our village. "

Speaking of this, Village Chief Shi thought of his dead son, and his mood was extremely depressed.

After a while, he continued: "Little doctor, in fact, people in our village sometimes say some crazy things, but everyone remembers you well."

The young man whom he calls a little doctor, Dong Jiazhong, looks no more than sixteen or seventeen, born in the Dong family who has been practicing medicine for generations. Medicinal materials business, or planting medicinal materials for a living.

He is the most gifted in medicine among the juniors in his family. He used to study at home or take his pulse at the Chinese medicine clinic at home. This is the first time he travels with the elders. This is the custom of their family. When he goes back, he will be able to sit in the library independently.

I came out with excitement. Although I did see many treatment methods in different regions along the way, as well as various other difficult and miscellaneous diseases, the excitement gradually faded. Facing the incomprehension and resentment of the patient's family members, I would still I was angry, but gradually learned to be tolerant and understanding, and my heart was more about the powerlessness of a doctor.

He just nodded when he heard Village Chief Shi's words, but he was still extremely depressed.Village Chief Shi reached out and patted the shoulder of the young man in front of him, and the two walked back.

Not far to the west of the village are rows of thatched huts, inside which are patients who are still suffering, and outside are the residences of doctors, all of them have already had acne, and they go in and out to take care of the patients, and they are still there. Well, other people who have not had acne live in the east of the village, take care of other asymptomatic villagers in the village, and communicate with soldiers outside to buy herbs and various items.

At this moment, Dong Jiazhong returned to the thatched shed. Behind the rolled up curtain, Third Uncle was busy grabbing medicine. In front of him were rows of medicine stoves, on which medicine soup was gurgling.

"Third uncle, these medicines have no effect at all. What's the use of being so busy." Dong Jiazhong squatted by the medicine stove as soon as he came in, and said sullenly.

Hearing his nephew's words, Dong Yunsheng's hand holding the medicine paused for a while, and then he said to his nephew: "Although the effect of this medicine is weak, it is better than nothing. If we all give up, is it true that the infected people will live on their own?" Self-destruction? A doctor heals the body as well as the heart. As long as there is a little hope, we will not give up. We will not give up, but also convey confidence to patients and motivate them. Sometimes a good mood may create a miracle.

Regardless of the final result, at least we and the patients have worked hard and have a clear conscience. "

After finishing speaking, seeing that his nephew was still unhappy, he added: "And our efforts are not in vain. At least according to the records from generation to generation, the number of deaths caused by the smallpox outbreak has been reduced a lot under the decoction we prepared. In the past, there was no one in a hundred, but now it is one in ten. This is why we insist.

Moreover, we also produced a pamphlet detailing the control of the epidemic, which was used by the government, and it has had a lot of effect over the years.At least Bianping Township is only five kilometers away from Jilan City, but the epidemic has not spread, which is why we persist. "

Only then did Dong Jiazhong stand up and help Third Uncle.

When the fourth master brought a lot of doctors and soldiers to Bianping Township, Jilan Zhizhou ordered the sick cows found by all parties and the cows transported from Kyoto to arrive one after another after receiving the order.

There are currently 32 people with acne in Bianping Township. For those who are suffering from acne, they dare not try it lightly, for fear of making their acne worse. However, the 130 people in the whole village are still alive. Two people, and a hundred or so others were quickly arranged to be vaccinated.

At the beginning, no one in the village was willing, even the village head Shi hesitated. He is now a grandson, and because he was afraid of his grandson's accident, he still entrusted it to his cousin's family to take care of it, and he only dared to stay far away every day. Take a look.

At this time, Widow Yu stood up. Anyway, her son left, and she felt that life was meaningless. If the cowpox really worked, she hoped that the damned smallpox would really disappear on this land. If it didn't work, she would You can also go down early to see your son.

The Dong family and some other doctors also came to watch, and they were skeptical at first, but these doctors who came from the capital swear by it, it is a theoretical reason and a case, although it is not sure whether they will produce antibodies , but the risk is small.

Now I am also looking forward to it, looking forward to it being true.

Widow Yu, who was vaccinated with pox, was extremely calm. Every day, she set up a small stool and sat at the gate of the courtyard, letting the doctors who came and went to observe, and the villagers secretly looked at it. Two days later, a small blister appeared on the person's arm. It didn't take long for it to fade away, without even leaving a scar.

She didn't have a fever or fainted. When Widow Yu went to the west side of the grass shed for a walk, the next day everyone saw that she was alive and well, she was really not infected, and even helped the doctors.

Now that they really believed that cowpox was useful, they rushed to Fourth Master's place first, and they no longer had any fear of this great man, and all begged them to be vaccinated.

After one day, the villagers in Bianping Township were all infected with pox. After a month, it was confirmed that there was no problem, and the soldiers around Bianping Township were withdrawn. The 32 people who finally developed pox were treated with the full cooperation of imperial physicians and private doctors. With the help of alcohol and alcohol, 15 people survived successfully.

Fourth Master and the others did not leave in a hurry, because they were afraid of hidden dangers, they began to move to Jilan City to popularize vaccination.

Because the case of Bianping Township was displayed there, the people of Jilan City couldn't resist it.Seeing that the sick cow is about to heal, a group of doctors are worried about their failure.Dong Jiazhong suggested that it might be possible to pierce the abscesses from the cowpox inoculation and then vaccinate others.Soon this method was applied.

In a blink of an eye, more than three months have passed since fourth master left Beijing, and when they returned to the capital, the weather had already entered early autumn.

This time back, in addition to their original team, there were many more people. Dong Yunsheng and Dong Jiazhong, two uncles and nephews, because of cowpox, were particularly interested in the establishment of a medical research group by the imperial court. They have entered Beijing, because of their good deeds and good medical skills, they were also recruited into the research team.

In addition to these two technicians, there is another unexpected person, that is Widow Yu, Fourth Master and the others want to leave, she will carry the package and follow them all the way, even if there are no soldiers on the way, I don't know how many times , but she still insisted on not leaving.

Her son died, and now she is the only one left, dying of old age alone in the village. She might as well follow these people. She hopes that one day, smallpox will be extinct in this land, and these people are capable and capable. They may can make all this real.

Finally, knowing her experience, fourth master recruited her into the research team as a cleaning woman.

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Emperor Kangxi listened to the performance of his fourth son, and the dragon's heart was very happy. Cowpox is much safer than human pox. During his reign, smallpox is expected to be cured. Although he dare not compare with Qinhuang and Hanwu for such achievements, it is not bad. already.

Immediately, he said to his tanned fourth son: "You have had a hard time this trip. After you go back, take a good rest for a few days. There is still work to do next. Let's start planting in the capital first." , There are so many talents and people gathered here, once smallpox breaks out, not only will the losses be heavy, but it is also very easy to attract some people with ulterior motives to make use of the problem.

"Okay, I'll make preparations when I get back. When the time comes, I'll write a copy of the rules and regulations and hand them over to Huang Ama for review." Fourth Master said cheerfully.

"You, let's rest for a few days. No matter how many things you have to do, you can't finish them all at once. Take some time to spend with the children at home. Go." As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, let alone Son, Emperor Kangxi said.

Only then did Fourth Master salute and come out from the palace.

I don't want to come home, but there are many people in the family.Knowing that he was back, Hong Yun and Kang Le also took half a day's leave from the teacher and waited at the door early.

Seeing him, he ran over happily, held fourth master's hand from left to right, and chattered.Fourth master didn't take the sedan chair at all, and pulled the two children all the way to the backyard.

Only then did I realize that his house is really lively, besides his big Ge Ge, there are also a group of nieces, the three Ge Ge from the elder brother's family, the third brother's family, and the fifth brother's family.

Seeing these well-behaved nieces come forward to greet him one by one, fourth master tried his best to smile kindly, but he was not familiar with them after all, so he just asked a few dry words.

After they finished talking, his family Mo Yaqi said to him: "Ama, you are finally back, great, can you give me some people to order, we want to build a caravan."

Since the eldest sister of the uncle's family was caressed by Huang Mafa, the uncle sent posts to various houses, inviting them to chat with the eldest sister. He originally hoped that everyone would be happy together, but he didn't want the uncle's family to be happy. The second elder sister couldn't hold back her red eyes while talking.

Now it's all right, a group of girls are red-eyed because they hurt everyone, after all, any of them may be touched.

The next few times we met, everyone always said that they were either red-eyed or sighed. Only Mo Yaqi from the fourth master's family was out of place. She is still young, and it will take some time to caress her, and she is always thinking about it. It's not easy to feel sad in my own creations, books and newspapers, but when I think of the elder sisters of my uncle's family, I always like to take care of these younger sisters when I meet them. No matter whether she is out of habit or not, Mo Yaqi still remembers her well of.

Most importantly, Big Sister is also one of her book fans.

For this reason, Mo Yaqi discussed this matter with Daiyu, and Daiyu discussed it with Lin Zizhen. Everyone pondered for a long time. Since Mengmeng marriage is one of the national policies of the Qing Dynasty, and the marriage cannot be changed, it can only be dispelled as much as possible. Soothe the worries and fears of the Mongols, strengthen everyone's connection with each other, and find something for them to do. This is the suggestion of this caravan.

Fourth master likes his daughter to be rude to him, and to tell him what he wants.Immediately, he took a sip of the tea offered by his daughter, and asked patiently, "Why do you suddenly want to build a caravan? Are you short of money?"

"Isn't that right? It's just that next year the eldest sister will marry Horqin far away. She went there alone. We will miss her in the future, and it will be difficult to see her again. The sisters are there, they can write letters from time to time, if they can earn some pocket money, wouldn’t it be better.”

After hearing what his daughter said, the fourth master remembered that since last year, Huang Ama had intended to let the elder brother's elder brother caress him, but he didn't expect that he had already issued a decree and set a date when he just went out.

His eldest niece is also here at this moment, probably because of what his family Mo Yaqi said, she is a little embarrassed, but when she looks at his uncle, her eyes are full of anxiety and expectation.

For Fumeng's fate, she has already been mentally prepared. If there must be a Gege in their house, she really hopes that it will be herself, so that her second, third, and fourth younger sisters will not have to suffer such hardships.

It's just that her marriage is approaching now, but Er Niang is not in good health, and her younger sister and younger brother are young, so she is really worried.Although Ama has given her a lot of people, she still hopes to be more prepared and not to cut off the connection with the capital. Here is her family, which is her root, and also the reliance for her to live well in Horqin in the future. .

After all, Manchurian and Mongolian marriages have been married for so many years, and those princesses who were Fumeng at the beginning left early, is it just because of their frail bodies?

This is a good thing, and Fourth Master would disagree, so he nodded immediately and said:

"Okay, when the time comes, Ama will select a group of people for you, but Ama will only select people for you, but will not help you take care of them. Since you have decided to do it, then draw up a charter. After all, a business How the team should operate is also a subject of knowledge, you can ask your Uncle Jiu about this matter, don't lose money every day and cry when the time comes."

"Thank you, Ama, Ama is very kind, but, Ama, we are the Daqing Gege League, so there are so many smart people, so we won't lose money." After Mo Yaqi finished speaking, she pulled a group of little sisters and ran away impatiently. Go back to her yard to discuss their important affairs.

Only then did Fourth Master smile at Fujin who was sitting beside him drinking tea. A young girl needs to be this energetic.

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