At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 423 Buying Books
Take a handful of Artemisia annua, soak it in two liters of water, wring it out to get the juice, and take it as much as you want.

This sentence comes from the No. 16 article "Behind the Elbow" by Ge Hong, which records five commonly used prescriptions, and Artemisia annua juice is only one of them.

When King Zhou said the three characters behind the elbow, Jiao Xin couldn't help being stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't heard of it.

After a while, he said: "Your Majesty only reads the classics of famous doctors, the prescription His Highness said..."

"You mean, Ge Hong is not a famous doctor, and there is no famous book behind his elbow. You, a family of three generations of imperial doctors, don't even bother to read it, do you?"

Hearing King Zhou's words, Jiao Xin's face turned ugly, but he still insisted: "There are many mistakes and omissions in the folk remedies, and the lower officials dare not trust them."

"Haha, what a folk remedy, what a dare not believe it!"

The king of Zhou suddenly laughed, and said: "No wonder the emperor wants to rectify the imperial hospital. People like you who pretend to be noble, only know how to follow the old ways, don't think about flexibility, and don't think about making progress. How can we treat diseases and save people?"

Jiao Xin was reprimanded by King Zhou pointing his nose, and he was very annoyed, but he didn't dare to attack.

Seeing his dissatisfied expression, King Zhou snorted coldly and said, "Why, what I said is wrong?"

"My lord is right..."

"You don't need to pretend like this. I'm in a hurry to treat the sick and save people. I don't have time to argue with you. I'll come back and scold you when the malaria in Dongxiang is eliminated!"

Jiao Xin was about to explode with anger, his head was hot, and he said: "Your Highness is the current feudal lord, if you want to reprimand the subordinate officials, just reprimand!"

King Zhou's complexion darkened, and he said: "Well, don't treat me as a vassal king today, and don't say that you are an eighth-rank doctor. Now you and I are two ordinary doctors. How about talking about medicine? ?”

Seeing that the situation was tense, Qiu Yuan hurried forward to persuade him: "Your Highness, don't get angry, Doctor Jiao is just, just..."

Just what, but he couldn't say it. After all, he was a military commander, so he was not good at words.

"Inspector Qiu, you stand aside first!"

The King of Zhou ignored him, and continued to talk to Jiao Xin: "Just talk about the Dongxiang malaria, and tell me how to cure the disease and get rid of the malaria!"

Jiao Xin poked his neck and said, "The lower officials have already said that malaria is not difficult to cure, but the common people walk around each other, causing repeated infections."

"So, you imprisoned the common people in a grand manner, and let their illnesses continue to worsen, to fend for themselves?"

"It's a helpless move to be an official. If the people are not confined, the malaria will never be eradicated, and it will even spread to more places. By then, Dongxiang will not be the only place affected!"

"What a big breath!"

The king of Zhou said with a sullen face, "The emperor sent you to Dongxiang to cure diseases and save people, but you are here to scare people and harm the people. Even now, you are still talking so shamelessly. How shameless you are?"

"I... the next officer..."

Jiao Xin was a little incoherent, so he had no choice but to say: "In this situation, what good strategy does Your Highness have?"

The king of Zhou said: "It's not a good strategy, but this king will not disregard the lives of the people!"

Jiao Xin muttered in a low voice: "Wouldn't it be more difficult to control the malaria when it spreads..."

"I didn't know you were dissatisfied, so..."

King Zhou said to Qiu Yuan: "From now on, everyone in Dongxiang obeys the king's orders and takes action!"

While speaking, he glanced at Jiao Xin again.

"This person follows the whole process, let him see what is the benevolence of a doctor, what is healing and saving lives!"

Qiu Yuan hurriedly nodded and said yes, and called the servants under him to buy Artemisia annua.

Zhu Ji also ordered people to go to Lantian County and surrounding counties to contact the local county government and provide Dongxiang with as much help as possible.

With the presence of Jin Yiwei, it will be much more convenient to handle the matter.

From the second day onwards, guards from No. [-] came one after another, bringing a large amount of Artemisia annua.

Next, according to King Zhou's instructions, soak the Artemisia annua in well water and let it stand overnight.

At the same time, King Zhou personally brought people to boil two large pots of medicine and distributed them to the seriously ill.

On the third day, an unbelievable scene appeared. All the doctors and their staff worked together to crush the soaked Artemisia annua, and then threw them into more than a dozen wells in Dongxiang.

Seeing this, Jiao Xin couldn't help frowning: "Where is there such a medicine, isn't it a waste?"

In his cognition, medicinal materials must be dried, proportioned, decocted, and finally taken.

This is the first time I have seen such a direct throwing of large quantities into the well water.

Qiu Yuan happened to be beside him, so he persuaded in a low voice: "Physician Jiao, please don't say a few words!"

Now that things have happened, Jiao Xin also knows that no matter how dissatisfied he feels in his heart, he has to be patient.

After thinking about it, it would be a good result if the prince of Zhou was unable to alleviate the local malaria after a lot of hard work.

In this way, it can be explained that it is not that I am incompetent, but that the local condition is too complicated.

I can't heal well, and you can't heal well either. Only then can everyone be well...

As for being scolded... Forget it, just scold him, who calls him a prince!
Not only can't hold grudges, but after a few days, if the condition does not improve, I have to take the initiative to say a few nice words, such as the complicated and changeable condition, the shortage of supplies... and so on, anyway, I just pick up nice things to say.

As the saying goes, if you reach out and don't hit a smiling person, I will flatter you and find you a step down, and the things that offended you before will naturally be written off, and everyone will be happy.

"Let's let one let, let one let!"

Two guards were carrying a bucket with Artemisia annua in it, but Jiao Xin blocked the way, so they had no choice but to say hello.

Jiao Xin glanced at the bucket, except for the clear water, there was nothing but crushed Artemisia annua.

He wondered, can Artemisia annua really cure malaria?
It is indeed recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" that Artemisia annua has the effects of reducing asthenic fever, cooling blood, relieving heat, and treating malaria. However, traditional Chinese medicine has always paid attention to the monarch, ministers and envoys, and the composition of prescriptions must follow certain rules. Only then can the medicinal effect be brought into play.

How did the King of Zhou think that he wanted to get rid of malaria only by relying on the herb Artemisia annua alone?

What book is behind the elbow, why haven't I read it...

Most of them are just folk remedies, and the Tai Hospital has always disdained to read this kind of book.

However, thinking about what happened to Empress Dowager Sun some time ago, and what King Zhou said, it seems, it seems...

While everyone was busy, Jiao Xin quietly came to a medical center.

However, the door was closed tightly, and there was no one there.

Only then did he remember that all the doctors in Dongxiang had been conscripted.

After searching for a while, I found another pharmacy, but the door was still closed.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw the side door pushed open from the inside, and an old man with gray hair came out with a basin in his hand.

"Excuse me, I'm thinking about..."

Just as Jiao Xin was about to explain why he came, the other party already said: "I'm sorry, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper have gone out. My old man is dim-sighted and doesn't know how to take medicine. You can come back another day!"

"No, I want to borrow a book."

"Borrow books?"

The old man shook his head again, and said: "I don't know how to read, I don't know what books, go back, go back!"

Jiao Xin frowned, and said: "I am an imperial envoy, not to mention a book, even if this medicine shop is requisitioned, you have to give it to me with both hands!"

Sure enough, these words had an effect, and the old man was stunned for a long time, as if he didn't react.

"What did you say?"

Jiao Xin smiled contemptuously, and said: "I am an imperial envoy, but I just want to find a book..."

"Are you that quack doctor?"

"Bold!"

Jiao Xin said angrily: "You ignorant old man, how dare you insult the imperial court official?"

Whoa!
The old man acted simply, and poured all the dirty water on Jiao Xin's body.

"Ah, bah, bah..."

Jiao Xin opened his mouth just now, so as not to swallow some dirty water, and when he reacted, he hastily spit a few mouthfuls.

"Everyone, come quickly, this is the quack doctor sent by the court!"

The old man was so emotional that he held up a basin and yelled loudly, which immediately attracted several people over.

Jiao Xin was trembling with anger, and said, "Old man, if you keep yelling, believe it or not, I will put you in jail right now!"

At this time, a dark-skinned man came over and stood in front of the old man.

Jiao Xin looked at the pickaxe in the opponent's hand, and suddenly lost a bit of momentum.

"You...what are you going to do?"

The man threw the pickaxe on the ground, with a look of grief and indignation on his face, he said: "My father is weak and sick, and you have sealed him in the village, and the medicine can't be sent in. He died yesterday. Who do you count?"

"This...you..."

Jiao Xin suddenly panicked. He wanted to shake off the authority, but there was no helper around him. Seeing that there were more and more people around him, he said, "I have tried my best to treat it, but... this disease is contagious. Yes, if there is no ban, more and more people will be infected, when the time comes, when the time comes..."

"Dog officer, quack doctor!"

The man was already furious, he would not listen to his explanation, he raised his pickaxe and made a gesture to hit him.

Jiao Xin ran away in a hurry, he didn't know how many streets he ran, and came to a dead end, he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.

Suddenly, he saw a broken bamboo basket full of rotten vegetable leaves thrown at the corner of the wall, so he quickly squatted down and put the basket on his head, only to escape the catastrophe.

After waiting for a long time and confirming that there was no movement around, he pushed the basket away and picked off the rotten vegetable leaves on his head, only to feel a rotten smell coming out of his nostrils, which was disgusting.

Jiao Xin shook off the rotten vegetable leaves on his body, sighed unceasingly, and walked towards the inspection department.

Inadvertently, I saw another pharmacy on the road.

He didn't intend to look for books at all, but found the door of this shop was open.

Now all the pharmacy shopkeepers, clerks, and clerks have been recruited, why is this shop still open?

After looking around for no one, he patted the dirt on his clothes and walked in.

The strange thing is that although the shop is open, there is no one inside.

"Is anyone here?"

Jiao Xin asked, but still no one answered.

Presumably, the clerk of this shop forgot to lock the door when he went out.

Just as he was about to leave, someone agreed.

"Who?"

The curtain was drawn back and a woman came out.

Jiao Xin was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself, Dongxiang is really special, there are girls in it?
"Ben... I am also a doctor, and now I need a medical book. If you have it in this shop, I will pay for it!"

While talking, he took out another small ingot of silver from his body and handed it over.

"Oh, I can't help..."

The woman didn't pick it up, but said: "Our head of the family has gone out, I don't understand those..."

It was only then that Jiao Xin figured out that this woman was not a girl, but the wife of the shopkeeper of this pharmacy.

"I need this book very much now. If it is convenient for you, can you take me to read it?"

The woman looked distressed and said, "I can't take charge of this kind of thing..."

Jiao Xin had a thought, and said: "To be honest, I came from Weinan to assist the local inspection department in the treatment of malaria. I left in a hurry and forgot to bring books. Look at this..."

"Sir, come to help with malaria?"

"Exactly!"

Jiao Xin's expression didn't change, his heart didn't jump, he came here to treat malaria, and he didn't lie.

The woman immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Come in, please!"

"It's work!"

Jiao Xin followed the woman to the back hall, where the shopkeeper of the pharmacy kept his books. Sure enough, there were many medical books.

"Sir, please read it yourself. I can't read, so I can't help you."

"Thank you!"

Jiao Xin saluted, then searched for it on the bookcase.

The woman said from the side: "I heard that the new high official has excellent medical skills."

"is it?"

Jiao Xin flipped through the book and agreed casually.

"That's right, let me tell you, the official in the past couldn't do it anymore. The more the disease was cured, the worse it became. Many people died."

Jiao Xin couldn't help but want to refute, but finally held back.

Forget it, don't know women in general!
However, he was angry and said: "It's no wonder that malaria is contagious, and people walking around with each other will definitely aggravate the disease."

"But this new senior official has brought his condition under control! But in just three days, everyone's condition has improved."

"that is because……"

Jiao Xin wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

Those Artemisia annua have just been thrown into the well water, even if it really works, it will not be so fast, right?
If it really got better, it must be that the medicine Zhou Wang brought in yesterday had an effect.

However, the medicine I had prepared at the beginning also worked!
The problem is how to control repeated infections. As long as the people move around with each other, even if the disease is cured, other people will still be infected. This is the key to solving the problem!

It's useless to talk to a woman about this kind of thing...

"found it!"

Jiao Xin took down a book from the bookcase, on which were written the words "Head of the Elbow Saves the Prescription", signed by Ge Hong.

"How much is this book, I bought it!"

"Can't, can't!"

The woman refused again and again, saying: "Mr. came all the way to help us in Dongxiang to cure diseases and save lives. It's just a book, just take it and use it."

Hearing these words, Jiao Xin's ears felt hot.

"How about this, I'll leave you some broken silver. If the shopkeeper asks, he will say that someone borrowed it."

The woman lowered her face and said: "Sir, if you mention money again, you will be looking down on people!"

Seeing this, Jiao Xin had mixed feelings in his heart, so he saluted and left with his book.

(End of this chapter)