The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20

Zhang Zhou didn't say too much to Zhu Feng that day, because many things were also uncertain factors for Zhang Zhou, and it would be useless to talk more.

As the sky darkened, Zhu Feng was leaving too.

When Zhang Zhou sent him out, Zhu Feng turned around to look at the chicken cage in three steps. It seemed that the whole yard was full of things that made him feel novel, and that was the chicken cage. Zhang Zhou was also puzzled. Potential to open a chicken farm.

"Husband, who is that son? Looking at his clothes, he is not only rich, but also expensive."

Zhu Feng left, and the running water mats at the door also dispersed one after another. Zhang Zhou returned to the yard but only concealed the door, while Jiang Pingyu came to ask her husband.

Zhang Zhoudao: "He is Zhu Feng, the second son of Duke Cheng, and he is about to go to the capital to take over the Nanjing Jinyi guard. Before he leaves, he wants me to help him manage the rice and grain business."

For others, this may be an honor, but Jiang Pingyu was not happy after hearing this: "My husband is now the master of juren, it is better not to accept such an errand."

From the point of view of a traditional woman like Jiang Pingyu, if she passed the exam and gained social status, she could disregard business.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's nothing. Now I want to do something else with him. It is said that there is an epidemic in Yangzhou City on the other side. I may have to leave home tonight and come back very late tomorrow."

"what?"

Jiang Pingyu was surprised.

Today, my husband has just passed the exam and is going out?
Zhang Zhoudao: "Madam, I have to leave the city as soon as the city gate is still open. I can't explain it to you, but you just have to believe that I do everything for this family."

"The husband... come back early."

There was a bit of reluctance in Jiang Pingyu's eyes.

But still hurried to pack things for her husband.

Han Qing, who was busy for a long time, was sitting in front of the stove to rest at this moment. Knowing that Zhang Zhou was going out of the city, she curiously said, "Ma'am, Aunt Lin has cleaned the bathing dendrobium, and it will be delivered later."

Said, with a bit of shyness on his face.

Obviously, the sisters are now convenient, and Zhang Zhou has passed the Jieyuan exam, and the family conditions have improved. This is the time when the family is "happy", and even the bathtub has been borrowed. Prepare.

But at this moment, Zhang Zhou still has the mind to go out?
Jiang Pingyu said: "My husband has important things to do, we must obey him."

Zhang Zhou smiled and took the two girls over, and said with some pride: "Yes, there is no rush, wait for me to come back tomorrow!"

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When Zhang Zhou took Liu Gui out of the city, he was also thinking that he was crazy.

In Nanjing, less than a month after the incident, he actually thought of treating the emperor's daughter?Or to cure smallpox?
Ugh!
Sitting in the hired carriage, Zhang Zhou couldn't help sighing as he saw the city gate in sight.

Liu Guidao: "Master Zhang, you have become the master of juren, what troubles do you have?"

"Annoying! There are so many annoying things!"

Zhang Zhou is very clear that in any era, smallpox can only be prevented but not cured.

Whether it is China or the whole world, if you get smallpox, you will be resigned to your fate. Young adults are fine when they get sick, and their immunity is relatively strong. If the elderly and children with low immunity get it, the medical conditions are backward and even antipyretics are not available. Under the current situation, the mortality rate is close to [-]%. It can be said that half of the people will live and half will die.

Even if they are alive, there will be pockmarks on their faces and bodies, and some even have their noses rotted off, leaving only two nostrils.

The only way is to vaccinate.

The history of Chinese pox vaccination is very early, but the effect is far from satisfactory.

But it will be hundreds of years before vaccinia was discovered and widely used to prevent smallpox.

The little princess Zhu Xiurong obviously did not get infected by running out of the palace by herself, but from the outbreak and infection of smallpox inside the palace, and from the court servants who took care of Zhu Xiurong.

The average incubation period of smallpox is ten to twelve days. If a person is inoculated with vaccinia within two days after being exposed to a smallpox patient, the vaccinia can quickly react in the blood, and basically immunity to smallpox can be formed.

If it is three to seven days, the chances of forming antibody immunity are high, and most young adults will not suffer from smallpox.

If it takes eight to ten days to inoculate the pox, the symptoms will be mild.

It is basically ineffective if you vaccinate the pox more than ten days later.

For people with low immunity, such as four-year-old children like Zhu Xiurong, the time may be earlier.

Based on China's thousands of years of experience in preventing and controlling smallpox, especially the court, it will do a good job of isolating people around those who have smallpox. In history, Zhu Xiurong contracted smallpox, but did not infect Zhu Youtang and Zhu Houzhao, which also shows that in this case In the second smallpox outbreak, the palace's prevention and control work was relatively in place, at least Zhu Xiurong was quarantined in advance.

Zhang Zhou's plan is to overcome this time difference.

If he could use a clever influence to vaccinate Zhu Xiurong about seven days after he came into contact with the patient, then Zhu Xiurong would still get sick, but the symptoms would be mild and not fatal. can achieve the best results.

The most difficult thing for him now is to find a cow with smallpox before Zhu Feng goes north.

If he can't find it before coming to Japan, then he doesn't need to mention it to Zhu Feng. If he finds it, and Zhu Feng doesn't believe him, then he won't force it.

Of course, even if he found it, he couldn't tell Zhu Feng that it was a pustule after the cow got sick, but would say that it was a "magic medicine". In order to ensure that this magic medicine was harmless, Zhang Zhou wanted to tell Zhu Feng Zhu Feng did a field experiment.

At the same time, this is also Zhang Zhou's layer of protection for his family. Who made it possible that the epidemic will soon spread to Nanjing?
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The next day is the Luming Banquet.

That day, the Nanjing Tribute Court was extremely lively. There were hundreds of people including officials from the inner and outer curtains, the candidates who had passed the provincial examination, the teachings of Xuezheng learned from the county school, officials from Yingtianfu, and others.

Originally, the person who attracted the most attention that day was of course Zhang Zhou who passed the Jiangnan Township Examination.

But it's a pity... Zhang Zhou went out of the city overnight to look for sick cows yesterday, and didn't come to this Luming Banquet at all.

Daming’s Luming Banquet is not mandatory to attend. After the provincial examination is over, there will be a period of time before the results are released. Many candidates return to their hometown after the examination. After all, staying in Nanjing and waiting for an illusory result is very difficult. Not everyone can live in the provincial capital for a long time without working.

In addition, it is the same even if the list is released in the hometown, which will cause many people to be unable to come to the Luming Banquet on the second day after the list is released due to various factors.

But like Zhang Zhou, who is a student in Nanjing and lives in Nanjing, it would be unusual for him not to attend the Luming Banquet.

"Ji Zhi, I heard that Zhang Bingkuan has not come?" Liu Ji also went out to drink with the people of Ying Tianfu for two rounds before returning to the table prepared for the chief examiner. Seeing Wang Jia sitting there quietly, he couldn't help but ask. said a word.

Wang Jia glanced back, and the table behind him was the one prepared for the top ten in the provincial examination.

A lonely figure happened to have his back to Wang Jia.

Wang Jia said: "Since Xie Yuan didn't come, let Yayuan Bohu come over, represent all the people, and toast to everyone present!"

That lonely figure was Tang Yin, who was supposed to be Jie Yuan in this provincial examination, but was changed by Zhang Zhou's butterfly effect and came second.

(End of this chapter)