Chapter 367: Eternal Merit.
Chapter 367: Eternal Merit.
The next morning, Ye Kun first dealt with urgent government affairs.
Before lunch, he took Jiang Yourong to see Youde in a hurry.
He also brought with him a dozen of the best doctors.
These doctors all treated Youde, but were helpless.
According to the doctors' response, Youde's disease is not contagious and is probably not tuberculosis.
Youde was still in a meeting, arranging production tasks. Seeing this scene, he felt embarrassed and complained to Ye Kun in a low voice: "I'm not going to die, why are you mobilizing so many people?"
"Rescuing an illness is like raising a tiger. You can't delay seeing a doctor."
Ye Kun was very serious and asked Youde to stop working immediately and cooperate with the doctor's diagnosis.
After the consultation, the doctors discussed it and reported: "It's still a lung problem, but many medicines have been used and there is no effect."
Ye Kun frowned and asked, "Now that we have a microscope, why is there still no progress in the development of penicillin?"
We have been working on penicillin for three years, but there has been no significant progress.
In the double-blind experiment, penicillin was effective for some patients but not for others.
Ye Kun thought that it might be because there were not enough units of Penicillium.
The head of the Medical Research Institute came forward to plead guilty:
"Your Majesty, King Hanzhong, we have conducted various experiments and used different pulp water to cultivate Penicillium, but we have not made much progress. We have tried all kinds of fruits and grains, and it seems that cucumbers have cultivated the most Penicillium. We dare not use too much medicine for the second young lady's illness..."
Ye Kun sighed: "There is a kind of food crop called corn, also known as maize. When Penicillium is cultivated with corn pulp, the Penicillium content is the highest. Unfortunately, we don't have this kind of food crop in Dading Country."
It is said that corn originated in South America and was not introduced to China until the Qing Dynasty.
Ye Kun also tried his best to mobilize merchants, farmers, and various prospecting teams to search for crops such as corn, cotton, potatoes, and sweet potatoes within his territory, but there was no progress.
Ye Kun also drew blueprints and gave detailed descriptions to the merchant groups from the Western Regions and Rome, and asked them to look for them, but to no avail.
It is extremely difficult to make qualified penicillin.
Youde’s illness is probably pneumonia.
Without qualified anti-inflammatory drugs, it is difficult to eradicate it.
If you wait a few years and it develops into lung cancer, you're completely finished.
Ye Kun can conquer the world, but he can't cure cancer!
The doctors asked, "How about increasing the dosage of penicillin?"
"Increase the dosage slowly and observe the condition carefully."
Ye Kun gave the order: "Youde, arrange the work at the textile factory and make sure it is handed over. Starting tomorrow, you will be recuperating in the palace and are not allowed to work anymore."
Youde became impatient when he heard this: "I am still alive and well, why don't you let me work? If I don't go to the palace, I will be in the factory. I will not feel at ease if I leave the factory."
Ye Kun advised: "If you want to work, you have a lifetime to do so. Once you are well, you can come back anytime."
"Everyone will die, so do something while you are alive, and you will not lose anything when you die."
Youde was very persistent and said with a smile: "If I go to the palace, I will be suffocated to death. I will stay here, and my heart will be comfortable, and my illness will gradually get better."
Ye Kun tried to persuade him in vain, so he had to give in:
"Then let me leave two doctors and two nurses here to make sure you eat and rest on time and take medicine on time. You must agree to this, or I'll send someone to lock you up and treat you!"
Youde rolled his eyes and said, "The king has given orders, so I have no choice but to obey."
Yourong held her sister's hand and tried to comfort her for a long time.
Immediately leaving the textile factory, Ye Kun returned to the palace and immediately convened a high-level meeting of medical researchers to inquire about the specific progress made over the past year.
The doctors reported:
"The neonatal mortality rate in the entire Yizhou is less than 7%. The babies born are basically healthy and survive. The death rate of first-born babies is less than 5%... The survival rate of the wounded after amputation is higher than 90%.
Ordinary people have developed the habit of drinking boiled water and washing their hands and hair frequently, and no large-scale health incidents have occurred in the country.
The research on salicylic acid is relatively mature and can already deal with most angina pectoris, as well as some high fevers and inflammations.
Under the microscope, we found schistosomiasis and rice-pork disease, and we can also see some unknown bacteria that we don’t know and are currently studying and analyzing…
Glass thermometers and sphygmomanometers have also been produced and put into use.
Anatomy was established, textbooks were written, and diagrams of bones, blood vessels, muscles, and the organizational structures of various organs were drawn. "
Ye Kun listened to the report, looked at the thermometer and blood pressure monitor, and sighed:
"It's hard for you to have made so much progress. Pass on my order to commend all members of the Medical Drug Research Institute and the doctors who have made medical progress."
The head of the research institute smiled and said, "The sphygmomanometer and thermometer were made by He Tiantian, Pang Jia and Sun Yi. They are the heroes."
Another doctor flattered him: "It is all the credit of the King of Hanzhong. It was the King of Hanzhong who guided everyone to make the forceps, stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers and thermometers, as well as microscopes and myricetin... These are all contributions that will last for generations, comparable to Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs."
"This is a great achievement for all ages, comparable to Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs. I'll accept it."
Ye Kun was not modest this time and said with a smile:
"However, these things were also researched by our Mohist ancestors. I was just a porter, and then let everyone research and explore together."
There are not many works of Mohism handed down from generation to generation, which is very pitiful compared with Confucianism and Taoism.
Ye Kun took this opportunity to praise the Mohist school and also to flatter himself.
The meeting lasted for two hours, and Ye Kun proposed the next stage of the tough task before the meeting was adjourned.
Time was tight, so Ye Kun ate a quick meal and went to the university to check on the work overnight.
The university had been built long ago, and classes in all subjects had started as scheduled.
But President Ye Kun has never been here since the university was built.
Wen Axiu and Liu Hongyu are in charge of the routine work here.
In addition, more than 30 officials from the academic departments of Chengdu and other counties were transferred here to work together to maintain the operation.
Guan Yafu is now in charge of Chengdu. He is very concerned about the operation of the university and often comes here to supervise the work.
The three newly built teaching buildings are very impressive.
It is five stories high and is built entirely of cement and red bricks, with white tiles on the exterior walls, which is dazzling.
The interior walls are all whitewashed, the floor is paved with tiles, and the large glass windows provide excellent lighting.
The people of Chengdu call this place Tiangong University!
They felt that only the heavenly palace could be so bright and magnificent.
Officials from counties and prefectures all over the country, wealthy gentry, and wealthy businessmen all tried to use the back door to send their children to study here.
In order to win over the aristocratic group in Yizhou, Guan Yafu consulted Ye Kun and built a middle school and a primary school next to the university to accept the children of the aristocracy, collect tuition fees, and earn some financial income.
Ye Kun felt that Guan Yafu did a great job.
In this way, the educational resources in the university can benefit middle schools and primary schools, and also stimulate the enthusiasm of the people of Yizhou to study.
What is really a headache is that those hundreds of schools of thought have nothing to do all day long and are engaged in endless verbal battles.
Taoists say that Confucianists are bookworms, and that those who are good for nothing are scholars;
Confucianism says that Taoism is boastful, leads people to superstition, and cheats people out of money;
The Legalists said, you all shut up, if you want to govern the world, you have to look to us, the Legalists.
The military strategist said, I will take out Sun Tzu's Art of War, how will you respond?
The strategist said, I have the skill to slay dragons, I can slay dragons and conquer the world, all of you here are rubbish...
Ye Kun couldn't help laughing after listening to Wen Axiu's evaluation of Baijia Academy.
Wen Axiu sighed, "You're still laughing? It's all your fault. You wanted to let a hundred flowers bloom, but now it's become a hundred schools of thought fighting each other. The hundred schools of thought are quarreling with each other, and they are forming cliques and factions among the students to develop their power. You've turned a good university into a mess."
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