Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

"Doctor Zhang, if nothing happens, I'll leave soon.

Pang Tong urged.

Zhang Zhongjing took advantage of the skylight to carefully observe the garlic essence in the transparent glass bottle. It was not until he heard Pang Tong's urging that he reluctantly looked away and nodded:

"It's time to test the power of this thing."

After saying that, Zhang Zhongjing turned around and shouted twice into the room, and soon several disciples came out and stood behind Zhang Zhongjing, each of them holding a small clay pot in their arms.

A rather pungent smell of garlic spread from these jars and the room behind them.

"All the garlic essence produced this time is already here."

"Garlic essence is slightly easy to prepare, but extremely difficult to store. It must be used up within half a day."

Perhaps because of the presence of his disciples, Zhang Zhongjing's words were vague, but Pang Tong and Kong Ming understood the meaning.

Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of allicin, later generations have already made it very clear when they casually talked about it.

Compared with antibiotics, this product is easy to prepare, which is its advantage.

It is only valid for half a day, so it is difficult to save it for emergencies, which is a shortcoming.

Therefore, Pang Tong didn't say much and directly stretched out his hand and said:

"The carriage has been waiting for you. Doctor Zhang will come with me."

So the group of people quickly got into the carriage in a hurry and headed towards Chang'an South in the drizzle of snow.

Sitting on the carriage, Pang Tong glanced at the glass bottle held tightly in Zhang Zhongjing's arms, and suddenly felt itchy.

Whether it was the transparent and beautiful glass bottle or the medicine in the bottle that was developed in later generations to guide the Tang Dynasty to help the law, they all made him want to take it in his hands and play with it.

Zhang Zhongjing didn't think too much and took the initiative to confirm with Pang Tong:

"What's the current situation of swine fever in the south of the city?"

When he got down to business, Pang Tong looked a little more serious and said:

"Early this morning, there were more than 800 pigs infected with the epidemic still alive, and there were more than a thousand pigs in the same pen as the infected pigs."

Zhang Zhong nodded and sighed softly:

"The current plan is to rely on this thing to relieve the epidemic, otherwise..."

Otherwise, Zhang Zhongjing didn't say anything, but now it's the New Year's Eve, and if it can't be resolved, it may cast a shadow over the New Year.

After the light curtain ended three months ago, Liu Bei and his military advisers immediately took action when they saw the horrifying descriptions such as "all water is salty" recorded in later generations.

It can be said that a lot of effort has been expended in the past three months on the rectification of Chang'an health issues.

It is strictly prohibited to dump waste at will, and it is also prohibited to dig holes to bury waste or dump it into dry wells.

However, since the dumping of this filth is prohibited, it needs a reasonable place to go. The final and temporary trial was to dig toilets on every street for civilian use.

These filthy materials were collected by hand into a newly dug pit in the south of the city, where Kong Ming used it to study new methods of retting and fertilizing, so as to save it and use it to fertilize the fields in the coming year.

In addition, in terms of how to deal with these filthy things, Xuande Gong also referred to the "integration of clean toilets" that was just criticized by his descendants a few days ago, and specially collected nearly 2,000 pigs from Hanzhong Guanzhong to graze them in the south of the city. Solve this filth problem.

After seeing this light curtain, it was no longer feasible to feed the pigs sewage and evil substances. However, before Liu Bei and others took the time to plan a new place for these pigs, they were caught off guard by the plague that broke out among the pigs. .

Later generations talked about the suspicion that large-scale cluster breeding would cause epidemics, but they did not expect that the epidemic would come so quickly.

The people in the south of the city did not know much about veterinary diseases and simply called these animal diseases that could be passed from pig to pig swine fever.

In this case, Zhang Zhongjing became the busiest person.

First, he personally went to the south of the city to check on the sick pigs, and found out that the pigs were infected with a severe disease, which meant they had diarrhea just like humans.

Then he took the initiative to separate the pigs into pens, and the pig herders were placed on the spot and were not allowed to return to the city for the time being, so as not to bring the epidemic into the city.

The next step is to find a way to eradicate the disease, and now there are only two options: kill or treat.

Curative diseases are no stranger to Zhang Zhongjing. If someone suffers from this disease, a mild case can be cured with just one dose of Pulsatilla Decoction, while a severe case can only do its best to obey fate.

While studying how later generations used poultry and livestock to test medicine, Zhang Zhongjing also tried the opposite, using decoctions used by humans to treat livestock. The final conclusion was that it was effective but not completely effective.

So in the end, Zhang Zhongjingbao and Liu Bei’s solution was very simple:

Use diluted Pulsatilla decoction to alleviate the symptoms of swine fever, and then make every effort to extract allicin.

If successful, this epidemic is the best whetstone for testing drugs.

If this fails, it will not be too late to kill all the infected pigs.

So finally, with the approval of Liu Bei and the full help of Kong Ming and Pang Tong, the garlic juice was distilled as much as possible, and the prepared garlic essence was cherished by Zhang Zhongjing and his disciples.

Hearing Zhang Zhongjing's sigh, Kong Ming and Pang Tong sighed softly at the same time, and then the only sound that could be heard in the carriage was the squeaking of the wheels.

After an unknown amount of time, the creaking stopped, and the driver in front said:

"Miracle doctor, military strategist, the pig herder is in front of you."

Several people got out of the car one after another. Pang Tong used his sleeves to block the thin snow. He looked at the three characters "Pig Herding Supervisor" written by his lord and said with a smile:

"Xuan Degong has great plans to spend money to buy pigs, but he has no choice..."

As he spoke, Pang Tong shook his head with a smile, turned around and said:

"The outcome of Duke Xuande's pig herding depends on the actions of Divine Doctor Zhang."

Zhang Zhongjing's face was tense, he nodded slightly and took the lead with his disciples without saying a word. Kong Ming and Pang Tong hurriedly followed.

Kong Ming visited when the pig prison was first established. The scene of thousands of pigs galloping that he saw at that time has now disappeared. The black dolphins that he saw were all lying on the ground and covered with straw. They could only be seen from the occasional swishing of their tails. It was confirmed that most of the pigs were still alive.

Under this special situation, Zhang Zhongjing's prestige here far exceeded that of Kong Ming and Pang Tong.

The pig supervisor, who had already been called a doctor in a hurry, could no longer care whether Dr. Zhang was a miracle doctor because he was treating people or animals, and he would not disobey whatever Zhang Zhongjing said.

Following Zhang Zhongjing's instructions, bowls of diluted Pulsatilla soup were placed in front of him, and then he and his disciples carefully dropped the pungent garlic-smelling essence into the bowls.

The amount of sperm in each bowl was different and recorded separately. Finally, the pigs fed were also recorded separately. Then, under the teacher's command, the disciples could only forcefully recall all the things they did when treating people even if they muttered in their hearts. The key is to endure the stinky smell and record the changes in the pig's symptoms regularly.

"Based on half a day, this product is effective for three hours. Considering its medicinal properties, it needs to be used within two hours."

Zhang Zhongjing stood aside, his eyes did not waver at all, and said to himself:

"It takes about an hour from the time this essence is produced to the time it is delivered to this place, so you can observe its effect within an hour."

Kong Ming and Pang Tong nodded, feeling it was very reasonable.

Seeing the serious looks of the two military advisors and a miracle doctor, the others did not dare to say anything. They could only perform their duties and hope from the bottom of their hearts that this thing would be useful.

This newly established pig herding prison could only hear the feeble grunting of the sick pigs at this moment.

The time limit set by Zhang Zhongjing was one hour, but only half an hour passed before a disciple exclaimed:

"This pig...is out of breath."

Kong Ming and Pang Tong were suddenly startled. The two of them stepped on the mud that was frozen as hard as dried cow dung and took a closer look. Sure enough, the black pig in front of them had stopped moving. The medical disciple beside them said carefully:

"This animal has about two ounces of essence. It seemed to be struggling before it died, but it was tortured by the plague and was unable to do anything..."

Pang Tong couldn't laugh anymore. Kong Ming explained in a low voice:

"Perhaps due to excessive application... the essence can react, which proves that this product is really effective."

Zhang Zhongjing nodded in approval and said:

"What Military Advisor Zhuge said is correct. Even if the energy is gone, it is better than no reaction at all."

Pang Tong nodded and felt relieved.

Fortunately, the next development was just as Zhang Zhongjing predicted. After an hour, two pigs were able to stagger up and eat grass. Although they were still sick, at least the symptoms were visible to the naked eye. Great relief.

Zhang Zhongjing became busy again at this time. While re-preparing the medicine according to the dosage of sperm for the two black pigs with the most obvious effect, he also turned to Kong Ming and Pang Tong to explain:

"Excuse me, two military advisors. Return to Chang'an and inform the distillery that the essence must be prepared continuously and be sent here."

Kong Ming finally had a smile on his face and asked with a big smile:

"How effective is this essence?"

Zhang Zhongjing, whose face had been tense from beginning to end, finally broke out into a smile and said loudly:

"It can be called a miracle medicine. If you don't go out tonight, you can get rid of all the evils of the epidemic. When we leave Chang'an next year, the soldiers will have no worries if they are infected by the damp-heat epidemic!"

Kong Ming arched his head and laughed and said, "Liang, I will obey the order of the miracle doctor!"

He also knew that he could not be of much help here, so he immediately led Pang Tong back, intending to do what the miracle doctor Zhang had told him, and also to report the good news to his lord.

Kong Ming knew how to drive, so he simply sat on the carriage shaft with Pang Tong on the way back and asked the driver to stay and help Dr. Zhang. After all, it was a big job to treat a thousand pigs.

Holding the reins and thin whip in hand, Kong Ming thought while driving:

"If this thing can be made, most of the symptoms caused by the epidemic poison may be solved."

"To eradicate epidemic diseases and typhoid fever, Zhang's ambition as a miraculous doctor may come true!"

As he spoke, Kong Ming excitedly chattered his various speculations to Pang Tong.

For example, with regard to the theories of "microscopic" and "microorganisms" in later generations, does it mean that animals exist even in sizes that are invisible to the naked eye?

Since this substance is afraid of antibiotics such as allicin, are all these diseases caused by such invisible animals?

After talking enthusiastically for a long time without receiving any response, Kong Ming turned around and saw Pang Tong's expression flickered, so he simply asked:

"What did Shi Yuan think of?"

Pang Tong hesitated, and finally shook his head and said

"I was thinking just now that if there was such a thing, Zhou Gongjin might not have..."

Kong Ming was silent. Although he had different ambitions, he also knew that dying young would be a tragedy. In the end, he could only shake his head and said:

"Throughout the ages, Zhou Gongjin was not the first person to die prematurely due to undetectable diseases, and he was definitely not the last person."

These words immediately reminded Pang Tong of his own way of death, so he shook his head to disperse the figure and whispered:

"At least now Mr. Xuande has the blessing of this thing. I'm very lucky."

Kong Ming nodded in agreement.

After the two drove into the city, they saw Zhang He arguing excitedly with the guard when they passed an intersection, so they simply got closer to see what was going on.

Before anyone arrived, the voice from the other side came over:

"... I already said that this lamp really fell from the sky, it must be the lamp of heaven! How can it not be worth repaying to General Zuo?"

"General Zhang, this matter has been recorded."

"Do you understand this is auspiciousness?! If there is another sky lantern later, who will General Zuo blame?"

"Don't worry, General Zhang. This matter has been noted carefully."

…

Kong Ming's expression remained unchanged, and he flicked the reins quickly, and the horse turned around in the direction directed and returned to the right path.

Pang Tong laughed:

"Why is the snow getting heavier?"

Kong Ming nodded slightly in agreement, and continued his previous guess as if nothing had happened:

"When I talk about microscopic things, it reminds me of the telescope that can show the scenery miles away in front of my eyes."

Pang Tong nodded and said:

"That telescope is indeed magical. If we can understand its principle and follow the traces to deduce it, in the future we may be able to see objects hundreds of miles away and glimpse the stars in the sky."

There were many things that impressed Pang Tong in Chang'an this year, such as the victory in Guanzhong, the capture of Xia Houyuan, the scenes of later world, and the cement that makes time easy and becomes hard later.

But the highlight was when I met Lu Zijing, and the second was when I played with the telescope sent from Chengdu.

A simple and inconspicuous lens tube can present the blurred scenery thousands of steps away in front of your eyes in detail. This object really clearly interprets the saying "a gentleman is good at fake things".

Kong Ming nodded in approval, and then said:

"Now that I see Dr. Zhang using antibiotics to eliminate the epidemic, I am reminded of the theory of microscopy again. I wonder if I can create a microscopic mirror if I reverse the telescope method?"

Following Kong Ming's description, Pang Tong became fascinated and finally said:

"The opposite may not be possible, but in the future there will be a mirror for observing microscopic objects!"

"When Mirror Factory moves to Chang'an, I will definitely give it a try!"

The telescope sent to Chang'an was of great importance, and it was foreseeable that this object would be brilliant in the future, so the decision was finally made to move the telescope workshop to Chang'an.

Kong Ming nodded, and then put the whip and reins into Pang Tong's hands:

"In this case, the lord will ask Shi Yuan to do it for him, and he should go to the Imperial College to study."

Pang Tong nodded and agreed, looking at Kong Ming's back and unwilling to expose it:

Most likely, he had the idea of ​​observing microscopic objects in his mind and couldn't wait. Pang Tong knew that there were several simple workshops built by Kong Ming in the Imperial Academy.

Pulling the reins to let the horse continue to move forward, Pang Tong had thoughts floating in his mind.

The term "mirror for observing microscopic objects" is quite awkward to talk about, so why not just imitate the telescope and call it a microscope.

I hope Kong Ming’s idea of ​​“going in the opposite direction” will go smoothly. Pang Tong sincerely hopes so.

My lord, it's quite simple. This allicin can cure the plague, which will probably make Duke Xuande ecstatic, right?

In addition, there is news that coal is coming out of Qiyi County. Most of them will have to work with Xuande Gong to plan a channel for transporting coal using cement and wooden rails.

However, if this happens, the name of Qiyi County will most likely be changed. Why not call it Coal Officer?