"Sir, today's news talks about Russia, saying that they are in civil strife again. I'm afraid this won't stop for a while, right?"
"That's right."
Seeing that Zhou Changfeng answered simply, Xia Xiaoshi hesitated and asked, "Then you..."
The former waved his hand for Lin Xi to sit down, and then he picked up the teapot and poured tea. The warm tea flowed into the cup with the tea leaves, and it was steaming.
"One link after another, Britain, France and Russia worked together to contain Germany and Austria in the middle. Now that the east is in chaos, the situation will only accelerate and worsen."
"Oh, in this case, will the impact also affect us?"
People sometimes have such a contradiction - they have already guessed the answer in their hearts, but they still ask questions knowingly, hoping that the other party will give a negative answer.
Zhou Changfeng didn't dare to drink the hot tea, he just blew it, then looked at Xia Xiaoshi and said with a smile: "At least I have read a lot of books, what do you think?"
"Oh." The latter sighed, with a gloomy look on his face, "In that case, wouldn't you have to leave years ago?"
"I'm afraid so."
"What about New Year's Day?"
"It should be possible on New Year's Day, but it won't be that soon. Even if the war starts in Europe first, it will probably take a few months for our turn to end."
Lin Xi on the side suddenly said: "If we send troops to Southeast Asia, we will also be involved. I don't know if I will receive a recruitment order."
It is almost impossible for Lan Fang to stay alone. In this turbulent era, the possibility of a small country wanting to stay out of the situation is extremely slim.
What's more, Lanfang's geographical location is very critical, and it does not have the same unique geographical advantages as Switzerland, which is located in the Alps.
Lanfang is also a small country with an army of soldiers. The west and north sides of Lanfang are all coastal, so it is difficult to defend it in an all-round way, so it is actually not as tricky and difficult to deal with as Switzerland.
If Lanfang is difficult, then Switzerland is hell.
"I'm overthinking it. How can I send a recruitment order here when I'm abroad?" Zhou Changfeng replied nonchalantly.
However, Lin Xi said: "You seem to have forgotten that after I resigned from the library, I left a letter home and came to Ming Dynasty. Then, the recruitment order was sent directly to my home."
"That's it." Zhou Changfeng frowned and thought for a while, then mused: "I was unable to apply in time because I was out of the country for some reason. I shouldn't go into this. It's not like you refused maliciously."
"That's true."
"Don't worry, you can wipe out Borneo by yourselves despite the wasteful behavior of the British and Dutch Indian armies."
To take a step back, even if the parties involved are really held accountable according to Lanfang Law, it is still a republican government and they will not mess around with punishments. The special treatment will naturally be dealt with.
If you really want to use smooth words flexibly and take good care of the wife of a superior general, so that he can avoid worries and lead the army wholeheartedly, wouldn't it be considered a powerful help to the country in the end?
This is the real way to help the country.
After dispelling Lin Xi's concerns, Zhou Changfeng told Xia Xiaoshi about his upcoming departure to prepare for the landing drill.
As a result, her expression became visibly gloomier.
Alas, this trip will take at least a few months, but what can I say?
There is nothing you can do about it, and you shouldn't complain. That would make you appear to be lacking in self-cultivation and being unreasonable.
Xia Xiaoshi's mood was still low until they slept together at night.
The impact of pregnancy on emotions varies from person to person, at least it is more obvious for her. She used to be optimistic and positive, but now she has become much more sentimental.
Zhou Changfeng looked at her beside him with admiration and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, you have a good physique and your belly doesn't show much during pregnancy. If you take good care of it, you should not get stretch marks."
"I hope you don't show up, otherwise I will be depressed to death." Xia Xiaoshi shook her head repeatedly. Who would want to grow that thing? It is ugly and disgusting. Just thinking about it makes people uncomfortable.
"You can go to the doctor and get a prescription. The hospital should have that kind of ready-made ointment. The emphasis is on prevention."
"Well, then... I'll go check with the doctor in a few days."
After a while, Zhou Changfeng's hand began to move up slowly...
"Huh? What are you doing?"
"What do you think? Of course it's something we haven't done for a long time."
Xia Xiaoshi, who was a little shy, couldn't help but blush, "Isn't this bad..."
"Didn't I tell you before?" Zhou Changfeng leaned into her ear and whispered softly: "The first three months and the next three months are not allowed, but the middle is OK."
Needless to say, it was an extraordinary night - very comfortable and relaxing.
The next day, morning.
It is late autumn, the north wind is blowing, and although the daytime temperature in Nanjing is still at a refreshing level, the morning and night are already a bit cold.
"...The sword was drawn out. My brave and agile aviation athletes lived up to expectations and taught the enemy a painful lesson. On that day, a total of twenty-four enemy planes were shot down and six were damaged. Pilot cadet Yu Zhen was extremely skilled and outnumbered. The enemy also captured two of them; Lieutenant Flying Officer Zhao Xuwu was fearless and went deep into the enemy's territory, shooting down two of them..."
Because Ming Dynasty has entered war preparations, more and more press releases need to be reviewed, so many things are delayed by about a day.
"Wow, this was just a conflict in such a remote border. Did you kill more than 20 planes at once? One against five?" Xia Xiaoshi, who was drinking porridge, said in surprise.
"Not that many." Zhou Changfeng across the table replied casually while peeling salted duck eggs: "Actually, sixteen were shot down and seven were damaged. Five of our own were lost, and two were seriously damaged. They had to fly back. scrapped."
"That's pretty awesome, one versus three."
"Well, don't talk about this outside. The announced battle report must consider the morale of the military and civilians, and there will definitely be rhetoric."
Xia Xiaoshi said "ha" and curled her lips and said, "I'm sure, I'm not lacking in foresight."
With good training, proper tactics, and superior aircraft performance, it is not unusual to have an exchange ratio of one to three.
This is because it is located in Tsarist Russia, and most Ming army pilots do not dare to pursue and fight unscrupulously, otherwise the results will be greater.
Later, when Zhou Changfeng was browsing a medical journal, a paper called "A Brief Discussion on the Selection and Preliminary Purification of Molds that Can Reduce Pathogens" caught his attention.
In fact, he has been paying attention to penicillin research since Japan was pacified until now. At that time, he was still worried that his identity had nothing to do with biomedicine and he didn't know how to lead the research in advance.
But after the class teacher returned to China and consulted for a while, he learned that Furong University had officially organized a group to start research at the beginning of this year.
Now that I have started researching, I have nothing to do with it. I don’t understand biochemical purification and extraction anyway.
Historically, Fleming's discovery was buried due to the failure of purification. It was not until 1939 that two Australians picked it up again and continued to try.
However, the variable is that the Ming Dynasty is so large that it accounts for almost a quarter of the world's population.
Even though as a late-developing industrial country, its economic and educational levels are not as good as those of early-developing industrial countries, even if only a few prosperous provinces are considered, it still has a considerable high-quality population.
With such a massive population base, the possibility of many things being discovered and tried in advance will naturally increase significantly.
Judging from this paper, scholars in Chengdu are already trying to produce it on a larger scale.
Because the amount of penicillin obtained through laboratory preparation is so rare that even animal experiments and clinical trials cannot be carried out, so we must find ways to prepare more.
Zhou Changfeng was helpless in this regard - being able to remember the critical mass of uranium and plutonium was nothing, just a number, but the professional knowledge of biochemistry was not something ordinary people could master.
So we can only hope that their progress can be faster, and putting it into use one day earlier can save hundreds of lives...
No, there is another variable.
After finishing the remaining gruel and half a salted duck egg three times, five times and two times, Zhou Changfeng took the journal and set off.
Seeing that the fuel gauge pointer had reached the red area, he filled up the tank while passing by a gas station.
"Number seventy, fill it up."
"Okay, wait a moment."
The No. 92, No. 95, and No. 98 gasoline of later generations are now rare. The Ming Air Force will only use No. 94 gasoline or No. 100 gasoline during combat. During transition and daily training, it will fall back to No. 87 gasoline. .
As for civilian vehicles, trucks generally eat No. 56 or No. 66 coarse grains, while cars use No. 70 or No. 78 fine grains.
Today's gasoline contains lead. Because tetraethyl lead needs to be added as an antiknock agent, it is harmful to the environment and human body.
When they arrived at the Forbidden City, Zhou Changfeng, who was in high spirits, walked straight through the Qianqing Gate and went straight to the Zhaoren Hall where Zhu Lingjing worked daily.
Compared with the troubles other officials faced when meeting the emperor—often waiting for many days and possibly being rejected—the special treatment he received as an advisor was really wonderful.
But after seeing it too much, it will always make my eyes irritated, especially since Zhu Lingjing is not feeling well today.
"What's up?"
Her tone, which was colder than usual, extinguished Zhou Changfeng's previous interest. He had no choice but to cup his hands and said seriously: "Your Majesty, you should know about the mold that can kill pathogenic bacteria, right?"
Since the emperor didn't like others to talk half-heartedly, he continued to add: "Furong University has confirmed that this mold is very effective against common pathogenic bacteria, but because the amount of preparation is too small, follow-up experiments cannot be carried out."
"Oh, are you asking me for money?" Zhu Lingjing said calmly.
"Your Majesty, weren't you very proud yesterday? The billions of dollars spent on the big exercise can be used as long as you want." Zhou Changfeng quickly explained: "This antibacterial drug is of great significance. Let me just talk about it in terms of fighting. For soldiers, It is almost equivalent to having a second life, which will definitely improve morale; and the more veterans who return from injury, the better, which will also be beneficial to the long-term war."
"I have known about this before..." Zhu Lingjing glanced at him thoughtfully, seeming to be struggling with something. After a while, she said, "Well... okay."
The reason why she is not very interested in this is that there is very little information about penicillin, and she does not know its efficacy, resistance, and side effects.
In her opinion, this may be just a product similar to sulfonamide--it may have a mediocre efficacy, and drug resistance may quickly develop.
Wouldn’t it be better to proceed step by step and develop slowly? No hurries?
You can’t be reluctant to spend money that should be spent, but you can’t waste money that shouldn’t be spent.
"Don't come to me anymore for things like this. Write a memorial." She said impatiently.
Zhou Changfeng stared at her hand holding the pen, and saw that she had written a sentence in a few swipes, and then typed a chapter neatly.
"Your Majesty, I can only be considered as a rough writer. It's very troublesome to write serious official documents."
"Glib tongue, I've read all the papers you wrote before, what's the matter? You can write the paper, but not the memorial?" Zhu Lingjing said leisurely: "How about I give you special permission to go back and remake it?"
"Don't stop, write, I write, I will be written in the future ... Your Majesty is good, I will retreat!" Zhou Changfeng picked up the thin but extraordinary paper after finishing speaking, ready to go directly.
However, Zhu Lingjing stopped him and said: "We have to ask someone to go to the Fujian Governor's Mansion. There was a case there. It's not a trivial matter, and it's still being suppressed. If you don't have time later, let Luo Fu go. You go and tell him first."
"May I ask Your Majesty...what is the case?"
"Fuzhou Prefecture, reselling military supplies and smuggling."
hiss! Maybe it will be a major imperial case.
There will always be local officials who can't help but be tempted by the mountains and the water. However, we still don't know the true situation in Fuzhou Prefecture until everything is found out.
But Zhou Changfeng didn't take this matter too seriously, because compared to it, penicillin was obviously more important.
After leaving the Forbidden City, he realized why Zhu Lingjing was so uninterested - no wonder the woman thought she was making a fuss out of a molehill, as she thought penicillin was on the same level as sulfa.
However, how can penicillin, a classic antibiotic that has increased the average life span of all human beings by more than ten years, be comparable to a mere bacteriostatic drug?
But no matter what, she was still very considerate.
[Acceleration Buff +1, penicillin research and development speed +15%]
Three days later at noon, Lu Luji.
"Uuuuuu——"
Amidst the sound of the whistle, the military column loaded with officers, soldiers and equipment of the First Land Warfare Brigade slowed down slowly and stopped steadily at Luluji Railway Station.
On the platform, employees wearing fur hats had been waiting for a long time. Some came forward with water pipes in their hands, while others waved them out of the way, and just started to add coal and water to the military train. It was a lively scene.
Luluji is the Harbin of later generations. This place actually existed during the Yongle period of the early Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was a post station of Nurgandusi.
The sun is directly in the sky, with a lot of light, but it brings very little heat. The temperature at noon is only 2℃.
For two consecutive days, the First Marine Brigade traveled by train from south to north across almost half of the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers were very tired, and many soldiers from the south had never experienced the severe cold in the north.
It's only November, how come it's six or seven degrees below zero at night?
In the officer's compartment, Xie Wancheng opened the door, lifted the curtain and walked in.
He reported: "Boss, it's a little slower than planned. We won't be able to reach the sea cucumber until late at night."
Zhou Changfeng was looking at the white window and was distracted. He came back to his senses when he heard the voice, "Well, I will wait for a few days to get used to it before boarding the ship."
(End of chapter)
