In the Palace of Political Affairs, the court meeting has ended. But the officials have not left yet.
Ying Zheng smiled and asked Li Shui: "Has the result been announced for the selection of the Exalted Immortal Award?"
Li Shui said respectfully: "Except for the medical award, there are results."
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Have you encountered any difficulties with this medical award?"
Li Shui said: "There are two candidates for the Medicine Award. One of them is Li Zhu from Shangjun Hospital."
After the courtiers heard the name, they were all stunned for a moment, and then began to whisper among themselves.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "What? Is there anything different about this person?"
A young eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, this person is also the winner of the Chemistry Prize."
Ying Zheng smiled slightly: "Yes, you are indeed talented."
Li Shui continued: "Back then, I used alcohol to cure Master Fu Yao's ulcer. Everyone thought it was a miracle. They were full of respect and admiration. But after the praise was over, that was all."
"Only Miss Zhu never forgets to find out the cause. To this end, she even found a few poor people suffering from gangrene and provided them with free food, clothing and accommodation for research. However, there has been little progress."
"This time Miss Zhu and Tian Weng were studying chemical fertilizers together, and unexpectedly discovered that the method of studying chemical fertilizers may be used to study people."
After hearing this, all civil and military officials in the court looked at each other in shock.
Many people are thinking: What does it mean to banish an immortal? Can the method used to study poop be used to study people? This is too insulting.
However, none of them interrupted Li Shui. Because everyone is curious and wants to know why Xiangli Zhu won the award.
Li Shui said: "Miss Zhu thinks that since the feces is made of different things, are the sores also made of different things?"
"So Miss Bamboo took some pus and studied it under a microscope, and finally she discovered something."
"It turns out that there are some extremely tiny things appearing in the patient's sores. These things are like fungi after the rain, growing on the patient's body and constantly multiplying and expanding."
"It is precisely because of this that the patient's sores have not been able to heal for a long time, but have become more and more serious."
"Based on this characteristic, Miss Bamboo named this thing bacteria."
Ying Zheng exclaimed and said, "You mean, the reason why people suffer from ulcers is because they have this kind of thing called bacteria?"
Li Shui said: "Exactly."
Many ministers shook their heads and whispered: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. How can things grow on a human body if it's not soil?"
Li Shui said calmly: "This has been confirmed by experiments. Shang Jun's Villa has raised hundreds of rabbits exclusively for experiments."
"Miss Bamboo slightly scratched the skin of a rabbit and then smeared the bacteria on it. A few days later, the rabbit also developed gangrene."
The courtiers fell silent.
No matter how unbelievable it is, it’s useless. People have experimental evidence. In fact, most of the courtiers began to feel a little uncomfortable, and they always felt like something was growing on them.
Li Shui continued: "Furthermore, Miss Zhu discovered that this bacteria can be effectively killed by cleaning with alcohol."
"However, the effect of alcohol is not good enough. After painstaking research, she found another type of bacteria from the soil. This type of bacteria can kill the fungus that causes ulcers."
"After animal experiments, it was proved that the bacteria in the soil are not harmful to humans, so they have been tried on poor people suffering from ulcers. The effect is excellent, and they recovered in three or two days. And the process is extremely safe, unlike Like Mr. Fu Yao, he has high fevers one after another, which is very dangerous."
Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay."
A minister suddenly said: "I remember my father once said when I was young. If you have a disease in your feet, the pain and itching will be unbearable. You should walk barefoot in the sand, and it will heal in a few days."
"Does this mean that the bacteria in the sand killed the bacteria in the feet?"
Li Shui nodded: "That should be the case."
Chunyu Yue nodded, twirled his beard and smiled: "All things in the world are indeed mutually reinforcing and interfering with each other, and the cycle is endless. The ancients sincerely did not deceive me."
Li Shui: "..."
Does this have anything to do with the ancients? Sure enough, the scientists climbed to the top of the mountain with great difficulty, and the theologians were already waiting there.
Ying Zheng said: "With Li Zhu's discovery, he should be able to win a medical award."
Li Shui said: "Yes. However, there is another person's discovery that is also more important. This person is called Tu Yang. He was originally a butcher and later became a doctor."
The courtiers were a little speechless, feeling that this career change was a bit too outrageous.
Li Shui said: "Tu Yang was extremely courageous because he was a butcher. He used to treat diseases based on the contents in medical books, but it never worked."
"Later, while watching an execution, he accidentally noticed that something was wrong."
"It is said that a person who committed a heinous crime was going to be executed. The punishment was to be quartered on five horses. At that time, there was a scream, and the man's body was pulled apart, and his internal organs fell to the ground with blood..."
The courtiers all changed their colors and said to Li Shui: "Exiled Immortal, please don't go into such details."
Li Shui coughed dryly and continued: "Ordinary people can just watch the fun. But Tu Yang is a doctor. After reading it, he suddenly discovered that the human heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are different from what is said in medical books."
"If the medical book is wrong, how can the disease be cured? So he took advantage of the night and sneaked into mass graves, execution grounds and other places. There were many ownerless corpses there."
"In the end, Tu Yang discovered that the descriptions of human internal organs in medical books were mostly wrong. By the way, he also discovered the circulation between the heart and blood vessels..."
"Li Zhu's discovery created a new treatment method. Tu Yang's discovery is a correction of past medical errors. One is microscopic and the other macroscopic, both are very important."
"Originally, my intention was to let them win the medical award together. However... some corrupt scholars disagreed, saying that Tu Yang's research method was simply contrary to human ethics and absolutely undesirable, so..."
Chunyu Yue coughed slightly, stood up, and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I think this research method is really contrary to human ethics. If someone gets a bounty by destroying the corpse of the deceased, the world will probably be in chaos. It’s a ball.”
Li Shui said quietly: "It was precisely because he destroyed the body of the deceased that he discovered the error in the medical book. In the future, the living will not have to become the dead."
Chun Yuyue still wanted to argue, but Ying Zheng said calmly: "What Tu Yang used were the corpses of sinners. Those people were extremely guilty and had evil intentions. They were the silverfish of the Qin Dynasty. What's the harm in using their corpses for research?"
This matter was determined in one sentence, and Chunyu Yue had nothing to say.
Ying Zheng said to Li Shui: "The medicine award will be given to Li Zhu and Tu Yang. In addition, you tell Tu Yang that if you want to observe the corpse in the future, you don't need to be sneaky. Just make a request to Yousi. Those The corpses of executed prisoners can be studied at will by him.”
Li Shui thanked him repeatedly.
The Qin Dynasty, which was not bound by the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties, was good.
As for the political correctness that death row prisoners have human rights and that corpses should be properly protected, there is no need to talk about it now.
In this era, a plague can kill thousands of people.
Thousands of lives were lost in order to protect the rights of one corpse. That's just bullshit.
Eat enough first, and then think about eating well.
The candidates for the medical award have been decided, and Ying Zheng is planning to retire from the government.
Suddenly, an old man stood up, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I risk my own life to remonstrate against the candidates for the Chemistry Prize."
Li Shui was a little puzzled and thought: Are all the officials in Da Qin so scientifically literate? Do you know what the Chemistry Prize is about?
Ying Zheng said: "Tell me your reasons."
The old man said: "I am responsible for farming and mulberry fields. The Chemistry Award studies chemical fertilizers, which are closely related to farming, so I pay more attention to it."
"This fertilizer sounds magical, so magical that it is unbelievable, but no one knows whether it is useful or not. It is not a good thing to rush to award a chemistry prize to an unproven thing."
"What's more, your Majesty will personally award this award. This is equivalent to telling the people of the world that chemical fertilizers are a good thing, with hundreds of benefits and no harm. If the people believe it is true and everyone uses chemical fertilizers, and the fertilizers are fake, what should the world do? I’m afraid there will be a great famine.”
"I heard that Master Fu Yao promised full compensation if the use of chemical fertilizers was ineffective. However... if Da Qin has no harvest in the coming year, or even reduces production by more than 80%, countless people will starve to death. Even if gold and silver are compensated, there will be no compensation. What’s the use?”
After hearing this impassioned speech, all civil and military officials in the court nodded their heads. He praised Sangtian for his great benevolence and courage in asking for life for the people.
Li Shui was a little tired: "Master Sinong is indeed very benevolent, righteous and brave, but he lacks great wisdom."
Sang Tian, who had been so praised just now, was suddenly slapped in the face by Li Shui, and his face suddenly turned red.
Chunyu Yue said: "Ban the immortal, you should not humiliate others wantonly."
Li Shui said: "When have I been humiliated? Sir Sinong, have you ever visited the fields of common people in the past few days?"
Sangtian hesitated for a moment and said: "I am in charge of the world's agricultural affairs. I want to know where there is a good harvest and where there is a bad harvest, how big the gap is, and how many acres there are in the world. I can't control the situation of each household, and I have no way to control it."
Li Shui said: "Since Mr. Sinong hasn't seen it, how about you come with me and have a look? The fertilizer has been on sale for nearly a month, so it should have some effect."
Sangtian was a little hesitant.
Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said: "If this fertilizer is really effective, my country in the Qin Dynasty will no longer have to worry about famine. This is a big event. Not only the farmers want to see it, but I also want to see it. All civil and military officials, please come with me. .”
The courtiers agreed.
An hour later, the team set off in great force, heading straight for the farmland outside the city.
After leaving the city, Li Shui pointed to a piece of farmland and said, "Sir, please take a look, this farmland must have used chemical fertilizers."
Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was really a little different.
The crops in the nearby fields are spaced apart and grow very low. This is because there is insufficient fertility in the field. If you plant too densely, you will not get enough nutrients and will not grow well.
But the farmland Li Shui pointed to was different. The crops there were densely packed, green, and very thick, much taller than other places.
There was an old farmer in the farmland. After seeing Ying Zheng and others, he hurriedly came to see them.
Li Shui said gently: "Don't panic, old man. Let me ask you, is this farmland used chemical fertilizers?"
When Li Shui mentioned chemical fertilizers, the old farmer suddenly became very happy and said with joy: "Yes, chemical fertilizers are used. This chemical fertilizer is really miraculous. The newspaper said that after using chemical fertilizers, the yield can be increased tenfold. Look, What I said here is true.”
Sangtian was a little unconvinced and muttered: "This fertilizer can make crops grow strong, but it may not be conducive to fruiting. For example, these wheats are growing very well now, but when it is harvest time, only leaves and no ears can be seen. , isn’t that still useless?”
Li Shui said with emotion: "Sir Nong actually knows that Sumai has to bear ears. It's really admirable."
Sangtian's face turned red: "It's just for no reason, why do you want to humiliate me again when you banish an immortal?"
The old farmer coughed dryly and reminded carefully: "The little man is not growing wheat, but... leeks."
Sangtian: "..."
He rubbed his eyes and saw, isn't it? The ground is green and full of leeks.
It's over. As a farmer, I can't tell the difference between wheat and leeks. This is really embarrassing, and it's in front of His Majesty. this……
Sangtian was a little angry and said to the old farmer: "Why do you grow so many leeks? Don't you grow some food?"
The old farmer said: "The little man's land is relatively close to Xianyang City. After planting leeks, sell them to dignitaries in the city, and then use the money to sell the grain. In this way, you will make more profits than directly harvesting the grain. Therefore... …So the villain has always made a living by growing vegetables.”
Sangtian wanted to cry but had no tears.
He murmured in a low voice: "How could I not be able to tell the difference between leeks and wheat? I was just careless today."
Whether the words were loud or soft, they were actually meant for Ying Zheng to hear.
But Ying Zheng didn't say anything. He was looking at other farmland.
Ying Zheng asked the old farmer: "Are leeks the only ones growing well?"
The old farmer said: "No matter what kind of crops, the growth is very good. This year's food harvest will definitely be bumper. The villain's vegetable field has harvested various fruits and vegetables several times more than in previous years."
Ying Zheng nodded and said to Sang Tian: "It seems that this fertilizer is indeed effective. The vegetables have already taken effect. The staple food harvest cycle is long, so it cannot be verified yet. But I think it can't be wrong."
After arriving here, what else does Sang Tian have to say? I can only nod my head in agreement.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "In that case, this chemistry award will be awarded to Tian Weng and Li Zhu. If during the autumn harvest, food production will be reduced and chemical fertilizers will be ineffective. I will personally take back their awards and let them show it to the world. Apologize. What do you think?"
Sangtian said respectfully: "Everything is left to your Majesty's decision."
