Zhang Zhou didn't talk too much to Zhu Feng that day, because many things were uncertain for Zhang Zhou, and it would be useless to talk more.
The sky was getting dark and Zhu Feng was leaving.
When Zhang Zhou sent him out, Zhu Feng turned around and looked at the chicken cage. It seemed that the most novel thing in the yard was the chicken cage. Zhang Zhou was also puzzled. It seemed that the second son of the Duke of Guo had something. The potential to open a chicken farm.
"Husband, who is that young man? Looking at his clothes, he is not only rich, but also noble."
Zhu Feng left, and the flowing mats at the door dispersed one after another. Zhang Zhou returned to the courtyard and just closed the door ajar, while Jiang Pingyu came to inquire about her husband.
Zhang Zhou said: "He is Zhu Feng, the second son of Cheng Guogong. He will soon go to the capital to take over the position of Nanjing Jinyiwei Qianshi. Before leaving, he wants me to help him take care of the rice and grain business."
For others, this may be an honor, but Jiang Pingyu was not happy to hear this: "My husband is now the master of civil affairs, so it is best not to accept such an errand."
From the perspective of a traditional woman like Jiang Pingyu, passing the exam and gaining social status would allow her to have nothing to do with doing business.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "It's nothing. Now I have 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."
"ah?"
Jiang Pingyu was surprised.
Today, my husband just passed the examination and is about to go out?
Zhang Zhou said: "Madam, I want to leave the city quickly while the city gate is still open. I can't explain it to you specifically, but you just need to believe that everything I do is for this family."
"Then husband... come back soon."
There was a bit of reluctance in Jiang Pingyu's eyes.
But she still hurried to pack her husband's things.
Han Qing on the side had been busy for a long time and was sitting in front of the stove to rest. Knowing that Zhang Zhou was leaving the city, he said curiously: "Madam, Aunt Lin has washed the dendrobium and will deliver it to her later."
As he spoke, his expression was a bit shy.
Obviously, the sisters are now more convenient, and Zhang Zhou also passed the exam to learn Yuan, and the conditions at home have been improved. This is the time for the family to "have fun", and even the bathtub has been borrowed, so they need to do some good things beforehand. Prepare.
But at this moment, Zhang Zhou still wants to go out?
Jiang Pingyu said: "My husband has important things to do, and we must obey him."
Zhang Zhou smiled and hugged the two girls over, and said with a bit of 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 wanted to treat the emperor's daughter? Or should we treat smallpox?
well!
Zhang Zhou sat on the hired carriage and sighed when he saw the city gate in sight.
Liu Guidao: "Mr. Zhang, you have become the master of the people's education, what are you still worried about?"
"Trouble! There are so many things to worry about!"
Zhang Zhou knew very well that in any era, smallpox can only be prevented but not cured.
Whether it’s China or the whole world, if you get smallpox, you have to resign yourself to your fate. Young adults are fine with the disease and have relatively strong immunity. If the elderly and children with low immunity get it, their medical conditions are backward and they don’t even have antipyretics. Under the epidemic, the mortality rate is close to 50%. It can be said that half of the people will live and half of the people will die.
Even if they are alive, there will be pockmarks on their faces and bodies, and some even have their noses rotted away, leaving only two nostrils.
The only way is to get vaccinated.
China has a long history of vaccination against variola, but the results are far from ideal.
But it would still be hundreds of years before cowpox was discovered and widely used to prevent and treat smallpox.
The little princess Zhu Xiurong obviously did not get infected by running out of the palace on her own. It came from the outbreak and infection of smallpox within the palace, and from the palace servants who took care of Zhu Xiurong.
The average incubation period of smallpox is ten to twelve days. If a person is vaccinated with cowpox by blood method within two days after being exposed to a smallpox patient, the cowpox will react quickly in the blood, and immunity to smallpox can basically be formed.
If it lasts three to seven days, the chance of forming antibody immunity is very high, and most young adults will not get smallpox.
If the vaccine is administered within eight to ten days, the onset of the disease will be mild but the symptoms will be mild.
If vaccinated again for more than ten days, it will basically be ineffective.
For people with low immunity, such as four-year-old children like Zhu Xiurong, the time may be earlier.
With thousands of years of experience in the prevention and control of smallpox in China, especially in the palace, the isolation of people around those who contracted smallpox was relatively well done. Historically, Zhu Xiurong was infected with smallpox, but did not infect Zhu Youtang, his wife, and Zhu Houzhao, which also shows that here During the previous 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 beat 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, Zhu Xiurong would still get sick, but the symptoms would be mild and not fatal. Then Zhang Zhou's vaccination experiment with the royal daughter would be can achieve the best results.
The most difficult thing for him now is to find a cow infected with smallpox, and he must do so before Zhu Feng goes north.
If he couldn't find it before arriving, there was no need for him to mention it to Zhu Feng. If he found it and Zhu Feng didn't believe him, he wouldn't force it.
Of course, even if he found it, he couldn't tell Zhu Feng that it was a pustule after a cow got sick. Instead, he would say that it was a "miraculous medicine." In order to ensure that this magical medicine was harmless, Zhang Zhou also wanted to tell Zhu Feng that it was a "miraculous medicine". Zhu Feng conducted a field experiment.
At the same time, this is also a layer of protection that Zhang Zhou provides for his family. Who knows that the epidemic is likely to spread to Nanjing soon?
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The next day is the Deer Crying Banquet.
The Nanjing Gongyuan was very lively that day. There were several hundred people including the inner and outer officials, the candidates who passed the provincial examination, the Xuezheng teachings from the county school, Yingtianfu officials and others... there were hundreds of people.
The person who attracted the most attention that day was, of course, Zhang Zhou, who passed the Jiangnan Provincial 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 attend the deer-crowing banquet at all.
It is not compulsory to participate in the Deer Ming Banquet in the Ming Dynasty. After all, there will be a period of time after the provincial examination is over and the results are released. Many candidates return to their hometowns after the examination. After all, it is very tiring to stay in Nanjing and wait for an illusory result, and the candidates also Not everyone can live in a provincial capital for a long time without working.
Also, it is the same even if you are waiting for the announcement of the list in your hometown. This will lead to the fact that at the Luming Banquet the day after the announcement of the list, there are always many people who cannot come due to various factors.
But for someone like Zhang Zhou who studied in Nanjing and lives in Nanjing, it would be unusual for him not to attend the Deer Ming Banquet.
"Jizhi, I heard that Zhang Bingkuan didn't come here?" Liu Ji also went out to drink with people from Yingtian Mansion for two rounds before returning to the table prepared for the examiner. Seeing Wang Hao sitting there quietly, he couldn't help but ask One sentence.
Wang Hao looked back and saw that 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 Hao.
Wang Hao said: "Since Jie Yuan didn't come, let Ya Yuan Bohu come over and propose a toast to everyone present on behalf of everyone!"
That lonely figure was none other than Tang Yin, who was supposed to be the top candidate in this provincial examination, but due to the butterfly effect brought about by Zhang Zhou, he was ranked second.
