"Your Majesty, I think our Qin State needs to establish a medical system." Lu Buwei said with clasped fists, "I have recently discovered that it is far more cost-effective to save the lives of veterans than to recruit new ones."
"First of all, veterans have higher combat effectiveness. In the same war, recruits need 300,000, while veterans only need 100,000, or even less than 100,000 to win. Not only can more food be saved, but also a lot of civilians and soldiers can be saved. Soldiers.”
"The saved manpower can cultivate more land or engage in other occupations, feed more children, and produce more talents. Moreover, veterans have a lower loss rate, and can also reduce pensions, greatly reducing the country's burden."
Due to the limitations of the times, Qin only knew that veterans had higher combat effectiveness than recruits, and had never thought about the deeper levels.
In the eyes of King Qin, soldiers were like leeks in the field. Once they were cut, they would grow back on their own after a while. As long as too many of them died at one time, it would have no effect at all.
Only Lu Buwei, as a businessman, was very sensitive to profit and loss. After learning about Zhao's medical system, he began to deduce it.
Some things are hard to think of, but once you know the result, it’s easy to deduce the cause.
It didn't take long for Lu Buwei to look at everything.
Qin Wangji fell into deep thought after hearing this. He was not stupid, on the contrary, he was very smart. Even though he was old now and his reaction was a bit slow, he was still better than most people.
And this kind of thing does not require clear data. You can get the result by thinking about it in general.
"Jian, starting from tomorrow, we will directly copy Zhao's medical system." Qin Wangji didn't think about it for long, and he made his decision in just three breaths.
"Your Majesty... half of the doctors in the world are in Zhao." Fan Ju took a step forward, leaned over and said, with a bitter look on his face.
In this era, the status of doctors is originally low, and there are no teachers to teach them. If you find a teacher, you may not be able to learn it, and after you learn it, you may not be able to make money.
If you have a conscience, you may lose money, and then you won't even be able to marry a wife, and then you will be gone.
There are only three types of people who study medicine these days: those who have inherited it from their families, those who are motivated by interest, and those who have brain problems.
And all three came from one class: the nobility.
Only nobles have enough time, money, and manpower to study diseases, medicinal materials, and medical skills. Even if it cannot be studied in one generation, it cannot be studied in two generations, and it cannot be studied in two generations, or in three generations. As long as the family lasts, it will be passed down.
Unless ordinary people have special opportunities like Bi Ming and are adopted, it is impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with them.
Obviously, most nobles will not study medicine or astrology, which are long-term, high-investment, low-yield, or even non-profit things. Only those who are full will do it.
In short, there were very, very few doctors during this period, and they were more precious than giant pandas.
If Zhao State hadn't used tricks to attract half of the world's doctors to Zhao State, it would not have been possible to establish a medical system.
Now the Qin State cannot establish a medical system even if it wants to imitate the Zhao State, because there are no doctors anymore.
Qin Wangji's face became even colder, like ice. When Zhao Guo attracted doctors from all over the world, he also laughed at Zhao Guo for elevating the status of mere doctors to such a high level. Only now did he realize that he was the fool.
"Your Majesty, we can pay a high price to invite some doctors. Those doctors come to Zhao State just for fame and fortune. We, Qin State, can also give them these." Wei Ran said.
"These are far from enough." Qin Wangji shook his head, how many can Qin ask for? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? Even if Zhao didn't stop him, Qin wouldn't be able to invite too many people.
Because Qin's money is limited, it is impossible to use all of it to hire doctors.
"Your Majesty, they can also bring apprentices. In the army, there is no need for highly skilled doctors. Even if they only know how to stop bleeding, they can save many people." Wei Ran said. "Besides, less is better than none. Starting to cultivate now is better than not cultivating at all."
"That's what my uncle said. It's better to start cultivating him now than not to cultivate him at all." Qin Wangji stood up and said loudly, "Qin Yue."
"Your Majesty." Qin Yue walked out of the darkness and leaned over to say.
Everyone frowned when they saw Qin Yue. Qin Yue's status in Qin State was equivalent to Liu Ping's status in Zhao State. He is not in a high position, but he is powerful. He has access to the monarch at any time and controls the intelligence agencies.
Although it is nominally external, everyone knows that it must be internal.
Both civil servants and military generals are naturally disgusted.
"Go to Zhao State in person and invite some doctors. The more the better." Qin Wangji said.
"Nuo." Qin Yue said with cupped hands. He did not turn around immediately, but cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, spies from the Wei State came to report that there is a substance called alcohol in the Zhao State. It is said to be able to disinfect and sterilize. I don't know what it means. , it is said that after applying alcohol to the wound, the wound will not suppurate.”
Since Zhao State became rich in food, it began to distill alcohol. However, in order to prevent leakage, Zhao Kuo strictly stipulated that alcohol could only be used in the military. Even the ministers in the court had only heard of the name.
But he had calculated everything, but he never expected that it would leak out from Wei State.
This incident also started when Fan Zuo sent Zhao Jun as an envoy. Zhao Jun gave Fan Zuo warm hospitality and accompanied Fan Zuo on a tour of the camp.
Fan Zuo said that he had brought some money and food and was going to the wounded barracks to express condolences. Zhao Kuo agreed and specially arranged for someone to accompany him.
Fan Zuo happened to see alcohol in the wounded barracks and asked what it was. Because the two countries were allies, Zhao Jun did not deliberately hide it. However, Zhao Guo only talked about the effect, not how it was done, and Fan Zuo did not ask. In his opinion, this kind of thing must be kept secret, and even if he asked Zhao Guo, he would not be able to tell.
After Fan Zuo returned, he told the King of Wei and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs about the matter, saying that he could buy some from Zhao in the future.
After so many people knew it, it was impossible to hide the news. Within a few days, Qin State received the news.
In fact, Fan Zuo had no malicious intentions from beginning to end, and even Jiujiu just asked casually. He went to the wounded barracks mainly to see how many people Zhao Guo had died in the previous battle.
"Alcohol?" Qin Wangji muttered, "Are you sure the news is true?"
"Although I haven't seen the real thing, the news came from Fan Zuo, the Taifu of Wei State, and it should be true." Qin Yue said.
"Alcohol, it should be related to wine. Arrange someone to study it immediately. In addition, you go to Zhao State this time and try to get some back. If you can know the production process, I will reward you." Qin Wangji said.
"No." Qin Yue said with a grimace. Such things are not so easy to obtain. After experiencing the paper and cement incidents, Zhao Guo's defenses became even tighter, and not even a fly could fly in.
"Zhao's use of alcohol to treat wounded soldiers must be inseparable from doctors. We only need to focus on the doctors. Especially after Zhao Jun returns to China, it is impossible to lock the army doctors in the military camp. As long as we find a way, get some information and It's not difficult." Fan Ju said.
"Thank you sir." Qin Yue's eyes lit up and he leaned over to salute.
In this way, he would be more confident.
