In the Department of Biomedicine of the Royal Institute of Technology, a young Confucian scholar wearing traditional Confucian clothes and a scarf is writing and drawing on the blackboard with chalk on the podium, while below are more than 20 similarly young students. They are listening carefully, and many people are still doing class handwriting with the dip pens in their hands.
The Confucian lecturer on the stage was writing, and at the same time he kept talking: "After our many years of experimental research, especially long-term observations of various cells and bacteria in the human body, we have determined that quite a lot of people Some diseases are caused by bacteria, such as the most common cold, and we found a large number of bacteria in the saliva of cold patients that are not present in the saliva of healthy people."
"Unfortunately, so far, we have not yet figured out why these bacteria cause disease in the human body, and we have not yet found a perfect solution to prevent these bacteria from causing disease. However, it is certain that most diseases are related to bacteria. There is a direct connection.”
"However, it is worth noting that there are many kinds of bacteria in the human body, and not all of them can cause disease. This must be kept in mind. There are many bacteria, some are harmful, and some are indispensable for us to be healthy. , some are dispensable, and what we have to do is to find some harmful bacteria, kill them, and restore people's health!"
"This will be an extremely long research work, which may last for decades or even hundreds of years, so we don't have to worry too much about it for the time being. Before starting the long bacteriological research, let us first see with our own eyes what bacteria look like. !”
"And today, we will officially meet our enemy and friend: bacteria!"
"In order to understand bacteria, we need to use a scientific research tool, a microscope. The microscope we have in our hands now is the 800 microscope produced by Zhenjiang Optical Instrument Company. Although this microscope is not the most advanced and top-notch scientific research microscope, But it’s enough for you to see the bacteria clearly!”
Having said this, the lecturer on the podium showed some smiles on his face: "Speaking of our bacteriology, we have to thank Zhenjiang Optical Instrument Company. It was the series of microscopes they produced that were dozens of times larger than the original ones. Microscopes, and now microscopes with hundreds of times or even thousands of times, can allow us to understand a series of microscopic worlds, what cells are, and what bacteria are!"
Afterwards, the young lecturer adjusted a fairly small microscope on the stage. After the adjustment, he said: "Come up in turn and take a look at the sample with your own eyes. Oh, by the way, this sample is mine. saliva...I believe you will gain a lot..."
Song Suqian smiled faintly as he watched the students take turns to come forward to observe. These are all students who have just been admitted to the Royal Institute of Technology this year and then applied for bacteriology in the Department of Biomedicine based on their personal wishes and academic performance.
Although it looked like there were only about twenty people, it was still quite a lot.
After all, they don't have many people in bacteriology. There are only about 20 professors and postgraduate students teaching at the school, while there are more than 80 undergraduate students.
All added up, there are just over a hundred people!
In fact, if you only count the small branches, the number of people working in bacteriology is not that small. There are only six people working in neurology next door, just one teacher and five undergraduates!
On the other hand, there are many people in biopharmaceutics. There are more than 200 teachers and students... But there are so many people. After so many years, I don’t know how much money has been burned, but there is no heavyweight research result at all... …
We talk about pharmaceuticals every day, but except for the various so-called Chinese patent medicines made from Chinese medicine prescriptions that are full of all kinds of metaphysics, you don’t know what specific ingredients work, or even whether they are useful...the real innovative medicines Not one of them...
Every time there is a meeting in the department, the dean of the department catches the biopharmaceutical people and starts complaining... saying that even if a bunch of shit costs so much money and takes so many years to produce results, in the end you can't even give shit. Put one...
The results are not even as good as those of the Department of Chemistry, which has nothing to do with biomedicine... People from the Department of Chemistry next door accidentally discovered that phenol can also be used to sterilize bacteria during experiments, and the effect is excellent; in addition, people from the Department of Chemistry also conducted detailed experiments and Data prove that alcohol has a wide range of bactericidal effects.
These provide a theoretical basis and practical solutions for surgical sterile environment.
After all, scientists already know that bacteria are the causative factors of many diseases. In order to ensure the health of patients, extensive disinfection of the surrounding environment, that is, operating rooms and wards, can effectively inhibit the spread and infection of diseases and avoid patient infection.
This also directly led to the birth of the sterile environment in the operating room!
In the past, surgical operations, well, mainly when military doctors performed amputations, dug out bombs or sutured wounds, they could just find a place and sterilize them casually. Now, it has gone a step further and developed multiple sterilization and specialized sterility. operating room and so on.
In addition, an anesthetic such as ether was developed, making the operation more convenient!
There are many similar examples... But it is embarrassing for the Department of Biomedicine to claim that they are the ones who study diseases and treatments... These advances in medical technology have nothing to do with them, because they are all It is the result of the Department of Chemistry.
An alchemist who plays all kinds of chemistry and doesn't even know how many bones there are in the human body has turned into a medical expert who treats diseases and saves lives... This is ridiculous!
Moreover, the Department of Chemistry is already preparing for the specialized subject of chemical pathology, and official enrollment will begin next year...
Damn it, isn't this taking away the job of their biomedical department...
Song Suqian was very unhappy with the people in the Department of Chemistry, but he had nothing to do. The development of medicine was too troublesome, especially since they were engaged in biomedicine, which was even more difficult.
So what if they know about bacteria... They don't even know the pathogenesis caused by bacteria now, and they don't know how to effectively kill these harmful bacteria in the human body!
You can't drink alcohol directly to kill bacteria... Not to mention that people can't withstand alcohol. The key point is that the germs that treat diseases are not only found in the mouth and digestive system... they are also common in the respiratory system and even everywhere in the body. Places where alcohol cannot go...
You can't pour alcohol into the trachea. That's not treating a disease or saving lives, but killing people.
The dilemma of biomedicine made Song Suqian know that it is difficult for one or two people to achieve breakthroughs. More people must study and conduct various experiments before major breakthroughs can be achieved.
The same is true when it comes to bacteriology. If the current manpower is insufficient, then continue to recruit students, increase the number of students, and then retain the outstanding students in the school to teach and conduct research, and gradually expand the backbone talent of bacteriology.
But when will he be able to produce a heavyweight result... He has no confidence.
This is not only true for the small branch of bacteriology, but also for the entire biomedical department. In the contemporary era of the Chu Empire, pure medical research is more difficult than fields such as smelting machinery.
No, the physics department next door recently made another big news. They built a large hot air balloon and also completed a manned launch test.
And after the successful tethered manned lift-off test, they launched untethered manned flight tests.
This experiment attracted the attention of many people. Even Emperor Luo Zhixue was prepared to participate in and watch this experiment!
On December 23, the winter of the 17th year of Chengshun, at the end of the new year, thousands of spectators showed up at the large training ground of the Guards located on the outskirts of Jinling and prepared to watch the hot air balloon flight test.
The subsequent audiences are not ordinary people...ordinary people can't even enter the Guards camp.
In fact, most of the audience watching were soldiers of the Guards. They were the people responsible for the security of the venue, and they were also the audience.
The real audience is actually only a few scientific researchers and military and political officials.
Luo Zhixue was sitting on the viewing platform at this time. Next to him were the 13-year-old eldest son of the emperor, King Luo Xuan (qiu) of Jin, and the 11-year-old second son of the emperor. He was also the eldest son of Empress Wang and the eldest son. Luo Jian (zhi), the crown prince of the Chu Empire.
In the 14th year of Chengshun, Luo Zhixue had announced to the world through a formal imperial edict that he had established his eldest son Luo Zhi as the crown prince, officially confirmed the eldest son inheritance system, and decreed that the eldest son inheritance system would be a permanent rule. No changes are allowed to prevent turmoil caused by subsequent struggles for imperial power.
Whether you can inherit the throne depends on your reincarnation skills.
These two princes are also the two oldest princes, and the third prince, King Zhao Luo Chun (qiang), is even younger. He is only nine years old this year. However, he has recently caught a cold and is not feeling well, so he Didn't bring it.
The younger Fourth and Sixth Princes are only a few years old.
As for the fifth son of the emperor, he died when he was two years old... This was also Luo Zhixue's first son to die in infancy, and the third child of Yao Ze... Before him, there were two other daughters who died in infancy.
There is no way, the medical technology these days is not very good, even in the royal family, even though Luo Zhixue has attached great importance to the research and development of medical technology, he still cannot ensure the safety of his family.
But after all, unlike traditional feudal dynasties, most of the princes and princesses died young...
Generally speaking, the premature death rate and maternal mortality rate of the royal family of the Da Chu Empire are relatively low. It is certainly incomparable with later generations, but it is also higher than that of the previous feudal dynasty royal families, or other countries in power at the same time. They are much stronger.
Today Luo Zhixue came to watch the manned flight test of a hot air balloon. He temporarily thought of bringing the two older princes with him. He had no special ideas. He just wanted to let them deeply feel the development of science and technology. , further shaping some concepts of their scientific development.
This is also part of the prince's training!
Luo Zhixue has always attached great importance to the education of the prince. All educational courses are selected by him personally, and the teachers who teach are also selected from the Royal Institute of Technology and Imperial College to teach.
The courses studied are also different from those of ordinary students. In addition to basic courses such as regular reading, literacy, mathematics, physics, and chemistry, there are more and more core things such as history, politics, economics, and even philosophy.
Because what Luo Zhixue wanted to train was not an engineer or an imperial civil servant, but a ruler.
Even for Jin Wang Luo Xie, the eldest son of the emperor who had no chance of inheriting the throne, and other princes, Luo Zhixue maintained an equal education method and did not treat them like pigs.
Because in Luo Zhixue's future concept, when the eldest son inheritance system is clarified, other princes can be entrusted to other places, especially overseas territories, and these princes will also be rulers in the future.
In addition, when the country is stable and the eldest son inheritance system is stable and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the royal family can also join the military and politics and become an important supporting force for the royal family.
In modern times, many monarchical countries have done this, and the results are pretty good. As for other princes committing rebellion... it may be more common in traditional feudal countries, but it is actually rare in industrial countries, because with the With the development of technology, the power of the monarch is actually constantly concentrated and strengthened.
Under such circumstances, such things as Qing Junzhi rarely happen.
Besides, after tens or even hundreds of years, when productivity has been greatly improved and people's wisdom has been awakened, the imperial power will most likely gradually fall by the wayside, leading to the formation of a system of co-governance by monarch and ministers, or a system such as a constitutional monarchy... In this case, rebellion will actually seize the throne. The possibility is even lower.
Of course, this will take time, and we are talking about decades or even hundreds of years from now.
Now, the Chu Empire is not so open yet... At least Luo Zhixue does not plan to let other princes get involved in politics or the military for the time being. He will educate them on governance purely to enable them to become good vassal kings overseas in the future.
Otherwise, the natives will behead you for messing around!
As for education, books alone are not enough. Instead of letting them read books, Luo Zhixue prefers to take them with him and let them see and come into contact with things that they should come into contact with.
Whether it is good or bad, we are gradually exposed to it.
A ruler must see the world with his own eyes and touch the world with his own hands. Reading and learning alone is not enough.
Today, Luo Xuan looked very excited when he looked at the large hot air balloon in front of him. If it weren't for the years of good royal education that allowed him to hide his emotions quietly, he might have been unable to hold back his mood and went up to watch it.
Luo Kai has always been interested in science and technology. He has also done some experiments with his teacher many times, designing and manufacturing some small machines. Last year, he even built a small steam engine model by himself... Don't It looks like a model, but it can actually boil water and move it.
This kind of hobby is very good if it is only a little, but if it is too much, it becomes a distraction from the real job.
If the prince dares to do this, Luo Zhixue will probably have to persuade him. But if the eldest son of the emperor, Luo Kai, does this, Luo Zhixue usually doesn't care too much.
Because... there is a high probability that Luo Xuan, the eldest son, will die before him!
Luo Kai's health has never been in good shape. He has been a drug addict since he was a child. If he had not been born into the royal family, he would not have lived to be one year old...
A professional medical team has tailored treatment and maintenance plans for him since he was a child, and he enjoys more medical resources than even Luo Zhixue himself...
But even so, his health was not in good shape. At the age of thirteen, he was about the same weight as his nine-year-old brother, the third prince, Prince Zhao. Every time he caught the cold, it was like walking through the gates of hell.
Under such circumstances, when Luo Zhixue faced him, more often than not, his role was not that of a father, but a father. In most cases, he would satisfy some of his preferences and needs without interfering too much... …
To put it bluntly, there is no chance that this eldest son will die tomorrow... The only thing Luo Zhixue can do is to use various means to hang up his life while letting him live a good life.
Among Luo Zhixue's more than ten children today, the emperor's eldest son Luo Kai is the most favored by Luo Zhixue.
However, Luo Kai did not become arrogant and develop various bad habits because of Luo Zhixue's favor. On the contrary, he has been very well-behaved and sensible since he was a child. He is gentle and polite to others. He is also smart and learns things quickly. This is What a gentleman!
Perhaps, this is due to the environment in which he grew up and the special care Luo Zhixue gave him: he was able to enjoy a boyhood that was difficult for a prince to enjoy!
There is father's love and mother's love, and the teenage years are full of love all around!
Prince Luo Zhi, on the other hand, has a somewhat... how should I put it, not close to good people in terms of character. After all, he has been studying and being exposed to various political histories all day long, and was led by Luo Zhixue to see countless filthy human natures. , it is really difficult to maintain a pure heart of kindness.
This is Luo Zhixue’s exclusive education for the prince, the prince!
Only by truly seeing the cruelty of the world and the dangers of human nature can we better deal with all kinds of ugly and dirty things!
His successor, good or bad, does not matter at all, what matters is that he has enough awe and the courage to break the awe!
For example, an emperor needs to know that launching a war will kill many, many people, including enemies and his own subjects, and will lead to countless people starving and freezing and a series of negative consequences; he also needs to know this series of serious consequences. Under the premise, we will resolutely launch a war when necessary!
The emperor... is different from ordinary people!
Luo Zhixue's choice in educating the princes also caused some deviations in the personalities of several of his princes... The eldest son of the emperor, Jin Wang Luo Huan, has a gentle personality; the prince Luo Zhi's personality is a bit like a smiling tiger, smiling on the surface, but secretly Lots of little moves...
The third son of the emperor, King Zhao Luo Chu, has a typical villain character. He likes to bully others. Many of the powerful children who accompanied him were bullied by him...
The other young princes, although they are still young, are actually not that good in terms of their personalities...
Sometimes, Luo Zhixue also thinks that except for the eldest son of the emperor, the sons he has taught seem to be not very good, at least they are not close to the good children in people's concept. For example, if Luo Chu is placed in an ordinary family, I'm afraid He is just a little bully and will go to jail sooner or later...
But, although Luo Zhixue sometimes thinks so, he doesn't plan to change it...
Again, he is not raising a child from an ordinary family. He does not need any good children... One good child is enough, King Luo Xie of Jin.
Besides, no one is perfect. How can there be anyone who is truly good in all aspects?
People, more or less, always have some flaws. Luo Zhixue has a relatively balanced mentality towards a group of bad boys and princes. As long as he is not a fool or a coward, he can become a wolf, a tiger or a poisonous snake. Okay, he can actually accept it.
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While Luo Zhixue watched his two sons lost in thought, many researchers in the square also prepared hot air balloons.
The hot air balloon is very large. It has been ignited and preheated at this time. The hot air balloon has risen. Below it is a hanging basket. Under the hanging basket, there are ropes tied to wooden stakes on the ground to fix it. The test has not even started yet. Floated away...
At this time, someone also reported to Luo Zhixue that everything was ready and the experiment could start at any time.
Luo Zhixue immediately said: "Then let's start!"
In fact, Luo Zhixue didn't have much expectations for the manned flight test of a hot air balloon, because this thing is just a pure hot air balloon. In addition to rising and falling, the direction cannot be controlled... It is said to be flying, but in fact It means that it moves with the wind after taking off... purely relying on the natural wind.
Strictly speaking, it doesn't have much practical significance.
If we can further build an airship, that's pretty much it... But the airship still needs a power source, and at least we have to build an internal combustion engine to drive the propeller.
As for the hot air balloon itself, the tethered hot air balloon plays a greater role, such as being used as a sighting balloon for the artillery unit.
The reason why I came here to watch the experiment today was, on the one hand, to take the children out for a walk so that the two princes could receive scientific education. On the other hand, it was also to make the military pay attention to flying.
This will allow the military to start developing tethered hot air balloons as a means of observation and promote the research and development of airships.
After receiving Luo Zhixue's approval, the huge hot air balloon began to take off with the two experimenters... After it took off, it floated away with the wind, and a large group of people below watched in various surprises.
Although this kind of hot air balloon has no practical value, it still means that mankind has taken an important step in conquering the sky.
As the follow-up development continued, airships and even airplanes grew smoothly.
This time the manned flight test of the hot air balloon was very successful. After the hot air balloon took off, it floated for several kilometers in the wind, then slowly descended and landed smoothly in an open space in the suburbs. There were no accidents during the process.
On the way back to the palace, Luo Zhixue ordered the military to conduct research on the military use of hot air balloons. It was useless for other purposes, but it was still very useful for battlefield observations.
After all, you can see far when you stand high!
As for the people from the Department of Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology, this time they are also in the limelight... to avoid those outside saying that anything they do in physics, especially theoretical physics, is useless...
This is nonsense!
Without them studying various theoretical physics and corresponding theoretical support, how could various industries develop so fast.
For example, what do microbiology and other disciplines that study microscopic phenomena rely on? It’s not just relying on optical instruments. Without a microscope, you wouldn’t even know what a cell is…
How the optical instruments were developed was not based on their optical theory.
Without the support of optical theory, God knows how many years it would take to build such a high-precision microscope.
Not to mention the electromagnetic communication that Your Majesty has high hopes for, that thing cannot be achieved without the support of electromagnetic theory... If the electromagnetic theory of their physics department does not break through, there is no hope that electromagnetic communication can be achieved.
