Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 27: Cow

This little trick was enough to leave Zhu Di helpless. He sat in the corner like a punching bag, and could only glance at Yang Chen from time to time with a resentful look.

At this moment, Zhu Di felt extremely aggrieved.

Think about it, he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and in the near future he will set off for his fiefdom.

Once the royal flag is raised, he will be the king of this land and his words will be final, unless the closest relatives in the court come to visit.

Otherwise, in that area, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is the god.

However, despite such a prominent identity, he could not get any good treatment in front of Yang Chen.

This made Zhu Di very frustrated, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

From the time they met until now, Zhu Di discovered that Yang Chen's every word and action could please his elder brother and mother.

Although the other party was a jinx and all he said was bad news, he was quite clear about the importance of Yang Chen.

The only thing he didn't understand was that he had only said a few words to the other party, causing him to lose some face, but he didn't expect that Yang Chen could get it back with a little trick.

This is a master who will not suffer any loss.

If Zhu Di had known this, he would definitely not have acted impulsively.

Yang Chen coughed lightly and cleared his throat.

"Empress, Your Highness, my palm just now was like smallpox, but this smallpox was a weak form. The first sneak attack was enough to make the King of Yan fall for it, but the second time, he was alert and successfully resisted it.

This is the immune system I just mentioned. Because the King of Yan is alert to me, it is impossible for the King of Yan to be hit twice in a row by the same move in a short period of time."

Use professional knowledge to explain the cowpox vaccine, no matter what Yang Chen says, as long as it involves professional knowledge.

It would be extremely difficult to make Zhu Biao and others understand in a short period of time.

Instead of doing this, it is better to use real people as examples.

What a coincidence that Zhu Di came to the door. If Yang Chen did not take advantage of this opportunity, wouldn't it be in vain that Zhu Di had despised him so many times.

It was a good opportunity to show Zhu Di that although he was the King of Yan, he was not afraid of the other party.

This will avoid the other person making sarcastic remarks when you are speaking next.

After this incident, Empress Ma and Zhu Biao also clearly understood the working principles of the immune system.

“I didn’t expect that there is such a mysterious thing in our body. The future is really magical. However, Yang Chen, although we understand how to prevent smallpox.

But where did the smallpox you mentioned come from that can make people survive?"

The lives of his son and the people of the world cannot be taken lightly.

Zhu Biao asked, wanting to know how to obtain the powerful smallpox that Yang Chen mentioned.

After thinking for a while, just as Yang Chen was thinking about how to explain it, he suddenly remembered.

It seems that the world's first case of preventing disease through vaccination was a great achievement in Chinese history.

He intended to open the conversation with this.

He immediately looked at the three people and asked:

"Historical books record that the Empress was very knowledgeable. I wonder if the Empress has heard that in the Song Dynasty, a doctor ground the scabs of recovered smallpox patients into powder and placed it on the philtrum of healthy people so that they could inhale it.

Through this method, if a person suffers from a mild case of smallpox and recovers, he or she can avoid being infected with smallpox again in the future.

Hearing this, Queen Ma frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and responded:

"Yes, now that you mention it, I really remember it.

Wang Dan, the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, was worried that his child would not survive the smallpox outbreak around the capital of the Song Dynasty, so he secretly sent people to Mount Emei.

There was a smallpox outbreak around Mount Emei at that time, but miraculously, more people than expected survived.

Later, someone recorded that at that time, there was a miracle doctor on Mount Emei who used poison to fight poison, and asked people to collect scabs and pustules from smallpox patients. Could it be that they used the method you mentioned?"

This period of history was very secretive, and Empress Ma also came across it when she was reading a wild book.

After all, voluntarily contracting smallpox is an act that would be considered strange in any era.

Zhu Biao was originally a little confused about this, but after hearing what his mother said, he tried hard to recall and think about it, and found that there were many similar things.

But the spread is very small.

Because this behavior is truly horrible.

Although this method can protect against smallpox, the probability of death is also quite high if everyone in a city actively contracts smallpox.

In the end, I'm afraid that less than half of the people will survive, and that's still thinking on the bright side.

Seeing that Empress Ma mentioned the example of the Song Dynasty, Yang Chen did not hold back.

"Yes, the miraculous medical method that the Queen just mentioned is actually called human pox in later generations.

This human smallpox is the use of smallpox on humans to infect other people. Although the power of the pathogen has been weakened a lot, it can still cause death.

Just like my palm just now, I am a smallpox that is weakened many times, and I hit His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. It worked the first time, but it didn’t work the second time. "

I thought I could escape danger by keeping silent.

Unexpectedly, Yang Chen actually mentioned himself, which made Zhu Di's breathing become a little rapid.

I was thinking that I didn't seem to be causing trouble for the other party just now.

Why are you chasing me and scolding me?
Yang Chen just glanced at the other person.

"And this human pox is the prince's slap. If the prince takes action, the King of Yan will definitely not dare to resist. I wonder if what I said is right or not?"

Zhu Di's face was full of bitterness at this moment, but everyone's eyes were still on him. He felt a chill on his back and quickly answered to prove his innocence, fearing that Empress Ma would have doubts.

"Brother, even though what this guy said was unpleasant, he is indeed right. If you hit me, I will definitely not fight back."

Seeing his brother being chased and beaten by Yang Chen, Zhu Biao hurried to smooth things over.

"Ahem. Yang Chen, we understand what you said, but it's just a little..."

"I know if you want to be blunt."

Zhu Biao nodded first, then slowly shook his head.

"That's true, but your words are still too rough."

Yang Chen waved his hand, indicating that he should not pay too much attention to the details.

"So, where is this smallpox pathogen that does not kill people?"

By now, everything is clear. If we find a form of smallpox that does not kill people, we can conquer this terrible smallpox.

With everyone's eyes focused expectantly, Yang Chen calmly uttered one word.

"Cattle!"

“The smallpox that doesn’t kill people is in cattle.

Smallpox does not only spread among humans, similar diseases also occur in cows. Although they are all smallpox, the smallpox in cows is dozens of times weaker than that in humans!
When a cow is infected with smallpox, herpes will appear on the skin of its lower body, which we call cowpox.

A cow infected with smallpox can contain enough cowpox to be used by thousands of people. All we need to do is graft the cowpox onto humans using the method that the Queen just mentioned.

If you recover afterwards, you will most likely avoid being infected with smallpox again.

A hundred years later, this method was used to eradicate smallpox, which had existed for thousands of years.”

(End of this chapter)