Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 916: Prevent cholera!

"Li Zhanshi, how long will this medicine have an effect~?"

Li Er let all the servants in the house go out, and then he asked Li Zexuan with his hands in his hands.

Li Zexuan replied: "My Majesty, according to the minister's estimation, the effect should be seen in the afternoon. By then, the frequency of defecation of the blue bird will be significantly reduced. Keep a pair of medicine in the morning and evening, and it will definitely be cured within five days~! "

"You are so confident~?"

"The minister has this confidence~!"

If at first, he just used his own understanding of medicinal materials to infer the prescription, he may not be 100% sure, but now that Li Tai and others were smoked by the toilet, he started to get better. The prescription that the old village doctor said at the time became more confident.

Li Erwei nodded imperceptibly, and said: "This time, the blue bird is suffering from cholera and almost lost his life. Thanks to your help, I and the queen are very grateful. If you want any reward, just say it!" /

Li Zexuan's eyes lit up and then dimmed again. He sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that all the bluebirds and ugly cows are suffering from cholera because they drank the water from the Bahe River. ~?"

Li Zexuan didn't want the reward sent to his lips. Li Er couldn't help being surprised. When he heard Li Zexuan suddenly ask about this, he suppressed the doubt in his heart and nodded: "That's true! I have sent someone to check before. The recent meals at Qingque Mansion are nothing unusual, and just now, I received the news that there are hundreds of people suffering from cholera outside Chang'an!"

Li Zexuan's heart sank, and he said: "So, the minister thought it was not the time to discuss rewards. This river is invisible, and the pollution on the water source is the most difficult to control. By then, there will definitely be more people who contract cholera. The most urgent thing is that the local government should come forward to remind the people to pay attention to drinking water, so as to prevent more people from suffering from cholera!"

Although he does not have a bodhisattva heart, he does not want to see too many people suffer. Since ancient times, cholera, an acute infectious disease, has always been more important than cure. Without a complete set of preventive measures, when the number of cholera patients reaches a certain level, it will be impossible to control it!

When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but look at Li Zexuan with admiration. He secretly said that this kid is usually greasy, but he can still tell the difference when it is critical!

"Yes, you can think of this, I am very pleased, but yesterday I have ordered that the Jingzhao Mansion cooperates with the county magistrates of the states and counties near Chang'an City to tell Baixin not to drink the Bahe River from house to house, and wait for yours. After the prescription really works, I will ask the Imperial Medical Office to allocate a batch of medicinal materials and distribute them to the sick people for free!"

Li Eryi looked at Li Zexuan with satisfaction and said.

Who knows, Li Zexuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this rule of law does not cure the root cause! Although there are eight rivers around Chang'an: Wei, Jing, Feng, Lao, Chu, Chu, Chan and Ba, there are Longshou Canal and Qingming Canal in the city. The five canals, Yong'an Canal, Huang Canal and Cao Canal run through. It can be said that there are abundant water sources. Without a Bahe River, it can still meet the water consumption of the people in and outside Chang'an City, but your Majesty must not forget that these eight rivers and the five major canals , But they are interconnected with each other. As time goes by, the water of other rivers will also risk people getting cholera! If your Majesty wants to ban people from drinking river water, only one Bahe River, it’s not enough~!"

Changan in this era is different from modern Xi (An). The water resources in the surrounding area are quite abundant, otherwise it is not enough to support this super city with a population of 2 million! But in this era, there is no tap water, and people's drinking water mainly comes from river water, so Li Zexuan feels that Li Er's method is not reliable.

(Modern Xi (An) has water shortages and frequent droughts mainly due to the massive increase in population in Guanzhong area during the two dynasties of the Sui and Tang dynasties for more than 300 years, the over-exploitation of the Loess Plateau, and the rapid disappearance of forests. It's the war in the late Tang Dynasty)

After listening to Li Zexuan's words, Li Er couldn't help frowning deeply. After thinking for a while, he glanced at Li Zexuan and said, "Looking at how confident you are, you must have a countermeasure in your mind? Come on. Come out, don't sell me a pass!"

Li Zexuan rolled his eyes secretly, and asked, "Is this little master selling Guanzi?" This is called strategizing!

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the reason why the Bahe River can cause people to contract cholera is because there are tiny lives in the river that can cause cholera. This kind of life is very small and can't be seen with the naked eye. When it enters the human body, it will generally be killed by the acid secreted by the human stomach, but there will always be a part of it that survives, and this surviving part will invade the human intestines, and it will multiply in a very short time. It produces a high concentration of toxins, which is very lethal! The specific manifestation is that the blue bird vomits and diarrhea uninterruptedly like yesterday!"

Li Zexuan began to instill modern medical theory into Li Er and Li Tai. Li Er's eyes widened, but Li Tai couldn't help shaking a few times, thinking that there were countless small things in his intestines." Give birth to a baby", he felt panicked.

Let’s hear Li Zexuan continue: “People’s lives cannot be separated from water, so your Majesty’s prohibition of people from drinking river water is not a long-term solution. The minister felt that instead of this, it is better to encourage people to boil the water before drinking. , This can greatly reduce the possibility of them suffering from cholera!"

(In ancient times, river water was usually cold water to drink. Only when the weather was cold, the water was boiled for drinking)

Li Er wondered: "This water boils, can it kill those little things in the water~?"

Li Zexuan nodded and said: "Of course, not only this kind of little life, but other things that can cause people to get sick, most of them can be killed when the water is boiled!"

Li Er nodded lightly, but in his heart, he had to be ordered to go down in the dark for a while. All the water in the palace would be boiled before use. The little lives that Li Zexuan said just now multiplied in Li Tai’s belly, too. Disgusting him, he Li Er is the ninth-five god, but these gadgets are not allowed to offend his Long Wei!

"According to what you said~IndoMTL.com~ Order to go down in a while! You will remember to write what you just said in the "Datang Daily", it is best to let more people know the stakes~! "

Today's "Datang Daily" has become a force of public opinion that cannot be ignored. In many cases, imperial court orders must be propagated through newspapers.

Li Zexuan promised, even if Old Li didn't say it, he would do it.

"Well... Shanchang, where did the little life that caused cholera in the river you mentioned earlier come from~?"

At this time, Li Tai, who was half leaning on the bed, asked weakly.

Li Zexuan turned his head, glanced at the baby sympathetically, and said, "According to my estimation, it is very likely that the water in Bahe has been contaminated by the feces of patients who had previously suffered from cholera. Then I happened to be caught by a few of you..."

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(End of this chapter)