Scholars in the courtyard

Wa country, Edo.

Ministry of Health and Welfare, Minister's Office.

At the desk, an old man held documents in his hand.

On the long eye bags are a pair of sinister triangular eyes.

At the top, the stubborn three-cuo long hair is like a string on the smooth top of the head, making the vast Mediterranean Sea quite special.

At this moment, the old Mediterranean man was staring at the middle-aged Rendanhu opposite, and there was a silence in the office.

"Is this the result of your research?"

"waste!"

The voice of the Mediterranean is not loud, but it is extremely harsh.

"The money the empire has spent on you is enough to build a big river!"

"But you, when you don't have samples, you swear that you will be able to find a solution."

"Now, the empire has spent a lot of money and material resources to find samples for you, and this is what you do!"

bump
The old Mediterranean man knocked on the table hard, and the middle-aged man in front of him leaned forward in a respectful manner.

"Sir, we misjudged the situation and did not expect that there would be so many ingredients in the other party's potion!"

"According to our investigation, there are at least forty independent ingredients in this medicine. Its mechanism of action is to penetrate through the skin and hinder the production of bacterial cell walls, thereby inhibiting bacterial reproduction. When combined with antibiotics, it can be effective..."

砰

The old Mediterranean man slapped the table and interrupted the report of the middle-aged man with a mustache.

"I don't want to hear these bullshit principles. I just want to know when we will catch up with China's technology and when we, the Dahe people, can produce our own products instead of giving up a lot of foreign exchange to China and letting those damn traffickers earn it!"

The old man roared, the domestic epidemic situation is extremely serious now, and this little medicine is just a drop in the bucket, a drop in the ocean.

Now the whole country is watching them, waiting for them to come up with their own medicines to save more lives.

Of course, this is also necessary for the country's economic recovery.

In just two months, the domestic economic development rate dropped by 53%, and the GDP was one-third lower than a year ago.

And this is only the early stage. If we cannot control the epidemic and resume work as soon as possible, the consequences will be even worse.

Because of the epidemic, the export business has been hit hard, and the tourism industry, including the specialty service industry, has suffered a devastating blow.

For imported items, many countries have restricted trade quotas for fear of being infected by the flu, which puts Japan's manufacturing industry, which mainly imports raw materials, at risk of bankruptcy.

If it continues for another three months, it is estimated that a wave of bankruptcies will occur.

This will be an important blow to Japan's economic recovery.

"Sir, we already have some research directions, but we lack large-scale centrifugal equipment and need the empire to communicate with the relevant German departments."

"In addition, I have issued an order to have 36 research institutions under the health and safety department, plus domestic university research departments, organize to tackle the problem..."

"As long as we are given enough resources and time, we will definitely find the antidote!"

The middle-aged man with a mustache said affirmatively.

The old man from the Mediterranean had no expression on his face, "One month, we must produce results!"

"In addition, I will apply for you to build something in Germany. I hope you will not disappoint the empire's expectations!"

"Hey! Don't worry, sir. If you don't succeed, you will be successful!"

The old man waved his hand and prepared to let him leave.

At this time, the phone on the table suddenly rang, and an old voice came from inside.

The old man stood up instantly and said, "Sir, what are your orders?"

On the phone, the voice sounded a little anxious, "Your Majesty used medicine, but his body temperature fluctuated up and down, and the effect was not obvious. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Your Excellency, what did the imperial doctor say?"

"Baga, if the imperial doctor has an idea, will he call you?"

"Hi, it's me, Meng Lang!"

The old man from the Mediterranean looked solemn, and his body bent thirty degrees in mid-air, still standing upright, "Please wait a moment."

"Any suggestions?"

The old man stares at the middle-aged man, which means that if you can't come up with a suggestion, just wait for punishment.

Rendan, a middle-aged man with a beard, had a change of expression and his mind was in a state of confusion. How could he have any good suggestions?
It's just that the old man's expression left him with no choice. He had to give some advice at this time, otherwise he would be the unlucky one.

As for the consequences of the suggestion, that is for later.

"Sir, yes, you can try it orally."

"You can also try enema..."

The old man Mediterranean didn't think much after hearing this and immediately reported to his superiors.

Then the phone was hung up and the old man waved to the middle-aged man.

After leaving the office, a sigh of relief came from both inside and outside the room.

in the palace.

The silver-haired old man looked at the potion in the hand of the attendant and the waiting doctor.

"what do y'all think?"

A white-haired female doctor stepped forward and nodded, and a monk next to her nodded similarly.

"In that case."

"Then try both!"

"Hi!"

The attendant on the side immediately asked people to prepare.

A moment later, a heartbreaking roar came from the room.

Several people outside the house immediately fell to the ground, crying in pain, as if they were in pain themselves.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"What a shame, what a shame, what a shame..."

Everyone was extremely remorseful.

Little did he know that this treatment directly accelerated the spread of cancer cells, coupled with the consequences of inbreeding.

This suddenly shortened the life that still had more than twenty years of good life in the original history, and the whole person died in painful torture!
The voice was still screaming, and the people outside the house looked sad.

……

"Maeda!"

"Hi, Your Excellency!"

On the tatami, the bald old man looked gloomy.

Below, Maeda looked gloomy, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

"how is the progress?"

Maeda looked solemn, bowed and replied, "Sir, most of the people we left behind when we evacuated have lost contact."

"Besides, we can't even enter the outer perimeter now!"

The bald old man took a deep breath, and then looked at Maeda solemnly, "Now, research has reached a bottleneck, and unconventional measures must be taken if we want to achieve a breakthrough!"

"And the other party's research information and even researchers are the best breakthrough points."

"Do you understand?"

"Hey!" Maeda shouted loudly, his expression was very serious, but his heart was painful.

China has changed!
Becoming united, becoming incomprehensible, becoming scary.

Now, who dares to contact them?

Maybe before their contact is successful, one of their own will be arrested to claim credit!

Ugh!
Difficult!

The bald old man seemed to have read Maeda's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh.

"This matter is related to the honor and confidence of our Dahe nation."

"If we cannot defeat China, how can we build our national self-confidence?"

"Maeda, for the sake of the river people, please carry your weight and move forward!"

The old man lamented, but Maeda was extremely excited.

"Don't worry, sir. I will fight for the sake of the Dahe nation and Maeda until death!"

"Yo Xi, the River Nation needs warriors like you."

"If China cannot open up the situation, we will focus on other places. You know, we are not the only ones studying it."

Maeda felt reassured, as long as he was not certain of death, there would be an opportunity.

"My subordinate understands."

As Maeda left, the bald old man's expression returned to calm.

His eyes were on the document on the table again, which was about what happened in Xiangjiang.

It clearly records the transactions between China and Britain, and through British channels, this plum blossom disinfectant quickly gained fame.

Coupled with the intervention of Britain as a troublemaker, countries that originally had a wait-and-see attitude began to request the purchase of medicines, which allowed Britain to earn huge profits from it.

As for China, we also made a lot of money this time.

In their current domestic situation, as long as there is some foreign capital injection, it will be an important resource.

Thinking of China's rich resources and minerals, the old man felt urgent.

If China were allowed to master more technologies and develop heavy industry, the consequences would be unimaginable.

And all of this was done with the hard-earned money of their Japanese people.

"Asshole, this belongs to our Great River Nation."

The old man looked at the electric rice cooker that appeared in Xiangjiang. As one of the important inventions of the Japanese country, the electric rice cooker has become famous at home and abroad after years of improvement, and many products are exported to Southeast Asia.

In recent years, the rice cooker industry has begun to consolidate under the coordination of the government to avoid infighting and focus on exports.

Gradually, this industry became an important pillar of Japan's economic development.

But now, China has actually made a better rice cooker, and according to surveys, its performance is even better than any other in the country.

Colleagues are enemies.

China's doing this is simply draining the firepower and seriously affecting domestic economic development.

Putting down the document, he pulled out a domestic rice cooker research and development report from the side.

This report also pointed out the direction of research and development of electric rice cookers. Like the one in China, they are rice cookers with both heat preservation and rice cooking functions. However, this kind of research and development is still on paper and has not been implemented. Real place.

"idiot!"

The old man looked at the last report and explained that as the main person in this study, Uehara Agoro had died of the flu.

Because this person was an important person in the research and development of the rice cooker and was involved in considerable data and design plans, this research was not carried out after his death.

"This damn group not only poisons people, but also competes maliciously."

"This is to stop the rise of the River Nation. This is to fight until death."

"idiot!!!"

A low roar sounded, and the old man forced himself to calm down.

Today's Japanese country has a notorious international reputation and a low status. Even the whole country has to depend on others and has no freedom at all.

In comparison, this is the great shame and humiliation of Japan.

However, the Japanese have always been like this, and it has become natural for them to submit to the strong.

It’s just that surrendering to the strong is something that runs deep in one’s bones.

But seeing him surpassed by a weakling is unacceptable.

Not only is it unacceptable, but it also suppresses the weak and makes them continue to be weak.

Papapa

Thinking of this, the old man clapped his hands, and soon a chamberlain walked in.

"Go and find Miss Kazuko."

The chamberlain nodded and left quickly.

After a while, the screen was suddenly opened, and a girl in kimono came forward.

"grown ups!"

The girl saluted, with slight dimples on her delicate face, and pure and flawless eyes under a pair of slender eyebrows.

The cheeks on the face are slightly red, and the lips are a little pink!

Standing aside, she has a curvy figure and a humble and serious expression, giving her a feeling of being a lady.

"And child!"

The old man spoke, with a sound of reluctance but also helplessness in his voice.

Finally he sighed before letting go of his inner pride.

"We need to establish proposals with China... but you also know the grievances between the two countries."

"So this time, we have to start from the private sector."

"Do you understand?"

"Hey! Kazuko understands!"

The girl's voice did not rise and fall, she was completely obeying the order.

"Your father is an outstanding Dahe man, and your mother has devoted her whole life to the empire!"

"You have the blood of both countries on your body!"

"I hope you can serve as a bridge! Let the empire stand up again!"

Hearing what the old man said, Hezi's head almost buried in his chest, "Don't worry, sir, Hezi has the blood of Dahe nation flowing in his body, and he will always be a Dahe people!"

"For the Dahe Nation, Hezi, I am willing!"

There was a happy smile on the old man's face,

"Yeah. Go ahead, I'm proud of you!"

"Hi!"

The girl left, and the old man leaned back and lay down.

Then he stretched out two hands.

"In this way, everything is ready."

"As long as there is one success, it is the success of the Dahe Nation!"

(End of this chapter)