my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 312
Zhang Anshi suffered from pain and quickly took a step back.

He immediately returned to his humble and cautious appearance, and said: "I will die."

Zhu Di asked suspiciously: "Just relying on this, can the plague be prevented?"

"No." Zhang Anshi said bluntly: "The plague is very harmful. How could success be achieved by relying on one thing?"

Zhang Anshi paused, and this time he was much more honest, and said obediently: "Besides this, I have prepared three other measures."

Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi, waiting for Zhang Anshi's next words.

But Zhang Anshi took out a delicate small box from his sleeve again.

In front of Zhu Di, he opened the box, took out a small pill from inside, and then said: "I also ordered people to distribute this."

Seeing the meatball in front of him, Zhu Di asked curiously, "This meatball...take it internally?"

Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "No, no, Your Majesty, this... this is not edible, it is also poisonous, it is called moth balls, it is used to disperse mosquitoes, cockroaches, fleas and other things."

Zhu Di looked at the meatball carefully, a little suspicious, and said, "What's the use of this?"

Zhang Anshi said: "This is extracted from kerosene. This thing is placed in a corner, it can emit a smell, so that cockroaches and fleas can't be avoided."

After a pause, he continued: "With the smoke and the mothballs, most of the fleas can be isolated. Your Majesty, I found that the problem of the spread of the plague is not the rats, but the main problem is the rats. The fleas on the mice, if you want to solve the plague, you need to solve the flea problem."

"After the moth balls, there is another measure, which is to teach people to wash the bedding and some furniture in the house on sunny days and then dry them."

Zhu Di looked surprised, and said, "Is it enough to dry?"

"Yes." Zhang Anshi said: "The sun nourishes all things, and it also makes the insects invisible. It can kill most of the toxins in the world."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Anshi continued: "Of course, the above measures are just precautions. Layers of protection are used to minimize the number of infected people. If the number is small, there will be a way to treat them."

Zhang Anshi continued eloquently: "There are fewer patients, and everyone can calm down. If you are settled, and you know how to eradicate its spread, then you can treat limited patients. The minister prescribed a prescription , this prescription can’t prescribe the right medicine, but it also has some effects. As long as the patients are taken good care of, and someone cleans them and provides some rich food, their chances of recovery can be greatly improved.”

After Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't help asking: "How much of this cigarette and mothballs can I supply?"

Zhang Anshi showed a bit of difficulty, and said: "The supply of smoke... I'm afraid it's not much, but mothballs...you need as much as you have. These are extracted from kerosene."

"What is kerosene?" Zhu Di was speechless.

Zhang Anshi: "..."

Zhang Anshi had no choice but to continue to explain patiently: "This is extracted from kerosene. The kerosene in kerosene can be extracted by distillation. This kerosene was originally intended to be sold as a substitute for candles. In addition, it can also be used For the washing of rubber in the future and the maintenance of machinery, the advantages of this product over candles are: complete combustion, sufficient brightness, stable flame, no black smoke, no flickering, and no obvious odor."

Zhu Di said: "..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi lowered his voice, and continued: "Your Majesty insists on asking, so I will explain it in detail. Nowadays, many workshops must be lit because of the darkness, but candles are not good. On the one hand, the candles have smoke, and the brightness is also slightly poor. In many workshops, if the brightness is not enough, it will inevitably affect the efficiency."

"Not only that, but there are also some workshops that are not suitable for lighting candles, because the firelight exposes flammable materials, which can easily cause fires. I use kerosene to make lanterns. When I go out at night, I carry this lantern. It is sheltered from the wind and rain, and working in the workshop will not expose the flames to the outside. The output of this kerosene workshop is not small, and now the workshop in Wuhu County has started trial production."

Zhu Di: "..."

Zhu Di felt that he might be led astray by Zhang Anshi gradually, but he became curious in his heart, so he asked, "Can this thing, which is no different from a candle, earn money?"

Zhang Anshi said seriously: "Your Majesty, the benefits of this thing are immeasurable. Needless to say, earning money, you must know that this is a necessity. Once thousands of households use kerosene, then there will be kerosene expenses every month. If everyone in the world uses it, even if you earn ten Wen from one person every month, this is an astronomical amount."

"Not only that... With this lantern, our boat shop can develop business at night. This workshop... is also the same."

When Zhang Anshi said this, he mourned silently for the workers.

You must know that in ancient society, except for watchmen, there was no so-called night shift. It was not because the gentry and businessmen didn't want to, but it was really impossible.

But the emergence of kerosene lamps obviously created the conditions for this.

Many times, Zhang Anshi doesn't know whether certain so-called progress of the times is progress or regress, but...it seems that the only reason for doing this is that the world is not yet unified, and the biggest effect of such progress is to roll.

Zhang Anshi said again: "In addition, if this lantern is delivered to the army, it will also have a great effect. With this lantern, wouldn't it be more convenient for the army to move at night?"

After hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up a little, and he said with great joy, "That's right, that's right, what you said is very true."

The two whispered for a while.

Although the voices of the two monarchs and ministers were not loud, they were not whispering, they completely avoided the eyes and ears of other people, and almost everyone present could understand them.

only……

This made the faces of Yang Rong and others turn blue.

A good plague, how can you talk about it, but it has become a business again?
At this time, everyone did not dare to stop, so they had to wait patiently.

Zhu Di became interested at this time: "It means... you want to sell lanterns?"

Zhang Anshi said firmly: "Yes, Your Majesty, after the lantern is sold, the lantern is a big business. The most important thing is that after the lantern is sold, it needs to buy kerosene every month."

Zhu Di nodded in agreement, and then said: "This matter must be done as soon as possible, has the lantern production started yet?"

Zhang Anshi said truthfully: "A few samples have come out. I want to manufacture on a large scale, so I want to make sure that the candles are cheap, high quality and low price, and then I can find a way to completely eliminate the candles."

Zhu Di nodded, and immediately said: "Next time, bring some lanterns to show me."

"According to the order."

Zhang Anshi continued: "I actually have one more thing to ask."

……

Hu Guang: "..."

Hu Guang's breath began to be a little unstable, he had endured and endured, but now...

He seemed to be filled with righteous indignation, he ran to discuss their business after talking about such a big matter as the plague.Isn't this treating national affairs as a trifling matter?
This Hu Guang was closer to Yang Rong, and while Zhu Di and Zhang Anshi were concentrating on their courtiers, he quietly approached Yang Rong, and muttered in a low voice, "Mr. Yang...that's a bit outrageous."

His voice was very low, like a mosquito moaning.

Yang Rong gave Hu Guang a sympathetic look, but still replied in a low voice: "This is a good thing."

"Good thing?" Hu Guang frowned, and his voice became slightly higher-pitched. Fortunately, Zhang Anshi's words attracted everyone's attention, but no one noticed his abnormality.

Yang Rong said: "Believe it, the sky is about to fall. At this time, Duke Wei is still talking and laughing happily, and he is full of thoughts about his business. This shows that he has fully grasped the matter of the plague. If not... This person is afraid of death, I'm afraid he's already trembling with fright."

Hu Guang: "..."

Hu Guang chewed Yang Rong's words carefully, and gradually regained his composure, but he still couldn't help saying, "But it's still outrageous."

But Yang Rong said: "It is the unprecedented achievement of countless living people to solve the current big problem! As for other details, why bother? If you care about everything, you will be very tired. Mr. Hu... Your thoughts are shallow, you must put your thoughts on the key points."

Hu Guang felt as if he had been connoted with something.

But after thinking about it carefully, I also feel that Yang Rong's words are very reasonable.

After all, it seems that I still have too many things on my mind.

……

On the other side, Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi with his hands behind his back, and said, "What else do you want?"

"This smoke..." Zhang Anshi pointed to the extinguished smoke, and said, "Your Majesty, this smoke is poisonous, but it also has some uses. I was thinking...this thing...after the plague is solved, we will eradicate it, but ...The minister is thinking again, maybe in the future, this thing will still be useful. In order to prevent this thing from harming the world, His Majesty might as well issue a ban, and no authorization is allowed. The provinces in the pass are not allowed to grow tobacco. Even the local vassals are not allowed to introduce it. "

Zhu Di said oh, this is just a trivial matter, but Zhang Anshi always finds it strange to mention this in particular.

He suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, and said again: "Is there any more?"

Zhang Anshi said: "The key point is to harm the minister. If there is any plague in the future, or if there is a place where this tobacco can be used, what should we do? Please make another decree, only Xinzhou is allowed to grow tobacco, how about it?"

Zhu Di said, "Xinzhou?"

Zhang Anshi said: "I have checked, and tobacco is indeed suitable for cultivation in Xinzhou. Only this shredded tobacco is not allowed to enter the pass for sale."

After Zhu Di heard this, he didn't speculate too much on this matter, but said: "I don't understand the tobacco matter, but I understand you. To be honest, is there any profit here?"

How tiring to guess by yourself, why not ask directly!

Zhang Anshi quickly opened his eyes wide, and said, "Who does your Majesty treat as a minister?"

Zhu Di was silent, just continued to stare at him.

Under the pressure of Zhu Di's eyes, Zhang Anshi finally lost the battle, and finally said obediently: "Your Majesty, this thing is poisonous, but the poison is slow. If it is produced and sold in the customs, it will inevitably poison the soldiers and civilians. But outside the customs and other places, if this thing It is true that you can earn a small amount of money by selling. The main thing I am thinking is that the population of Xinzhou is sparse, but there is a lot of land. If everyone grows grain, the grain is enough to eat, but if the surplus grain is transported by ship Going out to sell, I am afraid that the transportation price will still be higher, and the gain outweighs the gain. It is better to plant some cash crops and earn a little money for the minister, so that the minister can use this to recruit some people to cultivate and increase manpower in Xinzhou. .”

Zhu Di looked like that, and couldn't help saying: "Hmph, you still want to fool me? It's really profitable! But... Zhang Qing has always made contributions to the court. If you want to earn a little money, then you can do it. Your Majesty According to the decree, neither the customs nor the vassal states can introduce this species, and those who violate it will be punished. Is the tobacco from Xinzhou not allowed to enter the pass? What about outside the pass and the vassals?"

So Zhang Anshi said truthfully: "It can be done there, I mainly want to do a little ocean trade."

Zhu Di glanced at Yi Shiha, and then said: "Yi Shiha, please write it down, and teach Hanlin to draft an imperial edict later."

Yi Shiha hurriedly said: "Your maid obeys the order."

Just now Zhang Anshi thought that Zhu Di was unwilling, but now he was relieved to hear that Zhu Di was so forthright.

Then, he realized that...Xinzhou was finally... going to develop.

There was never any need to worry about Ming's foreign trade. Even in the poorest and weakest times, a large amount of gold and silver flowed in relying on porcelain and silk.

And now Xinzhou has an additional trade artifact. With this, it is enough to ensure a steady stream of gold and silver can flow into Xinzhou. With a large amount of income, there is no need to worry about the inflow of foreign population.

If you want to firmly occupy a place, whether it is military conquest or cultural invasion, it has an effect, but no matter how great the effect is, it cannot match the countless immigrants.

As for losing the market of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Anshi doesn't care. In the future, relying on the West, Japan, Korea, and even other countries in the future will be enough to make Xinzhou rich.

Zhang Anshi was very happy at this moment, and quickly said: "Your Majesty is so kind and virtuous, I can't repay you."

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, what were we talking about just now?"

Zhang Anshi immediately pulled back his thoughts and said, "The plague."

Only now did Zhu Di think of it, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

In the face of such a disaster, why did he suddenly talk about business with Zhang Anshi in high spirits?
So he immediately put on a sullen face, covering up the embarrassment in his heart, and said solemnly: "In this way, if there is a plague in the capital, can it be solved?"

Zhang Anshi said seriously: "With the experience in Fujian, I dare to guarantee that the problem can be solved. The most important thing now is to let what happened in Jianning be known!"

"In this way, we can let the soldiers and civilians know that the plague is not a serious problem. When everyone's mentality is calm, and then teach the method of epidemic prevention, we can get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhu Di nodded: "This matter..."

He looked at Yang Rong and the others, with sternness in his eyes, and said, "Do you understand everything, Qing?"

The ministers immediately said: "I understand."

Zhu Di then ordered: "Wenyuan Pavilion and the six ministries should issue notices in all states and counties, and the mansion newspapers should also report extensively. Naturally... these are the second... Zhang Qing should also pay close attention... find a way to get Bring out your medicines."

Zhu Di regained his confidence, swept away his previous worries, and now he looked a bit complacent: "If the plague is really curable, I will personally go to the Taimiao to make sacrifices, so that I can teach the Taizu Gao Emperor... "

Everyone shouted long live.

At this time, everyone's mood relaxed.

Even after Zhang Anshi bid farewell, he walked with wind.

However, Yang Rong quickly followed, called Zhang Anshi and said, "Mr. Wei, can you draw up a regulation for this solution? Wenyuan Pavilion and Six Departments can also implement it according to the regulation. .”

Zhang Anshi spoke authentically: "This is easy to handle. I'll have someone deliver it early tomorrow morning."

Yang Rong smiled, stared at Zhang Anshi and said, "Duke Wei is really extraordinary. This time... if Duke Wei can really quell the plague, it will be a great contribution."

Zhang Anshi smiled slightly: "A mere mere achievement is not worth mentioning."

Yang Rong glanced left and right, but pointed out: "Your Majesty is going to the Taimiao to pay homage to the Taizu Emperor Gao. Doesn't Duke Wei know what it means?"

"What do you mean?" These words really confused Zhang Anshi's question, Zhang Anshi looked at him in a daze and said, "Didn't you inform Emperor Taizu Gao?"

Yang Rong laughed again, and said with a special expression on his face: "You will understand later."

Zhang Anshi refused, but he couldn't do this. He said half and half, what did he want to do.

So he said: "Duke Yang, please enlighten me, I can't sleep if you say this a little bit."

But Yang Rong smiled again: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's really... such things, you can't say it. It's taboo to judge the emperor's heart. Wei Guogong should think for himself."

What Zhang Anshi said became more and more suspicious, and his heart became even more curious.

So he saw that Yao Guangxiao happened to be walking ahead, so he bid farewell to Yang Rong.

He caught up with Yao Guangxiao and said, "Mr. Yao, I've made up my mind. I'm going to burn you a relic that's a circle bigger than you."

Yao Guangxiao was taken aback: "Mr. Wei, the poor monk is getting old. Although people from other places sometimes have a bit of indifference to life and death, if they can die and live a few more years, the poor monk... will definitely not give up. No thoughts of death."

Zhang Anshi was surprised: "What are you talking about, who told you to die?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "You offered such a high price, and according to your penny-pinching temperament, it must be a dangerous thing to entrust."

Zhang Anshi said: "Yao Gong, Yao Gong, I regard you as my dear elder, do you think of me like this?"

Yao Guangxiao didn't like his tricks, and said: "You should tell me what you have in mind."

Zhang Anshi stopped talking too much, and said: "Just now, His Majesty said that he wants to sacrifice to the Taimiao, what do you mean?"

Yao Guangxiao was surprised: "You can see it?"

This guy is usually not stupid, and he didn't even notice this?
Zhang Anshi said very honestly: "I didn't see it, so I asked you."

Yao Guangxiao smiled slightly and said, "I didn't see it, so why do you ask? Don't worry about it yourself, it's important to think about how to deal with the plague well."

After Zhang Anshi heard this, he was even more confused.

How do you look at it? Everyone else understands it, but he doesn't?
Seeing Zhang Anshi looking like he wanted to continue asking, Yao Guangxiao took the lead and said: "The poor monk will not tell you. It is not because the relationship between you and me is not close enough, so I hide something from you. It is because there are things to say. If you want to, you can’t say it even if you die. Don’t think too much about it.”

Zhang Anshi couldn't help sighing: "Why can you see it, but I can't? It's really weird, obviously I am better than you..."

After Yao Guangxiao heard this, he showed disdain: "What do you mean? Huh, you are still young. Although you have many whimsical ideas on weekdays, it is indeed incredible, but what you are thinking about is how to make use of everything. To solve problems. But the poor monk spends his whole life thinking about how to think about people. Don’t underestimate these methods, the human heart is much more complicated than everything.”

Zhang Anshi became honest and said: "Be taught, be taught, next time, please teach me Master Yao."

"You don't have to learn." Yao Guangxiao warned Zhang Anshi very seriously: "Actually, it's better for people to be stupid. Blessed are the stupid people. The poor monk never lied to you. What came here? Named Your Majesty Humerus, but you are not allowed to continue in the Buddhist sect, and you dare not marry a wife and have children, and you don’t dare to become a marquis and worship a minister. This...is the price of a poor monk."

Zhang Anshi said: "Master Yao means..."

Yao Guangxiao said: "When everyone in the world knows that I, Yao Guangxiao, possesses the art of being an emperor, then what I said just now has nothing to do with me, Yao Guangxiao. Like you, if you don't guess people's hearts, don't learn the art of slaying dragons, now Isn’t it extremely joyful? Not only is it in charge of Jinyiwei, but it can also split the soil, so everything has a price, and the things you want to learn from me are unbearable for you.”

At this time, Zhang Anshi guessed something vaguely, did not continue to ask, and said: "Understood, I am going to rescue the disaster, my sister didn't say anything, and don't deal with messy people."

Yao Guangxiao: "..."

Why did he feel so worried?

The mansion newspaper began to report wantonly, and then, letters of decree began to be issued.

It has to be said that this played a great role in stabilizing people's hearts.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Anshi began personally supervising the plague in Taiping Mansion.

Send people to start cleaning up the sewage in the streets, and at the same time encourage everyone to take out the bedding to dry and distribute mothballs.

There is not much tobacco, so it is mainly burned directly in some densely populated places in the counties, as well as areas that are prone to infection.

For a while, many places in Taiping Mansion were filled with smoke.

Zhang Anshi thought of a way to add various prickly ash and other things to the smoke, anyway, he added some of everything.

This approach has two advantages. One is that some things do burn, and the smoke produced has the effect of repelling insects.

On the other hand, mixing these with smoke can greatly reduce the possibility of tobacco burning causing addiction.

After all... the irritating smoke is enough for people to smell it once, and it is enough to be unforgettable for a lifetime. They feel sick, and no one wants to try it a second time.

Immediately afterwards, several mansions were vacated, and then thoroughly disinfected. At the same time, a group of doctors were recruited to be ready to receive patients at any time.

Even the counties took out a sum of money and food, and recruited some people to carry out a general cleaning of various places.

(End of this chapter)