Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 2107 Bargaining

  Having waited for three days, neither the 2nd nor the 3rd had another acne. The three doctors breathed a sigh of relief. They packed the acne scabs collected from them in bottles, and then sealed them with labels.

  The two still stayed in this house to recuperate, while Man Bao and the others went to the palace to see the emperor after a change.

  They brought the notes they took down these days.

  The emperor didn’t know much about medicine, so he specially recruited several ministers to listen with him, especially Mr. Tang, who had a criminal background and knew more about medicine.

  Xiao Yuanzheng, as a representative, explained the test data during this period in detail.

  The emperor turned the pulse case on the table and handed it to Gu Zhong so that he could show it to the adults below.

  Wei Zhixian took a look at the start time and asked, "In other words, it has only been 15 days since the inoculation."

"Yes," Xiao Yuanzheng said: "But in fact, they only develop acne for five to nine days, which is also within the time of the onset of smallpox patients, but on average, the acne onset time is slightly lower than the overall acne onset time. "

  Manbao added: “It is also because the number of people in our experiment is too small, so this data may not be very correct.”

  The emperor and several ministers heard what she meant. This was because they wanted more people to experiment.

  The emperor knocked on the table, "In other words, acne is really useful. People who have been infected with smallpox will not get smallpox."

Wei Zhi thought about the risks and poured him a bucket of ice water. "Your Majesty, one of the three died. This ratio is still too large. Fighting won't necessarily kill so many people. This kind of acne method is still necessary. Think again."

  Man Bao immediately said: "Yes, human pox is still not safe enough, so the minister wants to find the method of cowpox in the Western Regions. I heard that cowpox is much safer than human pox. Please make it happen."

  Man Bao gave a deep stroke.

  The emperor waved his hand and said, "I'll discuss this matter again. It's not anxious. It's only the end of February. By the way, this number three seems to be much safer, so try again with his acne?"

Man Bao and Xiao Yuan looked at each other and said, "Yes, the ministers and others think so too, and compare it with No. 2 to see if the toxicity of acne scabs is the smaller, the safer. I will know in the future. How to select suitable acne paste for planting."

  Xiao Yuan was taking the conversation: "It's just that the prisoners sentenced to be executed in the prison of the Ministry of Justice are gone, and there are not many sentenced to hanging, so..."

  The emperor looked at Mr. Tang and Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry, and said, “It’s better to ask about other repeat offenders. If there are those who dare to respond, their punishment will be reduced.”

  Master Tang frowned, disagreeing with this reward rule, he said: "Your Majesty, the criminals who will be convicted of serious crimes are not murderous people. If they are released, it will be a great harm to the people, and it will be unfair to the victims."

  So he has always opposed the emperor’s proposal to amnesty the world for good deeds.

  Wei Zhi thinks so, and also opposes it.

  The emperor said: "As long as it takes people's life to do the experiment, it can't be done without any benefit, so who will do it?"

  "Then you can’t just let them go. If they go out and then harm their neighbors, who will those who suffer and sin have reasoned with? The law is the law and cannot be changed too much."

  The emperor was a little angry, "If the method of acne inoculation can really be tested, it will be a matter of merit for the future, so why not give up this method?"

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Man Bao quickly said: "Your Majesty, there must be brave husbands under the great advantage, but Zhongli does not necessarily have to let them go, it can give them other benefits."

She said: "I think the food in the prison is horrible, and you can tell them that if you apply, the prisoners will cover their three meals for ten to twenty years. Each meal will have fish, meat and eggs. Turn a thousand miles to a thousand miles, and give me some more money; by the way, let’s give the money before, so whether they want to spend the money for atonement or use it to eat, drink and drink at their discretion."

  The emperor immediately said: "Yes, this is a good way."

  Lord Tang and Wei Zhi stopped talking, and looked at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department together. The Shangshu of the Criminal Department touched his chin and said, "It's not impossible, but how much money is appropriate?"

  While talking, he looked at Liu Shangshu with his eyes, and said, “Our Penalty Department’s budget for this year is already small. If it is based on high profits, then it will have to be allocated by the Ministry of Households.”

  Liu Shangshu from the Ministry of Households did not expect that the fire would burn him, isn’t he here to listen?

Hearing what the Criminal Ministry Shangshu said, he couldn’t help saying: “The national treasury can’t lay golden eggs on its own. Last year it was difficult. This year all ministries are asking for money, and the holes owed last year have to be blocked. There is no extra money. ?"

  Shangshu of the Criminal Department said: "If the household department can't even get the money, then our criminal department can't get it."

  Lord Tang helped the Criminal Department Shangshu, "Always take out some, or they will really release the people? When they commit crimes again, the Criminal Department will arrest people again, which will cost a lot of money."

  Officials of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs also have money to take on business trips, which are also included in the salary, and they also need to be paid by the Ministry of Households.

  Liu Shangshu glanced at the three people in the hospital, and hummed: "At most one hundred taels, and many are gone."

  So stingy!

It’s just that the three of Manbaos still calculate in my heart that one hundred taels is enough to invite many prisoners. One person is not considered sick. It is good to eat and drink a month. Not to mention that there is meat in every meal, and eat every other day. It costs about five hundred wen. That year is about five taels. Even if it is only ten years of food, then it will cost fifty taels. Then they can invite two prisoners?

  No, no, it’s definitely not enough.

She and Dr. Xiao Yuanzheng Lu had calculated in private that the next second trial would require at least twelve patients, three age groups, four people in each age group, and one type of acne scab should be planted at two of the same age at the same time. Only in this way can we compare the experimental data.

  In fact, it is still too few. If there are enough people, it should be expanded ten times.

   However, they felt that even if they were a prisoner of the Ministry of Justice, they might not be able to find so many criminals to be willing to do this experiment.

  But it seems that it is not easy to get six hundred taels from the Ministry of Households, so Man Bao said: "One hundred taels is too little, at least one thousand taels."

  Liu Shangshu choked when she saw her doubled up ten times. Although everyone in the hall was always asking for the price to pay back on the spot, he wouldn’t shout more than ten times as soon as she came up.

  Man Bao settled an account for him, and the prisoners had to experiment willingly for them, at least they had to cover the other party's food for ten years, right?

   So the two talked about the current prices.

The emperor and his officials watched the two of you coming and going. They have already said that today’s vegetables cost six cents a catty, and they said, “That’s because it’s the beginning of spring, and vegetables and vegetables are scarce. You look at summer and autumn. A catty of vegetables is at most two essays."

  　See you at six in the afternoon

  (End of this chapter)