1855 United States Tycoon

"Zhou! What have you been doing lately?" Zhou Shuren heard the enthusiastic cry of Doctor MacMillan as soon as he walked into the school. He looked up and saw that Doctor MacMillan was walking quickly from the warehouse.

"Mr. McMillan, what's the matter?" Zhou Shuren stopped.

"Ah, didn’t we just record the preparation method of the white tiger potion that can be used to treat influenza a few days ago? There have been a lot of influenza cases in Hangzhou these days. I think this is just a test. The effect of drugs on influenza. Well, Zhou, we can provide patients in Hangzhou with this white tiger syrup and other drugs, group them into statistics, and conduct comparative experiments. This may prove to a certain extent whether these drugs are It is effective against influenza virus. Unfortunately, this kind of potion has a special smell and taste. At this time, it is difficult for us to conduct double-blind comparison experiments." Dr. McMillan replied, "In short, I need some Chinese people to help me go. Find more flu patients who are willing to come to our hospital for treatment, the more the better. Are you free now?"

"Ah," Zhou Shuren was silent for a while, and then replied, "I am now busy arranging the basic knowledge of those new comrades. However, if this matter is very urgent, I can temporarily delegate these matters to others. ..."

It was probably from Zhou Shuren's voice that he heard an unwilling taste. Doctor MacMillan was silent for a while, and then said to Zhou Shuren: "Zhou, I feel that you are very resistant to things related to Chinese traditional medicine. I wonder if you think these are originally China's wealth, but now they may be A foreigner like me has gotten to a foreign country? Zhou, I think you might want to think about it from another angle. Well, you know, science knows no borders. Moreover, letting China’s traditional medicine move closer to modern medicine is important The advancement of Chinese medicine is also very effective, and the mutual penetration of science and tradition can also allow new knowledge and new ideas to gradually penetrate into the spirit of the people. Therefore, Zhou, in a sense, although China The medicine of China becomes the medicine of the world. It seems that we have taken China away, but in the long run..."

"Ah, Mr. McMillan, I didn't mean that..." Zhou Shuren defended, he was not calling this China's secret recipe was taken away by Westerners. To be honest, before fully entering the commercialized society, the Chinese people's awareness of confidentiality of this type of knowledge is quite poor. In addition, since 1840, the overall advantage of the West over China has become more and more obvious. Therefore, Chinese people generally lack self-confidence when facing the West. Therefore, when something is admired by Westerners, the first thing that comes to mind is not to protect intellectual property rights, but often the sincere fear of "I actually have something that can be seen by Westerners".

"Then you think it's unruly for us to experiment with white tiger potion on those patients?" said Dr. McMillan. "Zhou, to be honest, this is indeed imperfect in terms of rules. According to the rules, we should provide those who participate in the experiment. Free medical care, and provide them with lost work subsidies, risk subsidies and so on. However, Zhou, you also know, first of all, this white tiger potion-hell, you Chinese always take out some names that don't know what it means. ——This white tiger potion has been used in your country for thousands of years. Although we are not sure about the curative effect, it should not be too dangerous. In addition, our funds are also quite It’s limited. If you want to do this, you will be under a lot of financial pressure. Zhou, you know, we have a lot of money now."

Zhou Shuren naturally knows how important money is now for the Recovery Association. Although now I have found an overseas funder, compared with before, the funds are much more generous. However, there is an old saying that the hole is as big as the snake is. In the old days, the Liberation Council was nothing more than contacting a few revolutionary patriots who were clearly uncomfortable, and then figured out how to get a few bombs, thinking about engaging in assassination activities or something. Now, after earnestly studying the history of revolution in Western countries, especially the history of revolution in Britain, United States, and France, the fellows of the Revival Society also understand that revolution does not depend on assassinating a few officials of the Qing Dynasty. To be victorious, the revolution must have its own military power. To have their own military power, either build their own army, or have a great influence in the country’s original army, which can attract them to turn and join the revolution.

The Revival Society is now doing a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, it sends people abroad to receive training to prepare the officers necessary for the establishment of an army after the uprising in the future. On the other hand, it strengthens the penetration of the new army, especially the new army in Zhejiang and Jiangsu. And in this way, the cost is naturally huge. Therefore, the upper echelons of the Rehabilitation Association sometimes even feel that they are even short of money before receiving the funding.

"I understand. Actually, I don't care about these. I just want to participate in the work that is directly related to the preparation of the revolution." Zhou Shuren explained.

"Oh, that's it." Doctor McMillan smiled, "Zhou, you should understand that what we are doing now is also part of the revolution. And it is a very important part. I heard that when you were studying medicine in Japan, I once sent such a feeling, saying: “Anyone who is a weak citizen, no matter how strong his physique, can only serve as a meaningless display of materials and spectators.” So you felt that the most important thing was treatment. The spirit of saving them, right? In fact, many years ago, Europeans were just as numb and ignorant, shivering under the dual pressure of religious and imperial power. But two things eventually changed their spirit, that is, science and art. Without the discoveries of scientists such as Copernicus and Darwin, the ignorant history of the Western world may be much longer than it is now. Therefore, working hard for science is itself a revolution, and it is the foundation of all revolutions. Without this, even military Victory overthrew the Manchu dynasty, but it is very likely that only a manchu dynasty without braids was established."

After hearing these words, Zhou Shuren thought for a while, then nodded to Dr. McMillan and said: "Mr. McMillan, thank you for your teaching. I am willing to participate in this matter."

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To be honest, in that era, the flu was really not taken seriously by Chinese people. For most people, this is nothing more than body aches and weakness, plus a runny nose, sneezing, coughing, etc. Generally, there will be seven or eight days, and you will be well. Of course, because of the flu, it is then forwarded to pneumonia, and then various treatments are ineffective, and many people die every year. Especially the elderly and children. However, in an era when the average life expectancy was only over 30, it was really normal for a few people to die each year, and everyone was not surprised. In addition, most of the people who died because of this situation were poor people, and this became more and more unattractive. Because the poor ghost died, who would care? In particular, many of the dead are elderly people. For the poor, the death of the old people is a sad thing, but in a sense, it may not be a bad thing for the poor who are burdened with heavy burdens. . Of course, children are still very important. It takes a lot of money and energy to raise a child. If a child dies, it means that so much money and energy are all wasted. Such losses are unbearable for any family, especially for those families who lack money.

So when the Salvation Hospital started to provide free White Tiger soup for the treatment of influenza, and adopted the method of direct delivery of the medicine into the slums, there were really many people receiving treatment. However, this situation soon changed, because some rumors began to spread in the slums.

These rumors are mainly aimed at the ways that the Salvation Hospital is different from other doctors in treating patients. People at the Salvation Hospital will keep detailed records of the patient’s various conditions, the date of birth, height and weight, measuring and recording body temperature, and drawing blood for laboratory tests. These practices were quickly spread to be used to prepare for the collection of Hun and Po, so that later violent acts against doctors in the Salvation Hospital occurred.

After such a thing, according to normal procedures, Dr. Macmillan can naturally find the Manchu government and ask the Manchu government to crack down on the gangsters who propagated rumors and attacked the doctors in the Salvation Hospital. However, Dr. McMillan did not intend to do so for the simple reason that he simply could not trust the Manchu Qing government. First of all, the control of this government is extremely low. Even if they are willing to cooperate fully, they may not be able to get things done. Moreover, the Manchu government was full of hatred for foreigners. Although they dare not provoke foreigners, they will still be passive and sabotaged. Think about it, what would the effect be like if a group of guys who are already low-capacity play passive and sabotage, or even make trouble in secret.

However, Dr. McMillan still has a way, and that is to use the local underworld organizations in Hangzhou. Human beings are naturally order animals. If the government cannot provide order, then another order will naturally arise. This is the underground order based on the Rivers and Lakes gang.

The Revolutionary Party has always had close contacts with gangs in various places, and many of their activities have also been promoted with the help of gang organizations. This is even more obvious in the Xingzhonghui. Almost all of their important figures have close ties with the gang, and some of them are even the leaders of the gang directly.

In contrast, the ties between the Liberation Association and the gangs were even less. Most of their leaders were of gentry origin, and some instinctively looked down on those inferior ones. But they themselves had nothing but a few revolutionary veterans. Therefore, in the original history, the Revolution of the Restoration Society was more of a personal assassination or something, and it was not a climate at all. Even after the revolution was "successful", the Liberation Association, as a local snake, did not obtain much territory in Own's hometown. On the contrary, the people in the Xingzhonghui got the big head with the support of the gang and the Shanghai comprador. However, the Xingzhonghui is not completely disconnected from the gang, and it is not difficult to use them to get online with the gang. As for getting on the line, Dr. McMillan has something to persuade them to help.

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