New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Uncle, I just heard you talking about the smallpox plague?"

Li Mingqi took off his mask to let these old men see clearly that there was no chickenpox on his face. Then he leaned over and asked, "Can you tell me who you heard this from?"

These old men stay in the dock area all day long, and sometimes they are even better informed than Jin Yiwei.

Of course, Jin Yiwei's news has been confirmed by all parties, so it will be a little late in the evening when the report comes to Li Mingqi.

"It was said by the merchant ship owners from Oregon. It is said that there are already problems in several small towns there."

"It's not small towns. I heard that it also happened in cities. Some workers even died directly in factories."

"I've also heard that it seems like the plague was brought over by a few guys from that Canadian colony who went to Oregon to prospect for gold."

Several old men told Li Mingqi the news they had heard, and finally advised him earnestly that if he was really sick, he should go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible without delay.

Public hospitals in the Xinming Empire had been built long ago, and special hospital buildings were only set up in San Francisco, Yingtianfu, and Jinling.

Yingtian Mansion also has a specialized research academy that relies on the information provided by Li Mingqi to train "qualified" doctors for the New Ming Empire.

These doctors have a very good reputation among white workers and are very willing to cooperate with doctors to try various medical methods.

After rejecting the old men's suggestion to send him to the hospital with a dark face, Li Mingqi took Liu Erhe and walked towards the fortress palace.

After returning to the fortress, Li Mingqi summoned Lu Weiming to ask about the smallpox plague.

"Replying to Your Majesty, the news about smallpox has only come through in the past few days. The royal guards have already set off to Oregon for actual inspection."

"But now it is certain that the news about smallpox patients in Oregon is true."

After speaking, Lu Weiming placed a piece of information in front of Li Mingqi.

After quickly browsing the information above, Li Mingqi's brows gradually wrinkled.

"Immediately send an order to Song He to intercept all merchant ships coming from Oregon and prohibit them from entering the port."

"In addition, let the forts along the coast be prepared. As soon as any Oregon merchant ships approach Southern California, they will immediately fire to drive them away."

"Send a telegram to Yingtianfu and ask the patrol fleet to block the ports in Southern California and drive away the Oregon merchant ships."

The reason why the forts along the coast should also take care of Southern California is very simple, that is, the distance between Southern California and the Xinming Empire is too close, and there is a potential risk of transmitting smallpox to the Xinming Empire.

After giving the instructions, Li Mingqi stood up and walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps, and then asked someone to call Liu Youcai over.

"Old Liu, we have recently increased investment in medical care. I remember that the medical school has mastered the technology of vaccination with cowpox, right?"

Li Mingqi directly asked Liu Youcai about medical matters.

"Long live my lord, I am not familiar with medical treatment. You have to ask Lao Ma from the medical school about this matter."

Liu Youcai was really stumped by Li Mingqi's question. If everything else was fine, he really didn't understand anything about medical matters.

Otherwise, Li Mingqi's predecessor would not have been left unconscious in the cabin for so long.

Li Mingqi slapped his head. He was so anxious that he forgot that this kind of thing was not Lao Liu's responsibility.

He quickly sent someone to invite Dean Ma from the Medical College.

When he came to Jinling this time, Dean Ma came here to find a place to build a branch hospital, because almost all the white workers in Yingtianfu had cooperated with the medical college to develop new medical methods. Gu

So this time I came to Jinling to build a branch here and continue to carry out the work of "protecting" the health of white workers for free.

Dean Ma’s name is Ma Mao, and he is over forty this year. After listening to Li Mingqi’s inquiry, Ma Mao said:

"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to vaccinate against cowpox. Last time, Jinyiwei sent over several foreign doctors. They brought over the technique of cowpox."

Ma Mao is right. The method of vaccination with cowpox was discovered and experiments began in 1796. By now, this technology is actually very mature.

However, due to certain common diseases in European countries, there has always been opposition to vaccination with cowpox.

In the early 19th century, smallpox vaccination became increasingly popular, but it was criticized by the public.

Questioning theories varied and included health, religious, scientific and political objections.

Priests believed that vaccines came from animals and therefore vaccination was "pagan."

Parents are terrified of having cowpox on their children's arms.

But more people are opposed to vaccination because they think it violates their personal rights.

And these people formed the Anti-Vaccination League in 1867. (Are you familiar with it?)

Therefore, the status of these doctors who come to the United States is rather embarrassing now, and no one wants to believe them.

Until these people were 'packed' by the Youth League and sent to the medical college of the Xinming Empire.

Here these people learned more advanced medical methods and improved the method of vaccination with cowpox, minimizing the risk of infection.

"Then make preparations and have all the citizens of the empire vaccinated against cowpox. By the way, this is mandatory. Let the National Defense Forces and the Six Gates cooperate with you."

Li Mingqi made a prompt decision and asked Ma Mao to prepare and start vaccinating everyone in the Xinming Empire with cowpox.

The work of vaccinating cattle started in Yingtianfu, followed by San Francisco, Jinling, and then all the imperial subjects in Xinmingzhou.

As for those white people, Li Mingqi didn't have time to care about those people.

Anyway, they have no contact with other people when they are on the construction site. Under this disguised isolation condition, the risk of contracting smallpox is actually very low.

In addition, the management regulations for white merchants have become even stricter, and the port area has finally clearly designated a separate staying area for these people.

In the past, they only had this concept, and the Ming Xiejun would sometimes not be too harsh on Bai merchants leaving the port area.

But it doesn't work anymore. Once a separate trading area is divided, white traders will be prohibited from appearing in other parts of the Xinming Empire.

"We should oppose this coercive measure. This is simply a violation of our rights. Are you just so numb and at the mercy of your emperor?"

A white missionary who was held down by Jin Yiwei struggled violently and shouted loudly in Chinese.

But judging from the situation at the scene, his efforts should have failed.

Because the people of the Xinming Empire who passed by just looked at the missionary as if they were a fool, and then they consciously rolled up their sleeves and asked the doctors to vaccinate their arms with cowpox.

Because the technology to vaccinate against cowpox was not very advanced at this time, the speed of vaccination was very slow.

Moreover, the Xinming Empire’s broadcasts have made it very clear what smallpox is, what cowpox is, and why vaccination with cowpox is necessary.

The subjects of the Empire did not react excessively to the vaccination of cowpox at all.