Qin Official

Outside the west gate of Jiangling, there is a large area of ​​public land belonging to the government. It is cultivated by some ministers. What is grown is not grain, but ramie and what the officials call "marijuana".

"Zuo Bing Cao Shi was unlucky. Ramie and hemp were planted with rain in late February and early March. They have just sprouted now. They are still several months away from growing, at least until midsummer and May. First harvest..."

Dian Bao said he was sorry, but in his heart he felt that the behavior of Cao Shi, the left soldier, was unbelievable. He had to use linen cloth and even had to look at the hemp plants. Did he have to go to Jishi before eating chicken? Is the hen handsome at first glance?

"What a weirdo."

Heifu didn't know what the clerk was thinking and asked him carefully about hemp: It turns out that hemp can be harvested three times a year, in the summer, the beginning of autumn and before winter. After harvesting, the leaves are removed and only the stems are left in the pond. , wait for the fibers to soften, then take them out to dry and break them down, and then you can use them to sew cloth.

"In Meita, the yield is fifty or one hundred stones per mu, while in Susukaku, it is thirty stones. It is much easier to grow hemp than to obtain silk."

Therefore, the hemp field in front of you is basically full of hemp buds that have just sprouted young leaves, and there is no clear hall.

However, there were exceptions. After half a circle around the thousand-acre hemp field, they finally found some hemp growing on the hill due to the spilled hemp seeds on an adjacent hill.

But looking at these nine-foot-tall plants, taller than himself, Heifu showed a puzzled expression: "Is this the marijuana you're talking about?"

"This is indeed marijuana."

Not only Dian nodded, but Chen Wujiu on the side also gave an affirmative answer. Although this kind of hemp is not as widely cultivated as ramie in the south, it is the main source of linen in the north. Even a five-year-old child knows it. Chen Wujiu He is a doctor who has to deal with plants at all times, how could he not recognize him.

Heifu was a little disappointed because it didn't seem to be the "marijuana" he imagined.

In his previous life, during his internship with the anti-narcotics team, Heifu arrested a family who secretly grew marijuana at home. Although the marijuana that can be smoked is very similar to the hemp in front of him, it grows short and is less than half a person tall. The leaves are It seems to be larger and rounder. On the other hand, the hemp in front of me has slender stems and narrower leaves.

Heifu couldn't help but remember that in his previous life, a teacher had taught them about science. Although they were all called marijuana, there were also some subspecies. Hemp in northern China, which was widely used for weaving in ancient times, is of fiber type and has very little narcotic content. However, cannabis grown in India and Yunnan has a high narcotic content. After the flowers and leaves are dried, it can be used as a drug. The locals eat hemp seeds as snacks, just like the Central Plains people eat melon seeds as a matter of course...

"it's a pity……"

Heifu was slightly disappointed, not because he wanted to "smoke it" to try something new, but because if he could find marijuana containing anesthetics, the anesthetics for treating the wounds of the wounded might be available.

He once asked Chen Wu Jiu, apart from wine, do doctors these days have anything intoxicating that can relieve pain after an injury?

After Chen Wujiu thought for a while, he told Hei Fu that it was said that Bian Que used a "poisonous wine" when treating people, which made them intoxicated for three days. Then use the magic medicine to make the patient realize as before...

This statement surprised Heifu. So there was surgery so early? Bian Que is really awesome.

But when he asked Chen Wujiu if he could make the "poisonous wine" that could stun people for three days, Chen Wujiu reluctantly said that this secret recipe had been lost since the doctors scattered and Bian Que disappeared.

Lost? Are you kidding me?

Heifu was greatly disappointed, but ancient technology often lapsed, and it was the fault of doctors who kept their brooms to themselves due to the restrictions of their schools.

But after hearing the name "marijuana" today, Heifu had other thoughts in his mind.

"It is said that Hua Tuo, the miracle doctor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also made Ma Fei Powder. Since there is a word for Ma, it is probably related to hemp. Perhaps it is an anesthetic substance extracted from the flowers and leaves of cannabis?"

Although the hemp in front of him seems to be different from the hemp of later generations, Heifu still doesn't give up. In two thousand years, maybe the hemp flowers and leaves of today contain more narcotic substances than those of later generations? In addition, it is now a period of warm climate. The climate and vegetation near Yunmengze is similar to that of Yunnan in later generations. Maybe we can also find some wild cannabis? Maybe without artificial domestication, they can produce good narcotic substances.

So Hei Fu asked Chen Wujiu, "Doctor Chen, I wonder if this hemp has been used in medicine besides being used for weaving?"

"have."

Chen Wu Jiu said without thinking: "These hemp seeds can be fried in oil and are called hemp seeds. They are mainly used to treat dry and constipated stools and can be used to relieve constipation!"

He lowered his voice: "What, Zuo Bing Cao Shi wants to use it?"

You are constipated!

Heifu was speechless and could only talk about one thing in a pretense of mystery. He claimed that when he was a child, he once saw a wild marijuana plant in the mountains because of his playfulness. Because he was young and ignorant, he picked its flowers and leaves and chewed them, and then he couldn't sleep. Awakening story…

"Doctor Chen, just imagine, after a general is injured on the battlefield, he is in terrible pain. If there is something like Bian Que's poisonous wine to stun him at this time, and the sores on his severed limbs can be treated quickly while he is unconscious, so that the generals do not have to suffer, Isn’t that wonderful?”

Chen Wujiu was a smart man, and he immediately reacted: "What Zuo Bing Cao Shi wants is, let me try, can the flowers and leaves of cannabis be used as medicine?"

"Of course, if you can make something similar to Bian Que's poisonous wine, Dr. Chen will be a great success among doctors in the world! I think the Imperial Physician Order will treat Dr. Chen differently again."

Under Heifu's instigation, Chen Wujiu was moved and promised that while Heifu was training medical soldiers, he would also try using marijuana flowers and leaves to see if they could be used as medicine, and would lead people to look for wild marijuana.

"If it can be produced, it will be all the credit of Dr. Chen and has nothing to do with me."

Hei Fu had already taken off his hair beforehand and decided to let Chen Wu Jiu figure it out on his own. He would no longer interfere with the matter. Whether it was successful or not had nothing to do with him.

"It's all Ye Teng's fault. Now I really do good deeds without leaving my name." Hei Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Afterwards, Heifu discussed with the official Dianhe that Bingcao would need one hundred pieces of ramie cloth this month, and asked the weaving room to help him make twenty rolls of bandages from each piece of cloth. In the next six months, the weaving room was still needed to weave 1,500 pieces of ramie cloth and make 30,000 rolls of bandages!

"Does it require such a large amount?" Chen Wujiu was a little surprised. According to the market price of 300 yuan per piece of ramie cloth, it meant that 450,000 yuan had to be invested! This is not a small amount.

“Be prepared.”

Heifu said this. He knew that Nanjun would recruit at least 30,000 soldiers this year. Although it was impossible for everyone to be injured, he should at least ensure that everyone had enough bandages, right? If this is not enough, the weaving rooms at the rear still need to continue to produce and supply the front lines.

And if I remember correctly, although this battle ended with the demise of the Chu State, the process was very long, and every confrontation would result in many casualties. At that time, it is the time for the medical soldiers to show their talents. In addition to boosting morale so that the soldiers have no worries, it is also a good thing if they can save as many people as possible.

As for spending money? If I remember correctly, after breaking out of Linyang and returning home, the reward given by King Qin to Hei Fu and his nearly 1,000 people was as high as two to three million yuan! Heifu alone received 70,000 yuan. If he could inspire the morale of tens of thousands of soldiers and save hundreds of lives by spending only a few hundred thousand yuan, it would definitely be worth it! He believed that the King of Qin and the governor would settle this account.

The little official in Dianxu couldn't decide on these matters, so Heifu and Chen Wujiu returned to the weaving room in the west of Jiangling City, intending to discuss it with the weaving room master. However, as soon as they arrived at the door, they found that there were many places at this place. A large group of women...

…

All the girls, Yingying and Yanyan, were holding bamboo plaques filled with fresh mulberry leaves, and were walking towards the Jamsil in small steps.

Of course, Hei Fu would not mistake them for mulberry picking girls, because these women, just by looking at their clothes, knew that they must come from wealthy families. They were headed by a few middle-aged women who were well-dressed and solemnly dressed. The rest of the women ranged from more than ten to twenty or thirty years old. They were all wearing brocade and silk clothes, either wide-sleeved dark clothes or two-color underskirts. Moreover, they also applied scented powder and carried sachets, making the whole weaving room smell of orchid...

"What are these wives and daughters of Jiangling nobles doing here?" Hei Fu was a little surprised.

"I hope Zuo Bing Cao Shi won't be surprised."

Seeing that Hei Fu and the others were back, the weaving room worker hurriedly came over to apologize: "On the first day of the spring month, as a rule, everyone from the queen and concubines to the wives and daughters of the county guards have to go to the local weaving room and silkworm room. , personally picking mulberry, raising silkworms, and weaving silk, this is the gift of persuading silkworms. Today, the county guard's wife and daughter took the lead. The families, wives and daughters of officials in the city, big and small, all came. I was busy preparing for this, and I was neglectful... …”

Heifu suddenly realized that the reason why the weaving worker hurriedly left just now was because of this matter!

He knew that during spring plowing in January and February, in order to show the importance they attached to farming, the king, county governors, and county magistrates would personally go to the fields to touch the plow handles, which was called "persuading farmers." Their female relatives cannot be idle. During the critical moment of sericulture in March, they must also come out to do these "women's work" in person to show their attitude of encouraging sericulture.

This is not considered formalism, because even at home, these women who have no worries about food and clothing are encouraged to learn to weave and sew clothes. These are part of the "women's work", and the woven clothes and silk will be sent to the local area. The top lady always competes with others.

Unfortunately, if such a thing happened, Hei Fu and Chen Wu Jiu should avoid it, but Hei Fu thought: "So, the county guard's wife and daughter are also among them?"

His eyes swept through the flowers of Yingying Yanyan and looked at the girl standing in the front row of the jam room, next to a middle-aged lady.

The girl was far away. She was wearing a dark blue dress that matched the March color etiquette. She had a long fair neck, and her dark hair hung down her shoulders because she had not yet reached her hair. She was struggling to hold a bamboo plaque filled with mulberry leaves. Following his mother into the silkworm room, he quickly disappeared from sight...