20demayo Chapter 356 Meng Jingxian (3)
Chapter 356 Meng Jingxian (3)
Meng's father is still debating whether to join the Fourth Master's Party or the Eighth Master's Party. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Eighth Master's Party is now firmly suppressing the Fourth Master's Party, especially after the fall of the eldest brother, almost all its forces are biased towards the Eighth Master. Dang, over the years, Ba Ye has firmly grasped this connection. Just looking at that person, Ba Ye has a better chance of winning.
"Master, there is a tourist outside who wants to see you." The housekeeper received the message from the boy just now and went to see Luo Wen in person before replying to Duke Meng Guo.
Duke Meng Guo was already troubled, thinking that he was just a swindling sorcerer, so he said casually: "Give me some money to spend. You will never behave like this when you meet such people in the future. There is no need to inform me."
"Master, that traveler said that he has a way to cure smallpox. He wants to dedicate this method to the master. He just wants to find a position in the master's house and be promoted by the master." The butler is a thorough man, and he can feel this at a glance. Mr. Luo must be a person who can achieve great things, and he is willing to inform him and say good things. If it succeeds, Luo Wen will remember his feelings. If it fails, he will not lose anything.
smallpox?
Duke Meng was shocked. Emperor Kangxi had found a way to plant smallpox. It was effective, but it also had certain risks. He didn't know how this man could boast so boldly that it could cure smallpox.
"It's rare to hear someone you speak for." Meng Guogong knew the butler well. Seeing the butler's appearance, he knew that the person coming did not look like a swindler, "Let him come in."
"Yes, sir." The housekeeper agreed and ordered someone to invite Luo Wen in. Luo Wen was dressed in moon-white clothes today, still looking gentle and pure, and his hands looked like those of a noble young master.
This temperament made Meng Guogong pay attention. This temperament was not inferior to that of any elder brother, or even better. This made Meng Guogong finally take Luo Wen seriously.
"Dare I ask this young master's name? Where is his ancestral home? How could he say that he can cure smallpox?" Meng Guogong asked three questions in a row without feeling inappropriate at all. After all, this is the Meng Mansion, and this man is considered to have some skills. It is common sense to seek from yourself and understand him yourself.
Luo Wen was not angry. He used the identity and information Xiaojiu gave him, adjusted them one by one, and told Meng Guogong. Of course, Meng Guogong couldn't just listen to what he said, so he would naturally investigate.
"Then what method are you talking about to treat smallpox?" Meng Guogong did not believe that Luo Wen could come up with a better method to treat smallpox.
Luo Wen could naturally see Meng Guogong's disapproval: "What is better than variola is vaccination with cowpox. The villain also discovered that very few people in families with cows got smallpox, so he started along this line. Experiments have shown that cowpox is really hundreds of times better than human pox and safer.”
Cowpox?
Meng Guogong thought for a while and prepared to give Luo Wen a chance to perform. He asked the housekeeper to take Luo Wen down and let Luo Wen show the results, and even gave him a lot of money to complete it.
Luo Wen took the housekeeper to visit the slums, and summoned ten poor people to be vaccinated with human pox for one tael each. However, he told them that they had been planted with human pox, and if they survived, they would be rewarded.
After the ten people survived one by one, Luo Wen offered another five taels of silver as reward and asked the poor people who had been infected with cowpox if they were willing to try smallpox. If they survived, they would receive five taels of silver. If they failed, they would Then he raised the children of the family by himself.
The ten poor people were very moved by this treatment, but in the end only three were willing, and the remaining seven were still afraid of losing their lives.
So, Luo Wen asked the housekeeper to find a man who had smallpox, took a little festering juice and smeared it on a silk scarf, sealed it and sent it to a room, and then let the three brave children live in this room. Three days.
"Mr. Luo Wen, is this really possible? It would be bad if someone died." The housekeeper looked at the closed door with some worry. Although it would be a great credit to the Meng family if it succeeded, but …But it wouldn’t sound good if someone died.
Luo Wen looked at the closed door, his body still upright, and said calmly: "I have tried this method many times, and of course there will be no mistakes. If there is a mistake, it will be my fault, Luo Wen. Naturally, the Meng family cannot be implicated."
Luo Wen was like a man who didn't know what the housekeeper was thinking. He was just afraid of causing trouble and implicating the Meng family.
When the housekeeper saw this, he didn't want to say anything. Instead, he stayed here with Luo Wen for three days. The three poor people were provided with food and drink, and they were able to survive well and even grow some meat.
After all, they had good food and drink. They ate, drank, and slept. It was a happy life. With the result, the steward happily went back to report to Duke Meng. Duke Meng recognized Luo Wen as his adopted son. In the name of the adopted son of the Meng family, the cowpox method was handed over to the court, along with the test results. After Emperor Kangxi put into the experiment, the results were naturally good.
Cowpox spread throughout the country, and the Meng family was carried up to the Zhengbai Banner among the Shangsan Banners. Although it was at the end of the Shangsan Banners, it was considered an honor for the whole family to be promoted to the Shangsan Banners.
But Luo Wen did not slack off. After continuous research, two years after the spread of cowpox, he developed cement, which again attracted attention. Luo Wen was personally named Minister of the Ministry of Industry by Emperor Kangxi, and was in charge of this major cement project. , and even raised the Meng family's flag to Manchu's military flag, Zhenglan Banner, and gave them the surname Meng Jia.
Within three years, the Meng family raised its flag twice in a row, and the tide suddenly rose. Both the Fourth Master and the Eighth Master intended to win over the Meng family, but the Meng family's daughter was only eight years old now and could not marry.
As for the fourth master's eldest son, the second son died young. Now the third elder brother is only three years old, and the age difference is too big to even have a baby.
And in the eighth master's house, there are still no heirs.
In this way, it was obvious that a marriage with the daughter of the Meng family would not work, so the two of them turned their thoughts to Luo Wen, trying to win over Luo Wen by having an adopted daughter to marry, so they both sent letters to Duke Meng. Test his mind.
Over the years, Meng Guogong discovered that Luo Wen had very useful opinions on some important matters. He had been hesitant about whether to help the fourth elder brother or the eighth elder brother, so he asked Luo Wen to discuss.
It is now June of the 53rd year of Kangxi, and in November of the 53rd year of Kangxi, the Eighth Prince was scolded by Kangxi because of the Haidongqing incident.
The Meng Mansion definitely has nothing to do with it.
Luo Wen knew it well, and with Meng Jingxian's reminder, he faced Meng Guogong's entanglement and slowly said: "The situation is complicated now. It is not reliable to go to any side. We are simply neutral and don't take sides."
There are often only neutral royalist parties, and most of them can die happily without offending anyone after the fourth son ascends the throne.
"But now both Prince Yong and Prince Lian are interested in getting married to the Meng family, so I might not be able to shirk it." Thinking of the two men's vows when talking to him, Meng Guogong felt really embarrassed.
Luo Wen said it was nothing, and said with a smile: "If my son likes men, then wouldn't all this be solved?"