Time soon came to the beginning of December in the 18th year of Chongzhen.
The Bi family of She County finally sent someone over. However, what made Chongzhen feel a little regretful was that Bi Maokang, the author of the weapon illustration, had passed away last year. It was Bi Maokang's disciple Zhang Jimeng and his two nephews who came.
Chongzhen met with Zhang Jimeng and the others in the Yilun Hall of the Imperial Academy. Zhang Jimeng presented the latest version of the weapons illustrations. Bi Maokang modified some contents in it, such as the flintlock gun.
Chongzhen made a brief assessment and found that Zhang Jimeng was a man of real talent and knowledge, and he was also familiar with firearms. However, Bi Maokang's two nephews didn't know anything about it and were just here to ask for rewards.
Chongzhen gave Bi Maokang's two nephews five taels of silver each and sent them away directly.
But Zhang Jimeng was left behind and was responsible for developing firearms, mainly grenades and divine artillery.
"Zhang Jimeng, look at this first." Chongzhen handed him a sketch of the grenade. After looking at it for a few minutes, he asked, "Can you make it?"
Zhang Jimeng said: "Go back to your Majesty, this matter will take no effort."
Chongzhen asked again: "If the grenade body is made of cast iron, is there any way you can ensure that after the grenade body is exploded, it will break into many small pieces? Instead of just breaking into a few large pieces?"
"This is easy." Zhang Jimeng said, "You can file a number of criss-crossing grooves on the projectile... No, you don't need to file, you can directly make raised ribs on the sand mold, and you can do it during casting.
Cast vertical and horizontal grooves. If so, the entire missile body will not be broken into just a few large pieces after being exploded."
After hearing this, Chongzhen was completely sure that Zhang Jimeng really understood.
At that moment, Chongzhen took out the sketch of the divine artillery and asked again: "Look at this again, can you build it?"
After reading it carefully, Zhang Jimeng said: "Your Majesty, although this object is similar to the sacred fire flying crow, it seems to be different. The main reason is that the two wings of the flying crow are obviously different."
Chongzhen asked again: "I'm asking you if you can make it?"
"It can be made." Zhang Jimeng affirmed, "but the cost will not be small."
"You don't have to worry about the silver, you just make this thing." Chongzhen said solemnly, "And the size and weight of each one must be as consistent as possible, without too much difference."
Zhang Jimeng said solemnly: "Students please accept the will of the Holy One."
Chongzhen said: "From now on, you will be in trouble in the firearms department."
Zhang Jimeng was overjoyed when he heard this. He originally came here to present the new version of the weapons illustrations left by his master, but he never thought that he would be left by the Holy One to be tricked by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
At that moment, Zhang Heir Chang bowed to the ground and said, "Your Majesty Zhang Jimeng, I would like to thank you for your kindness."
Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find Ma Mingluan and ask him to arrange personnel and venues for you as soon as possible, and then you can make these two firearms for me as soon as possible."
"I accept your order." Zhang Jimeng turned around and left quickly.
At this moment, Prince Zhu Cixiang hurried in.
"Father," Zhu Cihong said, "I have to go back to the Kang Family Courtyard."
Chongzhen said: "But the Crown Princess is ill? I heard it just now."
Zhu Cixi suppressed his excitement, shook his head and said, "Father, I am very happy that the Crown Princess is fine."
"Is the Crown Princess happy?" Chongzhen stood up immediately, "So the Ming Dynasty will soon have a grandson? This is a big event, and I have to go and visit her."
Zhu Cixiang said somewhat uneasily: "The father is not necessarily the prince."
"It doesn't matter if he's not a prince. After all, he is the blood of our old Zhu family." Chongzhen responded, but he couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart. It cannot be said that Li Xiangjun's land is not fertile. There has been no less plowing in the past six months, so why not?
Is there any movement? Could it be that the rumors are true? Those who travel through time will automatically lose their fertility?
Hearing what Chongzhen said, Zhu Cixiang breathed a sigh of relief.
Otherwise, he was really worried that the prince's father would be unhappy if the princess gave birth to a daughter.
When he was leaving, Chongzhen remembered it again and warned: "By the way, go to the medical school and call Fu Shan too, and ask Fu Shan to check the princess's pulse again to see if there is any problem."
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After that, Gao Qiqi flew away: "Long live the Lord, I will go and invite you now."
The Kangjia Villa is also built on the right side of the Qinhuai River. This area is the wealthy area of Nanjing.
When Chongzhen and his son arrived, Kang Wanwan and his wife and several sons had already arrived. When they saw Chongzhen and his son, they hurried to greet them. Chongzhen could not help but greet them.
While talking, Fu Shan also rushed over carrying a medicine box.
The medical school renovated by Baoguo Palace is also not far away.
Seeing the Kang family's maid lowering the curtains, Chongbian was a little unhappy.
This kind of red tape really makes people speechless. The doctor is not allowed to see the patient's complexion, but can only take the pulse. When a doctor sees a doctor, inspection, hearing, hearing and questioning are all indispensable, otherwise misdiagnosis will easily occur.
At that moment, Chongzhen shouted: "Remove the curtains."
The two maids quickly removed the curtains in front of the bed.
Now Chongzhen also saw Kang Xi lying on the bed.
He looks sickly, and his complexion is not as bad as usual.
Fu Shan looked at Kang Xi's tongue and complexion, took her pulse for a while, and finally asked the maid a few questions, and his brows knitted together unconsciously.
Seeing this, everyone in the Kang family immediately became excited.
Zhu Cixiang also asked Fu Shan uneasily: "Mr. Fu, I wonder if the Crown Princess..."
"Hong'er." Chongzhen knew that doctors would not talk about their condition in front of a patient, so he immediately interrupted, "Why don't you hurry up and get someone to prepare pen, ink, and paper."
"My son and I are all confused." Zhu Cixiang turned around and walked out.
Chongzhen and Kang Wanwan also accompanied Fu Shan back to the front hall.
After arriving in the front hall, Fu Shancai said: "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess's health is not serious. Although her complexion is not very good, it is only caused by her poor appetite after pregnancy. Once her appetite is restored, she will take some supplements and she will be nourished soon.
It will be possible to recover, but there is one thing that I have to worry about. The Crown Princess has a narrow pelvis, I'm afraid..."
Chongzhen immediately understood that it meant that the Crown Princess was likely to have dystocia.
The old saying that a big butt is good for childbearing is true, because a big butt means a wide pelvis, which makes it less likely to have dystocia. However, a skinny body like the princess is prone to dystocia, especially for the first child.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Kang Baiwan also understood, and his face suddenly changed: "What should we do?"
Chongzhen frowned and said, "Fu Shan, I remember that there are many records of caesarean sections in ancient books, right?"
"Ah? A caesarean section?" Kang Wanwan's face became more and more embarrassed. If he really wanted to open his abdomen, his grandson would be saved, but would his daughter still be alive?
Fu Shan raised his hands and said: "Back to the Holy Spirit, there are indeed records of caesarean section, and there are many examples. Historical records indicate that Dayu was born by caesarean section. The "Annotation of Historical Records" also records that in the fifth year of Emperor Huangchu of Wei Wen, Qu from Runan
Yong's wife gave birth to a son by caesarean section, and there are also records of caesarean section in the "Ji Xue Ji" of the Tang Dynasty."
Chongzhen said: "Then do you know how to perform a caesarean section?"
Fu Shandao: "I have never done this before, but I can give it a try."
"Your Majesty, how can we try this matter? We can't try it." Kang Baiwan was very anxious after hearing this.
"Don't worry, dear, of course I won't try it on the Crown Princess." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Fu Shan, after the medical students complete their enrollment, you will immediately start to test the caesarean section. You will try it on cats and dogs first.
If you encounter someone with difficulty in giving birth here, just try boldly and I will be responsible for any problems!"
Surgery, especially caesarean section, must be promoted as a priority.
The reason why in ancient times there was a saying that giving birth to a child is equivalent to a trip to the gate of hell is because the mortality rate of dystocia is too high. Once a mother has dystocia, she can basically only save one child, and sometimes one will die and two will die!
Once caesarean sections are popularized, the maternal mortality rate will be greatly reduced.
Fu Shan solemnly responded: "My lord, please accept your orders."
Another meritorious deed!
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Another half month later, Nanjing ushered in another big event.
After more than three months, one thousand recruited soldiers finally returned to Beijing.
Returning to Nanjing with a thousand soldiers who recruited soldiers, there was also a complete
270,000 soldiers were recruited for initial training.
These 270,000 recruited soldiers were placed in three military camps within Jinchuan Gate, Shence Gate and Zhongfu Gate. These three military camps were originally the barracks of the three major Beijing camps.
However, after Zhu Tiao moved the capital, the three major battalions moved to Beijing, and these three military camps were abandoned.
By the Chongzhen Dynasty, these three military camps had long lost their appearance in the Hongwu Dynasty and had turned into ruins.
Therefore, after Qin Wang Shizi moved in with 270,000 recruited troops, the first thing he had to do was to repair the barracks, but this was nothing to Qin Wang Shizi.
Such difficulties did not affect the enthusiasm of the scholars at all.
Three months later, Pao Ze, who had been dependent on each other for life and death, met again. Not to mention how affectionate they were with each other, for a while, the ruins were filled with laughter and laughter.
"Brother Jianheng, you have lost weight."
"Brother Youzhen, you have lost weight too."
"How can I not lose weight if I run more than ten miles on mountain roads every day?"
"Me too, wallowing in the mud flats along the Yangtze River every day, it's really tiring."
"Brother Youzhen, these three sentries of yours look pretty good, they are quite big."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Our grandpa's side has good soil and water to support people, and they can produce all the big men, hehe."
"Although we in Yixian County are not tall, we are strong. Let's compare later to see which of the descendants of the Xu family from your grandfather's east are better, or the descendants of the Jiang family from our Yixian County."
"Okay, then let's compete to see whose soldiers are better."
Dozens of familiar soldiers were gathering together to talk, when suddenly there was a noise outside the military camp.
Immediately, a scholar rushed over and shouted loudly: "Brother Zhen, and brother Jianheng, here comes the Holy One!"
"Is the saint coming?" Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan shouted at the same time, "Trumpeter, blow the assembly call, everyone assembles urgently!"
The next moment, a long rallying bugle shot up into the sky and spread throughout the entire military camp. Upon hearing the rallying bugle, the recruits who had been sitting on the ground to rest jumped up as a reflex and began to line up.
When Chongzhen arrived, he saw that the military camp was already filled with recruits like javelins.
I saw these recruited soldiers arranged in square formations, there were thousands of them.
