Chapter 2088 Daming people's lives are more precious
Hong Kong, with the emergence of the Black Death in Europe, Hong Kong was also greatly affected.
The Ming Empire issued a strict order prohibiting European slaves from entering the Ming Dynasty, which directly caused the originally prosperous slave trade in Hong Kong to suddenly fall into a freezing point.
The slave trade has always been the most important trade here.
It can even be said that slaves from Europe supported Hong Kong's prosperity.
The Japanese pirates ravaged Europe and resold the plundered slaves to Hong Kong, and then resold them to Golden Continent, Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia and other places through Hong Kong.
In addition to Japanese pirates, many nobles and businessmen in Europe were also involved in the slave trade. The huge profits allowed them to plunder people from various places and traffic them to Hong Kong by any means. Only they knew the huge profits.
Now, in order to prevent the Black Death from spreading to the Ming Dynasty, the slave trade was directly banned. The Ming Navy even directly dispatched to patrol the sea areas and inspect passing ships.
Once any ship containing slaves is discovered, it will be directly seized, and relevant businesses and individuals will be held accountable and severely punished.
Although the trading houses and Ming Dynasty merchants in Hong Kong wanted to make money from the slave trade, they also knew that the Black Death was terrible. Once it spread to Hong Kong, the consequences would be very serious.
Therefore, although the price of slaves has risen due to the impact of this incident, there are still very few people who dare to make money from the fire.
Everyone knows that there is no need to rush now. When the plague is over, Europe will still be the source of slaves for everyone, and the money that should be earned can still be earned.
If a plague breaks out in Hong Kong, then everyone will stop trying to make money.
Without the importation and trade of slaves, Hong Kong suddenly became a lot more depressed, but it is still the most prosperous and lively city in the entire Western Europe.
In addition to the slave trade, other trades are still prosperous and even growing compared to the past.
Europeans have always had a strong demand for goods from the Ming Dynasty, especially the European nobles who highly advocate the use of things from the Ming Empire.
Needless to say, silk, porcelain, tea and sugar were the top three items of Ming Dynasty's trade with Europe. Industrial products such as watches, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and perfumes were also very popular in Europe.
Especially cars, watches and motorcycles. Nowadays, European aristocrats, as long as they have status and status, basically wear a watch and have a car when going out.
If you take a horse-drawn carriage, it is really too old-fashioned and very backward. It will be considered a sign of being old-fashioned and a country bumpkin who has never seen the world.
Before the ban was implemented, the most favorite thing for European aristocrats was to come to Hong Kong for shopping. The shopping streets in Hong Kong's wealthy areas made European ladies linger, and the feasting and feasting at night made European aristocrats even more fond of it.
I was so fascinated that I forgot my hometown.
Of course, these nobles in Europe are no longer in the mood to shop. They are all worried about the Black Death.
Hong Kong hospital here.
"Penicillin, penicillin, I want to buy penicillin!"
A European shouted at the hospital people while waving a large amount of banknotes in his hand.
He was entrusted by his master to come to Hong Kong for shopping. It took a lot of effort to get here. He also found out that there was penicillin in the Hong Kong Hospital, and hurriedly came to the Hong Kong Hospital.
"Sir, I'm sorry, we have sold out of penicillin here!"
Tom, the doctor at the hospital, looked at the other person. He had blond hair and blue eyes. He looked like he was European, not from the Ming Dynasty, and he said very directly.
"sold out?"
"I know you must still have some penicillin reserves. I am willing to pay a high price to buy it. Is three thousand taels of silver enough?"
"As long as you are willing to sell it, I will give each of you an additional 100 taels of silver."
When Kane heard this, he immediately said quickly.
His master is a great nobleman, but he unexpectedly contracted the Black Death and is now waiting for him to buy penicillin to save his life.
However, he visited every business house in Hong Kong and was told that there was no penicillin. Even if he paid a high price, he still could not buy penicillin. This made Kane extremely depressed.
The price of penicillin is very high. Nowadays, you can't even buy it for several thousand taels of silver. Even if you have money, you can't buy penicillin.
"Sir, I understand how you feel, but we are helpless!"
Tom looked at the other person and said helplessly.
He is a native of Hong Kong. He studied medicine at Daming Medical College and became a doctor in this hospital after he came back.
In fact, he also knew that there was actually a lot of penicillin in reserve in the hospital. These penicillins were allocated to Hong Kong by the Ming Empire.
Because we were worried that the Black Death would spread to Hong Kong, we transferred a batch of penicillin in advance so that if people in Ming Dynasty were infected with the Black Death or had other diseases that needed penicillin, they could be treated in time.
At this point, the Ming government was very considerate. Knowing that the Black Death was spreading in Europe, they immediately took many measures.
It was for prevention and control, and penicillin was mobilized in advance, for fear that people in the Ming Dynasty would get sick and die.
Of course, the reason why the Ming court did this was for its own safety and for Hong Kong's consideration.
The reason for the madness is to prevent the infection, and some penicillin is mobilized to stabilize people's hearts. With penicillin, the Black Death is not terrible, it can be easily cured, and there will be no chaos. With reasonable prevention and control measures, the Black Death will be
It will not have any impact on Daming.
"Really not?"
"I can pay more."
When Kane heard this, he immediately became desperate. It felt really bad to have money but not be able to buy penicillin. This time he came with a large amount of banknotes, but he couldn't buy penicillin.
How should I report to my master this time?
Without penicillin, his master still doesn't know if he can survive.
"Sir, this is not a matter of money, but there is really no extra penicillin."
Tom shook his head helplessly and said.
Then he thought about it and said, "Maybe you can go to the black market and ask."
This is the advice and help that Tom can give, but Tom knows that the amount of penicillin in the hospital is decreasing every day, and a lot of the penicillin has been quietly sold at high prices.
The profits here are really too high!
Although penicillin is still not cheap in the Ming Dynasty, the price is not so outrageous. As long as you have penicillin in your hand, you can earn two to three thousand taels of silver from a box of penicillin. The key is that the supply exceeds demand. The demand of the nobles in Europe is
It's so big that there's not enough to sell.
In the face of such huge interests, many Ming people took desperate measures to smuggle penicillin, which is now banned for takeout and export.
After hearing Tom's words, Kane's eyes suddenly lit up and he understood immediately, and he left immediately.
When I walked out, I happened to hear a doctor treating someone.
"Your child has pneumonia. It's mainly because the weather is cold now. It's easy to get pneumonia. But there's nothing to worry about. It can be cured quickly with some penicillin."
"I'm going to prescribe medicine for you. This medicine is a bit expensive. I wonder if you have enough money?"
"Bring enough, bring enough. I saw it at the medical clinic, and the medical clinic also recommended the use of penicillin, so I brought enough money."
"That's good. I'll give you a prescription. You can just go over and pay for the injection."
"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor."
Hearing this, Kane suddenly became furious. There was obviously penicillin in this hospital, but the doctor actually told him that there was no penicillin. Wasn't he lying to himself?
He also told me to go to the black market and ask, what a liar.
Thinking of this, Kane angrily found Tom, grabbed his clothes and said, "Didn't you say there was no penicillin?"
"Why did I just hear that a doctor was prescribing penicillin to treat pneumonia?"
"Tell me why?"
Kane was extremely angry, and his voice also alarmed many people around him. Everyone immediately looked over curiously, and many of them came from Europe to buy penicillin.
"Yes, why?"
"You have to give us a reasonable explanation?"
"There is obviously still penicillin, why did you tell us there is no more?"
"We are all waiting for penicillin to come back to save lives. Why don't you sell it to us if you have the medicine? It's not like we won't pay for it?"
When the others heard this, they also knew that they had been tricked, and they immediately shouted out angrily.
Tom looked at Kane, then at the people around him.
I can only bite the bullet and say: "Because this is Hong Kong of the Ming Empire. Here, Ming people have priority in everything. Penicillin is also given priority to Ming people. Do you understand?"
After hearing Tom's words, Kane slowly let go of his hand and suddenly understood.
It's not that there is no penicillin, but because the people of Ming Dynasty have to use it first. Even if they don't use it now, they still have to prepare some.
This medicine is not only used to treat the Black Death, but also has miraculous effects on other diseases.
The lives of Ming people are more precious!
The people of the Ming Dynasty have always practiced this principle. Even though the price of penicillin has skyrocketed, this hospital still has the penicillin used by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
I believe there must be penicillin not only in hospitals, but also in some other places, just so that people in Ming Dynasty can use this penicillin as soon as possible if they are infected with the Black Death or other diseases.
Just like just now, people from the Ming Dynasty came to see a doctor and needed penicillin, which was immediately arranged. But as for me, I begged and spent a lot of money to buy it, but it was in vain.
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