In mid-April, under the leadership of Heifu, Chen Wujiu and the military doctors brainstormed, added details and medical theory, and placed the pamphlet in front of Heifu's case.
The beginning of the entire book is quite similar to the "Legal Questions and Answers" that every civil servant in the Qin Dynasty read. It starts with a conversation that will make anyone suffering from schistosomiasis prick up their ears.
"Question: There is a person suffering from bulging disease. The abdomen is large and the limbs are thin, and the abdomen is as hard as a stone. The shins are swollen when working hard, and the stool is short of breath after eating. This lifelong disease cannot be cured. The patients all die before they reach their forties. What disease is this?
?”
"Said: The disease is called water poisonous poison."
"Question: What is water poison?"
"It is said: Poison is the worm in the belly. There are poisonous worms in Nanjun, Changsha, Hengshan, and Yuzhang. When the summer moon is in the water, the worms are so small that they cannot be seen. When people bathe in the water or walk in the water, the worms will stick to their bodies.
Attached, it penetrated into the skin..."
In short, the Q&A started with what schistosomiasis is, using a dozen questions to describe the causes, symptoms, and fatalities in an easy-to-understand manner.
Then they began to analyze the cause of the disease, explaining that the poisonous insect is mainly spread along with human and animal feces, so the government requires people not to defecate in the open, and not to wash feces buckets in water sources. It is best to mix feces and urine and make compost. It is also necessary to
Stop drinking unclean water, and restrain children from swimming or playing in contaminated water.
In short, it is not that the Qin officials are looking for trouble, but to prevent them from being harmed by poisonous insects.
Hei Fu read the book from beginning to end, nodding his head constantly. Sometimes he couldn't help laughing, and smiled at Chen Wu Jiu:
"The painting is good."
There are also some rough paintings on it, depicting the process of schistosomiasis parasitizing the human body. It is said that they were written by Chen Wujiu. Unfortunately, Heifu could not build a microscope for the time being, so Chen Wujiu was still dubious about his statement.
But this is not important. This booklet at least explains clearly the "swelling" disease that has plagued southerners for countless generations, and also provides methods for prevention and treatment. It shows that all the laws promulgated by the government are for the good of Guizhou.
I hope that for the sake of their own lives, they will obey.
According to Heifu's suggestion, he also threatened at the end: If you don't pay attention, all the Guizhou leaders, from old to young, will suffer from water poisonous diseases, be harmed by poisonous insects, and eventually lose their descendants...
Cutting off children and grandchildren is the most terrifying curse for the Chinese people. When it comes to this, no matter how big-hearted a fool is, he should be frightened. Even if it is not for himself, he must do it for the sake of his clan and his descendants.
Chen Wujiu was very optimistic about this. He believed that if the government sent this pamphlet to Lilu, ordered Lizheng and Tian Dian to teach it, the current situation would be reversed. He smiled and said:
"What I'm worried about is that after learning the truth, no one will dare to go into the water or the fields."
But Hei Fu shook his head: "You know that there are tigers in the mountains, but you prefer to go to the tiger mountains. The degree of ignorance of some people in Guizhou is far beyond your imagination. In my opinion, it is better to be afraid than to know nothing."
This booklet was influenced by the historical "Textbook for Barefoot Doctors". It was a southern version with a dark green cover. Many of the contents were about schistosomiasis. It was a best-seller that was popular across the country at that time and was used by almost all barefoot doctors everywhere.
One volume.
Its content is very simple, it is a popular science book, problem-centered and clear.
So Heifu recalled the few words he remembered from his previous life when he was reading this book at his maternal grandfather's house when he was a child. Combined with the characteristics of the Qin Dynasty, he compiled this booklet specifically on water poison in the style of "Legal Questions and Answers".
This is the medicine Heifu prescribes for "ignorance".
But how to spread this medicine to millions of people? It is a troublesome matter.
Hygiene common sense in New China was popularized through the propaganda of countless barefoot doctors in one town after another. But where can you find so many doctors? Especially in the south, there are often ten witches in the countryside, but it is difficult to find one.
A physician.
Ziying's idea was simple, let the government do it! Anyway, now every county has begun to use woodblock printing to print laws and regulations. Hundreds of pamphlets were printed and distributed to every city for the county magistrate to
, the local stingy man, the chief of the pavilion, just preach it level by level.
This is a good idea, after all, the rule of the Qin Dynasty goes deep into the grassroots.
But Heifu shook his head. In Nanjun, Yuzhang is feasible, but Changsha and Hengshan counties are the hometown of Chu State. In many places, Qin officials cannot control the villages and towns at all. In addition, the tax rate is extremely high and corvee is frequent.
They are becoming increasingly antagonistic to the government and their confrontational mood will make them hateful and easily turn into mere formality.
Ziying felt that Heifu was worrying too much and advised him: "Marquis Changnan, the people should not worry about the beginning but they can succeed with success. The most virtuous will not be in harmony with the common people, and those who achieve great success will not seek for others! The king has to worry about the country.
If those Guizhou leaders don't appreciate the concern for the people, they deserve to die."
"If this matter is not made known to the public, what is the difference between doing it and not doing it?"
Heifu believes that people do not need to know too profound knowledge, but common sense that is related to life and death must not be foolish. While thinking, he happened to hear the sound of soldiers training outside the camp, and he suddenly came up with an idea, and took pictures
The forehead smiled and said:
"It's really like riding a donkey to find a horse. The person who spreads this "Common Sense" is right in front of you!"
…
"Common Sense" was the name Heifu gave to this booklet, and the first people to know it were thousands of people in the Chuting Camp.
According to Heifu's request, each village was issued a book. After the daily training, the chief, the village chief or the literate military officer would hold the book and read the common sense about water poisonous diseases and its prevention.
Dharma, loudly told the soldiers sitting cross-legged.
Let them understand the reason why the Marquis of Changnan ordered the military camp to be relocated, and required the soldiers to drink well water, boil water, and not to defecate anywhere...
The soldiers were often called out by name and recited some hygiene knowledge from primary school students in previous lives:
"Wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet."
"Diseases enter through the mouth."
"Drink raw water and you will be full of worms."
Most of the soldiers in this camp were infected with water poison and malaria, which made it difficult for them to travel. Those with poor health had already died. Those with chronic diseases survived until Heifu and Chen Wujiu arrived. After drinking medicine for a month, their health was slightly improved.
Things are getting better, and many people have recovered.
After suffering from the pain, the soldiers were very active in learning hygiene knowledge and preventing water poisonous insects, and their gratitude to the Marquis of Changnan became even stronger.
In addition to the soldiers, thousands of local civilians who came to work in the camp were also forcibly dragged in and sat down in rows to listen to the military officials' lectures. Every two civilians would be supervised by a soldier until they stumbled and recited the words.
Those common sense sentences can help you eat.
Heifu also suddenly had the idea to use these short sentences as patrol commands, so that even the stupidest soldiers and illiterate civilians could blurt them out.
At this time, the local civilian husbands finally knew what was wrong with their parents and uncles' swelling and early death. When they heard the threat of "cutting off their descendants", they all sweated profusely and muttered that after returning home, they must learn the methods in the military camp.
, don’t let the child take a sip of raw water again.
Heifu saw that the "civilization and hygiene" activities in the camp were in full swing and was very satisfied. He said to Ziying, Chen Wujiu, Li Cang and others:
"The Art of War has it that if one man learns to fight, he can teach ten men; if ten people have learned to fight, he can teach a hundred men; if a hundred men have learned to fight, he can teach a thousand men; if a thousand men have learned to fight, he can teach ten thousand men; if ten thousand men have learned to fight, he can teach him to be a three-armed army.
.”
"The fighting skills are like this, and the common sense is like this. In less than a month, all the soldiers and laborers in the camp will know how terrible the water poisonous disease is. After the war is over and everyone returns to their hometown, they will be able to let the five members of the family know..."
Although this method is a bit slow, it is the most effective. Ziying nodded and silently wrote down everything that happened here. He would write it down in a memorial and send it back to Xianyang for the emperor to see.
Heifu decided to promote this pamphlet to the two to three hundred thousand soldiers and civilians of the Southern Expedition first, and then use them as a medium to pass it on to family members and neighbors, and then slowly spread it to the outside world. After several generations, a hundred years later, one day
, they will become common sense known to everyone in the world!
Let this knowledge be accepted by thousands of households.
Let this land get rid of the plague as soon as possible!
"The Southern Expeditionary Army was not only a conqueror, but also a colonization team."
Heifu was full of expectations.
"They are still a manifesto, a propaganda team, and a seeder!"
…
"Common Sense" only has one chapter on water poison for the time being. At the end of April, the engraving of this pamphlet was sent to Wuchang Camp, and the captain was asked to print hundreds of copies and distribute them to various villages for "study".
"Criticize the cruelty and indifference of the imperial court, and promote the love and justice of the princes..."
Gong Ao remembered what Chen Ping had said to him, so he took matters into his own hands and mysteriously told the village chiefs in Anlu who had become his confidants:
"When preaching this book, be sure to tell your disciples that this is because the Marquis of Changnan loves his soldiers as innocent as a child, and he also thinks about the illness and suffering of the Nanjun Township Party, so he wrote it, and then let his disciples tell all the soldiers the truth!"
At the same time, Xiao He, who had received new orders from Heifu, also arrived at Wuchang Camp and started working on the local farming operations.
Next to Xiao He, Han Xin, a young man who had been promoted to the rank of chief minister, was curiously looking at the Wuchang camp's health creation movement...