Chapter 1499
The Final Battle, Elder Xun Contracts the Plague [2]
Chapter 1499 The Final Battle, Elder Xun Contracts the Plague [2]
Sending letters to the infected area did not require strict epidemic prevention measures, and Xun Lao soon received Qin Xiaomi's letter.
"Old Xun, it's your letter again. It's from Master Qin. He says it's about making fungal medicine!" The dead soldier carried a large box into the house and handed it to the old man.
The old man quickly spun around and stood up. His movements were so swift that even the dead soldiers were taken aback: "Old Xun truly deserves to be called a great man of our time."
Not to brag, but the old man really does know everything and is an expert in it.
No wonder he has such a big forehead; he's definitely smart.
"Qian, Fang, Sun, Li; San'a, Si'xiao, come here quickly!" Old Man Xun shouted.
The four military doctors, Qian, Fang, Sun, and Li; A Yong, A De, and A Ming; and Xiao happy, Xiao Jia, Xiao Duo, and Xiao Cong, hurriedly gathered around.
The dead soldier who delivered the message: "..."
It's convenient to call people that, but it just feels a bit strange.
"Xiao Cong and Xiao Jia, you have good eyesight. Quickly look at the brochure on antimicrobial agents and highlight the important points..."
"Qian Li and Fang Sun split into two shifts and immediately went to practice making fungal medicine."
“Ayong and Amin repeatedly practiced the application of fungicide.”
"Xiao happy and Xiao Duo are responsible for recording the mutations in the preparation of the fungal medicine, deducing whether the mutations have a good or bad effect on the preparation of the fungal medicine, and submitting them to me, the old man, for me to make the final decision."
"Ade, take the dead soldiers to get supplies. Bring whatever you need to make the germ medicine. If they don't give it to you, fight them!"
"Understood!" Everyone went off to work.
"Master Xun, for the bacteria to secrete streptomycin that can kill the plague, fermentation is required. Something needs to be added to the fermentation tank for fermentation."
"You need to nurture the gut microbiota first, make sure they don't starve. Once they've been nurtured for a sufficient amount of time, they'll be able to secrete toxins."
"The food source for cultivating bacteria is starch and sugar; the fermentation source is the liquid from soybean flour cake... then add inorganic salt water. Qin Dongjia's original words were, 'Just like adding brine, add brine to the fermentation tank. If there is no brine, add some wood ash water... then add sterile water... and then just cultivate the bacteria like this, waiting for the bacteria to secrete enough toxins."
"This ingredient will dissolve directly into the fermentation liquid..."
"Finally, there is inactivation, which involves high-temperature steaming to kill the bacteria in the fermentation liquid. The dead bacteria (the protein-like filaments) are picked out, and what is left is pure vegan, which can then be put into the human body."
Raising bacteria is similar to raising chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep, except that bacteria are invisible, their food is different from that of chickens, cattle, and sheep, and the extracts are also so small that they are invisible to the naked eye.
But the principle is the same: raise them, obtain the hormones they secrete, and use these hormones to make medicine.
After Xiao Jia finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, paused for a moment, and frowned as he said to Master Xun, "Master Xun, isn't this what you taught us?"
Shocked and bewildered, even angrily, he asked, "Since you knew the detailed method for making the fungal medicine all along, and you could find the raw materials, why didn't you make the fungal medicine earlier? If you had started making the fungal medicine a few months earlier, we wouldn't be in such a difficult situation now!"
In a flash, several dead soldiers appeared in front of Xiao Jia and immediately seized him: "You must not harbor any ill intentions towards Elder Xun!"
"Hey, let go of Xiao Jiawa. You can't treat your comrades like that." Old Man Xun wasn't angry. He even praised Xiao Jiawa: "It's a good thing that you immediately asked when you found a discrepancy in cause and effect. Xiao Jiawa, you did the right thing."
After hearing this, Xiao Jia's anger subsided somewhat.
The dead soldiers also released Xiao Jia, but formed a human wall to protect Xun Lao.
"Old man, I'll tell you now why, even though I've had the method for making the fungal medicine for several months, I haven't been able to make it ahead of time." "It's not that I didn't make it ahead of time, it's just that I've been making it all along, but it's my first time doing it, and I'm raising it blindly. I have no idea what the fungal spawn that can cure this plague looks like, so I've wasted bottle after bottle of the fungal liquid."
"We are able to see fungi now and separate fungi that look different from each other for culture, all thanks to the long-tube triple microscope."
"With this mirror, we were able to see the mushrooms and know whether we were growing *Streptomyces glaucus*. The mushrooms we were growing before were not this one, which is why we kept failing... It could also be this one, but the humidity and temperature of the greenhouse can have a significant impact on mushroom cultivation."
"Fungi are an ancient yet new thing. We are still in the exploratory stage, so just knowing the method doesn't guarantee that we can make it."
"A few months ago, there was no outbreak of plague, so Qin Dongjia was busy making weapons."
"Human resources are limited, and so are our minds. It's impossible to do several new things at the same time." The old man looked at Xiao Jia, Xiao Duo, A Yong, Dr. Fang, and others: "That's why I chose people of different ages to participate in the cultivation of bacteria and the production of pharmaceuticals."
"This is a century-long undertaking that requires generations of people to work together to finally develop a life-saving bacterial medicine."
"That's why we sent Doctor Xue and his wife, along with Doctor Shen, to Lingnan Prefecture to make fungal medicine... We have to preserve the tradition. Besides, if one door closes, another will open. What if we're wiped out, but they've already made this fungal medicine?"
It's a pity that the owner was stingy and refused to allow the production of firearms to be dispersed.
If Qin Xiaomi were there, she would definitely berate the old man: How are we going to divide such a national treasure? What if the technology is leaked, and some people use it to fight for their own country or sell it to the enemy?
To be honest, Qin Xiaomi is stingy.
"So, I'm coming clean, I can't guarantee this medicine will cure the rat plague. After all, it's the first time I've done this, and nothing is certain."
Uh, everyone was baffled by the old man's last sentence, and their expressions were a bit off... So, after all that rambling, this is the last answer we get?
"Hahaha," the old man laughed, pointing at them and saying, "Get to work now, don't take the opportunity to slack off, or I'll pin the blame for the deaths of those who died from the disease on you!"
After speaking, his gaze fell on Xiao Jia.
Xiao Jia's face flushed red, and he clasped his hands in a respectful bow: "It was my fault for losing my temper and acting irrationally. I apologize to you and Mr. Qin. I only ask that you allow me to continue participating in the production of fungal medicine."
"I'm not stupid. I'm not going to let the cow I've raised with such difficulty be driven away. Why would I waste my energy raising another one?" Old Man Xun was too lazy to do such things. Besides, Xiao Jia's anger was out of sympathy for the patient. He had a good heart.
As long as you have a kind heart, that's enough.
but……
The old man pointed at them and said again, "If you are alive, you must work with Xiao Mutong and the others to make this fungus medicine. You must make sure you teach them, so that future generations will not laugh at the old man's disciples for being useless."
The old man still cared deeply for his cheap apprentices.
Clang, clang, clang! The old man banged the gong, startling everyone: "Get to work, get to work, stop dawdling!"
"Hey, get to work!" The four military doctors, the three aunts, and the four junior doctors got busy... entering clean, temperature-controlled rooms to compete with the germs.
These bacteria are really powerful. The rat plague bacteria started to exert its power, connecting all the scattered disease areas overnight and sweeping across the entire city.
On the morning of October 14th, countless people in the Dongcheng epidemic area suffered from fever and chills, or pain in their neck, armpits, and groin.
The infected area has been completely turned into a disease area.
When the news reached Old Man Xun, he instinctively looked up at the sky: "Is the heavens so rebellious? Why does it have to be this big? Aren't they afraid of killing everyone and turning this land into a desolate wasteland?"
Heaven says, "Aren't there animals and plants too? To the natural order, you are all the same."
"The only saving grace is that no one has shown any coughing symptoms yet, so the germs haven't entered their lungs. However, the surge in the number of patients has led to a sharp drop in the stock of medicinal herbs..."