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Chapter 32: Penicillin

At about 3:00 a.m. (About 9:00 pm), the dark palace suddenly became bright. From Longshou Mountain to the north of the palace, it looked like a starry fireflies. From Shicui Palace, it looked like two tributaries of the river.

The corridor is back and the eaves are pecking. Hundreds of palace maids bow their heads, wearing narrow-sleeved high-waisted long skirts, with embroidered skirts tied above their chests, combed with hanging lotus buns, and their arms meet with long poles and palace lanterns. They hurriedly drove on the winding path. When they met the palace kitchens, they knocked in the door, and their eyebrows were extremely anxious.

At Chengtian Gate (primary gate) in the palace city, dozens of eunuchs rode fast horses to Changlu Temple near Jingfeng Gate. As an exclusive department in charge of royal sacrificial rituals and various food supply, although officials were placed early (get off work), there were also exclusive minor officials here to handle it.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

In the door of the side door of Changlu Temple, a dizzy yellow light lit up inside. The old official was wearing a shabby sheepskin coat, and a crack appeared from the side door, and crawled out, breathed in his hand, and asked, "Zhong Envoy, what's the matter?"

There were many types of eunuchs in ancient times. Before the Ming Dynasty, they were usually given titles. For example, Zhao Gao of Qin was the rank of the CEIF, and Zhang Rang and others from the Eastern Han Dynasty were also called "Yang Shishi"...

The common eunuch whom you are used to call him a compliment before the Ming Dynasty. If you call him a eunuch, the scholars will even scold you for flattery.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, more names for eunuchs were called Zhong Envoys and Internal Envoys. If you meet a big man, you should respect the title of Zhong Envoys!

The eunuch in charge stopped the horse, glanced at the old official with a stern look, and shouted in a low voice: "According to the order of the Emperor, all the moldy steamed buns in Taichang Temple will be handed over to the inner palace."

The steamed bun is said to be invented by Zhuge Liang when he captured Meng Huo seven times, so the steamed bun has the meaning of "mantou".

The old official was stunned at first, then hurriedly knelt down to receive the order, then opened the Zhuhong main gate of Taichang Temple. Looking at the group of envoys, he sighed in his heart that he didn't know which immortal god the chief official of Taichang Temple had offended, and he actually searched the night...

Of course, the veterans couldn't guess that there were other reasons...

......

Shicui Hall.

Looking at the baskets of moldy and rotten steamed buns placed in Shicui Hall, the sour smell can be asked clearly when you walk in. If the Supreme Emperor had not ordered the doors and windows to be opened, even this smell could have smoked people to death.

Concubine Yang was so scared that her body could not stop trembling, and her face was not much better than Li Ke lying on the sickbed. As long as her Ke'er survived the fever and her body temperature dropped, she could survive. But if she ate this rotten steamed bun?

this!?

The more she thought about it, the more terrifying she became. Inertial thinking told her that she could eat spoiled steamed buns into her stomach?

For example, Li Yuan is now like Lao Shuan who asked Xiao Shuan to eat human blood steamed buns to cure tuberculosis. He said with a firm word that human blood can cure tuberculosis by taking medicine...

This is too absurd!

"As long as... don't eat the moldy parts, Ke'er may be able to survive." Concubine Yang was low-key and dared not resist, so she could only mutter silently in her heart.

"Brother-in-law?" Changsun Wugui frowned slightly, and finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Brother-in-law? This method is really useful. It is known to everyone. Eating moldy food in your stomach will cause diarrhea. If you eat too much, you may not be there..."

"It's definitely okay!" Li Yuan waved his hand. It's really easy to get poisoned and die if he eats moldy steamed buns, but those molds may not be the case?

Moldy steamed buns contain non-toxic fungi such as penicillium and yeast, and also contain strongly carcinogenic molds such as Aspergillus aflatoxin.

Penicillin is extracted from Penicillium.

Just throw away the steamed buns with high content of Aspergillus aflatoxin and only take moldy steamed buns containing penicillin and yeast. (Don't eat moldy steamed buns!!!)

In fact, the extraction of penicillin is not a very complicated process. It just takes a longer time and Li Yuan does not have that much time. And Li Ke did not die prematurely in history, so Li Yuan was just a formality this time. This is a big step in relieving disaster victims and a prelude to promote penicillin.

And how can Li Ke not be killed?

Li Yuan walked to the baskets of rotten steamed buns, broke them one by one, and smelled them. If there was a faint smell of rice wine, that is, alcohol, it would stay. Those with a lot of yeast and would not kill people. The other steamed buns, whether there were penicillin or not, would be thrown aside first. Anyway, this time Li Ke did not use penicillin to coax people.

Anyone who has studied biology knows that the nutrition of a petri dish is limited. In other words, the nutrition of the steamed buns is also limited. With more yeasts and the blue-colored Penicillium, the content of Aspergillus aflatoxin will be relatively low.

After a while, Li Yuan used a small celadon bowl to attach a thin layer of moldy steamed bun skin and was about to walk over to feed Li Ke.

But unexpectedly, the weak Concubine Yang suddenly stood up on the bed. Because she knelt for too long, her legs were numb and almost fell down. However, her arms were like an eagle flying with wings, full of strength, and said word by word: "Your Majesty, I...is not allowed!"

Li Yuan frowned and was about to explain, but unexpectedly, Changsun Wugui, who was leaning against Concubine Yang, spoke first and scolded: "Sister Concubine Yang, step back!"

"No!" Concubine Yang shook her head desperately like a stubborn cow protecting the cub. "I... After retreating, Ke... Ke'er may be dead. Ke'er is my life, and she will not live without him!"

"Get back!" Changsun Wugui scolded again, signaling the female officials on both sides to pull Yang Fei away.

The emperor's majesty cannot be violated. You can advise him wholeheartedly before he does something wrong, but if he has decided to do it, as a "concubine", she must abide by and maintain it.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" Doctor Xu rushed into the room in a hurry, but was stopped by the guards in front of the door. He disdainfully flicked the sword blocking his chest and said happily: "I... I have just tried it, snake venom really can't kill anyone..."

"Stop first and listen to what Doctor Xu said?" Although Li Yuan was a little unhappy about Yang Fei's stopping him, he could understand that he was eager to protect his son.

On the contrary, Changsun Wugui made him a little confused...

Doctor Xu, who was stopped by the imperial guards, looked happy and stepped into the room, without caring about etiquette. He said excitedly: "According to what Your Majesty said, I have divided into three groups of experiments. The first chicken ate the snake venom, the second chicken glued the snake venom on the wound, and the third chicken was covered with the snake venom soaked in vinegar. As a result, only the second chicken died, and the other two were still crowing."

After saying that, he was excited to learn from the crowing sound of the rooster.

Concubine Yang, who stretched out her arms in front of the bed, was about to stop Li Yuan, suddenly hesitated. When something refuted to common sense happens, you will remain suspicious of another absurd thing, rather than directly denying it!

Therefore, the most clever trick is to win the trust of others first. For example, Macau casinos often lose money first and then cheat money...

Li Yuan nodded slightly, remembering the information he had searched by an online writer before, and said, "I have heard before at the home of Chang'an that some tailors who scratched their hands would confuse their cuckolds on the wound in order to speed up the healing of the wound..."

"I have also heard of it. In the past, I thought it was just a fool in the countryside who did not understand education, but I didn't expect it..." Doctor Xu nodded.
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