In fact, there is another theory about the reason for Cao Cao's failure in the Battle of Chibi, which is that Cao Cao's army was infected with the plague and had to withdraw.

But what kind of plague is it?

There is a speculation that malaria is rampant. In addition, when the Northern Army came to the south, they were not accustomed to the acclimatization and marching fatigue, which led to a decrease in resistance, and the possibility of contracting and spreading malaria would be higher.

However, malaria was a very common epidemic disease in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was basically a common disease across the country. When the Shu army traveled long distances to pick peaches, there was also a chance of contracting the disease.

Therefore, the first thing Li Qi did after returning to Chengdu was to visit Zhang Zhongjing.

At this time, Zhang Zhongjing was sitting proudly in the medical clinic. There was a long queue at the door, but they were all young men and women.

These young men and women were in good spirits, and they didn't look like they were sick.

Li Qi was surprised and asked why, and Zhang Zhongjing said: "These are the first batch of young people to complete the school teaching. Mrs. Huang (referring to Huang Yueying) selected some smart and studious young people for me to see if any of them are suitable for studying medicine.

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Li Qi suddenly realized that it seemed that the school he established when he first entered Yizhou was finally beginning to bear fruit.

Those who lined up in a long line at the door of the medical center were young people who took the initiative to choose medicine among several subjects such as business, physics, farming, and medicine.

After all, it is not advisable for ordinary people to study business now. Firstly, businessmen have a bad reputation. Secondly, if they don’t have start-up capital, how can they do business?

Physics is still an unfamiliar field to most people, and they have no idea what it is about, so very few people choose it.

As for farming, rich people have always hired people to plow their fields. People with no money have been plowing their fields all their lives, which means they are familiar with it and there is no need to learn.

So relatively speaking, many people choose to study medicine.

It can not only save yourself, but also save others and make money. It is really practical.

However, it is not easy to join Zhang Zhongjing's disciples.

What Zhang Zhongjing hates most in his life are those quack doctors who "can't measure up to the ruler and shake hands with the hand". They only face the patient for a moment before prescribing medicines and only know how to make money. Therefore, he not only has to assess the students' basic understanding of medicine and diseases.

To understand, one must also examine a person’s moral character.

After half a day of screening, Zhang Zhongjing only selected a few people. One of them, a student named Lin Beizi Anbang, won Zhang Zhongjing's high regard.

However, these new disciples can only learn some basic knowledge from senior sister Ren Xu and senior brother Liu Deng.

After making these arrangements, Zhang Zhongjing started chatting with Li Qi.

When Li Qi mentioned the perennial prevalence of malaria, Zhang Zhongjing felt quite sad. This was because his people had suffered from malaria before he achieved great success in medicine, which also became one of the reasons why he was deeply involved in typhoid and miscellaneous diseases.

Zhang Zhongjing said: "Malaria is mainly spread through mosquito bites, which usually starts in April and ends in October, which lasts for seven months. And there is a certain incubation period."

"People receive Qi from the sky, and changes in the weather will affect the changes in the Qi of the human body. If the Qi is strong, malaria will not be affected, so it will be cured. If this Qi (one Qi is fifteen days) is not healed, the second Qi will be strong.

It will heal with time. If the second qi does not heal, the patient's qi, blood and phlegm will form a mass, which is malaria."

Li Qi thought, in the original history, the Battle of Chibi took place in winter. According to this, there would be no chance of malaria infection!

But then I thought again, it was not winter when Cao Cao went south, it should be July and August when the weather is hottest and the mosquitoes in the south are the most abundant. If Cao Cao was infected with malaria at this time and did not receive correct treatment, he would be infected in large numbers or even

It's a dead man. In this case, it will also have a great negative impact on Cao Jun's military morale.

So when the Battle of Chibi officially broke out, Cao's army was already panicking.

So the question comes again, can malaria recognize people? Why did it only infect Cao's army but not the Sun-Liu coalition?

Li Qi had no way of knowing this.

What he can do is try his best to ensure that his Shu army is not infected, or that if infected, they can receive timely and effective treatment.

Li Qi asked: "Sir, do you have a cure for malaria?"

Zhang Zhongjing said: "Since I started working as a doctor, my biggest focus has been on malaria. I wonder who in Li Yizhou's house has been infected with malaria?"

Li Qidao: "No one has been infected yet, but I am very worried. The military camp is quite crowded. If someone is really infected with malaria, it would be terrible to spread the disease."

Zhang Zhongjing said: "What Li Yizhou said is true. But the entire Shu army... there are probably too many people. I don't have so many medicinal materials here."

Li Qidao: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry about the medicinal materials. You can give me the prescription and I will send someone to find or buy it."

Zhang Zhongjing made a list of medicinal materials for Li Qi, including turtle shell, black fan, Scutellaria baicalensis, Bupleurum and other 23 medicinal materials: "After Li Yizhou obtains these medicinal materials, he can give them to me to make pills, and anyone infected with malaria can take them three times a day."

, just take seven pills each time." (Refer to "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", author: Zhang Zhongjing)

Li Qixun thought about the Shu army's 100,000 soldiers. How many should we prepare?

You have to prepare 10,000 backup copies anyway, right?

Damn Pangu, what a huge amount that must be!

Li Qi does not lack manpower now, but professional manpower. Ordinary people cannot tell the difference between these medicinal materials.

Liu Deng saw Li Qi's predicament and said, "I can assist Li Yizhou in collecting medicinal materials."

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's very good."

Zhang Zhongjing said to Li Qi again: "I saw a gentleman in Li Yizhou's tent. He always fanned himself with a fan every day, regardless of whether it was hot or cold. I suspect he has internal heat. Li Yizhou can get some dried chrysanthemums from me to soak for that gentleman.

Drink water. If the internal heat is severe, you can come to see a doctor early to avoid delaying the condition."

Li Qi: "..."

Is this the reason why Zhuge Liang died early?

Li Qi expressed doubts.

However, you should still ask if you have the opportunity to show the leader's meticulous care for his subordinates.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Returning to the office, Li Fu, the president of the Chengdu Head Office of the Gold Exchange Bank, came to report to Li Qi.

Faced with various compiled data, Li Fu said worriedly: "Brother, our gold exchange bank has some big loopholes."

Li Qi frowned: "What? Someone is embezzling?"

Li Fu shook his head quickly: "That's not true. At least based on the data and physical objects counted in the database, no signs of corruption have been found. It's just that the amount of money our officials embezzled is relatively large, far exceeding the actual income of the money exchange bank."

Li Qi rolled his eyes at Li Fu: "Is that officially called misappropriation?"

Li Fu: "Borrow...borrow."

To break it down, Li Qiding Nanzhong, pacifying Hanzhong, building Dabashan defense, opening schools, and clearing wasteland for farming were not huge expenditures?

The main sources are taxation and Shu brocade trade. The revenue from grain is used to lower prices and benefit the people, so it has not become an important source of income.

Li Qi once changed the calculation of taxation based on capita to taxation based on household, which reduced the tax rate; the tea trade is not yet as large as Shu brocade, and it is difficult to become a pillar for the time being; new agricultural tools are imitated by copycats

Many, Li Qi no longer has an advantage due to its remote location.

So in general, Li Qi's current expenditure is greater than his income, which is all supported by the gold exchange bank.

If there is a run at this time, Li Qi Group's credit will collapse.

This was a gold exchange bank, which was relatively unfamiliar to the civil servants of this era. Only Li Qi could find a way to solve it.

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