"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei has sold a total of 2,700 portions of penicillin!”
"Among them, there were only a few dozen portions of penicillin delivered, including the ones in the emperor's hands!”
"However, some of these dozens of copies have already entered the homes of the other dukes and officials of Yingtian Prefecture, and they have already made a name for themselves!”
"There are many people who are infected with the cold and should die, but they survived because of penicillin!”
"The nobles of Yingtian Prefecture are now even more desperate for penicillin!“
"If it wasn't for the Duke of Wei saying that we can only order up to 3,000 portions of penicillin at the moment, and some people can't order more!”
"I'm afraid that the threshold of the Duke of Wei Residence has already been broken!”
Hall of Valor, Imperial Study.
The Emperor lowered his head to deal with the memorials and listened to the reports of his subordinates.
Although he had expected the speed and effectiveness of the drug to make money, he was still shocked when he heard what his subordinates said.
The high-ranking officials and nobles of Yingtian Prefecture were practically wiped out in one fell swoop by Xu Da's penicillin.
Old Zhu understood these people's mentality. If it were him, if Xu Da did not guarantee to send him 100 portions of penicillin, Old Zhu would probably have personally come to snatch it.
The true strength of Penicilin was not in treating the military's wound infection.
Instead, it had a miraculous effect on the cold, which was the bacteria infection that Xu Miaoyun mentioned.
Not to mention the matter of Sun Guifei, it was the Tian family.
The emperor had ten sons, but only nine survived.
One of the children died from a cold. Old Zhu's heart ached every time he thought about it.
If this child had encountered penicillin earlier, he might still be alive.
When faced with illness, even the emperor's child was not spared. One could imagine the other families.
Therefore, as long as one could afford it, penicillin was definitely a treasure bowl.
Any high-ranking official or noble had similar pains in their families, and they had the same worries.
Their needs turned into snow-white silver and flowed into the Duke of Wei's estate, then from the Duke of Wei's estate into Chen Shu's pocket.
What the Emperor envied the most was that the demand for penicillin was almost endless, because if you used it this year, you would have to buy it next year.
" Xu Da, that bastard, is earning like crazy!"
Old Zhu looked at the report handed over by his subordinate. He was envious, but the emperor was still the emperor.
He asked the inspector to investigate Xu Da, but his target was not Xu Da.
"Li Yang, I remember that his salary is less than 200 dan of grain per year. Where do they get the money to buy penicillin?”
"Zhu Liangzu, a Marquis of Yongjia could buy over a thousand taels of silver worth of penicillin. Where did the money come from?”
"And this, a Rank-8 official can buy ten portions of penicillin!”
"Hehe, the officials under me are really earning money every day!”
"Investigate for me, I want to know how they got their money!“
"Also, who are they colluding with!"
Old Zhu was furious. He looked at Xu Da, but he wasn't actually spying on Xu Da. What the Emperor wanted to see was who among his officials was truly innocent.
Unfortunately, the result disappointed Zhu Yuanzhang greatly.
Among the officials who could afford to buy penicillin, there were many who probably couldn't.
Among them, there were dukes, marquises, meritorious officials, and ordinary officials.
"Other than Liu Bowen, none of my old brothers seemed to have escaped!”
The Emperor let the inspector leave and sighed alone in the royal study.
"Was I really wrong?"
"Could it be that the officials under me are really hungry dogs?”
The Emperor thought of Chen Shu's words and became angrier.
The Emperor was not convinced by Chen Shu's comment that officials under him were inferior to dogs.
However, the reality was like this, and Old Zhu couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
However, after the Emperor was angry for a while, the hatred in his eyes gradually turned into clarity.
"How did this little guy grow up?"
"His grasp of the human heart is even better than mine…"
"You're just an old farmer who just happened to get the world!”
While Old Zhu was talking to himself, a voice suddenly came out and startled him.
When he took a closer look, he realized that Empress Ma had entered the Hall of Martial Valor at some point in time. The eunuch outside had not informed him.
"I've heard about that child!”
"Chongba, that kid is right!”
"We are all people who have come all the way from humble beginnings. Don't you understand the dangers of this world?”
"You believe that your subordinates will not be affected by the environment, but you can't do it yourself!”
"Think back to the past. If you could warm up your wife and children, would you have rebelled?”
"Back then, Chen Youliang was willing to give you a way out. Would you grit your teeth and persevere?”
"If that child didn't give you encouragement, would you be lost?”
Empress Ma's soul asked three questions, but Old Zhu remained silent.
They had been husband and wife for many years, and they had helped each other through thick and thin. He actually understood what Empress Ma had not said.
Chen Shu was right. The human heart could not be tested, and human nature could not be tested!
Because of his hatred for corrupt officials when he was young, he had taken revenge on the officials under him to a large extent.
Among these people, some of them should not have stepped into the bottomless abyss, but to a certain extent, they were also forced by the environment.
Of course, this did not mean that he wanted to clear these people's names.
What Chen Shu meant was that he had failed as the emperor.
He still remembered that Zhu Biao had once told Chen Shu," This has nothing to do with righteousness, it's just the emperor's mind!”
Chen Shu did not absolve those corrupt officials of their crimes.
What he really looked down on was that Zhu Yuanzhang's methods were too inferior.
As an emperor, sometimes it was childish to make decisions based on one's emotions.
Torturing his officials, forcing them to walk on the edge of the cliff,
It was the part where Chen Shu looked down on Old Zhu.
On this point, Old Zhu had to admit that he was too childish compared to the other emperors.
This childishness did not mean that he was incapable, but that people would always be influenced by their own growth experiences and do some irrational actions without them knowing.
However, because of Chen Shu's reminder and Empress Ma's reassurance, he finally looked at himself.
"Alright, all of you are talking about me!”
"I'm not someone who cares about face, but I still have to say that I don't have money!”
"Zhen can cut off the salary of the imperial clan's children, but it's not enough to make up for the gap in the salary of the officials!”
"If he, Chen Shu, has the ability, he will fill this gap for me!”
In Empress Ma's eyes, the Emperor's angry appearance was a different kind of cuteness.
"Let's wait. In any case, we'll be able to see that child in a few days!”
"Chongba, I have a request!"
Empress Ma held Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and asked gently,"
"The next time you want to see that child, can I go with you?”
"I heard you talk about him before, but I never had the chance to meet him!”
"Is it convenient for you to go?"
Old Zhu frowned slightly, but Empress Ma said,"
"I don't owe him money anyway, and he doesn't know me. So what if he sees me?”
"If you have more people to interact with him, wouldn't you also have more people to ask about the things you want to know?”
Old Zhu thought for a moment, and it seemed to make sense.
He agreed to wait for Zhu Biao's news before leaving the palace to meet Chen Shu.
He waited for seven days.
Ten days later, in the Chen Residence.
Chen Shu raised his head from a pile of glass experimental equipment and looked at Xu Miaoyun who had fallen asleep beside him. He chuckled.
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