Chapter 158: Saving the Great British Prince Shen Baozhen's Daughter's Marriage

Chapter 158 Save the British Prince! Shen Baozhen marries his daughter!

The court doctor rushed in quickly.

At this time, there was little they could do, just drink some warm sugar water and try to massage the abdomen.

But this was actually of little use and could not relieve the pain.

After the severe abdominal pain, frequent diarrhea followed.

And this was also the moment when Prince Albert felt the most undignified.

Because many court doctors were on the side, and the queen was also on the side.

He had asked many times that whenever he had diarrhea, Her Majesty the Queen could avoid it, so as to avoid his embarrassing appearance.

But the queen felt that she needed to accompany her husband in this pain, so she even held his hand.

And once diarrhea was triggered, it would recur.

Basically, it was like this, first severe pain, then diarrhea, and then the severe pain was relieved. But it won't be long before this severe pain will sweep over again, followed by diarrhea.

This recurring pain makes people want to die.

During this period, the prince didn't even dare to eat anything, not even to drink more water.

Because this frequent diarrhea is very harmful to the rectum.

The court doctor has judged that if this diarrhea becomes more frequent, anal fistula and perianal abscess may occur.

And today's attack is destined to be very painful.

Because it has been going on for more than four hours.

Prince Albert's face is pale, his body is covered with sweat, his lips are almost dehydrated, and his face is even blue and purple.

The queen held his hand and kissed his face, as if she wanted to share his pain.

"Poor Charles, my poor Albert, please God let me share your pain..."

Then, she said to the court doctor: "Don't you have any way to relieve the prince's pain? The British Empire is rich, but can't it solve this disease?"

The court doctor had no choice but to silently bear the queen's blame.

What was served was still the product of boiled willow leaves, a relatively primitive version of salicylic acid.

However, salicylic acid is ineffective in treating Crohn's disease.

Prince Albert suppressed his fear and drank the cup of salicylic acid soup.

It's not that this thing is hard to drink, but every time he drinks it, it will strongly stimulate his intestines and cause severe pain again.

Sure enough...

Just drank it!

That terrible pain came again.

"Ah..." He cried out in pain again, curled up on the bed, twitching in pain.

Cold sweat broke out all over his body again.

This kind of pain is really beyond the limit of endurance, almost like a woman giving birth.

Moreover, this time the pain lasted so long.

The queen hugged her husband desperately, tears kept pouring out.

"Morphine... Morphine, give me morphine..." The prince shouted weakly.

The queen said: "Dear, you can't use morphine..."

Although morphine can relieve pain, it is highly addictive.

At this time, Prince Albert desperately covered his stomach and begged God desperately. As long as he could reduce his pain, he was really willing to pay any price.

At this time, he suddenly saw the bottle on the table and the pale yellow crystals inside.

The words of Bashali a few days ago echoed in his mind. This was a magical medicine specially developed by Sir Su Ye of the Qing Dynasty after hearing about the prince's illness. It was very effective for the prince's illness.

After he experienced grief, he could especially empathize with the eyes full of expectation for other people's pain.

So at this time, all he could think about was Bashali's eyes.

It felt like grabbing a life-saving straw.

Originally, the prince disdained the medicine that Su Ye had sent from thousands of miles away, because everything in the Qing Dynasty represented backwardness.

But now, the pain has reached the extreme, and he really doesn't want to give up any hope.

He also wants to grab a life-saving straw.

"Use, use that medicine..." Prince Albert used all his strength to point to the bottle on the table.

The court doctor stepped forward and picked up the bottle, which also had a very professional instruction manual.

How to use it, how much to use each time, etc.

"Your Highness, where did this medicine come from?" said the court doctor.

The prince said weakly: "From the Qing Dynasty."

The court doctor exclaimed: "Qing Dynasty? That corrupt, ignorant, and foolish Qing Dynasty?"

At this time, the prince felt that every second was torture, and he used all his strength to say: "Quick, quick..."

Because he felt that the pain was getting worse.

The blunt knife twisted desperately in his abdomen.

It made his eyes black.

The court doctor immediately looked at Her Majesty the Queen.

The Queen said: "Test first, quickly."

Next, the court doctor immediately did human tests and mouse tests.

First, make sure that this drug has no toxic side effects.

"Ah...ah..." The prince curled up into a ball, and kept shouting God.

The human test was fine, and the mouse test was fine.

The court doctor immediately took a unit of metronidazole, then melted it with saline and extracted it into the injection tube.

Finally, he said nervously: "This drug has a completely unknown origin. Are you really sure you want to use it?"

"Quick...quick...quick..." The prince trembled.

The court doctor was filled with anxiety as he slowly injected the potion into the prince's blood.

Then...

Everyone waited quietly for the reaction.

Metronidazole has a strong and quick anti-inflammatory effect on the inflammatory response and severe pain of Crohn's disease.

Next, there was diarrhea!

And diarrhea at this time was also a torture, and the burning pain in the rectum was like being cut by a knife.

According to past experience.

It won't take long after diarrhea for this pain to recur again.

Then, persistent diarrhea.

It will make a person collapse directly.

But... all this did not happen.

The prince waited tremblingly for the next severe pain, and then frequent diarrhea.

But...

The next pain came, but it was not severe, but much milder.

The next diarrhea also came, but it was also much milder.

Then... the next abdominal pain did not come again.

Instead, he felt a warm feeling in the place where the abdomen was originally in severe pain, and after repeated severe pain, he felt a little comfortable.

It worked so magically.

It pulled him back from the abyss of pain.

Finally, his energy could no longer support it.

The whole person fell asleep.

The queen trembled and said, "Is this medicine effective?"

Her words were full of expectations.

The court doctor said excitedly, "It should be. Because according to the usual situation, His Royal Highness needs a long process, the pain will be reduced, the frequency of attacks will be reduced, and it will slowly disappear, which takes more than several hours. Then it takes a week of recovery. But now, his abdominal pain and diarrhea are completely relieved and disappeared directly."

"Obviously, this magical medicine is effective."

The queen said, "Is it just like morphine, which numbs the pain?"

The court doctor said, "Obviously not, Your Majesty. Pain is an accessory, and diarrhea is the most direct symptom. Morphine can improve pain, but it can't stop diarrhea. And now not only the pain has stopped, but the diarrhea has also stopped."

"So, it is absolutely certain that this medicine is effective."

The queen said, "Give it to me quickly."

The court doctor handed the glass bottle to the queen, and the queen took it in her hand and was immediately cautious, as if it were a priceless treasure.

The queen asked, "What medicine is this?"

The court doctor said, "Metronidazole."

He really couldn't imagine that the most elite medical community in London was helpless against the prince's illness, but he was treated by a nobleman from the Qing Dynasty thousands of miles away.

This... is amazing.

It's incredible.

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At this time, it was already late at night.

The court doctors retreated. They should have asked the servants to wash her husband's body before going to bed, but seeing her husband sleeping soundly, the queen gave up the idea.

She took off her clothes, lay behind her husband, and covered him with a thin quilt.

The sound of raindrops outside became clear at this time.

The queen gently hugged her husband, not disliking his sweaty smell, and said softly, "Dear, our God has noticed you and started to respond to our prayers."

The next day at noon!

Prince Albert got up, took a bath and changed his clothes, drank milk, and ate soft food, for fear of irritating his fragile stomach.

Even now he drinks milk carefully, fearing that any carelessness will trigger the disease and let the pain continue.

The court doctor came in again and said: "Your Highness, according to the instructions of this medicine, we should inject you twice more. Do you need it?"

Prince Albert said: "Is this the medical order of the magical doctor thousands of miles away?"

The court doctor said: "Yes."

Prince Albert said: "In front of the patient, the doctor is the most important, so of course I obey."

Next, listen to the doctor inject him with another unit.

"If you have any discomfort, please notify me immediately." The court doctor said.

Then he saluted and left.

As a court doctor, he was also very happy, because Prince Albert's recovery would bring a lot of good emotions, at least to this court.

The prince was humble and gentle. When he was there, the whole court was gentle.

He was like the whole court... If he knew Chinese, he should know the word Dinghaishenzhen.

After Albert finished his so-called breakfast, he was weak and did not plan to handle government affairs or meet any envoys today.

Holding the bottle in his hand, he looked at the handwritten instructions on it.

His heart was full of surprise.

I really didn't expect that a Qing nobleman thousands of miles away could save himself from the abyss of pain.

And the Parliament of the British Empire had just passed a war agreement against the Qing Dynasty.

This really sounded like a story in an Arabian Nights.

Next, he rang the bell on the table.

Suddenly, an eunuch walked in.

Prince Albert said: "Formally invite Sir Burling and Sir Bashali. I will receive the two knights in room 1844. The time is set at..."

Albert thought about it. Now his mental state is too bad, and his brain is not working fast. He may not be able to withstand a long meeting.

"The time is set at one o'clock in the afternoon three days later."

"Please make arrangements in advance to ensure that room 1844 is available at that time and that there are enough etiquettes to receive these two gentlemen."

The internal official said: "Yes, Your Majesty the Prince."

Next, Prince Albert kept himself in a comfortable state, picked up the document on the desktop, and read it slowly.

This document was ostensibly written by Bao Ling and Ba Xiali.

However, all the contents inside were written by Su Yi.

From another perspective, it elaborates on another possibility of the relationship between China and Britain.

Perhaps, when the uncrowned king of the British Empire picked up this document, the wheels of history took a slightly different path.

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Leave Tianjing!

Su Yi took a British armed freighter and returned to Jiujiang.

This time, he could only stay in Jiujiang for a short time, and then he had to go to the next place non-stop.

He will be very busy in the next time.

Go meet and negotiate with the feudal officials in various places.

All for the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone.

Although the negotiations between Ba Xiali and Bao Ling in London have not yet been concluded, we don’t even know whether they will succeed.

But on Su Yi's side, he had gone all out and wasted no time.

We cannot wait until everything is settled and the secret agreement between the two countries is fully signed before we do these preparations.

How much time would that be wasted?

In the cabin, a thick stack of documents was placed in front of Su Yi.

He needs to read these things and sign them.

After every document is signed, a lot of money will be spent.

Ten million taels of silver were mortgaged in Liru Bank for three months and could not be moved.

Previously, Su Yi raised 12 million taels of silver, mortgaged 10 million taels, and still had two million taels left.

And now there is not much left of these two million taels.

He spends a lot of money every day.

During this time, he kept spinning every day.

First, he negotiated with Zeng Guofan, and then went to Shanghai to have a not-too-successful negotiation with Wade and Sir Henry.

Next, he held talks with He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, and Wang Youling, the chief envoy of Jiangsu.

Very in-depth talks.

Then he went to the north of Tianjing to negotiate with Hong Xiuquan's special envoy Lin Shaozhang.

Next, I will go to Chengdu to talk with the Governor of Sichuan.

Then I will go to Kunming to talk with the governor of Yunnan.

After becoming the governor of Jiangxi, Su Yi's role changed instantly.

Of course he knew that war was getting closer.

He wants to ensure that his Jiujiang Economic Pilot Zone succeeds.

Therefore, it requires a lot of resources and a lot of markets.

These markets, after the factory is opened, it is already too late to rush around. They need to be explored in advance, and they need to hold talks with the governors of various provinces in advance.

There are still a lot of raw materials and supplies that need to be dealt with in various provinces.

Even before the war came, Su Yi had to build a sufficient tacit understanding with the feudal officials of various provinces.

Even... even the jurisdiction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Su Yi would not just pass.

At this time in Tianjing, other supplies may be in short supply, but there is countless money.

And what's amazing is that these provincial governors are all self-contained and have a close relationship with the capital court, but they have strong independence.

Su Yi's previous status as a favorite was not of much use to them.

But now that Su Yi has lost his holy family, the impact is not that big.

As long as there is interest, everyone can cooperate.

Moreover, these feudal officials are very arrogant. With Su Yi's previous status, they would not be willing to pay a visit, even if you are the emperor's favorite, but your level is not high enough.

But now as the governor of Jiangxi, that is completely enough.

Almost all the feudal officials will receive you with sufficient etiquette.

Zeng Guofan and Luo Bingzhang were no exception.

Although Zeng Guofan personally conducted negotiations at Su Yi's house before, he was still aloof in his heart and felt that the two parties were not equal.

But this time, Zeng Guofan's attitude was completely different.

It's a completely equal attitude of respect.

While Su Yi was running around, there was one person who always followed him beside him, and that was Hu Xueyan.

He said nothing, just a spectator.

From Beijing to Tianjin and then to Shanghai.

He watched Su Yi enter Liru Bank with a money order of ten million taels.

I saw him and Sir Basilei running wildly for a new line of Sino-British relations.

Watching Su Yi boarding Count Elgin's battleship.

Watching the negotiations between Su Yi and the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Hunan, and the governor of Hubei.

Watching the negotiation between Su Yi and Tianjing's special envoy Hong Xiuquan.

He understood some things.

But there were some things that he didn't understand.

His vision has not yet reached such a high level.

However, he still felt an extremely strong shock.

Before, he felt that following Wang Youling, he went to Shanghai to cooperate with foreigners, which had opened his eyes, and he was already considered a great person in the Qing Dynasty.

Now, he felt like a frog in a well.

Su Yi took him to see a higher level world.

That kind of layout is not just in Liangjiang, not just in the entire Qing Dynasty, but at the entire world level.

That kind of moving vertically and horizontally, that kind of moving around, that kind of storm is coming, that kind of layout feeling that big things are about to happen.

Hu Xueyan was deeply intoxicated.

Compared to him, his patrons, Jiangsu Provincial Governor Wang Youling, and even Liangjiang Governor He Guiqing, were really nothing.

The level difference was too far.

At this time, Su Ye was seen sitting on a chair with his eyes closed.

Hu Xueyan felt deeply that Su Ye's world was too lonely, because almost no one could keep up with his pace, and no one could share his worries.

The servant made a cup of coffee, and Hu Xueyan took it. He had no idea why Su Ye liked this kind of thing before, it was simply too hard to drink.

And now he knows, because only this thing is the most refreshing, more refreshing than strong tea.

"My lord!" Hu Xueyan stepped forward and put the coffee in front of Su Ye.

Su Ye woke up, then took the coffee and took a big sip.

"Guangyong, would you like a cup?" Su Ye said.

"No." Hu Xueyan said: "At least not now."

Then, he hesitated for a moment.

Hu Xueyan suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "Sir, from now on, Xueyan is willing to serve you loyally."

Su Ye was stunned, then stepped forward and supported him, saying, "Okay!"

"Don't be afraid of you laughing at me. I have been eyeing you for a long time, but you are Wang Youling's man, so I can't say it." Su Ye said, "But I value your talent too much, and there are too few people around me who can use it."

"Now that you have revealed it, I will tell you directly. Follow me, and you will control world-class trade in the future."

"Those British businessmen and bankers you need to curry favor with now will all crawl at your feet in the future."

"In the future, you can block an industry in an Asian country with just a little effort."

"As long as you perform well enough, you will be a first-rank official in the court in the future!"

This series of words directly stunned Hu Xueyan.

He didn't dare to imagine these things at all.

I really dare not even think about it. This is a country where officials are the most important. Even if Hu Xueyan is a businessman, he can only dream of being treated like a bureaucrat.

All he can think of is to donate a nominal official title.

A first-rank official? !

I dare not think about it for several lifetimes.

But Su Ye is really not just a pie in the sky. What Sheng Xuanhuai did, Hu Xueyan can't do?

Is it that Su Ye is not as good as Li Hongzhang?

Hu Xueyan said: "I am short-sighted and just want to follow you to see a higher world."

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When Su Ye's armed freighter arrived in Jiujiang.

The whole meeting was countless, all big ships.

Hundreds of big ships.

The huge amount of materials he bought arrived.

Fifteen thousand, the second batch of immigrants arrived.

At this time, they were getting off the ship.

The whole dock was very lively and crowded.

Su Ye said: "Go to another dock to land, don't disturb these immigrants."

Then, the steamer went to the dock on the other side to land.

Su Ye entered Jiujiang City from another city gate with a light outfit.

At this time, Jiujiang City showed an alternative, almost deformed prosperity.

The original new army, plus Lin Qirong's subordinates, totaled nearly 10,000 people.

Including the first batch of immigrants and the second batch of immigrants, the population exceeded 30,000.

In addition, many residents came down from the mountain carefully and entered the city.

There was another group of people, that is, merchants!

Knowing that Jiujiang had business to do, countless merchants flocked to it.

Food, clothes, quilts, etc.

Countless supplies poured in.

And Jiujiang was like a greedy beast, swallowing up all the supplies.

The silver spent every day was an astonishing number.

Therefore, the whole Jiujiang showed a short and astonishing prosperity.

After Su Ye deposited 10 million taels of silver in Liru Bank, he turned around and borrowed nearly one million pounds.

Otherwise, his money would have been spent.

At present, the people who manage money in Jiujiang City are Huai Tabu and Bai Feifei's father, Master Bai Yan.

The two people spent money with fear.

Master Bai Yan had experienced a lot of things. After a series of cruel and bloody struggles, he seized millions of assets.

However, his millions of assets took several generations to earn.

And now, in just a month or so, he has spent millions.

How can he not be frightened?

Astronomical amounts of food, astronomical amounts of various materials, astronomical amounts of steel, are pouring into Jiujiang.

Countless wood, countless stones, and so on.

He didn't even know why Su Ye bought so much food.

The entire Jiujiang City is rushing forward at an exaggerated speed.

This is a prosperity built up by a huge amount of money.

In the eyes of many people, it is completely unsustainable.

Another person who is full of anxiety is Shen Baozhen, the governor of Jiujiang.

He is a talented person and a first-class person in internal affairs, but during this period, he did not interfere in government affairs.

Because he couldn't understand it, he was also very uneasy.

I don't know why it's so urgent, so fast?

As a mature bureaucrat, he was very afraid of this almost exaggerated leap forward.

He was afraid of this abnormal prosperity that was not practical and grounded.

He waited for Su Ye in the prefectural yamen every day, but Su Ye was always busy and never came back, and no one knew where he went.

Today, Su Ye finally came back.

Shen Baozhen came to Su Ye with red eyes and said, "Mr. Futai, we need to talk."

Su Yi was dusty, but still nodded and said: "Okay!"

Then, he closed the door.

Su Yi and Shen Baozhen had a secret conversation.

"Master Futai, the Jiangxi Governor's Office is in Nanchang, not Jiujiang." Shen Baozhen said, "Why don't you go to Nanchang?"

Su Yi said: "I will not go to Nanchang, I will stay in Jiujiang. All my energy will be put in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone and the factories. I will put all the political power in Jiangxi and the military power of the Green Camp. It was handed over to the Hunan Army. In exchange, he had to help me with the procedures for more than six million acres of fertile land, 300,000 immigrants, and the cattle and farm tools needed for the six million acres of fertile land."

Just this sentence shocked Shen Baozhen.

You tried all your tricks to win the governorship of Jiangxi, but in the end you handed over all the most precious political power, the military power of the Green Camp?

This...why is this?

"Master Futai, before leaving the capital, the emperor secretly summoned me and gave me the right to secretly report. He asked me to keep an eye on you to see if you had any objections and to be ready to report at any time." Shen Baozhen said: "But I don't have any I am shaken because I know that the emperor is my biggest backer, but he may not be my backer.”

"If I betray you again, I will become a slave of the three surnames and die without a burial place."

"So, in order to show you my true feelings, I even plan to tie you further."

"However, I hesitate now because I can't understand your behavior at all."

"You threw away almost all the power of the governor of Jiangxi. You finally borrowed 10 million taels of silver, but spent millions in just a few months."

"The entire Jiujiang has entered a kind of abnormal and terrible prosperity."

“You travel all over the country.”

"It seems like everything is running wildly, but I can't understand it or why."

"I'm scared!"

"So Mr. Futai, I want to know why? If I don't get this answer, I won't dare to stay in Jiujiang. I will just report my illness and return home and quit my official career."

"I originally planned to completely tie you up, even if you lost the Holy Family. But your chariot seems to be rushing towards an endless abyss, and I am very scared."

"Give me a reason so that I can be completely loyal to you and work for you wholeheartedly. I am afraid of the feeling of being blindfolded, riding on a strong horse, and running towards the cliff."

Su Yi was silent for a while and said: "Mr. Youdan, the reason is that the war is coming soon."

"The British Empire, France, even the United States, and possibly the Russian Empire will pounce directly."

"This war will completely break the backbone of the Qing court and bring a devastating blow to the Qing imperial system."

"I need to complete a lot of layout before the war comes."

"When the war broke out, my place became an absolute safe zone and entered into rapid development."

"I need to build another order with the British Empire and even with the world's great powers in these two years."

"This kind of order will save China."

Suddenly, Shen Baozhen trembled all over.

After a long while, he said hoarsely: "Yes, to what extent will it be beaten? Is it more powerful than it was more than ten years ago?"

Su Yi said: "It's different. The country is in turmoil. In the eyes of many people, it even seems that the country is in danger of subjugation."

Shen Baozhen said tremblingly: "But the British army in Guangzhou has completely retreated."

Su Yi said: "Minister Bao Ling was dismissed. Not long ago, I just boarded the battleship of the new minister, Count Elgin. He was once the governor of North America, and his power is different from Bao Ling. Navy Commander Simago "Li and I have cut off hundreds of thousands of pounds of interest. If I guess correctly, the British Parliament should have approved a total war resolution against the Qing Dynasty."

"Next, more warships will continue to join the Far East Fleet."

"The British Empire would send troops from the colonies to the East."

"Even if the gods come, they can't stop the war."

Shen Baozhen was silent for a long time.

After a long while, he bowed down and said: "I am willing to be completely loyal to Lord Futai and dedicate myself to you until I die."

"Shen Bao'er, the daughter of a lower official, is willing to marry me as my concubine. Please accept me!"

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