Speaking of the pharmaceutical production in the East Coast Republic of China, it is becoming a better industry now.?

From the early 1o8 medicinal wine, opium wine, ferrous sulfate, cod liver oil, to later cinchona cream, aspirin, aloe vera oil, senna, foxglove preparations, to the recent Fengliu essence, cooling oil, active oil, iodine wine, etc., 20 types of medicines produced in the East Coast have been largely produced.

These two medicines are very different from herbs in the traditional sense (i.e., they do not have to be restricted by the origin and variety). Their efficacy is stable and they are very popular in the East Coast. After some of them are exported to foreign countries, they sell quite well in foreign countries because they have a halo of "made in the East Coast" on their heads. In addition, their effect is not a little bit better than the medical skills and medicines of European witch doctors, so the price is getting higher and higher, and the market is gradually in short supply.

In addition to these more than 20 drugs, there are also a batch of workshops in the East Coast that manufacture traditional Chinese medicine through imported oriental medicinal materials. These small workshops are provided for the famous northern pharmaceutical factories. Through the verified prescriptions in "Song Medical Records Examination" and "Ming Medical Records Examination", the herbs are roughly processed, and then sold to the northern pharmaceutical factories at a certain price. They complete the last processing procedure and then sell them to the outside to obtain profits.

It can be said that if the East Coast had not consumed the vast majority of the annual drug production, if these drugs could be exported to the West on a large scale, they would have brought great foreign trade profits to the East Coast Republic of China every year. However, due to the lack of raw materials and the inability to produce the entire process of industrialization, national policies and other factors, many drugs, especially cinchona cream, cooling oil, blush oil essence, etc., are seriously insufficient. When priority is given to meeting domestic demand, they can only select some friendly forces to allocate some of them, such as Kureland, Dutch West India Company, the Doria family of Pona*, etc.

Westerners did not trust these drugs at first. Just as through Denglai, Ningbo, a small amount of East Coast drugs flowing into China, they stubbornly believed in their views on diseases. For example, the British believed that white willow bark could treat malaria because this tree grew in humid soil or environment where malaria was more common, that is, "diseases are always accompanied by treatment or medicines are always not far from the disease. This may be God's intention", which is quite similar to the Chinese theory of "replenish what you eat".

Some doctors on the East Coast can always clearly remember that there were some doctors on the East Coast who had been living from the Old Grand 6 to the East Coast. Let’s call these part-time people to the doctors. For example, they think that orange saffron can be used to treat jaundice, such as red wine is very good for anemia (because the wine is red...), such as the white dots on the leaves of lung grass indicate that this grass is useful for treating lung diseases.

For these "ridiculous views" from the Old Big 6, the East Coast doctors who have a strong sense of superiority have always scoffed at it. Through strict pathological analysis, chemical research and anatomical experiments, they have figured out the causes of a lot of diseases, and conquered a lot of diseases by producing symptomatic drugs, cultivating vaccines (such as cowpox), and anti-toxic serum. Therefore, their minds are full of pride in "Eastern Medicine".

With this doctor, the people on the East Coast are very different, because the facts have educated many people and let them know that only Eastern doctors can give them the most sense of security. Minamijiro, who is about to go to New China Island, is one of them.

He interviewed with the manager of the newly established Brazilian Pharmaceutical Factory, the headquarter and factory area of ​​the Ministry of Health, and obtained part of the procurement quota for a batch of newly-departed drugs in the factory, and planned to ship to New Huaxia Island with other drugs to various troops for use.

This drug is currently the main drug of Brazilian pharmaceutical factories. It is called Tenggen, a native Brazilian plant. Local Indians used this plant to induce vomiting before, and the effect was quite good. However, after a series of studies by the East Coast, people have found that this drug can not only be used to induce vomiting, but also to treat dysentery. Dysentery has always been one of the main killers in tropical areas, and the mortality rate may only be under malaria.

The shrub of spit root can be used to treat various acute diarrhea including dysentery. It can also be used as an ejaculation agent when some food poisoning is caused. It even has a certain effect in expectoration and cough relieving. It is simply a perfect drug, especially suitable for tropical areas. Therefore, the Ministry of Health did not say anything, and under the sponsorship of the Science Spring Plan Special Fund and the Taoist Association, which is enthusiastic about medical research, a pharmaceutical factory was immediately set up in Hue Port (there are many such shrub plants nearby), and then customized equipment, recruited workers, and started producing it in a decent manner.

"Ordinary turtle is a herbal preparation for ordinary soldiers and subordinates." Minamijiro recalled what the middle-aged purchasing manager of a Brazilian pharmaceutical factory said during the meeting. At that time, he pointed to some drugs sealed in a paper bag and said: "This is a pure herbal medicine, which has less obvious effects, but it can also save lives, but the process is not so relaxed and pleasant."

Then, he took out a portion of the powdered drug sealed in the bamboo tube and said: "This is a chemically prepared by the factory laboratory. It has obvious effects on the treatment of diseases such as dysentery, but you must pay attention to the usage and dosage, otherwise it may cause symptoms of poisoning. I am not kidding. The large amount of data in the human test process has strongly proved this. The output of these drugs is too small and only for officers."

After hearing this, Nanjiro was also a little worried, so he carefully asked the sales manager about the manufacturing process of the drug and learned that they had purified the roots of the sperm to obtain a compound named "sermine". This compound has a strong vomiting effect. The spermine hydrochloride treated with hydrochloric acid can treat diarrhea diseases such as dysentery and have a very wide effect.

After learning about it, Minamijiro's confidence in this drug suddenly increased by several levels, and he strongly demanded to buy and stockpile it on New Huaxia Island, because on that tropical island, there are quite a few people who die of dysentery every year. However, because the Brazilian pharmaceutical factory was not long ago, the industrial equipment was not complete, and there were many insufficient personnel, the output was still quite limited, so he could only sell part of it to them, which was very regretful for both of them.

The separation of turanine is undoubtedly a milestone event, because this is the first time that the East Coast people separated through chemical means, purified and finally found the effective ingredients in the herbs, which is of great significance. After the separation of turanine, the East Coast people continued to work hard and began to study the various things at hand, such as trying to separate a useful substance from an Indian tree called Ma Qian (Sidening), and trying to separate exciting substances from coffee (Cao)

Caffeine), such as refining some substances from opium (this cannot be said to be a mortal...), such as trying to isolate quinine from cinchona bark powder, etc., a series of dazzling chemical experiments were carried out in the laboratory of the Institute of Natural Sciences, Northern Pharmaceutical Factory, Brazilian Pharmaceutical Factory and even the Ministry of Health. The superiors also cooperated to approve large sums of money to sponsor them, which is considered a "waste money" by many people, but it is hard to say how much effect it is.

After all, the chemical level of the East Coast people is still very low, the equipment is quite simple, and their understanding of these materials is also very shallow. At present, they only realize that these materials can react with acids like alkalis to form salts. Chemical analysis shows that they are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, but the proportions of each element in different alkaloids are different. Apart from this, they know nothing, especially about the structure of these complex carbon compounds, and are still in the exploration stage.

But in any case, the East Coast people have at least realized that the reaction between drugs and human body composition is a chemical reaction (this is a prerequisite for pharmacology to be promoted), which undoubtedly puts them on the right path. As Shao Yuanyi, a famous person in the "Eastern Medicine" school in China, said: "Doctors without chemical knowledge will only do things aimlessly and will never obtain accurate concepts about diseases. He is like creating a drug bomb that not only hits the disease, but also hurts the patient. He himself does not know what is going on..."

The rapid development of pharmacology and bacteriology is a distinctive feature of Eastern Medicine that is very different from other countries in the old six countries, and it is also the basis for the rapid development of the East Coast pharmaceutical industry. At present, traditional Chinese medicine herbal preparations have been strictly screened and certified and confirmed, and are included in the "Song Medical Library Cases" and "Ming Medical Library Cases" local herbal preparations (mostly American herbs and a few introduced and cultivated African herbal medicines), and chemical drugs (such as aspirin, ethyl ether, iodine, etc.) are the three troops of the East Coast pharmaceutical industry. Among these three troops, some can be produced on a large scale and exported to foreign countries to obtain profits, some will only meet domestic demand, and some cannot even meet domestic demand. There is still a long way to go in the future development of the pharmaceutical industry.

Minamijiro purchased a batch of squirt roots in a Brazilian pharmaceutical factory, and also purchased the root soaking liquid of the burma agarwood (the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture have begun to transplant this tree native to the Congo area near Hue in recent years, because its root soaking liquid has a certain effect on schistosomiasis). As for cinchona cream, opium wine, wind oil essence, cooling oil, wind oil, etc., they were prepared from the beginning. Although the quantity may be a bit insufficient, it is enough to cope with some time. Minamijiro has nothing to say about this. After all, they are reserve forces and cannot be compared with the main men.

After the purchase, Nanjiro did not wait for too long in Hue Port, because the ships that were agreed to carry them to the Hailing Port military base arrived soon. On January 8, 1669, a "Solar Time"-class sail guard gunboat that returned from the sea trial slowly arrived at the Hue Port wharf. At this time, the Yuguo* army miscellaneous signs that went to the inner six areas to clear out the Indians had just returned.

Minamijiro was not ready to delay. After discussing with some officers of the Yuguo Army, a team of three or four hundred people was about to leave the city of Hue, which was being built in a busy manner, boarded the brand new frigate, and headed towards Dongfang Port. They would receive a batch of weapons and ammunition there, as well as some local recruits for supplementary troops.

Before leaving Hue Port, Minamijiro looked at this big city that is the most popular in Brazil for the last time. Foreign investors are very active in the plantation industry. Brazil's rural financial cooperatives are deeply rooted in the countryside, and local investors are concentrated in the wood and building materials industries. The economy of the whole county and even the entire region is thriving, which makes people feel very comforted. To be honest, the Zelu area, which is about to take up his post, has a climate and environment that is somewhat similar to that of Hue region. Moreover, when it comes to growing coffee, the Zelu area with many mountains may have more advantages. If you do it well, you may not be able to make some achievements. After all, the taste of the people on the east coast is more suitable for the coffee from New China Island.

Of course, compared to coffee cultivation, the most suitable large-scale economic crops in Zelu and even the entire east coast of New China Island are spices, to be precise, the cheapest but also the most demanding pepper. With the increasing consumption of domestic meat on the east coast, this spice is not only because the Spaniards in La Plata increased their exports of live cattle, but also the East Coast people started a series of cattle hunting activities on the northern edge of Patagonia. The demand has also increased year by year. Now there is a series of pepper plantations of large and small sizes on the east coast. Investors from big cities such as the East, Qingdao, and Ping An enclosed land and opened plantations here, and the momentum is very strong. The total investment amount is probably not better than one million yuan. Moreover, this is the first investment, and there is an additional addition later, which shows the huge scale.

However, only in this way will the governments at the New China Development Team and the local executive committee pay attention to it, and finally established the Zelu area (under the jurisdiction of Daze Prefecture and some independent townships) to manage this matter. After all, there are still native forces in the mountains and plateaus. They are not dead. The people of the East Coast are so "non-intentioned" that they will inevitably deepen the conflict with them. It is still difficult to say what will happen in the future. Therefore, it is still necessary to set up the Zelu area in advance and set up a garrison to guard the garrison. This is exactly what Nanjiro, a former captain officer ordered to retire from active service, will face after taking office.
Chapter completed!