Chapter 920 Smallpox and Penicillin

The anxious Governor of Port-au-Prince listened to the adjutant's advice and sent out a message to hang the pirates. Then he waited for the news in the governor's office in horror. Torres was very worried that this move would be self-defeating, which drove the pirates and sent him several bloody ears and fingers of the noble crew, making himself even more unable to explain.

However, all this got a turning point with the arrival of the messenger of the English baron in front of him. Torres stood a handsome oriental man at his spacious walnut desk. However, the man was very silent, with the coldness of a long-standing soldier. Torres bet that his strongest swordsman would not be the young man's opponent.

The content of the letter is very simple and brief, but it is announced that His Excellency Shi Fan, the lifelong Baron of England, will visit the Governor at his convenience. This visit is related to the suffering of some Spanish crew members encountered by Baron Shifan during his trip to the Caribbean. For the lives of your compatriots, I hope that the Governor must spare precious time, Yunyun.

When you are free? Of course I'm free! Torres clung to the exquisite letter, as if the drowner had grabbed a bundle of life-saving straw. Even the sound of breathing became heavy.

Please tell your Baron that the door of the governor's mansion is open for him at any time if it is convenient for you. My housekeeper will prepare the most delicious British black tea for him. Torres said eagerly.

However, the young messenger in front of him was still coldly silent, staring straight at the letter in Torres's hand. Seeing that the governor was a little gaffe, the adjutant on the side straightened his waist and coughed twice.

Torres heard the cough reminded by the adjutant, and then understood that he straightened his sitting posture, showed a faint aristocratic smile, calmly took a delicate quill pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote an enthusiastic reply on a perfumed parchment letter handed over by the adjutant. Then pour some dry ink powder, gracefully shake it on the letterhead, suck dry the ink, put it into the envelope, and let the adjutant hand it to the visiting messenger.

The young and handsome messenger took the letterhead, lowered his head slightly and arched his hand. This strange etiquette made Governor Torres and his adjutant stunned and was a little overwhelmed. It was not until the messenger walked out of the door.

"I heard that this baron is a legend, and I don't know what news his visit can bring us." Torres unfolded the letter that had been crumpled by himself and said with some trembling.

"I think it should be good news. Otherwise, a wooden box full of blood and ears should be sent..." The astute adjutant bowed down and said, feeling that his suggestion should have worked...

The result of the meeting the next day made both sides very satisfied. At least our Governor Torres liked the humble British baron very much from a personal point of view. This is not because the other party brought good news that most of the noble crew are safe. What makes Torres more satisfied is that Baron Shifan is a very knowledgeable person...

The reason is that you can have a beautiful sea pearl necklace on your lover's neck. Of course, the generous baron gave more than that, such as a golden coral pipe that he had long wanted, and his wife's favorite strange silk fabric nightgown. Maybe he should sign a tax-free governor's order to repay the humble and generous baron.

Zhang Fan was also relieved. It seemed that Captain Baca's information was accurate. Aken's gift for the governor really touched the other party. In particular, when the governor's wife saw the nightgown made of mermaid silk, she almost jumped on it. And the string of sea pearl necklaces secretly stuffed by Aken to the governor, which moved the governor a little.

Of course, Captain Baca insisted on taking out six pieces of scene wealth from his private money, which also played a great role. After all, Baron Shi Fan is for his own men, and there is no reason to let the Baroness bear all the expenses alone.

The Governor prepared a sumptuous dinner for the distinguished guests, and Acon finally got the coveted Port-au-Prince duty-free order. Although the tax-free order is very expensive, considering the cargo throughput of six large carac merchant ships, the wealth of these ten scenes is really insignificant. Of course, the Spanish tax collector in Port-au-Prince also has benefits from Akan.

After the dinner, Zhang Fan had an in-depth secret talks with the governor, and the two sides quickly reached a preliminary agreement. Governor Torres signed an amnesty to exempt the captured pirates in exchange for all the Spanish crew. Then, in the name of the investment of the Governor's Office, ten captured pirate ships were handed over to Baron Shifan. To ensure the safety of all six captains and accompanying scholars, as well as the noble crew. In exchange, pirates are not allowed to plunder within the jurisdiction of the Governor-General of Port-au-Prince. And Baron Shifan will give the Governor a part of the return on investment every year so that the Governor can unblock and improve the relationship between the two sides...

The literal meaning of this vaguely worded agreement really has no constraint on both sides. But if you are a veteran in officialdom, I'm afraid you will understand the dirty transaction information revealed in it at a glance.

In less than two days, a group of ragged Spanish missing crew returned to Port-au-Prince in a broken three-masted sailboat. According to the crew, six Karak dingships were destroyed by the erratic Caribbean storm, and they narrowly escaped. However, no one will ask why the storm that even the strong Karak sailboat could destroy did not destroy these fragile sailors. The captured heinous pirates were shipped to Spain at the order of the Governor.

However, according to later letters, the broken ship full of pirates sank halfway. The residents of the colony and the local indigenous people naturally applauded, and the Spanish royal family was also satisfied with the result. The governor of Port-au-Prince was praised for this and received a fertile fief of Haiti.

No one will pay attention to why ten armed tripod sailors disappeared from the maintenance dock in Port-au-Prince, and even the entry and exit record of the dock turned to ashes in a bizarre fire. Maybe the fire that fell from the gods burned the dirty and sinful pirate ships. This is just more tavern talk for the residents of the colony and the local indigenous people. And the burning of these broken ships is even more worthless for the Spanish royal family on the other side of the Atlantic. And the subsequent sudden plague in Port-au-Prince also made everyone not pay attention to these bad things.

Only one person angrily pounded the table in his cabin, cursing the governor of Port-au-Prince in the sea breeze for brazenly compromising to the dirty pirates, wasting the results of his hard work to eliminate the pirate group, and costing the empire six precious ships full of wealth. Rich Karak sailboat!

Zhang Fan settled the agreement with the governor of Port-au-Prince and immediately went straight to the harbor of St. Nicholas to deal with the strange plague. Naturally, the rest of the matter is left to Acan. When he rushed to St. Nicholas Harbor and saw the crew members infected with the plague, covered with disgusting pustules, he knew that it was a terrible smallpox virus! This virus was a disaster for the Caribbean in the 16th century! If it is not well controlled, I'm afraid that a quarter of human beings will die on this Haitian island!

What makes Zhang Fan feel difficult is that this infectious disease cannot be effectively solved by his own Buddhist power and must be directly treated by himself. Fortunately, Zhang Fan, as a modern doctor, knows how to deal with this infectious disease that has long been extinct in modern times. He knew that this might be a very important scene task.

Zhang Fan gathered the smallpox patients who had acne, squeezed out the yellow and white smallpox venom in the chickenpox, diluted it with distilled water, and applied it to the cross wounds drawn by the healthy crew. This is the simplest and primitive, but very effective artificial vaccination, which can enable healthy people to gain immunity. But such preventive treatment has been fiercely resisted by healthy crew members! If Captain Stoke hadn't offered to take the lead in vaccination, the crew would have been beaten to death and would not have touched those disgusting poisons!

After the vaccination, the crew soon became alive after a difficult immunization period. Even if they come into contact with the most rotten smallpox patients, they will not be infected. This makes everyone more confident in Zhang Fan's medical skills! But Zhang Fan himself complained, because even in the real world with advanced science and technology, it can only prevent this severe infectious disease, which cannot be cured. Once infected, even if the magic doctor is resurrected, there is nothing he can do! And there are no anti-infective drugs in this era!

Fortunately, Zhang Fan, a doctor, knew the medical history of penicillin production and development, so he tried to cultivate penicillin with breadcrumbs and juice. Finally, a solution that can inhibit bacteria was isolated from a mass of green mold, and it really formed a scene prop - penicillin. This gave Zhang Fan hope. Although he knew that penicillin could not cure smallpox, it could at least inhibit the bacterial infection caused by it, so that more people could survive.

The effect is remarkable, probably because the human body in this era has not yet developed drug resistance. This most effective antibiotic can relieve the pain of smallpox patients, and more importantly, it gives these patients confidence to reduce the 25% mortality rate to 5%. It can be said that most people infected with smallpox have been saved!

This greatly improved Zhang Fan's prestige, and later, Baron Shi Fan became a legend of a Caribbean magic doctor! You know, there is only one way to deal with this infectious disease in this era, which is to burn smallpox patients and caregivers together! Although cruel, it does work! There is no other way.