Chapter 1000

"Growing cotton?"

"Songjiang Prefecture has been living on silkworms for generations, planting rice in the field and raising silkworms in the village. The Mulberry fish pond in mojiazi really wins my heart. However, if we plant cotton in the field, what shall we eat?" a mulberry farmer resolutely shook his head.

As a farmer, it is natural to plant food in the soil. Although the Mohists publicize many benefits of cotton, for one thing, Songjiang Prefecture is already a breeding ground for silkworm, which is not urgent for cotton. For another, cotton is a new species, and the people of Songjiang Prefecture naturally have resistance to it.

Mo Da patiently explained, "the old man is worried. Cotton is woven into white stacks. Although it is not as exquisite as silk, it is definitely better than linen. As long as the old man grows cotton, my Mohist family immediately buys it at a high price, which is definitely higher than the old man's rice harvest."

"As for the food problem mentioned by the father-in-law, Lao Zhang only needs to plant the rice introduced by Johor, which can be two to three crops a year. In this way, even if the father-in-law's harvest has not decreased in a year, he can have one more season of cotton, which is a plain one more season of high harvest," Mo Da advised.

"Johor's rice, please forgive my father-in-law's stupidity. I'm afraid he can't serve such exquisite crops." Sang Nong heard that the yield of Johor's rice was not moved at all, and stubbornly thought that the japonica rice he cultivated for generations was the best.

Mo Da couldn't help being silent. The scene in front of him didn't surprise him. He didn't know how many times he had experienced the same situation.

"I don't know how much the elderly harvest per mu of land a year?" Merton suddenly asked.

Sang Nong said proudly, "I'm the best dealer in the area. I can harvest two crops a year and at least two and a half loads of rice per mu."

The old farmer didn't lie, but he didn't tell the truth. What he said was that the harvest of two and a half loads was still in a good year.

Mo Da suddenly smiled and said, "in that case, the Mohist family can pay the elderly five loads of rice per mu, and the price is to rent the elderly's field for one year to grow cotton and Johor rice. However, the elderly should be responsible for taking care of the field. In this way, the elderly will not suffer losses. If the harvest is good, there will be a bonus. What do you think of the elderly?"

"And such good things?" said Sannon in surprise.

Mo Da said confidently, "if the elders don't believe it, the Mohists can pay half of the rice as a deposit."

Facing such a good thing, sang Nong would not refuse. At present, the two signed a good document and asked Li Zheng to do notarization. Then the matter immediately caused a sensation in all parts of the country. More and more sang Nong came to Mexico University to sign a document for planting cotton and Johor rice.

"Elder brother, although your move is good, you give rice and bonus. In the end, it's my Mohist school that loses money." a Mohist child said with a sad face.

Mo Da shook his head and said: "Then you are wrong. What I give to sangnong is their own money. If sangnong changes to cotton and Johor rice, I'm afraid the annual income is exactly five loads of rice and the bonus. I just give them the money and rice they should have. Of course, this trick only needs to be done once, as long as these sangnong know the high income of cotton and the high yield of Johor rice , I don't need the Mohists to do this again in the future. "

The children of the Mohist school can't help laughing and crying. Before, the Mohist school tried hard to publicize and let the mulberry farmers widely grow cotton and Johor rice, but no one responded. The Mohist school just changed its way and let these mulberry farmers actively grow cotton without wasting a penny.

"This is really a treasure land."

The fertile land and plenty of water in Songjiang Prefecture, Mexico's big ring head, can't help muttering that the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is suitable, the trees are evergreen all the year round, and the precipitation is sufficient. It is actually a good place for agriculture.

"This is really a fierce place."

Mo Wu, who was far away in the land of two lakes, looked at the river in front of him and was terrified. Who can imagine that the green rippling river contained extremely terrible schistosomiasis.

"Doctor Mo Wu, what's the matter?" a doctor in Jiangnan hurriedly asked.

"There is also schistosomiasis here! Tell me to go down and put up a sign immediately, stating that there are schistosomiasis in the water. It is strictly forbidden to go into the water and fish," Merton said solemnly.

"Yes!" the doctor in Jiangnan immediately nodded, turned around and ordered him to go down, and immediately the chief began to arrange the announcement.

Looking at the calm river, Mo Wu couldn't help sighing. Along the way, they didn't know how many water sources contained schistosomiasis. The wide distribution of schistosomiasis and the number of infected people were frightening.

"Doctor Mo Wu is the medicine for treating big belly disease." the officials in Jiangnan who have been following him urgently said that big belly disease is their local version of schistosomiasis. Doctors call it Gu, but Mo Wu knows that the so-called Gu is just an invisible insect.

Mo Wu shook his head and said, "doctors don't have the right medicine."

Jiangnan doctor frowned and said, "not even Qinglong real medicine!"

Hearing the name of Qinglong real medicine, everyone was overjoyed and turned their expectant eyes to Mo Wu.

Mo Wu shook his head and said, "Mo has used Qinglong real medicine on the patients as soon as he came to Jiangnan. Unfortunately, no one has curative effect.

Suddenly, everyone was disappointed. Big belly disease was a nightmare hanging over the south of the Yangtze River, but who could have thought that even the famous Qinglong real medicine was ineffective.

"Can I let this Gu disease rage in Jiangnan?" the Jiangnan doctor said sadly.

"No, although the doctor didn't find the medicine to cure the disease, he found the culprit of the disease." Mo Wu turned his words.

"Seriously!" suddenly, the doctors in Jiangnan were overjoyed. If they really found the source and just cut off the source, wouldn't it mean that there would be a complete solution to schistosomiasis.

"Please also ask doctor Mo Wu for advice." the accompanying Jiangnan official said excitedly, and he naturally thought of this method.

"That's it!" Mo Wu did not show off, but directly squeezed a small snail out of the grass with tweezers.

"This is a snail!" the Jiangnan doctor looked at the familiar thing in front of him and said in surprise. You should know that there are numerous snails in the waters all over the south of the Yangtze River. If the root cause of schistosomiasis is snails, I'm afraid it can't be eradicated at all.

"Impossible! I often eat snails. I caught them in the water when I was a child. How come I didn't catch big stomach disease." the Jiangnan official frowned.

Mo Wu shook his head and said, "this is not a snail, but a snail. The snail is small and slender. It is very similar to the nails produced by the Mohists, so I named it snail."

"That's true!" the Jiangnan doctor looked at the snails in Mo Wu's hands and suddenly sighed, but Rao was so. He also knew that the snails were widely distributed and it was very difficult to kill them.

"According to the current research of doctors, only this thing in the water contains the same poisonous insects as big belly disease. In addition, snails are found in all areas where big belly disease occurs. Mo Wu can infer that people are infected with big belly disease because of this thing. Any water area where this thing is produced may infect people," Mo Wu affirmed.

"After people are infected, they will slowly lose weight in their abdomen and limbs. At the same time, they will discharge the Gu eggs from the feces, and then pour them into rivers and lakes to infect more snails, so as to spread the Gu disease more and more widely. If the disease does not appear in the pre-Qin period, but the number surges to one million in the Tang Dynasty, if it is not treated, tens of millions of people in Jiangnan will face the threat of the disease." Mo Wu had lingering palpitations.

Officials in Jiangnan were embarrassed. The people in Jiangnan were simple and had the bad habit of pouring night incense into the river. However, they did not expect that it was this behavior that further spread schistosomiasis.

"After I return, I immediately order to prohibit this bad habit." the Jiangnan official said firmly.

Mo five nodded and said, "the disease is extremely complex. Mo gave three strategies to Jiangnan to control the disease. First, all rivers and lakes with snails are prohibited from entering the water, so that as few diseases as possible can be infected."

"Second, all feces of patients infected with Schistosoma japonicum shall be buried. They shall not be dumped in the river or at will, so as not to threaten the water source."

"Third, immediately eliminate snails, whether by poison or artificial killing, and never allow snails to spread wantonly and let schistosomiasis spread wantonly."

Jiangnan doctor nodded heavily. He was obsessed with practicing medicine all his life. I'm afraid he had a big stomach disease. Now he finally saw the hope of cure.

"In this way, within 20 years, schistosomiasis in Jiangnan will be contained. At that time, Jiangnan Daxing will have no worries." Mo Wu took a deep breath in his airway.