Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 427: Empathy
"Ah, these days I finally felt that I still have a living father!" Lu Lingqi leaned back in the spacious carriage and ate cut fruit.
This is not an ordinary sand apple, but a sand apple cut by Fang Tian Hua Ji!
At this time, Lu Lingqi was rarely wearing armor, but a gorgeous dress of a queen - Lu Lingqi was also pregnant for the first time, and she did not dare to act willfully at this time. She honestly accepted the "power seizure" and temporarily resigned as "Chief of the Guard".
Because Lu Lingqi never needed a maid in normal times, the maids who took care of her at this time were all hired temporarily, and the experienced Wang also volunteered to serve as a tutor.
Until now, when Wang thought about her son being adopted by the King and Queen of Chu, she still felt it was unreal. She also felt a little uneasy when she thought about her son being with the King of Chu...
No one knows a son better than his mother. How could Wang Shi not know what Deng Ai was like? She was afraid that he would anger the King of Chu.
But on the other hand, Bai Tu and Deng Ai get along pretty well - now Bai Tu is mainly using some universal basic methods to help Deng Ai correct his stuttering problem.
Lu Lingqi is already pregnant. In a few years, no matter whether Xiaobai is a boy or a girl, she will go to school. Deng Ai will be the best candidate to be his study companion.
It's just this stuttering problem...
First of all, Bai Tu can be sure that Deng Ai's stuttering has nothing to do with nervousness or lack of confidence . Not to mention that Deng Ai in history was able to command the three armies and govern a region. What big scenes had he not seen? His stuttering did not get better either...
Besides, even the current Deng Ai dares to use ethical jokes to confront opponents in the middle lane. No matter how you look at it, he has nothing to do with shyness.
Therefore , Bai Tu guessed that Deng Ai's stuttering was mostly due to physiological reasons. He had asked Wang before, and it was true that Deng Ai had suffered a serious illness when he was three years old. This was also the reason why Deng Ai generally thought that Deng Ai was a fool - he was burned stupid!
But now it seems that Deng Ai did not have a brain burn, but his throat and nose must have been in a very bad condition at the time. It was also the stage of language enlightenment, so Deng Ai developed the habit of stuttering.
Now Bai Tu’s correction of Deng Ai is mainly based on pronunciation, that is, starting to learn to speak again.
As for mentality and personality... Although Deng Ai cannot be considered a perfect person in this regard, and even the character of Deng Ai in history was a minus point, these are definitely not the reasons for his stuttering.
Deng Ai was only five and a half years old, so it was still in time for him to correct his stuttering and personality.
When Bai Tu's carriage returned to Jiangling, Hua Tuo had also rushed over from Jinling and met up with the King of Chu's carriage, which made Bai Tu even more relieved.
In fact, Hua Tuo did not do anything...
In Hua Tuo's words, Lu Lingqi's current condition is normal and she just needs to pay attention to some daily habits.
However, with the miracle doctor in charge, and thinking about General Lu Lingqi's physique, Bai Tu felt that if an accident happened again, the requirements for mothers in this era would be too harsh!
At the same time, Bai Tu also thought that perhaps a special initiative should be made to raise the age of mothers.
Although she was only two months pregnant when they arrived in Jiangling, and her pregnancy was not obvious at all, Bai Tu looked at Lu Lingqi, who used to jump up and down... ahem, was cautious, looking around to guard against possible enemies, and now walked more carefully. Out of empathy, Bai Tu became more concerned about all pregnant women.
In the Han Dynasty, the average childbearing age for the first child was fourteen, fifteen, or even thirteen years old.
Not to mention the peasants who were hungry for labor, Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty was only fourteen years older than his son Emperor Jing. If you count the ten months of pregnancy...
Even for men, giving birth so early is obviously harmful to health. Thinking back to when Bai Tu first saw it... ahem, no one had conceived as early as Emperor Wen of Han!
Not to mention that for women who have not yet fully developed, the age factor alone will put childbirth, which is already very dangerous under the current environment, in an even more dangerous situation.
Population is very important. In these days when the land is vast and the population is sparse, any prince would encourage childbirth. However... using early childbearing to counter "loss" is definitely not a smart approach in Bai Tu's opinion.
Even if nothing happens at the moment , it will be harmful to the future health of men and women.
Bai Tu and Hua Tuo also talked about this matter...
"Your Majesty is wise. In my opinion, the childbearing age for women nowadays is indeed too early. If it is delayed by four or five years, the mortality rate of the first child can be reduced by at least 70%. " Hua Tuo immediately responded after hearing what Bai Tu said.
Of course, Hua Tuo also knew that even if the mortality rate dropped by 70%, it would still be more conducive to population growth if children were still born at the age of 13 or 14. Delaying it for four or five years? With this time, people would have a second or even a third child, which would naturally reduce the mortality rate.
However, Hua Tuo did not mention these things. He was a doctor. He only needed to give Bai Tu advice from a medical perspective. As for the rest... he was just a doctor.
After getting Hua Tuo's confirmation, Bai Tu prepared to return to Nanjing to discuss this issue with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Rites.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs starts with people's livelihood, and the Ministry of Rites starts with concepts...
In fact, the childbearing age in Chu State has slowed down compared to other regions.
Although Bai Tu did not specifically advocate "late marriage and late childbearing", at least during the period of the General's Mansion, the fine for "not getting married at the age of fifteen" had been abolished...
The problem of low childbearing age in the Han Dynasty was not entirely the will of the people, but rather a "court correctness" that had begun in the time of Liu Bang.
After all, after the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the Chu-Han Contention, the population in the early Western Han Dynasty dropped to more than 10 million. Liu Bang was anxious and came up with the idea of fining women if they did not get married by the age of 15.
Therefore, when it comes to the issue of early childbearing, the royal family and the people are often the most active - the former set an example by themselves, and the latter are half forced and half out of their own needs.
As for the wealthy and aristocratic families, the age of marriage and childbearing is generally two or three years later, or even more. After all, wealthy and aristocratic families do not need to worry about those fines. At most, they will cooperate a little when the policy is the strictest. Everyone knows that it is safer to have children a few years later.
Bai Tu suddenly stopped encouraging or urging marriage, which at least reduced the people's motivation to have children by 30% as there was no longer pressure from the court.
"What's the current status of the plan between Elder Hua and Minister Pang?" Bai Tu asked specifically.
Hua Tuo's time at the Ministry of Industry is almost as long as his time at the Medical College, because Pang Tong has a plan...
This plan is related to the Qi machine and whether it can be used on a large scale!
"I have basically done what I can do. At least in the short term, I can't make any more improvements. Minister Pang wants to wait for the king to return and preside over the six ministries and the Privy Council to discuss this matter together."
Judging from what Hua Tuo said, the "Panzhenqi Refining Plan" is going relatively smoothly in theory, and the next question is whether it can be promoted in practice...
