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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 469: Nightingale

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    "Morgana, what are these soldiers going to do?" On the deck of the British merchant ship Bocelli, a British woman in her thirties stood on the bow of the ship, staring at a group of people boarding the deck with her big curious eyes.  The Taiping soldiers in the West Palace asked.  She wears a long velvet lavender dress with a veil, which is also quite wide. It hangs down from the back near the skirt of the outer dress, covering her head and covering the entire upper shoulder, similar to a nun's.  scarf.

    "Nothing, Ms. Lantern, they are just checking passing ships." Louise Morgana is wearing a light red round-neck robe, but it is women's clothing with Chinese characteristics. Her head is also wrapped in a red scarf, which can be seen everywhere in Shanghai.  Taiping women.

    After hearing Morgana's slightly joking words, the lady holding the lantern said slightly discouraged: "Mojana, I didn't expect you to still be so cheerful. You and your Chinese fianc¨¦ are China's lantern couple."

    When Morgana heard the mention of her fianc¨¦, she was not as shy as a Chinese woman. Instead, she raised her head proudly and said, "Of course, my Yao Yuan is the best battlefield ambulance officer in China, bar none. Nightingale  , why did you come to China? Aren¡¯t you planning to set up an ambulance school in London?¡±

    Nightingale lowered her beautiful eyes slightly and said: "When I was still on the Crimean battlefield, I heard about this mysterious ancient country in the East. They also had a civil war. They also had battlefield rescue on the battlefield, but  Their battlefield rescue work was very successful. After returning to London, I met a woman from China who happened to have done this work in your Taiping Army. She told me a lot about your Taiping Army.  Essentials of battlefield rescue.¡±

    Mo Jiana snorted and said, "Is that woman's name Xuanji Li?"

    Nightingale nodded slightly and continued: "She often goes to major church schools in London. She is different from her husband. She believes in Christianity, and her husband is a Jew."

    Morgana nodded and said: "I know that her husband is Clifford of the Rothschild family. Xuanji is indeed an excellent female battlefield rescuer. She once led a logistics force composed of three thousand women. They  Their job is to provide the soldiers with clean food, fresh shoes and socks, a clean camp and first aid on the battlefield. Later, after the Shanghai Taiping Army began to reorganize the new army, battlefield first aid was spun off separately, and the Taiping Army now has a dedicated field  In hospital and field rescue, every soldier must know simple rescue knowledge so that he can perform self-rescue as soon as possible."

    Nightingale said enviously: "People with status in the UK will not do rescue work."

    Morgana shrugged her shoulders and said: "No one in the Taiping Army thinks that saving lives depends on status. They think that everyone is brothers and sisters, and everyone must be protected. People around them must protect themselves when their companions are injured.  Rescue immediately."

    Nightingale said sadly: "It seems that I still have a long way to go to promote medical care in the UK. The first thing that needs to be changed is people's views. You know, those who used to do rescue work in hospitals and battlefields were all  These women were ignorant, rude, alcoholic, and untrained, so the mortality rate of wounded soldiers on the Crimean battlefield was as high as 50%.¡±

    Morgana touched her chin and said: "Here in the Taiping Army. This number is about 10%. In fact, I think you can promote the experience of blood transfusion. Many soldiers actually died of excessive blood loss."

    "We also have experience in replenishing nutritional liquids in the body, but can blood also be used to input codes?"

    "Of course. My fianc¨¦ and my brother in Shanghai have been studying for a year and finally found out how to do a reasonable blood transfusion. Did you know? It was King Xi's wife who originally proposed this idea. She also predicted that the blood in the human body would still be  There are different models. Only those with the same blood type can achieve blood transfusion, otherwise rejection reactions will occur."

    Nightingale covered her mouth in surprise and said, "I heard you tell a lot of legendary stories about the Eastern Princes along the way. I didn't expect his wife to be so outstanding."

    Morgana hummed and said: "Mrs. Xiwang is as proficient in English, French, German and other languages ??as you are. She is indeed a very magical woman. Now my brother is following her advice to study Penicillium. We have found that Penicillium can  It can effectively kill those infectious bacteria. If it can be purified into medicine, I believe that fewer people will die from infection."

    Nightingale's eyes were full of eagerness, and she looked at the vast Yangtze River and sighed: "I am even more eager to see your fianc¨¦ earlier. I also want to pay a visit to your King of the West and his wife."

    Mo Jiana smiled and said: "It's very fast. After passing Zhenjiang, we will reach the Tianjing section of the river. It only takes half a day."

    "Miss Morgana, please come here. This sergeant will not let our ship go any further." Wilmot, the captain of the merchant ship Bocelli, shouted from behind,Morgana was a little surprised and walked over immediately. The person negotiating with Wilmot was a sergeant from the Taiping Marine Corps.  Their military uniforms are obviously different from the army's grass-green camouflage. Their clothes are blue camouflage, which makes them look more handsome.

    "Sergeant, I am the chief nurse of the general rescue center, Mo Jia Na. We have a license issued by the Shanghai Navy Administrative Department, and we need to transport medicines to Tianjing." Mo Jia Na was slightly angry.

    The sergeant of the Taiping Army still said with a straight face: "I'm sorry, madam, the order we received this morning is that foreign ships are strictly prohibited from going to Tianjing in the near future. I suggest that you dock at Zhenjiang Port and exchange for Chinese ships there.  In the past, many foreign merchant ships transferred ships there."

    Morgana was very surprised: "What's the point of doing this?"

    The sergeant shook his head and said, "I don't know, ma'am, I'm just following the order." After that, he turned around and took the soldiers off the boat, and told Wilmot to follow the guide ship of the Taiping Navy to Zhenjiang Port to dock.

    Nightingale said disappointedly: "Are we going to delay another day?"

    Morgana frowned and said: "I think the Western King is worried that the British and French forces will take advantage of the chaos to penetrate into the interior. After all, Tianjing is not an open port city, and a terrible military coup has just ended. I heard that many people died.  .¡±

    Nightingale snorted and asked, "Is it His Excellency the King of the West who launched the coup?"

    Morgana tilted her head and said: "I'm not sure, it seems like it is but not. I don't care too much about these, you know. When I went to see King Xi this time, I was actually more concerned about the uniform attire of our battlefield rescue and doctors.  , Our current attire is very messy and difficult to distinguish. I would like to suggest that the uniforms of the rescuers be unified."

    Nightingale smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I think the clothing of these Taiping soldiers is very strange, but your battlefield rescue clothing is no different from that of ordinary people. It is indeed difficult to distinguish them. How do you plan to design the clothing style?"

    Mojana said: "I plan to use white as the main color of the clothing. White represents purity and cleanliness, and at the same time gives people a sense of peace of mind. It is very suitable for battlefield rescue, but you also know that the Taiping Army has a very strange taboo on white. I need  Convince King Xi to change."

    The two women chatted, and the topics were inseparable from medical rescue and biological science. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Bogli arrived at Zhenjiang Port. There were many British and French merchant ships changing ships here, and the Taiping Army completely sealed it off.  For shipping entering the inland, all foreign ships must unload their cargo here and transfer it to Chinese merchant ships for transportation to the inland.

    Captain Wilmot did not suffer any loss. His ship was originally used to transport goods purchased by the Taiping Army's munitions department. It was the same wherever he dropped off the goods. It was more cost-effective for him to travel less distance.

    Just when the Bocelli was unloading its cargo, the sailors on the ship found two Chinese people in the rescue sampan, one old and one young, both dressed as ordinary Chinese residents.  Wilmot wondered how the two of them got on the boat, and he asked them to get off the boat very rudely.  But the two refused to get off the boat, and kept begging Wilmot to take them to Hong Kong. Wilmot was a China expert. He had been in Guangdong for a long time before he could understand the Chinese they spoke with Cantonese accents.  , he insisted on refusing to agree to their requests, and he refused to hook up with these two strangers.

    The noisy sound attracted Nightingale and Morgana. The two women were carrying their luggage with their attendants and were about to transfer to the smaller Chinese ship to continue to Tianjing. When they heard the noise, the two women stopped.  , Morgana stepped forward to ask and then looked at the two of them strangely and asked: "Who are you? What are you doing in Hong Kong?"

    The older man cried very sadly. He said that he was an ordinary citizen who escaped from Tianjing. During the civil strife in Tianjing, all his family members died in the rebellion, and he and his son had no choice but to go to Hong Kong and seek refuge there.  relatives.

    The two of them were very pitiful, crying and kowtowing there. Although Mojiana has been in China for a long time, she is still not used to the Chinese way of asking for help. They often kneel down to force you to agree to something.  If she doesn't agree, she won't stand up, which troubles Morgana.

    Nightingale seemed to have encountered this situation for the first time, and immediately said to Captain Wilmot: "Mr. Captain, these two are so pitiful, so please take them with you when you return. I will pay for the voyage."  .¡±

    Wilmot said urgently: "Miss Nightingale, you don't know these cunning Orientals, they often don't tell the truth."

    Nightingale frowned and pointed to the cross that fell out of the collars of the two men and said: "They all believe in God and I believe they will not lie. And you see them crying so sadly. I think the blow of losing a loved one must be great."  .¡±

    Wilmot sighed softly and said: "Kind lady, I hope your kindness has not been used by people with sinister intentions. Well, I will take them to Hong Kong."But Morgana didn't say anything. In her opinion, these two people were indeed pitiful.

    So, with the help of Nightingale, the two refugees, an old man and a young man, who had escaped from Tianjing, boarded the British merchant ship Bocelli and sailed to Shanghai together.  The Bocelli was then loaded with tea, raw silk and other cargo in Shanghai, and then continued sailing to Hong Kong.  A week later, Wilmot sent the two people to the mission hall of Swedish Pakse Missionary Han Wenshan in Hong Kong. He saw a preacher who called himself Hong Renxuan coming out to greet the two people. Only then did Wilmot feel relieved.  , these two people really came to seek refuge with relatives, and he felt ashamed of his suspicion. He felt that the legendary goddess with the lantern was indeed the more broad-minded and kind-hearted.
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