Chapter 2788 Broadcast Guests
At 8:30 the next morning, a luxurious carriage with the royal coat of arms of Kolas stopped outside Joan's apartment.
Joan got into the car with a feeling of apprehension, and he still couldn't completely relieve the tension until outside the gate of the broadcasting company.
Arriving at the studio, Joan saw His Majesty the Emperor and the host Rogge—a dwarf with witty words, a well-known romantic poet in the Far East literary world, and a big star in the host world. A mailbox full of love letters from fans...
Roland introduced Joan to Mr. Rogge. The smiling great poet gave Joan a "swallow" as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Oh, dear... Excuse me, should I call you the respected Dr. Vader, or the respected Sir?"
Joan froze for a moment, then decisively opened the "Spiritual Theater", considering how to answer safely without losing her grace.
During this minute of mind stillness, Mr. Rogge did not notice any abnormality at all, but His Majesty the Emperor possessed a mysterious power, which was not affected by the physical or psychological time-stop effect at all. Looking at Joan with a smile, there was encouragement in his eyes.
A minute later, Joan finished the "Mind Theater", shook hands with Mr. Rogge, and answered calmly:
"You can call it what you want, but considering that the subject of today's show is flame disease, I think the audience friends are more willing to listen to the views of scholars rather than nobles on this issue. In this case, a doctorate may be more important than a lord title. worth to respect."
"Well said, Dr. Vader!" Mr. Rogge shook the young mage's hand vigorously, showing surprise from the bottom of his heart, "Which idiot said you were not good at words just now? It's just nonsense!"
His Majesty's smile froze on his face, and he coughed twice.
"Sorry, Roger, I said..."
"Eh? Ha...look at my bad memory, haha..."
There was a joyous atmosphere in the broadcasting room.
After successfully passing this level, Qiao An felt more at ease, and the "famous mouth" of the radio station was nothing more than that!
With "Polarized Cognition" and "Spiritual Theater" in hand, at worst there will be another wave of "Static Time", Qiao An feels that even the live broadcast of the show can handle Yuru.
It seems that I was too nervous before, alas, I really have no choice but to commit the old habit of underestimating my EQ again!
The staff came up to remind that the program recording officially started.
Joan, Roland, and the host Rogge sat around the table, chatting about the weather as usual, and then Rogge congratulated Joan for winning this year's "Colas Award".
After going through this process of business bragging, tonight's conversation will turn to the topic.
Rogge first brought up the topic of "Huyang Village Witchcraft Case", and asked His Majesty the Emperor to explain the ins and outs of this mysterious case that has attracted the attention of the public opinion circles.
The two special guests present were mainly Roland. Joan only spoke when His Majesty needed a professional endorsement, and explained in a language style mixed with uncommon academic terms-in fact, Joan didn't like to talk like this, but this It was a character set specially arranged by the host for him.
"Would it be suspected of deliberately showing off? Mr. Rogge, in fact, I can explain things clearly without using those awkward terms, which is more conducive to popular science..."
"NoNoNo! Dr. Vader, you don't know something." The host smiled and shook his fingers, "Your task today is not to give lectures to the audience, but to play the role of a highly respected academic authority. If you don’t understand, the more you think you are knowledgeable, and the effect of the program will be better!”
"Okay, you are the host, I will listen to you."
Joan was forced to accept the media image of a "highly respected and respected old expert". Although he personally felt that this style was pretentious, there was nothing he could do for the effect of the program.
Today's radio program has two themes. After talking about the truth about the witchcraft case in Huyang Village, the second half will be the turn to reveal the mystery of the flame disease.
This time it was Qiao An's turn to output the main force.
Under the guidance of the host, coupled with the fact that His Majesty condescended to be his supporter, Qiao An chatted for half an hour in a relaxed state of mind, elaborated on the dangers of ergot fungus, and repeatedly emphasized that the key to preventing "sacred fire disease" is to eliminate the mixed bacteria. Ergot fungi in cereals, especially in the flour milling industry.
Counting pauses and re-recordings, the hour-long program was completed in less than three hours.
The host Rogge said that it was rare to go so smoothly. After work, he invited Joan and Roland to the restaurant of the broadcasting company for dinner.
Qiao An felt that no matter how much His Majesty the emperor put on airs and had fun with the people, he wouldn't just eat in the staff restaurant, right?
However, Roland was able to do this kind of thing, and the people around him seemed to be used to it. Joan can only say that this guy is definitely a non-mainstream emperor!
After lunch, Joan was about to leave when an attendant in a neat uniform hurried in, holding a bunch of posters in his hand.
"Your Majesty, this is the promotional poster you want. The printing factory has just sent a sample. Please review it yourself."
Joan leaned over curiously to take a look. On the rather plainly designed poster, a sample of ergot magnified a hundred times was depicted, and a big red cross was marked to highlight the warning.
Below the poster, there is also a bold slogan decorated with skull patterns:
"Don't eat ergot, beware of poisoning!"
"The poster is not bad, so I will print it according to this style, distribute it to various towns and villages as soon as possible, post it on the bulletin board, and cooperate with newspapers, radio, TV receivers and cloud networks to carry out all-round publicity. The facts are accurately conveyed to the entire nation.”
Joan basically agrees with His Majesty's way of preventing "holy fire disease" through publicity with great fanfare, but he feels that it is too powerful to demonize ergot, a fungus that exists widely in nature.
After a little hesitation, Joan found a gap and said to Roland in the most subtle way possible:
"Your Majesty, I am very interested in the fungus ergot. I want to study it in depth and try to analyze and extract the medicinal ingredients in it. Maybe I can turn the harmful poison into a panacea for saving people."
"This is a good idea, Dr. Vader, of course I support it!"
Roland patted the young mage on the shoulder, smiled and offered an unexpected invitation.
"Next Monday, I plan to go to the 'Hometown of Green Fields' to visit Ms. Valentina. If you have some free time, why don't you come with me and continue to develop in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the 'Hometown of Green Fields' work on ergot bacteria."
Joan had long admired Ms. Valentina's reputation for a long time. Anyway, there was nothing important to do next week. It would be good to accompany the emperor to visit this legendary druid, so she readily agreed to Roland's invitation.
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Historical Materials: Ergot Poisoning and the Salem Witch Trials
Ingestion of ergot bacteria often causes drowsiness and sometimes hallucinations.
In Europe, ergot disease raged for centuries, causing great panic at the time, and many people suffered because of it, falling prey to ignorance.
The most tragic one happened in the United States at the end of the 17th century, and it was the famous "Salem Witch Trials".
This wave of witch trials triggered by ergotism took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. The daughter of a local pastor suddenly suffered from a strange disease: she began to fall asleep and screamed without warning. Throwing things around, sometimes cramping and moaning in pain.
Then, seven other girls in the town also developed the same symptoms one after another, and panic enveloped the whole town.
At that time, it was generally believed that the real cause of the strange diseases in the children was that Tituba, a black slave girl in the village, conspired with another female beggar, and a lonely old woman who never went to church to practice witchcraft.
People tortured the three women to extract confessions, and the number of "witches" and "wizards" increased step by step. More than 20 people died in this unjust case, 19 of whom were hanged, and 1 was crushed to death by a pile of stones. More than 200 others, mostly women, were charged with witchcraft and were arrested or imprisoned.
It was not until nearly 300 years later, in 1992, that the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a resolution declaring the rehabilitation of all victims.