Ernst had given them an opportunity; whether they could seize it depended mainly on themselves. Traditional Chinese medicine had indeed played a major supporting role in East Africa at present, but that was only because the advantages of modern medicine had not yet been fully established.
This was not unique to the East; the West was the same. Western traditional medicine remained mainstream in Europe, while modern medicine's mortality rate was even higher than that of Western traditional medicine. After all, Western traditional medicine had developed for thousands of years. Whether it truly worked was another matter, but if it killed patients the moment it was used, there would have been no reason for it to exist at all.
By contrast, modern medicine, still wet behind the ears, appeared remarkably fierce and reckless. If not for the experience of his previous life, Ernst would have suspected modern medicine was some kind of dark sorcery.
Since modern medicine was unreliable, they could only rely on tradition. Among traditional medicines, only traditional Chinese medicine was the most systematic, had the longest inheritance, and possessed the richest experience. Setting everything else aside, its restorative and recuperative abilities were undoubtedly formidable.
But East Africa needed to develop, and traditional medicine was destined to decline eventually. Therefore, East Africa would only place its bets on modern medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine now widespread in East Africa could only serve as a transitional measure.
1878 was only days away, and the Far East Empire had reclaimed the Southern Xinjiang region ahead of time. This was a major international event.
Russia had run into a wall in the East, but on the western battlefield, it had proceeded quite smoothly, dealing a heavy blow to its hereditary foe, the Ottoman Empire. Overall, Russia had succeeded and still