"Is it possible to shift the blame to the anti-Turkish alliance?" Prime Minister Gladstone asked eagerly

In the face of the enemy's darkness, the British government naturally would not sit idly by, and did not immediately launch a counterattack, it was sudden, and they were not prepared for anything.

Foreign Secretary George shook his head: "We have sent experts to the scene to inspect on the spot, and it is inferred from the time that the Ottoman Empire is indeed suspected of man-made plagues."

We cannot defend the Ottomans in the face of the facts. Russia and Austria are urging the international joint investigation team to come to a conclusion, and it is estimated that the conclusion will be seen on the news in London tomorrow. ”

The British government did not have the ability to influence the outcome of the international mission, and it was simply impossible to reverse black and white in front of the anti-Turkish coalition.

The prestige of the "Black Death" is too great, even if it is only "suspected" is scary enough.

At present, European countries are still counting on the effective anti-epidemic work of Russia and Austria to stop the virus in the Near East and avoid harming themselves.

It is obvious that public opinion will stand on that side, and everyone does not care whether the Ottoman government was forced or not. The European world is absolutely resistant to such a violation of human morality.

The harsh reality shatters Gladstone's last illusions. This time, the Ottoman government made them miserable, and it was inevitable that the London government's support for Ottoman supplies would be angered by the European people.

Perhaps in a few days, the newspapers will publish that the London government has contributed money and efforts to buy time for the Ottoman Empire's man-made "Black Death".

It doesn't matter if the virus created was the "Black Death" or not. Anyway, the London government's support for the Ottoman Empire increased the time for the Sultanate government to resist, and it did create conditions for a man-made virus.

All will say: without supplies from the British, the war in the Near East would have ended a few months early. By breaking through Ankara ahead of schedule, the Russian army will be able to stop the Ottoman government's perverse actions.

Gladstone knew something had to be done now, or else the situation could get out of hand.

"Immediately organize a medical volunteer team to go to the Near East to control the epidemic, and then purchase a batch of supplies in the name of the government and send them over.

The Foreign Office contacted the Austrians, and the Royal Navy was willing to send a fleet to cooperate with the blockade of the Near East to show the outside world our determination to fight the epidemic. ”

After a moment's hesitation, Gladstone added: "Arrest the Ottomans in exile on suspicion of causing the Black Death, whether high or low." ”

Now that the matter has been decided, Gladstone will naturally not be polite to the Ottomans who have miserably deceited them.

This is not the relationship between the younger brother and the boss, but the relationship between humans and anti-humans. Involved in the "Black Death", no one dares to take it lightly.

Foreign Secretary George reminded: "Prime Minister, the medical community has not yet determined whether it was the Black Death or not, and it is still being suspected. ”

Gladstone waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, it's always a fact that the Ottoman government artificially created the plague.

Now all we want is an attitude, and it is estimated that in a few days, the European world will set off an anti-Turkish wave, so as not to affect us.

The Ministry of Finance settled the accounts as soon as possible, and it was the evil capitalists who gave the Ottoman Empire supplies and had nothing to do with the government, and we never had contact with the Ottomans. ”

From now on, the UK government is at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic. Collusion with the Ottoman Empire, that is not non-existent.

Supplies to the Ottoman Empire were all nonsense, and the supplies were clearly exported to Persia. From the blockade of the Near East coastline by the Anti-Turkish Alliance, Anglo-Turkish trade was terminated.

Why did the materials flow to the Ottoman Empire, it was all sold to the Ottoman Empire by unscrupulous merchants for greedy profits.

Who exactly?

This is to ask the Persian government, the supplies are all flowing in from Persia, and there is no connection with the London government.

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Watching the wonderful performance of the British, Franz wanted to say very much: this is completely overthinking, and now they are busy controlling the plague, who has the time to fight?

With this kind of nonsense, there is nothing that can be done except to add a little obstruction to the British government and by the way to darken their international image.

If you really want to defeat Britain, it is not a simple rumor-mongering, you can do it.

There is no shortage of smart people in this world, and when you calm down, you will find that the "British conspiracy" is untenable.

There is no other reason, the main reason is that the "plague" is uncontrollable, and when killing people, there is never a distinction between the enemy and the enemy, whether high or low.

The European world is unlucky, and Britain is unlikely to be immune.

The present international situation, although somewhat discordant towards the British, is only a minor problem, far from the point where it is necessary to die together.

If it really starts to plunder, it is estimated that the Russians will suffer the lightest losses. The Ice and Snow Country has such a small benefit, and the virus breeds and spreads more slowly.

For details, you can refer to: a little mouse that crossed the road and froze to death in the middle of the road.

When the Black Death ravaged the continent, more than 200,000 people died in the Russian Empire, but compared to the 25 million in the European world, one in three Europeans saw God due to illness, which is still insignificant.

If the British were to be framed, it would be unless Austria could reconcile the contradictions of the European countries and offer enough lure of interest to make everyone think that the British had done it.

This is much more difficult than making everyone talk nonsense with their eyes open. Neither the elimination of contradictions between countries nor the coming up with sufficient benefits was something that Franz could do.

Since you can't die, it's better not to shoot. Just find something to do for the London government and let them obediently cooperate with the control of the epidemic.

It turns out that it is not for nothing that the plague is called the most lethal plague.

Even with the strictest anti-epidemic measures taken by the Vienna government, the plague came to its doorstep, and the first to be affected were Austrian soldiers stationed in the Near East.

From the time the first infected person was discovered, three hundred soldiers were infected in just one week, and the following week it swelled to two thousand.

This is still the result of the timely isolation of the epidemic and the spread of rat poison near the barracks, otherwise the number of infected people would not be more than that.

War Minister Fisraf: "This plague is very transmissible, and we are not infected in many people.

The Russian army, which was the first to discover the epidemic, is different, the number of infected people has reached 35,000, and this is only confirmed, and the actual number should be more.

The explosive power and lethality of the plague are also very amazing, from the onset of the disease to the death of the usual no more than a week, the fight is only a temporary life, and it may still recur later.

The symptoms are not much different from those of ordinary plague, they are nausea, retching, and fever.

The epidemic on our side has just appeared, and the mortality rate cannot be determined for the time being, but the mortality rate of infected people counted by the Russian army is as high as 13.2%!

There is no particularly good treatment, and the use of the best antibiotics can only reduce mortality and do not guarantee efficacy.

The War Department has ordered all units to be stationed in battalions to minimize the chance of infection. ”

The ratio of 13.2% made Franz's mood heavy all of a sudden.

Although this is the result of not being effectively treated, the proportion of deaths is still too high.

You must know that the Russian soldiers are all young and strong, and the resistance itself is the strongest. If it is replaced by the old, weak, sick and disabled, it is estimated that the mortality rate will be even more brutal.

After a little thought, Franz said slowly: "Reporting this mortality rate can be done artistically to appropriately exaggerate the lethality of the plague to other age groups."

A note was sent to the countries of Europe to inform them that we had identified the source of transmission of the Black Death as rats.

To curb the spread of the Black Death, we plan to deploy rodenticide over a large area in the Near East, requiring at least 400,000 tonnes of rodenticide. ”

I don't have to say that such a high mortality rate is not the "Black Death", then it must be determined that it is the "Black Death".

Only by scaring everyone will European countries go all out to produce rat poison and contribute money and efforts together to participate in the epidemic prevention work.

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St. Petersburg, the biggest victim of this plague, Alexander III is now crying without tears.

If he had known that there would be an outbreak of plague in the Near East, he ordered it in advance...... Oh, there's no way to leave, Aegis still has to be earned.

There is no doubt that in order to evade responsibility, the Russian military top brass tacitly concealed the number of infected people in the early days, and when the plague was first detected on official documents, the number of infected Russian soldiers was only 28.

The number of infected people who are concealed is only a temporary measure. So when it came to the back, it was added again, didn't the Austrians shout "Black Death", in order to reduce the responsibility, the Russian military top brass naturally followed suit.

Since it was the Black Death, it was normal for the rapid contagion rate and high mortality rate, and it was definitely not caused by everyone's dereliction of duty.

After the retouching data, in the hands of Alexander III, the severity of the problem increased significantly.

The time to detect the epidemic has been artificially cut in half.

In just over 20 days, the number of Russian soldiers who died due to the plague exceeded 3,000, and the number of infected people exceeded 50,000.

Anyone who sees such data will be terrified. Worse still, because of the migration of people, the epidemic is likely to be brought into the country.

Now Alexander III can only hope that Siberia is cold enough to freeze the virus to death, otherwise it will spread to the west of the empire, and it will be miserable.

"What do the Austrians say that we are relocating immigrants for them, and the Vienna government can't do without an explanation?"

Foreign Minister Oscar Jiménez replied: "The Vienna government has informed us about the progress of the virus research and they have come up with ways to reduce the mortality rate of infected people.

The antibiotics developed by the Royal Austrian Academy of Sciences are able to inhibit the virus to a certain extent.

Catch-up production is currently underway, and the Vienna government has pledged to provide us with 20,000 doses within the next month. ”

Alexander III frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's only so little, how can it be enough?"

Can't the Austrians offer a little more? It's really not good, we can buy it at our own expense! ”

Oscar Jimenez explained: "Your Majesty, there is currently no way for this drug to be produced industrially, it can only be made artificially in a laboratory.

The production is very small, the supply has always outstripped demand, and the price is higher than the same amount of gold. A dose of 20,000 servings is already a lot.

In fact, we also have laboratories in China that have obtained patent authorization, but unfortunately the production technology is too difficult, and only more than 1,000 doses can be produced per month. ”

The technology of making penicillin in the laboratory is not very difficult, and as soon as the product appears on the market, it will be quickly deciphered.

In order to maximize profits, Franz started patent licensing several years ago and established a monopoly alliance.

The people who got the authorization were the big people in various countries, and after getting the technology, they also joined the party to protect the patent.

In line with the principle that scarcity is precious, everyone tacitly exaggerated the technical difficulty and deliberately limited production capacity.

Of course, the Russian Empire was not necessarily limiting production capacity. After all, this thing is easy to say, and if you really make a qualified product in the laboratory, it is not something that anyone can do.

Generally speaking, the people who undertake this work are science and engineering students with strong hands-on ability. Talent in this area, the Russian Empire itself was seriously lacking.

The Vienna government promised to provide 20,000 doses, which were not all artificial. Otherwise, all the products made were given to the Russians, and they would not be able to use their own products.

The inability to carry out industrial production was a thing of the past, and after so many years, science and technology have advanced a lot.

Austria has been able to achieve mechanized production, but the products produced are defective, not only the defective rate is high, but the efficacy will also be reduced.

In order to ensure the price of the drug, the news of industrial production was naturally kept strictly confidential.

Even if someone finds out that the drug is not effective, they will only think that the production staff was careless and made a mistake in the operation.

The news that people in the industry don't know, and the layman doesn't know it even more. Listening to this explanation, Alexander III was moved to the core.

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