Chapter 176: Aftermath Again in the Aftermath of the Catastrophe: Cholera
"What Mr. Xu said is very true, Hu really hasn't arrived, but Zhang County is also the same as my Lanting, located in the river valley, and it has rained a lot during this time, I am afraid that even if the situation in Zhang County is better than my Lanting, it is not much better. However, Yun County, the terrain is higher, so there should not be much difficulty. Hu Junwei couldn't help rubbing his hands and said happily.
For example, there is a large village and town in the southeast and southeast of Xishan, where there are hundreds of households, and there are two well-known landlords who want to have grain in stock.
Time was pressing, so he did what he said, and a vote of officials rushed out to arrange manpower. Fortunately, after a day, the people staying on the West Mountain were no longer panicked, and they all began to act in accordance with the government's instructions.
Soon, they started to choose a sloping position, started to set up scaffolding, and then began to drive thick logs into the hillside. There was a lot of bustle here, and dozens of patients with fever and cold were carefully transferred from the city wall to the raft with hanging baskets, and began to set off towards the west side of the mountain again.
Then, the county guard Hu told the county guards the news from this side, and asked them to remember to preach the plan of building a bridge on our side when they went to pick up people again, and hoped that the city would be more patient.
When the raft returned to Lanting City, it didn't take much effort to hear the enthusiastic cheers on the city wall, which made Duan Shaojun and the others breathe a sigh of air. And the construction of the pontoon bridge began to unfold vigorously.
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Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Xuan, who was far away from Beijing for the first time to go to Jiangnan, had never seen the power of nature. And this time. In Rantei. I really saw everything I should see. Even yesterday at noon, I lost my appetite in fright, and when it was dusk, I finally tasted the first hunger in my life.
Then I ate the first meal of rice porridge without any food, and then slept on the floor all night. Fortunately, the rest was back to his own shed, and a guard brought fur and blankets to cushion, otherwise His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who likes to recognize the bed, really doesn't know if he can survive the night.
But as soon as I turned my head, my body couldn't support it anymore, and I still knew a fart bed. A straight sleep through the sky. This made Li Xuan very happy, as if he had never slept so deeply since he turned fourteen.
In this regard, Li Xuan was both happy and worried, and after being seen by Duan Shaojun, he asked curiously, but was not lightly affected by Li Xuan's explanation.
"It feels good to be able to sleep until dawn, and when I go back, I will definitely rest according to the arrangement I made last night." Li Xuan finally concluded triumphantly.
Duan Shaojun stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, looking at this prince with a small face, he sighed. "I said Brother Xian. You are recognizing the bed, it is clearly a lack of activity. ”
"Lack of activity?" Li Xuan stared at Duan Shaojun with a surprised expression, very surprised. "Little brother, I'm very busy every day."
"Why are you busy? I'm afraid it's when I'm at home. You can't walk a thousand steps in a day, right? Duan Shaojun looked up and down at this guy, the dry monkey didn't have two taels of meat, and that little face was a little meaty. Walking lightly, Duan Shaojun remembers very clearly, when he was busy today, this guy was afraid that he would walk the road, and he was so tired that he almost stuck out his tongue, which shows how poor his physical strength is.
"A thousand steps......" Li Xuan grinned and thought for a long time, a little embarrassed to stroke his brows. It's really rare. ”
"It's not very little, it's not at all, just your small body, if you don't exercise, you naturally can't eat, and if you don't eat well, you will naturally not sleep well. Like Brother Simon, you should have seen it, right? On his side, he is alive and kicking all day, it is not a problem to move a few hundred pounds of heavy objects, and it is trivial to fight rice for a meal, as long as he can lie down, he can snore like thunder without a cup of tea......"
Hearing Duan Shaojun compare himself with the evil guy of Ximen Dongliang, Li Xuan's face suddenly turned black. "Brother Tai, can I compare with Brother Simon?"
"Of course it can't be compared, but it's time for you to exercise, walk five miles every day, and make sure you can't recognize the bed every day. Otherwise, just your small body that will fall down in the wind, tsk......tt" Duan Shaojun patted Li Xuan's shoulder, with the face of a division commander.
"Five miles...... Then I don't have to die of exhaustion, that's not going to work. "His Royal Highness, who has been pampered since childhood, shook his head three points faster than a drum.
"Then you will walk two miles first, it should be about the same, and then you will gradually increase the weight when you feel that you still have strength, you don't need me to teach you, right? Juvenile. Don't forget, you can't sleep well, it's a day without energy, and walking more is just a little tired. Duan Shaojun said earnestly.
"Thank you brother Tai for mentioning it, my little brother knows, from today onwards, I will walk at least two miles every day, no, three miles. Did you hear that? Li Xuan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and then subconsciously commanded the people around him.
"Don't worry, I will remind you." Xu Shizong didn't dare to slack off, and quickly replied in a low voice.
Then he also gave Duan Shaojun a deep salute. "Thank you Duan Gongzi for relieving my father-in-law's insomnia."
"It's okay, it's just a trivial matter, not enough to worry about." Duan Shaojun waved his hand and said goodbye, and decided to go back to the shed to take a nap and make up for sleep.
This night, I slept until the afternoon, and then I was woken up by a senior brother, saying that there was good news. The two gentry in the village southeast of Xishan got the news and immediately began to raise grain, and it was expected that the whole village would be able to raise five or six hundred stone of grain.
Although it is not much, it is enough for everyone in Lanting City to support it for two more days. This lifted everyone's spirits, and the people worked harder to build the pontoons, and by dusk the stakes were already stretched thirty feet in the water.
Shizun has been guarding here, although he is not a supervisor, but with such a great god squatting here, how dare those officials and soldiers not do their best. The people also hope that the pontoon bridge will be opened as soon as possible, and the relatives who have not yet come over will be brought to Xishan, which will be much safer than the lonely city floating in the flood.
stayed until the night, unable to withstand the hard persuasion of a vote of disciples, and dreamed of the abbot to go back to the shed to rest. And the project has not stopped, even if it is late at night, relying on the torches and the moonlight, continue to knock on the wooden stakes, the sound of trumpets one after another, and the reverse Duan Shaojun feels like a scene of torches and steel in the fifties and sixties in film and television.
Every time you move forward, you have to pay hard work, but every time you stretch it, you feel that you want to go further.
When it was close to the early morning, it was less than twenty zhang away from the city wall of Nalanting City, which caused the people on the city wall to cheer and cheer.
"Master, why are you here too? Why don't you sleep more. Duan Shaojun yawned and just came to the pontoon, when he heard hurried footsteps from behind him, and when he turned around, he saw the abbot of Mengfu walking quickly.
"I can't sleep, so I came over to take a look, it seems that I wasn't busy all night last night, and I am already so close to Lanting City." The abbot of the dream also yawned a lot ungracefully, rubbed his eyes, and said happily.
"At most, there will be one or two hours left, and we will be able to reach the Lanting City, and the disciple has already greeted Hu Junwei and sent someone to call the city to ask them to find some wooden ladders to come over so that people can come down from the city wall."
"Or you're thinking about it." Abbot Squinted and looked ahead, nodding in satisfaction. "Now, with an extra 600 stone of grain, you can at least keep it worry-free for one or two more days. Now that the pontoon bridge has been built, the people in the city can at least be down-to-earth and feel at ease as teachers. ”
When the first citizen crossed the pontoon bridge and fell on the solid soil of the West Mountain in tears, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After that, more and more people who were trapped on the walls of Lanting City walked onto the pontoon bridge, and then walked up the west mountain along the bridge deck.
Although it was only less than 50,000 people, in order to ensure the safety of the pontoon bridge and the people, the people on the pontoon bridge could only walk in a row. It took a day to complete the Great Transfer.
And in the afternoon, the people on Lanting City had not all left, and at this time, after the news that Lanting City was located in the east near the water gate in the middle and collapsed a section of the city wall about 20 zhang long, everyone was even more fortunate to grow a breath of air.
can only be used to describe the mood of everyone at this moment. The abbot of the dream folded his hands together, and prayed again and again for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, and Duan Shaojun pouted wildly, it was clearly your apprentice and I who came up with the idea to save everyone's lives, okay? Looking at you like this, it's as if those gods and Buddhas gave you the idea.
Otherwise, if you complain, you can only make it in your heart, after all, dreams are masters, and you can't afford to provoke the characters.
The arrival of a large number of people forced the people who had been tired of continuous work to continue to work hard to build straw huts and continue to work hard for these people to have a place to live.
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It wasn't until everyone arrived safely that the abbot returned to his residence satisfied, but he had just taken a few sips of the porridge bowl, and a piece of news made the abbot and Duan Shaojun jump up.
The bad news came from Camp Seven in the northwest corner that a family of six had vomited and diarrhea among the people who had come down from the city walls.
When the county guard at the camp heard the news, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to report it.
Vomiting and diarrhea, this condition, in general, is a symptom of cholera. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infectious disease caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It is an infectious disease that is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate.
Duan Shaojun's face suddenly darkened. "How did they get infected? Is there no one who tells them not to drink raw water or eat raw food? ”
"Duan Gongzi, I have inquired, because I was too thirsty at that time, and on the city wall, could it be that many people drank the rainwater directly by cooking." Rushing over to report to the small colonel made Duan Shaojun's angry shouts startled, and quickly explained. (To be continued......)