With the strong support of Zhu Cihong, the official and non-governmental forces of Linqing City began to be integrated.

Subsequently, the guards wearing thick cotton isolation gowns wearing silk scarves and masks quickly dispatched to isolate all those who might be infected.

At this time, Chen Weidao's deliberate intention of only infecting the Royal Guards Legion had the opposite effect.

In the face of the strict military discipline of the Royal Guard, no one would resist, and the quarantine went exceptionally well.

It's a pity that the spread in the early stage has always been spread. The city began to be plagued from time to time.

When the fear of contagion spread throughout the city, Zhu Cihong did not shy away from the hardships and insisted on seeing the case with his own eyes.

When Zhu Cihong found that the patients were basically fever, severe toxemia symptoms, swollen lymph nodes, pneumonia, and bleeding tendency, he was prepared.

Zhu Cihong immediately thought of the Black Death, that is, the plague, that broke out in Europe not far away at the same time.

At this time, the performance of Wu Youke, a plague expert in the Ming Dynasty, was particularly eye-catching.

Wu Youke's real name is Wu Youxing, and Zhu Cihong treats him very politely and always calls Wu Youke. Wu Youxing was extremely experienced in dealing with plagues, and the books he collected and compiled into books alone included acute infectious diseases such as hair disease, big head plague, shrimp membrane plague, melon plague, pimple plague, malaria, dysentery, etc., and he clearly pointed out that these diseases were not caused by the evil spirits of the six prostitutions, but by the unhealthy tendencies of the four seasons.

In other words, Wu Youke believed that the plague was transmitted through the air to some extent. Zhu Cihong listened and added, saying that this may be the transmission of droplets from the patient's mouth, that is, the transmission of respiratory tract infections through respiratory droplets. Through breathing, talking, coughing, etc. It spreads by means of droplet formation. This is also the result of the infection of the guards and the spread to the whole army and the whole city.

Wu Youke was not convinced at first. But when I think about it, I can't help but be amazed. For this reason, Zhu Cihong explained the other three infection paths in a row. First and foremost is rat flea bites. Transmitted by rat fleas. In fact, rat-flea bites are the most important route of transmission, first in rodents, then on fleas, and finally in humans. When Zhu Cihong said this, Wu Youke no longer hurriedly refuted, but waited for Zhu Cihong to continue his discussion.

In addition, Zhu also proposed that it can be transmitted through skin infection, such as eating the skin and flesh of diseased rodents, or directly contacting the pus, blood or sputum of patients, and becoming infected through skin wounds. Speaking of which. Wu Youke already believed in three points. He has seen many patients who have been infected by the funeral of their relatives.

When he got here, when Zhu Cihong proposed to eat something like undercooked rat meat and get infected, Wu Youke had to believe it.

After a shock in his heart, as a doctor, Wu Youke became excited again: "The plague can be calmed!" ”

Dealing with the plague is like fighting a war with a fellow army, knowing that oneself and the other will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Knowing the path of infection, it is much easier to get things started.

The first is to cull rats. The whole city is cleaned, and the whole city is bathed.

In this regard, Zhu Cihong even offered a reward of 100 yuan for a rat's tail. Taking advantage of Linqing's advantage as the entire northern cotton spinning market, tens of thousands of sets of new clothes were purchased. Only one household needs to be cleaned. It was sold at half price.

For a while, the people of the whole city were boiling.

Those who kill rats kill rats, and those who bathe and catch fleas catch fleas. Under the threat of death from the plague and the temptation of new clothes and copper coins. They were stirred up by Zhu Cihong's order.

For this reason, even the danger of the plague is not afraid. Zhao Shiyao, who insisted on coming to Linqing to visit Zhu Cihong, was excited. Taking advantage of such an opportunity, the money bank business of Hengxin Commercial Bank suddenly became hot. Because. Hengxin silver tickets are used for half-price purchases, and bearer silver tickets with a face value of 100 wen and one tael have actually appeared at a premium of considerable scale. provoked Zhao Shiyao and Zhu Cihong just now, you and me, and immediately put into business within a few days.

As for a few Hengxin affiliated merchants who came over, they also made a fortune unexpectedly.

There was a merchant surnamed Wang who transported 16 large ships of coal from Henan, thinking that he could enter Beijing to make a fortune in the cold weather. As a result, there was a war and it was delayed in Linqing. After learning that he had to eat cooked food and boil water for disinfection, the city's fuel demand increased greatly, and he immediately made the king merchant make a fortune.

As for those who produce masks, clothes and hats, they have happily accepted large orders.

Subsequently, Wu Youke delved into formulas such as Dayuan Drink and Three-Elimination Drink, showing people the method of dividing profits and eliminating them in an attempt to control the epidemic.

Finally, when the landfill received 80,000 rat tails, the spread of the plague went down. When the time slipped to March of the sixteenth year, there had been no new plague in Linqing City for ten days. Although, at the cost, the death toll in the city has climbed to 2,649.

For this number, Wu Youke and Yang Wenyue both looked like they had seen a miracle. Indeed, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Qing Dynasty.

It was precisely because he felt that this was a great miracle that Yang Wenyue's usual trust in Zhu Cihong came out again: "Your Highness, didn't you prepare early in the morning, and felt that you could control the plague, so you released the Qing army and let them clear the Qufu Kong family, right?" ”

But Zhu Cihong didn't have this thought at all: "How have I ever been afraid of the enemy? I have never been afraid of Yang Chuansheng Zhongquan, Liu Zeqing is the marquis, I have never looked up to it. Died at the hands of the Qing army, not at the hands of the national law, which is a pity for me. ”

Zhu Cihong sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, and watched the carriage stop steadily in the military hospital.

"Your Highness, it's here." Ning Wei said softly.

Zhu Cihong nodded and walked into the military hospital with Yang Wenyue.

Watching Zhu Cihong walk into the military hospital, Yang Wenyue's original suspicions quietly dissolved: "His Royal Highness himself is in Linqing City, and in the face of the plague, he will not avoid hardships and dangers. Besides, even the soldiers in the guard battalion have been recruited. His Highness himself must know it...... No one is absolutely immune to infection by the plague. In that case, how can His Highness possibly ...... Do this kind of thing? ”

Thinking of this, Yang Wenyue sighed even more: "Your Highness can quell the plague and get through this difficulty, this is the real big difficulty." ”

Quietly walking into the military hospital, Yang Wenyue watched Hu Bo happily pull Wu Youke out, and said, "Your Highness, you can be sure." The plague has been pacified! ”

"Really?" When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "Is there anything wrong in the city?" What about the officers and men in the army? Can I fight? ”

"It's all right! This ensures that the plague does not affect the military! Wu Youke said firmly.

"Great, great!" Zhu Cihong laughed and said: "Jiannu, never imagined! Ahem......"

Hearing Zhu Cihong coughing, Yang Wenyue, Wu Youneng and Hu Bo all changed color. (To be continued.) )

PS: Carvin...... I have written until now, I haven't eaten lunch, alas