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As the news of the end of the war spread, the whole world rejoiced.

After all, when the war is over, it means that your family can come back from the front line, instead of continuing to risk your life to fight. Not to mention that many things need to be restricted during the war, such as daily necessities, if it is only for a short time, maybe those civilians have no opinion, but after four consecutive years...

I'm afraid there will be opinions on whoever it is, and the stronger opinion is undoubtedly on the side of the Allies...

It's just that...

In a world of jubilation, the Chinese side seems to be a little complicated.

The war is over, and the Chinese people are naturally very happy, because it means that the expeditionary force can finally return from Europe, and they don't have to continue to shed blood for those hellish whites, and similarly, when the war is over, the government's spending will be reduced, in other words, the government will not need to levy new taxes―――――― although Yan Shao and the people have donated almost 1.7 billion Chinese yuan, but in fact...

According to some commentators, 1.7 billion may seem like a lot, but in reality it may not be enough. This can be seen from the British point of view, a world war that lasted for four years, Britain actually went from the United States before the war to 400 million pounds owed him, to the United States 800 million pounds, twelve divided by four, that is, three, 300 million a year...

This does not take into account other normal expenses, after all, Britain cannot always owe money, and has never paid for it, so it is not impossible to spend four or five billion dollars a year.

In the past, the reason why the Chinese government had less financial pressure was because the expeditionary force was only 6 or 700,000 yuan, not to mention that the British side also provided almost 400 million Chinese dollars in aid, plus the Chinese government itself subsidized a little bit, the pressure was there, but it was certainly not as great as the British one.

Now, Britain and the United States and other countries have cut off their aid, even if they will still provide ammunition and other logistics for the expeditionary force, but the finances of the national government have suddenly become huge―――――― not to mention the expeditionary forces in Europe. And more than 100,000 troops in the Middle East, even if the Turks are soft persimmons, it is impossible to defeat the other side without firing a shot...

Add to that the huge expenses required for the westward expansion strategy, as well as the resettlement and construction costs of the migrants...

1.7 billion may seem like a lot, but it may only take one to two years for the government to spend it cleanly...

And when the money is spent, there is no doubt about it. The government is definitely going to raise taxes...

Although the support rate of the Chinese people for the government is very high at this time, and they understand the government's position very well, and they also support the government's westward expansion strategy, even if the government does raise taxes, I believe that there will not be too many Chinese people who oppose it, but if ―――――― can not raise taxes. Naturally, it's better not to raise taxes ...

Now that the war is over, there is no need for tax increases.

On the other hand, with the end of the war, Britain, France and other countries seem to be able to solve the problem of Soviet Russia with all their might. If they really let them get rid of Soviet Russia, at that time, I am afraid that the pressure on China will become very great...

The war has reached this point, and perhaps Germany still has the ability to fight. But there was no hope of fighting―――――― of course, from the beginning of the war until now, Germany itself has not been invaded by war, and its battle line has always been firmly established in the territory of the Allies, including northern France.

But in reality?

After the United States entered the war, Germany's fate was already determined.

Even if they continued to fight, it would be impossible to defeat the Entente. What's more, in addition to the United States, in this world, the Entente countries also have such a strong helper as China...

So. Since you can't win, then don't plan at all. Anyway, although the situation in Germany is bad now, it is not without the strength of the war, and the Germans naively think that even if they sign an armistice with the Allies, they will at least get some spoils of war in the end, instead of ―――――― rather than a simple defeated treaty...

Of course, the harsh reality. But a profound lesson for these naïve Germans ...

But this is not important, on the other hand, there is another reason why the war ended so quickly, and that reason is a large-scale influenza epidemic that began to spread around the world in early 1918...

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August 1918. At this time, Germany had not yet surrendered, and the world was still burning in the flames of war.

On the Western Front in Europe, the armies of the Allies and the Central Powers were still facing off, while on the Eastern Front, German armies had already begun to attack Russia itself. In the case of the Entente in the north, and at the same time Denikin and Kolchak in the south and east, the new Soviet Russian regime can be regarded as precarious, and this is not counting the Cai Yi, who is moving north along the railway line...

However, just when these countries were fighting each other for their own interests, in Plymouth Harbour, England, a large number of British people were waiting for them, even if the sun was scorching on their heads, but these people's faces were still full of solemn expressions...

As long as someone observes carefully, it can be seen that at this moment, in addition to the police, the most people in the port are medical personnel, compared with the others, there are many less...

The oppressive atmosphere on the dock can be felt even by children, and the silence of these people makes the people on the dock involuntarily avoid them.

I don't know how long it was, but someone in the crowd suddenly shouted. "They've arrived, they've arrived!"

Hearing this, the crowd suddenly stirred, and about a minute later, I saw that at the end of the horizon, a freighter was heading towards the dock at a fast degree...

However, although the ship has arrived, the people at the dock have not only breathed a sigh of relief, but even showed an expression of facing a great enemy, and some medical staff have begun to wear masks and other tools before the ship has docked...

After the ship docked at the dock with some difficulty, a large number of medical personnel quickly boarded the freighter. It's just that when they boarded the freighter, although they had already been mentally prepared, they were still stunned by the scene in front of them...

On the deck of the freighter, dozens of crew members were lying on the deck weakly, and only a few seemed to be in good health. And at the end of the overtime, a layer of white cloth is covering something. Although the medical staff who boarded the ship did not see it very clearly, their past experience gave them an idea of what was covered under the white cloth...

"Move the patient off the boat first...", the people who were on the boat seemed to be stunned, and one of the doctors ordered in amazement.

With him spoke. Everyone else seemed to reflect the same, and one by one they rushed up, and soon, a large number of patients were carried onto stretchers by medical staff, and then one by one they were carried off the freighter. As for the relatively healthy crew members, they were temporarily isolated by the medical staff...

This is a freighter from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and the destination is naturally the United Kingdom. It was supposed to be a relatively mundane trip. Who knew that something like this happened on the way...

According to post-mortem statistics, about 75 per cent of the ship's crew were infected and another 7 per cent died before the ship arrived at its destination, which means that during the six months that the ship left Sierra Leone. At least 82% of the crew members are infected, none are infected, and only 18% are still healthy...

And at the same time that this ship was docking, there were many other ships above the sea that had similar things...

This terrible virus, although it does not yet have a unified name, has spread all over the world.

It should be noted that this terrible virus actually appeared as early as March and April. This is the first wave of the virus. The first recorded wave of influenza occurred on March 4, 1918, at a military camp in Kansas, USA, but the symptoms at that time were only headaches, high fever, muscle aches, and loss of appetite, and the actual mortality rate was not very high.

Then in April, the flu also broke out in France, which was in the midst of World War I, and in March, China, Spain in May, and the United Kingdom in June, also became ill, but none of them were severe.

One of the more special ones is China, in fact, the first wave of these viruses is not particularly strict, and the real fatal is the second wave. That is, the subsequent wave. However, at this time, China is much stronger than China in history, especially medical treatment, etc., Western hospitals are not uncommon in China, and traditional Chinese medicine clinics are even more common...

In fact, even without the Yan Shao factor, the mortality rate in China is not particularly high in history.

Historically, India has had the highest mortality rate (why does it feel like a given?). ), in the period from 1918 to 1919. India has lost 12.5 million deaths, almost to a terrifying level of about 4,000 per 100,000 people.

In Taiwan, under Japanese rule, there were more than 44,000 people, or 1,200 per 100,000 people. As for mainland Japan and other regions, it is 400 per 100,000 people.

And in North America. Both the United States and Canada are 500 per 100,000 people, especially in the United States. The second wave of influenza is different from the influenza in the past, and the mortality rate is particularly high in the young adult group aged 2o~35 years old, and its symptoms include high fever and headache, as well as blue face and coughing up blood; Influenza often leads to complications and deaths, with pneumonia being the most common. Many cities have restricted public access to public places, with cinemas, dance halls, sports venues and more being closed for more than a year. January of the same year was the darkest month in American history, when 20,000 Americans died, and the average life expectancy in the United States in 1918 was 12 years less than usual.

Mexico is even worse than the United States, with more than 3 million deaths and 2,300 per 100,000 people. In South America, Chile has 1,100 and Brazil has 600. As for Europe, the largest number is Italy, with 1,100 (why does it still feel like a matter of course?). In fact, it is France, about 830 people, and more than 600 people in England, and in other countries, it is mostly 4 or 500 people...

Africa is relatively difficult to count, but there are more than 2,200 in South Africa and 3,500 in Madagascar...

As for China...

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In Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, trucks are driving on the streets, and several grassroots workers are sitting in the driver's seat of the trucks. Almost every time it drove past a building, the truck paused for a moment, and then the workers could be seen shouting loudly from below, using a loudspeaker rolled in tin sheets.

"In order to prevent the epidemic virus, the government is putting relevant items, please stay at home and do not come out, and wait for the staff to go upstairs to divide things..."

After shouting two or three times in a row, it seemed to be about the same, and the staff gasped. Then he took a kettle from his companion's hand. After shouting for a day, they could be said to be almost hoarse.

But it can't be helped, who calls work like this, even if they shout hoarse, they have to do their work well.

Now that the residents upstairs have been alerted, it is natural that the next step is to divide the work, and soon all the people in the car will come down. Then, in addition to the driver who stayed on the truck to look at things, the other four staff members were holding cardboard boxes, starting from the first floor, knocking on doors door to door...

It is different from the previous life when ordinary people were completely uninterested in current affairs, and even did not know the difference between Chinese and Japanese. This era, thanks to the exhibition of China. Even the people's interest in the world has become stronger, and of course, the Chinese people will not be unaware of the outbreak of this large-scale influenza virus that has affected almost the whole world.

It's just that...

As mentioned earlier, although the virus began to spread in China in March, the first wave of the virus was not very deadly, and even the government's attention to it was very insufficient. Wait until the government reacts. The virus has become more deadly―――――― of course, this lethality cannot reach the same level as Ebola in later generations, but for people in this era, it is already very strict to have such a high fatality process...

Fortunately, China in this era is different from the one in the previous life, the country has completed substantial unification, and the local warlords no longer exist. At the same time, the increase in national strength has also made the average life expectancy of Chinese people soar from more than 3o years old during the Xinhai Revolution to 55 years old.

There will be such a big shift. Of course, it is not only because of the improvement of medical conditions, but more importantly, with the unification and stability of the country, the probability of Chinese people dying is greatly reduced.

And this is one of the reasons why the Chinese people are extremely supportive of the national government...

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Due to having a strong government. Therefore, although it was a little sluggish earlier, after reacting to it, the action of the national government was extremely fast, even faster than that of European and American countries―――――― of course. This also has a lot to do with the fact that the national government has a relatively efficient system and a relatively young structure.

No matter how much others criticize the system of the national government, the fact is that when it encounters a sudden situation, the national government reacts very quickly, and it is also extremely decisive when making many decisions...

At such an age――――――, it is almost impossible to set up many hospitals to meet the needs of the people with private capital alone, so the government, like other parties, has a deep shadow in this.

It's just that although it is a national hospital, there is no difference between a hospital and a private hospital in other aspects, and there is no need to talk about free medical care. After all, even in the later generations, only a few countries can do this kind of thing, let alone in such an era.

Especially now that the financial support of the national government is very large, and it is running a deficit almost every year, let alone free medical care. But even so, with a relatively low price, it still brings many benefits to ordinary people―――――― hospitals in this era are relatively conscientious.

With the support of the state, the actions of these hospitals have become even stronger. Despite the large number of patients due to the influenza virus, the hospital has vacated a large number of wards, and even with the help of the government, some simple rooms have been placed in some vacant lots around the hospital for patients to live in...

At this time, there was no antibiotic, that is, the so-called penicillin, so even the hospital did not have a particularly good way to deal with this kind of influenza, so it could only use some more traditional methods, etc., but even so, the good environment still effectively alleviated the symptoms of many patients, so that the mortality rate was greatly reduced...

However, it is certainly not enough to cure, and sufficient preventive measures are also needed, which requires the cooperation of the grassroots level.

Therefore, when the hospital sent a large number of patients to the ward for treatment, the grassroots of the government also began to drive cars, donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages or other vehicles to take out some of the things in the stock of the surrounding hospitals and release them for free.

In fact, this kind of thing is not a great thing, after all, with the current financial conditions of the government, it is impossible to provide too expensive things―――――― don't look at the national government just got 1.7 billion, but don't forget that there are almost 500 million people in this era, even if everyone invests a dollar, it is almost 500 million yuan, if it is more...

These 1.7 billion, Cai Ye and they don't have to count on it...

And from the point of view of a ruler, which is more important, flu prevention or Siberia......... It's hard for others to say, but Yan Shao will definitely choose the latter...