"Transition Zone?" There was a faint hint of doubt on the faces of the people around him.

Yan Chengming, who was on the side, opened his mouth to explain: "Today's city is only divided into two districts, east and west, if the people in the eastern district who go to the western district have the epidemic on their bodies but do not attack in the eastern district, but only after going to the western district, it will cause very serious consequences." But if a transitional zone is created in the middle of the eastern and western districts, so that the people who are about to enter the western district can stay in the transitional zone for a few days, the possibility of infected people entering the western district will be reduced......"

Hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads, looking at Yan Chengming standing in a regular manner or the same as before, as if he didn't say what he said just now, and couldn't help but nod again in their hearts.

Cui Shangshu touched his beard and nodded, "This method is quite good, but even so, those victims in the Western District still want to get out of the city, and they have not dispelled the idea of those people." ”

"Why should we discourage them, and instead of putting them all desperate and desperate within these walls, why not give them some hope? If there is a glimmer of hope, even those who remain in the city will wait patiently. The prince said lightly, he didn't know what these methods of disaster relief and treatment of the epidemic, but he knew one thing, that is, what these disaster victims in the city needed most now.

It was not the two taels of silver, nor the daily rations, but the hope of getting out of the city alive.

Wish?

After listening to the prince's words, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what the "hope" in the prince's words meant.

"How does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plan to give hope to these people?" Looking at the expression on the prince's face in front of him, as well as the doubts on everyone's faces, Cui Shangshu couldn't help but ask.

The prince did not answer his question, but looked at Yan Chengming, who was standing beside him, and nodded slightly.

"How many people are gathered in this western part now?" Yan Chengming suddenly asked, Cui Shangshu hadn't reacted for a while, and after reacting, Li Man opened his mouth and said the data.

"As of yesterday, there are about 25,000 people in the west."

Cui Shangshu is still very clear about this data.

"And what about the East End?" Yan Chengming continued to ask.

Hearing Yan Chengming ask about the Eastern District, Cui Shangshu's face showed a trace of embarrassment, "The number of people in the Eastern District is not very good to count, and people have been dying from the epidemic in the past two days......"

The local officials who were in this council hall at this time couldn't help but quietly wipe away their tears, and the squires who were temporarily brought over to preside over were even more tearful.

This Chenjiang Town is a big town, with a population of more than 60,000, and now this site is moving, not only countless people have been buried in the ground, but even the epidemic has taken the lives of many people, and the population has been directly lost by more than half.

Those are all living people, and they are just gone......

Listening to the faint cries of those local officials and squires, the atmosphere in the entire council hall was depressed for a while.

The prince couldn't help but be a little moved, but he still spoke: "I also asked the imperial doctor yesterday, this epidemic except for the first batch of patients, the incubation period is about half a month, from the time of the discovery of this epidemic to now has been a few days, those who first arrived in the eastern district have not become ill, why not take some people from among them to circle a place outside the city for them to live temporarily, so that the people can also be appeased, so that after the incubation period, those people in the western district can be released." ”

Originally, as long as the incubation period passed, they could be released from the city, and the officials thought the same, but this place is so close to the capital, just in case, all the people can only be left in the city and not ready to be released, so this situation will become more and more tense.

Although this idea is indeed good, it is still a little naïve, "There are more than 20,000 people in the western part of the city, how can His Highness select these 100 people to send out of the city?" I am afraid that the people who are not chosen will be resentful, and the situation will be even worse at that time. ”

"Yes, it is true that there is no shortage but inequality, so no matter how we choose, it will not be convincing." The prince nodded, and said somewhat calmly.

"Then what is Your Highness going to do?"

A smile appeared on the corner of the prince's mouth, he glanced at the officials around him, and said two words: "Draw lots." ”

Drawing?

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard these two words, but if you think about it, this lottery is a good idea.

No matter how they choose, those victims will not be convinced, but the lottery is different, the lottery decides to go out of the city, leave their fate to God, let the will of God decide, and those who are not selected have no reason to complain.

While this approach is possible, there are still a lot of details that need to be discussed.

A local official looked at the prince in front of him, thinking back to the method that the prince said just now, and couldn't help but speak: "Then if the lottery is drawn, how should the order of the lottery be decided?" These tens of thousands of people draw lots, in different order, naturally it will be unfair, and these tens of thousands of people draw lots together, although they are all in the western district, divided into some areas, to prevent them from walking around and coming into contact with those sources of infection, but it is inevitable that some people are infected with the epidemic and have not yet attacked, if they are all together, it will inevitably increase the number of sick people......"

Regarding the worries expressed by the officials in front of him, the prince still recognized the second half of what he said, and gathering all the people of the Western District together to draw lots would inevitably increase the possibility of contracting the epidemic.

"It's really a bit inappropriate for everyone to gather together for a lottery, Lord Chen, how many areas are the people gathered in the West District divided?"

"There are about 5,000 people in each area, and the 5,000 or so victims have been divided into teams, and they have also been divided into groups to facilitate management."

"How many people are in that group?" The prince asked.

For these officials who do practical things, they are indeed more experienced than him, a newcomer, who was originally a messy victim, but after such a grouping, they are suddenly much more tidy, and it is more convenient to manage.

It's just that the victims have just experienced the earth movement and witnessed the people around them dying one by one after being infected with the epidemic, and their emotions are very desperate and excited, which still brings some difficulties to management.

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