nucmednet Chapter 246: Defending against the Epidemic
Chapter 246: Defending against the Epidemic
The moment this thought flashed through his mind, King Li himself was shocked.
But if you remove the other wrong things, the remaining one, no matter how outrageous it is, is the truth.
But who on earth would do such a cruel thing!
After thinking about several neighboring countries, I feel that everyone has motives, but at the same time, I feel that no one has any reason to do so.
We have lived in peace for more than a hundred years, and there has been no news that any monarch has the ambition to dominate.
King Li thought again of their previous investigation into the rebel army. At the beginning, the rebel army was an organization called the Holy Bishop.
They attract followers to believe in the Holy Lord, and their belief is that in addition to being loyal to the Holy Lord, they should be their own masters.
Put your own happiness first and don't care about anything else.
Those who are loyal to the Holy Lord will also gain absolute freedom under the Holy Lord's protection.
With this purpose, it has attracted many believers.
Most of the believers are hooligans, lawless lunatics, or people who feel they have been treated unfairly and want revenge, as well as paranoid people, and some people who are desperate and have nowhere else to go...
With such a large number of believers, the Holy Bishop naturally caused a lot of trouble.
After it developed to a certain scale, it naturally attracted the attention of the locals and was suppressed by the King of Yue and local officials.
This church began to develop privately and secretly accumulated strength. Once it broke out, it quickly captured the King of Yue's palace, killed the officials in the King of Yue's fiefdom, and quickly took control of the King of Yue's fiefdom.
After that, he began to extort money everywhere, even from the common people and beggars.
Whatever you see, you must take it away.
Anyone who showed any resistance would be burned to death.
Even infants were not spared, and countless civilians were forced to join the rebellion, flee, or be killed.
Gradually, the situation arose where nine out of ten houses in the entire fiefdom of the King of Yue were empty.
Only those who surrendered to them and the women they abducted gathered in Dragon City.
Now, even those who were loyal to them have been abandoned.
It seems that the purpose of this rebellious army is to exterminate the Daxia people.
Thinking of this, King Li shouted outside, "Someone come! Bring me some writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone."
The servant guarding outside quickly brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Prince Li began to write letters to the emperor.
He wrote down his own speculations, the situation on the front line, and the chaotic situation of the army in the letter.
After writing it, he sealed it himself and shouted to the outside: "Someone, come! Eight hundred miles away! Deliver this letter to His Majesty as soon as possible."
"Yes." The subordinate who came in responded and said after taking the letter and saluting.
After his subordinates left, King Li called the palace steward and said, "Tell the palace officials and staff to discuss the matter in the study!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The butler replied.
"If the court doctor is done with his work, call him as well."
"Yes." The butler bowed and stepped out, going downstairs to make arrangements.
Soon, everyone gathered in the study, and King Li informed everyone of the news brought back by his confidant.
After several hours of discussion, orders were issued from Prince Li's Palace.
In the next few days, Zesheng County and its counties and towns began to collect medicinal materials to prevent the epidemic.
Part of it was quickly sent to the front line, and the other part was set up in a medicine shed at the city gate.
It is boiled at the city gate every day, and all the citizens and passers-by in the city have to come and collect it every day.
This series of actions by Zesheng County was seen by the shopkeeper Zhi of Daohuaxiang, and was reported back to the valley along with the news that was transmitted back to the valley every day.
At this time, a month had passed since the Gu family returned from Zesheng County.
On this morning, the Gu family and the people in the valley finished their morning exercise together.
The whole family, including Duan Shuhuan, Song Renjing and General Rong, gathered in the restaurant to eat.
Since the Gu family arranged for Manager Zhi to be appointed in Zesheng County, they have developed a new habit.
That is, when they were eating, the smart butler would report to them what had happened in Zesheng County the day before.
Since there are many people for breakfast, Duan Shuhuan can also listen to the news from the outside world.
This will save you from going out one day and not knowing the situation outside.
The main contents reported on weekdays were business matters, neighborhood gossip, and news from several shopkeepers urging for goods.
But today is different from the past, today's announcer is Zhisheng.
At first, the news was similar to the previous one. Suddenly, everyone heard: "...Since yesterday, a medicine distribution stand has been set up at the gate of Zesheng County. All the people in the city and passers-by must drink a bowl. Now the city is expected to have a shortage of rhubarb, white atractylodes... and other medicinal materials..."
"Zhisheng, do you know what disease it can prevent?" Old Master Gu interrupted anxiously.
The smart housekeepers did not disappoint. Zhisheng continued, "After testing, it should be used to prevent the plague."
In an instant, everyone at the table put down their chopsticks and became nervous.
"Why do we need to prevent the plague?"
"What on earth is going on?"
For a moment, everyone looked at each other.
Gu Fu was also a little surprised. There was no war or pathogens near Zesheng County. Could it be that the disease had spread from other places in the past month?
Before everyone could figure it out, Master Gu asked again: "Zhisheng, tell us more about the plague."
Zhisheng said: "Yes, old master. ..."
Then he repeated what he had just said, and finally said, "I have finished reporting on the plague!"
When the Gu family heard this, they knew that this was all the news they had about the epidemic.
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Mr. Gu waved his hand, and then Zhisheng continued to play out the rest of the news.
After finishing the report, he bowed and left.
Gu Dahe asked at this time: "Dad, what do you think about this matter? Should we go out and take a look?"
Mr. Gu thought for a moment and said, "We can't understand the truth of the matter just by the few words sent back, so we'd better not go out rashly.
Let Shopkeeper Zhi find out first, and then we can say anything else.
However, you can prepare some medicinal herbs in advance, like the rhubarb and white atractylodes that Zhisheng mentioned just now. Let's collect more of them recently.
There is also a recipe for treating the plague, you should study it recently, just in case you need it."
"Okay, Dad. I'll prepare these things after I finish my meal." Gu Dahe said.
Mr. Gu nodded and said, "Take whatever you can from the housekeeper at home and ask them to help you pick more."
"Okay, Dad." Gu Dahe responded.
"Grandpa, why don't we have a holiday from school today? We can take everyone in the valley to collect herbs together. This way it will be faster." Gu Ji suggested.
After thinking for a moment, Mr. Gu said, “Don’t alarm the people in the valley for now.
The mountains and forests are not necessarily safe for them. You should just focus on your studies.
Those who don’t have classes today and don’t have any special plans can go with us to collect herbs if they want to.”
"Yes, Grandpa." Everyone responded in unison.
Song Renjing said at this time: "Grandpa, can you let Shopkeeper Zhi go to Prince Li's Mansion to inquire about the news?
When I left, I told the prince that if he had any letter for me, he could give it to Manager Zhi.
I think if I ask Manager Zhi to get some information, he might be able to meet King Li."