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Jumping out to defend the Ottoman government at this time is easy to get burned. If you are accused of being an Ottoman spy, it will be fatal.

Even experts and scholars who have always been irresponsible and like to be unconventional do not dare to jump out and confront public opinion at this time.

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In London, the angry Prime Minister Gladstone tore up the newspaper in his hand again. This was the nth newspaper he had destroyed in the recent period.

It's nothing more than to touch the Ottoman Empire in the dark. Once the man-made plague comes out, it will be impossible for the perished Ottoman Empire to be whitewashed.

Anyway, the country is dead, and it doesn't hurt to be labeled as a black death conspirator.

But as time went by, public opinion gradually went astray. First, the Austrian daily "Britain's Disgraceful Role in the Near East War".

It was introduced in detail that the British contributed money and efforts to the Ottoman Empire in the Near East War, accusing the British government of covering up the "remnants" of Ottoman after the war.

This is not a problem in normal times, and there is a high-sounding saying "political asylum".It's a pity that the time is wrong now, and the "artificial plague" happened.

It’s not that the British people are so international-spirited. The main reason is that the “plague” is too lethal and contagious. Once it spreads, everyone may become a victim.

Naturally, he hated the guy who created the "plague" and threatened everyone's life.Hearing that the British government is protecting these guys, the people are naturally angry.

This problem is difficult to solve. If the people are handed over, where will the face of the London government be put?

The opposition party will not let go of this opportunity, and Prime Minister Gladstone does not want to step down with infamy.

In desperation, Gladstone had to order the arrest of several high-level Ottomans who had already shown up and hand them over to the judiciary to appease the public anger.

However, this is just the beginning.Perhaps there are too many conspiracies, and the image has been deeply ingrained. European media always like to associate them with conspiracy theories.

This has not just solved the problem of covering up the "Ottoman remnants", and there is another "British Conspiracy", to be exact, not one, but many.

Among the mainstream European media, more than half of the newspapers have linked the British government with this "artificial plague incident".

"The British Conspiracy" is only the sharpest style of writing, speculating on the British government with the greatest malice, boldly speculating: the British government and the Ottomans colluded and jointly planned this "human plague".

The reason is: the British Isles are separated by straits, which is conducive to blocking the spread of the plague; once the "Black Death" in the Middle Ages reappears in the European continent, Britain will become the hegemony of the European continent without bloodshed.

In return, the London government will support the restoration of the Ottomans.This is the only chance for the Ottomans to restore their country, and the evil Sudanese government will naturally not give up.

It's just speculation, without any substantive evidence.

The European public opinion center is in Britain, France and Austria, and everyone is blackmailing each other. There are too many similar things happening, and it stands to reason that Gladstone should not be angry.

But the problem is that there are also some people in China who are attacking. Extremist newspapers openly criticize: the London government’s execution ability is too poor, and it can’t even do this little thing well. If...

The specific content of the latter is not important, the key is that such a public acknowledgment of the collusion between the British government and the Ottomans does not need to consider the consequences?

There are quite a few newspapers that add to the chaos. Don't ask why they write this way, just ask: it's just bad money.

Whether it was planned by the international anti-British forces or the conspiracy of the domestic opposition party, Gladstone no longer cared about researching this question.

There are people in China who believe this statement, let alone the international community.

The core factor that led to all this is still: the London government and the Ottoman Empire did have collusion, but it does not include the "artificial plague" behind it.

Half of it is true, and things just don't explain.

It would be fine if the "plague" was brought under control, but if it turned into a second "black death", the Gladstone government would be finished.

These days, no country can afford to anger the entire European world, and neither does Britain.

Chapter 45 The Black Death

"Has the matter been investigated clearly? Is it possible to shift the responsibility to the Anti-Turkish Alliance?" Prime Minister Gladstone asked eagerly

Faced with the enemy's slander, the British government will naturally not sit still. If they did not launch a counterattack immediately, the incident happened suddenly, and they were not prepared.

Foreign Minister George shook his head: "We have sent experts to check on the spot, and it can be deduced from the time that the Ottoman Empire is indeed suspected of man-made plague.

We cannot defend the Ottomans against the facts.Russia and Austria are urging the international joint investigation team to draw conclusions, and it is estimated that the final conclusion will be seen on the news in London tomorrow. "

The British government does not have the ability to influence the results of the international investigation team. It is simply impossible to turn black and white in front of the anti-Turkish alliance.

The reputation of the "Black Death" is too strong, even if it is only "suspected", it is scary enough.

Now European countries are also counting on Russia and Austria's effective epidemic prevention work to stop the virus in the Near East, so as not to harm themselves.

It is obvious which side the public opinion will stand on, and everyone does not care whether the Ottoman government was forced.The European world absolutely resists this kind of thing that violates human morality.

The cruel reality broke Gladstone's last fantasy.This time the Ottoman government made them miserable. It is inevitable that the London government will support the Ottoman supplies and be angered by the European people.

Perhaps within a few days, newspapers will publish: The London government has contributed money and efforts to buy time for the Ottoman Empire to man-made the "Black Death".

It doesn't matter whether the created virus is "Black Death".Anyway, the London government's support for the Ottoman Empire increased the resistance time of the Sudanese government and indeed created conditions for man-made viruses.

Everyone will only say: Without the supplies provided by the British, the Near East War ended a few months earlier.By breaking through Ankara in advance, the Russian army will be able to prevent the Ottoman government from going against the law.

Gladstone knew that something had to be done now, otherwise the situation might get out of control later on.

"Immediately organize a medical volunteer team to go to the Near East to control the epidemic, and then purchase a batch of supplies in the name of the government and send them there.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted the Austrians, and the Royal Navy was willing to send a fleet to cooperate with the blockade of the Near East, showing to the outside world our determination to fight the epidemic. "

After hesitating for a while, Gladstone added: "Arrest the Ottomans in exile in the country, regardless of their status, on the charge of causing the Black Death."

Now that the matter has been confirmed, Gladstone will naturally not be polite to the Ottomans who have pitted them.

This is not the relationship between the younger brother and the boss, but the relationship between humans and anti-humans.When it comes to the "Black Death", no one dares to take it lightly.

Foreign Secretary George reminded: "Prime Minister, the medical community has not yet determined whether it is the Black Death, and it is still doubtful."

Gladstone waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, it is always true that the Ottoman government artificially created the plague.

Now all we want is an attitude. It is estimated that in a few days, there will be a wave of anti-Turkish in the European world, so don't bring us into trouble.

The Ministry of Finance settled the accounts as soon as possible. Those who gave supplies to the Ottoman Empire were evil capitalists who had nothing to do with the government. We have never had any contact with the Ottomans. "

From now on, the British government is the vanguard in the fight against the epidemic.Collusion with the Ottoman Empire, that does not exist.

It is nonsense to provide supplies to the Ottoman Empire, and the supplies are obviously exported to Persia.Since the anti-Turkish alliance blocked the Near East coastline, the Anglo-Turkish trade has ceased.

Why did the materials flow to the Ottoman Empire? They were all sold to the Ottoman Empire by unscrupulous businessmen for the sake of huge profits.

Who exactly?

It is time to ask the Persian government. The materials flowed from Persia and have no connection with the London government.

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Watching the wonderful performance of the British, Franz really wanted to say: This is completely overthinking. Now we are busy controlling the plague, who has the time to talk about it?

Based on this non-existent thing, there is nothing that can be done except to add some obstacles to the British government and discredit their international image by the way.

If you really want to bring down Britain, you can do it by spreading rumors and making troubles.

There is no shortage of smart people in this world. If you calm down, you will find that the "British Conspiracy" is untenable.

There is no other reason, the main reason is that the "plague" is uncontrollable, and when it kills people, it never distinguishes between the enemy and the enemy, regardless of high or low.

The European world is unlucky, and Britain cannot be alone.

Although the current international situation is somewhat disharmonious to the British, it is only a small problem, far from the point where they need to die together.

If it really happened, it is estimated that the Russians would suffer the least damage.The country of ice and snow has such a small advantage, the speed of virus breeding and transmission is slower.

For details, please refer to: The little mouse that was frozen to death halfway across the road.

When the Black Death ravaged the European continent, more than 20 people died in the Russian Empire. However, compared with the 2500 million people in the European world, one out of every three Europeans saw God because of illness. This ratio is still negligible.

If it is true that the British are framed, unless Austria can reconcile the contradictions among European countries and provide enough temptations to make everyone believe that the British did it.

This is much more difficult than letting everyone tell lies with their eyes open.Whether it is to eliminate the contradictions between countries, or to come up with enough benefits, Franz is not able to do it.

Since it can't be killed, then simply don't make a move.Just find something for the London government and let them obediently cooperate in controlling the epidemic.

Facts have proved that it is not unreasonable for the plague to be called the most lethal plague.

Even though the Vienna government took the strictest epidemic prevention measures, the plague still came to the door, and the first to be affected were the Austrian soldiers stationed in the Near East.

From the discovery of the No.1 infected person, within a week, 2000 soldiers were infected, and the number expanded to [-] in the next week.

This is still the result of the timely isolation of the epidemic and the spread of rat poison near the military camp. Otherwise, the number of infected people would not be limited to this small number.

Minister of War Feslav: "The spread of this plague is very strong, and our number of infected people is not too high.

The Russian army who first discovered the epidemic was different. The number of infected people has reached 3.5. This is only confirmed, and the actual number should be even higher.

The explosive power and lethality of the plague are also very astonishing. It usually takes no more than a week from the onset of the disease to death. After the resistance is over, it only temporarily kills a life, and it may still recur later.

The symptoms shown are not much different from those of ordinary plagues, they are all nausea, retching, and fever.

The epidemic has just emerged on our side, and the death rate cannot be determined for the time being, but the death rate of infected people calculated by the Russian army is as high as 13.2%!

At present, there is no particularly good treatment method, and the use of the best antibiotics can only reduce the mortality rate, and the curative effect cannot be guaranteed.

The Ministry of the Army has ordered all troops to disperse and station in battalion units to reduce the chance of infection as much as possible. "

The ratio of 13.2% made Franz feel heavy all of a sudden.

Although this is the result of not receiving effective treatment, the death rate is still too high.

You must know that the soldiers of the Russian army are all young and strong, and their resistance itself is the strongest.If it was replaced by the old, weak, sick and disabled, the death rate is estimated to be even more brutal.

After a little thought, Franz said slowly: "Notifying this death rate can be used for artistic processing, and the lethality of the plague on other age groups can be appropriately exaggerated.

Send a note to European countries and tell them that we have confirmed that the source of the Black Death is the rat.

In order to curb the spread of the Black Death, we plan to release rodenticide on a large scale in the Near East, requiring at least 40 tons of rodenticide. "

Needless to say, such a high death rate is not the "Black Death", so it must be insisted that it is the "Black Death".

Only when everyone is scared, European countries will fully produce rat poison and contribute money and efforts to participate in epidemic prevention work.

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St. Petersburg, as the biggest victim of this plague, Alexander III is now crying without tears.

If he had known that a plague would break out in the Near East, he would have ordered in advance... Oh, there is no way to leave, and Aegis still has to be earned.

There is no doubt that in order to evade responsibility, the high-level Russian army tacitly concealed the number of early infections. When the plague was first discovered in official documents, the number of Russian soldiers infected was only 28.

The concealment of the number of infected people is only a temporary measure.So it was added at the end. Aren't the Austrians shouting "Black Death"? In order to reduce the responsibility, the top Russian army naturally followed suit.

Since it is the Black Death, it is normal for the speed of infection to be high and the death rate to be high, and it is definitely not caused by everyone's dereliction of duty.

The modified data, in the hands of Alexander III, greatly increased the seriousness of the problem.

The epidemic detection time has been cut in half from artificial ones.

In just over 20 days, the number of Russian soldiers who died due to the plague exceeded [-], and the number of infected people exceeded [-].

Anyone who sees such data will be terrified.What's worse is that the epidemic is likely to be brought to the country because of the migration of people.

Now Alexander III can only hope that Siberia is cold enough to freeze the virus to death, otherwise it will spread to the west of the empire, and it will be miserable.

"What do the Austrians say? We are resettling immigrants for them. The Vienna government can't say nothing, right?"

Foreign Minister Oscar Jimenez replied: "The Vienna government has informed us of the progress of virus research and they have thought of ways to reduce the death rate of infected people.

The antibiotics developed by the Royal Austrian Academy of Sciences can all inhibit the virus to a certain extent.

The production is currently being rushed, and the Vienna government has promised to provide us with [-] doses within the next month. "

Alexander III frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's only so little, how can it be enough?

Can't the Austrians provide a little more?It’s really not possible, we can pay for it ourselves! "

Oscar Jimenez explained: "Your Majesty, there is no way for this drug to be produced industrially, it can only be artificially produced in the laboratory.

The output is very small, the supply has been in short supply, and the price is higher than the same amount of gold.A dose of [-] doses is already quite a lot.

In fact, there are laboratories in our country that have obtained patent authorization, but unfortunately the production technology is too difficult and can only produce more than 1000 doses per month. "

The technical difficulty of producing penicillin in the laboratory is not very difficult. As long as the product appears on the market, the technology will be deciphered soon.

In order to maximize profits, Franz started patent licensing a few years ago and established a monopoly alliance.

Those who have been authorized are all big figures from various countries, and they have also joined the party to protect the patent after obtaining the technology.

In line with the principle that what is rare is the most expensive, everyone tacitly exaggerated the technical difficulty and deliberately limited production capacity.

Of course, the Russian Empire is not necessarily limiting capacity.After all, this thing is easy to say, and if a qualified product is produced in the laboratory, no one can do it.

Generally speaking, those who undertake this work are college students of science and engineering with strong hands-on ability.Talent in this area is seriously lacking in the Russian Empire itself.

The Vienna government promised to provide [-] doses, not all artificially produced, of course.Otherwise, all the products made will be given to the Russians, and they will be useless.