The soldiers from Yunzhou City hurriedly followed suit to pay homage, but they were a little scattered and disorganized.

Chu Xi noticed Zhou Yichen's gaze and followed his gaze. He saw that the soldiers from Yunzhou City were loose and slack, and they saluted the King of Yan in a panic.

Zhou Yichen got a headache when he saw it, "Go in first."

Chu Xi followed Zhou Yichen into the dyeing workshop. The situation was more serious than they had imagined. The three imperial physicians who came in were already busy, and there were also several doctors in the city helping.

The two of them went in with their faces covered. The dyeing workshop was large, but it could only accommodate more than 3,000 people. There were people lying even under the long corridor in the yard.

Some had set up tents, where patients were lying side by side, coughing, groaning in pain, and shouting to let them out...

Everyone was talking at once and it was so noisy.

The apprentices brought by the imperial physician were already extremely busy, not to mention the doctors, who were busy running from one room to another.

From time to time, you can hear someone shouting that they are vomiting blood and asking the doctor to come and take a look.

Hey.

It was actually the first time that Chu Xi had seen such a scene. It was more troublesome in ancient times than in modern times. In modern times, people can be sent to the hospital immediately, and it is easier and more convenient to treat the disease.

It was different in ancient times. Medical care was not well developed. Even if there were imperial physicians accompanying them, they could not guarantee that everyone would be taken care of.

The medicinal herbs are not enough, people are dying...which happens every moment.

"What's the situation?" Zhou Yichen finally saw what hell on earth was like.

The doctor saluted and said, "Your Highness, we have found the cause of the disease. It is plague. This happened when Qinzhou was hit by a flood a few years ago. It happened that Doctor Wang was the one who treated the patient at that time."

"So it sounds like Doctor Wang is confident that he can cure these patients." Zhou Yichen asked back.

"No, Your Highness, you can't think like that. The problem now is not the cause of the disease, but the medicinal materials!"

Doctor Wang shook his head, his face solemn, "We just carefully counted the number of people, and there are more than three thousand."

"What's wrong with the medicinal herbs?" Zhou Yichen was a prince who lived a life of luxury, and it was also his first time seeing such a scene.

"We only have medicine for a thousand people. Who gets to use the medicine first and who gets to use it later? That's a problem."

"This is the current number. I don't know if it will increase in the future."

"The plague requires a lot of medicinal materials. The most seriously ill patient here is already coughing up blood."

The three imperial doctors talked to each other one by one, and they were eager to pour out all their problems and grievances.

As the saying goes, a wise woman cannot make a meal without rice.

The three of them had experience and knew the cause of the disease, but the biggest problem was the lack of medicinal materials.

All human lives are equal, at least in the eyes of doctors.

It would be very unfair not to give medicine to anyone.

In just one hour, they felt their hair was turning white.

"This is a problem."

"In addition to the problem of medicinal materials, we also need some manpower. Three thousand people are too many. We don't have enough manpower now."

"Okay, I'll get someone to help you." Zhou Yichen agreed without hesitation.

When the three imperial doctors heard Zhou Yichen's agreement, the burden on their shoulders was temporarily relieved.

"I will find a way to deal with the medicinal materials. You can boil the medicine first and give it to those patients with severe symptoms who are in urgent need of medicine."

Doctor Wang and the other two naturally nodded in agreement. They had been hesitant to make a decision, and the order from His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan saved them the time of hesitation.

With King Yan's words, they took people to boil medicine without saying a word.

Zhou Yichen took Chu Xi to visit the dyeing workshop. The doctors separated the patients into two areas, the seriously ill and the mildly ill. The seriously ill patients were mainly women, the elderly and children.

Those people with weak constitution and poor resistance.

Those with mild illness are young people with good immunity. Although they can still hold on for now, they also need urgent treatment.

"Your Highness, please go out first. You can't stay here for too long." Chu Xi advised seriously.

Zhou Yichen nodded, "Let's go to the county government office."

*

Yunzhou City County Government Office.

Zhou Yichen took Chu Xi to the county government office to find out the specific situation of Yunzhou City. In fact, in Chu Xi's view, it was just a detailed population statistics.

"Your Highness, do you want to find a pharmacy in the city to ask for medicinal materials?" Chu Xi reacted.

"is it not OK?"

"Of course it's possible, but I'm afraid there aren't enough medicinal herbs in the city?" Chu Xi asked as he flipped through the books.

There are eleven drugstores in Yunzhou City, and the owners of seven of them have already...entered the dyeing workshop. Drugstores have always been a rather special existence. When patients first appeared, they rushed into the drugstores frantically.

They had come into contact with so many sick people that it was impossible for them not to be infected with the plague.

The remaining six pharmacies were closed, and all the doctors went to help out in the dyeing workshops.

Zhou Yichen naturally did not expect those pharmacies to stock up such a large amount of medicinal materials. After all, some of them had probably been sold when the epidemic broke out earlier.

Now, if those who are still alive can gather together and save two or three hundred people, it would be good enough.

There might be patients hiding at home in the city who are unwilling to come out, so it is best to prepare for a number above four thousand.

"It's not enough. For the rest, you need to go to the nearest city and get enough medicinal materials." Zhou Yichen took off the jade pendant and handed it to Chu Xi.

Chu Xi took the jade pendant that represented Zhou Yichen's identity. The jade pendant was only owned by the prince.

There is a special pattern engraved on it. If you take the jade pendant and find someone to make them obey your orders, you may be able to raise some medicinal materials to solve Yunzhou's crisis.

"Take this out and tell the county magistrate in Yizhou to find a way to raise more medicinal materials. If Yizhou can't get them, go to Zhuozhou to raise them."

"it is good."

"Qi Bai, in this whole world, you are the only one who can make me feel at ease. I only trust you." Zhou Yichen's eyes were filled with undisguised tenderness.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will live up to your trust." Chu Xi took the jade pendant and turned to leave.

*

While Zhou Yichen was trying to find ways to raise medicinal materials, he also led people to the place where the dam broke, trying to find a way to plug the gap.

The rising water also needs to be evacuated.

He was extremely busy here, and Chu Xi was not in a good condition either. He had to travel overnight, and he only had a dozen guards and Chu Er with him.

They traveled all night, the sound of horse hooves was loud all the way, and the moonlight shone on them all. Chu Xi was riding more and more skillfully now, and he really looked like a young master from a noble family.

Her hair was tied up in a high bun with a jade hairpin inserted in it. She wore a royal blue brocade dress with a long sword at her waist. If she hadn't said it herself, few people would have guessed that she was a woman.

Of course, this is the current situation. Chu Xi is more worried about the future... the problem of breast development. Once it develops, it will be very uncomfortable to wrap it.

This problem...of course, is not something she can find a solution to just by worrying about it now.

Chu Xi rode a fast horse and now there was no sense of incongruity. Except for Chu Er who was her confidant, the others followed her from the capital this time and should be Zhou Yichen's men.

But even if it was Zhou Yichen, she couldn't relax and let others doubt her identity.

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