Love of Daiyu in the Red Chamber

"Lord Li, it's not that I'm waiting to ignore it, but I really haven't heard any news!" The magistrate of Daocheng complained to Li Yizhi with a face full of hatred, and saw that Li Yizhi just squinted at him and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, " And if this is the case, we should isolate them, if they come out, the whole Daocheng and Ningcheng next door will suffer as well!"

What's the matter? Tan Ming County is under the jurisdiction of Ningcheng, and it has nothing to do with him. He and the prefect of Ningcheng are a bit dirty, and they can't communicate with each other if they can. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? He kept it so tight, he just didn't hear any news!

"I have already listened to the emperor. Your Majesty asked me to take over all matters here, and you will assist me. Mr. Zhang, you should also know that if this matter is not handled well..." Li Yi did not continue, and asked Zhang Zhifu Imagine for yourself.

Zhang Zhifu's forehead was in a cold sweat again, and he nodded quickly in agreement.He will return to Beijing to report on his work in half a year, so he can't lose the chain at this time!

Li Yizhi took over the matter of Daocheng, and mobilized the medicinal materials and doctors of Li's drugstore to prepare for the next thing.

On the other side, Xu Sheng finally entered Tanming County after proving his identity as a doctor and giving some money to the soldiers guarding the city.

Inside, it was exactly as he expected, there were rotting corpses on the side of the road, but no one was alive, the doors of every house were closed, and it was as quiet as a dead city!

He knocked on the doors of almost everyone, but he could hear movement inside, but no one opened the door for him.

After walking along the street for a while, I saw a line of people lined up outside a medical center marked Jishitang. Everyone was quiet, except for a few occasional coughs.

Xu Sheng scanned around, there was only one middle-aged doctor busy in the medical center, and a young girl boiling medicine in front of and behind her.

"Father, our medicinal materials are almost exhausted!" Qiu Mei whispered to her father in a crying voice.

After Tanming County discovered the first epidemic, everyone who should have run away ran away, and the rest were sealed here. There is only one medical center in their family in the entire county, and other pharmacies are also closed. They can only wait to die!

Dr. Qiu was stunned, patted his daughter's hand comfortingly, and said loudly to those who were still in line: "Everyone, let's do it for today. It's getting late, come back tomorrow!"

The people who lined up didn't make any noise after hearing this, and they all left quietly!

Seeing that they were not busy anymore, Xu Sheng stepped forward to salute the doctor.

"Hi doctor, I am a doctor, passing by here and found the plague..."

Before he finished speaking, Qiu Mei happily pulled him over, "Great, a doctor finally came!"

"Mei'er, don't mess around!" Doctor Qiu scolded his daughter, the little girl stuck out her tongue, put down her hands and ran to the backyard.

Xu Sheng hurriedly got to know the situation with Doctor Qiu, and Doctor Qiu told him that the plague has been raging for less than half a year, and the 8 people who died of the disease in the city are now only [-] to [-], and among the [-] people there are only [-] or [-]. Sixty percent of them are infected.

Xu Shengting was frightened and wanted to pull out the officials who concealed the matter and chop off their heads, and asked about the current reserves of medicinal materials.

"The medicine can only last for three days, and it can only relieve the pain of smallpox but not cure it. It can last for so long because I brought people to break down the doors of several other pharmacies to get their medicine!" Doctor Qiu sighed helplessly, He originally had two apprentices, one was sick and passed away, and the other is seriously ill now, I don't know if he will die someday, I just feel sorry for his daughter!

"Then why don't you incinerate the corpses on the roadside?" Xu Sheng was a little puzzled, but Doctor Qiu told him that it was because of a serious shortage of manpower, and most of the rest were old and weak women and children. People dare to go!

The two talked again, Dr. Qiu asked Xu Sheng to stay at his house, and brought Xu Sheng in after Qiu Mei asked someone to come in for dinner.

After eating, Xu Sheng borrowed a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and while it was still dark, wrote a letter and stuffed some money to the gatekeepers to send it out for him.

The soldier took the money and really did things for him. After changing shifts, he gave a letter to his brother and sent him to Daocheng, and took the other letter and rode their remaining horses to the southeast where the army was stationed.

"General, there is a man in front, riding a horse, wearing the clothes of a Ningcheng guard. We have already stopped him, and he said he wants to see you!" Scout Sun Bing returned to Zhong Chu on horseback.

"Bring him here." Zhong Chu didn't know anyone here, and no one knew he was here. The only thing he could think of was Li Yizhi's voice.

"Greetings General, Doctor Xu Sheng asked me to bring you a letter!" Zhou Wuwen respectfully handed over the envelope he took out from his arms, Zhong Chu took it over and opened it himself, his eyebrows frowned and then relaxed .

"Sun Bing, take someone to the neighborhood to see if there are any households with cows with lesions around the milk!" He pointed to a few people, "Go and take the cows to the east of a mile in Tanming County. Take the silver, you can only buy it, you are not allowed to rob it! The rest will be rewarded!" At this time, Zhong Chu was extremely grateful that his mother had sewn so many gold pieces to put in his underwear, and later took them out to exchange for silver. A big sum!

"Thank you, General!" Dozens of people said loudly in unison, and then divided into several small groups and walked in different directions.

Zhong Chu took the rest of the people to Tanming County, one mile away from the city gate, and asked 3 people to set up camp on the spot. He took ten people and went to Tanming County with Zhou Wuwen.

Zhou Wuwen was at a loss at this moment, the person he stopped a few days ago turned out to be a general!If I had known that he would not have collected the money at that time, I don't know if this General Zhong will settle accounts after the fall!

They heard a lot of legendary stories about General Zhong in the background, and when they saw him, he was even more powerful and domineering than the legends said!

Zhong Chu asked several people to guard the door, and went in alone to find Xu Sheng.The accompanying soldiers disagreed, and they all expressed their willingness to go in. Zhong Chu reprimanded them before they calmed down.

At the beginning, Zhong Chu went to the military camp to transfer people, but these soldiers were not willing to control them, so he beat them up so that they would be obedient.

He found Xu Sheng according to the address he had written in his heart. At this time, he found a cowhide coat from nowhere and put it on. It was wrapped in cowhide from head to toe, only a pair of eyes and nose were exposed.If he hadn't called Zhong Chu to stop, Zhong Chu wouldn't have recognized him!

"You are this?"

"I'm going to collect the corpses outside and incinerate them. I can't help Dr. Qiu to see the patients for the time being!" Xu Sheng muffled.

"I'll take someone to collect the corpse. You said in your letter that the epidemic is smallpox. I know a folk remedy for smallpox. I just need you and Dr. Qiu to verify the method."

In modern times, the cure for smallpox is vaccination.It's just that he doesn't know modern techniques, and he probably remembered that it was vaccinia after searching out of curiosity. As for how to take it out and make it into vaccinia, he still needs a doctor to do it!

Xu Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard that, Doctor Qiu stood up excitedly, and everyone who was originally numb turned around and stared at Zhong Chu without blinking.

Seeing that they were impatient, Zhong Chu didn't hold back, and explained the principle of cowpox.Doctor Qiu was so anxious that he couldn't find a cow in Tanming County. What should we do? !

"I've already sent people to look for the cattle, and they will be back before sunset without accident."

Several people discussed the countermeasures before Zhong Chu went out.

Several city guards called him out and wanted to go up to him, but he blocked his footsteps with a gesture.

"I walked around inside. I may have contracted the disease. Don't get too close to me." He covered his mouth with the back of his hand to prevent the droplets from flying. "Have Sun Bing and the others returned?"

"General, Scout Sun is back, and they found five sick cows in total!" Wei Zhonglang replied respectfully: "The prefect of Daocheng also brought medicines from the government officials and waited a mile away."

"Go and tell the magistrate of Daocheng, go to Daocheng and get some furs to make gloves and masks for me overnight, one pair for each soldier in the city guards. Make the other one-piece clothes, make [-] sets, and ask for it within three days! Daocheng can't make it , go to Ningcheng to find someone to make it!" After a pause, he said again: "Bring me the cow, I'm not outside, and you should follow Master Li Yizhi in all matters."

He took two oxen and returned to the city.

Seeing him bring the cow, Xu Sheng and Dr. Qiu didn't go to bed anymore, and followed the idea he gave them all night to search for a way to make cowpox.

After two days of non-stop work, the two finally extracted the vaccinia solution, but they didn't know how effective it was!

"We can find a few people who have smallpox to try first." Zhong Chu suggested, seeing that both of them were frowning.

Xu Sheng silently glanced at him and didn't speak. Doctor Qiu was silent for a while before speaking: "My little apprentice is also infected with smallpox, maybe we can let him try."

Drug testing is a common thing, but it is always the first time to do it directly on patients.

Doctor Qiu took the two of them to the innermost one, and his little apprentice was inside.Because he was suffering from smallpox, no part of his body was healthy, some of the thick paste burst, and the pus that flowed out was pungent and smelly.

All three of them were wearing masks and gloves. Zhong Chu and Dr. Qiu's were made by Qiu Mei.

"Xiaoyan, Master has found a treatment method, but I don't know if it will be successful. Would you like to try it?" Doctor Qiu looked at his little apprentice Qiu Yan distressedly. The other party had already lost consciousness and was unable to answer him.

"Let's get started." Doctor Qiu carefully cut a relatively intact piece of skin on Qiu Yan's body, and made a cut with the small knife he carried with him.Xu Sheng then smeared the vaccinia liquid extracted by the two of them on it.

"Observe for a few days, if acne occurs, it means success," Zhong Chu said in a low voice.

It is also the first time he has done such a thing, whether he can succeed can only depend on luck!

"I'm going to check the leather jacket, the corpse outside needs to be dealt with!"

Although he collected some corpses outside, there were still many.If the vaccinia liquid made out of leather clothes can be successfully vaccinated, the epidemic will pass soon.