Infrastructure masters in the red building

Yuan Hua, the magistrate of Wuyuan County, woke up from the bed, feeling a little top-heavy, and casually stretched out his hand to ask for it: "Tea——"

No one agreed, and no maid of her own came into the room wagging her waist and put the teacup on the small table beside the couch.Instead, a rough female voice shouted outside: "The tea is just outside the house, you have to pour it yourself."

Yuan Hua woke up suddenly, and jumped up from the couch, just in time to see Master Li on the opposite bunk also getting up sleepily.

"This...what's the matter?"

Yuan Hua looked around, he and Master Li were undressed and slept in the same "simple mobile room" for the whole night.

But if you look carefully, this "simple activity room" is quite clean. Although the sheets and thin quilts on the bamboo couch are not new, they have just been washed, and they feel very scratchy.There are two bamboo couches in the room, besides that, there is a desk, a chair in front of the desk, clothes hooks nailed to the wall, and nothing else.

The only thing that makes people feel uncomfortable here is the mosquito. Master Li has been bitten by several bumps on his face, one of which is on the tip of his nose, which is red and looks very funny.

Yuan Hua sat on the bamboo couch, and slowly remembered what happened last night: Mr. Jia invited him to dinner, and also invited him to drink a kind of local rice wine.The county magistrate of Yuan only thought that the rice wine was sweet and very good to drink, and he talked with Jia Fang about it for a while, and drank a lot, but then he didn't know who sent him here. No impression anymore.

Fortunately, this wine only gave him a dark and sweet sleep, without all the discomfort after a hangover.Yuan county magistrate sat on the bamboo couch and sighed: It is in this Taoyuan village, as the king of a county, he can be thrown directly to this kind of place to live a night.If it was changed to Wuyuan County, the wealthy gentry in those counties would probably wish to take themselves back to the house, and the next day there might be another concubine in the backyard of the county government office.

So Yuan Hua never drank too much in Wuyuan County, but when he came to Taoyuan Village, he was overwhelmed by rice wine.

"Master Li, my official, my official..." County magistrate Yuan suddenly remembered something extraordinary, "Did you say something you shouldn't say in front of Master Jia?"

"Ham, my lord, what else can you say that you shouldn't say? You rushed to praise this Taoyuan village, and you even praised Haikou, saying that Wuyuan County will be the same as this Taoyuan village within three years. Mr. Jia appreciates it very much." and you!"

"I, did I really say that?" County magistrate Yuan was terrified?Did he really say this in a moment of confusion?

In front of Jia Fang, flattering Taoyuan Village was fine, but why did he agree to transfer everything from Taoyuan Village to his Wuyuan County?

Yuan Hua seems to be a county magistrate who has little courage and does not do much in Wuyuan County, but he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows that it will be difficult to implement any new policy-as long as changes are made, there will be difficulties. It will affect the interests of some people. Taking money from people is like killing parents, and the backlash will be fierce.Therefore, none of the leaders of the famous "New Deals" and "Reforms" in history gained a good reputation.

Jia Fang's Taoyuan Village is a bit different: this place was originally Jia Fang's fiefdom, and all the people are his Lord Jia's subjects. Naturally, they will do what Jia Fang says.But Yuan Hua is different. He is a small official who has been released to the outside world. He will leave after his term expires in a few years. Those who stay in Wuyuan County are still those rich households and those country gentry. One easily erases—

Of course Yuan Hua knew what Jia Fang meant by inviting him to Taoyuan Village: Mr. Jia has been looking for pawns to help him promote Taoyuan Village to the surrounding counties.However, Wuyuan County is so close to Taoyuan Village and has such a close connection. As the magistrate of Wuyuan County, he was originally the first choice.

And he originally planned to flatter Jia Fang, and then he complained endlessly, letting Mr. Jia know that although the new law is good, it may not be acceptable in other counties and towns... Even if he asks for it in the end, he still escapes. However, he could at least get some benefits from the fate of the pawn.

Who knows, this...

Yuan Hua had a bitter look on his face, and said in his heart: The rice wine misled me.

But looking more closely, maybe yesterday when he sat on the loom in the textile factory by the Qingfang River and thought of his mother, his heart was already a little secretly moved.Looking at the night view of Taoyuan Village, he remembered the ideals of governing the country and the world when he was young, and the original intention of being beaten to death when he first entered the officialdom... That's why he was so excited and drank so much Rice wine, right?

Master Li went out and poured tea in, and then someone from the Outreach Office came to see them.Yuan Hua could only say: "I still have some official duties in the county, so I have to leave early."

The young man who came over from the Outreach Office was Qi Yesheng. He looked at the county lord without any fear, after all, he had seen several of them.Hearing what Yuan County Magistrate said, he quickly stopped: "Please have breakfast first, which is still available in the budget of our Outreach Office."

"Later, Master Jia arranged a half-hour meeting with you."

"Afterwards, we will arrange for you to return to Wuyuan. By the way, we have specially arranged for a carriage to take you back. Soon, the carriage will not need to go back for an hour. The bearers of the Guixian County Government have been informed yesterday that they will not come today... ..."

The arrangement was very thoughtful, but Master Yuan still complained in his heart: This kind of "thoughtfulness" is not the same as that of the gentry in Wuyuan County. The "thoughtfulness" here is about efficiency and convenience, but for him Yuan Hua In other words, there are really not many substantive benefits, no thoughtful service and service, no generous gifts secretly given, and no concubines—but this family is arranged by Jiedu Envoy Jia, and there is no place to complain, so That made him depressed.

"My subordinates come to pay my respects to Mr. Jia!"

The arrangement of the Outreach Office was indeed extremely efficient. Not long after, County Magistrate Yuan and Master Li came out of the "inn" converted from a "simple mobile room" and came to meet Jia Fang after breakfast.

Jia Fang was frowning and looking at a letter, and Yuan County Magistrate's voice seemed to wake him up from his contemplation.Jia Fang raised his head and saw Mr. Li next to Yuan County Magistrate, and immediately asked, "What's wrong with your face?"

Master Li didn't expect that the other party didn't even care about his own adults, he cared about the big bumps on his face first, and immediately said beamingly: "It's okay, it's okay!"

"The villain has been attracting mosquitoes since he was a child. As long as there is a place where the villain stays, the mosquitoes must be there to greet the villain and others are fine." Master Li explained to Jia Fang.

"Then you probably have type O blood." Jia Fang said casually, then turned to County Magistrate Yuan, "There is one important thing that Mr. Yuan needs to know."

"Master Jia, please speak!" Yuan Hua came in front of Jia Fang, not daring to complain any more, and quickly cupped his hands to signal to listen to Jia Fang's orders.

"Master Xia Xingshen, the crown prince, is ordered to go south to serve as the academic and political affairs of the southern states and counties for a while. Does Mr. Yuan know?"

"Of course I know." Yuan Hua had already seen this matter from the court's mansion newspaper.After all, rumors of the fraud case in the examination hall spread all over the city in Beijing, and it is impossible for the south to have no news at all.He also heard that Master Xia might come to Wuyuan County first, after all, the official office of Pingnan Jiedushi is located in Wuyuan.

"Originally Master Xia arrived in Wuyuan tomorrow at the latest, but he fell ill on the way." Jia Fang frowned when he mentioned this matter.

Yuan Hua thought to himself: It is normal for an old man to travel thousands of miles, and there is something wrong with the soil and water on the road.Unexpectedly, Jia Fang continued to say, "It may be malaria."

Yuan Hua: ...

Malaria is also known as swinging. When the patient has a high fever, the whole body will be scalding, but after a while, the whole body will feel cold, so cold that the teeth chatter, and even a few thick quilts are still too cold.

This disease is very dangerous for young people, let alone Mr. Xia's age.

"Well, what should I do..." Yuan Hua rubbed his hands, fully showing his nature of not having any ideas in front of Jia Fang.

"I heard that there is a sacred tree overseas called 'Cinchona'. The bark of this tree is ground into powder and given to malaria patients. It can relieve malaria and have a greater chance of cure." At this time, Master Li suddenly interjected, In front of Lord Jiedushi, he showed his considerable knowledge and knowledge.

But Jia Fang didn't buy it.Jia Fang only raised the corner of his mouth, and said with a half-smile, "Kinney Nashuang, actually I have it too!"

Master Li: ... Master Jia also has this divine tree from overseas?

"Cinchona cream has a good curative effect on the late stage of chronic malaria, but it has no effect in the early and middle stages, and it is also highly toxic, which is completely inferior to the artemisinin produced here." Jia Fang said enthralled.

"It's just that artemisinin is not extracted enough. If there is a sudden increase in malaria patients in a short period of time, it is really not easy to handle."

At this time, neither Yuan Hua nor Master Li could keep up with Jia Fang: What is artemisinin, and why is there a surge in malaria patients?

Just as he was dizzy, Jia Fang turned his face away and said solemnly: "Yuan Hua, magistrate of Wuyuan County, master Li..."

"Li Youwei—" Master Li reminded very nervously, the Jiedu envoy in front of him was extremely serious, as if he was going to entrust them with some extremely important task.

"The two of you will return to Wuyuan County immediately. The first thing to do is to try to send someone to bring Mr. Xia from the inn to Wuyuan County. You must take good care of him. Afterwards, I will bring the doctor to visit with you."

"The second thing is to immediately mobilize the Wuyuan county government to go to the county town and village to find out the number of patients with sudden cold and hot symptoms recently, how many people live in them, and ask if there are many people in a family or village who are sick, and report immediately. Come up."

When it came to the second point, Yuan Hua panicked: "If you say that, isn't this...an epidemic? No, you said it just now, it's malaria!"

"Malaria is a kind of disease," Jia Fang said with certainty, "and it's an insect-borne disease. Therefore, the third thing, Mr. Yuan, after you go back, immediately organize the people of the county to work hard to eliminate mosquitoes, whether it is fumigation or burning to drive away mosquitoes." , or hang mosquito nets in bedrooms and other places, clean up stagnant water, and raise swimming fish in river ponds... In short, do everything possible to carry out large-scale mosquito eradication activities in Wuyuan County."

"This matter is very important. If the two of you do well, I can report to you for credit."

Hearing what Jia Fang said, County Magistrate Yuan and Master Li were so excited that their faces flushed.Who doesn't know that Zhang Youshi from Taoyuanzhai became famous all over the world with his "Schistosomiasis Prevention Report". If he can also make achievements in this malaria, will the whole world know another Yuan Hua/Li Youwei?

"Master Yuan, I have other matters to discuss with you, but this is an important matter, so I won't stay any longer. Lord Xia is in your Wuyuan County, please take good care of him."

As Jia Fang said, he solemnly bowed to Yuan County Magistrate and Master Li, turned around and left, shouting as he walked, "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang!"

County Magistrate Yuan and Master Li just remembered: Zhang Youshi had already left Wuyuan County and returned to Taoyuan Village.Their Wuyuan County really deserved that they couldn't keep a miracle doctor!

Not to mention that County Magistrate Yuan and Master Li were sent off by car in Taoyuan Village, and rushed back to Wuyuan like lightning.On Jia Fang's side, five village chiefs have been convened for a meeting, and the last two of these three items will be ordered immediately.

The five village chiefs were all people who had experienced bloat disease before. They heard that malaria is also a vector-borne disease, and they all rubbed their hands together, saying, "Master Jia, just tell me, do you still want to remove the snails this time?"

Jia Fang shook his head: "No, this time is to get rid of mosquitoes."

There are a lot of mosquitoes in the local area, so Mr. Li was bitten all over his head after only staying in a simple mobile home for one night.Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. Since this disease has been found in the local area, it is necessary to use strong means to control the way of transmission.

"Mosquitoes?" The five village chiefs immediately chattered, "Smudge it with herbs first?!"

"If it doesn't work, mobilize the whole village to go out at night to fight mosquitoes—"

This idea, Jia Fang wanted to laugh while making up his mind.

"Also, I heard that mosquitoes grow in water before they can fly, and they can be fed to fish. We have a lot of paddy fields here, but there are rice-flowered carps in the fields..."

"Yes, that's right, let's talk to those fishermen first, don't catch the rice carp, and let the mosquitoes eat."

The village chiefs obviously attached great importance to it, and they are now used to the "brainstorming" meeting method when Jia Fang called them for a meeting, and the discussions were very active.

In the middle of the discussion, Zhang Youshi hurried over and reported to Jia Fang his inventory of all artemisinin: "There are 230 seven copies in total, which can treat so many patients. If the disease is not serious, maybe we can treat a few more people. "

Jia Fang replied immediately: "Not enough, far from enough, we must prepare more."

He calmed down and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry about other things. Just concentrate on extracting artemisinin. You can extract as much as you can. For the teaching work in the academy, I will go to say hello to Master Jiang for you, and let someone else do it for you. In addition, you need manpower, you just need to say hello, everyone is your backing."

When Jia Fang said this, the five village chiefs immediately followed up and said: "Mr. Zhang, please speak up if you have something to say."

Hearing this, Zhang Youshi clasped his fists gratefully at everyone, nodded his head and said, "Thank you all, the students will go first, and I will ask you for help if necessary." went.

Jia Fang continued to sit and listen to the discussion of the five village chiefs.The five first discussed mosquito nets, and asked whether the women of "Jinhua" could rush to weave a batch of mosquito nets for young children to use first.Everyone immediately invited the person in charge of "Jinhua" to ask questions, and after a rough calculation, they found that even if "Jinhua" worked hard, it might only be able to drive out a small batch of small mosquito nets for young children. .

So the conversation came back to the suggestion of "smoking with herbs", which seemed to be the quickest and most effective way.

"The old man heard that there is a secret recipe. Use rosin powder, mugwort powder, a small amount of realgar, and a small amount of arsenic to fumigate and fumigate together to get rid of mosquitoes." Village head Qin mentioned a piece of his previous experience. .

Jia Fang immediately slapped the table: "What the hell is this mosquito repellant? According to this method, not to mention mosquitoes, even people will be eliminated." He knew that arsenic cream is also poisonous after volatilization, and the steam is also poisonous. Can cause arsenic poisoning.This is really not an approach of "killing one thousand enemies and harming oneself by eight hundred", it is directly killing one's own people and the enemy together.

"This is really not good!" Jia Fang had a headache for a while, and suddenly remembered, "Everyone, have you heard of pyrethrum?"

"Pyrethrum?" Several village chiefs looked at each other and shook their heads.

Jia Fang sighed, and said, "Everyone, I need you to leave me a piece of land in front of and behind the house to grow something."

Jia Fang finally remembered: Pyrethrum is not native to China, but it is possible to find seedlings in his Hengwu Garden.

After hearing this, several village chiefs thought it was a trivial matter: "Master Jia, what do you want to plant, please just tell me, we will plant it for you."

Jia Fang nodded and continued: "In addition, I also need your help to prepare wood chips and some cheap spices. It is best to ask the villagers in each village if they have made incense before - I want to ask someone to help make incense. , make mosquito coils!"