Seeing his friend's serious face, Yang Zhizhi knew that there must be some urgent matter, so he didn't rush to ask, got up and led Xu Qinyu to go out, "Qinyu comes with me."

The Yang family lived with the county magistrate in the backyard of the county office, but in fact the Yang family also had a house.

Mrs. Yang's Wei family has a shop and a field, and there is a lot of money from the rent every year, so she is also very well-off, or even rich, otherwise she would not spend twenty taels of silver every month for Zhizhi to lose weight.

Yang Zhizhi didn't ask much even on the way, and led Xu Qinyu to her father's front yard all the way.

The magistrate of the county was handling official business in the front yard. Looking through the case file, he heard that the servant said that the young lady had brought the young lady from Xuji Restaurant to him, so he invited the person in. Seeing the serious look of the lady from Xuji Restaurant, he said in surprise : "Miss Xu, this is?"

Xu Qinyu immediately said, "My lord, Minnv saw some disaster victims coming towards the town just outside the city."

The county magistrate knew that many victims in the north fled everywhere because of last year's snow disaster, but they all thought they had fled to the south or the capital, and never expected to see them outside the town.

He thought about it and said: "As disaster victims, it naturally depends on whether they will enter the town. After entering the town, where they want to go to register. Although registration fees are expensive in some places, some villages under their jurisdiction do not have registration fees. , They can go there, let Lizheng allocate some land for them to open up wasteland, and if they have money, they can also buy houses, fields, and land.”

Generally, the victims of the disaster flee with all their wealth on their backs, and there may be some money left on them. With the money, there is the capital to settle down.

"My lord, no!" Xu Qinyu shook his head, "When I came back, my lord, I saw that several of these victims were extremely thin, their cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, and their bodies were dehydrated, so they all had dry rashes on their faces. , the lips are also cracked, and it looks like a serious illness, it’s okay if one person has such symptoms, but several people have it, I’m a little worried.”

It is common sense that major epidemics are easy to breed after major disasters.

However, the border town is far away from the south and the capital city, and many news are not delivered in time. It is not known how the situation of the victims there is, and whether any of them have the plague.

The group of victims she met when she came back, except for the woman who was carried on the back by the man, there are several people in the back who have similar symptoms to the woman. It’s okay if there is only one person. Several people have the same symptoms, which probably means that they have the disease. The same, the same disease means it is contagious, so she worries that these victims have actually caught the plague.

When the magistrate heard this, his expression changed, and he also thought about the reason.

He hurriedly got up and told the yamen servants, "Hurry up, go to the two town entrances and tell the officers and soldiers guarding the town to set up wooden frames at the entrance of the town. The distance outside, hurry up and ride over."

When the two yamen servants left, the county magistrate was in a hurry in the house. If it was really a plague, there was nothing he could do about it. He could only confine these victims together and give them some food and water. If they all got it If you are sick, you can only burn the place with a torch after the disease dies. There is no way to cure the plague at all.

"How can this be good, how can this be good."

He had experienced the plague, although it was not the village where he lived, but the nearby villages. In the end, the whole village was ordered to be sealed off. After the whole village died of illness, the village was burned down.

Xu Qinyu and Yang Zhizhi's faces were pale, and Yang Zhizhi's body trembled slightly. She had never experienced the plague, but she knew the horror of the plague. Everyone here did not know the horror of the plague.

Xu Qinyu took a breath, "My lord, the most urgent thing now is to ask the doctor to take the pulse of these victims to see if it is really a plague."

She knew that the plague here basically waited for death, and there was no cure for it, but she didn't know how to protect and prevent it. Even after being cured, she would be infected again. Naturally, there was no cure, and she could only wait for death.

She also hopes that she is wrong. In fact, she is thinking too much, but if the victims are infected with the plague, then the victims who go to other places will be the same. If the plague is brought to other states and counties, many people will die of.

The county magistrate was about to cry, "How can a doctor dare to diagnose their pulse!"

If he kept it secret and asked the doctor to take the pulse of these patients, it would be a plague in the end, and the doctor returned to the town, which would cause the entire town to be infected.

In the past, during the plague, the doctors who went to see the pulse basically never returned.

Xu Qinyu said: "My lord, the women of the people can prevent them from being infected after contacting those patients. If they really got the plague, these methods can also be applied to the patients and everyone. As long as these methods are used, the plague may be controlled. In addition Maybe it's because the women of the people are worrying unnecessarily, maybe no one among the victims is infected with the disease."

The plague is mainly transmitted through contact with breathing, mosquito bites, diet, etc. It is really not easy to be infected as long as you take good protection.

The magistrate was stunned for a moment, "Ms. Xu really has a way to prevent and control the rampant plague?"

Xu Qinyu said: "Cover your mouth and nose with gauze, wash your hands with strong alcohol after touching the patient, and burn the changed clothes immediately. In addition, you must pay attention to food and drink."

The county magistrate was very hesitant. If it was really a plague, his choice was to believe that Xu Qinyu might be able to bring the plague under control, or to confine the victims and burn them all after they died of the disease, and be responsible to the people of Yuanbao Town.

The county magistrate walked around the house, and finally gritted his teeth and called the yamen, asking them to invite all the pharmacists in the town to the yamen to discuss something.

When the yamen left, Xu Qinyu asked Yang Zhizhi if there was any gauze in the house, and Yang Zhizhi nodded with a white face.

Only then did Yang Zhizhi take Xu Qinyu to the backyard and asked her mother for gauze.

Mrs. Wei was also curious as to why Mrs. Xu suddenly came to the door. Mrs. Wei asked the maid to fetch the gauze, and asked with a smile, "What does Mrs. Xu want the gauze for?"

Yang Zhizhi glanced at Xu Qinyu, and seeing that she was not blocking her, she whispered what had happened to Mrs. Wei, and Mrs. Wei's face turned pale.

Xu Qinyu couldn't care about anything else, and just wanted to make the mask first.

For protection, at least ten layers of gauze should be used. This is easy to do. Even if Xu Qinyu is not very good at female red, he sews a few. It was also quickly sewn, and there were about thirty in total.

Xu Qinyu took the whole and gave it to the county magistrate.

And the yamen has also invited all the Langzhong in the town.

These men are quite old, but there are also a few younger men in their twenties and thirties.

The county magistrate talked about the possible illness of the victims outside the town, and also said that he had a way to protect himself, so that Langzhong who had been in contact with the patient would not be infected. He hoped that Langzhong could come out and help the patients in the disaster victims to diagnose the pulse.

Before leaving, Xu Qinyu explained to the county magistrate, saying that she hoped that she would not tell others that this matter was the way she came up with it.

After all, she is a family member of a sinner. She really wants to make a contribution and let several people in the imperial palace know about it. Isn't she going to bring disaster to the Pei family, herself and her parents' family.

The faces of the presenters also changed when they heard it.

A few old men said tremblingly, "Sir, don't you want us to die? Will you kill everyone in the town? If the people above know that the people of Yuanbao Town have come into contact with people who are infected with the disease, I'm afraid Let the officers and soldiers guard Yuanbao Town, and let our town fend for itself, my lord, no matter if some of the victims are really sick, they shouldn't be let in. They should be confined outside the town first. They can only blame themselves when they are infected with the plague."

The county magistrate frowned and said, "If it is possible to save them, why should they be allowed to self-destruct?"

Lang Zhongdao: "But from ancient times to the present, no matter what kind of plague it is, there is no way to completely treat it. Even if there is a prescription to temporarily improve the patient, they will be infected if they have been in contact with the patient, and they will be infected again. There is no cure."

The county magistrate said: "So this method can prevent the infection from the surrounding people, and also prevent the patients from getting infected again."

He took the gauze handed over by Xu Qinyu, put it over the nose and mouth, and fixed the ear ropes before saying, "This way, cover the nose and mouth with gauze, and then use strong alcohol to wipe the hands, remove the clothes and burn it after the patient's pulse is diagnosed. The source of the disease can be stopped, and if Lang Zhong, who goes to diagnose the patient's pulse, is really diagnosed with the plague, he cannot return to the town for the time being, and he lives under a wooden shed outside the town, and he can return to the town after two days if he has no symptoms."

The county magistrate also said that if he was willing to check the pulse of patients outside the town, each person could get twenty taels of silver.

There are also brave men under the heavy reward, and two younger men stood up and said, "Sir, we are willing to go."

The county magistrate took forty taels of silver from the public account and distributed it to the two of them, so that they went to the town with gauze, sackcloth, and spirits.

The victims at the town entrance have been stopped outside the wooden frame. The soldiers listened to the words of the county magistrate very much.

At this moment, there are only those withered victims at the mouth of the town.

The victims stood at the entrance of the town at a loss. They were in a state of fear. Even if someone died on the way, they didn't know what was going on. They just wanted to find a place where they could stay and settle down.

The rich state government will not accept these victims at all. They walked and walked, and they came here. They didn't know where it was. When they saw a town from a distance, they rushed over. It was stopped, but they stopped their officers and soldiers to say that they could not enter the town for the time being, and they had to wait for the words of the county magistrate.

So they just wait.

When the two men dressed in sackcloth came over, Langzhong's mouth and nose were covered with a thick layer of gauze, and he came to check the pulse of the patient between them. After the diagnosis, the expressions of the two changed greatly, and finally they retreated to the wooden shed at the town entrance. He washed his hands with the wine in the wine jar, and took off the sackcloth on his body and set it on fire with a torch.

The two younger men did not expect these patients to be a plague.

They shouted something at the soldiers guarding the town entrance, the soldiers' faces changed slightly, and they hurried back to the county government office to report.

Xu Qinyu, the county magistrate, and these doctors did not leave for a while, and they were all waiting in the front yard of the yamen. Xu Qinyu was also a little worried, and her heart was in a mess, thinking that if the fourth brother was there, the fourth brother would With her excellent medical skills, coupled with her protective measures, I am afraid that no matter what kind of plague can be controlled and cured...

Just as he was thinking about it, a soldier guarding the town came over, and the county magistrate said in a trembling voice, "My lord, some of the victims at the entrance of the town have diarrhea."

Hearing that it was diarrhea, all the doctors present changed their faces.

Xu Qinyu knew that diarrhea was probably similar to cholera in later generations. It was also diarrhea caused by polluted water and food, rice-slop-like stools, vomiting, and severe dehydration in the end. Presumably, after the catastrophe, the food and drink of the victims are not clean, but in summer, the food is easy to rot, the victims don’t care whether they can eat or not, the water from the water source can be drunk, they are so hungry that they can eat anything, so they are most likely to get infected. Diarrhea is the most common disease, and as long as you raise your awareness of hygiene, boil all the water you drink, eat cooked food, and wash your hands frequently, you can mostly avoid being infected.

She doesn't understand the prescription of treatment, but these doctors should understand.

Xu Qinyu called the county magistrate outside the hospital and told him in a low voice how to prevent the infection of diarrheal disease.

The magistrate of the county was so anxious right now that he knew what to do after listening to it. Naturally, he first reminded the townspeople of Yuanbao Town and the nearby villages and towns that diarrhea had occurred, and asked everyone not to When going out, all drinking water must be boiled before drinking. Do not eat raw or cold food, only cook all food before eating, and do not eat raw or cold melons and fruits. Wash hands frequently with soap or acacia every day.

In addition, he had to send someone to Raozhou City to report to the prefect of Raozhou. After all, there is a military camp guarding the border town near Raozhou City. As far as the enemy country is concerned, it will be self-defeating.

In addition to notifying the prefect that the disaster victims came to the southwest, there is also a defense method for diarrhea, and a letter must be sent to the government officials.

There are more doctors in Raozhou City, and their medical skills are better, and there must be more prescriptions for diarrhea.

As long as there is a way to prevent the spread of diarrheal diseases and treat the sick, maybe this plague can really be stopped.

After Xu Qinyu finished speaking, she knew that she probably had nothing to do here, and all she could do was cook some food for the doctor who was treating diseases outside the town and the victims of the disaster.

The premise is that there is a doctor who is willing to go outside the town to treat patients with diarrhea.

The two doctors who went out of the town to give the victims a pulse must not be able to come back. They need to stay outside the town and treat the patients along the way.

After Xu Qinyu left, the county magistrate told these doctors that no one really wanted to go, and they were afraid of death. The county magistrate knew that he could not force him to do so. The plague was too terrible. Nine deaths would be light for a lifetime. He sighed and finally said "If the two doctors outside the town have treated the patients for the past two days and have not contracted diarrhea, I will ask the doctors to help you. Otherwise, it may be difficult for the two of them to be busy. Anyone who is willing to go out of the city for treatment Each of the sick doctors will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

These doctors had no hope at all. They felt that the two young doctors outside the town were too reckless. The diarrheal disease was very contagious. Even if they took the medicine for a while and continued to contract it after two days, they were dead.

Xu Qinyu went to Xuji Restaurant first, and the mushrooms and wild vegetables brought back were sent back to Osmanthus Alley by Brother Cheng, and the wild grapes were still in the backyard of the restaurant.

Xu Feng and the others were also in the restaurant, and Wen Shi also went back to Osmanthus Alley first.

Xu Feng and the others didn't know what happened. Seeing Xu Qinyu's gloomy face, they couldn't help feeling a little worried. Xu Feng asked, "Boss, has something serious happened?"

"En." Xu Qinyu said: "The restaurant should not be open for business in the last half month. There are disaster victims from outside the city, and some of the victims have contracted diarrhea, so please don't run around recently. You are also staying in the restaurant and you are not allowed to run around. .”

The utility room in the backyard of the restaurant is full of rice, noodles, miscellaneous grains, dried goods, eggs, and some live poultry. These things are enough for the diners of the restaurant for a month, which is enough for their family of six and many more. The rations for these children, Feng, are convenient for eating and drinking, but he is not worried.

She was just worried about other things, she was very disturbed, she was not a doctor and could not treat a doctor, even if she knew some protective measures, it would be of no use, and it was unknown whether everyone would abide by them.

Moreover, this place is different from the later generations. Let alone the person who ascended the throne is useless, and the queen mother is cruel. If the victims of the disaster should go to the capital, the court knows that there are patients with diarrhea among the victims. Instead of imprisoning the victims of the disaster and waiting for them to die of illness, they will directly kill and burn them all.

Although Xu Feng's children are not very old, they also know what diarrhea is. After hearing this, their little faces turned pale, and they were terribly frightened.

Xu Qinyu could only tell them not to worry, and washed and removed the stems of these wild grapes with a few children, and they can make wine after drying tomorrow.

She wanted to make wine a few days ago, so she ordered a lot of big wine jars and came back.

After washing all the grapes, she cooked some noodles for herself, Xu Feng and the others, and told the child to lock the door and sleep well, and she would come over tomorrow.

That night, the county magistrate personally took the yamen servants to the mouth of the town. He comforted the victims and told them the truth that they had diarrhea.

The magistrate of the county called them to stop and told them, "I have asked the doctor to help you diagnose the pulse. Now the two doctors are living outside the town. What are you worried about? If you really run away, you will only have a dead end. Now there is a doctor who is willing to help you." You heal, as long as you are willing to accept the healing and take good precautions, you may still have the hope of living, are you really willing to run away and wait to die?"

The victims really stopped, looked at the two doctors wearing strange veils under the wooden shed in the distance, and shouted to them from a distance, "Are you really willing to heal us?"

In fact, the two doctors were also flustered and regretted endlessly.

At first they just thought it was such a coincidence that these victims came from the north, if they really had the plague, they would have died by now, and if they went out to check their pulse, they would get twenty taels for nothing, so they went naturally.

Now that this is the case, the county magistrate will definitely not let them enter the town, and their family members are also in the town. If they escape like this, the county magistrate will definitely arrest their family members. Now they can only bite the bullet and nod in agreement with the victims.

The victims really calmed down.

The county magistrate began to order that the uninhabited places outside the town can only be marked out half a mile away so that the victims can stay and not run around, and they will be given food and water. Eating indiscriminately outside, and even excrement are all marked out, so they are not allowed to drag around.

The victims were all obedient, and the place where the victims were staying was also sprayed with spirits.

The medicinal materials requested by the two doctors and the stove for boiling the decoction were also delivered to the gate of the town.

...

When Xu Qinyu returned to Osmanthus Lane, the family had eaten and slept, and Mrs. Wen was still waiting for her. It was a relief to see her come back, "Yu Niang is back, but I told the county magistrate, the county magistrate plans to How? Will we first find a place to confine these victims?"

Since ancient times, all the places infected with the plague have been locked up, even if someone heals them, it will not help.

The final fate is nothing more than being burned after death.

Wen also thought that her daughter-in-law went to report to the county magistrate to prevent the victims from entering the town.

Xu Qinyu nodded, "I've already said it, mother, don't worry too much, go to bed early, the restaurant will definitely not open tomorrow, and mother doesn't need to go to the restaurant."

Wen Shi sighed, and couldn't bear to think of those disaster victims.

Xu Qinyu still couldn't sleep, so she took some gauze from home and sewed some masks to cover her mouth and nose.

Wen Shi didn't sleep when she saw this, she helped Yu Niang sew these strange things, and asked her, "Yu Niang, why are you sewing this?"

Xu Qinyu briefly explained the reason, but she didn't tell Wen Shi that the county magistrate had already planned to rescue those victims, and Wen Shi also thought that Yuniang was afraid, so she sewed this one with the nose and mouth covered.

The two sewed a lot before going to bed, but they couldn't sleep well.

Early the next morning, the county magistrate sent yamen servants to post notices in the town and nearby villages and towns. Not only that, these yamen servants beat gongs and drums, and then shouted in every street and alley to inform the victims outside the town that they had diarrhea, saying As a precautionary measure, everyone should not go out recently, stay at home, sew some gauze covers to cover their mouths and noses, the method of sewing gauze covers has been written on the notice, let everyone go and read the notice first.

These yamen servants put up notices, and the yamen servants who went to various villages and towns to pass them on also wore gauze covers.

All the people in Yuanbao Town were terrified. After reading the notices in the past, they were terrified. When they learned that the victims were kept outside the town, they began to complain about why the county magistrate wanted the victims to stay outside the town, and why they didn’t find a place to confine them. . But complaining is nothing to complain about, they have nothing to do, they can only stay at home, they are also afraid of death, no longer dare to drink raw water, they drink it after boiling, and they dare not eat raw or cold food, all of them are cooked food, this On the other hand, he is strange and obedient.

Although the county magistrate had arranged everything properly, he was still worried, and his cheeks were swollen from being angry.

Xu Qinyu went over today, Xu Ji was a little late, after the three women who ran the hall and the eldest girl and the second girl also arrived, but the doors and windows of other shops in the market were all closed, and there were few pedestrians on the road, and they had already passed by. It is known that some of the victims have diarrhea.

Everyone stayed in the restaurant. Seeing Xu Qinyu, for some reason, they all seemed to have a backbone.

Xu Qinyu found that not only did everyone come, but there were also fish and milk in the backyard.

Xu Fengcai told her that it was brought by Uncle He. It turned out that the village below did not know that there were diarrheal diseases among the victims, so of course Uncle He did not know. fish.

However, Xu Feng told Uncle He to stay at home for the next half month and not to come again for the time being.

I believe that by tomorrow, people in the nearby villages should not have the guts to run to the town.

The fish are still half alive. Xu Qinyu found wooden basins and kept them in them. The milk will not be enough. This thing has to be drunk on the same day, it is hot, and it will go bad tomorrow if you don’t drink it all. Moreover, these fish can’t be eaten up at all. Well, even if these fish are raised in wooden basins, they don’t have enough oxygen, so they can live well until tomorrow, so they still need to be dealt with in these two days.