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Chapter 1536 Plague Outbreak
Back to four days ago, just after Xiao Xiuer and the others arrived at Tianjin Wei, a ship from the East India Company arrived at Tianjin Wei.Customs officials came to issue customs declarations and conduct inspections as usual.

The captain and dozens of sailors hurriedly lifted it down alone.

"What happened to him?" asked the customs official.

"It may be that he ate something unclean. He suddenly had diarrhea and vomiting yesterday. We need to quickly find an old doctor for him and get some herbs for diarrhea."

"His disease is not contagious, is it?"

"My lord, hundreds of us have been waiting on a ship for a long time. If his disease is contagious, wouldn't we all be spared?"

"What you said is very reasonable. Take him ashore quickly for treatment, so as not to suffer from stomach discomfort."

Customs officials let them off the ship.

"My lord, if we let them off the ship so easily, will there be any accidents?" A customs official who had just taken office asked the responsible customs official.

"You have just been transferred to our customs, and you don't know a lot of things. He just ate the wrong thing, which is normal. Sailors like them often sail on the sea, and often eat stale food. In addition to the current weather It’s hot, and the food spoils faster. We’ve seen quite a few sailors like this.” The customs officer waved his hands nonchalantly.

A group of people came to the pharmacy with a sailor with diarrhea, and asked the doctor how many prescriptions for recuperating the stomach.

They lived temporarily in an inn to see how the sailor was doing.

However, a few packs of prescriptions for diarrhea did not play a single role. That night, the sailor was seriously dehydrated and vomited continuously, and he died!
The captain and dozens of sailors realized the seriousness of the problem, and it might not be as simple as diarrhea.

However, the sick sailor had already died, and the disease did not seem to be contagious, so the captain and the remaining sailors were not too nervous.

The next day they began to count the relics left by the sailor. These things need to be sent to the sailor's home, and the East India Company will also issue a pension to the sailor.

"It's really unlucky for him. He returned to his hometown, and he died on this day. It's a misfortune. I heard that his mother-in-law just gave birth to a fat boy before he left. Who would have thought..."

"Isn't that right? I have escaped the storms and waves at sea, and I didn't expect to get sick in the last few days. It's strange to say that this diarrhea will kill him so quickly? Or is there something ominous following him?"

"Don't scare us, we are upright, and there are all men on board, full of masculinity, how can we be afraid of those evil things."

A group of sailors discussed this unimaginable thing in the courtyard of the inn, and they couldn't help but think of evil things and other unclean things. Otherwise, how could a living adult die within a day due to diarrhea?
"There are all kinds of wonders in the world. Some people are very ill, and it is easy to die. As long as it doesn't spread like a plague. If it is a plague, neither you nor I can live."

While talking, the captain poured out the water from a cowhide water bag: "The water has become stinky. It seems that he hasn't changed the water since he came back from Calcutta... This cowhide water bag is still worth a few dollars, and I will give it to you as a gift." Return it to his family, wash it and use it.”

"Captain, let's bury it tomorrow, and it will be safe in the ground." The sailors said.

"It's natural, the company will pay this amount of money. Every one of us who sails is a warrior, whether it is life or death, the company will never treat you badly." The captain said.

The sailors felt a little relieved after hearing what the captain said.

The East India Company, which is controlled by the government, is already very interesting. If it is a sailor who was buried in the sea before, the owner should be grateful for the money.

Sailors are a business full of risks, with their heads tied to their waistbands. Diseases, storms, and pirates may take their lives at any time.

The strange death of this sailor seemed inconspicuous, and the sailors thought that the matter just turned the page.

However, Pandora's box has just been opened, and an unprecedented disaster befell Tianjin Wei, an external port.

On the third day after the sailor died of dehydration, hundreds of people in Tianjin Wei had the same symptoms as the sailor before his death. The sick civilians had diarrhea and vomiting. Soon after, their bodies shrank from dehydration, their eye sockets collapsed, and their blood was sticky. The human skin appeared dark blue and brown, looking extremely terrifying.

The Tianjin Wei Yamen quickly received reports from the civilians. The local Yamen did not know what to do. They urgently summoned all the doctors in the city, and even the doctors stationed here by the Ministry of Medicine to try to provide treatment for the "poisoned" civilians.

However, neither the doctor nor the doctor can do anything about this strange disease that looks like diarrhea but is more serious.

On the 4th day, more than 100 civilians were killed in this catastrophe!The number of new patients increased to 500!
The spread of this disease is so fast that people think of a frightening term-plague!
The plague is an extremely terrible existence, and thousands of people die every time it breaks out.If a plague breaks out in a village, the entire village may be devastated, and if a plague breaks out in a town, the town may even become an abandoned deserted city due to the plague!

Hundreds of people died from infection in just two days, it is hard not to associate it with the plague.

Tianjin Wei Yamen immediately understood what they were facing.

This matter is not something that a local government in Tianjin Wei can handle, but it is related to the safety of the capital!

Tianjin Wei is not far from the capital, and people and goods flow frequently between the two cities. If the plague spreads to the capital, the entire empire will collapse!

"Immediately telegraph the capital to order the Zhili yamen to close all the gates of the capital, and absolutely not allow any personnel or livestock coming from Tianjinwei to enter the capital!"

"Telephone the medical department of the Imperial University and ask them to send the most talented doctors to Tianjin Wei to investigate the cause of the disease!"

"By the way, the train, shut down the train station, and no one is allowed to use the train to spread the source of the disease to other cities until the cause is found out!"

Some officials of the Tianjin Wei Yamen realized that the matter was critical, and hurriedly ordered the Tianjin Wei Telegraph Station to telegraph the Beijing Terminus immediately.

When the telegram reached Chu Yun, the number of people killed in Tianjin Wei due to suspected plague reached 117, and 514 people were infected.

The plague may spread to the capital with a larger population at any time. Once the capital is affected by the plague, the entire empire may be paralyzed due to the death of a large number of civilians and officials!
(End of this chapter)