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Chapter 1543 Bacteria from Overseas

"Are you from the East India Company? Did any of your sick sailors ever spend the night at an inn?"

Xiaoxiuer and Nightingale tracked down the head of the East India Company, and it happened that the crew of the East India Company also found the Tianjin Wei Yamen.

"Yes, one of our companions suffered from diarrhea on board the boat before he arrived in Tianjinwei. We quickly sent him ashore. He died within a day of landing. Although we felt a little strange at the time, we thought he was It’s just that he ate the wrong thing. Our crew lacked fresh food at sea, and sometimes it’s normal to eat rotten food in the warehouse. We didn’t take it to heart, and only regarded him as suffering from an emergency.”

"It wasn't until these days that the city was under martial law, people were prohibited from entering and leaving, and many people suffered from the same strange disease as our previous dead comrades. We didn't realize that something was wrong. We were afraid of being scolded by the government, so we didn't dare to tell the truth, but we didn't The young crew member also died, and I was afraid that something unknown was behind it, so I had no choice but to come to the government to inform the matter.”

The captain of the merchant ship of the East India Company was almost crying. He was also collapsed by the plague. Many crew members under him fell ill one after another, and half of the sick died.

Hiss—Xiao Xiuer took a breath.After listening to the captain's words, she could be sure that the plague came from outside the sea. An unprecedented bacteria was accidentally brought back to the mainland by the sailors, causing the catastrophe.

The local plague types are mostly smallpox, influenza, and plague, but plagues with such symptoms are rarely seen.

"Where did you come back from on the Indian Peninsula? Where did you stop on the way?" Xiao Xiu'er asked with a pen and paper.

"We returned to the native land from the Calcutta castle. Before returning to the native land, we traveled to some towns in the lower reaches of the Ganges plain, looking for suitable jute planting land, so that we can buy jute locally in the future or we can directly buy these lands to grow jute ourselves. The demand for jute is still very large... On the return journey, we stopped at ports such as Malacca, Hoi An, Guangzhou, and Ningbo to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to prevent scurvy. But at that time there was no With the symptoms of the plague, who would have thought that there would be nothing before the trip, and it would suddenly break out until they arrived in Tianjinwei." The captain recalled this part of his journey.

"Calcutta, Malacca, Hoi An, Canton, Ningbo."

Xiao Xiu'er can almost rule out the suspicion of Guangzhou and Ningbo. If there are such vibrio living in Guangzhou and Ningbo, then there should be many records of similar plague outbreaks in such a long history.

As for Malacca, Hoi An Port, and Calcutta, the Kyushu Army ruled them for a short period of time, and the history of epidemics in these places is not clear.During this short reign period, there was no news of the outbreak of the plague in the above-mentioned places. It is very likely that the plague is just in the incubation period, and it is not that Vibrio does not exist in these places.

It is very important that the plague comes from overseas. If the plague breaks out in a certain overseas base, not only the overseas base will suffer disaster, but it may spread to all parts of the world along the Maritime Silk Road!
"Our understanding of overseas epidemics is limited, and the most urgent task is to eradicate the vibrio in the city first. We need to start a more detailed investigation. Obviously the pathogen came from the ship, and we need to check all the items on the ship, especially the dead sailors. Personal belongings, these personal belongings may carry Vibrio. Captain, please cooperate with our inspection." Xiao Xiuer said.

"Girl, are you saying that there might be something that caused the plague on his relic?!" The captain and other surviving crew members felt their scalps tingle after hearing this.

They have personally touched those relics!
"It's very likely that everyone should wear gloves before touching these items. But since none of you have anything to do now, it means that you are not infected, or that you are infected, but stomach acid killed all of them by chance. Vibrio." Xiao Xiuer said.

The captain and the crew couldn't understand what Xiao Xiu'er said, if they were infected, how could they be fine now?And what about stomach acid?
Xiaoxiuer and Nightingale led people to collect all the relics of the first sick sailor, and there were not many items. They were all brought back to the camp of the investigation team next to the plague area for research.

"Princess Sophia, is Professor Koch here? We have a batch of things that need to be checked by him to see if they also carry Vibrio."

Xiao Xiuer came to the camp of the team of the School of Biology and went to find Koch, who had a deep understanding of the field of bacteriology, but found that only Sophia and a few other students were still working.

"He couldn't stand the high-intensity work, so he went down to rest for the time being. If he finds something new, maybe I can help." Princess Sophia closed her eyes and rested for a while after returning from Chu Yun, and then went down with her mentor .

She is trying to mimic the environment of vibrio in the stomach to find out how vibrio makes people uncomfortable.

Xiao Xiu'er's arrival made her stop the work at hand.

"We found our first patient, a sailor returning home from the Indian peninsula, and we suspected he had inadvertently brought this deadly vibrio out of the sea. So we collected all his belongings, and as long as we found If something carries the Vibrio, then the matter will be easy." Xiao Xiu'er put a bunch of weird personal items on the wooden table.

Princess Sophia's eyes lit up, and she found the first person carrying the pathogen, which is one step closer to solving the mystery of this mysterious vibrio.

"Let me check carefully what items carry Vibrio... Sister Xiao, I met Mr. Chu. He is very concerned about the progress of our research. I bought a few apples when I came back, and they have been washed. You Do you want to have one? At this time, you still need to eat a fresh fruit to maintain your spirit." Princess Sophia bit an apple and handed one to Xiao Xiu'er.

Xiao Xiu'er thought that she didn't seem to have eaten yet, so she took the apple.

"Sister, you haven't slept with your eyes closed all the time? You should pay attention to rest. Mr. Chu is right. Our investigation team should take turns to rest. Otherwise, our bodies will collapse before the plague is calmed down, which is not conducive to the investigation. We must thoroughly Elimination of this plague is impossible without ten days and a half months, and no one can sleep for ten days and a half months." Sophia said to Xiao Xiu'er while counting things.

She noticed a water bladder inside the item, which seemed to be empty.

(End of this chapter)