Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 60 Backer
Xin Can went with some money and silk.

Li Yue devoted all his energy to treating the plague.

The people on the mountain were all mobilized to cut firewood in the rear, to boil water, to cook porridge, and to build houses, trying not to contact the refugees.

The death battalions and cavalry who participated in the battle were all isolated.

Unsurprisingly, the plague broke out two days later, with vomiting, diarrhea, and sudden fever.

There are too many people, and there is no way to see, hear and ask one by one, and there is no time.

Terminally ill people just give up.

The materials on the mountain cannot be wasted.

Li Yue and Yueji took the people from the women's camp and the medical camp to personally teach them how to feel the pulse.

Those with sweating and floating and slow pulse should take Guizhi Decoction; those without sweating and fast pulse should take Mahuang Decoction;

With so many cases, the operation of the women's camp and the medical camp has grown rapidly.

To put it bluntly, Chinese medicine is experience.

In the beginning, there were still many misdiagnosed patients, but as time went on, they became more and more accurate, and more and more people were saved.

So much so that later, they could get it done without Li Yue's intervention.

However, in addition to injuries, many people also suffer from other strange diseases.

At first it was coughing, chest pain, pale complexion and bloodshot sputum.

After a few days, the person was as thin as skin and bones, but his belly swelled up like a skin sac, and finally he vomited a few mouthfuls of black blood, and he passed away.

"It must be a pest plague!" Yue Ji concluded at a glance.

Insect plague is also a kind of plague. The water source is polluted by corpses. Once people drink it, worms will grow in their stomachs.

However, this disease is not as lethal as typhoid fever, and has a certain incubation period. As long as hygiene is maintained, large-scale infections can be prevented.

Wormwood has the effect of repelling insects and diseases, and can treat initial symptoms. Therefore, the ancients often soaked and fumigated dried wormwood.

There is a record in "Mencius Li Loushang": If you are sick for seven years, ask for three years of moxa.

The older the moxa, the more miraculous it will be.

There is nothing else in Heiyun Mountain, but wormwood is everywhere.

Li Yue tried his best to do what he had to do. People died silently every day, but more people survived every day.

Just when Li Yue breathed a sigh of relief, someone from the women's battalion suddenly came to report: "General, general, something is wrong, Miss Yueji has fallen ill!"

"What?" Li Yue turned pale with shock.

In fact, the busiest person for so many days is not me, but Yue Ji.

With a weak body, he could not close his eyes for a few days to diagnose the pulse of the refugees.

It’s okay if it’s just tired, but if it’s infected with some strange disease...

Li Yue hurried to visit, Yueji was lying on a straw mat, her face was pale, and two women around her took care of her, and when they saw Li Yue, they all retreated.

I took the pulse for him, the pulse condition was sinking, weak, no sweat on the face, and no fever, it didn't seem like typhoid fever.

Li Yue was most afraid of getting other strange diseases, so he could only stay by her side.

Meng Kai disappeared, Cui Jin stayed in Xuanyuan Mountain, and Yueji was the only family member beside her.

She didn't close her eyes all night, and on the second day, Yueji woke up and struggled to get up, "Brother, Yueji is fine, just overworked recently."

Li Yue gently pressed her shoulder, "If you are tired, rest for a few more days. The plague has been contained, so you don't need to worry."

Seeing that Li Yue's expression was not good, he said with concern: "Elder brother should also take care of his health. Heiyun Mountain can be without Yueji, but it cannot be without elder brother."

"At any time, take care of yourself first, and don't follow their flattery." Li Yue looked serious.

Yue Ji covered her mouth and smiled, then closed her eyes wearily.

Li Yue guarded her every step of the way, boiled a small pot of meat soup for her, and fed her to drink it himself.

Just halfway through the drink, Xin Can came in a hurry, kept the etiquette, stood outside the thatched hut, and did not enter.

If he doesn't come in, Li Yue can only go out.

Only then did Xin Can speak, but her face was a little strange, "The Zheng family agreed, but there is one condition."

"Say."

There is no pie in the sky, there are not many choices in Heiyun Mountain, but there are many choices for other nobles.

"The Zheng family needs a general to marry in and change their surname to the Zheng family. The children of the Zheng family will assist the general in managing Heiyun Mountain..."

With a bang, something fell to the ground in the hut.

These days, the son-in-law is almost the same as the eunuch, and is despised by others.

"How about Lao Xin?" Li Yue managed to suppress the anger in his heart.

Accepting the conditions of the Zheng family means giving away everything in Heiyun Mountain.

Tigers and wolves are everywhere these days. If you don't want to eat others, others will already miss you.

Xin Can was also a little hard to say, "The subordinates feel... that they can pretend to accept it, and let's talk about it after we get through the current difficulties..."

Li Yue suddenly felt that there was something wrong with Xin Can's position. What he cared about was not himself, but that Heiyun Mountain would become the forward of Jiangdong's small court to counterattack Jie Zhao in the future.

If I agree to such harsh conditions, can I still sit in the seat of the village head of Heiyun Village?
All the prestige accumulated just now will dissipate. Heiyun Mountain is not entirely owned by Li Yue.

"Hmph, can't Black Cloud Mountain survive without the Zheng family? Don't mention this matter again." Li Yue flatly refused.

To put it bluntly, the Zheng family put forward such harsh conditions, and they didn't like themselves, the bandit leader, at all.

Even if Heiyun Mountain repelled Gao Li's imperial guards and annexed Jijiabao, in the eyes of these nobles, they were still a grassroots bandit.

The loss of mountains and rivers does not affect their aloofness.

So much so that it has evolved into a commoner who is guilty of taking a look at the high family...

"General, don't be impatient. This matter may not be without a turnaround. The subordinates will talk about it later."

"There's no need to talk about it anymore. I have a good plan when I'm really at the end of my rope!" Li Yue has a murderous look on his face, and he can still support it now, so he should show some face and not do things to the extreme. If it is the last step, he doesn't have to worry about it too much.

Can the living be suffocated to death by urine?

Xin Can bowed his hands and retreated.

Li Yue sorted out his mood and returned to the thatched cottage.

Yue Ji's crescent eyes had already rolled up, "Brother, do you know that Shi Hu's queen, Zheng Cherry, is from the Zheng family?"

Li Yue was taken aback, "Is there anything else?"

"Although Zheng Yingying is not a descendant of the Zheng family, she is also a dancer raised by the Zheng family. She is very favored by Shi Hu. The Zheng family has the support of Zheng Yingying, so of course they look down on their elder brother." A strange smile floated on Yueji's face.

"You're saying that as if no one wants your brother." Li Yue's mood improved a lot.

Yue Ji laughed "giggle".

Seeing her smile, Li Yue's mood improved a lot, "Since the Zheng family has a relationship with Zheng Cherry, why were they so polite to us before?"

"Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Shihu is licentious and immoral. How long will Zheng Cherry be favored? The Zheng family has not given up on the Jiangdong court, so they dare not get too close to Jie Zhao."

"Why do you know so much?" Li Yue became curious, only remembering her surname was Zhang.

She is proficient in medical skills and knows about major events in the world. She is definitely not a woman from an ordinary family.

Yue Ji lowered her head and sighed quietly, and said nothing more.

Everyone has their own pain, and if she doesn't talk about it, Li Yue won't ask.

"General, I'm overjoyed, the scouts have found iron ore and coal mines in the Outer Mountains!" The scouts reported happily.

(End of this chapter)