Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 99 Looking up at the Starry Sky
Outside Xuzhou City, in an open space.

Under the starry sky, the well-fed victims finally gained strength and sat together chatting.

They haven't lived a normal life like this for who knows how long.

"What are those officials doing?"

Some victims noticed that soldiers in Xuzhou City were spreading white powder around their gathering points and in some aisles.

"We are spreading quicklime. Didn't you listen to what the officials said this afternoon? They said it was necessary to disinfect to avoid epidemics. There are also rats, dead fish and shrimps, which must not be eaten! Once a dead mouse is found, report it to the officials immediately .”

"I just ate here in the afternoon and I really didn't listen carefully. Now that we have such delicious rice porridge, who wants to eat mice, dead fish and shrimps?" The previous victim curled his lips and said.

In ancient times, there was another thing that was closely related to disasters, and that was the epidemic.

Because things like epidemics often start to spread from dirty sanitation.

When Zhu Biao went to the front line for disaster relief, Yang Xian emphatically explained this matter, and even wrote a small manual to him directly, telling him several key points that he urgently needed to do.

It is still summer, so look for an open and ventilated place and quickly set up a shed that can provide shade and shelter for people to rest.

Then, suitable locations were dug around to build tunnels and unified latrines and drainage ditches.

At the same time, quicklime was also transported to the front line of disaster relief along with potatoes.

Use quicklime to disinfect the inside and outside of the gathering points for victims.

At the same time, we should do a good job in publicity. Once a dead rat is found, we will directly find a place to burn it and bury it.Dead people, same thing.

Now that we have potato porridge, no one will eat these rotten things.

In addition, special isolation areas for patients have been set up in the most remote places.

Zhu Biao followed the contents of Yang Xian's manual and sent people to screen the victims.

As long as you find anyone sick, you will have a headache and a fever.If you have a cough, phlegm, diarrhea, etc., you should send them in immediately and separate them into serious and light wards. In short, they must be isolated.

Most of the doctors in Xuzhou City have also been requisitioned by the yamen and are on standby to treat the victims.

Also on standby are buckets of clean water that have been prepared in advance.

The situation was much better than Yang Xian expected.

One of the most critical aspects is that they provide sufficient food rations to these victims. This ensures that the victims will not eat dead rats in the future.

Zhu Biao let out a long sigh of relief after listening to his men's report.

If a major disaster is coupled with an epidemic, it will be really difficult to handle.

I don't know how many people will die by then.

On the other side, under the stars.

The chat among the victims continued.

"What is the yellow thing in the rice porridge we had in the afternoon? It was so delicious. I have never eaten anything so delicious in my life." A victim smashed his mouth, as if he was still savoring the aftertaste.

"I know, I know, the thing we eat is called potatoes. In the afternoon, I heard from the officials that these are crops obtained from overseas by Mr. Yang, the prefect of Yangzhou. The potatoes we eat are also directly from It was shipped from Yangzhou."

"Mr. Yang, the prefect of Yangzhou? Sounds familiar." A disaster victim frowned. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember where he had heard of this man. Logically speaking, he was a poor farmer for three generations. Han, how do you know what it means to be an official?And he was an official from Yangzhou, thousands of miles away.

Before he could remember it, another victim next to him said, "More than two months ago, an official came to our door and asked us if we were willing to go to Yangzhou to work. They said we would be responsible for food and housing."

As soon as these words came out, others immediately thought about it.

"I also remembered that it did happen at the time, but I didn't agree because I didn't want to leave my hometown. However, my neighbor's family followed him directly to Yangzhou. I don't know what's going on now."

"Since I went to Yangzhou, I must have these potatoes to eat every day. I don't know if we will have anything to eat tomorrow. I really want to eat them again. Are there any potatoes to eat tomorrow?"

"I don't know." "If only I had followed him to Yangzhou, my father wouldn't have starved to death on the way to escape. It's all my fault!"

"My condolences, brother. By the way, will there be any potatoes to eat tomorrow? Does anyone know?"

"I do not know."

The night is getting darker and darker, and the voices of chatter are getting softer and softer.

The old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children all live in simple and ventilated sheds.

Young adults all sleep outside on bunks on the ground.

For these victims, this is not a problem at all. Along the way of fleeing from famine, there was no day when they did not use the sky as their quilt and the earth as their bed.

Now the imperial court has at least distributed straw mats to them.

This is already top-notch treatment.

The victims lay on straw mats and looked at the stars in the sky. Their eyes, which had been numb and lifeless, finally began to gain light.

My heart slowly calmed down.

They finally saw hope of life.

After a while, the snoring gradually began.

After the victims fell asleep.

In the Xuzhou government office, Zhu Biao, who was sitting at his desk, also fell asleep. Until then, he still held the disaster relief manual that Yang Xian gave him.

At night, further north from Xuzhou, there were victims coming here.

Early the next morning, Zhu Biao woke up.

The victims outside the city woke up earlier than Zhu Biao.

They were now voluntarily lining up outside the porridge shed, waiting to eat.

After the victims finished another delicious meal of potato porridge.

Zhu Biao began to evacuate these victims in batches according to the strategy Yang Xian had discussed with him.

After the victims simply washed their hands and faces, they were asked to take their luggage and the boiled potatoes that Xuzhou had already prepared and continue heading south.

The old, weak, sick and disabled who really couldn't walk were left behind.

Because according to intelligence, a new batch of victims is coming here.

The way to induce the victims to continue walking south is, of course, delicious potatoes.

Of course, sometimes coercion is unavoidable, because humans are very complex individuals, and when they have nothing to eat in order to survive, they may do anything.But now after eating, some people began to have other ideas.

For example, why should we continue walking south, when we can have potato porridge if we stay here?

On the imperial court's side, this time soldiers will be sent to escort and lead the way.

Repeat this.

The entire four counties of Fengxian, Peixian, Xiaoxian and Dangshan in Xuzhou, as well as the [-] counties in the five prefectures under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture, are all life buffer zones designated by Yang Xian in advance to deal with this disaster.

In the end, if the number of victims is still exceeded.

The entire buffer zone still cannot bear it.

Then Yangzhou under his rule was the last barrier.

(End of this chapter)