The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 176 Exceptions

Disease?

Chen Jingke was shocked and quickly found Zhu Yuanzhang to ask about the situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite calm and did not appear anxious:

"The world is so big, and several epidemics occur in local areas every year, and the impact is basically not big."

"Such a large-scale requisition of civilians is even more likely to cause epidemics."

“Dynasties in the past have been unwilling to recruit corvees on a large scale, which not only wastes people’s energy but also affects agricultural production.”

"Another reason is that diseases are prone to occur."

"Thanks to the "Epidemic Prevention Manual" written by you, things are going well this time. It has been almost half a year since a large-scale epidemic broke out."

"If we put it aside as usual, it would have happened two or three times at least."

Chen Jingke couldn't help but speechless, and his heart became even heavier, and he said:

"What kind of epidemics usually occur?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The most common diseases are typhoid fever, dysentery and other diseases, which break out several times in different places every year."

"This outbreak is caused by typhoid fever."

"According to reports from Li Qi and Bai Ying, this typhoid fever was caused by rainfall."

There are many types of typhoid fever, and influenza can also be counted as one of them. It is indeed a very common disease.

So many people have ignored that this thing is extremely contagious.

In previous lives, when medical skills were advanced, people did not pay much attention to this disease.

But in ancient times, when medical skills were backward and there was a shortage of medicine, influenza was a plague.

But... thanks to Zhang Zhongjing, most of the typhoid fever illnesses were conquered.

After the addition of experts from later generations of doctors, basically all common typhoid fevers have been conquered.

"Every local government office must prepare a batch of medicines to treat typhoid fever."

"If typhoid fever breaks out, we can directly use the drugs in stock to control it in time."

"Even if you can't control it, you can still buy time for the court to allocate the medicine."

"The Yellow River was diverted to reroute so many laborers, and the imperial court had already made relevant preparations."

"Luoyang has also prepared a large amount of medicinal materials and can support them at any time, so you don't have to worry."

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's introduction, Chen Jingke felt much relieved.

At the same time, I also admire my ancestors.

It is really in practice that a very complete administrative management system has been developed.

This reminded him of a story he heard in his previous life.

When the People's Republic of China was first founded, our country sent a group of experts to study their administrative management techniques abroad.

As a result, people were surprised when they heard our purpose of coming.

We also established the current system after studying your Chinese administrative system.

Why do you come here to learn from ours if you don't learn from your own experience?

At first, our scholars didn't believe it, but after some research, they discovered that this was really the case.

Then everyone woke up.

In terms of administrative management experience, it is natural that a country with a long history and a unified background is more perfect.

Of course, this does not mean to deny the advancement of others.

The West is indeed a latecomer and has surpassed us.

But we don’t need to belittle ourselves. Some of the experiences left by our ancestors are really very practical.

For example, among all the big countries, China is the best at handling conflicts between the central and local governments.

This is the precious wealth left by our ancestors.

But having said that, how can Chen Jingke not be worried in the face of the epidemic.

Because of some experiences in his previous life, he is very sensitive to these two words.

After much thought, I finally made a decision:

"Your Majesty, I want to go to Henan."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly and said, "Don't you believe in the medical skills of those doctors?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said: "The treatment of typhoid fever is very mature. As long as the medicine is enough, it is not difficult to control."

"I just want to see with my own eyes what it's like to build the Yellow River."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, thought for a while and said:

"It's good to go and have a look."

Chen Jingke did not just have a sudden idea, but after careful consideration.

Now that the imperial court is building a new capital, repairing the Yellow River, and carrying out military and political reforms, it will be unable to make any major moves within a year or two.

The arithmetic class has been set up, and the basic mathematics has been taught. The rest can be studied slowly according to the tutorial.

Therefore, there is no point in him staying in Yingtian for the time being. It is better to go out and take a look.

A deeper understanding of the social conditions of the Ming Dynasty will help with subsequent reforms.

Lest good intentions lead to evil in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang probably agreed to his proposal out of similar ideas.

Just when Chen Jingke was packing his luggage and preparing to leave, Zhu Xiongying didn't want to.

"No, I have to go out of the palace to have a look."

Chen Jingke didn't take it seriously and said casually:

"It's useless to talk to me about this. Go talk to your grandpa."

Then Zhu Xiongying ran to find Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally disagreed. If the prince is not here, you, the grandson, don't want to go anywhere.

Moreover, it is still an epidemic area, so you cannot take risks easily.

Although it's just typhoid fever and it's not a big problem, we still have to take precautions.

Unwilling to be reconciled, Zhu Xiongying went to see Queen Ma again, but the result was the same. He didn't want to go anywhere.

If you really want to go, you can write a letter to call your father back.

When your father comes back to take charge, you can go wherever you like.

Only then did Zhu Xiongying accept his fate.

During Chen Jingke's trip this time, more people came to see him off.

I won’t talk about Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Chun and Zhu Gui.

Xu Yungong, Du Tongli, Qiu Guangan, Cheng Yimin and others all appeared.

Even Lan Yu sent a butler to see him off.

It would have been appropriate to send his son over, but unfortunately he didn't have a son, so he had to ask the housekeeper to come over.

Naturally, it was not convenient for Princess Fuqing to appear in public, but she had already come to see her off in the palace.

He also gave him a peace charm and said that he had asked for it in person.

Chen Jingke was naturally very happy and felt that it would be good to find a virtuous wife.

Take a boat all the way to Kaifeng, get off the boat and ride to the epidemic area.

He also took a special look at the flood area and could not see Zeguo beyond.

Roads, farmland, and villages were all gone.

Fortunately, in order to prevent the new river channel from bursting its banks, the residents in this area were relocated.

Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

The road was muddy and there was a heavy rain halfway. Chen Jingke came to the epidemic area in embarrassment and met Li Qi here.

Chen Jingke is not surprised that Li Qi appears here.

As the administrative person in charge of diversion of the Yellow River, if he were not on the most dangerous front line, Lao Zhu would probably be the first to get angry.

Li Qi, on the other hand, was very surprised by the arrival of this prospective brother-in-law.

"Chen Bandu, why are you here?"

Of course, Chen Jingke couldn't tell the truth, so he just said: "Your Majesty is concerned about the epidemic situation and ordered me to come and check."

Li Qi had no doubt because this was completely in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's character:

"It's my responsibility to worry Your Majesty."

Chen Jingke comforted him and said, "Your Majesty is very pleased to know that Captain Li is doing his job with all his heart."

"Epidemics are caused by natural disasters and cannot be stopped by humans."

"You handled it in a timely manner and did not let the epidemic spread. It is already a great achievement."

The two exchanged a few more polite words, and then Chen Jingke asked:

"What's the epidemic situation now? How many people are infected?"

Li Qi said without thinking: "There are now more than [-] people who are sick, and they have all been concentrated in an uninhabited village one mile away."

This fully demonstrates how well he grasps the situation here. But Chen Jingke frowned: "Why is there more than three thousand more? Didn't you say in the memorial that the epidemic has been controlled?"

Li Qi said shamefully: "We isolated the sick people as soon as possible, and waited for another two days to make sure that no new patients appeared before we wrote the memorial."

"I just don't know why, but there are people who get sick every day."

"Even if we transfer all the patients in time, even those who have close contact with the patients will be isolated separately."

"There will still be new patients appearing one after another."

"The number of patients here exceeded [-] the day before yesterday, and more than a thousand recovered and left..."

Chen Jingke frowned even more and said, "How do you prevent the epidemic?"

Li Qi said: "I strictly followed your epidemic prevention manual. The water can only be drunk after it is boiled."

"Wash your hands before eating, clean your living area regularly, and sprinkle lime powder..."

"It's a little difficult to take a bath, but the most important thing here is water, and it's summer again."

"We also promise to let everyone take a bath once every five or six days..."

"After the outbreak of typhoid fever, we also promptly cut off the infection route of the disease..."

"There have been several outbreaks of minor epidemics before, including dysentery and the like."

"We followed your method and got it under control in time."

“I don’t know why this time, but people continue to be infected.”

Li Qi must also be a little anxious, and his words are a little confusing.

Chen Jingke listened to his story and found no problems.

Under the current conditions, if he does it himself, the best he can do is that.

But why do people continue to get sick?

Is the incubation period of the virus longer?

That shouldn't be the case either.

Tens of thousands of people live and eat together. If there really was a virus with such a long incubation period, everyone would have been infected long ago.

Can't figure it out.

All he could say was: "Take me to where the servant lives first."

Li Qi, who had a headache for a long time, immediately took him to the accommodation area.

In fact, the so-called accommodation area is right on the edge of the Yellow River.

Standing in the accommodation area, you can see the laborers working in the river.

Li Qi introduced: "It's summer now. You can just find a place to sleep at night. Almost everyone eats and lives on the river embankment..."

"However, in order to prevent the epidemic, we still built temporary shelters for everyone."

The so-called temporary shelters are rows of thatched huts, which can only provide shelter from the rain but not the wind.

But it’s summer now, and it doesn’t matter if you can block the wind or not.

The bed is simpler, with wooden boards laid directly on the floor.

There were tattered beddings placed on the wooden boards, many of which were just rolls of straw mats.

In the previous life, no one even looked at this thing when it was left on the roadside, but here it is a treasure.

Chen Jingke felt sour in his heart when he saw it.

But overall, it's really clean.

At least there are no 'landmines' everywhere.

There was a layer of white powder sprinkled under the bed, which was obviously lime.

But soon he discovered that fleas the size of pinheads appeared in groups.

Subconsciously, he felt itchy all over his body.

I lifted the board again, and sure enough, I found some bed bugs, commonly known as bed bugs, in the gaps between several boards.

Li Qi quickly explained: "We have been trying to find ways to kill these bugs, but you also know that it is difficult to kill them completely in a place like this."

Chen Jingke nodded. Before chemicals appeared, humans had nothing to do with this thing.

Even with the use of chemical agents, it needs to be combined with a cleaner and hygienic living environment to control it within a certain range.

Li Qi added: "The typhoid fever cannot be controlled. Could it be related to these bugs?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said: "There should be no direct relationship, but it's hard to say. We still need to observe further."

Just as Li Qi was about to say something, he suddenly stopped and then scratched his head several times with his hands.

When he took off his finger, Chen Jingke clearly saw that there was blood and dirt between the nails.

Seeing this scene, his scalp couldn't help but feel numb.

This was obviously caused by not washing my hair for a long time, which resulted in small sores on my head, which were then scratched.

Li Qi said with some embarrassment: "I made you laugh. There have been a lot of things lately, and I have been a bit neglectful of hygiene."

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "Can you let me see your head?"

Li Qi paused and said, "Okay, just take a look."

As he spoke, he squatted down.

Chen Jingke leaned over and gently pushed his hair away with his hands. The first thing he saw was the dense white dots on the roots of his hair.

Only one-third the size of sesame seeds.

Lice are the eggs of lice.

Even Li Qi is like this, let alone others.

The situation of the slave laborers will only become more serious.

Chen Jingke let go of his hand, took a step back, and said in admiration:

"Captain Li, thank you for your hard work. I will report your contribution to His Majesty truthfully."

Li Qi stood up and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty entrusted me with a heavy task, but I couldn't complete it. I really feel ashamed of your Majesty's trust. I dare not say anything about my merits."

Chen Jingke said: "The epidemic is not your fault. You have dealt with it in a timely manner."

"The rest is not your problem, but the responsibility of us doctors."

"Let's go, let's go to the village where the patients are isolated."

Li Qi hesitated and said, "Why don't you meet Bai Langzhong first?"

Chen Jingke shook his head: "Let's go to the quarantine area first and then talk."

Li Qi said nothing more and took him back to the quarantine area.

"This was a previous village that was moved and relocated because of the diversion of the Yellow River."

"The village became empty. We tidied it up and used it as a quarantine area."

Naturally, a small village cannot accommodate nearly [-] patients, so most patients still live in temporary huts.

Chen Jingke originally thought that the atmosphere here would be tense, with moans and sounds everywhere.

But after entering the village, what I saw was completely the opposite scene.

There is no panic atmosphere here, but a very peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

No one seemed a bit uneasy and seemed to be enjoying themselves.

This surprised him.

You know, this kind of atmosphere cannot be achieved even in previous lives, let alone ancient times.

This made him very curious and asked: "How did you comfort everyone? Why didn't they panic at all?"

Li Qi shook his head, also confused: "Is this difficult?"

"..."

This attitude made Chen Jingke want to scold his mother.

Li Qi also realized that the situation was indeed somewhat abnormal, thought for a moment and explained:

"Everyone was really panicked at first, but later we found that the court had sufficient medicines prepared."

"It's just a matter of being isolated for a few days and taking some medicine, and everyone will stop panicking."

Chen Jingke couldn't help but shake his head. Others might think it was normal.

But he had experienced isolation several times in his previous life. Even though he knew the problem was not serious, everyone still felt panicked.

Especially when so many patients gather together, the feeling of panic will be even stronger.

None of the patients in front of me looked scared at all.

On the contrary, it felt like I was on vacation.

There must be something wrong.

(End of this chapter)