Capital Datang

Corpse!Corpse!In everyone's field of vision, there are all miserable corpses. Among them are strong men, slender women, and many old people and children. It is a pity that these people are all dead. Outside the big city, there were stinking corpses within a radius of several miles. Countless vultures and wild dogs shuttled among the corpses, enjoying this rare feast of flesh and blood.

"Ugh~" Lu Wan led the crew to see the scene in front of them. Several young people couldn't bear it on the spot and threw up lying on the side of the road. To the crew, the corpse was nothing terrible at all, and even most of them Everyone has killed people with their own hands, but now they see so many corpses piled up densely together, it is no different from the legendary hell.

"How could this happen?" Even Lu Wan, who was well-informed, was equally astonished. The dead bodies in front of him could not be seen at a glance, and judging from their appearance, it seemed that they wanted to enter the city not far away. But because there were too many people, even the road was blocked.

But what Lu Wan and the others couldn't understand was, why did these people rush to the city?And why did they die on the road?Moreover, it is unimaginable that so many people died together. It is impossible for these people to die at the same time. If not at the same time, wouldn't the living people escape?

With these questions in mind, Lu Wan sent a doctor from the fleet to check the cause of death of these people. As a result, the doctor who was sent out quickly escaped and said to Lu Wan with a terrified expression: "Captain, These people all died of illness, and it seems that they should have died of smallpox!" Capital Datang 678

The doctor in Lu Wan's fleet was named Xu Fang.He was originally a scholar, but he felt hopeless in the imperial examination.So I entered Datang Medical College to study, and later came to Taiwan.He also entered the Taiwan Medical College to study, and his medical skills were very superb, so he was hired by Lu Wan as a fleet doctor with a high salary.

"Smallpox!" Hearing this name, the crew behind Lu Wan almost turned around and fled. This is a plague, and anyone who gets sick will almost die. Few people can survive under smallpox. No wonder the doctors in the fleet are scared escaped back.

But Lu Wan held his breath very calmly.He thought for a while and said: "So that's the case. I remembered that His Royal Highness King Wu told me that because of our arrival, smallpox and other plagues broke out among the natives of Australia and America. I encountered such a ferocious epidemic once, so the death rate was extremely high, I didn't expect that we would encounter it. And judging by the situation before us, the number of deaths may be more than the rumors!"

As soon as Lu Wan's words fell, the frightened doctor Xu Fang suddenly slapped his head and said in surprise: "Haha. Seeing so many dead people, I forgot all of a sudden. I also heard from some colleagues about the outbreak of smallpox in the Americas. I didn’t expect the death rate to be far higher than predicted.”

When Xu Fang said this, he suddenly saw that all the crew members behind Lu Wan looked terrified.He waved his hands to everyone and said, "Don't worry, everyone, everyone in our fleet has been vaccinated. They are also immune to smallpox, and they will never get smallpox again in their lifetime, so this disease is useless to us! "

Although Xu Fang's medical skills are superb, he is actually only in his 30s this year, and this is his first time participating in an ocean voyage. Therefore, in terms of courage, he is not as good as an ordinary crew member. What's more, Liushen Wuzhu even forgot that people like himself are not afraid of smallpox, that's why they seemed so panicked before.

Lu Wan's eyes lit up when he heard Xu Fang's words, and he held his hand eagerly and said, "Doctor Xu, what you said is true? The cowpox we planted before is really effective, don't you have to worry about getting smallpox?" ?”

"Captain, don't worry, it's not a day or two since smallpox ravaged Australia and America. Many of my medical school classmates went to the epidemic area specially to observe the pathogenesis of smallpox for themselves. In addition, there are also vaccinations. After the actual results, I have finally found out with certainty that as long as people who are successfully vaccinated, even if they live with smallpox patients, they will never be infected with smallpox!" Xu Fang replied with certainty, although he is not very courageous. , but the professional knowledge of medicine is very solid.

"Good! Good! Fortunately, our doctors in the Central Plains have figured out a way to inoculate the pox, otherwise we would not be able to escape the smallpox infection if we were so close to these corpses!" Lu Wan patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.The reason why he behaved like this is because when he was young, he once encountered smallpox, and the tragedy of those who died of the disease at that time is still fresh in his memory.

Although it is said that they are not afraid of infection, no one will feel comfortable facing so many corpses piled up together, so Lu Wan and the others quickly returned to the boat, and the doctor Xu Fang also boiled some soup for everyone to take. Although they are not afraid of smallpox, if they stay in the pile of rotting corpses for a long time, they may contract some kind of disease, so it is better to take some "medicine" to prevent it.

However, after returning to the ship, some daring crew members suggested that there are a large number of golden utensils in the temples of the Mayans. The city in front of you is surrounded by dead bodies, and smallpox must have broken out in the city. All the people are dead, so they might as well send people into the city to bring out the gold from the temple.

The proposal of these crew members caused a debate. A group of crew members who were either bold or blinded by gold all agreed, but another group of crew members headed by Xu Fang resolutely opposed it. Even if they are not worried about contracting smallpox, what if they contract other plagues?So no need to take that risk.

In the end, this matter was brought to Lu Wan, and it turned out to be very embarrassing for Lu Wan. He remembered that when he was in Jorah City, the gold stored in the temple of the other party weighed more than one ton. The city is bigger, the gold in the temple must be too much, and because of the smallpox, even if the people in the city are not dead, there is no way to transfer the gold away, so there is no way to see so much gold. Taking it out really made Lu Wan a little unwilling.

Another point is that when passing through the Atlantic Ocean, when their fleet encountered a storm, they had to abandon the small and medium-sized ships in the fleet, although these ships were loaded with some ordinary goods, such as cotton cloth, low-grade Porcelain and silk, etc., but if these things are transported to America, they can definitely be worth tens of thousands of gold, plus the value of the ships themselves, so for the fleet, the storm has caused heavy losses to the fleet.

It was also in consideration of this point that in the end Lu Wan summoned all the members of the fleet to express their opinions. The results showed that the sailors were indeed a group of the most adventurous guys. Advantage wins.Seeing this situation, conservatives like Xu Fang had no choice but to agree.

Now that he had made a decision, Lu Wan quickly selected a group of bold crew members from among the crew, and entered the city with the anti-epidemic medicine prepared by Xu Fang, but the people on board waited anxiously for a whole day. The humans finally returned with the gold, and they also brought back a surviving Maya.

After these people came back, according to Xu Fang's request, they immediately took a bath with potion and burned all their clothes, and then they were immediately isolated, and three meals a day were sent to the designated place by the fleet, so that The main concern is that they will be infected with other plagues, so they need to be isolated and observed for a period of time.

It was also during this period of isolation that the crew finally understood what happened to the city and why all the Mayans desperately wanted to squeeze into the city by asking the surviving Maya.

It turned out that just over half a year ago, smallpox finally spread from the west coast of America to the Yucatan Peninsula. This is the area where the Mayans are most concentrated, so the speed of smallpox infection is also extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, smallpox patients appeared in almost all cities. .Capital Datang 678

The city in front of Lu Wan and the others was called Karu City, and it was the largest city within a hundred miles. What's more, it was different from Chola City in that this city was completely controlled by the priests of the temple, and the divine power was far above everything else.

When the priests in Karu City learned that smallpox had appeared around the city, the priests in the temple were completely unprepared. They didn't react until countless people died of illness in the surrounding villages.It's just that the Mayans didn't have specialized doctors, and all diseases were cured by temple priests, and the healing techniques were very primitive, mixed with a lot of witchcraft and sacrificial means.

For example, the priests in Kalu City believed that the cause of smallpox disease was that the sick people there offended the gods, so they were sent down by the gods to punish the disease. If the gods want to stop this punishment, they must These patients are sacrificed to the gods, and all those who participate in this sacrifice will be protected by the gods!

In the eyes of outsiders like Lu Wan and the others, the statement of the priests in Kalu City is simply nonsense, and they did not isolate those smallpox patients, but even transported them to densely populated cities. This is simply dislike of smallpox infection Too slow, courting death!

It's a pity that the Mayans around Karoo City are very devout to the gods, and they believe in the words of the priests, so all the villages that were notified rushed to Karoo City with their families. The reason why no one was found in the village.

All the smallpox patients who could be found were also sent to the temples in the city. On the day of the sacrifice, the blood vessels of these patients were cut open, and then the blood on their bodies was drained dry while the priests prayed. The Mayans who came here also prayed to the gods very devoutly, hoping to get the protection of the gods.It's a pity that this corresponds to a famous saying in later generations of China: feudal superstition kills people! (To be continued..)

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