Eagle Byzantium

Gawain also arrived in Tarsus at this time, as the intelligence said. He only brought Goliath, Muzaffy-Addin, the Great Earl Mero, and all the forbidden soldiers, and left the Red Hand Brigade under the supervision of Bramson, leaving Sebastian behind on the plateau. An City, while the other guardian brigade has returned south to Fanka City and is ready.

Braving the scorching sun and wind, the Patron passed through the wilderness of Elbistan (the area between Caesarea and Melitene), then went south through the snow-capped mountains of Algaeus, and then crossed along the Sidnus River. The steep Cilicia Gate finally entered the palace directly at the bridge of the water gate of Tarsus.

In the meantime, Anna stood in the center of the study with a solemn expression, and the female officials around her were busy in a group. When the patron walked into the room, these female officials held documents and saw him, and they all bowed.

"You just left the sleeping companion on the plateau like this?"

"It was too late to take her and the slow ox cart. I came all the way on horseback." Gawain's face was much darker, and then he sat down to rest. Seeing that the atmosphere around him was not right, he took the After taking a few sips of the water brought by the ink officer Hertomia, she asked, "What's wrong?"

Anna sighed with a heavy tone, "His Excellency Zhao Zhao, the Royal Merchant, has gone to the outskirts of Lamas City. Since you are here, the barbarian, we will go there together right away - there, because of the low-lying land and the scorching heat, Severe epidemics broke out in the rice fields and farms where the German villagers experimented.”

"What..." The cup in Gawain's hand trembled slightly.

On the Curricus Road, in front are the stretches of "rice farms", and behind are woods and rocky high slopes. Gawain is riding a horse, Anna is sitting on a small shoulder cart, and all the soldiers on the grass are holding hands with different expressions. Halberd and sword. Gawain's eyes were filled with blazing flames, which came from burning rice farms. It was originally a small coastal plain surrounded by tidal flats, hills and reed fields. It was originally the most suitable place for rice farming. Therefore, under the instruction and promotion of Anna of Caesar, the director-general of the Directorate of Agriculture and Caesar, two pension farms were built here, and a total of 800 German immigrants lived in them.

In order to show the importance of rice seeds, Anna also allocated a sum of money to build a new keel waterwheel along the river, equipped with cattle and farm tools, for irrigation and reclamation of rice fields. The two farms have their own With the core warehouse and the Zixin Bishop Farmhouse as the central area, it is surrounded by large and small houses and sheds.

But now, the keel waterwheel is slowly reduced to a miserable blackened frame in the sky-high firelight, and is constantly collapsing.

The miserable cries outside the farm reached Gawain's ears. People who were not infected by the disease were driven out and evacuated. Tarsus' militia and post riders formed a queue. , used spears and horsewhips to stop the crying people outside the cordon in the reed field, while two large farms had been set on fire, and the infected people, whether dead or alive, were locked in the barns and reduced to living creatures. of cremation grounds.

This is also the cruel but only effective way to isolate the plague in this era. Otherwise, under the hot weather and mosquitoes flowing everywhere in the rice fields, the epidemic will spread violently throughout Cilicia, and such a disaster will be impossible to deal with.

Seeing such a scene, Anna behind the curtain saw the always hard-hearted barbarian in the distance. At this moment, he was pulling the reins, raising his head on Quicksilver's back, facing the flowing clouds dyed red by the fire, as if Trying not to let the tears come out.

Not long after, in a stone monastery on a hill beside the road facing the Calle Adio Castle, Gawain sat there dully without saying a word, and Zhao Zhao, who was gray-headed and faced, also stood on one side in distress. When Anna walked in, several maids prepared to follow and serve, but Anna raised her hand and told them to get out.

Then Caesar swung his skirt and walked to the furnace room of the monastery, where several Orthodox priests in retreat crept forward and brought out a plate of bread, salt, seasonings and some fruits and vegetables. Anna took it and placed it on the table. On the long table, she then tied up an apron like an ordinary village woman, took a triangular thin wooden board, cut the bread, spread the condiments on it, placed it on the food plate, and brought it to Gao Wen and Zhao Zhao.

Gawain pinched the piece of bread, then frowned and put it back uneasily, "Two hundred people, of all ages, were incinerated because of the disease..."

"This is a common thing. What destroys people in this world are the power of God and the destruction of the devil, as well as war and plague." Anna closed her eyes and said softly with relief, "The farm is located on low-lying land. Most of the rivers are congested, and the entire Tarsus plain is mostly like this. The rivers Zephyrim, Sidnus, and their tributaries were eventually silted up, leaving vast tracts of reeds without good ports, and the crop called rice was grown in water and mud. , it is naturally prone to diseases—maybe it is really not suitable for our country? "

"No, this can't be Anna! It shouldn't be like this!" Before Zhao Zhao could express his opinion, Gawain looked a little excited. His thoughts were not as depressed as Anna's.

For Anna, her self-statement just now is not false. In this era, the plains are not at all a symbol of wealth as later generations usually imagined. Compared with the hills and mountains with rich products and healthy ecology, the plains are often disease-ridden. It is a desolate land, densely covered with swamps and silt. In fact, large-scale human development did not achieve significant results until the 16th century.

But Gao Wen didn't think much about it. He blamed himself for his negligence and for not considering the limitations of Anna's time: since the Cilicia and Lydian plains in the later generations are rich in rice, cotton, and tobacco, it means that it is definitely not an area that is not suitable for these crops.

At this moment, Zhao Zhao slowly walked over and arched his sleeves and said, "In fact, the way to deal with the epidemic is not difficult."

"Please tell me what you think." Anna asked eagerly.

"My husband, the Holy Queen. It's nothing more than placing medicine, clearing the canals, and having enough food."

Hearing this, Gao Wen also nodded. It is difficult to popularize the ointment of refining wormwood. For the hundreds of thousands of residents living in the plains and valleys of Cilicia and Seleucia in the whole country, what Zhao Zhao said is indeed the only feasible way.

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That is to mobilize a large number of manpower, first dig through the blocked river channel to make it lead to the Sea of ​​Cyprus, so that the stagnant water in the swamp river can become running water, then set up a herbal medicine shop, and let everyone have "enough food", so that the body can be strong, just as the medieval proverb says, "The best medicine for epidemics is to fill the pot with food." - Only in this way can the golden rice fields be spread all over the country.

"This will be a long and difficult project!" Gao Wen sighed. In the previous years, he enjoyed the benefits brought by industry and information technology, and always felt at ease. Now he slowly admires the hardships and efforts of his ancestors in facing nature for thousands of years. (To be continued ~^~)