Jinling Fucheng.
In each city, every household is reporting the number of people in order to receive corresponding clean water and food.
According to experiments, after the well water containing poisonous seeds is boiled, the poisonous seeds in it will become invalid and can be consumed by people.
But boiling water was a simple matter in the eyes of later generations of Blue Stars, but it was not that simple in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
To boil water, you naturally need fuel, and charcoal is commonly used in wealthy homes.
Charcoal can retain its properties when burned by wood, and fire can be used to keep warm during the cold months. It has neither smoke nor flame, which is valuable.
Charcoal is the combustible substance left after burning wood. It has no smoke or open flame, and is lighter than firewood. It is sought after by the rich and powerful.
Even charcoal has its own grade. For example, silver wire charcoal has white frost, smokeless, difficult to burn, and is not easy to extinguish. It is specially used by court officials. For example, animal gold charcoal, the imperial charcoal, has its characteristics. It doesn't smell like smoke at all when it burns, and it has a refreshing pine twig aroma.
In the homes of ordinary people, charcoal is not considered daily consumables, but is used to keep out the cold. Most of the time, firewood is used. Now that Jinling is closed, the charcoal of wealthy people is still stored, but the charcoal of ordinary people is still in storage. The firewood was purchased from the market and has long been used up.
Therefore, the Jinling government office now purchases firewood from outside the city to boil water, and then distributes the boiled water to each household as needed, along with the grain.
Of course, its quantity is also limited and can only ensure the normal survival needs of each household.
Based on this, Yang Qingyuan came to track down the Blood River Sect evil disciples hiding in the city. These people did not live here for a long time. They could usually live in inns after entering the city, but now 90% of the inns have been requisitioned, and the rest are owned by the government. A place of focus and scrutiny.
These evil disciples of the Blood River Sect must not live there. They must live in civilian residences. However, in this case, they will not be able to obtain food and clean water. If they come to register to receive it, they will definitely leave traces behind.
Things are indeed as Yang Qingyuan expected, the people of the Blood River Sect are in a bad situation now!
"Sir, the water we have can't last much longer! The food is enough for ten days at most."
The master he spoke of was not the Blood Poison Lord Zhou of the Blood River Sect, but the informants originally placed by the Blood River Sect in Jinling City. They were only peripheral disciples of the Blood River Sect and had not practiced the Blood River Sect's evil arts, so I couldn't detect anything unusual.
Although Venerable Blood Venom is the most noble person here, it is impossible for a technical geek like him to solve such daily chores.
So those peripheral disciples are still the ones doing these things.
After hearing this and thinking deeply, the leader said, "I will report this matter to several venerables."
Then the man entered the inner house, knocked on the door and said, "My lords, this little man Wang Jieyue, I would like to see you elders and venerables."
"come in!"
As a voice spoke, the door of the inner room was opened, and Wang Jieyue also entered.
"What's the matter?!"
A Yuanhua Realm warrior asked, within the Blood River Sect, the Yuanhua Realm was nothing, but among the peripheral disciples, the Yuanhua Realm warriors were superior.
"That's it, my lords, because of Zhou Ting's tyranny, we can no longer obtain enough water and food. The reserves in the altar are enough for today at most."
The evil disciples from the inner sect of the Blood River Sect, who originally seemed arrogant, suddenly fell into silence.
Let alone the Yuan Hua realm, even masters of the Dong Xuan and Fa Tian Xiang Earth realms still have to eat. This is a basic need of the human body.
Of course, masters above the Dongxuan Realm can adjust their body's consumption to achieve fasting in a short period of time, but this cannot last long.
"Trash!" One of the Yuan Hua realm warriors immediately yelled, "You have been operating here for many years, haven't you thought about storing more water and food?!"
"..." Wang Jieyue fell into an awkward silence after hearing this.
They are just a branch of an illegal criminal organization! It makes sense to stockpile swords and poisons, but why stockpile grain and water? !
"This is Yang Qingyuan's trick to find us. If we don't have enough water and food, we won't be able to hide." Venerable Zhou's voice sounded, and everyone looked at him.
"But this is not a big problem. There is no water and no food. Isn't this simple?!"
"Take the money and buy it!"
Venerable Zhou felt that these people were all fools, most of whom had become stupid due to practicing martial arts. They were so worried about such a simple problem.
A Yuanhuajing man asked bravely, "Sir, all the shops in Dongcheng have been closed now, where should we buy water and food?"
Venerable Zhou couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, "There are indeed many people guarding the granary next to the well. It is inconvenient for us to go there, but are there ordinary people's homes too?! We went there at night and paid a lot of money to buy them. Part of it. With huge profits, is there anyone who won’t sell it to us?!”
The amount of purified water distributed by the court is greater than what a normal person needs, because after all, people also need water for other daily activities.
So from a purely survival perspective, all households have a surplus of water.
What Venerable Zhou asked to buy was part of the remaining water.
For ordinary people, as long as they sell the remaining water to them, they can get a lot of income, and they will definitely not refuse.
The worst thing you can do is reduce the amount of water you use these days, such as not washing your face or washing vegetables!
Including food, as long as you eat less, you can still have a surplus. As long as you spend money to buy it from the surrounding residents, you can naturally ensure the supply.
After hearing this, everyone praised Venerable Zhou for his wisdom.
No wonder they are also in the Yuan Hua realm. They are venerable people, but they are just ordinary deacons. The gap between people is reflected here.
At night, the Blood River Sect warrior in the Yuanhua Realm went to a nearby residence to buy water as instructed. Sure enough, as Venerable Zhou said, they purchased a batch of food and water from people's homes.
One of the Yuan Hua realm warriors even brought back two large buckets of water and a whole bag of food.
Venerable Zhou frowned slightly when he saw this, "Liu Huabao, you're not going to rob, are you!?"
If there was any noise at this time, wouldn't it be telling Yang Qingyuan that they were hiding here? !
"Your Majesty, you are wronged! I bought this."
Obviously Liu Huabao's statement did not convince Venerable Zhou, "What is the situation now? Who will sell food to you!?"
"No, subordinate, I didn't buy it from a residence. There was a group of people selling clean water and food in the dark streets. I bought it with money."
This abnormal phenomenon made Venerable Zhou frown slightly, "Could this be Yang Qingyuan's trap?"
For Yang Qingyuan, the top brass of the Blood River Sect still valued him.
Liu Huabao said, "My subordinates thought there was no trap, because they had been observing for a long time. I was not the only one buying water and food. There were also many people who came here to buy. I even asked someone to inquire. The people selling it were originally from the black market in the east of the city. Now the most valuable thing in the city is water, followed by food, so they started to think about selling it."
It was not only people from the Blood River Sect who went to buy these, but also some wealthy merchant families.
Venerable Zhou nodded, "It sounds like there is no problem. You can discuss it with this person and say that we need to buy water and food regularly, and the prices are easy to negotiate."
"yes!"
The current predicament was temporarily relieved, and the technical guru Zhou returned to his experimental room again to conduct research on this poisonous species.
He must develop a kind of poison that can withstand high temperatures!
…
In the yamen of Jinling Mansion, subordinate officials and yamen servants come and go, each performing their duties.
After Yang Qingyuan ordered that everyone's drinking water must be boiled and sent special personnel to guard the wells in Jinling Mansion, the growth rate of infection in Jinling City was visibly controlled.
The average number of new infections per day was around 40,000, and the peak was nearly 70,000 infections in one day.
Of course, these data are lagging behind. Currently, all the cities and towns in Jinling Prefecture use the most primitive method to collect data. They can only count them one by one and report them layer by layer.
It usually takes two days to confirm the specific number of infected people.
However, Yang Qingyuan's decision was right. After Fangshifangzheng strictly implemented the Jinling Mansion's policy, the number of new patients every day dropped to less than 10,000.
“How is the supply of medicine in the city?!”
Jinling Prefecture Yin Xue Wen had just finished reading the document in his hand and asked a clerk on the side.
Although no prescription has yet been developed that can completely cure this epidemic, the medicine still cannot be stopped.
Although the prescription prescribed by Sun Shichang cannot completely cure the disease, it can relieve the patient's pain and lower his body temperature.
"Sir, the medicinal materials transported from Jiangning County have been used up. Now the medicinal materials transported by counties in Yangzhou are used in the city. It is enough for the city to last for five days. However, in recent days, the delivery speed has slowed down significantly. Only Jiangning Boss Lu from the county is still delivering the medicines we need in a steady stream, but he can’t bear the daily dosage.”
There are now more than 450,000 patients in Jinling Mansion, and the number of medicinal materials consumed by these patients every day is astronomical.
Xue Wen paused the wolf hair in his hand and then said, "You ask Commander Wu to make a hard trip and take the city defense troops to accompany you to the major drug stores in the city to collect all the medicinal materials. If you are willing to cooperate, the price will be different. Let him suffer a loss and buy it at a premium of 20% of the original price."
"yes!"
The civil servant didn't ask what to do if he didn't cooperate. The city defense army led by Wu Commander was not just there to help transport medicinal materials.
If you are decent, I will let you be decent. If you are not, then I will help you be decent.
…
Yang Qingyuan, on the other hand, led people to trace the hiding place of the Blood River Sect.
Chen Danlin of Six Doors led a large number of agents who were looking through and recording various registration data in the east of the city.
But the permanent population in the east of the city is more than 700,000, and they only have less than 200 people here. Even if everyone works hard, they can't sort out all the data in detail, and can only take a rough look.
"Sir, in the past few days, we have sorted out the information on the east side of the city. Jinling City is bounded by Ngee'an Street, Guanglu Street and Guide Street. It divides the east of Ngee'an Street, the north of Guanglu Street and Guide Street. The area south of the street has been sorted out.”
Chen Danlin placed a piece of compiled data on Yang Qingyuan's desk.
"This area has a registered population of 610,000 and a temporary population of 120,000, totaling 730,000. Because the east of the city is a seaport close to the East China Sea, it is a place where goods are traded, so the merchants here and There are also more workers than elsewhere.”
Yang Qingyuan looked at the document and nodded, "The work is good, but it's not enough. You can't tell anything by just looking at these things."
Yang Qingyuan also had the thoughts of the people taking the exam. Of course, he didn't have any good ideas at this time. He was still waiting for news from Yang Guo.
"Sir, we also confirmed the population of each city in Dongcheng and excluded 500,000 households."
Even so, there are still 230,000 people, and there is still no result.
"What's next?!" Yang Qingyuan continued to ask.
"We also counted the order of infection of the people in the past. We found that the people who were first infected in the east of the city were in the area south of Guide Street, close to the southeast of Jinling City. We speculated whether the person who poisoned the city lived there. Around here.”
Yang Qingyuan shook his head, "This is unlikely. At that time, we only blocked the circulation between the four cities in the southeast and northwest. The security between the cities was not as strict as it is now. These Blood River Sect evil disciples Among them, there must be warriors in the Yuan Hua Realm. Using their martial arts to avoid the loose defense at that time, there is no problem in going to a farther place to poison."
"This is not some strategic thinking, but people's instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. To prevent being traced, they will definitely not poison places close to where they live from the beginning."
After Yang Qingyuan denied it, he still gave Chen Danlin a confirmation, "Of course, your analysis is also useful. Although they will not live nearby, they will not live too far away."
"Anything else?!"
When Chen Danlin was asked this question, a look of shame appeared on her face, "I have been responsible for your entrustment, and I don't know how to continue the investigation after finding this place! The supply of water and food is normal on weekdays, and there is no one here today." Go to the well and seize the water."
"That's right! It's not easy for you to achieve this step!" Yang Qingyuan said with a smile.
Although Chen Danlin and others are outstanding graduates of Dali Temple Criminal Law College, they have only joined the Liumen Anti-Theft Department not long ago. Their abilities are not weak, but they are definitely lacking in experience.
"Please give me some advice, Mr. Yang!" Naturally, Chen Danlin would not let go of such a good learning opportunity. Many people, including him, looked at Yang Qingyuan with bright eyes.
Yang Qingyuan did not ask directly, but said to the head catcher of a six-door branch, "Captain Chen, Capt. Li, if you want to buy private salt, where should you buy it?!"
The two of them were startled by Yang Qingyuan's words, especially Li Dan, who was responsible for anti-smuggling among the six gates of Jinling. He subconsciously said, "Sir, although I cannot say that I will dedicate my humble position to death, but for the anti-smuggling of Jinling." You are quite conscientious in your work, there are very few private individuals in Jinling City!"
"Captain Li, don't be nervous. I'm not really asking about anti-smuggling. I'm just making an analogy. Where can I buy smuggled salt in Jinling?"
Chen Ming on the side looked thoughtful, "Sir, are you talking about the black market?!"
