Lai Xiao's escape did not cause many ripples. In order to avoid trouble, the escorts wrote in the report: "One person committed suicide by jumping into the river." So Lai Xiao was crossed out from the "list of people in contact" and noted: "Death from other reasons." Taking in beggars and homeless people More than a hundred people died due to various reasons during the process. One more and one less would not attract anyone's attention.
Lin Motian was already in a state of despair, and naturally he didn't care about the life or death of Lai Xiao. He was busy training epidemic prevention personnel and held meetings with the security guards and police officers, asking them to pay attention to the patients, road corpses and dead people in their respective areas. For all deceased persons, the epidemic prevention inspector must arrive at the scene to fill out a death certificate before proceeding with funeral arrangements.
A large number of printed posters were posted everywhere, asking residents to clean up garbage in time and carry out anti-rat campaigns. Dead rats found should be collected in designated baskets and collected by dedicated personnel. Do not discard them casually.
"I want each person to hand over a dead mouse for each slice, and I will do slice culture." Lin Motian said, "First find out where the source of the plague is."
"Isn't it a mouse?" Mu Min was already drafting documents to apply for 20,000 mouse traps from Lingao. She was going to distribute it to every baojia inside and outside the city.
"There has been no major plague outbreak in Guangzhou in the past. It is unlikely that rats can carry Yersinia pestis. The most likely cause is that they were brought in from the fur trade." Lin Motian said, "So I will first dissect and culture all the plague bacteria in the city. Take slices of mice to see if there is Yersinia pestis in their bodies. Only in this way can the source of infection be determined."
"Then my mousetrap..."
"It's better to apply. Rat eradication is always a good thing for environmental health." Lin Motian said, "Rodent eradication is only one of them. By eradicating rats, fleas can also be eliminated."
Because bubonic plague is mainly spread by fleas. Therefore, killing fleas is an important means to cut off the spread of plague. Fleas are almost everywhere in this time and space. The environment where humans and animals live together, poor living conditions, and very few bathing facilities... make the infection rate of fleas extremely high, even if Flea infestations are also found among the urban middle class and even wealthy people.
However, the Senate does not have such an efficient anti-flea drug, and due to its huge population base, it cannot "purify" it the way it treats refugees on Hainan Island. The only thing that can be supplied is a small amount of pyrethrin, which is completely incomparable to the scale of the U.S. military's spraying of DDT throughout the city of Naples.
"If you have the conditions, you can do it if there are no conditions." Lin Motian said, "When Wu Liande went to the Northeast for epidemic prevention, he was empty-handed like us, there was no DDT or antibiotics, and it was even more difficult to take a bath in the Northeast. It all depends on The organization was effective and the plague was contained through quarantine."
The establishment of a quarantine zone on Cheung Chau Island was only the first step. Next, Lin Motian ordered a suspension of all fur trade. Vessels carrying furs and warehouses storing furs will be closed, and all contacts will be sent to quarantine areas for isolation and observation.
"Shopkeeper, the face wash is ready!"
Xiaosi, a clerk from Xingfushan Goods Store, stood at the door of the shopkeeper's room, shouting loudly. But I was muttering in my heart. The shopkeeper gets up early all year round. According to the popular "Australian clock", he gets up at five o'clock no matter whether it is winter or summer. Just like the guys.
But now it's already three hours a day, and there's not even a movement in the room, let alone the shopkeeper getting up. This is a bit strange. It doesn't matter if he can't get up. Shopkeeper Liu, whom he invited to discuss business, is here. He can't be left waiting!
As soon as the waiters at the counter gathered together, they asked the fourth apprentice, who had just completed his apprenticeship, to "please" him. If the shopkeeper is offended, this bastard will be responsible for it.
Xiaosi naturally had no right to say "no". In fact, he felt very uncomfortable today, with a sore throat and a slight fever-like feeling, but he did not dare to say that he was "sick" casually. Now I have called several times outside the door, but there is no movement inside. Xiaosi had no choice but to push the door open - there was no latch inside. He looked around and saw that the shopkeeper was still lying on the bed. He called several times, but still there was no movement.
"Is he sick?" Xiaosi thought about it and went over to take a look. He was suddenly frightened, rolled and crawled out of the door and ran away, shouting: "It's not good! The shopkeeper is dead!"
Lin Motian, wearing a thick Wu Liande-style mask and an isolation gown, looked at the corpse that had just been delivered to the "isolation morgue" of the Liuhuaqiao Chemical Factory: the skin had ecchymosis, swelling, pus, and ulceration. The lymph nodes... all indicate that this is a victim of bubonic plague. He carefully took several tissue and body fluid samples from the corpse for culture and observation before making a final diagnosis.
If the diagnosis is correct, then this plague war has officially begun. Lin Motian felt his heart heavy.
"What to do with the corpse? Do we need an autopsy?" Su Wan asked.
"No need, treat it like the beggar's body, take it directly for cremation." Lin Motian breathed out into his mask, "You have to keep an eye on them, the body itself is the source of infection. Throw everything used here in and burn it Lose."
Su Wan nodded: "I understand."
The guys at Xingfushan Goods Store were quarantined on the spot. However, the quarantine officer soon discovered that one of the boys had the disease No. 1 listed in the manual. After receiving the report, Lin Motian rushed to take a look and found that Xiaosi had fallen into a high fever - the disease progressed very quickly.
It was no accident that two patients appeared in a Shanhuo store at the same time. After Lin Motian inquired, he found out that this Shanhuo store had indeed been engaged in leather goods business recently. Not long ago, we just imported a batch of otter skins from Liaodong. A few days ago, we took advantage of the hot summer sun to dry them in the yard to prevent mildew.
"Where is the leather goods now?"
"They're all in the library. Shopkeeper Liu originally came to the store today to talk about this matter." The waiter who was summoned looked at the "chief" with a thick mask on his face and a white coat. He was secretly frightened, thinking that this was a big deal. Did anyone important in Song Dynasty die? Just wear white clothes and even cover your face. This is a strange custom!
"Which shopkeeper Liu?"
"It's Shopkeeper Liu Deshan from Dongshanju, who specializes in long-distance buying and selling of goods from the north to the south. The leather goods in the shop are bought from him..."
Lin Motian immediately ordered the epidemic prevention brigade to dispatch Liu Deshan and isolate everyone he had come into contact with. Not only him, but everyone who has been to Xingfushan Goods Store in the past few days must be quarantined.
"The quarantined personnel were immediately transferred to the quarantine area. The Xingfushan goods store was disinfected and closed, and no one was allowed to enter or exit. The leather goods in stock were sealed and transported to Liuhuaqiao for burning."
He issued a series of orders. The waiter was stunned and confused, and asked: "Chief! What kind of law have you guys broken? The shop never does anything illegal, and they always put the garbage in the basket. inner……"
"The epidemic has been spread in your store!" Lin Motian said coldly, "You'd better ask yourself to be lucky and not be infected."
After saying that, he hurried to find Lin Baiguang and asked him to immediately arrange for people to blockade Xingfushan Goods Store and Dongshanju.
"Liu Deshan?!" Lin Baiguang asked in shock.
"Yes." Lin Motian was surprised. Could it be that Lin Baiguang knew him?
"He is one of our suppliers," Lin Baiguang said. "He travels between the north and the south all year round, selling goods. I know him because Lianqin bought a large amount of leather from him..."
"Where are these leathers?" Lin Motian was really anxious now. Because Lianqin bought the leather, part of it was shipped to Hong Kong to be made into military supplies, and part of it was shipped directly back to Lingao to be processed into industrial and civilian products, which were extremely versatile.
If fleas carrying Yersinia pestis are mixed in the skin and spread among Hong Kong, Lingao or the South China Army, the consequences will be disastrous!
"The latest ones have all been shipped to Hong Kong. It has been more than a month..." Lin Baiguang is coordinating all aspects of relations in Guangzhou and knows everything. "According to your nine-day incubation period theory, if there is a problem with Hong Kong's military factories and logistics centers It’s long overdue for an outbreak.”
"That's good." Lin Motian felt like he was breaking out in a cold sweat, "Even so, his property must be closed and disinfected."
"His property is simple, with only a dock warehouse and the Dongshanju cargo ship - this ship was built by our Hong Kong shipyard."
Starting from the closure of Xingfushan Goods Store, the entire epidemic prevention and quarantine measures in Guangzhou officially began.
Not long after Liu Deshan returned home, his home was surrounded by the epidemic prevention team. Before he could figure out what was going on, the whole family, including the servants, were taken out and declared "quarantine."
He himself was brought to Lin Motian.
"Have you ever sold skins from Liaodong to Guangzhou recently?"
"Yes! Yes!" Liu Deshan muttered in his heart. He was selling skins under the instructions of Mr. Hong, and there was nothing illegal. "I got the skins from Lushun, and I also got some from Tianjin Wei."
He originally wanted to say that he didn't do this leather business because it was Elder Hong's wish. But when I thought about it again, there was no guarantee that there was any grudge between them. If I just said it casually, I would offend both parties. Then he changed his words: "Don't the chiefs need to buy leather?"
Lin Motian asked again: "Did I buy the Xingfu's otter skin from you?"
Liu Deshan's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that the Australians had issued a notice, and people from the Federation of Industry and Commerce had also said during a meeting that fur goods coming in from the north were not allowed to be sold privately and must all be sold to Australians. The Xingfu had its own channels to go abroad. The otter skins and mink skins obtained from Liaodong were sold to red-haired people, and the profit was more than ten times higher. The shopkeeper knew that he was going to the north to sell fur goods, and asked him many times to bring private goods with him. Liu Deshan was greedy for the benefits, so he sold a lot of goods to him privately.
The elder opened his mouth to ask. It was obvious that he couldn't deny it, so he could only say: "It's just a small item."
"The Senate has repeatedly issued orders that leather goods are goods under the control of the Senate and are not allowed to be sold privately! You are so brave!" Lin Motian couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the table and scolded.
