There has long been a deadly feud between the French and the Chinese. Of course, these garrison troops in the Suez Canal would not give these Chinese people face. When they saw that these Chinese soldiers dared to fight against each other, a group of left-behind soldiers quickly ran out of the small building. The soldiers and the two men on guard gathered together to form a human wall of bayonets.
The smell of gunpowder at the dock suddenly became stronger. There were fifteen or sixteen tall and burly Frenchmen in a row, each holding a bayonet and shouting in French with slang.
The twelve young Chinese marines on the opposite side were not weak at all, and they used various national curses to fight back. The bayonets in their hands had already collided with the opponent, and blood was about to be seen.
There was a sudden chaos at the pier, sirens blaring, and the local Egyptian people watched in horror as this group of lunatics confronted each other, and the sound of trampling horse hooves was heard from further away.
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French cavalry is rushing here for emergency support.
The medical team led by Doctor Huang never expected that these French people would be so rude. We risked our lives to help you investigate the plague, but what we got was bayonets.
"Damn it, none of them are human beings! Let's go, these heartless things! We won't give them anything, they will all die of illness..."
"We can't withdraw! If we want to withdraw, they have to apologize. They are withdrawing... We are retreating even with bayonets drawn. How can we have the nerve to go to Europe in the future? We must fight..."
Only Doctor Barker in the entire medical team was calm. He broke away from the protection of the surrounding soldiers, rushed to the center of the bayonet jungle and shouted, "I am British doctor Barker, I am a British citizen... Please calm down!"
"French people, if you don't want to see these Chinese people, is it okay for me to be the representative? Can I have a direct dialogue with your officials? Don't cause a diplomatic dispute..."
At this point, Buck suddenly lowered his voice and said to the leader of the squadron in very low French, "Don't cause a diplomatic dispute. There are more than 4,000 British naval forces on the sea alone. If there is a conflict, they will have an excuse to intervene!"
"Is your consul willing to allow thousands of British troops to land as an excuse? Think about it..."
This sentence calmed the arrogant French squad leader, and his eyes suddenly showed a look of shrinking. "Well... well, I will go in and give you a message, but whether the commander sees you or not, my words don't count." …”
"Now you retreat immediately... You just came from the pile of dead people, who knows whether you will infect us with the plague, retreat!"
Buck gasped angrily, "That's enough! Ignorant guy, this plague is not spread by the air at all! There is no danger at all when we stand together! So ignorant..."
Soldiers naturally did not understand what bacteriology was. At that time, there were many illiterates in European countries. There were many soldiers in the French Army who could not write or read.
The squad leader ignored Doctor Buck's scolding, shrugged indifferently, turned around and ran into the small building.
Buck retreated to his medical team and whispered, "I saw the ruthless indifference in the eyes of these French people. The story told by the head of state before should be true. These French people don't care about the lives of the Egyptian natives at all. They only know Protect your own safety..."
"It seems that the legend about the death of 100,000 people while building the canal is true. These bastards can do it! They are all ruthless... Now it would be great if someone could directly talk to the local elders and directly give them the method to prevent the plague. them!"
The crowd looked at each other and everyone shook their heads. The Middle East has been a desert of Chinese influence since ancient times. The presence of the Chinese here is extremely low and it is not as influential as it is in Europe.
It was really not easy to find someone who could talk to the local elders. Just when he was at a loss, Ma Hui suddenly said, "I... maybe I can give it a try, just give me an interpreter! Because I am Hui Hui , I have the same belief as them!"
"Hey... Ma Hui, you believe in Allah! It turns out you are Hui Hui! This will be easy to handle. Maybe you can really solve the problem if you come forward. Then you can bring our translator and let's go!"
“Looking for the most gorgeous house in Port Suez, the owner will definitely be able to help you!”
Ma Hui took the secret recipe for treating the plague written in cursive by Huang Xiyi, and ran along the street to the west with his translator and another soldier.
The actions of the Chinese alarmed the confronting French troops. "What do you want to do? What are those three people going to do? Come back, come back right away..."
After saying that, several French soldiers wanted to pursue them. How could the remaining brothers give them a chance? The horizontal formation suddenly turned around and blocked the French soldiers who were trying to pursue with bayonets.
"What's going on? If you want to, just step over my body. You can try it..."
The jingling bayonets of both sides were placed together, sparks flying from the collision and friction. Just when the situation was getting worse and worse, a bearded man finally walked out of the small building. It was the Frenchman who had been peeping at the medical team. Viscount Ferdinand.
When Dr. Buck saw that the real owner had come out, he could tell from the man's temperament and the style of his clothes and fabrics that he was the one who could tell the truth here.
"Hello, I'm Buck, a British doctor!"
"Hello, Vicomte Ferdinand, French Consul of Egypt!"
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"Oh!" Buck was shocked. "Sir Consul, how come you are here when you are not in Cairo?"
Ferdinand smiled slightly, "The canal is the pride of France. I have the obligation to patrol back and forth... Okay, let's not talk about this. Let me ask, what do you want to see me for? What are the intentions of the Chinese people coming ashore?"
Buck glanced behind Ferdinand with his eyes. The meaning was obvious, won't you invite me in? But Ferdinand smiled apologetically, "I'm really sorry. There is a plague in the port now. The employees of the canal company and the garrison are very panicked. I really can't risk letting you in. After all, you have just checked so many plague patients!"
Buck shook his head, "Okay, let's talk about it here... Mr. Consul, you are worrying too much. This plague will not spread through the air at all, and our normal conversation and normal life will not be affected!"
"We are anxious to see you, and we also hope to contribute a little bit to quell this plague!"
Then Dr. Buck introduced the causes of the plague and the composition of the germs in great detail, and finally came up with a solution.
"In general, the origin of the plague is that urban sanitation is too poor. Garbage, feces, sewage, etc. have polluted groundwater. Most of the wells used by locals for drinking water are polluted. This is diarrhea. The root cause!”
"I have a few suggestions. First, sewers should be built in the whole port to isolate sewage. Second, toilets in the city should be rebuilt. In the future, feces should not be buried, but transported to the uninhabited desert to dry. With the local dry and hot desert, it will soon be Feces will turn into dust and bacteria will be killed..."
"Third, it is recommended to issue an administrative order to require local people to drink boiled water. Boiling all well water for three minutes can kill 90% of germs..."
Viscount Ferdinand looked at Buck quietly and smiled without saying a word, but he had mixed feelings in his heart.
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