"it's me."
An ominous premonition rose in Li Ang's heart. Chen Danqiu's voice was noisy, and he was obviously discussing something with the emperor and prime minister.
Chen Danqiu asked: "How is the situation in Shuozhou?"
"It's not good. There are nearly two hundred deaths every day."
Li Ang told the truth about the situation in Shuozhou, “We have tried our best to isolate all patients, suspected patients, and close contacts, and at the same time, we concentrated on eliminating the rat infestation.
However, it is impossible to completely prevent the spread of the disease.
There are so many rats that almost every household is infested with rats. Cleaning up takes time. "
Chen Danqiu asked: "How long will it take?"
"It can take as short as one month and as long as three months. By then, the rat infestation in Shuozhou will be eliminated, and the chain of disease transmission between people will probably be cut off."
Li Ang rubbed his sore eyes and spoke in a low tone.
The plague's transmission efficiency and degree of harm were far faster and more serious than the original Suzhou water poisoning. He felt physically and mentally exhausted.
Chi Chichong's voice was silent for a long time. Finally, Chen Danqiu said: "We need you to go to Taiyuan Prefecture. There is a plague outbreak at the station there."
"...What?!"
Li Ang was stunned on the spot for a moment, with ringing in his ears, rumbling like rolling thunder.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally came to his senses, and the ringing in his ears was replaced by Chen Danqiu's voice again.
"Li Ang? Are you still there?"
"I am here."
Li Ang took a deep breath, "What's the situation with the plague? How many people are infected now? When did it happen? Have the confirmed patients and close contacts been isolated?"
"It happened yesterday. A passenger suddenly fell to the ground and died while walking in the station."
Chen Danqiu said: "After the news came to the hospital in Taiyuan Prefecture, the station was immediately blocked and the two thousand passengers who were still in the station and on the train were quarantined. The inspection found that there were 60 confirmed patients from different areas. Two hundred suspected patients.”
“The station in Taiyuan Prefecture is still running??”
Li Ang was angry and stunned and said: "I wrote to the court half a month ago, demanding that the entire Hedong Road railway system be completely closed. Why hasn't it been closed yet?!
Taiyuan Prefecture is the center of Hedong Road and the transportation hub of Guannai Road, Hedong Road and Hebei Road.
Among the thousands of passengers, there are more than 60 confirmed patients and 200 suspected patients.
God knows how many other patients had traveled to various parts of the Yu Kingdom via the railway before this? !
How many sources of infection are still active in Taiyuan Prefecture, which has a population of millions? ! "
Li Ang's angry voice echoed in the underground laboratory,
It was really unimaginable for him that he had written so many reports, assessments, and observation logs to the Chang'an court, expounding the pros and cons again and again, explaining the horror of the plague.
But the imperial court failed to do even the most basic task of blocking traffic on Hedong Road.
Chen Danqiu took a deep breath and said, "Risheng, calm down first."
"How do I calm down?"
Li Ang covered his forehead and said hoarsely: "That's Taiyuan Prefecture with a population of millions.
The city is expanding, the population is increasing, and the topography is complex.
The difficulty of controlling the epidemic will increase exponentially!
For Shuozhou, which has a population of more than 100,000, I can still have soldiers deliver food, meat, and vegetables door-to-door.
In addition to the people of Shuozhou, many of whom are farmers, they also have food stored at home, so they can still support themselves for the time being.
But what about Taiyuan Prefecture? Do urban residents who do not farm account for 70% or 80%? !
If the city is completely closed like Shuozhou, how can the lives and even survival of these residents be guaranteed? ! "
Li Ang's voice became more and more angry, and he unconsciously released his telekinesis and pushed all the flasks and beakers on the table in front of him away.
"Blocking traffic in a place cannot be done with just one sentence."
Pei Jing’s father, Zuopushe Pei Su, the minister of Yu State, said in a deep voice: “The scope of involvement is too wide and affects too many aspects.
How to fill the gaps in material, human and financial resources created by so many state capitals? Fill it with what?
Send tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops to block traffic arteries? Check every carriage, every pedestrian, every package? Can you check it?
Even if the road is blocked, how will the transportation of materials be solved?
By then, due to rising food prices and unable to buy food, the number of people who starve to death at home will be no less than those who died of the plague! "
"Prime Minister Pei, the largest grain merchant in the Yu Kingdom, isn't he the Duke Gungun of the imperial court?"
Li Ang was not in the mood to fight with Xue Jixu, and sarcastically said: "Scholars, farmers, and merchants are ranked last.
There is a saying in the law of Yu that a family that earns a living and a good salary must not compete with the world for profit; those in industry and commerce must not join the official ranks. "
"Tai Gong's Tutoring", an enlightenment book for every literate family, also said that people should be careful not to marry into a merchant's home, and people should not be neighbors to benefit from the market.
Scholars regarded business as a despicable occupation;
But actually?
Which of the big companies in Yu State can reach the top without the support of powerful people? Which company does not serve the powerful?
If you really want to stop the increase in food prices and are really worried about the people having nothing to eat and nothing to wear, why don't you, Lord Gonggun, give up some profits? "
"Well, it has happened, there is no point in blaming anymore."
Zhongshu ordered Xue Ji to speak and interrupted the dispute between the two, "The most urgent task now is to contain the plague in Taiyuan Prefecture and prevent the plague from spreading from Taiyuan Prefecture to all parts of Hedong Road, or even overflowing to other roads.
Risheng, you are the most authoritative expert in Yu State and even in the world. Right now, you are the only one who can solve the dilemma in Hedong.
No matter what you need in Taiyuan, we will try our best to meet it. "
"...I do not accept."
"What?"
"I do not accept."
Li Ang took a deep breath and said slowly: "During this period, we burned more than two thousand corpses.
Among them were not only ordinary people who were infected, but also doctors and soldiers who were unfortunately infected while fighting the plague.
More than a dozen folk doctors who heard about the epidemic in Shuozhou and came voluntarily to help fight the plague died.
Several students from the Imperial Medical Office who were supposed to study at the Imperial Medical Office and came to Shuozhou with the ideal of treating diseases and saving lives also died.
They believed in me, trusted me, and followed me to Shuozhou. But I failed to bring them back to Chang'an.
I didn’t even know how to break the news to their parents.
Fighting the epidemic will involve sacrifices, I know this.
But I cannot accept that a dangerous situation that has been clearly explained from the beginning and can be avoided has developed into a disaster because of bureaucrats and the so-called 'overall situation' and 'interest considerations'.
In the end, the frontline staff were asked to continue to sacrifice regardless of past grudges.
what is this?
'I will take the blame for the suffering of the common people'? "
There was silence in Chi Chi Chong. After a while, Xue Ji's helpless voice came, "The sun rises. The imperial court also has its concerns and needs time to weigh them."
"Xue Xiang,"
Li Ang whispered: "Since the first outbreak of the plague, the only situations faced by the Yu Kingdom were bad and worse.
There is no possibility of avoiding losses, and there is no foolproof strategy. "
