When the old man heard Liu Haojia's identity, tears immediately flowed down his face. He knelt on the ground and paid homage and said, "I've waited for the people from the court!"
After Liu Haojia asked him to stand up, he asked: "Since you are the temporary village chief, you should know the situation in the village. Let me ask you, do you know how many people are infected with the disease in the village now and how many people are not sick?"
Second Master Gu said: "Sir, half of the people in the village are already sick. Although no one has died yet, I'm afraid some people will not be able to support it any longer!"
When Liu Haojia heard that the epidemic here was serious, he immediately said loudly: "What do you mean by half? Is it half the number of households, or half of all Dingkou?"
Liu Haojia chose Qinghe Village because it was the last place where smallpox was discovered, and there might be fewer people sick. But he was really scared when he heard the number half!
Mr. Gu was stunned for a moment and then said: "The old man said half of the number of households! When the county officials come, they always talk by the number of households, so the old man got used to it for a while! And not all the families infected with the disease are male. Everyone’s mouth is sick, but there are still people who are not sick!”
Liu Haojia breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what he said and said, "Then how are your patients handled? Have they been quarantined in a centralized manner?"
Mr. Gu Erye looked confused and said, "What is centralized isolation? Patients from each family are served in each family!"
Liu Haojia snorted when he heard this, and finally caught Magistrate Meng's pigtail! He actually didn't even teach the villagers about centralized isolation. He just hastily surrounded the areas where the epidemic occurred. It was a waste of human life!
In fact, don’t underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. The ancients knew the dangers of malignant infectious diseases very early and had certain methods to deal with them.
The first way is for the imperial court to come forward and concentrate manpower and material resources to deal with the epidemic. This method was most successful in the Song Dynasty. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they established a system for reporting epidemics step by step. Once an epidemic was discovered, the imperial court would quickly seal off the affected area and send imperial doctors to the affected areas to find the source of the disease, diagnose and treat patients, and provide special funds for imperial physicians to use.
The second way is to isolate. Since the Tang Dynasty, officials of all dynasties have known that isolation must be carried out when infectious diseases occur. Therefore, starting from the Tang Dynasty, every time a malignant infectious disease occurs, the local government will establish an "epidemic room" specifically for isolation. and treat patients. This method can be traced back to the Han Dynasty.
The last step is to dispose of the body. All corpses of patients with malignant infectious diseases must be buried under official supervision. Prevent the spread of the epidemic to the greatest extent.
With the above methods and the fact that transportation was not so convenient in ancient times, the epidemic was difficult to spread. Moreover, China also has a well-established traditional Chinese medicine system, so malignant infectious diseases that have affected a large area have rarely occurred in Chinese history.
Then Liu Haojia asked a series of questions, and Mr. Gu answered them one by one. Judging from the questions he answered, Liu Haojia knew that the epidemic prevention work was going very poorly. So he immediately said: "From now on, everyone listens to my command! Whatever I want you to do, you have to do it!"
Hearing what he said, all the villagers agreed happily. Liu Haojia's first order was to clear out and open up several adjacent courtyards and arrange them into wards, ready to accept all patients.
Later, the scope of movement of everyone in the village was strictly stipulated to reduce contact with each other as much as possible. Then he sent people to the camp outside the village to retrieve the medicinal materials and supplies he brought. Then they asked the villagers to use sheets to circle two areas on the shore specifically for bathing. But this bath is not made of ordinary water, but lime water.
There are many issues being dealt with at the same time. However, when Liu Haojia dealt with the matter again, he specifically asked Zhang Peilan to take note of it. This made Wang Xinyi and the other four eyes red with envy! You know, what Zhang Peilan records will definitely be checked by the court. This is a credit!
Liu Haojia's troubles lasted until the evening, when the situation in the entire village was sorted out. Then Liu Haojia dragged his tired body to his camp.
When they left, the villagers were very scared! When Liu Haojia explained that they were camping outside the village, the villagers became quiet. However, they kept standing at the entrance of the village, watching Liu Haojia and the others approaching their camp before they relaxed and dispersed.
When Liu Haojia returned to his camp, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly in the distance. And the sound came from the roadblock. He looked up and seemed to see someone wearing the official uniform of a county magistrate standing behind the roadblock.
Liu Haojia originally didn't want to pay attention to him, but he thought that the sick people still needed treatment, and since he couldn't leave the epidemic area now, he could only send his experience to various places through Magistrate Meng, so he walked over with heavy steps.
Liu Haojia was standing not far from the roadblock just now, and found that the person standing behind the roadblock was indeed Magistrate Meng! And Magistrate Meng was even more angry when he saw him!
Magistrate Meng County received a notification from the soldiers that the imperial envoy had entered Qinghe Village directly, but he was frightened out of his wits! If something happened to the imperial envoy, he would be unable to eat anything and walk around in circles! So he brought people over immediately, but he was still a step late!
When he arrived, he hurriedly asked about the situation. The officer said that he saw Liu Haojia and his party wearing strange clothes entering the village! This made Magistrate Meng completely regret it! He originally just wanted to follow Ning Baiqiang's words and leave Liu Haojia aside in the cold, not to kill him.
But he didn't expect Liu Haojia to be so bold and go directly into the epidemic area! At this time, Magistrate Meng County saw Liu Haojia and shouted angrily: "Master Liu, how did you enter the epidemic area? You don't know how to provide disaster relief, so you should know not to cause trouble for others, right?"
Liu Haojia snorted and said: "You said that I don't understand disaster relief, but I want to tell you that you are the one who really doesn't understand disaster relief! I have already asked in the village that you have not set up a disease ward and cannot arrange it. The people were notified to quarantine! You just sent food and medicinal materials! The food is fine, but the medicinal materials are delivered without prescriptions, and there is no one to guide how to cook the medicine. So what is the use of bringing the medicinal materials? I will definitely give you a copy!"
Magistrate Meng was stunned by what Liu Haojia said! Only then did we realize that so much work needs to be done to prevent the epidemic! This is the harm of studying hard! Scholars focus all their energy on the Four Books and Five Classics, and have no idea what they have to do as an official. Therefore, many officials rely on their masters to help handle official affairs after taking office.
But the master is also a scholar, so he has the same problems. It’s just that I have more contact with real objects and have richer experience. But when it comes to unfamiliar problems, it’s still numb!
