"A plague broke out?"
Zhao Ping was also surprised, "I just came from Xiping Village and I didn't hear about the plague."
"Xiping Village has not been affected yet."
Huang Fengnian said: "Village chiefs from several villages have just come over to report that there are a large number of patients with wind chill in their villages, who are weak all over and have high fever that does not go away."
"Can't even work."
"I have to cover myself with several layers of quilts when I'm lying on the bed, and I still feel cold."
"My nose is running straight and I keep coughing."
"I've asked Cao Qing and Lin Hua to go over and check the situation. I was about to send someone to invite you, but I didn't expect you were already here."
"Mr. Zhao, since you can predict the plague, you should have a countermeasure, right?"
"No."
Zhao Ping shook his head and his expression became serious.
The symptoms are similar to those of the flu.
He said before that a plague might occur, which was actually a bit alarmist.
After all, colds are caused by a weak body and accidentally catching cold, and are generally not contagious.
But if there are many patients with wind-cold, they will definitely be treated as a plague in the Dawei Dynasty.
The ancient way of dealing with plague was very cruel.
They directly sent soldiers to blockade the village, preventing anyone from getting out regardless of whether they were infected, and then set the village on fire.
Until the plague is completely eliminated.
What's more, given the current conditions, Zhao Ping couldn't tell whether it was a cold or a flu.
It must be taken seriously.
Then he said to Huang Fengnian: "County Magistrate Huang, there is no specific cure for the plague. We can only focus on prevention at the moment."
"How to prevent it?"
Huang Fengnian asked, "As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."
Just kidding, if a plague breaks out when he is being transferred, if he is not dealt with correctly, not only will his hat be saved, but his head may also be lost.
Right now we can only place our hope on these medical officers.
Zhao Ping mentioned the plague last time and asked him to prepare in advance, and Huang Fengnian regarded him as the key savior.
"First, we issued an order prohibiting people from braving the rain to harvest food."
Zhao Ping said: "Influenza spreads very easily. After being exposed to the rain, your body will become fragile. If you are not careful, you will contract the disease."
“There are already few medicines, but if the number of patients continues to increase, they can only wait to die.”
"Yes, yes, I will give the order now."
Huang Fengnian didn't understand either and could only nod obediently in agreement.
"Second, we should vigorously publicize the seriousness of the flu, so that people should try not to go out unless they have nothing to do, so as to reduce the risk of infection."
Zhao Ping continued: "Third, make masks and face towels."
"You must wear a mask every day. If you really need to go out, you must also wear a face mask."
"What is a mask?"
Huang Fengnian asked.
Zhao Ping didn't explain much, just picked up the pen and paper next to him and drew a mask.
The Dawei Dynasty cannot make non-woven fabrics, nor can it make melt-blown fabrics.
Can only be replaced by linen, cotton and silk.
There are no rubber bands, so just use hemp rope or twine.
Although it is impossible to isolate bacteria, it is better than nothing. At least it can provide some psychological comfort.
If this is just a common cold, it can be an inspiration to future generations so that they can respond more actively to the plague.
Instead of setting fire to the village when there is a plague.
Huang Fengnian immediately arranged for people to prepare.
But he was stopped by Tian Zhen, "Magistrate Huang, can you leave the production of masks and face towels to our Tian family?"
"You want to make money from this?"
Zhao Ping raised his eyebrows.
This is a dirty trick. If the Tian family really does this, Zhao Ping will never cooperate with them again even if he is slapped in the face.
"no."
Tian Zhen shook his head and explained, "Our Tianfu itself is in the cloth business and has its own textile workshop."
"There are tens of thousands of people in Yun'an County anyway. Even if each person wears a mask, it's not a small number. The textile workshops in Yun'an County are too small and I'm afraid they won't be able to produce that many people."
"Don't worry, our Tian family won't take any money from these masks. We will provide them all to Yun'an County for free."
Zhao Ping found it incredible.
Is this still the black-hearted businessman who is greedy for money?
How come it's like you've changed your gender?
But he didn't say much, which was good.
A plague outbreak is a disaster.
The more support, the more hope.
Besides, the Tian family can afford this money.
Zhao Ping has calculated this before, and one piece of cloth can make more than 1,100 masks.
Yun'an County has a population of nearly 70,000, and each person wears three masks every day. This lasts for ten days, which is 2.1 million masks.
Nearly two thousand pieces of cloth were needed.
According to the current price of cloth on the market, a piece of cloth ranges from 300 to 500 yuan.
Tian Fu also weaves the cloth himself, so the price is exactly the cost, and the total value does not exceed one thousand taels of silver.
It's just a waste of manpower, and Tian Mansion can afford it.
"Thank you, Master Tian."
Huang Fengnian was extremely grateful. After arranging things, he had the opportunity to ask these two people their intentions.
He was even more excited when he learned that Tian Zhen was going to build a cloth village in Yun'an County and Zhao Ping was going to open an escort agency.
This is another huge amount of income.
So without any hesitation, I stamped the official seal and approved the official document.
The two of them did not stay, bid farewell to Huang Fengnian, and left the county government.
Tian Zhen went back to the shop, gave him the official documents of Zhao Ping's wine making, and then followed Zhao Ping to Xiping Village with his people.
He brought ten jars of acacia wine, left twenty thousand taels of silver notes, and hurried back to the county town.
He wanted to report what happened in Yun'an County to his father so that he could make early decisions.
When Zhao Ping got home, he went to the back mountain to call back Xia Quan and others who were training and started arranging work.
First, terminate the training.
Zhao Ping did not dare to take risks when he was not sure whether the patient was suffering from a common cold or influenza.
If it is the flu, it will be very troublesome if they are infected.
Secondly, let Xia Quan go back to Xia Village and ask the village chief Xia to come over.
Following them, Yun Man, Xia Yang and Gao Meng, Liu Muyun, went to the fields in Xiping Village to call back the villagers who were harvesting grain.
If they don't listen, use the position of village chief to suppress them.
Then let Qian Liu make wine.
At present, the acacia wine can be sold for five thousand taels of silver through the Tian family's hands, and he can earn two thousand taels.
I must take advantage of the opportunity to make more wine and make more money.
With money, there is a future.
Finally, Wenhui was asked to prepare the medicinal materials, Zhao Xiaoxiao lit the fire, and Liu Mengru boiled the medicine.
This time I am no longer making Yupingfeng Powder, but Ephedra, Aconite and Asarum Decoction. This decoction is a good remedy for colds and colds.
Zhao Ping guided Wenhui in dispensing medicine.
"This outbreak may not be a plague, but a common cold. However, because individuals have different physiques and different infection routes, there are many symptoms."
"If the throat is obviously swollen and painful, take Yinqiao Powder."
"Yinqiao Powder mainly contains honeysuckle, forsythia, mint, nepeta, platycodon, etc."
"For those with coughs, headaches, and yellow nasal discharge, use Mulberry Juice Drink, which is composed of mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, and almonds..."
Zhao Ping taught Wenhui all the Chinese medicine formulas for treating colds based on his own memory.
And Wenhui lived up to her expectations and mastered it as soon as she learned it.
He also distinguished the medicinal materials very clearly and dealt with them logically.
Within a short time, dozens of packages were produced.
At this time Xia Xia also hurried over with Xia Quan.
When he got there, he asked doubtfully: "Boy from the Zhao family, why are you so anxious to find me?"
"Are there many sick people in your summer village?"
Zhao Ping didn't show any politeness and asked straight to the point.
"Sick?"
Xia Tian was stunned, "What disease do you suffer from?"
"They drink the medicine you give them every day, how can they get sick?"
"Could it be that the medicine you sent is not for prevention, but for causing disease?"
At the end of the sentence, Xia Tian's face turned gloomy.
"what are you thinking?"
Zhao Ping said angrily: "Although I, Zhao Ping, am a bit messy, I don't have that kind of vicious heart."
"When I went to the county today, Magistrate Huang told me that a plague broke out in our county, and many villages had widespread cases of cold patients, so I asked you how the situation is over there."
"If there are any patients with cold, please bring them over as soon as possible for me to treat."
"In addition, let everyone rest at home for a few days, and don't go out if you have nothing to do, let alone work in the fields in the rain."
"Although drinking the decoction can prevent it, it is not absolute. If you are infected with wind and cold, it will be more troublesome to treat because of the drug resistance."
Xia Tian didn't understand the treatment, but he understood that he was not allowed to go to the fields to harvest food.
He frowned and said, "If you don't work in the fields, the food will be wasted."
"Without food, we can't even pay taxes."
Zhao Ping stopped talking. He really couldn't control this.
In the eyes of ordinary people, taxation is the top priority. If they cannot pay it, they will either be thrown into the pioneer camp or sold into slavery.
So food is very important.
Even if you risk your life, you will grab it, let alone if it is just a common cold.
"What should we do? If there are many patients with cold, it will be defined as a plague. When the government sends troops to burn down the village, who can stop it?"
Zhao Ping asked rhetorically.
"this……"
Xia Tian was confused by the question, but still said with a hint of luck: "There is no disease in our village..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard shouts from outside.
"People in Xiping Village, listen, everyone is hiding at home and cannot go out. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
"what happened?"
Xia Tian was startled and hurriedly ran out of the yard.
Zhao Ping and others also ran out.
There were two government officials on horseback at the entrance of the village outside, shouting loudly to the surroundings, "People in Xiping Village, listen, everyone is hiding at home and cannot go out. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."
"Oops, the village is about to be closed. I have to go back quickly."
Seeing this, Xia Tian hurriedly ran to Xia Cun.
Zhao Ping walked towards the two government officials.
