"Two medical officers, how are the patients? Are there many?"
At the county government office, seeing Cao Qing and Lin Hua coming back, Huang Fengnian hurriedly asked: "Can it be controlled?"
"Can't control it."
Cao Qing shook his head, "There are too many people."
"The Qianmen Village and Gaolou Village that I went to had nearly a thousand people infected in the two villages combined."
"It's so severe that I can only stay in bed, and I don't even have the strength to walk."
"I gave them injections and medicine, but there was no obvious effect."
Huang Fengnian looked at Lin Hua again.
Lin Hua also shook his head, "I also went to two villages, and there are also a lot of sick people, and they are still increasing."
"Right now we don't have a treatment, so we simply can't control it."
"Even if there is a treatment, so many people are sick and there are not enough medicinal materials."
"Where are the medicinal materials I asked you to store earlier?"
Huang Fengnian asked with a dark face, "Where have you stored all your supplies?"
"People have been sent to dig it out."
Lin Hua said: "But it's been raining now, and the medicinal materials can't be dried, so they can't be used at all."
Cao Qing also said: "That's right, there are too many sick people, even if we reserve some medicinal materials, we can't handle it."
"What should we do?"
Huang Fengnian looked around anxiously, "There are not enough medicinal materials, but there are more and more patients."
"If this continues, it will definitely be regarded as a plague."
"Not only will my head not be saved, but as medical officers, you will not be able to control the condition, and your head will also have to be moved."
"This is the plague."
Cao Qing corrected: "It appeared on such a large scale, which is more severe than any plague outbreak in history."
"Magistrate Huang, I think we should run away quickly."
"We can prepare all escape routes before the news spreads."
"With our financial resources, we can stay anonymous and change places..."
"shut up!"
Before he could finish his words, Huang Fengnian scolded him: "I am an official of the imperial court, a seventh-grade county magistrate, and the parent official of Yun'an County."
"Now there is a possibility of plague here, but you let me escape. Are you still worthy of being a medical officer?"
"I don't care what method you use, this matter must be resolved."
"Otherwise, I will kill all three of your tribes."
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm going home now to find a solution."
Cao Qingzhan said tremblingly.
Without waiting for Huang Fengnian's reply, Cao Qing left in a hurry.
He was afraid that if he delayed for a moment, he would be beheaded by the county magistrate.
But I'm still wondering, when did Huang Fengnian, the dog county magistrate, care so much about the lives of the people?
Every year when collecting taxes, the village chiefs are explicitly asked to kick the tires hard.
It's obviously enough, but if you have to kick it a few more times, you can increase a lot of food.
All that went into his pocket.
I can't control that much anymore. Since he won't leave, I have to hurry up and run away.
When Huang Fengnian came to his senses, he couldn't leave no matter how much he wanted to.
But Lin Hua suggested: "Magistrate Huang, how about I recommend someone?"
"Although he is not a medical officer, his medical skills are definitely not inferior to those of ordinary medical officers. Especially when dealing with plagues, he has his own way."
"If we invite him out, there might be a way."
"Are you talking about Mr. Zhao Pingzhao?"
Huang Fengnian said: "I have already discussed it with him."
"There are not so many medicinal materials right now, and he has no better way. He can only focus on prevention."
Huang Fengnian explained Zhao Ping's method.
Lin Hua's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Okay, okay, with this method, we can reduce the number of infected people and buy us more time."
"Xiaguan, please go back and send some people to dig out the medicinal materials, and then rush to Xiping Village to discuss with Mr. Zhao."
"If we can find a magic medicine to treat wind and cold, we can truly resist this plague."
"Well, you go and do your work first."
Huang Fengnian nodded.
He is even more satisfied with Lin Hua. After the plague is resolved, he will let the old man enter the county government and become the official doctor of the county government.
As for Zhao Ping, the leading person in solving the plague.
With such a great contribution, he will definitely not condescend to Yun'an County again. When the time comes, he will rise to prominence, and maybe his position will be higher than his own.
After a little fantasy, Huang Fengnian called the county magistrate over.
Let him draw up the paperwork immediately.
The content mainly has two points.
One is that there are too many people infected with cold and there is no cure, which may cause a plague. Please send more medicinal materials from above.
The second is that the people are sick and unable to harvest grain. Coupled with the continuous autumn rain, grain sprouts are severe and production is severely reduced. Please be considerate of the people and reduce taxes.
The county magistrate quickly wrote it and asked Huang Fengnian to read it.
After confirming that there was no problem, he sent someone to rush to the capital.
The county magistrate then took the opportunity to ask, "Huang County Magistrate, the plague has broken out, are you sure you won't leave?"
"Are you going to die if you stay?"
"Let's go? How?"
Huang Fengnian smiled bitterly.
"This plague is different from the past. In the past, the number of sick people ranged from a thousand to a few hundred. If you close down the village and set fire to it, you can completely solve the problem."
"But there are patients in almost every village in Yun'an County. They add up to tens of thousands, and we can't cover them no matter what."
"If you stay and fight the plague, even if your head is chopped off, you might still be able to keep a good reputation."
"But once you escape, it will be easy to kill the Nine Clans."
"Why!"
The county magistrate sighed.
If the county magistrate does not leave, even the county magistrate will not dare to move easily.
At this time, Tian Zhen had already rushed back to Tian's house and reported what happened here to Tian Fuhai.
"Son, you did a good job."
Tian Fuhai patted Tian Zhen on the shoulder and said happily: "Being able to think calmly and give very good solutions when encountering problems shows the demeanor of a father."
"This will also allow me to leave the Tian family to you with confidence."
"Dad, don't you blame me for making independent decisions and privately contracting the production of masks in Yun'an County?"
Tian Zhen asked.
"Hahaha."
Tian Fuhai laughed and said, "Why should I blame you?"
"Our family is a businessman, and we pay attention to making huge profits."
“How much does that mask cost?”
"I'm afraid it won't be more than a thousand taels of silver even if I give it a try."
"If we can help Yun'an County withstand the plague, then we will have done a great job."
"If a plague breaks out in other places in the future, everyone will definitely think of our masks first and ask for help from us."
"Even if we can't withstand the plague, we can get closer to Mr. Zhao through this incident."
"No matter what the outcome is, we will definitely make a profit without losing anything."
"Furthermore, Mr. Zhao is a person related to the Imperial Palace Hospital. He is definitely very capable and should be able to easily control the plague."
"You first go to the textile workshop to make masks overnight, and then send a batch to Yun'an County tomorrow."
"I'm going to the Sheriff's Mansion."
"If something of this magnitude happens, Governor Peng must be informed."
…
Zhao Ping didn't know this. After finishing the decoration at home, it was already dark.
When the meal was ready, he called everyone to eat.
There is no hierarchy here, everyone eats around the same table.
Lu Xiu also asked Lu Xiu to replace the broken square table legs, and Zhao Ping specially made a round table top to place on it.
It doesn't feel crowded if more than a dozen people eat together.
It's just that Lu Xiu and his son were too busy and didn't have time to buy them stools, so they still sat on the wooden pillars.
It's acceptable, since eating won't take long anyway.
Yunman habitually moved the wine.
But he was stopped by Qian Liu, "Yun Man, these are not wine, they are all silver."
"What about silver?"
Yun Man said disdainfully: "We make these wines ourselves, and it doesn't take much trouble. When you finish drinking them, you can just make two more jars."
Yun Man had seen Qian Liu making wine. Although he didn't know the principle, it looked very simple.
If you do it in one day, you can make several jars.
"you you you!"
However, these words made Qian Liu furious. He turned around and ran to the kitchen, took out a kitchen knife, pointed at Yun Man and said, "If you dare to drink today, I will fight you to the death."
This scene shocked everyone.
One by one, they hurriedly ran out of the house and stood between the two of them.
Yun Man also gained confidence and said coldly: "Qian Liu, this is my master's house. I drink some wine and you actually want to fight me. Do you still have my master in your eyes?"
"It's you, the traitor, who doesn't take Master seriously!"
Qian Liu's voice was louder than his, "Brother Ping promised to buy sprouted grain from Xiping Village today, and the price will not be reduced. It will still be 600 yuan per stone. Do you know how much it will cost?"
"I, I don't know."
Yun Man stammered that he had never read a book, let alone arithmetic, and his confidence weakened a bit.
"Then let me tell you."
Qian Liu raised his voice again, "Xiping Village has a population of 3,000 people. Each person is allocated two acres of fertile land. The yield per acre is one stone, and a total of 6,000 stones can be produced."
"Based on the calculation of one stone and six hundred taels of silver, it would require a total of 3,600 taels of silver."
hiss!
Everyone who listened took a breath of air.
With more than three thousand taels, he can buy a nice house in the county, buy more than ten slaves, and live a happy life.
"This does not include the fields that the villagers themselves have reclaimed. If we really calculate it, it will only be higher."
Qian Liu continued: "And Brother Ping only accepts grain sprouted from one village in Xiping Village? Does Xia Cun not care?"
"So many villages in Yun'an County were affected by the disaster, and the sprouted grains cannot be eaten. Brother Ping is a kind person, can he let those villagers starve to death?"
"Definitely not."
"We will definitely continue to collect money when the time comes, and we will need more silver coins."
"Every penny you can save right now is a penny, so I won't let you drink this wine unless it kills me."
With that said, Qian Liu put the kitchen knife across his neck.
