In Suzhou, Liu Yuan and Zhu Houzhao are paying a private visit incognito, preparing to see how the floods in the south of the Yangtze River are being treated.
This year, there are floods in the south of the Yangtze River, severe drought in the north, and floods in the south and drought in the north. Both droughts and floods are the kind that occur once in decades. They last for a long time, are fierce, and are extremely harmful.
A large number of rice fields in the south of the Yangtze River were submerged, which directly led to a significant reduction in production. As for the north, it was even worse. The long-term drought resulted in almost no harvests in several northern provinces. The most serious area in Henan Province even had no harvest at all. .
??In the past, when encountering such a situation, even if the emperor and ministers were effective in disaster relief, I am afraid that something big would happen. Not to mention the smoke of war, starvation and death would definitely be inevitable.
But things are different now. There are many places where grain is produced in the imperial court, and trains are connected. The grain is pulled there one by one. Although the people are severely affected by the disaster, they are not without food and their lives are still manageable.
"It seems that the flood was really severe at that time."
"Look, the waterline has already reached the height of the house."
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao came to a village. Liu Jin looked carefully at the houses in the village and soon discovered that there were obvious signs of being soaked by the water on these houses. Looking at this height, it was also We can roughly know the situation of the flood at that time.
"It seems to be very serious indeed."
Zhu Houzhao looked at it and nodded.
Looking around again, although the floods have receded for several months, traces of the aftermath of the floods can be seen everywhere, including the big trees in the village, silt, garbage and various things washed away by the floods. some type of.
You can also see that many villagers are cleaning up the mud in the fields and preparing for farming next year. Life still has to go on.
ӡI donӮt know whatӮs going on, but every household is getting sick. The son of the old Zhang family in the village even died of the disease.ӱ
"Isn't that right? This year is really unlucky. There are floods again, and after the floods there are diseases. How can we ordinary people live?"
"Isn't Lao Zhang's son sent to the city for treatment?"
"Oh, you don't know. The medical clinics in the city are all full. I don't know how many people from all over the country have become sick. The doctors in the medical clinics are overwhelmed and many people have died."
"real or fake?"
"Is this still false?"
"Just look at our Shuitou Village. There are ten out of ten households, and someone in every household is sick. This must be a major epidemic after the disaster. This time, we don't know how many people will die."
At this time, several villagers were walking outside with hoes and talking, which happened to be heard by Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao. When they heard this, their expressions suddenly changed.
Liu Jin quickly called to several villagers and saluted them politely.
"What orders do you two gentlemen have?"
Several villagers looked at Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, and then at the many guards dressed as servants following them. They knew they had met a noble person, so they quickly responded politely.
"You just said that someone is sick in every household now?"
"And the medical clinics in the city are also overcrowded?"
Liu Jin looked at a few people and asked.
"Going back to the young master, it is true that people in every household are sick, and the medical clinics in the city are indeed overcrowded, and many people have died."
Uncle Li nodded solemnly.
"What kind of diseases do you have?"
"Is it the plague or something else?"
Liu Jin's face changed slightly, and the thing he was most worried about appeared.
Generally, epidemics will occur after severe droughts and floods. Some particularly severe ones often sweep across a large area and lead to the death of a large number of people.
This is also the reason why in later generations, quicklime was continuously spread for disinfection after the flood, in order to prevent epidemics.
Compared with floods, epidemics are more terrifying. Countless people have been infected invisibly, and it is unknown how many people have died. Especially in ancient times, when treatment and prevention conditions were limited, once an epidemic occurred, it was extremely easy to develop. There was a large area of ??no man's land, and everyone in the entire area was wiped out.
In history, the Black Death pandemic in Europe directly killed one-third of the population of Europe at that time. More than 25 million people died under this plague, and every city was turned into a dead city. It can be said to be terrifying.?Parental officer of Suzhou, there is an epidemic in Suzhou. Firstly, you failed to report it in time, and secondly, you wanted to stay away from here. How did you become a parental officer? "
Liu Jin looked at him hard.
"The imperial court has issued repeated orders to disinfect and prevent epidemics after major disasters, and to sprinkle a large amount of quicklime to prevent epidemics. Have you, the prefect of Suzhou, followed the imperial court's requirements?"
"Your Majesty, I have followed the requirements of the imperial court. You can ask someone casually. At that time, quicklime was spread everywhere."
Chen De immediately became anxious. Now that Liu Jin had bumped into this matter, he really wanted to pursue it. Regardless of whether what he did was up to standard, he would not be able to keep his hat by then.
"Whether there is or not, I will find out later."
"Now hurry up and gather quicklime, call doctors from various places, and prepare medical materials to fight the epidemic."
Liu Jin glanced at him lightly. Now is not the time to hold him accountable. He is still needed to mobilize the entire Suzhou to fight the epidemic.
"Yes, I will go and do it immediately!"
When Chen De heard this, he quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then hurried to follow Liu Jin's instructions.
"Looking at it like this, this should be the most common schistosomiasis in the Jiangnan area. This disease usually occurs, but it becomes particularly serious after floods."
"Fortunately, it's just schistosomiasis. If it were plague, it would be really serious."
Zhida z.com Zhixiao. Liu Jin carefully recalled some related diseases and quickly concluded that what happened in Suzhou and Yangzhou should be schistosomiasis. This disease is widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and several southern provinces. It is extremely harmful and highly contagious. powerful