I don't know where the corpse smell came from, Yang Xianmao followed the smell of the corpse to find the past. He soon discovered that the corpses of people were lying in rows under the walls of the city gate tower, which were piled up on a slope. A large number of animal carcasses were casually discarded nearby, and the highly decomposed human and animal carcasses emitted a foul smell and flies buzzed around.

These were unclaimed corpses, because there was a flood outside the city, and there was no place to bury them in the city, so they were thrown by the tower.

In fact, most of the nameless corpses that died in the flood were temporarily buried in silt, and a small part was discarded along with the dead pigs and sheep by the city gate. Countless flies were buzzing around, stenching before they could get close.

Seeing this scene, Yang Xianmao's heart tightened even more. If this situation is not changed, the plague will soon be rampant in the capital.

Yang Xianmao went straight to the top of the city tower and found Cai Jing.

Cai Jing is directing a group of migrant workers to repair a small piece of the collapsed city wall, and he is very busy. And Cai Jing is not a person who only talks and does not use his hands, he also participates in carrying sandbags to repair the city wall, and takes the lead.

Of course, this kind of behavior is only occasional, but even this little bit is enough to impress those people and his officials. This has brought him more prestige, and Cai Jing knows how to show this on the right occasions.

When Yang Xianmao found him, he was busy, his body was full of muddy water, and Yang Xianmao could barely recognize him. Because before this, Cai Jing was slightly blessed, and after nearly a month of hard work, he obviously lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were sunken, his face was full of mud, and he looked no different from ordinary people.

Yang Xianmao felt a little emotional in his heart, this traitor still did real things in the process of starting a business. In fact, throughout history, most of the traitors did more or less practical things before becoming traitors, so they were qualified to go to the status of traitors, and now Cai Jing is like this.

Yang Xianmao called him twice from behind Cai Jing, Cai Jing came back to his senses, and when he looked back, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Hurriedly threw away the dirt bag on his shoulder, ran over and wanted to grab Yang Xianmao's arm to show affection, but his body was full of mud, and he smiled a little embarrassedly, and quickly hugged his fist and bowed to the ground, saying: "It turned out to be Yang Gongzi, I was just going to go to you to thank you." It's just that these days, the official family asked me to be responsible for flood control and drainage, and I really couldn't get out of it, but I didn't expect my son to find me, I really dare not take it. I don't know what Childe commands?"

Yang Xianmao smiled reluctantly and said: "Master Cai is the first to lead the people to prevent flooding and drainage, which is very hard. But I'm not here to offer condolences, and I'm not qualified to do so. I have something to say to you,—— but just now you said that you are looking for me too, but you don't know what it is?"

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "That's the case, I must express my gratitude to Gongzi, you are my life-saving benefactor." ”

Yang Xianmao frowned: "Lord Cai is serious, I didn't save you." ”

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "Son, don't see each other again, how about we call each other brothers?"

Yang Xianmao didn't want to be so close to him, waved his hand and said: "Don't dare to be, you are an official, I am a people, how can you be a brother." ”

"You're scolding me. Cai Jing smiled affectionately, but in the end he still reached out and patted Yang Xianmao's arm twice, and said, "Young Master Yang, to be honest, I thank you very much, if it wasn't for the last time you persuaded me not to send an envoy to the Liao Dynasty, let me stay, and help me become the magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion, I wouldn't be where I am today." ”

"That's the result of your personal efforts, what does it have to do with me?"

"It's not like this, Yang Gongzi doesn't know. That night, the envoy to the Liao Dynasty encountered a flash flood on the way, and all the people died. If it hadn't been for Childe's persuasion not to go, I would have been drowned in the flood right now. Where is the opportunity to lead everyone to fight floods and drain water? Therefore, it is true to say that Yang Gongzi is my life-saving benefactor. ”

When Yang Xianmao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, there was such a coincidence. He really couldn't laugh or cry, but of course he didn't have this kind of expression on his face, he just smiled and said, "That's your own blessing, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, if it weren't for Yang Gongzi, you recommended me to King Wu to serve as the Kaifeng Governor, I would not have the opportunity to lead the Kaifeng officials and the people to participate in the flood control and drainage, and it would be impossible to get the emperor's reward." The grace of the child's recommendation, Cai Jing will never forget. In the future, there will be a place for Cai Jing, although Yang Gongzi orders, Cai Jing will not hesitate to go to the soup!"

After that, Cai Jing bowed to the ground again.

Yang Xianmao really couldn't cry or laugh, he couldn't imagine that he had become the benefactor of this traitorous minister, and he was grateful to Dade. But this is not a bad thing, maybe in the future, I can use this identity to let this super capable traitor do something, and if necessary, take measures to prevent him, the traitor, from harming the country and the people.

Yang Xianmao said: "Lord Cai doesn't have to be polite, I came to you today to find you because it is related to flood control and flood control. ”

Cai Jing hurriedly arched his hand and said, "If the son has anything, just tell me." - Let's talk in a different place and go to the front tower. ”

Cai Jing pointed to the city tower not far away, which was where he worked. Except for sleeping there at night, he rarely stayed there, patrolling and commanding in various places, and personally participated in flood fighting, drainage and rescue.

Cai Qin took Yang Xianmao to the city gate tower, he simply washed his face and hands, changed his clothes full of mud, and then sat on the chair next to Yang Xianmao and listened to Yang Xianmao.

Yang Xianmao said: "You are busy with official business, I dare not delay for too long, but what I said is also very important, I hope you can do what I say." ”

"Of course, Childe, please speak. ”

Yang Xianmao said: "After the catastrophe, there will be a great epidemic, I don't know if you have heard of this?"

Cai Jing was slightly stunned, he didn't understand medical science, but he had heard this sentence. However, he did not have enough understanding of the weight of this statement. Therefore, he shook his head and looked at Yang Xianmao waiting for him to follow.

Yang Xianmao said: "I don't have time to tell you why there is a big epidemic after the disaster, I just want you to know that the drainage work has basically come to an end." You can spare a certain amount of strength to carry out epidemic prevention work, lest the plague spread in the city. ”

Cai Jing immediately nodded solemnly and said, "I don't know much about this, please give me detailed advice." ”

Yang Xianmao said: "There are several tasks that must be done, first, to bury all the corpses in the city, whether human or animal. If there is no place to bury it, it is simply burned with fire. On the way I came, I saw a lot of corpses by the castle tower, which were randomly discarded on the edge of the castle tower. This is the source of the plague, and they can spread the poison of the corpse. ”

Cai Jing suddenly showed an indignant look on his face and said: "These rabbit cubs, I told them that the corpses must be buried, but these people just don't listen." Hey, there's no way, the capital is too big, and I can't take care of it alone. I did, and most of the bodies were buried, and you may see that my orders were not met, or that they were not implemented well. Don't worry, Childe, I will immediately send someone to search for the whole city, and if I find any buried animal and human corpses, I will order the officials in charge of this area in the city to immediately find someone to bury the corpses. ”

Yang Xianmao nodded, and continued: "I have a potion, after configuring, you organized people to spray it on all the places where the flood has passed, this potion can prevent the occurrence of plague, I found it from an ancient book. In many places where outbreaks have occurred, the use of this potion has not caused a large-scale epidemic of plague. This potion must be configured and used as soon as possible. ”

Cai Jing smiled when he heard this, nodded mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, this matter is on me." Childe's medicine must be expensive, and the price is definitely not cheap. How much money is the son, and I will quote it. The government has asked the three divisions to do their best to cooperate, and all the materials needed for flood control and drainage must be fully supported by the three divisions. Therefore, the money for the purchase of potions will definitely be paid to Childe first. According to the price you set, it can be regarded as a little bit of my heart to repay the kindness of my son's recommendation. ”

Yang Xianmao was stunned for a moment, this Cai Jing thought crookedly, and thought that he wanted to make a fortune and profit from it. Yang Xianmao frowned, waved his hand and said, "I don't sell medicine, I can give you the prescription, and you will prepare the medicine, and then disinfect it, I don't want a penny." ”

Cai Jing smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "That's natural, although this Yang Gongzi can rest assured, I will definitely handle it well, don't worry." - Gongzi Yi Bo Yuntian, in order to save the people of the capital from the plague, he is willing to pay the prescription, which is really kind-hearted. Caring for the people. If you become an official in the future, you must be a Qing official. Hey, hey, hey. ”

Yang Xianmao listened to what he said, and seemed to want to do something, so he said: "What I said is serious, I don't want a penny, my prescription has been written, and now I will hand it over to you, you must spray these potions everywhere as soon as possible according to this formula, understand? This is related to the major matter of epidemic prevention in the capital, and it must not be taken lightly." ”

Cai Jing nodded frequently and said: "That's a certainty, Gongzi's orders, I will definitely not delay at all, and I will definitely implement them in a solid manner." ”。 ”

Yang Xianmao nodded, took out a densely written prescription from his arms and handed it to Cai Jing, and said: "After you dispense the medicine according to the above prescription, spray it on all the places that have been flooded, especially those with a lot of flies, and some dead corners that are not easy to clean, and all the places that have been flooded must be sprayed." The amount allocated must be sufficient to kill the plague. Remember?"

Cai Jing nodded solemnly and said, "I remember, this is arranged." ”

Yang Xianmao nodded, thought for a while and said: "Although the silt on the street and in each courtyard has been almost cleared, there are many dead ends in the city where the silt has not been cleaned up, and there is a lot of garbage in those places, including the corpses of animals and even people. These dead spots must be carefully inspected, if these places are not cleared, they will become the outbreak point of the plague. Just like a spark on the grassland, once left unchecked, it will quickly spread the fire to the entire wasteland, and at that time, it will also endanger the safety of the entire capital. ”

Cai Jing nodded solemnly and said, "I really don't know medical skills, so I will do exactly what my son tells me, don't worry." ”