Soon after Li Hongzhang's telegram was sent, good news came back from Shanhaiguan that the Russian troops in the areas of Mukden, Yingkou, and Luda were suspected of having an outbreak of plague.

This news can be transmitted back from Shanhaiguan, naturally it can't be hidden from the foreign devils, maybe the source of Shanhaiguan is also a foreign devil, after this news came back, the entire Beijing division was quiet.

In more than a day, the peace talks and secret talks also stopped, and the envoys of various countries and the ministers of the Qing Dynasty ran the most in the telegraph room, and the word plague was mentioned the most often in the telegram.

Fengtian is in the center of the three eastern provinces, although the location is critical, but for the devils of the seas other than Tsarist Russia, it is only an important geographical coordinate, the number of countries in Fengtian is very limited, but Yingkou and Luda are different, there are many foreigners in the coastal area, and a large part of the ships coming and going to Yingkou and Luda are ocean-going freighters, once the plague breaks out, the consequences are unimaginable.

One of the most worrying is Britain and Japan, the three eastern provinces of the sea route, most of the hands of the British merchant Swire Shipping, for the products of the three eastern provinces, small Japan also has a great demand, Yingkou sea route also has a share of small Japan, why the plague outbreaks, when the two countries are also eager to verify.

In these ten days, it was enough for Lao Caoyong to advance to the three eastern provinces, and it was enough for the plague to enter Little Japan with the sea ships.

In the next few days, it was confirmed by Britain and Japan that the plague in the three eastern provinces was spreading rapidly along the Dongqing Railway, and the route along the railway and the route of the five routes of Tsarist Russia became the channel for the expansion of the plague in the three eastern provinces, and the plague spread rapidly. Far beyond anyone's imagination.

Moreover, the plague that broke out among the Tsarist Russian troops in the three eastern provinces was different from the plague in the Jingu area, which was transmitted through the respiratory tract at the beginning of the outbreak, and its transmission speed and lethality were quite amazing.

In order to deter the Qing court, the devils of Zhuyang blocked the epidemic situation between the Japanese-Russian coalition army and the eight-nation coalition army in Jinmen. During this time, only the envoys of the great powers knew how many people died due to the plague, and the plague that broke out in the three eastern provinces at some unknown time caused a great panic among the devils of the seas.

The plague is now an incurable disease, and its horror is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. The plague transmitted through the respiratory tract is even more terrifying, and according to Li Dacheng's estimates, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army in the Jingu area may have already been remnants.

News of the outbreak of the plague in the Tsarist army came from Shanhaiguan, and after this time. The peace talks and secret talks came to a complete halt, and the envoys of the great powers and countries frequently gathered together to find out what they were talking about.

During this time, the good news came one after another, and the good news for Li Dacheng was bad news for the devils of the seas, following Fengtian, Luda, and Yingkou. The Russian troops in Changchun, Jilin, Harbin, Hulan, Qiqihar, Hunchun, Ningguta, Suifenhe, Mudanjiang and other places were attacked by the plague one after another, and the two border cities of Shuangchengzi and Boli were not spared, and the Japanese barracks on the banks of the Yalu River. The same is true in the Korean area, where the plague swept through the Far East, and in the space of ten days, the telegram was presented to Li Dacheng and the devils of the seas.

This is just the beginning, when the news from the south that there seems to be rat vaccine heads at major ports, Li Dacheng smiled. This black cauldron that spread the plague, Lao Maozi has set his back.

The foreign devils around Jingshi fell into a panic. Lao Li dragged the sick body and came to Baylor Mansion again. After seeing Li Dacheng, Lao Li didn't speak for a long time, but just looked at the ghost-like Li Ershen General fixedly.

Li Dacheng, who was inserting beans, didn't care about Lao Li's deep gaze, he was just slowly inserting beans, most of the months of hard practice, Li Dacheng could already hold on for an hour, and when he practiced until he could insert two or three hours, and he could insert fifty centimeters in his vertical palm, it was time to replace the soybeans with mung beans, according to Wang Wu and others, this time period, I'm afraid it will be at least half a year.

Insert soybeans for half a year, insert mung beans for another year, and then it should be mixed with iron sand, and then it is a full tank of iron sand.

Li Dacheng is a little older in practicing basic skills, if he can start from the age of eleven or twelve, he can practice a pair of iron palms in his twenties, Li Dacheng is also very helpless, it is too difficult to cultivate a real master!

Feeling that his hands were aching and he couldn't hold on, Li Dacheng motioned to the Sun girl to bring up the hot medicine, and after his hands were immersed in the medicine, Li Dacheng smiled and glanced at Lao Li, who had been stunned.

"Alas...... Little brother, isn't it time for the south to prevent the epidemic? ”

At this time, Li Hongzhang couldn't afford it, and seeing that Li Ershen was about to hang his appetite, he simply had something to say.

"What I said is that the Tai Hospital has established a law in Jinmen, which is nothing more than burning corpses, dispersing the crowd, covering the mouth and nose, and supplemented by detoxification and blood soup!

There are people in the south, there are people in the south, there is medicine and medicine, what should I do, I don't need to nod my head, right? ”

During this time, the major medicine stores in the north and south have hoarded a certain amount of anti-epidemic drugs, and Li Hongzhang's medication is nothing more than wanting to let the plague hall not want to make money for nothing.

But this matter, Li Dacheng will not back down, epidemic prevention is a major national matter, the Qing court naturally has to pay, and the contract compensation is in front of him, the Qing court has to be cheap if it has cash in its hands, and this silver is better than leaving a major medicine store in the north and south.

"Little brother, do you know how much a pair of detoxification and blood soup costs in the south now?

The less two or three taels of silver, the more seven or eight taels of silver, the previous pair of medicines, but a hundred and ten big dollars, at least twenty times the price, who can eat it? ”

Traditional Chinese medicine is not popular, there are also reasons for the use of medicine, slow effect, long medication time, and the price of traditional Chinese medicine is generally very high, and the use of medicine has become a stumbling block to the development of traditional Chinese medicine.

Hearing what Li Hongzhang said about the price of the medicine, Li Dacheng's brows moved, and it seemed that this matter could be brought into play.

"Epidemic prevention matters, when the imperial court is the mainstay, the plague is menacing, although it is close to winter, but the cold winter is afraid that the plague will not be able to stop the raging. I thought that Lord Zhongtang should join forces with Lord Belle to ask for a decree, and ask the Queen Mother to issue a decree to order all state capitals in the world to buy medicine with money to prevent the epidemic! ”

"It turned out that I was waiting for Lao Li here. Little brother is really a last resort!

What does this mean? ”

Earning money, I am afraid that Li Ershen's calculations will not stop there, rubbing his head, Li Hongzhang continued to ask.

"Naturally, there is a saying, this is seeing that the compensation is going to be paid, and the state capitals have too much silver. Isn't it cheaper for the devils of the seas?

Using epidemic prevention to prevaricate the foreign devils, and scattering the silver deposits of the state capitals of the Qing Dynasty among the people, isn't this called hiding the wealth from the people?

As for the reparations, the major bankers of foreign devils. If you don't all see us borrowing, then we'll borrow! ”

Hearing Li Ershen's calculations, Li Hongzhang also secretly exclaimed, this method is amazing!

In addition to the customs tariff, the regular tariff within 50 miles of the coast is also included in the mortgage, and the repayment period is 40 years. The amount of compensation will be as much interest as possible.

The 40,000,000 Wu 10,000 that you and Lord Belle calculated will only be doubled when the time comes. ”

The ferocity of the plague did not affect Erli. They can naturally sit firmly, from the plague to the reparations, Li Hongzhang has a long-term view, but is this really long-term? It's hard to say!

"The customs tariff doesn't have anything to do with us, as for the regular tariff within fifty miles of the coast, Lao Li. Don't forget, this is the Qing Dynasty. Our Qing Dynasty, the law of tax avoidance. Need me to teach? ”

The customs tariff cannot be taken back at all, all the Qing can do is to share it with the foreign devils, and Li Dacheng has no choice about this, the current opponent is too strong, and it can only be a dream to regain the sovereignty of the tariff.

As for regular tariffs, how difficult is it to avoid them? In the current Qing Dynasty, the tax defense line is empty, and some humiliating domestic smuggling is not exactly the way to avoid taxes?

"Hehe, too!

Little brother, why did the plague start, should we also have an explanation? ”

Mentioning the cause of the plague, Li Hongzhang's brows furrowed again, this is a big deal, once it is not handled well, the whole world will be the enemy!

"Haven't you said anything about this from the foreign devil?"

"Nope!"

"Hmmm! Tsarist Russia brought the plague to the three eastern provinces from Jingu, this should be true, right? The plague spread to the south from Yingkou and Luda, isn't it?

Lord Zhongtang, I think we should issue an edict, in order to prevent the spread of the plague in our Qing Dynasty, the people of the three eastern provinces are not allowed to contact the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia, and the commercial ports in the north and south are not allowed to dock foreign ships, and foreign devils spread the plague to harm our Qing Dynasty, and we have to talk to the foreign devils about this matter. ”

After listening to the statement of Li Ershen, Li Hongzhang knows what it means to fight a rake, this is another strategy to kill birds with one stone, such an edict, the old Maozi of the three eastern provinces will be unlucky, and then the people of the three eastern provinces will inevitably be afraid of the old Maozi like a tiger, and the army of Tsarist Russia wants to walk freely in the three eastern provinces, and the resistance is probably very great, and if it is not done well, it will be attacked by the people of the three eastern provinces.

Lao Maozi, can the people of the three eastern provinces endure it, and can they also endure the plague? I can't bear it! Listening to General Li Ershen's plan, Li Hongzhang was completely convinced, and when facing such an opponent, he could only complain that Lao Maozi and the foreign devils were not good......

"Hit a rake! I'm afraid that foreign devils will bite and not let go! ”

"Hold on? When the plague also broke out in all the countries of the devils, do you say that the people in their country are complaining about us? Or do you blame their army?

If you don't march into the Qing Dynasty, can you cause the plague? Let's see how the situation develops, right? ”

Ordering the state capitals of the Qing Dynasty to purchase medicine to prevent the epidemic, this does not need to be decreed, Li Hongzhang can directly order, and the law of Jinmen is indeed easy to use, time passes day by day, and there is no news of a major outbreak of plague in the south, even in the three eastern provinces where the plague is raging, not many people in the Qing Dynasty are infected with the plague.

No need to use medicine, as long as you cover your mouth and nose with a few layers of cotton cloth, you can prevent the spread of plague in a considerable distance, what is the plague, the people of the Qing Dynasty, most of them have some cognition, Lao Maozi broke out of the plague, and the people of the three eastern provinces also had to passively resist Lao Maozi, the spread of the plague will slaughter the city and exterminate the village, under the shadow of death, the people of the three eastern provinces will not resist.

Epidemic prevention is a major matter, and the lethality of the Jingu plague has been confirmed, and Li Hongzhang, as the minister of peace talks, also showed his courage at this time, temporarily acting as the chief assistant of the military aircraft, ordering the Qing provinces to pay attention to epidemic prevention, and at the same time issued a strict order to the three eastern provinces, never allowing the people of the Qing Dynasty to come into contact with Tsarist Russian personnel.

The major commercial ports in the north and south also received the same order, not allowing foreign ships to dock, and of course, the epidemic prevention method passed down with the order.

Covering the mouth and nose, supplemented by decoction, such an epidemic prevention method is enough for the people, but for the army, this is far from enough, although it has entered the winter, there are no mosquitoes and flies but the fleas are still alive?

The army, there are no sanitary conditions at all, too many people gather together, and the difficulty of epidemic prevention is also extremely great, masks can block the plague for the people of the Qing Dynasty, but they can't stop the plague for the Eight-Nation Alliance, of course, it can't be said that it has no effect, but the effect is not very good.

If you want to curb the plague, the cremation of the corpse is also the top priority, otherwise the plague will come back at any time, the matter of burning the corpse, except for the Qing Dynasty and small Japan can do it lightly, it is difficult for other countries to do, funeral customs are a matter of faith, involving faith, this problem is also big, now it is when the temperature is lowering, the corpses that died of illness and war are easy to preserve, if the devils of the seas can't do this, just wait for the outbreak of the plague! (To be continued)

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