In the cold winter, Wu Liande broke out in a cold sweat!

Perhaps seeing the changes in Wu Liande's face and expression, or perhaps perceiving the slight tremor of his body, Professor Adrian looked at him very sympathetically, patted Wu Liande on the shoulder and sighed: "I'm sorry, Wu, I'm afraid we are powerless in this matter, and we can only rely on you Chinese to solve it yourself." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Goo-dong!"

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with great difficulty, Wu Liande said in a suddenly hoarse voice: "I understand, Mr. Adrian, thank you very much...... Also, please thank you on my behalf to Mr. Huntelaar! ”

"Okay."

After a sigh, Professor Adrian shook his head and went out.

Adrian was undoubtedly very important in suppressing foreign doctors who held opposing opinions, or in convincing consuls, because he and Mr. Huntelaar behind him had the strength to do so. But in some places, such as how to understand the behavior of the Chinese, such as confronting the local Chinese medicine practitioners, and such as the advice in this telegram, Adrian is really powerless.

In this matter, we can only rely on Wu Liande himself!

Pinching this telegram, which weighed more than a thousand catties, Wu Liande sat silently in the room alone for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and stood up: "Someone's coming...... Prepare the car, I'm going to go out! ”

On October 13, 1911, John? Huntelaar sent a telegram to Wu Liande in his own name.

After receiving this telegram, Wu Liande left the station in his own exclusive car, returned two hours later, and then ordered someone to send a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital. Shi Zhaoji was also stunned after receiving this telegram and reading it, the expression on his face was cloudy, and he let out a heavy sigh after a long time......

On October 14, 1911, Wu Liande invited more than 40 of Harbin's well-known gentry to a cemetery in the north. It was the middle of winter, and the snow on the ground was five or six inches thick, and rows of coffins and corpses were parked in the open on the snow, stretching for more than a mile like a long snake formation. When the plague first struck, the government provided coffins for the dead to bury them; Bodies found on the street were also collected by the government, placed in coffins and transported to cemeteries. But now, the death toll is so high that the government's capacity is beyond the government's capabilities, so many bodies are placed directly in the cemetery - in the cold winter, let alone digging a hole for burial, it is impossible to dig a small shallow pit.

Seeing everything in front of them, more than a dozen gentry spit out on the spot!

The endless coffins are already full of gloom, and the naked corpses are even more shocking. Because of the cold, these corpses were in various positions, and some people were thrown out by their families because they were dying, and even remained in a sitting position, which was their last effort to keep warm in the extremely cold weather......

Without saying anything, the gentry agreed to Wu Liande's request and immediately wrote a joint letter to the Governor of Jilin!

On January 18, 1911, exactly twelve days before the rest of the world, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a telegram to Wu Liande approving his request......

……

“…… There is no doubt that Wu is a real physician! ”

When he saw this sentence on the telegram, John couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Although he was far away in New York, there was not a day that John did not pay attention to since the news of the outbreak of the plague in the Northeast reached New York. Under his order, the information on how many new cases were reported in Harbin that day, how many deaths were made, how much progress was made in the control of the epidemic, and how much relief materials were consumed, were all reported every day and sent back to New York from Harbin!

To put it simply, John keeps a close eye on everything that happens in Harbin!

So when he knew that Wu Liande could not find the reason for the high incidence of the disease, and was distressed by it, John wrote that long telegram and gave Wu Liande his own advice. If John hadn't intervened, it wouldn't have been long before Woollende himself would have found out, but John wouldn't allow himself to continue watching - and the time was ripe.

Entering the soil for security is an inherent concept formed by the Chinese for thousands of years.

So one can imagine what a huge shock it would have to be to John when he saw John's suggestion to burn the corpses, the corpses of all the plague patients who died of infection! Therefore, in order to get Wu Liande to accept this proposal as soon as possible, John gave a detailed explanation of his reasons for such a proposal and the theory on which it was based in a telegram.

To put it simply, corpses are a huge source of disease.

The doctors of this era didn't know, but John knew very well in his heart that the plague bacillus was very resistant to the outside world, and it could still survive at minus 30 degrees Celsius, and it could survive in a frozen corpse for several months!

To put it simply, the cemetery in Harbin is a giant plague bacillus freezer!

No matter how well Wu Liande formulated the precautions, and no matter how well the people below implemented them, if rats or other animals came into contact with these corpses, and then the animals transmitted them to the people in the city, then all epidemic prevention measures would be in vain. Historically, Wu Liande intuitively believed that rat germs could survive in cold weather, even in corpses and underground, but he didn't have time to do experiments to prove it, but he still chose to send out the telegram, and in this world, because of John's reminder, Beijing's instructions were finally advanced by as much as 12 days!

Every day earlier means countless lives can be saved!

It's just that what makes John sad is that he has to accurately grasp this point in time. As a white-skinned American, John, like Wu Liande, knew what a huge challenge this would be for the Chinese at the time. Too soon, the shock of the death toll will not pass this proposal at all, and it will prepare those who oppose it in advance. At this time, the death of hundreds of people a day was enough for the Qing government to put aside all scruples and approve this order......

"Alas......"

After a long sigh, John took the telegram in his hand and continued to read.

“…… On the morning of January 19, Wu hired more than 200 laborers to blow up a large pit with explosives that could hold hundreds of corpses, and then poured kerosene on the corpses according to the standard of 10 gallons per corpse, and the flames rose into the sky......

“…… Tens of thousands of citizens watched the burning and watched the bodies of their loved ones reduced to ashes, most of them expressionless and stunned......"

“…… This was probably the first cremation in the history of China, and the Russians watched the historic burning and immediately followed suit, not only burning the bodies that had just died, but also digging all the bodies out of the graves......"

“…… On January 19, the death toll in Fujiadian fell to 113, and gradually decreased in the following week, with no rebound......"

After reading the telegram, which was extremely detailed, John did not get up from his seat for a long time, but looked blankly at the letter in his hand.

In a trance, he seemed to see.

He seemed to see the flames rising into the sky, as if he saw the painful and numb faces, and as if he saw countless miserable and crying figures in the red sky of the flames...... (To be continued.) )