Chapter 318: The Spread of the Epidemic

Sometimes I should really thank Li Zicheng, if Li Zicheng hadn't suddenly conquered Yuzhou City, the group of gentry and magnates in Kaifeng Mansion would not have vomited this blood. Less is a little less, but it is better than Yu Jackie Chan, and Yu Jackie Chan has not said anything so far.

Min Zhengyuan came with the gift list, Tiemo's expression eased a lot, and he handed the gift list to Hai Lanzhu next to him with a smile, Hai Lanzhu nodded and went out with the gift list.

"Lord Min rest assured, it is within the responsibility of this Governor to exterminate the Liukou, and no matter what, he will also block the Liukou in Zhuxian Town. It's just that this overseer has just arrived, and his troops and horses are limited, so it may be difficult to defeat the rogues in a short time. ”

Min Zhengyuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Where is the supervisor, as long as I can report Kaifeng worry-free, I will thank the supervisor for his help." The rogue is powerful, and the tail is too big to fall, how can it be exterminated in a short period of time? "Min Zhengyuan is a shrewd person and will never make any unreasonable demands. He also has a bit of a grasp of the vein of Tiemo now, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, the Iron Inspector is still very easy to talk to.

The two talked about some things in Henan, and Min Zhengyuan left under the pretext. In the hot late summer season, with a heat wave in the wind, Tiemo frowned and looked in the direction where Min Zhengyuan left. Min Zhengyuan is a person who is quite tactful, he has just come into contact with this period of time, during which he talked, the other party spoke very cleverly, it seemed that he was in a relationship, but in fact, he had been keeping a distance.

Since Liukou entered the Central Plains, Chen Bing Runing Mansion on the Nanzhili side, and did not confront Liukou in Nanyang Mansion, which means that the cabinet dominated by the Donglin Party has somewhat abandoned Min Zhengyuan and Yu Chengchan. In this case, Min Zhengyuan needs to stand in line again, but this guy is extremely slippery and never answers directly. Tiemo felt that if Min Zhengyuan moved closer to him, it shouldn't be a difficult thing. At least so far, he is representing Emperor Zhu Youzhen. But Min Zhengyuan didn't say anything, obviously there is another way back.

I don't know when, Wang Zuohang came to Tiemo's side, the two have been friends for a long time, and sometimes they don't need to say anything, they know what the other party is thinking. Wang Zuohang held the fan and fanned the wind leisurely, "Supervisor, Min Zhengyuan, this guy is really doing things without leakage, just now his subordinates accompanied his wife to check, and the materials sent by Min Zhengyuan's command were exactly the same as the gift list." ”

"Oh?" Tie Mo raised his eyebrows in surprise. It is not uncommon in officialdom to call on the gentry to donate money and materials due to important military and political affairs. But there is almost no one like Min Zhengyuan who does it in the slightest.

The gift list is a gift list, but in fact, there are often some discrepancies in the material and wealth, either more or less. More is to please you, and less means that there is some greed in the middle. Under normal circumstances, no matter how much, the recipient will not say anything. If there are many, then keep it in mind. If it is less, it will be treated as if it never happened. Just like this time, if you receive more money than gift lists, it means that Min Zhengyuan deliberately curry favor and wants to build a good relationship, then there is a great chance to win over Min Zhengyuan.

But no more, no less. This can only show that Min Zhengyuan thinks very clearly, this is a pure transaction, sending supplies, and the Xuanfu soldiers and horses are responsible for blocking the Liukou in Zhuxian Town. Once this matter is over, they don't owe each other, and each goes its own way.

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In the middle of August, it is no longer as hot as before, but the still hot climate has brought greater trouble to the Central Plains. Ruzhou and Nanyang Prefecture have been plagued by military disasters one after another, especially Ruzhou Prefecture is almost full of corpses. The peasant army only knew how to loot, and did not have the habit of cleaning the battlefield, resulting in corpses being exposed, and in this season, the corpses decomposed very quickly, mosquitoes and flies were rampant, and epidemics inevitably occurred.

On 16 August, the main army of 30,000 under Tie Mo arrived at Ruzhou City, and the peasant army, as if sensing the danger, suddenly abandoned the area around Malingguan and retreated 30 miles. The generals of the Xuanfu were gearing up and planning to fight a big battle, but the peasant army suddenly retreated, which was really a bit surprising.

The peasant army retreated, Ruzhou City was temporarily free of pressure, and Tiemo could relax a little. Walking on the streets of Ruzhou, you can feel the meaning of depression, under the military disaster, the people of this county town walked, fled, and less than half of them stayed. This is still the situation that the rogues did not capture Ruzhou, and once they fall into the hands of the rogues, the situation will only get worse.

Before I knew it, I came to the south gate. Previously, the city defense had been in charge of the Henan Prefecture Guard, and the Xuanfu soldiers and horses entered the city and accepted the defense of the southern city. At this time, Liu Guoneng was commanding his subordinates to build the city defense, and he was very busy.

Walking up to the city, Liu Guoneng greeted him, and Tiemo asked with a smile, "How is the situation?" ”

"Hey, the fortifications were so rudimentary that everything had to be rebuilt. And also..... Recently, there have been a lot of displaced people from outside the city......"

"Outcasts?" Tie Mo frowned, feeling a little strange in his heart. During this period of time, there were continuous military disasters in Ruzhou, and beggars knew that they were hiding from Ruzhou, and the displaced people were begging for a living, so what did they do in Ruzhou City?

Liu Guoneng hesitated for a moment and continued: "It is indeed a homeless person, it seems that it is a nearby people, but the situation is not quite right, many people are sick......

"Sick?" Tie Mo chuckled in his heart, at this time, he had already thought of something, and he also somewhat understood why the Liukou suddenly withdrew from Maling Pass. Standing at the head of the city, holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking into the distance, outside the woods in the south of the city, there were many people gathered, these people had sallow faces, their faces were vegetable, and some of them were lying on the ground, leaning on their bodies, like people who were about to die.

In the field of vision, a young man coughed violently, he covered his mouth, and when he took his hand away, his palm was full of blood. There was also a woman, leaning against a tree, constantly wiggling.

Tiemo's hand trembled slightly, put down the clairvoyant mirror, and immediately ordered solemnly: "Pass my general order, all departments guard the city gates, and from now on, no one is allowed to enter." Also, send someone back to Luoyang, inform my wife, try to find some doctors, and get more medicinal materials. If it is good, I am afraid that there will be an epidemic. ”

Liu Guoneng was shocked, and his face became extremely ugly. Liu Guoneng is well aware of how terrible the epidemic is, when the people in northern Shaanxi were in turmoil, there were dead people everywhere, after the fight, a warm disease swept through Yan'an Mansion and Suide Mansion, the plague was transferred, and there was almost no one in ten in the Yansui area.

"The overseer rests, and the last general will do it!" Liu Guoneng just wanted to leave, but Tiemo raised his hand and shouted to him, "Also, set up more patrols, pay attention to the situation in the city, and if you find any symptoms, isolate them immediately." All the dead things in the city were burned, and lime and other things were prepared and sprinkled all over the city. ”

"Yes!"

Tie Mo was in a heavy mood, and the last thing he wanted to see happened happened. The plague doesn't matter if you are a rogue or an officer, as long as you are infected, it will not be good. I don't know what the situation is in Nanyang Mansion, but I hope it doesn't make too much trouble, otherwise under the plague, I will be forced to be helpless, and I don't know what angry things I want to do.

In the east city of Ruzhou, a young man sat behind the battlements and wept bitterly, crying and complaining about the injustice of the world, "Please, leader, open the door and let my father and them in." ”

"Little pebble, aren't you embarrassed for my brother? The Governor has just given an order, no one is allowed to open the city gate, and no one is allowed to enter or leave Ruzhou City! The leader of the team patted Xiaoshizi on the shoulder and let out a long sigh. The rogues ravaged Ruzhou, and there were more and more displaced people, and many people who could not survive began to come to Ruzhou City. Not for anything else, just because Ruzhou City has its own descendants.

Many of the Ruzhou garrisons were natives of Ruzhou, and most of the displaced people outside the city came to take refuge in them. However, an order was given from above, and the gates were temporarily closed due to the threat of the rogues, and the gates were not to be opened at will, so the men were kept out of the city. Xiaoshizi's father is not in good health, and at this time he is already weak and is about to die.

"Team leader, aren't you friends with Mr. Hu Qian at the North Gate, please tell him, let my father come in? The north gate is still under our control, and it should be okay to let someone into the city! ”

Seeing that Xiaoshizi was really pitiful, the people around him also said loudly: "Head, why don't you help Xiaoshizi, the people outside are all villagers in the countryside, and it's not a problem to keep them out of the city." My sister is also out there, and if they really don't care, they will only have to wait for death. ”

Everyone, you say a word to me, and the opponent is a little overwhelmed, so he has to smile bitterly: "Okay, then Lao Tzu went to find Mr. Hu Qian, I can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not, now it is not Ye Shoubei who is in charge, and everything has to be careful." ”

In the evening, some homeless people came to the outside of the northern city, and Qian Zong Hu Ao held on to the battlements, his brows furrowed, "Lao Chen, is this person a little too much?" If this is discovered from above, it will not be a good fruit for us to eat. ”

Chen Qiyuan, the leader of the team, took Hu Ao's hand, quietly stuffed a piece of jade pendant, and then patted the back of the other party's hand, "Old Hu, you can help, you see, this is all a family, you can't stop outside the city, right?" At this time, the patrol has just passed, and as long as we are fast enough, no one will find out. ”

"That's okay, you hurry up, something is really wrong, don't blame my brother for not being righteous!" Hu Ao touched the jade pendant and nodded with satisfaction. This is Chen Qiyuan's family heirloom treasure, which he has loved for a long time, and he has long wanted to get it. I don't have any hobbies in my life, but I like to collect beautiful jade, if it weren't for this piece of jade, I wouldn't have risked opening the city gate.

Juo greeted the men below, and the soldiers began to slowly open the gates. When the city gate opened, dozens of people who had already gathered outside the city couldn't wait to run in. Xiaoshizi was already waiting at the door, and when he saw everyone coming in, he ran towards an old man who was hobbling, "Dad..... Daddy......"

Maybe it's because of the rampant bandits, and there are too many rare reasons, relatives see each other, and when they enter the city, many people can't control themselves and cry bitterly. The crying is contagious, and gradually many people at the north gate have red eyes, crying bitterly.

Hu Ao's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly pushed Chen Qiyuan, "Old Chen, what are you doing in a daze, let these people disperse, and attract the patrol team for a while, aren't you harming me?" ”

Chen Qiyuan also reacted, and immediately let people disperse with their relatives. Not long after the crowd dispersed, the patrol that heard the wind came to the northern city.

Li Yuanqing found Hu Ao with a cold face, and reprimanded loudly: "President Hu Qian, the superintendent has issued three orders, and he is not allowed to open the city gate, why do you still open the city gate privately?" What is the crime? ”

"How can this be?" Hu Ao was stunned for a moment, and then became furious, "Which blind rumor who lacks morality, the last general has always strictly obeyed the general's order and has never disobeyed." General Li, you can't listen to some rumors, blame the last general, if you don't believe it, you can ask the brothers who are guarding the city......"

"Hmph, if people don't know unless they do it, if there is no evidence, you should be idle and come to trouble you?" Li Yuanqing glared at Hu Ao fiercely, "Mr. Hu Qian, you care about the township, there is nothing wrong with this." But do you know why the Overseer ordered the lockdown? And haven't you ever thought about why the rogues suddenly withdrew from Maling Pass? Haven't you thought about the people you put into the city, some of them are in poor health? ”

Juao was a little dazed, and he suddenly felt as if he had done something wrong. Listening to Li Yuanqing's story, he remembered the situation when those people entered the city, and some of them were obviously sick.

"This ...... This..... Isn't it to prevent rogues from sneaking into the city? ”

"Hmph, if only it were that simple, I won't hide it from you now. Now that there has been an outbreak of epidemic in the southern part of Ruzhou Mansion and Nanyang Mansion, the superintendent is afraid of causing panic, so he temporarily blocked the news, but I didn't expect that you would dare to open the city gate in violation of the order....."

"What are you still doing? Who are the people who have entered the city? One by one, if something really goes wrong, your head is waiting to move! "Li Yuanqing is not scaring Hu Ao, if it is really because of this incident, the epidemic spreads throughout the city, then Hu Ao deserves to be cut by a thousand knives.

"I ....." Hu Ao had cold sweat on his forehead, and at this time, he finally panicked.

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Hu Ao's private release of the exiles into the city completely angered Tiemo. Henan's local military law is not strict, and the armament is lax, which has long been expected, so the death order was issued and emphasized many times. But even so, there are still people who dare to open the city gate without permission.

With Hu Ao being taken down, the epidemic will naturally be hidden. The news of the epidemic soon spread throughout the city, and not only the people in the city panicked, but also the army was affected. The various ministries of the Xuan government were also nervous, and their morale was greatly affected.

Since he couldn't hide it, Tiemo simply made a quarantine area in Dongcheng and locked up all the displaced people and their families who entered the city. At this time, you can't talk about conscience.

What Tiemo was really worried about inevitably happened, and only two days later, more than a dozen people in the quarantine area were infected.

I have to be glad that the isolation speed is fast enough, if I don't isolate in time, I don't know how far it will spread.

Under Tiemo's strict orders, Ruzhou City began to clean up the streets, and all dirty things were burned in a centralized manner. Those who died in quarantine were similarly incinerated, and those who were seriously ill were isolated in solitary condition.

To say that it is isolated alone is actually to wait for death.

With the current conditions in Ruzhou, it is simply impossible to treat so many people.