Guo Song was inspecting the epidemic in Hedong City at this time, and he had been in Puzhou for three days, and he had been inspecting the impact of the epidemic for three consecutive days, and this was the first time he had come to investigate the epidemic.

On the one hand, a war broke out in Hedong City, and a large number of people had fled their homes in advance, and there were basically no people living in the suburbs of Hedong City, and the residents in the city were only half of the usual.

Another reason is that the epidemic first broke out in the enemy army, and there was no epidemic in the city, after learning that the enemy army outside the city had an epidemic, the residents of Hedong City fled again, so that the population base of the epidemic spread was not large, and in the end, only more than 1,000 people died in this plague, basically concentrated in Hedong City.

When Guo Song arrived in Hedong City, the epidemic had been controlled, mainly thanks to the all-out anti-epidemic efforts of Puzhou Thorn Shi Weiqing, so that the epidemic did not spread and did not cause serious consequences.

"Returning to the envoy, after the epidemic appeared in the city, he started three things, one is to close the city and not to flee again, the second is to immediately send a notice to the counties of Puzhou, asking them to isolate the people of Hedong County, and the third is to isolate in Hedong County, and all the patients are concentrated."

"Well done!"

Guo Song praised it very much, this Wei Thorn History is very experienced, and the three methods are very in place, and he asked again: "Wei Thorn History seems to have experienced an epidemic?" ”

"A few years ago, I served as the assassin of Xiangzhou, when Tian Yue and Li Baozhen fought in Xiangzhou, and then the epidemic broke out, the war stopped, I spent a whole year to curb the epidemic, summed up a lot of experience and lessons, with honeysuckle, coptis and banlan root to boil soup, can prevent and control the epidemic, if the epidemic can be cured in the early stage, but the best effective way to control the epidemic is to isolate, and then use a large amount of quicklime to kill the virus."

"Where is it put in isolation?" Guo Song asked.

"The humble position is placed in the City God Temple, there is a large open space there, and the humble duty has set up dozens of tents, just because our Puzhou is rich in lime, and the humble duty has used tens of thousands of catties of quicklime, and the whole air is filled with the smell of lime."

Guo Song nodded, he smelled it when he entered the city, and the whole city exuded a strong smell of lime.

"How many residents are there in the city now?"

"Hedong County still had a population of nearly 200,000 in the middle of last year, and the war and epidemic caused the people to run out, and now the population in the city is less than 20,000.

"In this case, will it cause a resurgence of the epidemic?" Guo Song asked worriedly.

"Please rest assured that there will be no more outbreaks, now in Hedong County, in addition to isolating patients, there has been no epidemic for fifteen consecutive days, all the corpses and used items are disposed of by burning and burying, there has been no one living outside the city for more than half a year, and there has been no epidemic for a long time."

"Wei Tingshi has handled it very well, if there are any difficulties, just raise them, I will definitely find a way to solve them."

"There must be difficulties, not to mention the losses, mainly we have purchased a large number of materials, medicinal materials, lime, cloth, etc., the money and materials in the state government inventory have been exhausted, and there is still a lot of debt outside, in addition, can the taxes in Hedong County be reduced a little?"

"There is no problem with taxes, I can exempt Hedong County from taxes for three years, as for how much money is needed, please write a detailed list and report it to me, and all the money and things that are missing will be borne by Taiyuan."

Wei Qing was very moved in his heart, he also proposed tax reduction and financial support to Li Huaiguang before, but he was scolded by Li Huaiguang, but he didn't expect it to be solved so easily here in Guo Song, he is really different from other feudal towns, no wonder the Hedong family supports him.

Guo Song inspected Puzhou for three days, then set off to return to Taiyuan, that night, Wei Qing wrote a letter to his brother Wei Lian, Wei Jian is also the head of the Wei family in Chang'an, has served as the Ministry of Works, Shangshu Youcheng, and now Chengdu as the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.

Wei Qing wrote down in detail the three days when he accompanied Guo Song to inspect Puzhou and Hedong City, and wrote down his high opinion of Guo Song in the letter.

He put the letter in an envelope, painted it with fire, handed it to a Webster disciple and said, "Go to Chengdu quickly and give this letter to the head of the family!" ”

"Please rest assured, second uncle, I will definitely deliver the letter."

The messenger left, Wei Qing paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, his mind fluctuated, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, Guo Song's appearance made him suddenly see a bright light of hope in this dark and troubled world.

.........

Xue Tao has been staying in Jinyang Palace for five days, she is still a little unaccustomed, Jinyang Palace is too big, covering an area of nearly five hundred acres, from east to west actually have to take a carriage, the back garden has become a royal garden, covering an area of eighty acres, there are fifty acres on the lake alone, there is a small island in the middle, there is also a courtyard on the island, which is full of pavilions.

It doesn't matter if the area is too large, the key is that the building inside makes it difficult for her to adapt, the former lobby has become an empty hall, standing in the hall, she has become extremely small, which makes her feel at a loss.

Xue Tao knew in his heart that what really made him unable to adapt was the change of his identity.

She is no longer the wife of General Guo, she is no longer the wife of the envoy of Jiedu, she is now the princess of Jin, even if the Queen of the Tang Dynasty sees her, she does not dare to put up a stand in front of her, this transformation of identity even she does not know whether to be happy or lost.

Xue Tao currently lives in the Yuqiong Pavilion next to the Imperial Garden, which is the most important building in the Imperial Garden, said to be a pavilion, in fact, it is a building complex, covering an area of ten acres, composed of five courtyards, with more than 200 rooms, of which the Yuqiong Pavilion is a five-story pavilion, surrounded by high walls and corridors, and there are more than 20 podiums under the attic, Xue Tao took two children and a group of maids and more than a dozen female guards to live in the Yuqiong Pavilion.

The first floor is the living hall, the maid and the female guard live in the podium, the second floor is the residence of the children, the third floor is her bedroom, the fourth floor is her study, and the fifth floor is her jade vault.

This feeling is not only uncomfortable for her, but also for Dugu Youlan and Zhang Minqiu, Zhang Minqiu refuses to have her own yard, she finally lives with Dugu Youlan in Qiufeng Courtyard, this courtyard is composed of more than 40 rooms, Xue Tao can understand her fear, so he simply followed her.

There were originally more than 400 palace maids and nearly 200 eunuchs in Jinyang Palace, but Guo Song repatriated most of them, leaving only more than 100 palace maids and more than 30 eunuchs.

The original owner of these palace maids and eunuchs was Yuan Xuanhu, Yuan Xuanhu was a strange person, who had lived in Shuiyunju, that is, in the other courtyard on the island, for many years, and his life was very dark, and it was difficult to see him all year round.

Now with a new owner, the Jin Wang's family has moved in, the Jin King lives in the front of the courtroom, and has never lived in the harem, but the Jin princess lives in the harem, and the various main halls do not live in the palace, but choose to live in the Yuqiong Pavilion.

Of course, Yuqiong Pavilion is the essence of the entire Jinyang Palace, and everyone likes to live in the imperial garden, but the problem is that Princess Jin brought a large group of maids by herself, and she used her own maids, so what should they do with these palace maids? Do you want to send her out of the palace too?

In the morning, Xue Tao stood in front of the study window with a tea cup, the study is located on the fourth floor, there are five rooms in a circle, basically all of them have become a library, only due east is her study, the study is also very large, at least more than 100 square meters, her daughter Guo Weiwei is sitting at the table to practice calligraphy, calligraphy is also the basic skill of learning painting, but also to learn literature and music.

She couldn't interfere with her son's learning, so she was determined to train her daughter well and let her grow up to be a talented woman no less than herself.

Xue Tao stared at Weiyang Lake in the distance, covering an area of fifty acres, with living water introduced from the outside, and Fenshui as a whole, it can be regarded as a small lake.

"Mother, do you miss Zhangye a little?" Guo Weiwei stood beside her mother and asked in a low voice.

Xue Tao stroked his daughter's head lovingly, and said with a smile: "It's a little nostalgic." ”

"I miss Zhangye too, why don't I tell my father, let's move back! It's so deserted here. ”

"Don't say stupid things, go and write well, my mother will take you to the Shuiyunju on the island in the afternoon to see, we haven't been there yet!"

Guo Weiwei jumped up with joy, "Great, I have long wanted to take a boat to the island." ”

This is, Guo Weiwei suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Mother, I saw Mengzi today." ”

Xue Tao asked in surprise: "Mengzi is also here?" ”

"Hmm!"

Guo Weiwei nodded heavily, "I'll call it up." ”

She pulled out the bone flute that her father had given her from her neck, and blew it vigorously, only to see a sturdy eagle fluttering up from the towering trees on the island, circling in the sky a few times, and flying towards the side of Yuqiong Pavilion.