With such hardware conditions and management system and hygiene habits, the epidemic can still spread and break out in such a way, and it seems that the disease is fierce this time.

Li Huamei and Li Huayu didn't dare to delay, and immediately brought the mouth towels fumigated with rice vinegar and asked the officials who came to greet them.

"Where is my father now? Can we go? ”

The family is the father and son, and the subject is the monarch and the minister. This is a rule for Shouhan to educate his children, and the two of them, as the eldest son and eldest daughter, naturally know this rule very well.

"The general should be in the council hall at this moment, discussing the matter of quelling the chaos in Liangguang with the adults of the various departments and yamen, and recently received an urgent report from Lord Chen that an English merchant ship had shelled the Humen Fort, causing turmoil in the city of Guangdong Province and the surrounding city walls. At present, the army battalions and sailors of the officers and armies in various parts of Guangdong are marching towards the Humen area one after another to guard against the invasion of the British. The forces of the thieves everywhere suddenly seemed to be overstretched, and the general was considering whether to send more men and horses to Guangdong. The eldest lady and the eldest young master can go back to the inner house first, and if they think that the general will naturally go back to the inner house after handling official business. ”

When the two heard this, they naturally didn't dare to slack off, and returned to the palace in a hurry. The lintel of the palace is decorated with white gauze, and two huge white flowers are tied in the middle.

The weather is already starting to get hot, and the doors and windows of the council hall are being opened by the deacons and others to allow air to circulate and cool people inside. Through the gap between the doors and windows, the two siblings saw their father Shouhan standing on top of the chair, and heard the people under him arguing passionately.

The soldiers of the Guards Battalion and the guards stood outside the council chamber. Seeing that it was Hua Mei and Hua Yu coming over, although they didn't stop them, they didn't mean to let them into the council hall.

"The eldest prince, the eldest lady, the lord has a military order, if Commander Xu, Li Peiting, General Manager Li, and Deputy General Manager Lin Wenbing are here, please immediately enter the meeting."

Seeing that it was not a play, the two naturally would not touch Li Shouhan's moldy head at this time.

Along the road on both sides of the council hall that was converted from the former Yin'an Palace, the two sisters and brothers rushed into the inner house as if they were flying.

"Auntie! Auntie! ”

Li Huamei and Li Huayu, who returned home, immediately became two children again.

"Oops! Two little ancestors! "I bumped into Yan Mei'er's confidant Cai Pozi. The old woman is already silver-white with two temples. But his spirit was undiminished, and he led more than a dozen maids and women to walk out, and walked squarely with Hua Mei.

"Hello Granny Cai!"

"Granny Cai, I haven't seen you for two months. Your old body is still so strong! ”

Li Huayu and Li Huamei are also half sincere. Half of it is polite and perfunctory. It's a sweet meal that bombarded Mrs. Cai.

There is no way, today's Nanzhong General's Mansion can be regarded as a high-ranking family with a row of halberds and hairpins, and many rules and pomp that were not there before have been born. Servants and servants like Mrs. Cai, who have dignity and status, and hold a certain amount of power in their hands, are young masters like Li Huamei and Li Huayu, and they have to talk a few words and be polite when they see each other.

"Granny Cai, my brother and I came back from Tamna, and I didn't think to bring anything else to you, so I brought a few Korean ginseng sent by the king of Joseon, as well as a few boxes of pearls, and you can take it to stew soup to drink the best way to nourish your spirit."

"Yes, Sister said, pearls are more useful, but it's a pity that I'm stupid, and I forgot about many uses."

The two sisters and brothers sang and partnered with each other, just like the storyteller in Suzhou Pingdan, who made Mrs. Cai's heart bloom.

"Okay, my two masters! You were all brought up by the old woman! Do you think about the old woman who is careful? Well, it's all your kindness, from the bitter cold land in the far north to bring things back to the old woman and me, that is, to come back with a bundle of firewood and grass, the old woman is also warm in her heart! Not to mention ginseng and pearls?! ”

The sedan chair carries people, and Mrs. Cai, who is old and sophisticated, also wants to return her face to the two young masters.

"Granny Cai, what's going on in the house these days?"

Hua Mei asked Granny Cai for details about the white flowers hanging at the door.

"First of all, you go and prepare things according to Madame's wishes, and go everywhere to spread Madame's words." Very majestically sent away the mother-in-law and the big girls beside her, and Granny Cai looked left and right, and then told Hua Mei and Hua Yu about the reason.

But it turned out to be Li Huamei's younger brother Li Huaxuan and a younger sister Li Huaning, who unfortunately died of the epidemic when they were infected in this epidemic.

(Smack!) A brick slapped over! "And let the children of pig's feet die! You have a grudge against pig's feet, don't you?! ”）

Slow down!

This is not the modern era, this is the 17th century! Don't you see, the famous Kang money is prosperous, and the sons of Kang Xi and Yongzheng are also dying? What about ordinary people who could enjoy the highest standards of medical care at that time, and their children still died so young?

In Europe after World War I, how many lives did an outbreak of the Spanish flu cost? In the tens of millions!

In this era, with the large-scale movement of population, a large influx of displaced people without good medical and health habits will inevitably lead to epidemics and outbreaks.

Hua Mei listened to Mrs. Cai's introduction, and only then did she know that the two white flowers at the door were for her younger brother Hua Xuan and sister Hua Ning, and she was speechless for a while.

Mrs. Cai bowed to the two of them, "The old man still has some things to take care of, so I have to confess to the two young masters." ”

"Auntie, what's going on outside?"

At the family banquet set up to celebrate the triumph of Li Huamei, Li Huayu, Xu Huanshan and others, Li Huamei couldn't help but hold a cup of South China Sea fairy dew and asked A-Niang Yan Mei'er.

And because Xu Huanshan is Li Shouhan's earliest personal entourage, his identity is different, and he is also qualified and affectionate to participate in such a family banquet. After listening to Hua Mei's question, she also stopped drinking, and just looked at Shouhan and his wife.

"Young Master, what is the cause of this epidemic? If you need money. Medicine, you might as well list it from our harvest! ”

"Types of blight. Mr. Wang Tingqi has found out that the two epidemics of influenza and smallpox are mixed together, so the number of patients and mortality is very high, but fortunately, it is mainly concentrated among the newly immigrants, and the other part is concentrated on the elderly and children. Fauber also fell ill a few days ago because of too much work. ”

"Grandpa Fu is also sick?!" Hearing that Fu Bo, the highest-ranking person in the house, was also infected with the flu, the Hua Mei sisters and brothers couldn't help but exclaim.

"Mr. Wang has gone to see it, and it shouldn't be a big problem. But it was instructed, wherever there were sick people. To be fumigated with rice vinegar. The patient should be recuperated and isolated. No contact with outside people is allowed for the time being. ”

"Daddy, why is every epidemic caused by these displaced people?"

Li Huamei found a problem of regularity.

"Alas!" Yan Meier, who is regarded as a loving mother by all parts of the South China Army and presides over the medical care and charity affairs of the South China Army. A long sigh. "Erya. You'll find out tomorrow when you go to the homeless settlement with your mother. ”

"Master, Hua Yu is also back, it is better to let Hua Yu go with his sister tomorrow to see it."

Li Muhua hurriedly fought for such an opportunity for his son.

Shouhan glanced at Li Muhua. He didn't say anything, but just went to discuss with Xu Huanshan how to use the various islands under his mouth to develop the strategic concept of the South China Army.

Behind the wooden fence, there is a huge empty field, covering an extremely wide area, hardened with triple soil and burnt ash, etc., and there is no problem in accommodating 10,000 people.

At this time, in this open space, standing or standing, lying or lying, the black pressure is full of homeless people who speak various accents from all over the two Guangzhou, Guiliu dialect, Hakka dialect, Cantonese dialect, and Chaoshan dialect, mixed together. People consciously formed small groups according to their accents and dialects. Beside everyone, there is all luggage and equipment, of course, most of them are tattered bedding and clothes, pots and pans, etc., in Hua Mei's eyes, I am afraid that no one will pick it up if it is thrown on the ground.

Around the edge of the clearing, there were some people in the inland officers and soldiers, who were strong enough to serve as family members, wearing hats, narrow-sleeved and buttoned Nanzhong military uniforms, with a palm-wide buffalo leather belt around their waists, the brass buckle on it was polished, and an armband with yellow letters on a red background on their left arm. "Law enforcement!"

They carried short sticks in their hands, and ropes hung from the buffalo belts around their waists to prevent people from making noise and maintain order. From their strange accents in Chinese, and their somewhat different facial features from the Han Chinese, it can be inferred that most of these law enforcers are people from Siam and Miao Yaoxidong.

These people who lived an unprecedentedly good life after being attached, almost every family enshrined the immortal tablets of Shouhan and Yan Mei'er, and in their eyes, the Ming Emperor was a distant and unattainable figure, and Li Shouhan, who was in the palace in the city, was the one who brought them this qiē.

As the wooden gate opened, a group of new immigrants poured in from outside, filling the empty space.

"That's it! It's going to be dinner today! Don't crowd everyone! Stand in your own formation! Which team finishes lining up first, which team can go to dinner first! Porridge and rice are available! ”

Hearing that the meal was about to start, the crowd immediately stirred, and according to the establishment of 100 households per team, they began to line up in a chaotic manner, and for a while, the shouts of men, the scolding of women, and the cries of children rendered the sky above the resettlement center more and more chaotic and noisy.

The team barely stood up, and people smelled the fragrance of porridge and rice in the air, and they felt more and more hungry, looking forward to eating and drinking porridge immediately.

Dressed in an old cotton dress borrowed from a servant in the palace, Li Huamei stared intently at the people around her, trying to understand their stories from their faces. Beside her, several of the guards were also dressed in civilian clothes, with short firearms hidden at their waists and sharp blades in their arms. A thunderous sound came from a man's belly not far away, and he bit his lower lip, feeling sad in his heart. Along the way, the family was hungry and cold. At present, there is a lot of smoke in Liangguang and Guangzhou, and almost everyone is saying that only this Nanzhong is a piece of paradise, where everyone has work and food. He hopes that in the future, with his own hands, he can let his family live a worry-free life.

"Dangdangdang."

A gong sounded, and then the crowd in the open space swelled again, and a law enforcement leader stood on a high place and shouted: "It's time for dinner!" Each team follows the guide to enter the canteen in an orderly manner, one canteen is full, and the guide enters the next canteen. ”

"Personal carry-on items. It is not allowed to be brought into the canteen when it is released, and the firm is responsible for taking care of it, so that the ...... will not be lost."

There were also dozens of strong, strong-looking law enforcers, with short sticks in their hands, rushing forward and unceremoniously struck some of the homeless young men who wanted to squeeze to the front, and the sticks only went to the rough and thick parts of their bodies, only to beat them until they rolled to the ground and wailed for mercy and did not dare to squeeze them any more.

Li Huamei followed the crowd into the canteen, and the canteen in front of her. Use bamboo and wood as the skeleton. It is covered with straw, and the ground is also laid with bamboo, which is broken in two to isolate the moisture on the ground. The whole dining room is large and simple, but it is spacious and bright. Long tables. Bamboo stools are arranged. Look at it. It has spread to both sides, and I am afraid that there are not as many as two or three hundred.

At this time, every table was full of people. Roughly gathered from house to house, densely packed with ragged heads.

Suddenly entering this clean and tidy environment, everyone was a little anxious, and they all sat down and didn't dare to move.

"Everyone sit down, don't move around! Violators, the whole table of people blasted out! Porridge and side dishes, will be brought one by one and divided according to the table, don't worry about not being able to divide ......"

In the cafeteria, there were law enforcement officers shouting back and forth, preaching the discipline of eating. At the same time, there are groups of local coolies, carrying wooden vats, which are full of rice porridge, bowls and chopsticks. Smelling the aroma of porridge and vegetables, many homeless people were even more restless, and many of them even tried their best to look in the direction of the local coolies who distributed food, bowls and chopsticks.

Finally, it was their turn, two coolies carrying dishes and chopsticks, counted their number, a total of eight people at this table, one by one large bowls, put on their table, and chopsticks. It is a three-foot child who gets a sea bowl the same size as an adult.

There is also a plate with a large face, which is placed in the middle of the table.

Then, among the people carrying the porridge, a large spoon scooped up the hot and thick rice porridge and poured it into the sea bowls, and a large spoonful of side dishes was also poured into the bowl like a face plate.

Everyone didn't care about saying anything, they just picked up the sea bowl as if flying, didn't care about the rice porridge burning their mouths, and swallowed it in their mouths while sucking the rice porridge.

And Hua Mei still habitually looked around with the bowl, planning to find a place to wash her hands before eating.

"Second sister, don't look for it, let's eat first!"

A guard reminded Hua Mei that here, not the house, there are not so many sinks. Yes, I didn't see anyone washing their hands in the sinks outside.

Washing your hands before eating, at this time, is almost a joke.

"Eat slowly! You starving ghost reincarnated! ”

A woman at the same table with Hua Mei reprimanded her daughter, she said so, but she was really sad in her heart, how long has it been since her child eaten so beautifully?

No one spoke in the dining hall, just a mountain of sparse porridge drinking sounds, the homeless people have been hungry for a long time, most of them gobble up, fortunately just drink porridge, and it is just a large sea bowl, if you eat, many people may die of stomach swelling.

"The rice porridge is thick but not poured, and there are pickles, and it seems that the daily rations allocated to the immigrants, these guys don't dare to embezzle much."

Hua Mei drank rice porridge in small sips, but she thought of the storm that happened not long ago, and couldn't help but think of whether these guys were corrupt.

"Sister, this porridge doesn't cost money, hurry up, drink more, it's a pity that there is only one bowl.

After urging her daughter to drink porridge, the woman took two mouthfuls of three, drank all the porridge in her bowl, smiled and beckoned to Li Huamei, who was sitting on the stool beside her. Look at this girl, it must be from a big family, this porridge is not willing to drink in a big gulp, this is all the best white rice, even in the peaceful years, it is impossible for every household to use white rice to make porridge every day.

"I don't have a good appetite and can't drink it."

Hua Mei politely put the bamboo chopsticks in her hand on the sea bowl.

"If you won't drink it, then I'll drink it for you!"

The woman also acted quickly, and without waiting for Hua Mei to speak, she immediately snatched the sea bowl in front of Hua Mei's eyes, divided the remaining half of the bowl of porridge into her and her daughter's bowl, and licked a few rice grains at the bottom of the bowl with her tongue.

Seeing such a scene, Hua Mei couldn't help but feel a wave of disgust in her chest and abdomen, and she almost vomited......

"Those who have eaten, all go this way, take a bath, take clothes, men left and women right...... Each enters his own bathhouse......"

The same law enforcement boss shouted in front of a queue of people standing outside the cafeteria, holding a brass loudspeaker.

Behind the corners of the crowd, another sound of clubs hitting flesh and screams was heard. But it was a green-skinned descendant among a few homeless people, who was not noticed by everyone, and found a corner and opened his pants to excrete there, and was bumped into by a group of law enforcement.

Everyone's hearts were cold, and many people forcibly held back the urge to urinate under their crotches, and looked around to find the place of reincarnation of grains.

Beyond the large open space in front of him, a stream of river water was drawn not far away, and near the river, there were several steaming houses, which seemed to be the big bathhouses that the law enforcement leader said.

And here, some of the Lang doctors, whose faces were covered with a white cotton cloth and hung on their heads with two thin strings, looked at them carefully.

There was also a table next to it, and some coolie maids whose faces were also covered with white brocade cloth were very carefully checking the clothes and bedding they carried. In the back warehouse, there are huge cloth bags, which are full of men and women of different sizes and models of clothes and bedding, etc., which are distributed by different men and women.

One by one, the packages and bedding were turned over, and there were piles of clothes and bedding, and after a little inspection, except for a small amount of clean clothes. There was also a set of clothes and bedding on their bodies, and most of the clothes and bedding of the homeless people were like garbage, which were taken away by the helpers whose faces were covered with white cloths.

Piles of them were put into the carts, and then pushed across the bridge, and everyone saw a black smoke billowing from the side, which seemed to burn the clothes and bedding.

When everyone saw this, they were immediately in an uproar. (To be continued......)