"Brother Su, just say it, everyone listens." A bearded general said with interest.

Chi Fei bowed to him to express his gratitude, and then continued, "First of all, from today onwards, neither soldiers nor civilians are allowed to drink raw water, and the water must be boiled before drinking.

As for why he did this, it was because the overseas monk had told him that many diarrhea-causing diseases such as diarrhea were caused by drinking unclean raw water.

In the monk's country, there had been a large-scale outbreak of diarrhea because countless civilians had drunk unclean raw water. Because they don't know how to use herbs to cure diseases like our doctors, a large number of civilians die of illness.

Later, they found that none of the people who drank tea regularly had diarrhea. At first, they thought that tea could cure diarrhea, so they tried to use tea to treat patients with diarrhea, but it was ineffective.

Until someone thinks about it, is it because the water used by these people when making tea is boiling boiling water, so they don't get diarrhea?

So the king of that country ordered an experiment in which hundreds of commoners were divided into two groups, one drinking raw water from the river as usual, and the other drinking boiled water.

A month later, it was found that many of the civilians who drank the raw water had diarrhea, while none of the civilians who drank the boiled water were fine.

It can be seen that the diarrhea may be related to whether the water is boiled or not. Therefore, the king of that country decreed that all citizens should no longer drink raw water, but must drink boiled water, otherwise they would be punished heavily.

Although this decree is somewhat impersonal, it is an indisputable fact that since then, there has been no diarrhea in that country.

It is not clear why the water, which is not clean, is safe to drink after boiling.

The overseas monk was so moved by this that he decided to travel around the world to collect various remedies for the prevention and treatment of epidemics, hoping to help more people.

When he was young, he was fortunate to meet this monk, who was already so hungry that he was about to faint, so he gave him two steamed buns.

In order to repay Zaixia, he explained his experience to Zaixia and taught him various home remedies for preventing and controlling epidemics.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to digress while I'm talking, so I ask you for forgiveness. Chi Fei apologized a little embarrassed.

The officials were originally fascinated by what they heard, and when they heard that Chi Fei took the initiative to apologize, they hurriedly said that it didn't matter.

It's no wonder that they are like this, because Chi Fei's story is made up in fiction and reality, and the process is quite tortuous, so they are fascinated by it unconsciously.

In short, the crux of the first provision is that no one should drink raw water, and that no one must drink boiled water. I wonder if you have any comments or thoughts on this? ”

Ning Zhiyuan also interjected, "If you have any ideas or difficulties, you may wish to put them forward, and we can discuss them carefully." ”

A magistrate was a little embarrassed and said, "General, it's not that the lower officials don't want to implement this provision, but how can we supervise the people under our rule to be able to truly abide by this law?" You can't send people to keep an eye on them one by one, can you? That's not going to work. ”

Another local official also chimed in, "Yes, there are so many people in our county, we really don't know if they have implemented this rule and drank raw water and boiled water." ”

Other officials have also said that there are too many people, and it is indeed difficult to supervise.

Ning Zhiyuan said to his son-in-law, "Ah Zhen, what they said also makes sense, how do you think this matter is better resolved?" ”

Chi Fei had thought about this question for a long time, so he replied, "Ladies and gentlemen, this matter still needs the government to come forward and ask the doctor to educate and guide the people, so that they know that drinking raw water may cause diarrhea."

As long as the people believe this, they will naturally take the initiative to boil raw water into boiling water for drinking.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there will still be people who do not listen to orders to drink raw water. At this time, the second provision is used to strictly isolate people who are suspected of having the disease.

First of all, it is right for your lords to lock down the villages and counties where the plague has broken out, so as to effectively prevent the spread of the plague to the outside world.

As for the quarantine measures referred to in Article 2, it is a further subdivision of the persons and areas to be quarantined.

For example, if there is a plague outbreak in a county, in addition to locking down the city, we need to send doctors into the city to risk into the city to quarantine the sick and those who are not sick.

If there is an outbreak of plague in one area of the county, the people who are not sick should be divided into other areas, so that these healthy people can stay away from the epidemic area and avoid infection.

However, further checks and verifications are required before the triage.

Because some people don't have any symptoms when they first get infected with the plague, they look like people who don't have the disease.

However, once these potentially sick people are assigned to the area of the healthy people, it will not be long before the plague breaks out again in the entire area.

Therefore, we have to divide the quarantine area into four parts, one is the Class A quarantine area, which is the area where people who have been confirmed to be infected with the plague live.

The second is the B-level quarantine area, which is the area where people who are just starting to show symptoms but are not sure if they really have the plague are staying.

Some people may just have the usual wind chill, but because their symptoms are similar to those of the plague, they may be mistaken for those infected by the plague.

If they are kept with people who have the plague for a long time, sooner or later they will also be infected with the plague.

Therefore, these people who have just begun to show symptoms can be kept alone in the B isolation area for a period of time, and after a period of time when they do not show symptoms of the plague, they can be treated as ordinary patients.

The third is the Class C quarantine area, which is an area for people who have just come out of the epidemic area, so that after they have lived here for a while, they can observe whether they have any symptoms of the plague, and if not, they can be shunted to a safe area as healthy people.

The fourth is the safe zone, which, as the name suggests, is an area for healthy people to live. In order to prevent an infected person from sneaking in, someone needs to be on guard outside the safe zone at all times.

Regarding this part of the manpower arrangement, it is suggested that the healthy young people of the county or village can form an autonomous militia to protect the safe zone from invasion. This reduces the risk of infection among regular soldiers and relieves the pressure of manpower shortages.

Do you have any comments on this? ”

"Okay, Brother Su's proposal is excellent."

"Yes, they will form the Autonomous Militia to protect the safe zone themselves, so that we don't have to send too many soldiers in there to risk it."

"Brother Su is very reasonable, and the idea of dividing into four quarantine areas is really wonderful."

"Yes, I have a headache, how can I tell the difference between those who are sick and those who are not. It's a good idea. ”

Many officials have expressed their approval.

Especially those military generals, when they heard that they could not send their soldiers into the epidemic area, they were even more in favor.

After all, for every additional person sent in, there is a possibility that one more person will be infected.

It could even lead to an outbreak of plague throughout the army, and these generals were most afraid of encountering such an extreme situation.

"Since you don't have any opinions, I'll move on.

Third, starting tomorrow, all county towns and villages will begin to concentrate on eliminating the four evils.

The so-called four pests are flies, mosquitoes, rats, and bed bugs, which are harmful to people.

The reason why we want to eliminate these four pests is because you have already sealed off the area where the plague has broken out, but there are still new areas where the plague is occurring, which means that there are other ways to spread.

Here, I would like to talk about the experience of that monk again.

The monk told him that he had traveled to a country where there had been a very severe plague that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Due to the passage of time, the monk only heard some specious rumors.

It is said that a few decades ago, there was a rat plague in that country.

Countless rats come from nowhere and eat crops everywhere, and their harm is no less than that of locust plagues.

But this was just the beginning, and it didn't take long for many people in that country to suffer from unknown diseases.

The sick person will be blackened all over the body, complicated by pneumonia, and finally vomit blood and die, so it is called the Black Death.

No one knew where the plague came from, and no one could do anything but pray to the gods and worship the Buddha.

But even so, many people are sick and dying every day.

At that time, a respected priest told the king that the plague must have been brought by rats of unknown origin, and asked the king to carry out a large-scale extermination of rats.

The king believed this and immediately ordered the whole country to be exterminated with rats.

As a result, the plague actually gradually subsided, and the shaman was made a national teacher by the king.

Because of the passage of time, the monk did not know whether the plague was really related to rats, but he told me the rumor as if it were a story.

To be honest, rumors like this that are not accurate at all should not have been said in the first place, so as not to laugh at it.

But now that the situation is urgent, we can only treat dead horses as live horse doctors, and this item is also listed as one of the epidemic prevention provisions.

However, I feel that even if this rumor is false, as long as many people who were originally panicked have something to do, it is not a bad thing, at least it can distract their attention. What do you think? ”

On this point, many officials showed hesitant expressions.

An official said, "Brother Su, since you have already said that the rumors are inaccurate, I am afraid that the people will not believe it." ”

"That's right, how can those ordinary people honestly kill mosquitoes and rats."

Chi Fei replied, "It doesn't matter if they believe it or not, as long as they know that there is money to be made in this matter."

We can put up an article saying that the government is collecting the four pests on a large scale, and that the carcass of a large rat or two small rats can be exchanged for one or two pennies, and fifty flies or bed bugs, or one or two hundred mosquitoes can be exchanged for one or two pennies.

As for mosquitoes, we can send people to distribute mosquito medicine, especially in the safe zone.

As long as mosquito carcasses can be exchanged for money, people will definitely use mosquito medicine to kill mosquitoes in large quantities.

When you receive the carcass of a rat or a fly, please burn it immediately and do not leave it behind. ”

Chi Fei wasn't sure if the plague in the northwest was really the smallpox he had first guessed. In the unlikely event that this plague spreads through rats and other creatures like the Black Death, the best thing to do is to eliminate the four pests from now on.

And if people have something to do, it can also distract them and relieve anxiety and despair.

An official said with an embarrassed face, "Brother Su, in order to deal with the plague, we don't have much money in the county anymore, and you still have to use the money to exchange for the four evils, this is ......"

Ning Zhiyuan suddenly said, "I know your difficulties, don't worry, this money is coming out of the general."

I have prepared a hundred thousand taels of silver for this purpose. At that time, I will send a personal soldier in each place to supervise the matter, and he will be responsible for distributing the money. Now you are relieved, right? ”

Hearing the general say this, everyone naturally had no opinion.

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