There were dozens of people who accompanied Liu Min to the ravine where the people gathered, and the old general Huyan walked in the front; Zhao Yuanzuo and Hu Yanjin'er followed closely behind.

The old general Huyan is quite familiar with the terrain in this area, because he fought against the Khitans in this place five generations ago; Jiuwu Mountain is a place where the old general Huyan often comes.

The old general Huyan said that Jiuwu Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain, and there are Taoist priests with advanced cultivation in the mountain; The people came to the mountains for months to seek medical advice.

The old general Huyan also said that there is a valley in Jiuwu Mountain called Leech Gully, Lin Weng is reckless, very quiet, and it is a paradise pursued by elegant people; If it is a person who has fled from the epidemic area, he will definitely gather in the leech ditch; This is very consistent with the news from Kuaima.

Seeing the old general Huyan say this, Liu Min couldn't help asking: "According to Grandpa Huyan, just now Kuaima reported that there are ordinary people gathered in the valley, it must be a leech ditch?" ”

"I think nine times out of ten it's in the leech ditch!" The old general Huyan said confidently: "Because the only thing that can hide people in Jiuwu Mountain is the leech ditch!" ”

"That's good!" Liu Min shouted, swept his gaze around, and said, "Let's go straight to the leech ditch!" ”

Dozens of people walked quickly for a while, and then they saw the leech ditch showing in front of them; Liu Min stood at the mouth of the ditch and looked inside, only to see the crowds of people crowded with black pressure; The sound of noisy and shouting is endless.

The people gathered in the ravine seemed to be going to the depths of Jiuwu Mountain to pray to the gods and temples to eliminate the epidemic.

Liu Min's heart was tense, and he hurriedly ordered his entourage not to approach these people; Then he turned to Lu Chengyu and said: "Brother Ma immediately mobilized the soldiers of the Xiang Army to come over and disperse the villagers who had gathered in piles; If you don't get together, it's going to be bad! ”

Lu Chengyu quickly arranged it, and Liu Min said to Hongyun, Luxing, Lanmei, Bai Xue, Sister Qiao, and Sister Qiao: "The six of you form a team to look for people who are already sick in the crowd, if you find that those who are malaise and have difficulty in moving must be patients; Don't rush closer, but spread the word to the people around you that the epidemic is contagious, evacuate quickly, and don't push it, and isolate the patients who have already been infected with the epidemic immediately! ”

Hongyun and a few people were ordered to go, and after taking a few steps, Liu Min caught up with them again and said: "Please be careful not to touch the patient with your hands, and keep calm and notify me quickly after discovering the patient!" ”

Hongyun and the others remembered Liu Min's instructions, and Liu Min watched them go away before walking forward accompanied by the old general Huyan and Lu Chengyu.

On a large rock in front of the mountain sat an old man, who was not in good spirits like a sick person.

Liu Min looked at the old man a few times, then stepped forward and said deeply: "Old man Ankang, may I ask where you come from and where you are going!" ”

When the old man saw Liu Min asking, he didn't say anything at first, looked up, and saw that Liu Min, Lu Chengyu, General Huyan, and Zhao Yuanzuo were all officers of the Song Army, so he stood up and saluted with a little joy, and said, "Master Jun, we are from Hongzhou; That place was ravaged by the plague and kept dying, and we couldn't stay any longer, so we came to Jiuwu Mountain in droves to ask for help from the Taoist priests here! ”

Liu Min saw that the old man's steel mouth was strong and full of confidence, so he said again: "Can the old man briefly describe the situation after the outbreak of the plague and the scene of the people who have died, so that we can prevent it and deal with it seriously!" ”

The old man stared at Liu Min in disbelief for a while, and asked in disbelief: "Can you prevent the plague?" Can you bring the infected folks back from the ghost gate? ”

The old man asked two questions in a row. Liu Min sneered and said, "There shouldn't be much of a problem!" ”

Liu Min is a doctor of medicine in later generations, and has participated in many epidemic prevention and life-saving things in later generations; It is quite certain that the time traveled to the Song Dynasty.

After listening to the Kuaimalai newspaper just now, Liu Min briefly asked about the situation, and seemed to have judged that the epidemic in Yanzhou and Hongzhou this time was not like the plague but like hemorrhagic fever.

Plague was a Class A infectious disease in later generations, while hemorrhagic fever was Class B, a difference of one grade. It's already clear which is light and which is heavier.

If it is a class B infectious disease hemorrhagic fever, then the certainty of cure is great; It's also much easier to prevent.

The old man heard Liu Min say, "There shouldn't be much of a problem!" Huo Di stood up from the big stone and beckoned around, "Hey, hey, hey!" Everybody, come here! ”

As soon as the old man shouted like this, dozens of people immediately walked towards this side; Among the dozens of people, there were old men and young people, and they walked up to the old man and asked, "What do you command?" ”

The old man is Baozheng, and Baozheng is bigger than Lizheng; He is a respected person who manages the affairs of the countryside.

The Northern Song Dynasty implemented a two-level administrative management system, with the imperial court setting up a government, a prefecture, a military, and a prison as the first level, and a county as the first level.

There are townships below the county, and the countryside is set up, guaranteed, and set up, and three miles are one guarantee, and the guarantee is on behalf of the imperial court to urge grain and payment, and urge labor.

The Baozheng of the Song Dynasty was equivalent to the township chiefs of later generations, but the township chiefs of later generations were civil servants and were paid by the state; The Baozheng of the Song Dynasty was not counted as a state civil servant, and there was no Yulu.

The Li Zheng of the Song Dynasty was similar to the director of the villagers' committee in later generations.

The imperial court did not pay Li Zheng, and the former state did not pay the head of the village committee in later generations; However, later there was a salary, which shows the importance that the state attached to the construction of village-level institutions in later generations.

In ancient times, no matter how wise the emperor was, he didn't care about the affairs of the people, and the people managed themselves; In the future, it is the autonomy of the villagers.

In ancient times, villages, cities and counties all practiced people's self-government, so managers such as Lizheng, Changchang, and Pavilion Chang were born.

Liu Bang is a pavilion chief in the people's autonomy program, which is equivalent to the captain of the joint defense team in later generations; But later became the emperor, which fully proved the accuracy of the sentence "princes and generals, rather have a kind".

Liu Min saw that the dozens of people who came over called the old man Baozheng, and knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he paid attention to it very respectfully.

Seeing that everyone was shouting for him to be upright, the wrinkles on his face stretched out and pointed at Liu Min and said to everyone: "This is an official sent by the imperial court to prevent and control the plague, everyone hurry up and give a salute!" ”

The old man said and stood in a row with dozens of people to bow to Liu Min, Lu Chengyu, General Huyan, Zhao Yuanzuo, and Huyan Jin'er.

After the ceremony, the old man talked eloquently and said: "The old man Song Cheng is a native of Hongzhou Sanzhang Bao, an authentic subject of the Great Song Dynasty; However, in recent years, Hongzhou, Xiazhou, Longzhou, and Youzhou have been repeatedly contested by Song, Liao, and Xia; The old man doesn't know which country he should belong to! ”

Song Cheng said and stretched his neck and swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "No matter which country's army occupies the old man's hometown, the fact that Song Cheng is of Great Song blood will not change!" ”

After a pause, he sighed: "Half a year ago, the plague in Yanzhou killed many people, and Li Jiqian in Xiazhou did not let the refugees go north; The people of Hongzhou had no choice but to flock to Hongzhou, and many of the people of Hongzhou were also infected with the epidemic; The dead died, and the living had to flee south with their families; Jiuwu Mountain of the Security Army is a sacred place of Taoism, and the villagers come here to seek Taoism to avoid the plague; I didn't expect to meet the imperial army! Congratulations! ”

Song Cheng said as he bowed to Liu Min; But I didn't find out that she was a woman.

It is no wonder that Liu Min at this time was dressed as a woman: wearing a red long robe, wrapped in a pair of gold chain mail, with soft-soled pearl embroidered boots, and a red tassel hanging from the helmet; The arrow sleeve coat is covered with an apricot yellow cape, with red phoenix eyes, dropped eyebrows, slender body, delicate skin, moist as warm jade, soft and greasy; The cherry mouth is red and delicate; Add a touch of seductiveness. The eyes are smart and flexible, a little naughty, a little naughty; But he does not lose his sassy and heroic posture, and his gentle and elegant general complexion.

Liu Min heard his father-in-law claim to be Songcheng or Hongzhou Sanzhang Bao, a person from the word, and he was a party Baozheng; He bowed again and said: "There are many kinds of plagues, but the common ones are plague and hemorrhagic fever, and the plague is also called the Black Death, and there are several symptoms!" ”

Liu Min said, and then stated the symptoms of plague: 1. After the patient was infected, the patient produced a painful red papule and then gradually bulged, forming bloody blisters, which were gray-black around and had a hard base. The blisters burst and the wound was grayish-black.

2. High fever, swollen lymph nodes, severe pain and forced position.

3. Cough, chest pain, bloody sputum with blood, bloody diarrhea.

4. Severe headache, stiff neck, gibberish. The incubation period of plague is very short, most of them are 2~3 days, and some cases can reach 9 days.

After listening to Liu Min's description of the symptoms of the plague, the old man of Song Cheng and dozens of people in front of him shook their heads and said that the epidemic in Nanzhou and Hongzhou was not like this.

Song Cheng summarized on the basis of the big guy's chatter: "The infected people that the old man saw were: 1. High fever does not go away, body aches, fatigue, and exhaustion. 2. Headache, low back pain, orbital pain. 3. The face is red, the neck is red, and the chest is red, showing a drunken appearance. 4. Puffy eyelids, conjunctival hyperemia and edema. Punctate or patchy hemorrhages occur in areas such as the conjunctiva of the eye, the mucosa of the upper palate, and the skin of the axilla. Die in 3~7 days! ”

Liu Min said "oh" and said: "The symptoms of the infected person stated by the old man are the manifestations of Hantan disease!" ”

After a pause, he raised his voice and said: "Hantan disease is an epidemic hemorrhagic fever, if it is not prevented and treated in time, 9 out of 10 infected people will die!" ”

A young man standing beside Song Cheng said: "We and Song Baozheng are not from the same village, county or township, our village is called Dingbianbao, and there are only 5 of us left in the village of more than 200 people!" ”

As he spoke, the young man pointed to the four companions behind him and said, "Look, sir, it's just the five of us!" The kid's name is Wang Mingli, this is my brother Wang Mingkuan, as well as Wang Shuiquan, Wang Ziying, and Wang Jixiang! ”

Seeing that the young man was outspoken, Liu Min looked at him and said, "Brother is called Wang Mingli?" ”

"yes, yes! The kid's name is Wang Mingli, and he worked in Xiazhou City before the plague! ”

"You've worked in Xiazhou City!" Lu Chengyu picked up and said: "So you are familiar with the environment there, is Li Jiqian still in Xiazhou City!" ”

Without waiting for Wang Mingli to speak, his younger brother Wang Mingkuan said: "Li Jiqian has been hiding in Xiazhou City since he booby-trapped Cao Guangshi, the inspector of the Great Song Dynasty Kyushu, and our brother originally opened a restaurant in Xiazhou City, but after Li Jiqian occupied the county seat, he forced us to join his army; The boy and his brother just escaped! ”

The young man named Wang Shuiquan answered: "All five of our relatives died in the plague, and fled south with Father Song; If the official can accept us into the imperial army, he will have a place to eat; The little ones will be grateful! ”

When Lu Chengyu saw Wang Shuiquan say this, he suddenly remembered the ancestral teachings of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since the founding of Taizu, the Great Song Dynasty has always implemented a conscription system, regardless of the ban on soldiers or box soldiers, the method of recruitment has been adopted.

It was a traditional national policy of the Song Dynasty to recruit displaced and hungry people as soldiers in disaster years, and the imperial court believed that it was impossible for the old and weak to resist after recruiting the able-bodied as soldiers, which was a countermeasure to prevent the outbreak of peasant uprisings in disaster years.

The recruitment of military children also became an important source of soldiers in the Song Dynasty; In addition, sturdy criminals were also stabbed into soldiers, especially as vanguards.

When the army is exhausted, the imperial court often forcibly arrests the husband; It has caused great harassment and suffering to the people.

The main physical criterion for recruiting soldiers in the Song Dynasty was length, and running and jumping movements and eyesight had to be checked.

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was the first to select strong sergeants as "soldiers" and distribute them to various places as pacesetters for recruitment.

Later, it was changed to "equal length staff", recruiting soldiers according to the size of their length, and the length standards of various numbers of forbidden soldiers, box soldiers, etc., also have their own length standards.

Recruits had to tattoo letters on their faces, arms, or hands to prevent them from fleeing, which was a sign of shame as a soldier.

But Lu Chengyu's Tianxiang Army abolished the bad habit of tattooing, and it was a big deal to tattoo blue on his arms and back; This is Lu Chengyu's suggestion to adopt Liu Min.

The soldiers recruited by the Song Dynasty were given clothes and coins, which were called "stabbing and looting".

Although the Song Dynasty set up an equal length staff, it was also possible to lower the length standard when actually recruiting.

As for the fact that when officials recruit soldiers, it is not uncommon for them to abuse the old and sick to fill the strong.

The Song Dynasty issued military salaries to the forbidden soldiers at all levels, the soldiers of the box soldiers, and the soldiers of the garrison army.

The ranks of military personnel are extremely complex, and there are differences between officers and soldiers, and there are equal differences between officers and soldiers, and regional differences are formed due to differences in currency systems and prices in various places.

In addition, there are also suburban rewards, special payment money, snow cold money, charcoal money, silver shoe money, salary money, military rewards issued for meritorious service and other reasons, and coupons for receiving money and rice when going to the border or other places.

Most of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty brought their families and lived in the barracks; In addition, the officers often oppressed and enslaved the sergeants and deducted their salaries, which made many sergeants difficult to make a living and had to work in other jobs, thus seriously affecting the combat effectiveness of the Song army. Incidents of sergeant desertion and rebellion were also emerging.

Sergeant Lu Chengyu Tianxiang did not bring his family for the time being, and all his family members were arranged in the military camp in the capital to provide living support.

In the Song Dynasty, sergeants at all levels were selected annually or irregularly. Strong and brave sergeants can be promoted from box soldiers to forbidden soldiers, and lower, middle, and upper soldiers in the forbidden soldiers can also be promoted in turn until the emperor's guard squad.

Unqualified non-commissioned officers are required to be demoted to the rank and rank of the service. Old, weak, and disabled non-commissioned officers can serve as "small points" or "leftovers", receive half of their salaries, and serve as various miscellaneous servants in the army. But election is often a formality and is not carried out seriously......