With the non-stop efforts of all military doctors and civilian doctors, more than a month later, all soldiers and generals in the northwest were successfully vaccinated with cowpox.

Next, it's the turn of ordinary civilians.

On the research base, the number of smallpox cattle found from all over the country and the smallpox cattle that were not infected by artificial means in Chi has reached hundreds of heads, which is enough to vaccinate the people in the whole northwest.

With so many soldiers and generals vaccinated with cowpox one after another, the news spread long ago.

Many civilians already knew that the son-in-law of the great general Ning Zhiyuan had found a miracle medicine that could prevent people from dispersing sores, and this medicine had been used among soldiers and generals throughout the northwest.

For the Ning family, who has gone through several generations of family heads over the past hundred years and has led the northwest military and civilians to repel the invasion of the Hu people countless times, the northwest military and people generally have a strong worship and admiration for it, and its prestige is incomparable.

Now that I heard that this miracle medicine was researched by the son-in-law of the great general Ning Zhiyuan, many people believed it almost without hesitation.

This kind of plague is really terrible, especially in the northwest, it will appear in some villages or county towns almost every few years, and many people will die every time it breaks out, and the local people can be said to have heard of it.

All the common people are looking forward to when they will be able to use this miracle medicine as well.

Many wealthy squires or merchants even spent a lot of money to ask someone to get this magic medicine, so that they and their families could use it as soon as possible.

However, due to the extremely strict control in the army, no one was able to successfully obtain it, and they didn't even know what the magic medicine looked like.

As long as there is demand, there will naturally be a market, which has led some scammers to take the opportunity to deceive, claiming that they have this miracle medicine in their hands, which has attracted many people to be deceived.

Seeing this, the local government posted notices one after another while arresting scammers everywhere, stating that the miracle drugs on the market were all fake, and hoped that the public would not trust others.

Just when all the people were disappointed, the local government suddenly posted a notice again, saying that from next month, all people will be vaccinated free of charge to prevent the epidemic and dispel sores, and all people must not leave the local area, so as not to miss the vaccination.

As soon as this notice came out, all the ordinary people in the northwest were ecstatic.

What made them especially happy was that such a miracle medicine was distributed for free, and such a favor was too great.

Soon, in the second month, in the anticipation of everyone, the local governments finally took action.

Early that morning, the officials of the county seat of Pingnan County walked through the streets and alleys with gongs and told everyone to gather in front of the yamen, saying that they would prepare to be vaccinated with the miracle medicine for epidemic prevention and sores.

At this moment, the whole city was boiling, and all the people rushed to the yamen, lest they would not be able to take their turn if they were too late.

Some people with inconvenient legs and feet simply have their families carry them.

No wonder they were so nervous, for there had been a plague of sores in the city not long ago. Fortunately, it was detected early, and only a few people contracted the disease.

These people who have been sore are still locked up in that Class A quarantine area guarded by soldiers all day long, and I don't know whether they are alive or dead.

As for those who were not sick, they were all left in the safe zone on the east side of the city by the government. In addition, there are some vigilante groups composed of local young people outside the safe zone, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

Now that they heard that the government would give them free magic medicine that could not disperse sores, this of course made them ecstatic, lest they miss the opportunity.

After the residents of the whole city flocked to the yamen, they saw a simple grass hut set up in the open space in the center, and the magistrate, county magistrate and other officials and lords were sitting in it.

In front of the straw hut, there are five tables, and in front of each table, there is a person who looks like a doctor, and next to it sits a person who holds a pen and writes.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Zhixian walked to the center of the clearing and prepared to speak.

The official in charge of maintaining order hurriedly shouted, "Don't make any noise, the magistrate has something to say." ”

All the people immediately closed their mouths and listened quietly.

The magistrate first bowed in the direction of the capital, and then said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, the emperor is saddened by the suffering of the people in the northwest, so he specially ordered people to painstakingly study the magic medicine that can prevent people from scattering sores.

Now the miracle medicine has not only been researched, but the emperor has been gracious and ordered that all the people be vaccinated with this medicine for free.

Jun's kindness is deep, this is the emperor's kindness, please keep it in mind. ”

When many people heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Didn't you hear that this magic medicine was researched by the general's son-in-law? Why did it become that the emperor asked someone to do it now?

But the people quickly put the problem aside, anyway, in their opinion, it didn't matter who made it, as long as it could be used on them.

The magistrate continued, "These doctors are the ones who are responsible for administering medicine to you.

Before vaccination, there are some things that you must strictly follow, otherwise the miracle medicine will be ineffective. ”

Hearing such a serious matter, everyone was immediately silent and listened to him continue.

"First of all, when you are vaccinated with this medicine, the doctor will make a small cut in your arm, and then drop the medicine into the wound and wait for it to absorb naturally.

Second, people who have been vaccinated with miracle medicine may have symptoms such as rashes, blisters, and even abscesses near the wound, and even fever.

But this is normal, as long as it takes about ten days, the wound will scab and heal.

During this period, you should never touch the wound, let alone get wet, and wait for it to heal naturally.

When the wound heals, there will be no more sores. Have you heard clearly? ”

"Hear me clearly, sir."

"I heard it, I heard it."

"Anyway, don't touch the wound and don't get wet, right, it's easy."

"My lord, we all know it, please let us take the medicine quickly."

"That's right, please start, sir."

The people in the northwest are fierce, and the fear of the local government is not as obvious as in other places, so some people dare to urge the county lord like this. No one would dare to do that anywhere else.

The magistrate had long been a little surprised by this, and seeing that everyone understood, he began to order vaccination.

The officials lined everyone up in five rows and went up one by one to get vaccinated.

Before vaccination, everyone is asked to tell the person who is sitting next to the doctor who is in charge of registration, such as their name, age, place of residence, and parents' names.

After the doctor helped him get vaccinated, he had to stamp his fingerprints next to the registration column. The whole process was methodical.

The people saw with their own eyes that the doctor had to cut a small wound on the vaccinator's arm and then drip a little red and yellow mixed liquid into it.

And every time you do this, you put the knife on the flame and burn it for a while, wait for it to cool down, and then wipe it clean and inoculate it for the next person.

This scene surprised everyone.

It turned out that this was the meaning of the so-called vaccination, and at first they thought that the miracle medicine was given to them to eat.

But after seeing a lot, everyone slowly got used to it.

As for those villagers who do not live in the city, but in the surrounding suburbs, the government will arrange the vaccination location at the nearest market, and then ask the village leaders to organize their own villagers to come and participate.

Not only Pingnan County, but also all parts of the northwest have successively carried out similar measures.

In this way, the national vaccination campaign that caused a sensation in the entire Northwest was launched in this way.

Because the momentum was so great, the surrounding areas outside the northwest were also very concerned about this matter, and they sent people over to inquire about the situation.

Not only the surrounding area, but even the Hu people were alarmed.

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Although they are collectively called Hu people by the Han people, they are actually composed of many tribes.

Some are alliances, others are hostile, not monolithic, and often fight for water and territory.

It was not until more than 100 years ago that the Shazhen tribe, the largest tribe of the Hu people, fought everywhere under the leadership of the shrewd and powerful King Bayu and annexed most of the tribes, which established a unified Hu regime for the first time and established a royal palace outside the Saiwai.

After King Bayu founded the country, his first target was the long-coveted Great Wei, which began the Han-Hu War that lasted for more than ten years.

Later, Emperor Wu of Wei launched a personal expedition against the Hu people, and named the third head of the Zhenguo Gongning family as the general of the Northern Expedition, leading millions of troops, in essence, including the people, but more than 700,000 people surrounded the Hu army in two ways.

The battle was a great victory, and the Hu people were defeated and retreated to the northwest. Emperor Wu of Wei took advantage of the victory to pursue, killing nearly 200,000 enemies, and wounding King Bayu in the chaos.

After this battle, the Hu people's vitality was greatly damaged, and they could only retreat to the outside world.

Later, after nearly 30 years of recuperation and recuperation, and the famous Emperor Wu of Wei had passed away, the Hu people revived again and began to frequently invade the Great Wei border, which reopened the prelude to the Han-Hu War.

Now the one who leads the various tribes of the Hu people is still the strongest Shazhen clan.

No matter which tribe they are, almost all Hu people have a common characteristic, that is, they covet the rich places such as Guannei, especially Jiangnan and Jiangdong, and they are eager to rush in and grab a handful, and even occupy a piece of land as their long-term territory.

However, the Han people are not so easy to bully.

Although the Hu had a large number of excellent horses, and almost all of them were skilled in mounted archery, and were far superior to ordinary Han soldiers in individual combat ability, the Han people had towering and strong walls, as well as a variety of highly lethal defense weapons, including artillery.

The Hu people, who lacked siege equipment, often had to pay a lot of casualties if they wanted to take a city.

Therefore, the Hu royal family set a strategy, whenever they encountered a city that refused to surrender, once it was captured, they would massacre the city. The purpose was to force some officials who were more greedy for life and afraid of death to take the initiative to open the city and surrender.

It was this strategy and their own ferocity that the Hu people used to conquer many small surrounding countries under the leadership of the Shazhen tribe, making them their slaves.

However, this strategy of slaughtering the city is often difficult to achieve in the face of the military and civilians in the northwest.

First, the people in the northwest are fierce, and the local people have always hated the Hu people. If the Hu people attacked, most of the people in the northwest would rather die in battle than surrender in Kaecheng.

Second, the Ning family, who has been in the northwest for many years, has always been the mortal enemy of the Hu people, and the Ning family is good at training and raising soldiers.

Therefore, for many years, the Hu people have not been able to succeed, at most, they have occasionally grabbed a few times, but they will soon be driven away again, and they have never been able to occupy any piece of territory for a long time. This has become the heart disease of many ambitious generals and the Shazhen royal family.

In a county town only a hundred miles away from the northwest border, the eldest prince of the Shazhen tribe, Arobu, had been stationed here with his troops two months ago, and had continuously sent a large number of detailed works to investigate the situation in the territory of Great Wei.

At noon that day, a spy hurried in to report an important piece of news to him.

"What do you say? The Han people have found a miracle medicine that can not disperse sores? What's going on? After listening to the spies' report, the eldest prince Arobu stood up in shock.

The spy hurriedly replied, "Back to Your Highness, this news was heard by the careful work we sent over.

It is said that this miracle medicine was researched by the son-in-law of Ning Zhiyuan, a general of the Han Dynasty, and later the government said that it was sent by the Great Wei Emperor, and it is not known who did it for the time being.

But one thing is certain, this magic medicine has been used in the Northwest Army as early as a month ago, and now it will be used by all civilians in the Northwest. ”

"Is there such a thing? Mr. Qiu, what do you think about this matter? Arobu looked at his henchmen to the side.

The staff member known as Mr. Qiu was half-covered for some reason, making it impossible to see his true face.

It can only be seen that this person has gray hair and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and he should look like an old man who is not young.

Although this Mr. Qiu is wearing a beard and covering his face, judging from his hair color and eye color, he is clearly a Han person.

This person only took refuge with the eldest prince Arobu three years ago, and was quickly reused by Arobu, who gave him advice many times and made a lot of contributions.

For example, this plot to use the clothes worn by the sore-scattering patients to cause a plague in the northwest was the work of him.

If he hadn't taken the initiative to come up with this plan, many of the Hu generals, including the eldest prince Arobu, would not even know that the fierce plague of the original sores could be spread in such a way, which really surprised them.

Faced with the inquiry of the eldest prince Arobu, Mr. Qiu thought for a while before replying, "Sores have been raging in the northwest for many years, how can it be so easy to find a cure. And it is rumored that the person who found this so-called miracle medicine is still Ning Zhiyuan's son-in-law, and this matter is mostly fraudulent.

It is likely that he has made such a big noise because the plague in the northwest has become more and more serious.

The old man suspected that this was a bluff plan that Ning Zhiyuan came up with. Let us be afraid and not dare to raise an army at this time. ”

Arrob felt that he had a point, but to be on the safe side, he still instructed the spy, "You can send someone to find out about this matter, and it is better to get some magic medicine back." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The spies took the order and left.

Alobu said to Mr. Qiu, "As long as it is clear that this is really a bluff made by Ning Zhiyuan, Lone Hui will immediately ask his father to raise troops to attack Great Wei." Just took advantage of his illness and asked him to die. ”

Mr. Qiu didn't say anything, just turned his head to look at the map of Da Wei spread out on the table, and a trace of cruelty and resentment suddenly appeared in his eyes.

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