The refugees who were still in a crowd before spread with the words of Yang Hongzhang's arrest of the spies, everyone seemed to have calmed down, they were indeed here to defect to Tianjin Wei, how could there be the previous situation of beating the officials in the city as soon as they met, fools know that those people have a problem, then those people were killed by the masters of Tianjin Wei and died in vain, and now Yang Dashuai asked everyone to screen the spies, everyone became cautious, and some clever people began to recall the things along the way, and wanted to report and get ten taels of silver.

With the spread of Yang Hongzhang's reward order, in less than an hour, those single men who did not have villagers as proof were quickly arrested, and there were more than 500 people.

Seeing those people being kidnapped and taken away by the pickets, those simple refugees were also shocked, it turned out that unconsciously their fleeing team was actually mixed with so many spies, if they confronted the officers and soldiers, these people took the opportunity to make trouble, killed a few refugees and then planted the blame on the officers and soldiers, wouldn't it be to cause a riot. On the other hand, these people pretend to be refugees and kill several officers and soldiers, so don't these people have to be unlucky.

Of course, there are no five or six hundred spies among the ten thousand, and there is no need. After a brief interrogation and screening, most of them were soon released, but they were all wearing masks. Even the second batch of refugees to receive such treatment can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. Some of those who were left behind were quickly taken over by Xia Dongwei's men, and the heavily armed musketeers stood under the city walls, and most of those who had been pulled out of the refugee crowd fell to their knees in fright.

There is no need to use the means at all, many people pour beans on the bamboo tube, it turns out that most of these people are the people of Baoding Mansion, but they are in Zhuozhou, Gaobeidian area, originally some idle young people in the city, a few days ago someone found them and said that the imperial court needs manpower, and the treatment is preferential.

So they took the money and followed those people to Baoding Mansion, and then spread some of the words of Lord Qincha inside and outside Baoding Mansion. In their opinion, they thought they were doing things for the imperial court, because they were promoting that Yang Dashuai of Tianjin Mansion had a way to deal with the plague, and that Baoding Mansion was now out of control, so everyone could go to Tianjin Wei to find Yang Dashuai......

So the fleeing team gathered more and more, because there was a great and common goal, the road was quite smooth, they were also among the refugees to constantly instill in the refugees that they must see Yang Dashuai in person, and they must lead everyone to rush into the Tianjin Acropolis, which is the so-called imperial court sent to them, in order to get the rest of the silver, some of them are also considered to be open-minded, not only to eat and live with these refugees for a long time, but also to provoke the pickets under the Tianjin Acropolis.

Yang Hongzhang was also very dumbfounded by such a result, he thought that someone would want to harm Tianjin Wei, so as to achieve the goal of harming his own political future, but if he didn't expect someone to use the identity of Qin Cha to do this kind of thing, it seems that he has to write a letter to ask Gao Keng if he knows some information.

The refugees of more than 10,000 people really became much more honest after finding out more than 200 spies, and Yang Hongzhang was not stingy, and directly asked the picket team to send the silver to those whistleblowers. And these so-called spies were sent to prison after signing and drawing on their confessions.

The next task of sub-camp fell to the pickets, and for every thousand men they gathered, they were taken by cavalry to the open space south of the Tianjin Acropolis, where there were already some simple materials and military tents, and these refugees only had to do their own to make the camp fence and basically isolate themselves from the outside world.

As more and more people are taken away, the pickets are busy, they need to disinfect the makeshift camp thoroughly, then distribute all the masks in stock, and then in the coming days they will need to sort out the identities of these people and give medical examinations to the more than 10,000 people to facilitate regional isolation.

Fortunately, there were many volunteers among the refugees admitted in the early stage, some of whom could read and write, and some of whom were very flexible and familiar with the epidemic prevention regulations.

After five days and nights of hard work, more than 10,000 refugees were finally temporarily resettled five miles south of the Tianjin Acropolis.

After the deletion and selection, only a few dozen of the more than 10,000 refugees who were able to travel hundreds of miles to the Tianjin Acropolis had fever symptoms, and these people were arranged in separate camps, each with a separate military tent, and those who were in close contact with them were also quarantined according to the source of contact.

During this period, there were also several accidents, there were always a few restless people in the isolation camp who were frightened and panicked and always wanted to come out to breathe, and even some people tried to enter the Tianjin Acropolis, and what was waiting for them was the ruthlessness of the pickets. After three consecutive days of showing 16 people, the entire temporary camp finally fell completely silent, but despite this, more than 200 people fell ill and died one after another in the next ten days, and those who were in close contact with them were also listed as high-risk groups and were closely monitored and quarantined for observation, and during this period, there was even the first time that the picket team members were infected.

Just when the pickets and soldiers of Tianjin Wei were busy, nearly 5,000 refugees came outside the city again, and the first batch of refugees of more than 10,000 people shouted that they wanted to see the commander and enter the city, Luo Kedi and others also had experience, Xia Dongwei led all the cavalry to suppress the situation quickly subsided, and more than 50 mercenaries were still found from these people, and they were still signed and put in prison, and they were waiting for them to be dealt with seriously. The remaining 5,000 people built their own temporary camp according to the previous method and settled in the southwest of the Tianjin Acropolis.

In order to deal with possible crises, Yang Hongzhang had no choice but to transfer 50 Cangzhou 100 and a total of 400 sergeants from various prefectures and counties to return to Tianjinwei. During this period, Gao Keng's reply also arrived, in which Gao Keng mentioned that the imperial court had stopped the controversy and fully implemented epidemic prevention regulations in Baoding and other state capitals and the capital, and the only imperial court messenger was Wang Lenian, the Tongzhi of Tianjin Prefecture, who took the initiative to go to Baoding, the epidemic area. Gao Keng also specially reminded Yang Hongzhang in the letter to be careful of this person, and it is very likely that he will replace Yang Hongzhang as the prefect of Tianjin after Baoding has made a difference.

When Yang Hongzhang heard that it was Wang Lenian, he instantly understood why two huge teams of refugees had come to Tianjin from Baoding in such a short period of time, and he also understood what was going on with those so-called employers. However, Wang Lenian showed a vice righteousness in the court, and Ling Ran did his best for the epidemic area, and he would never admit it if he didn't have enough evidence. It's like what happened to Gao Yang last time.

In the face of people like Wang Lenian, Yang Hongzhang felt that only Chairman Jiang's set was more suitable for them, and it was useless to talk to them about the Ming Law. It seems that in the future, after the epidemic is over, such a team should be organized specifically to eliminate such cultured hooligans.

To Yang Hongzhang's relief, after paying the lives of five picket members, the epidemic in the two large refugee camps was finally brought under control, and there were basically no new infections from the fifteenth day after they arrived in Tianjin, which once again shows the effectiveness of the epidemic prevention regulations. The two refugee teams totaled nearly 15,000 people, and a total of 1,135 people died, which was much higher than the death rate in the Tianjin Acropolis, but the total death rate was less than 10 percent, which was much better than that in Baoding.

This is also due to the fact that most of these people who can travel hundreds of miles to Tianjin Wei are strong young people, who have experienced the test when they were in Baoding, and after arriving in Tianjin Wei, because their lives have been guaranteed, their resistance has been enhanced, and strict grid isolation measures have been taken to avoid cross-infection.

With no new infections and a low mortality rate, the mood of the refugees in the makeshift camps inside and outside the city gradually improved, and they finally understood why the general military office and the pickets behaved so toughly at first, and looked back at the heads of those hanging from the poles, who also made a great contribution to the control of the epidemic.

The refugees were emotionally stable and began to adjust to life under the epidemic prevention regulations, and Yang Hongzhang was relieved that there was no third large refugee team 20 days after the second large refugee team arrived in Tianjinwei. Otherwise, not only would the pickets not be enough, but the food would not be enough. There are also not enough troops for deterrence.

This is a good phenomenon and a bad phenomenon, indicating that the epidemic in Baoding may be much more serious than Gaokeng said, which makes it difficult for Wang Lenian's clever women to cook without rice, and without a large number of people as a foundation, it is naturally more difficult for those who flee to concentrate. Not concentrating a certain number of refugees will not have an impact on Tianjin Wei at all.

Although Yang Hongzhang issued the epidemic prevention regulations and also dispatched a supervision team for the first time, due to the limited strength, and the rural people are used to being scattered, and the residence is relatively scattered, there are a lot of boats and huts in the winter when the farmers are slack, and it coincides with the Spring Festival, so the infection is very fast in the early stage. In some villages, well-informed people took their relatives and friends to nearby cities, and as a result, this part of the people was lucky, and most of them were taken in and well controlled.

Although the rest have also taken epidemic prevention measures, due to the lack of conditions for good isolation, according to statistics, the mortality rate in the rural areas under the jurisdiction of Tianjin Prefecture has also reached more than 20%. This made Yang Hongzhang a little sullen, if he had more manpower and stricter supervision below, maybe the situation would be much better.