Volume VI Chapter 22 Sympathy for the People
In the north of the avant-garde in Dongfanzhong, about 20 miles away from Dayuancheng, on the bank of the Wenxi River, the land is fertile, and the rain is abundant, which is a good place to grow rice.
Zhang Bin deliberately named this place Anding, hoping that the people who have been tortured by natural disasters can live a stable life from now on.
The people who were originally resettled here are indeed living a stable life, even better than they were before the disaster.
This place is originally sparsely populated, and the land is soft, so it is a good fertile land if you can tidy it up casually;
Dongfan Jiuwei has never stopped the construction of the station, and many places suitable for cultivation have organized people to build brick houses, which can be lived in just by waiting for people to move over;
There is also a bumper harvest in Nanhaiwei this year, the first season of rice has long filled the warehouse, and it is impossible to eat it just as military rations.
In addition, there are cattle and ox carts equipped by the guard, cloth and other daily necessities donated by Toshengtang, and pork, venison, and aquatic products delivered from time to time by thousands of households in the vicinity.
However, not long after the more than 10,000 victims were settled, some people began to vomit and diarrhea.
When Zhang Bin heard the news, he was shocked, if the plague would be in trouble, he hurriedly asked people to pick up the best doctor in Dayuan City to rectify it.
As a result, the doctor came back within half a day of his visit, and found the governor's palace.
Zhang Bin heard that the doctor was coming, and hurriedly asked people to invite him in.
After a while, the doctor walked in with a sad face, and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid it's a big trouble now." ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, his face changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Is it really a plague?" ”
The doctor hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, it's not a plague, the five plagues are all easy to infect, regardless of the size, the symptoms are similar, the deaths are two-thirds, and the infected are seven or eight out of ten." Not more than half of the people infected with the disease, and there were no deaths, so it was not a plague. ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, it was not a plague, and he asked, "What kind of disease is that?" ”
The doctor explained: "The old man has carefully inquired, and the people who were originally stable did not have any diseases, and the people who were sick were all victims who had recently moved into stability, and this disease was due to the fact that the truth came from a long distance, and they did not get used to water and soil, and their food accumulated in the lower abdomen, and they did not go away, so that they became hot, rose to the chest, and then vomited and diarrhea. ”
After doing it for a long time, it turned out that he was not accustomed to the water and soil, and Zhang Bin didn't know if the disease was very serious, so he hurriedly asked: "Is this disease serious, is it easy to treat?" ”
The doctor said embarrassedly: "This disease is related to the water and soil of the two sides, the weather of the two sides and the diet of the two sides, and the disaster victims who moved into Anding are not accustomed to the three, and the condition is quite serious, and the villain can only be relieved slightly, not cured!" ”
It's really troublesome now, it can't be cured, does it make people eat and vomit every day, vomit and eat, pull after eating, pull and eat, don't you want human life?
Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then asked, "How much can it be relieved, and there won't be deaths, right?" ”
The doctor said ashamedly: "Chest fever, the villain can alleviate one or two, vomiting should not vomit, abdominal distension and pain can not be determined to cause it, the villain can only order some heat and annealing medicine, this diarrhea is afraid that it can't be stopped." This illness will not cause death, but the sick person will be weak and dizzy, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do farm work. ”
Zhang Bin nodded and comforted: "The old gentleman has worked hard, it is good to be able to alleviate one or two, I don't know if the old gentleman has a famous doctor who can treat this disease, as long as he can say his name, how can the official invite him." ”
If half of the limbs are weak and can't do the work, wouldn't it be necessary to feed 70,000 or 80,000 people in vain, and the disaster victims will definitely have to migrate from the northwest later, if half of the sick seedlings will be there as soon as they move over, I am afraid that no matter how much food they have, they will not be able to feed themselves.
The doctor thought about it when he heard this, and then sighed: "My lord really loves the people like a son, if Wen Linlang is here, he will definitely be able to cure the disease, but unfortunately Wen Linlang died in the twenty-second year of Wanli, and I don't know how many skills his descendants have learned." ”
Zhang Bin is dizzy, don't talk about the official title, who understands the official title, he couldn't help asking: "I don't know which Wen Linlang the old gentleman said?" ”
The doctor respectfully said: "The villain is talking about the Chu Wangfu Feng Ancestral Hall, the Tai Hospital Judgment, and the medicine saint Li Shizhen." ”
It turned out to be Li Shizhen, this big man must have no problem if he came, but unfortunately he passed away, and he didn't know if it would be possible to invite his descendants to come, Zhang Bin tried to ask: "Does the old gentleman know about other famous doctors?" ”
The doctor was ashamed and said: "Please forgive the villain for being lonely and unheard, when he is a famous doctor in the world, the villain has heard of such a person." ”
This matter cannot be delayed, and seeing that more and more victims are being sent from Dagu Port, it will be really troublesome if we do not quickly find a good solution to the root cause of the water and soil adaptation.
Zhang Bin hurriedly asked, "Does the old gentleman know where Wenlin Lang Immortal Township is?" ”
The doctor nodded and said, "The villain knows that Wen Linlang is from Qizhou, Huguang. ”
What kind of place is Qizhou, Zhang Bin has never heard of it at all, he hurriedly asked: "Which prefecture does Qizhou belong to Huguang?" ”
The doctor said without thinking: "Qizhou belongs to Huguang Huangzhou Prefecture. ”
It turned out to be Huangzhou Mansion, which happened to be close to Jiangxi, and it was less than a thousand miles from Jianning Mansion, Zhang Bin nodded and said: "Okay, this official will immediately send someone to invite Wen Linlang's descendants, thank you old man." ”
The doctor praised Zhang Bin for loving the people like a son, and then he respectfully withdrew.
Zhang Bin thought about it, wrote a document to move the customs, and sent a note to Huangzhou Mansion, under the rule of the governor of Fuguang, there were a large number of civilians vomiting and diarrhea, and asked the descendants of Li Shizhen, who was transferred to Linlang, to come and assist in the treatment, it was as simple as that, he believed that a prefect would not dare to offend him, the governor of the two provinces, and should obediently cooperate and send someone over.
After the official document was written, he immediately summoned Zhang Cha and took the official document and advised: "You take a team of guards to Jianning Mansion by fast boat first, and then rush to Huguang Huangzhou Mansion to invite the descendants of Wenlinlang Li Shizhen to come over to rectify the disease of water and soil for the victims, the sooner the better." ”
Zhang Cha said yes, took the official document, and walked out quickly.
Zhang Bin thought about it again, and simply asked people to recruit Li Dingguo and other eight personal entourage, and asked Xie Zhenggang to recruit two teams of personal guards, and rushed directly to Anding to see the condition of the victims.
If it was a plague, he would definitely not dare to go, and if he was not accustomed to the water and soil, it would be nothing, and he could just take a look at the living conditions of the victims by the way.
In June, Dongfan was already a little sultry, and it was cool and unusually cool if the horses galloped, and the settlement was only twenty miles away from Dayuan City, and the group arrived at the Tuntian District on the periphery of Anding in less than two quarters of an hour.
Zhang Bin casually chose a hundred households not far from the main road, and ran over directly.
Dongfan does not have the administrative units of Fuzhou counties and villages, a health office is equivalent to a government, a thousand households is equivalent to a county, and then ten hundred households are roughly in charge of the area of a township.
Of course, there are more than 100 tunwei under a hundred households, and now there are more than 300,000 tunwei under the Dongfan Jiuwei, with an average of more than 6,000 households in each guard, and after the Dongfanzhong avant-garde moved in more than 15,000 people, it has reached more than 10,000 households, and 5,000 households, and more than 2,000 households under each 1,000 households, that is to say, there are more than 200 and nearly 300 households under a hundred households.
Therefore, the 100 households where Zhang Bin arrived is a fairly large village, with nearly 300 households and thousands of people, and the buildings here are also very distinctive, with ten households in a row, ten households in a row, just like the Nine Palaces Bagua Array.
Before the group entered the village, the hundred households here came with people to meet them, and everyone here knew that those who could generally run around with dozens of horses were either the thousand households or the commanders who came out of the avant-garde station in Dongfanzhong, or the military generals who came out of the Dayuan City, but no one thought that it was the governor who came.
These hundred households were originally the guards of Fujian, so they naturally knew Zhang Bin, and when he saw Zhang Bin, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Participate in the governor." ”
Zhang Bin waved his hand and signaled him to excuse himself, then turned over and dismounted, threw the reins into the hands of the guards next to him, and then asked: "How many people from the northwest have been relocated here, and how are they doing?" ”
The hundred households hurriedly bowed their hands and said: "A total of 100 households from the northwest have moved here, more than 500 people, and there are about 200 people who are sick. ”
Zhang Bin nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Well, take me to the homes of the seriously ill victims." ”
The hundred households hurriedly bowed their waists and made a gesture of invitation, and led him to the village.
Behind Zhang Bin, Xie Zhenggang directly waved his hand to let a team of guards stay and guard the horses, and he himself led another team of guards into the village behind Zhang Bin, and Li Dingguo and the others did not need to say hello, they directly followed Xie Zhenggang into the village together.
After walking a short distance, the hundred households took Zhang Bin and his party to a brand-new courtyard.
This courtyard is really new, even the wooden wood outside is newly cut branches, and you can see a new gap on it, and the house is also a brand new brick house, and there is no stain on the wall, it should have just been built, or someone has just moved in.
Zhang Bin followed the hundred households into the courtyard, and suddenly smelled a strong smell of medicine, there was no one in the small courtyard outside, but a woman in her thirties flashed inside, she rubbed her hands nervously when she saw the hundred households: "Lord Baihu, you are here, is it any good medicine sent down by Lord Qianhu?" ”
The hundred households wanted to roll their eyes, but he said embarrassedly: "This, not yet, for the time being, it is the Governor who has come to see you, Lao Zhao and they are all here, right?" ”
After saying that, he flashed to the side and directly let out Zhang Bin behind him.
What kind of official is the governor, the young woman still doesn't understand, but the one who wants to be called an adult in a hundred households must be a big official, and she is a little afraid to speak.
Zhang Bin was thinking about how to speak, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi suddenly came up and said in surprise: "Aunt Zhao, do you live here?" ”
The woman looked up and said in surprise: "Oh, Wenxiu, it's you?" ”
It's good to know, Zhang Bin finally found the topic, he smiled and asked Liu Wenxiu: "Do you know each other?" ”
Liu Wenxiu nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, Lord Governor, Aunt Zhao often mends our clothes." ”
It turns out that this is the case, in fact, the peasant army is not only fighting, all kinds of craftsmen will also be coerced by the peasant army, run with them, the most popular of which are blacksmiths and tailors, because blacksmiths can make weapons, tailors can make clothes, and even make soft armor, chain mail and other light armor.
This woman should be a tailor, and she is also a tailor under Zhang Xianzhong, and she seems to be very familiar with Li Dingguo.
With acquaintances, the atmosphere was immediately harmonious, and after a few pleasantries, the woman invited them into the house.
These rooms are built according to a uniform system, with the main entrance is the dining hall, the back is the cooking kitchen, and on both sides are two large and two small four rooms.
At this time, the two patients in the room did not lie in their respective rooms, but gathered in the hall, leaning on small chairs, listless.
Seeing this, Li Dingguo and the others immediately walked up to one of the old men and said worriedly: "Uncle Zhao, how are you, are you okay?" ”
When the old man saw these little guys, he immediately smiled and said, "Dingguo, it's you, I'm fine, I'm just a little diarrhea." ”
Looking at him, there is indeed no big problem, but he has no energy, as if he has no strength.
Zhang Bin stepped forward and smiled: "Old man, how are you doing here, except for diarrhea, there are no other problems, right?" ”
The old man said weakly: "It's good here, there is food and clothing, the house is good, and the family has dozens of acres of land, which is better than what we had before the disaster. ”
Zhang Bin hurriedly comforted: "Old man, don't worry, the health center has already found a way to invite a doctor, and it is estimated that it will be invited in a few days, and then it will be fine as long as you drink a few medicines." ”
The old man nodded again and again and said with satisfaction: "That's good, that's good." ”
Zhang Bin didn't explain his identity, just stood and chatted with the family.
The family seemed a bit complicated, the woman was supposed to be the old man's daughter, the other patient was the woman's husband, and the two absentees were supposed to be the old man's sons.
If it is an ordinary farmer or artisan household in the Ming Dynasty, it will naturally not be like this, but they are disaster victims, and it is impossible to divide a house for each household according to the original household registration when they come to Dongfan, so they can only let relatives live together first, as for them to divide the family later, that is their business, and the health office will not give them a house for free, so they can only find a way to build it themselves.
As he spoke, the old man Zhao seemed to be unable to help it again, said hello and ran to the back, Zhang Bin shook his head, and motioned for the hundred households to take him around.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of pots and pans, tables, chairs, benches, beds, quilts, farm tools, etc., and the food is relatively sufficient, which proves that the people below did not carry him behind his back and took the card to ask for it, and basically all the things he prepared for the victims were sent down.
He transferred a few more, learned about the patient's condition, and checked the living materials, basically there was no problem, as long as they were cured, they could start a normal life, and now it depends on Li Shizhen's descendants.