Of course, Du Wenhao understands this, but now that he is ready to fly, he has no choice but to smile bitterly.

Assistant Teacher Tang said again: "Dr. Du, let's tell the truth, I don't know when the disaster relief funds will be allocated to the Yamen, and how much money will be allocated is even more unreasonable, don't you paste 10,000 yuan, the disaster relief funds allocated to your hands are only 1,000, and the county magistrate has no money to compensate you, where will you cry when the time comes?" ”

"What do you think?"

"You can't post money like this anymore!" Assistant Teacher Tang waved his hand lightly and said in a low voice, "On the way back from Fucheng, I heard passers-by everywhere that other pharmacies in the county town have stopped supplying medicine for free, and only your Wuweitang is still providing free medicinal materials to cure the plague, curing many people, and everyone praises you as a Buddha of ten thousand families." To tell the truth, this time your Wuweitang is well-known, and the nearby states and counties are well known to women and children. However, this fame is smashed with money, and it can't be smashed like this anymore, so it's better to accept it when you see it. ”

Du Wenhao was silent.

Assistant Teacher Tang said: "I can see that you have a very good heart, but the pharmacy is always a pharmacy, not a charity porridge shop, the pharmacy is to make money in the end, you Wuweitang still has two shopkeepers, you are willing to lose money and make money, but don't pull people into the water and make a loss." To tell the truth, from the beginning to the present, your Wuweitang's contribution to epidemic prevention and treatment is obvious to all, and you have done your best, you have thrown so much money into it, I feel distressed when I look at it, this is your own hard-earned money! Epidemic prevention and disaster relief is the business of the imperial court, you can't finish all the affairs of the imperial court, right? In the end, the court will give you a merit arch at most, what can you do? ”

"And what do you say you should do?"

"In a word! Collect money! - You can get free medical treatment for free, but you have to get back the money for this medicinal material, and it is also natural to say that it is heavenly! I know that you used to treat diseases and send medicine for free, on the one hand, you are good-looking and unbearable, which is the duty of benevolent doctors, and on the other hand, you are also famous, who is not like this in the pharmacy in the city? Otherwise, why would everyone donate medicinal materials for free and send doctors to treat diseases? However, everyone will accept it when they see it, and you are the last one, no matter what, it makes sense. Besides, this time your Wuweitang's isolation gowns and gas masks have brought you fame that is incomparable to other pharmacies, how many lives have been saved by this equipment, and how many people have been prevented from being infected with the plague! With this alone, you Wuweitang won't have to worry about being famous! There is no need to use free treatment and medicine to gain fame. ”

Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai have discussed this point, but it is not clear how much the imperial court can get from the epidemic prevention and disaster relief funds of the yamen, so they don't know the base amount of money that can be lent to the yamen. You have participated in many epidemic prevention and disaster relief, and you know the inside story, can you give me a bottom ,—— this epidemic prevention, how much silver can be allocated by the imperial court to our county's disaster relief and epidemic prevention funds? ”

Assistant Teacher Tang looked left and right, and looked at the five fingers stretched out.

"Fifty thousand taels?"

"What do you want? Five thousand taels! Assistant Teacher Tang sneered bitterly, "The imperial court has set aside layers of deductions, and in our hands, there can be five thousand taels of incense burned!" And to tell you the truth, if the five thousand taels really come down, it is impossible to return all of them to you in Wuweitang according to the convention,—— all the epidemic prevention expenses behind the yamen must be deducted first, right? Disaster relief benefits cost money, right? All the miscellaneous money that needs to be spent later has to be deducted first, and the rest can be returned to you. These expenses are indispensable! If you don't say anything, you have to pay two or three thousand taels! In your hands, it's good to get half of it! ”

"Half? Two thousand five hundred taels? Du Wenhao smiled bitterly, "The money that our Wuweitang has lent to the yamen has already been seven thousand taels, and almost all the money we earned from selling isolation gowns and gas masks has been lent to the yamen!" ”

"Then you don't stop? Want to post a lossless home? Dr. Du, you have done your best to do this! ”

Du Wenhao nodded: "It makes sense, anyway, the tents purchased outside the city now are enough for these two or three thousand patients to live." This medicinal material, it's okay to charge some costs, and you can't kill chickens and take eggs. ”

Assistant Teacher Tang smiled: "That's right! ”

Du Wenhao said: "But now the medicinal materials are only enough for half a month, and after half a month, even if the patient is willing to pay for the medicine, there is no medicine to treat?!" ”

"Fucheng has no choice but to go to other places to traffick it. I have an idea, I heard that Dr. Du saved the life of the Jingci host of the White Clothes Society, why not ask her for help, their White Clothes Society believers are all over the place, there must be a way to buy cheap medicinal materials. ”

"Okay, I'll go and discuss it with Master Jingci."

Du Wenhao returned to Wuwei Hall, found the Jingci host, and said his intentions, and the Jingci host immediately gathered all the remaining leaders together to discuss.

The shopkeeper Fu said: "This is simple, my rice store has its own transport team, what medicine do you want, Dr. Du, you make a list, and I will bring it back to you directly." ”

In addition to paying the shopkeeper, there are many people in the White Clothes Society who do business, and some of them have a very big business, and they need to buy goods from all over the world, and they have all patted their chests and said that they will definitely help with this, purchase at a low price, and pay on delivery.

Du Wenhao was very happy and wrote a list of medicinal materials involved in the treatment of the plague and gave them a list. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the White Coat Society also helped a lot.

The epidemic continues to worsen, a large number of patients continue to pour in from all directions, and the critically ill patients in the quarantine area continue to die, hundreds of dead bodies are carried to cremate every day, and bonfires that burn the corpses are not extinguished day and night. Groans of grief can be heard at all times.

However, this is already much stronger than other epidemic areas, Du Wenhao according to the modern Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation formula, in the guidance of the clinical diagnosis has played a key role, these doctors according to Du Wenhao distinguish the three symptoms, and then according to the clinical situation to make the treatment, the treatment effect has been significantly improved, the mortality rate has been greatly reduced, the cure rate is more than half, for the most powerful plague of pneumonic plague, such a high cure rate, in the case of pure Chinese medicine is very high.

Therefore, although Du Wenhao announced the implementation of free clinics and affordable drug fees, people from all over the country still rushed in. Except for a considerable number of people who came to buy Du Wenhao's isolation gowns and gas masks, the patients who came came to ask for help because of the high cure rate here. So, half a month later, not counting those who were cured and leaving, but counting the number of patients in the hospital in the quarantine area outside the city, there were already more than 5,000 patients in the hospital.

The medicine that Assistant Teacher Tang bought from Fucheng had been used up, and the Jingci presided over the complete recovery, and returned to Fucheng with the Konghui Shitai, who was already awake and recovering, under the escort of the shopkeeper Fu and other believers. Dr. Gong Ming stayed to help Du Wenhao prevent and treat the disease.

Jing Ci, who returned to Fucheng, presided over and led the Baiyi Society to fully support Du Wenhao's epidemic prevention and treatment work, and through the transportation team of the merchants of the Baiyi Society, the medicinal materials purchased from all over the country at a reasonable price were continuously transported from all over the country, so that Du Wenhao's epidemic prevention and treatment work could be carried out smoothly.

Under the call of Jingci, the wealthy businessmen and believers of the Fucheng Baiyi Society ordered to donate a large number of tents and quilts to solve the problem of hospitalization of new patients. Ascending to the top of the city tower, there are tents outside the city, one after another, and there are bonfires between the tents to keep warm, and the whole scene is magnificent.

Although Du Wenhao reported the epidemic as soon as possible, due to the backwardness of communication and transportation, almost a month has passed from the confirmation of the epidemic to the time when the imperial court got the news and urgently mobilized the army to block the road to isolate the epidemic area. As people in the affected areas fled in panic, the epidemic quickly spread to dozens of nearby states and counties, tens of thousands of people died, survivors fled their homes, and many towns became empty cities with no people, except for corpses and rats on the streets.

Among the counties in the epidemic area, only Du Wenhao and Dongda County have greatly reduced the spread of plague due to the timely adoption of martial law measures, and the city-wide disinfection and rodent extermination campaign has further eliminated the possibility of spreading plague. The end result of these anti-epidemic achievements is that the number of deaths in the county is less than 1,000, far less than in other states and counties.

These days, Du Wenhao has been busy with epidemic prevention, but he has not delayed seeing other patients.

Pang's mother's blindness has almost recovered her eyesight under Du Wenhao's conditioning, and her ears have been improved, as if she was happy or something, the second grandmother has fully recovered, and the family wore gas masks to visit Du Wenhao and Pang Yuqin several times. The night cry of the child tiger was also cured by not collecting money.

The two women suffering from rheumatoid arthritis have improved significantly after taking the medicine, Du Wenhao went to the follow-up twice, adjusted the medication, the swelling has basically subsided, the pain has disappeared, both of them are very grateful.

Zhuang Zhi County's impotence has been completely cured, although the epidemic prevention work is very busy, but still take the time to go back at night to accompany the two beautiful concubines, the sex is also very harmonious, seeing that it is expected to have a child in his old age, Zhuang Zhi County is very happy.

Under the supervision of Zhuang Zhi County, coupled with Du Wenhao's effective defense work during this period, the application of the White Coat Society to Du Wenhao's merit arch was finally approved. The craftsmen carved day and night and erected this memorial arch of merit at the gate of the isolation area outside the city.

Towards the end of the year, the epidemic has finally subsided, the critically ill patients have already died, and the rest are relatively mild, after treatment, most of the patients have been cured and discharged, and the number of patients in the quarantine area is decreasing day by day.

Du Wenhao: No new patients have been sent to the quarantine area for seven days. This is due to a series of effective epidemic prevention work, such as martial law, isolation, burial of corpses, rodent eradication and disinfection.

Du Wenhao's effective anti-epidemic work has finally attracted the attention of the military.