Chapter 105: Pearl Sealing
At the time of the outbreak, Rambo was inspecting the situation at the port of Trapani at the southern tip of Sicily, and by the time the news reached his ears, the Black Death had spread to central Sicily.
When the terrible disease appeared in front of people's eyes, the people scattered like lambs in panic, and for a while, the wind was loud, and a small cough would frighten a large number of people's legs.
Although Rambo has implemented health improvement measures in various places, the environmental problem is a long-term problem, and it is difficult to make any major improvements in the short term.
In addition, people did not know enough about the Black Death, and in some places even regarded it as a curse from God, which further increased the panic.
When a crisis comes, panic accelerates the onset of the crisis.
When he got the news, Rambo instantly felt that his eyes were dark, and his blood was surging and he almost fainted.
The intelligence officer who reported the news to him also had trembling legs, as an intelligence officer, he knew the horror of this disease, and he also knew that without strong enough precautions, there was no way to stop the spread of the disease.
"Quick! Start the Pearl Sealing Project! As soon as Rambo came to his senses, he yelled out the door desperately.
During this time, several heralds and intelligence officers stood outside his door every day, and at this moment Rambo's order was given, and these people rushed out in an instant, and the order was conveyed along all levels, and fast horses galloped along the three avenues of Porto Trapani, sending the order to all parts of Sicily.
After the order was given, Rambo sat down in his place as if he had been drained of his strength, and his face turned pale.
Outside the door, there was the sound of leather shoes slamming on the floor, and Viscount Garth kicked open the door like a raging lion and broke in.
"What's going on!" The viscount saw Rambo who was slumped in the chair at a glance, walked to the front of the chair, grabbed Rambo's collar, and said in a cold voice with a dangerous glint in his eyes: "Tell me, why did you start the pearl sealing plan, are you crazy?" ”
Viscount Garth had bruises on his forehead exposed, and he gritted his teeth as if he was about to kill. Of course, he knew what the Pearl Project was, it was a terrifying plan that could be called a madness to exterminate humanity, and when Rambo brought it up, he thought it was a joke, but he didn't expect that Rambo was secretly ready to implement the plan.
Rambo could understand Viscount Garth's anger, in fact, he was just as desperate at the moment.
However, he was not ready to explain anything, he just looked at Viscount Garth with a bitter face and said: "There is no way, the epidemic is out of control, in order to take care of the overall situation and complete the task assigned by the head of the family, I can only do this!" ”
"You!" This sentence added fuel to the fire for Viscount Garth, he drew the long sword at his waist with a swipe, and said across Rambo's shoulder: "You can't even be forgiven by God for this crime, cancel the plan for me, or believe it or not, I'll kill you here!" ”
Rambo stared blankly ahead, as if he didn't see the blade across his neck, and finally he just said with a weak expression: "The pearl sealing cannot be stopped, once this plan is activated, it will inevitably be carried out according to the pre-set procedure." I've decided to stay on the island and live and die together, you can do it quickly, kill me or you can go first, I specially left a few boats for the nobles on the island. ”
Hearing this, Viscount Garth was shocked. He originally thought that Rambo was going to leave the people on the island and flee by himself, but he didn't expect Rambo to have made such a decision that was no different from suicide.
From Rambo's expression, he could see that Rambo was not lying to himself, and some respect suddenly rose in his heart.
"Alas, forget it, even if I want to judge you, I shouldn't do it, you can do it yourself." After a long time, Viscount Garth let out a long sigh and put down the long sword in his hand.
Viscount Garth then walked briskly towards the door, and as he was about to leave the door, he looked back at Rambo deeply. I saw that Rambo was still sitting there paralyzed, and his face was already full of despair.
"Family master, my subordinates are sorry for you, I didn't complete the task!" Rambo looked into the air and muttered, two tears shining in the corners of his eyes. But he lifted his head up, but he didn't let the tears slide down after all.
Then, Rambo suddenly stood up from his chair and said with a resolute expression: "Master of the family, no matter what, I will do my best to stop the disease and buy you enough time!" ”
So saying, he began to write the table, and the orders were written on paper, and then stamped with lead and neatly stacked on the foot of the table.
In the blink of an eye, there was a thick stack of stationery on the table. The writing was almost done, so Rambo grabbed the notes and walked out the door.
All the heralds and intelligence officers outside the door had left, and only a dozen ordinary guards remained. Rambo didn't care about anything else, went up and handed the note to the guards, and said quickly: "Quick, go and send these orders to all parts of Trapani, and mobilize everyone in the city as quickly as possible." ”
The guards knew that the situation was urgent when they saw Rambo's expression, and when they heard this, they immediately ran out, carrying the notes with the orders written on them, and went to all parts of the city in Porto Trapani.
Rambo looked at the back of the guards as they departed, and muttered, "Hopefully, it's not too late." ”
The pearl sealing plan was an idea that Eugen and Rambo came up with by chance when they were discussing, and the two of them were talking about it as a joke, and they didn't think they would implement it.
The plan was actually plagiarized by Eugen from a movie he had seen before, about a state-led scientific experiment in a region that failed and caused a huge crisis, and politicians cut off all communication from the outside world in the region in order to block the news, and finally destroyed everything with a nuclear bomb.
To carry this idea to Sicily today is to destroy all the ships in the seaports around Sicily, making Sicily a completely isolated island.
At that time, there would be no way for the people of Sicily to escape, and the only way was to cross the strait to the Italian peninsula, where the seaports had been erected and all those who fled from Sicily would be subject to strict supervision.
In this way, the spread of the disease can be limited to the greatest extent. Because the plan called for the whole of Sicily to be enclosed, it was called the ---- Pearl Seal.
The effectiveness of the plan was unquestionable, and it was implemented relatively quickly, with the only problem being that it would be the abandonment of nearly a million inhabitants of Sicily. That's why Viscount Garth is so angry.