Eugen was in a slightly better mood after sending out a strongly worded proclamation, and he didn't know how much it would help, but he hoped to deter the enemies hiding in the shadows a little.

There were too many enemies, and Eugen couldn't guess who was attacking him, so he could only make such a large-scale voice and intimidate.

Subsequently, he continued to devote himself to the struggle against the Black Death, and those struggles for power and profit were in the final analysis trivial, so to speak, internal contradictions. Right now, the Black Death is the real enemy.

After the outbreak of the epidemic in Sicily, Rambo carried out a pearl sealing program, destroying almost all the ships in the port, which greatly delayed the spread of the disease.

However, this is not enough, far from it.

Sicily has more than that, and many of the island's inhabitants can build a boat suitable for sailing in the Mediterranean Sea in a week. No matter how simple the work of the ship is, it is enough to leave the island and land on the mainland.

Therefore, in order to better limit the outbreak of the disease, the pearl sealing plan did not block all the retreats, but left a passage between Sicily and the Italian peninsula.

The route starts along the southern coastline of Sicily and ends at only one seaport city on the Italian peninsula---- Reggio Calabria, or Réggio Calabria.

In Sicily, it was mandatory for all ships to land from the city, and those who violated this rule were to be recognized as enemy ships and attacked directly.

With such a way out, coupled with a coercive order, the people of Sicily will not run around, but will all gather around the city of Thunder, which will greatly limit the spread of the disease.

At the same time, Eugen also personally ordered that all ports on the Mediterranean coastline of the Holy Roman Empire be closed to navigation, and all ships should be sealed and controlled, so as to prevent anyone from taking risks for profit and going to Sicily to rob the wealth there.

Eugen even sent people to the French Empire and other countries to inform them of the relevant situation, and told them to close the port as soon as possible to prevent ships from Sicily from landing.

Horrific examples of illness had long been circulated, and other countries had heard of what was happening in Sicily, so most of them were able to accept Eugen's proposal.

Some of the more astute countries did not even wait for Eugen's reminder to close their ports early and take strict countermeasures.

A longer line of defense was established, which was relatively stronger and tighter thanks to the support of the state. Residents of villages close to the coastline were even forcibly relocated for 30 miles, and within 30 miles of the coastline were military control zones, and anyone who trespassed on them would be killed.

Under the coercion of heavy punishment, no one dared to do anything at all. Eugen also knew the cause of the disease outbreak in Sicily, so he made sure that the coastline was as safe as possible.

In the course of a few days, nearly 100 ships had arrived from Sicily, some of them larger, with a total number of about 5,000 men.

For these 5,000 people, Eugen adopted the most stringent quarantine measures. The inhabitants of Thunder City have long since been evacuated, and now the troops living here are completely under the command and control of Eugen, all of which are supported by the Duke of Ji'an.

The whole city was divided by Eugen from the inside to the outside into seven districts, the innermost being the first district, and the outermost district being the seventh district, separated by thick and long thick hemp ropes, and those who crossed this hemp rope without permission were to be burned at the stake.

Under that terrible punishment, no one dared to challenge Eugen's majesty, and everyone waited in the quarantine area arranged for them by Eugen.

Fresh from the sea, people with suspected illnesses were placed in the first district, where almost a few people died every day, and all of the dead were carriers of the Black Death.

For these dead people, Eugen directly had their bodies incinerated and those who came in and out to dispose of the corpses were to be closely protected and thoroughly cleaned with clean water immediately after the event.

The next few districts were less severe, with Sicilian fugitives who had been in contact with the sick and had weaker control, but who were subject to a week's quarantine before they were allowed to move further afield.

That is to say, people in the first district will have to stay for nearly two months before they can leave Thunder City, and the strictness of such isolation measures is absolutely guaranteed.

And whether it is a nobleman or a commoner, all must be quarantined, and Eugen will not spare anyone who comes out of Sicily, even nobles are treated equally.

Among these nobles was even a noble marquis, who had been vacationing in Sicily, but when the epidemic broke out, he fled with all his family and sailed to Thunder City.

However, the day after he arrived in Thunder City, he was not greeted with a comfortable reception, but with a prison sentence. The Marquis was naturally strongly dissatisfied, and repeatedly angrily said that he wanted to make Eugen look good, but Eugen had already heard too much of this threat, so he was not moved at all.

Seeing that even the Marquis was quarantined, the others had no complaints, obediently accepted Eugen's arrangement, and waited for their quarantine period to end.

The church also sent priests to assist Eugen, and the main duty of these priests was to pacify the affected people, but some priests actually secretly bought and sold indulgences, claiming that the disaster was God's punishment, and only those who bought indulgences could be freed from the disaster.

Eugen naturally hated this ignorance and shamelessness, but in order to maintain his relationship with the church, he could not openly resist indulgences, so he could only send someone to secretly exclude the priests who bought and sold indulgences and forbade them to enter the quarantine zone.

Eugen redoubled his hatred for indulgences, and he felt more and more the importance of the Reformation, at least to get rid of them.

However, he was an aristocrat after all, and religious issues were too sensitive, and it was too dangerous for outsiders to touch these things, so he had to find someone who could help him change the entire religious system from within.

In this way, a man came into Eugen's eyes. The priest who had contact with Eugen in Kasselburg, Martin Luther, actually came to Thunder City and spontaneously comforted the affected people.

Of course, Eugen understood that his real purpose was to secretly buy and sell indulgences. For Eugen, he's a good fit, and a slight push can have good results.