It is undoubtedly more difficult to implement epidemic prevention in cities, especially in relatively large cities, than in rural areas. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEspecially in the face of the epidemic, whether the people can stay calm is the biggest test. After the "epidemic prevention order" was issued, the cities listed as epidemic prevention areas immediately fell into panic, especially those cities that were included in the quarantine area because of their proximity to the epidemic area.

Although the mood of the people was extremely panicked, at this time, a large number of military constitutions provided a guarantee of order, and hundreds of officers and soldiers stationed in the city maintained order in the city together with the local military police. Although they assured that the city did not fall into chaos due to the pandemic, the city inevitably fell into depression.

At the same time, the government posted a notice listing all the measures taken, including requiring households to use government-issued cement, plugging rat holes in their homes, scientifically using arsenic to kill rodents, and boiling water. Proclamations demanded maximum cleanliness and hygiene - bathing once a day and steaming of clothes to get rid of fleas. In addition, patients and their families are required to isolate. Finally, it was noted that the military police could enter the home at any time to check the sanitary situation.

Everything is borrowed from the army's "Epidemic Prevention Manual". Although it has brought a lot of inconvenience to people's lives, it has avoided the spread of the epidemic to the greatest extent, at least in the quarantine areas where there has been no outbreak of the epidemic, the epidemic has not shown a trend of expansion for the time being.

But the situation is actually not very optimistic, for Wu Xinglian, as the chief medical officer of epidemic prevention, a large amount of data is reported by telegram to the General Administration of Epidemic Prevention in Changsha - this is the temporary establishment of the Governor's Office after the outbreak of the epidemic, and more precisely the first public health care management agency in the Far East.

"Mr. Wu, the numbers are rising: 1,985 people died in two days, and three more counties have been found to ...... epidemic"

After the reports from all over the country were summarized, the new statistics were not optimistic at all, and when the subordinates were reporting, Wu Xinglian looked at the charts on the statistical reports.

It is clear from the charts that the death toll is increasing, and the epidemic area continues to expand, although it is not expanding at a rate comparable to what it used to be, but it is still not under control.

"In addition, 36 people were infected by military doctors, doctors and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who participated in epidemic prevention in various places, and two doctors died today......

Wu Xinglian's eyes were fixed on the statistical table.

What he could feel at this time was an unprecedented powerlessness, and he even understood the powerlessness of people when the Black Death spread in Europe.

That kind of powerlessness in the face of death made Wu Xinglian almost gasp.

"Doctor Wu, do you want to go for a walk!"

Zuo Zongtang didn't know when he appeared outside the door, as the governor of Hunan, he was also full of sadness, after all, he was from Hunan, and it was his villagers who died.

They walked to the school's playground – the General Administration of Epidemic Prevention had chosen the school as a temporary office location, and the school had been closed. Wu Xinglian, who lowered his head, remained silent. Dusk is coming to an end, night is approaching, and the stars are beginning to appear in the daylight of day. Soon the street lamps were on, the sky seemed dark, and the voices of conversation seemed to raise the pitch.

"Doctor Wu, is there really no way?"

In the corner of the playground, Wu Xinglian said to Zuo Zongtang beside him:

"I'm sorry, I'm a doctor, but. But I don't know how to save them......"

When he heard this, Zuo Zongtang had already noticed that tears seemed to be flashing in the eyes of the professor of epidemic prevention at the military hospital.

"I'm a doctor, and I swear to use everything I've learned to treat every sick person...... But, it's ......."

Tears finally flowed uncontrollably from Wu Xinglian's eyes.

More than 25,000 people have died from the plague in the past 20 days, more than 50,000 in the month before that, to be exact.

"Doctor Wu, I know you've done your best, I know ......"

Zuo Zongtang comforted Wu Xinglian, he could feel the other party's sense of powerlessness.

"I just want to ask, since tens of millions of Westerners have died of the plague, is there no way for Westerners to cure it?"

Shaking his head, Wu Xinglian, who was tired, said with helpless evidence.

"A lot of doctors have been working on this for years, even if it's a bit rewarding. But it can also be said that there has not been much progress......"

In the face of this disease, human beings are so powerless, they can only struggle, let the disease spread, let it take people's lives, and as a doctor, they can only watch one person after another die.

The same sense of powerlessness also deeply troubled Zhu Yifeng, and in Luo Bingzhang's report, his brows were tightly locked.

“…… 176 officers and soldiers contracted the plague. ”

Despite the terrible cost paid by doctors and soldiers to combat the plague, the number of infected people is still increasing and the area is expanding.

And with that the death toll continues to rise, with many dying.

"Outbreaks have been detected in 117 counties in Guangdong and Hunan, and only three counties have been brought under control, with the number of cases declining, while the vast majority of urban outbreaks have not been controlled......

Luo Bingzhang's tone was low, and now the most serious epidemic is in Guangdong, where two-thirds of the prefectures and counties in Guangdong have found outbreaks, and in the countryside, even in mountainous areas, there have been large-scale outbreaks.

“…… In Hujia Village, dozens of families died after the plague, and some families only had one or two people left, so that when the rice was ripe at the beginning of the month, it was full of golden color, but no one harvested it......"

It was in southern Guangdong, and it was time for the rice to be harvested, but a plague destroyed the entire village. When Luo Bingzhang's words fell, Zhu Yifeng felt unprecedented horror.

A village of only a thousand people,

Almost to death! So much so that no one could bury the body.

A county town with only more than 10,000 people can kill thousands of people!

This is the power of the plague!

This incredibly high contagiousness and mortal power is what makes it frightening. And what is even more frightening is that in this day and age, there is no cure for the plague, and all treatments are actually "comfort therapy", whether Western or Chinese.

Even himself, who is now afraid of the plague, is considering whether to send Lingyun and the children to the "Jiangbei Terminal" when the plague spreads further, after all, it is far away from the populous city.

Of course, this is only a last resort, and it can even be said to be a last resort. At present, rodent eradication is being carried out in the Governor's Office, and rodent eradication orders are also implemented in Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, where arsenic is used to poison rats and the government provides cement to fill rat holes.

But all this is only a symptom but not a cure, for the plague, people in this era can only passively defend, in addition, there is no other choice.

"Medical Officer Wu of the General Administration of Epidemic Prevention has sent a telegram again, demanding the implementation of the second phase of the epidemic prevention order!"

Luo Bingzhang's words made Zhu Yifeng stunned, as the original formulator of the epidemic prevention manual, he knew very well what the second phase of the epidemic prevention order was, it was a prison and a closed city!

In other words, all epidemic areas should be completely isolated to prevent the spread of the epidemic. And the army will carry out this order with all its might - by any means, including the use of force!

In this day and age, perhaps this is the last option.

Is there really no other way?

"My lord, if the second phase of the epidemic prevention order is implemented, what will happen to the supply of necessary goods such as rice and firewood in the city at that time?"

Zhang Liangji asked worriedly, this is not a place, but hundreds of prefectures and counties! Millions of people are involved! And more importantly, this will affect their lives, especially the guarantee of daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt, which is the biggest problem.

"Do your best!"

After saying this sentence slowly, Zhu Yifeng looked at Luo Bingzhang and said.

"The implementation of the second phase of the epidemic prevention order is officially announced. Completely close the epidemic area. I will order the army to cooperate fully with ......"

After giving this order, Zhu Yifeng signed his name on an official letter, and then stamped the seal of the "Governor of the Great Han Dynasty", which was the last choice!

This is the last and only option.

If it really doesn't work, then this is the only way, and we can only do everything possible to control the epidemic in the area where it has already broken out, and only in this way can we keep our roots and avoid them being damaged by the plague. If you can control it, you can at least ensure that you will not be unable to deal with the attack of the Qing army or the Taiping army because of the plague.

"I hope all this can be controlled!"

After Luo Bingzhang and the others left, Zhu Yifeng silently thought of himself in his heart.

The bell rings again, and 12 bells ring, signifying the arrival of the New Year, 1857. Because the three provinces did not use the Manchu Qing era, nor did they use the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, nor did they have their own era names, they naturally used the Western era name, but only used the Western "year", on the other hand, the month and day used the Chinese lunar calendar, and in the year, the sexagenary branch year was used.

When the New Year of the Western calendar is coming, Zhu Yifeng, who was ambitious before, will usher in the New Year in an unprecedented torment, and he can feel the embattled at the pass of epidemic prevention.

The huge waves in front of the gate are monstrous! Before the pass, Mount Tai is about to collapse!

And Guan is like a tired egg!

Can you not keep it?

If you don't keep it, all your efforts in the past four years will be in vain, and all your efforts will be wasted!

Can it be kept?

The shadow of the Black Death, which once destroyed Europe, once again hung in Zhu Yifeng's mind, and now he even regretted why he didn't choose medicine in the first place, and if he chose to study medicine, he might know how to treat the plague.

"With today's medical technology, plague cannot be treated."

Suddenly, a long-lost voice sounded in Zhu Yifeng's mind.

It's him!

It's the guy who brought himself into this era! It hasn't been there for two years since I rejected him myself!

"The drug of choice for treating plague is streptomycin, an antibiotic that cannot be produced with current technology!"

Again, he was there emphasizing the incurability of the plague.

"You showed up, which means, for you, it's an opportunity! Isn't it! ”

Although he was emphasizing the incurability of the plague, Zhu Yifeng realized that his presence was probably more than just a reminder of this.

"The plague will continue to spread over the next 100 years, and at the current rate of transmission, more than 12 million people will be infected with the plague in the next year, and the vast majority of them will die from the plague, and it should be said that almost completely from the plague."

It is a fact that before the invention of streptomycin, there was no cure for plague, and only a very small number of them - for example, in Europe, which had been plagued by plague for hundreds of years, a small number of Europeans had evolved a special disease resistance gene in the face of death, which allowed them to save their lives.

"As the plague spreads, tens of millions of people will die at its hands."

"Is it influenced by me?"

Facing "him" reminder, Zhu Yifeng asked rhetorically.

"I told you before that the resistance of history is like a basketball, and the more force you exert it, the stronger the backlash becomes, and this force can be seen as a chain reaction of the impact you have on history. In order to be able to contend with your enemies, you built roads, prospered commerce, improved transportation, and prospered commerce, all of which directly contributed to the spread of the plague, which took a long time in history......"

"I know!"

Its reminder made the uneasiness in Zhu Yifeng's heart strong again, but he still replied stubbornly.

"I have decided to quarantine all the affected areas, and I will do everything I can to prevent it from spreading."

Maybe I should have given this order a long time ago! If that happens, maybe more people can be saved.

"But what about the people in quarantine?"

This rhetorical question made Zhu Yifeng's whole person become low.

"Yes, quarantine may save a lot of people, but what about people in quarantine? Many of them would not have been harmed by the plague at all, but you have changed all that! ”

Faced with this question, Zhu Yifeng asked coldly.

"Now that you've appeared, you've got a solution! Tell me, what do you want? ”

Yes, now that he had reappeared after he had been silent for so long that he had to forget that it existed, he must have had some plan, and he must have hoped for something from it.

"I once warned you, don't change history!"

Faced with this reminder, Zhu Yifeng sneered.

"Do you mean that I am responsible for the deaths of these people? That's what you're here for, right? You want to use my guilt to achieve your goals, tell me, what do you want! ”

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