Yang Shuoming knew that Duan Qirui relieved himself of his position as the patrol envoy of Nanzhili and let himself be reappointed as the patrol envoy of Liangguang, on the surface, he was assigning the territory of Liangguang to himself, but his real purpose was actually to limit his own strength, keep himself as far away as possible from Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, and prevent himself from sitting big. After Guangdong experienced the ravages and ravages of the revolutionaries, its economy withered, and all kinds of ruins were waiting to be revived, Guangxi was multi-ethnic and mixed, and the contradictions in all aspects were acute, and the three provinces of Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi have always been known as "powder kegs." If you really want to build an industrial and commercial base like Jiangxi, you will undoubtedly need to make more efforts.

But for Yang Shuoming, Duan Qirui's arrangement was exactly what he wanted.

The two Guangxi regions are all near the sea, and the external transportation is convenient, which is conducive to economic development, while the strong people of Guangxi have always been brave and can become the best mountain infantry after effective training. If you can integrate high-tech elements into this land, this will definitely become your second base!

Allowing Liu Xiangyun and a large number of other medical personnel, accompanied by the troops, to go deep into the local Buzhuang Tumin villages to treat patients and improve local medical conditions was the first step that Yang Shuoming decided to open up the situation in Guangxi.

"Beyanon—"

"The servant toasts to sing, the mountain song is accompanied by the wine, the more distinguished guests, the warmer the heart, Bei Yanong - like the spring breeze over the hillside......"

"Beyanon—"

"When the guests come to the door, they will present three bowls of welcome wine, Bei Yanong - the rice wine is mellow and singing, and Bei Nong - the Zhuang family will hold it in their hands......"

"Beyanon—"

"The mountain song can't be closed at the exit, the wine in the cup can't flow, Bei Yanong - don't drink it first when the wine is full, Bei Yanon - don't leave a drop ......"

"Beyanon—"

"Don't leave a little bit of it, don't buy mountain songs with money, don't drink enough people to drink, see each other from afar, don't drink across the mountains and waters......"

"Benon, oh—"

"The servant toasts to sing, the mountain song is accompanied by the wine, the more distinguished guests, the warmer the heart, Bei Yanong - like the spring breeze over the hillside......"

Accompanied by the sweet and loud toasting songs of the Gu girls, looking at the soldiers who drank rice wine with the Gu villagers, Liu Xiangyun, who was dressed in the clothes of the Gu girls, felt that the fresh air around her seemed to be warm.

It has been a few days since she came to the township, and she has never been to Guangxi before, and she deeply feels the simplicity and kindness in the hearts of the people living in this land.

As for the young Liangguang patrol envoy who wanted to come to the township to improve the local medical and health conditions by herself and everyone, her heart was full of reverence and admiration.

Like himself, he had never been to Guangxi before, but from the moment he set foot on this land, he could think of the hardships of the local people.

This is what she admires most about him.

According to Yang Shuoming's request, in addition to medicines, the medical team also carried a large amount of supplies and donated them to the compatriots of the Gu ethnic group to improve their lives.

The simple-hearted Liu Xiangyun did not think about the true intention of Yang Shuoming's "emotional investment", she only knew that the sincere smile of gratitude from the bottom of her heart of those flesh and blood compatriots who belonged to the same Chinese nation as herself was the best harvest of their trip.

Liu Xiangyun was immersed in this beautiful and warm atmosphere, and a person with the appearance of a clan patriarch and an officer hurriedly walked towards her.

Liu Xiangyun noticed that the faces of the two were very solemn, which did not match the cheerful atmosphere around them, and she realized that something was going on and immediately stood up.

Seeing Liu Xiangyun, the elder of the clan first gave a salute, and then kept gesturing with his hand while saying something.

"Miss Liu, someone in the village over there is sick again, and the symptoms are like Spanish flu." The officer came to Liu Xiangyun and said to her.

Hearing the word "Spanish flu", Liu Xiangyun couldn't help but be taken aback, she didn't bother to change her clothes, and immediately gathered her subordinates and got into a military truck.

Under the guidance of the patriarch of the Shan tribe, the truck soon drove to a village, Liu Xiangyun jumped out of the truck first, and the first thing that caught her eye was the people who fell on the side of the mountain road, about twenty or thirty people, most of them were Gro, and a few were Han Chinese. Some of these people lay there motionless, while others coughed from time to time, and some even coughed up blood.

And several of the physicians of the clan were standing there anxiously, looking helpless. A witch doctor was still there, chanting incantations that no one understood, and they were supposed to have treated the patient, but it was clear that it didn't work very well.

Liu Xiangyun took a mask and put it on, her companions also put on masks, and then took various medical equipment and began to check the patients. Seeing the soldiers examining the patients, the doctors and witch doctors stepped aside.

"That's right, it's the flu." After examining several patients, Liu Xiangyun said decisively, "Let's set up a quarantine zone here right away." Notify the base and send some more medicine. ”

"How did this flu get here?" One of his subordinates asked with some confusion.

"That's hard to say." Liu Xiangyun's beautiful willow leaf curved eyebrows had been twisted into two black bumps at this time, "Let's save people first." The key is not to let the flu spread to other places. ”

At this time, Liu Xiangyun didn't know how many lives her decision would save.

When the news reached the Liangguang Patrol Envoy, Yang Shuoming was still extremely calm, and after a brief inquiry about the situation, he asked, "Is Miss Liu still there?" ”

"Yes." The medical officer who came to report the news replied, "The support team has already left. ”

"Take me to see it." Yang Shuoming said.

Xi Xue, who was standing not far away, heard Yang Shuoming's words, and a look of horror appeared on her face.

"Can't go! It's too dangerous! She looked at Yang Shuoming and couldn't help shouting.

Hearing Xi Xue's shout, everyone in the room turned their surprised eyes to her.

Xi Xue found her gaffe, and her cheeks couldn't help but flush with shame, but she still looked at Yang Shuoming with a prayerful gaze, hoping that he would cancel the decision just now.

As if knowing Xi Xue's intentions, Yang Shuoming showed a comforting smile at her.

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. Yang Shuoming said.

Hearing Yang Shuoming's answer, Xi Xue almost burst into tears.

Probably influenced by Liu Xiangyun, she has been paying close attention to this terrible flu that has swept the world these days.

The First World War dragged on to 1918, and the death toll in this cannibalism on an unprecedented scale had reached more than 10 million. The people of Europe have fallen into despair for this endless war, and the Holocaust still has no end in sight. And, just as this catastrophe was intensifying, another catastrophe broke out. The outbreak of this catastrophe claimed the lives of 20 million to 40 million people, and this is what later people talked about as the "Spanish flu", also known as the "1918 flu".

The Spanish flu is actually a mutation of avian influenza. The name of the Spanish flu, although associated with Spain, did not originate from Spain, and it first appeared at Funston Barracks in Kansas, USA (February 1918). The name "Spanish Flu" (Spanish Lady) is so named because it spread to Spain and killed a total of 8 million Spaniards, including the King of Spain, when the Spanish government first announced the flu outbreak, hence the name "Spanish Flu".

Before lunch on March 11, 1918, a soldier at Finston Barracks in Kansas, USA, suffered from a fever, sore throat and headache, so he went to the army hospital, where doctors thought he had a common cold. What followed, however, was somewhat unexpected: by noon, more than 100 soldiers were showing similar symptoms. A few days later, by the weekend, there were already more than 500 "cold" patients in the barracks. Then, the "cold" soon spread to three cities, including Detroit, and by the end of March, the "cold" was brought by ship by the officers and men of the US Expeditionary Force to the front line in Europe. It was transmitted to the French team in early April, then to the British team and other Entente teams, and in May it reached Italy, Spain, Germany, Africa, Mumbai and Golcutta, India. In June, the British Expeditionary Force spread to the British mainland, then to Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and New Zealand, and in January 1919 to Australia, sweeping the world in less than a year!

The Spanish flu caused the catastrophe was the worst epidemic in the history of human influenza epidemics, and it was also the deadliest epidemic in history, with an estimated number of more than 500 million people worldwide, an incidence rate of about 20% to 40%, and more than 40 million deaths, more than the total number of people killed in World War I! This flu has taken on a rather strange characteristic: in the past, the flu has always killed the elderly and children, but this time the death curve has taken on a "W" shape, that is, young adults between the ages of 20 and 40 have also become the target of death.

Under the attack of this unprecedented flu, the number of deaths due to illness in the United States exceeded 500,000, 759 people died of influenza in Philadelphia on May 10 alone, and 10 million people fell ill in Spain, including King Alfonso III, more than one-third of Madrid's citizens were infected, some political axe departments were forced to close, and trams were suspended; In the United Kingdom, more than 200,000 people died in England and Wales, including King George V. Due to the spread of the epidemic to the Allied navies, the Allied navies, including the British Royal Fleet, were unable to go to sea for three consecutive weeks, which seriously affected naval operations; In Mumbai, India, the death toll exceeded 7 million due to dense population and poor sanitation; Because the flu is everywhere, from the Eskimo tribes of Alaska to the island of Samoa in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, no one has been spared; Some Eskimo villages were devastated, and in one village of 80 people, 73 people died of the flu; Twenty per cent of Western Samoans die from influenza. Due to the severity of the pandemic, the bodies of sick people are piling up in many countries; In Ottawa, Canada, there are no passengers on the tram; In the United States, schools, cabaret theaters, and movie theaters are no longer lit, and swimming pools and bowling alleys are empty; In South Africa, a small town has too many dead people and lacks coffins, so people can only wrap the bodies in blankets and bury them hastily, and the streets are full of funeral processions during the day and ambulances in the streets at night.

In 1918, the Spanish flu also spread to China, from Guangzhou to Northeast China, from Shanghai to Sichuan in March, the epidemic spread very widely, in Yanjing, more than half of the patrol officers were sick, in Harbin, 40% of the city's residents were infected, schools were closed, shops were closed. In Shanghai, about 20% of people fall ill. In Taiwan, about 25,000 people died.

There were two waves of the Spanish flu, the first wave of which had not completely subsided, and then the second wave of the flu struck in the fall. In Philadelphia, USA, 13,000 people died in October, 2,600 in the first week and 4,500 in the second week. With so many bodies of the dead scattered everywhere that the political axe had to send horse-drawn wagons through the streets, calling the living out of their homes to take the remains of their loved ones.

In many parts of the world, gravediggers do not have time to dig graves. Whether it is Cape Town or New York, coffins have long been a scarce thing, and many of the dead are hastily buried in blankets.

The terrible catastrophe has left people around the world with nightmares that will last a lifetime: in Australia, a woman saw 26 funeral processions pass by her doorstep in just three hours, an average of one every seven minutes, almost end-to-end. Her mood at that time is simply indescribable.

In South Africa, Hill, an old miner who "caught a cold", suddenly lost his strength in holding the longitudinal rod of the tanker, and the tank flew into the air, and then fell into the crowd of off-duty, 40 off-duty miners, 24 died on the spot. In Cape Town, six people died in less than 3 kilometres of a tram.

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a man waiting for a shuttle bus asked for a terminal on the street and collapsed to his death just a few minutes later.

In New York, USA, four people played cards late at night, and the next morning, three people fell ill and died. Due to the rampant flu, masks have become a necessity for people's daily life, and they don't want to get on the bus without wearing a mask. In San Francisco, USA, in order to prevent the spread of the flu to others, a health department official even shot and killed a man who was unwilling to wear a mask!

In the shadow of the flu, people live in fear, and they don't even say hello when they meet, and they don't even dare to look at it, as if they are afraid that their eyes will spread the flu. In Chicago, a worker was so frightened that he had a complete psychological breakdown, shouting, "Let me protect my family in my own way!" Then he used a blade to slit the throat of a family of five.

The Spanish flu severely affected the course of World War I, and the terrible flu made it impossible for the warring sides in the war to continue. In various battlefields, soldiers' guns have become crutches, and in order to avoid the epidemic, there is a steady stream of soldiers deserting. The chief of staff of the 42nd Division of the American Expeditionary Force, General MacArthur, who was famous in World War II, was also tortured by the flu and was unable to act on his own, so he had to let four heralds carry him on a stretcher to direct the battle.

Since the German army was the first to use chemical weapons on the battlefield, many people at that time thought that Germany was playing tricks and using biological and chemical weapons. In fact, the German army was also hit by the flu, and its allies Bulgaria, Ottoman Turkey, and Austria-Hungary also suffered widespread flu epidemics, and the heavy losses in personnel and materials in the war made it difficult to hold on. At the height of the German military, all of these countries chose to withdraw from the war.

People in this era have not yet felt that the death caused by this terrible flu will be more than four years of war, but as a time-traveler from later generations, especially Yang Shuoming, who has experienced the baptism of "[***]", his understanding of this invisible power to change history is far beyond the people of this era.

And he wants to visit the scene where the flu epidemic was discovered, not just to visit the people affected by the disaster and be an "actor".

"What Miss Xixue said is that this is too risky. You better not go. ”

Yang Shuoming's subordinates didn't understand his psychology at this time, they, like Xi Xue, were all moved by his "worrying about the country and the people" behavior he showed at this moment, and an officer couldn't help but speak out to dissuade him after listening to Xi Xue's words.

Yang Shuoming shook his head categorically, and asked his subordinates to prepare the car immediately, seeing that his attitude was so resolute, his subordinates could no longer persuade him, so he could only take the order and go.

At this time, no one could have imagined why Yang Shuoming risked his life to go to the scene of the flu epidemic.

In this day and age, because the virus has not yet been discovered in the medical community, medical scientists at that time have always thought that it was an infectious disease caused by bacteria, so they did not understand why the flu was so deadly. It was not until 1933 that British scientists first isolated the influenza virus from humans. Since then, many scientists have wondered why the virus is so deadly, but none have succeeded; One is because of its dangerous surname, and the other is because all the bodies of the sick and dead at that time have been disposed of with fire. The flu mysteriously disappeared after 18 months, leaving the true strain unidentified.

For Yang Shuoming, using his "supercomputer eye" to analyze and identify influenza strains is one of the important tasks he has set for himself.

(To be continued)