readx; "Long live the purpose: from now on, the military and civilians in the city will suspend all activities and concentrate on exterminating rats. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info catch ten rats, reward one tael of silver; Catch 100 rats and give 1 centimeter of land; If you have a desire for profit, and raise rats to receive rewards, you will not be forgiven! ”

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youzhen's holy decree to exterminate rats quickly spread throughout the city. The rat thing seems inconspicuous, the timid is small, and it specializes in stealing food, which has always been disgusted by the common people, "rats cross the street, everyone shouts and beats", which is an extremely vivid portrayal.

However, the vitality of rats is tenacious, and the number is extremely large, and the reproduction is very fast, although the people will also take some measures to eliminate rats on weekdays, such as raising cats, sprinkling rat poison, etc., but with little effect. Moreover, rats do not seem to be a threat to people, except for stealing some food; Regardless of the military and civilians, they are tired to death after a busy day during the day, and they just want to rest when they go back to their rooms at night, and they don't bother to spend any more energy competing with these difficult guys.

But this time it was different, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Shanhaiguan learned from the notice posted by the governor's mansion that the terrible plague that had killed more than 100 people was actually caused by rats! For a time, both men and women, young and old, all talked about the discoloration of mice, and at the same time increased the hatred of mice.

And the emperor's holy decree instantly ignited the enthusiasm of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to exterminate rats. Who doesn't want silver from white flowers and fields that can be passed down from generation to generation? Besides, catching rats is not about killing enemies, as long as you take protective measures and don't get infected by rats, anyone can do it. As a result, more than 100,000 people immediately took action and launched a vigorous rodent extermination campaign in Shanhaiguan City and in the wild.

The method of exterminating rats is also the eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers. The easiest way is to have a mousetrap and a rat trap, which is usually available in people's homes, but usually one or two. This time, under the abundant material stimulation, in just one day, the whole city rushed out tens of thousands of rat traps and thousands of rat traps, and put them in places where rats often haunt. After a short time, the sound of "popping" sounded continuously, and many of the rats who dared to swagger through the market died tragically under the iron clip.

But rats are very intelligent animals, and most of them are relatively timid, and only a few are fooled into stepping on the mouse trap. At this time, people began to attack rat holes again, and in the past, rat holes were found, which were usually blocked with stones; But now no one is plugging, because a mouse hole often means a few taels of silver!

There are also various ways to deal with rat holes, such as filling them with water and lime, using smoke, and digging them directly with shovels. Once the rats are driven out, people who have been waiting outside for a long time will pick up their shovels and slap them violently.

In some hard-hit areas where rats were wreaking havoc, Zhu Youzhen also organized officials and soldiers to uniformly release highly poisonous rat poison. In fact, in the previous life, because the highly poisonous rat poison often accidentally injured other animals, or even accidentally eaten by people, it was strictly forbidden; But now that the lesser of two evils is chosen, he can't care so much.

And in the wild, the killing of voles is also in full swing. Now that the weather is gradually getting warmer, it was supposed to be time for spring planting. People took the opportunity of loosening the soil to dig deep rat holes in the fields and chase and beat them fiercely. Voles are not as smart as house mice, and in the past they only had natural predators such as vegetable snakes and owls, and farmers did not do much to them. This sudden collective action has gained a lot more than in Shanhaiguan City.

Every day at noon, it is necessary to hand in the dead rats and exchange them for silver taels. Every time, Zhu Youzhen ordered people to dig a big pit in the field outside the city, and threw all the dead rats into the pit, and burned them clean. Of course, this process must be safe, and the author of the shirt is wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside, and is dressed in a similar way to the chemical protective clothing in the previous life.

In addition to rodent extermination, Zhu Youzhen has not relaxed his sanitation work. Everyone must bathe every day and all clothes must be scalded with boiling water. In addition, he also learned from the successful experience of Qinwangzhuang to carry out unified management of feces, and strictly prohibited open defecation and spitting.

Sun Chengzong and others couldn't help but feel anxious when they saw that the emperor was busy exterminating rats and cleaning all day long. In their view, the territory of Liaodong was lost in the first war, and how to arrange defense is the top priority at present. In addition, the emperor has been secretly out of Beijing for so long, and now that the court has become a pot of porridge, it is really not appropriate to delay in Shanhaiguan for too long.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen knows all of this, and they are indeed important and urgent. However, he still insisted on waiting until the rodent eradication and sanitation campaign began to bear fruit, and then left Shanhaiguan and returned to Beijing. Because he knew very well in his heart that the plague had caused too serious a disaster to mankind in history, and if it was not stopped in time, the military and civilians of Shanhaiguan would suffer a catastrophe.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen also knew that it was impossible for him to stay in Shanhaiguan for too long. Therefore, he has been teaching Gao Di, Man Gui, Zu Dashou and others for the past few days, telling them how to deal with the plague.

Only then did Gao Di and others know that the plague was a virulent infectious disease transmitted by rats and fleas. If a flea bites a rat and then bites a person, it will spread the plague to people. At first, there will be symptoms such as fever, chills, itching and bleeding at the bite site, and then the disease will progress rapidly, and within three or four days, the blood will be destroyed throughout the body, resulting in death.

And this is only a method of transmission of plague, what is even more terrifying is that people who have been infected with plague will also cough, sneeze, and use saliva droplets to transmit the plague to others, which is pneumonic plague. After being infected with pneumonic plague, the disease is more violent, and even dies at dawn and night, and the case fatality rate is as high as more than 90%. Zhu Youzhen ordered everyone to wear a mask, and the sick person was resolutely isolated, and this is the reason.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen did not dare to tell them that there had been three pandemics of plague in history, the most serious of which began in the 14th century, which caused 25 million deaths in Europe alone, and nearly 100 million deaths in the entire Eurasian continent.

The era of the end of the Ming Dynasty is catching up with the end of this pandemic. It is estimated that more than 10 million people died of plague in North China alone. When Li Zicheng led the Dashun army to the city of Beijing, there were still 20,000 or 30,000 defenders in the capital, but it took only two days to capture the strongest city in the world. Although it is somewhat extreme, it also reflects the reality of the plague at the end of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent.

Under Zhu Youzhen's thunderous methods, the plague in Shanhaiguan, which should have been a large-scale outbreak, was quickly suppressed. Except for more than 200 people who had already fallen ill and died due to the lack of effective treatment, the rest of the soldiers and civilians were unharmed.

Only then did Zhu Youzhen feel a little relieved, and immediately set off to return to Beijing. In fact, without Sun Chengzong and others urging, he would have already returned to his heart like an arrow!