Today, the three brothers and sisters of Zhu Houzhao came to Xiaolizhuang to watch the renovation project. Now the project has just begun, and the main thing to do is to demolish all the original houses. More than 3,000 people demolished the house together, and the scene was spectacular.

Lao Li and Bai Xiaode were still accompanying them, and several people watched the start of the project and were in a very good mood. After a while, Huang Deliang's face was heavy, and he walked quickly towards Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Hou looked at Huang Deliang's expression and couldn't help asking, "Zide (Huang Deliang's words), what's wrong?" Huang Deliang said heavily, "Malaria." The faces of several people suddenly became serious, and Zhu Houwei asked, "How many people are there now?" "Huang Deliang's complexion is slightly softened" There are 3 families, and now there are 4 people who have become ill. ”

Malaria is contagious, and there was no immediate treatment in the Ming Dynasty, making it difficult to cure. Malaria is an insect-borne disease caused by infection with the malaria parasite through the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes or the transfusion of blood from a person with Plasmodium. It's summer now, and there are a lot of mosquitoes, so the four people who got sick at first didn't feel anything wrong. To this day, all four of them suddenly felt chills, first chills at the ends of their limbs, and then chills on their backs and whole body. The skin has goosebumps, the lips and nails are cyanotic, the face is pale, and no matter how much I cover, I still feel cold. This is the cold period of malaria.

Malaria is divided into the latent phase, the chill phase, the febrile phase, and the sweating phase. The incubation period is no different from that of ordinary people, so you can't see anything. There are only obvious symptoms during the chill period, and Huang Deliang has been checking the health of the villagers recently, and as soon as he heard the report of the patient's family, he immediately went to diagnose it, which can be regarded as a relatively early detection.

What to do now is a matter of discussion among the few people present. According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the patient was sent to a remote place, and then the things used by the patient were burned, and if they could survive, they would be brought back, and if they couldn't survive, there would be no way.

In the end, Zhu Houwei said, "Now just in case, everyone goes home and stays, let Jinyiwei go to the capital to buy mosquito repellent things, distribute them to each family, find stinky artemisia in the market, squeeze it into juice for the patient to take, if there is no around, immediately send someone to Shaanxi to find it, don't go out these days, all the food is prepared by the canteen, and send people to each family." Huang Deliang asked, "Second Highness, can this stinky artemisia treat malaria?" ”

Zhu Houwei nodded, "It should be useful, let the patient's family eat and live separately from the patient, it is best not to stay together, and the room should be ventilated." By the way, tell the villagers about someone in the village who has malaria. ”

Lao Li hurriedly said, "No, if you say it, people's hearts will be in chaos, and something may happen." Zhu Houwei shook his head when he heard this, "Let them all stay at home, but don't tell them why it's easier to have accidents, just tell them that Imperial Doctor Huang has a cure, everyone just wait in the house, and they will be able to come out in a few days." Lao Li nodded when he heard this, and then called someone to beat the gong to gather everyone.

After a while, the construction site that was still bustling just now was empty, and the whole Zhuangzi was quiet. All the working villagers returned to their homes, but it didn't take long for more than 300 first-term students of the Zhu Mansion to go door-to-door to convey the words of the prince to each household, which is what Zhu Houwei just said, and in addition, new things were added, that is, Zhu Houwei borrowed some hygiene habits from later generations. The main thing is to take a bath frequently, change clothes frequently, do not drink raw water, wash your hands before and after meals, and do not spit on the street, whether adults and children must go to the toilet built once they want to excrete, or their own home, do not be reluctant to eat smelly meals, must be thrown away, can not eat, otherwise it is easy to get sick, it is very likely to get infectious diseases, not only harm yourself, but also your relatives will be harmed.

In this era, the social elite is better, and the common people basically have no concept of hygiene, so once an infectious disease occurs, the final loss will generally be very serious. With this health lecture, the village will not be more prone to getting sick in the future, and since it cannot effectively cure various diseases, it can only be prevented as much as possible.

Knowing that there was an infectious disease in the village, the three brothers and sisters returned to the palace early. When it came to the casual conversation after dinner, Zhu Houwei told Hongzhi about it. Hongzhi also turned pale after hearing this, and asked, "That Xiao Li Zhuang is only 20 miles away from the capital, will it be transmitted to the capital?" Zhu Houwei replied, "Now that Xiaolizhuang has basically been blocked, only a few people have entered and exited, there should be no problem, but the population of Beijing is nearly 2 million, once there is an epidemic, it will be a catastrophe, and it must be prevented." Hongji nodded, "How?" "There are two ways, one way to send Shuntianfu and Jinyiwei to move out of the capital's garbage, let the people of the Ministry of Industry sort out the various water flows in the capital, the big water flow is dredged, some small ditches, and stagnant water are all filled, so as to reduce mosquito breeding, and the other way is to instill hygiene habits in the "Ming Pao" and "People's Daily", and also point out the serious consequences that may occur, so as to achieve the best prevention."

Hongji thought for a while, "It's okay to clean up the garbage, but this dredging is estimated to be quite expensive and food-intensive." Zhu Houzhao said at this time, "Daddy, don't worry, the Zhu Mansion still has money, which can be spent from the Zhu Mansion." Hongji smiled and shook his head slightly. Zhu Houwei thought for a while and said, "Daddy, it's better to do this, the silver money for dredging is paid by the household department, and the expenses of all personnel are paid by the inner treasury, three taels per person, and the Zhu Mansion will pay for it." Hongji pondered for a while and said, "Just send it in the name of Houzhao." ”

On the second day, Jin Yiwei bought a large number of mosquito repellent things, as well as a small amount of stinky artemisia, Huang Deliang immediately led someone to send the juice squeezed out to the sick people, and then continued to check the villagers in the village, but today it was found that the two people also began to have chills. Huang Deliang asked Jinyiwei to continue to collect the nearby stinky artemisia, and at the same time told Zhu Houwei to send someone to Shaanxi to pick some and give some to everyone in the village, just in case. Bai Shizhong of "People's Daily" also talked with Zhu Houwei for a while, and then began to polish Zhu Houwei's hygiene habits regulations for publication in the next issue.

After more than half a year, "People's Daily" has gained more and more people's recognition, most of the low-level people choose "People's Daily", and some literati have also begun to recognize or not oppose such new things as "People's Daily". As the audience began to increase, some businessmen began to seek cooperation, at first they asked for shares, and then made a special introduction to their own industry in the newspaper, that is, advertising, Bai Shizhong refused, and then more and more businessmen came to the door, and Bai Shizhong had to report to Zhu Houwei. Finally, under the guidance of Zhu Houwei, Bai Shizhong gathered these businessmen together and began to bid for advertising space, and there were only 10 advertising spaces in the first phase, and the time was half a year. These people still don't believe in the new advertising model, so 10 advertising spaces sold a total of 6,800 taels, which is also the first time that the "People's Daily" made a profit. This is not a lot of money, but Zhu Houwei knows that once these businessmen taste the sweetness, they will pay higher prices to bid for advertising space in the future, and that is when the fruits of the newspaper will ripen.

In the past six months, more than 10 scholars have been recruited one after another, most of whom are people who are lifters, or who are well-known in their hometowns or among the people. With the help of these people, Bai Shizhong has become more handy in running a newspaper business, and even Dabi's mind has faded, and he is very satisfied with his current life, except for teaching in Zhu's mansion, that is, he came to the newspaper industry to study the content of the newspaper to be published with like-minded readers, and now Zhu Houwei gives him a monthly salary of 30 taels per month, and after a while, he can buy a small courtyard in the capital, and then bring his family over, so it will be perfect.

The contents of the "People's Daily" have been handed over to Bai Shizhong, and now they are waiting for the Ministry of Industry to calculate the amount of silver that will be spent. However, the officials of Jinyiwei and Shuntianfu have already begun to transport some garbage from the corners of the capital to the outside of the city, and then burn it at a designated place. I don't know if I don't clean it, at the end of the day, there are 50 horse-drawn carriages that transport garbage alone, or they are all transported twice, and this is only a corner of the capital. At first, the people in the city watched with great interest such a usually arrogant official doing these chores, but after cleaning so much in one day, the people's hearts were also touched, and they lived on the big garbage heap for so long, and they didn't know it. Some of the more diligent ones started cleaning at home.

Today is the second day of the patient's drinking of stinky artemisia juice, although the taste of this thing is not only unpleasant, but also unpleasant, but for the sake of his life and his family, he has to drink it all in one go. The next day, the first four people found had slowly stopped being afraid of cold, and they had not entered the fever period, so they couldn't help but reassure their families, and Huang Deliang was also pleasantly surprised when he came to the follow-up consultation, but he didn't expect this annoying stinky artemisia to have such a good effect on malaria.

Today, another person was found to be sick in the village, but now Huang Deliang is full of confidence that this group of patients will be cured sooner or later. When the villagers visited by Wong saw the smiles on his faces, they couldn't help but settle down.

The cleaning of the entire capital is still going on, and in just three days, the garbage swept out has been transported 10 times by 50 horse-drawn wagons, but it has not yet been completely cleaned. The Ministry of Industry has calculated how much silver taels will be spent on this dredging. It probably costs 100,000 yuan, but the capital has to be desilted every few years, so the people in the household department are very bold to pay the money, after all, the same capital, the same environment, clean is always right.

After the publication of this issue of "People's Daily", the capital has grown from a small number of people to the whole city, and they have all started to clean up. Zhu Fu specially recruited 200 poor people and old people in the capital to work as sanitation workers, and 1 and a half of silver per month is no different from a long drought for these people. There is a big bamboo basket every other distance in the streets and alleys of the capital, which is specially for pedestrians to place garbage, and there will be such a bamboo basket at the door of the people in the city, and there will be sanitation workers to collect it every day, and finally transport it out of the city to dispose of it. Public toilets have also been built in remote parts of the streets and alleys to facilitate pedestrians to go to the toilet, and the products inside will also be collected.

The dredging is also carried out in an orderly manner, the silt at the bottom of the river is dug out by boats, and finally sent to each Huangzhuang to fertilize the fields, the small stagnant ditches are all filled, reducing the breeding of mosquitoes, the whole capital is new, basically there is no smell of strange smell, the smell is stink, whether it is a high-ranking official or a poor person, the actions of the imperial court have been praised.