At first, a few fishermen along the river in Ulin fell ill and died, but it was not surprising that a few ordinary people died in this troubled world, so the local government did not pay much attention to this matter. But within a few days, more and more people were infected, and the symptoms were surprisingly consistent, all of them were after the illness first had obvious chills, the whole body trembled, pale, cyanotic lips, chills lasted for about an hour or so, and then the body temperature rose rapidly, the body was hot, the face was flushed, the skin was dry and hot, irritability, the high fever lasted for about one to three hours, the whole body was sweating, and the body temperature dropped to normal or below normal after sweating. After a period of intermittent interval, the intermittent chills and episodes of high fever begin to repeat. Moreover, ordinary drugs cannot cure it at all, and the mortality rate after the disease is extremely high.

But when people realized that this was a plague, the epidemic had spread at a terrible speed, and Ulin had become the hardest hit area, and several counties in the neighboring southern county of Jiangxia were also hit by waves, thousands of people were infected every day, and tens of thousands of patients died every day, and the area around Ulin had become a white hell of terror.

This sudden epidemic completely disrupted Liu Ze's plan to march, and he had to shift his focus to fighting the plague.

At the end of last year, in the Battle of Chibi, more than 50,000 Jiangdong soldiers were buried in Wulin, and now there is a plague in the Wulin area, and this plague is coming very quickly, completely unprepared, so there is a rumor in Jingzhou, saying that the Jiangdong soldiers who died in Wulin are not gone, and the anger condenses into a miasma. Asking for the soul of the people of Jingzhou is coming.

The rumor spread faster than the plague, and soon spread throughout the Jingxiang region, many people were convinced of it, and the squire and elders jointly asked Liu Ze for his life, asking for a large altar, asking the mage to preach, sacrificing the dead, and summoning spirits to eliminate the plague.

Liu Ze couldn't help but smile dumbly, he was really ignorant to the extreme. Pretending to be a ghost can drive away the plague. It's a joke!

Although this plague is related to the Battle of Chibi last year, it will definitely not be the ghost of Wu soldiers, more than 50,000 Wu soldiers died in Wulin, plus the loss of Jing army personnel. The number of people who died this time is indeed quite large. Although Liu Ze gave special instructions after the war. All corps, divisions and brigades were ordered to strictly clean up the battlefield and bury the dead, but due to the large number of dead. In terms of burial, it is inevitable that there will be some perfunctory situations, the corpses will decompose, germs will breed, and it is strange that there will be no outbreak of the plague. In the decades since Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, there have been more than ten large-scale epidemics in the world. In the Han Dynasty, where the sanitary conditions were worrisome, and in the Three Kingdoms, where the people were struggling to make a living, epidemics were rampant, and the ten rooms and nine empty rooms were even more aggravated.

Liu Ze ignored the pleas of these squires and elders, but vigorously adopted some special means to curb the spread of the epidemic. The first is isolation, which divides several counties infected by the plague, such as Wulin, Huarong, and Zhouling, into epidemic areas, and dispatches troops to set up checkpoints on all passages to intercept them, prohibiting traffic inside and outside the epidemic area. Second, urgently allocate food and medicine to the epidemic areas. After communicating with the doctors in the army, Liu Ze had already determined that the disease that caused the large-scale plague was malaria, which was called miasma in the mouths of the doctors. Although Liu Ze has not studied medicine, it does not prevent him from knowing that malaria is an acute infectious disease caused by malaria parasites, and the main way of transmission is mosquitoes.

As soon as he thought of cinchona, Liu Ze suddenly remembered the cinchona bark that the Topo merchant Lukaz brought back from Africa a few years ago, this thing has been in the warehouse for many years, moved from Luoyang to Mangdang Mountain, and then moved from Mangdang Mountain to Xiapi, after many years, and now it can finally come in handy. Liu Ze has always sent someone to be responsible for safekeeping, as long as it is moisture-proof and insect-proof, the medicinal effect of these barks should not be reduced. Liu Ze immediately sent a message to the Pi Feige, and quickly transported the cinchona bark to Jingzhou.

Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, and cutting off the source of infection and the way of infection is the key to curing these plagues. Local fishermen in Jingzhou have a tradition of water burials, and the death of people by throwing their bodies into the river is bound to play a role in contributing to the spread of the plague. In addition, Liu Ze asked people to put a large amount of lime into the dark and damp ditches of the ponds that breed mosquitoes to kill mosquitoes and clear the route of infection.

Due to effective measures, the spread of the plague was curbed to a certain extent, but the shape was still very severe, and Liu Ze personally rushed to Jingling north of Wulin despite the opposition of his ministers, supervising and directing the operation to eradicate the plague.

No infected person has been found in Jingling, and the officers and men of Jing have set up numerous checkpoints in this place, and all people from the south and the north are prohibited from passing through to prevent the spread of the disease.

When Liu Ze first arrived at the Jingling checkpoint, he heard a noise in front of him, so he ordered Pan Feng to check.

Pan Feng quickly went and returned, and said: "Back to the lord, there was a person in front who wanted to go to Wulin, but was stopped by the soldiers, so there was a dispute. ”

Liu Zeyi frowned and said: "Ulin is a severely affected area, once you get sick, you will die for a lifetime, and the soldiers who keep the card should explain the situation to the passing passengers, Chen said that it is powerful, don't be too simple and rude." ”

Pan Feng looked helpless. "My lord, the soldier guarding the card has made it clear to the man, but the man still insists on going, and he does not listen to the advice."

Liu Ze was slightly stunned and said, "What kind of person is it, who insists on going to death knowing that he is going to die?" ”

Pan Feng said: "Looking at the appearance and dress, there is no doubt that he should be a medical craftsman, saying what he said about saving the life and helping the wounded, the duty of a doctor and so on, the soldiers were furious when they didn't let him pass, and they had a quarrel with the soldiers." ”

Doctors are benevolent, there are also some doctors who hang pots to help the world in this world, Liu Ze is full of admiration, it is really rare to have such a dedicated doctor in this troubled world, and said to Pan Feng: "Let's go, let's go over and take a look." (To be continued......)