Early the next morning, some merchants traveling between the north and the south discovered that Yanghe Acropolis was under martial law and was not allowed to leave or enter unless there was a special pass issued by the epidemic prevention headquarters. In addition, only the south gate of the four gates of the Acropolis was opened, and the number of people entering and leaving every day was strictly controlled. In the past, the fierce pickets carried baskets of quicklime to scatter on the streets, and even more so, the Weisi Yamen actually sent soap to set off firecrackers on a large scale in every street of the city, which came out of the sun and rang until three poles after the sun.

The people in the city didn't know what the government was doing, but the merchants trapped in the city were much more well-informed than the ordinary people, and some people had already received the news of the plague outbreak and were trapped in the city.

On the piece of paper that Li Xin gave to Mao Weizhang, there was an extremely important one, that is, the news of the plague must be strictly blocked, so that the news of the plague outbreak must be isolated from Yanghe Acropolis. Although the thousands of households outside the city could not prevent the spread of the news, they still sent competent clerks with trained soaps to carry out strict epidemic prevention measures in accordance with the city's specifications.

As for the Zhenyu guards, they sent messengers to hurry up and pass on Li Xin's orders, and all of them were carried out according to the standards of Yang and the Acropolis.

For several days, the highly tense busyness survived, and the Yanghe Acropolis remained as usual, without the slightest sign of the outbreak of the plague. Mao Weizhang even wondered if they were too nervous and sensitive, maybe they were fine.

But in the evening, the messenger who returned from Datong Mansion brought the shocking news that the people infected with the plague had been found in Datong Province, and that more than a dozen people had died that day.

This made Mao Weizhang's heart that had just relaxed suddenly hang again, the plague was never far from them. Stimulated, he gathered the pickets again overnight and sprinkled quicklime again along the streets of the city, and would have wanted to set off firecrackers again if it had not been for the fact that the people had already rested in the evening.

At the same time, several tailor shops in the city are doing brisk business, and they get the biggest job ever. Directly sent by Lord Zhenfu, two palm-sized pieces of cloth were sewn from cotton yarn, and the name was a mask. After it is done, it will be distributed according to the head of men, women, and children. It is also strictly ordered that whether at home or going out, it must be worn on the face every day to cover the mouth and nose.

And this will also become one of the key items of the picket inspection, such as violation, a fine of money, a penalty. For a time, the pickets became the most beautiful, the most affordable, and the most hated group of people in Yanghe Acropolis. The salaries of the pickets were much higher than those of any other soldiers, and there were many well-to-do families who tried to follow Mao Weizhang's path and stuff their own children into the pickets.

However, Mao Weizhang knew very well in his heart that he had very little experience in Yanghe Weizhong, and he had no subordinates, and this picket team was his only foundation, so he would not do anything about self-destruction of the Great Wall.

As the task became more and more demanding, the size of the pickets had expanded from 500 to 1,000. This amount has almost reached the limit of the appropriation of funds for the Wei Si Yamen, and the governor in charge of money and food has already approached him several times to complain that the money and food for the Wei Si Yamen are about to run out. However, Li Xin once assured him that everything would be epidemic prevention first, and he would go to him if he was short of money and people. With this assurance, he withstood pressure from all sides and expanded the picket team to 1,000 people.

After the whole set of epidemic prevention methods in the city had been firmly operational, half of the pickets were sent to each thousand households to inspect. But there are still problems in the city.

On the last day of the first lunar month, Mao Weizhang received a report that nine people had died in a row. This made him unexpected, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he took his mask and went to the courtyard where the corpses were concentrated. According to Li Xin's plan long ago, if there is a case of death due to the epidemic, the body must be immediately transported out of the city and burned on the spot!

Mao Weizhang did not know why Li Xin had such an unsympathetic order, but it was clear that such an approach would stop the spread of the plague. The pickets did not dare to pull the body out and burn it without permission, but he had to rush to the front line and take this responsibility. If the family members obstructed them, they first tried to dissuade them, but if the persuasion failed, they used force to forcibly transport the corpses outside the city and burn them.

At the same time, control in the city was raised to the highest level, and temporary gates built on the basis of streets were closed one after another, strictly controlling the movement of people in the city. However, for three days in a row, more than a dozen people died every day, and even the number of deaths is increasing day by day.

Seeing the daily increasing figures, Mao Weizhang finally couldn't sit still, and personally led people to patrol the squares with the largest number of deaths. According to the plan, the water sources of these workshops were blocked, and the drinking water had to be taken from other places and picked by special personnel. After another three days, the death toll continued unabated, and he even began to wonder whether the measures formulated by Li Xin were effective. However, just when he almost lost confidence, someone came to snitch.

The person who came was said to be a servant of the Qiu Mansion, and when he saw Mao Weizhang, he said mysteriously that Qiu Liangcun's two younger brothers were all violently killed, and the corpses were parked in the spirit shed with the Qiu commander. No matter who tried to persuade them, they refused to burn the corpses of the new dead in accordance with the epidemic prevention headquarters.

However, this posture in the Yanghe Acropolis, even fools can see that there is a plague, and all the newly mourned people in the people's homes have been pulled out by the pickets and burned. I was worried that these corpses had really become the source of the spread of the plague, so some servants risked being retaliated by Qiu Liangcun and came to Mao Wei and Zhang Gaomi!

"Are you true?"

"Every sentence is true, if there is half a lie, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky."

The servant swore an oath, and Mao Weizhang sent a picket to Qiu Mansion to inform him that in accordance with the epidemic prevention regulations, the corpses would be handed over and burned. The result can be imagined, the pickets sent were beaten by the Qiu family, and almost killed people. Mao Weizhang had no choice but to come to the door in person, and was also beaten out by the Qiu family, but fortunately, he also remembered that he was a court official, so he left a little affection and did not kill him.

This situation is unusual, Mao Weizhang can't be the master anyway. Not to mention that the former commander Qiu Gong's compassionate will has not yet come down, even Qiu Liangcun is still the commander of the command envoy, with his rank, he is not qualified to move people, and this matter needs to be personally taken by the chief soldier in any case.

Just as Mao Weizhang was about to go to see Li Xin, Li Xin suddenly learned a shocking news that the new prefect of Datong had arrived, and this person was still Li Xin's old acquaintance, and instigated Xiong Kaiyuan, the first assistant Liu Yuliang, to embezzle his credit.

Li Xin didn't know what means this thing used to successfully turn over the salted fish, and he intuitively felt that the arrival of this person would be a big trouble for him to realize his plan. At the same time, Zhen Yuwei also had an acquaintance, Shi Datuo, who used to be Gu Tong's minions.

Since Shi Datuo, with the support of Li Xin, accidentally became the deputy Qianhu of the Zhenwei Zuo Qianhu Office, the chaos has flourished, and with the support of Lu Jiu, several tough opponents have been executed by violent means, and no one dares to question Shi Datuo's status in the Zuo Qianhu Office. And Gu Tong, the original helmsman of Zuo Qianhu, was still under house arrest in the Weisi Yamen in the Acropolis, and Shi Datuo took the opportunity to uproot the Gu family Gu Tong in Zuo Qianhu.

Shi Datuo came to Yang Hewei at such a sensitive moment, and Li Xin personally ordered him, and he was entrusted with other important tasks. It's just that before Li Xin could explain to him, Mao Weizhang came again with a hurry. There is no need to ask in detail, just from Mao Weizhang's fiery style, you can see that he has problems that cannot be solved. Until he heard that there were newly mourned and unburned corpses in the Qiu Mansion, Li Xin couldn't help frowning, and felt that this matter was tricky.

In any case, the Qiu family can be regarded as a loyal martyr, Lao Tzu just died in battle for Yang and the Acropolis, and this will go to the corpse of the son of the young man's family, so I can't say it. However, the epidemic prevention regulations were formulated by Li Xin, and the relatives of ordinary people and low-level officials had new mourners who did not follow the regulations on May 1st, and burned them in a centralized manner. If he opens up because he is from the Qiu family, it will be extremely unfair to others. After that, who else will be able to act according to the regulations?

In this situation, no one can do better but to salute first and then soldier. Mao Weizhang waved his hand again and again: "Xiaguan has already sent someone to almost kill someone, and even Xiaguan was beaten out by the people of the Qiu family......"

Originally, Li Xin didn't plan to move the Qiu family, but this matter has touched his bottom line, and it is impossible to turn a blind eye and ignore it. Shi Datuo, who was standing on the side, heard something and volunteered.

"Isn't it just to deal with a few bullies, if the chief soldier can be trusted, it is better for the villain to take the lead first, keep the command and hand over the person obediently!"

It's okay for Li Xin to think about it, if he doesn't show up, he still has a good line to meet, and let the wicked grind away. At the same time, he advised:

"Remember, as long as you don't make trouble, you can toss as you want!"

What Shi Datuo is waiting for is this sentence, as long as he has this sentence, it is the king of heaven, and he is sure to toss and kneel.

Mao Weizhang saw Shi Datuo for the first time, and he had never heard of such a person in Zhenyuwei before, but seeing that Li Xin trusted him, he planned to follow him for the time being. Who knew that Li Xin stopped him.

"Mao Zhenfu don't go yet, let him deal with the Qiu family by himself, if you go, if he has any scruples, it won't be beautiful!"

In fact, Li Xin shouted that Mao Weizhang had another important task to tell him to do, Shi Datuo left with the front foot, and Dr. Albert entered the main hall with the back foot.

"As your lord expected, most of the skins of the merchants in the city are counterfeit mink, which is actually the skin of a kind of earth rat......"