The next day, London Bridge Pier. ,!

The entire fleet had already completed the supply work before the voyage and was ready to return home, which made the English admirals who were under psychological pressure breathe a sigh of relief.

There were no more people in sight of the normally lively wharf, and the sound of crying came from the nearby streets and alleys, and the chilling sound of the death knell from a certain church in the distance made the traversers who had been escorted to the docks by a large group of English soldiers even more apprehensive.

The lineup of English nobles who came to see them off was sparse, and they all trembled, and the Duke of Buckingham, who had sworn that the plague in London City was just a false alarm, had a gloomy face on his already white face.

Dozens of gorgeous men and women and employees of the radio band were walking onto the board one by one with the help of naval officers and men, but on the shore, a girl dressed elegantly and luxuriously was arguing with Su Zining and seemed to refuse to get on the boat.

"Mr. Su, you are too cruel, don't you know that there is a plague going on here! God, we should and can do something instead of running away! Dai Qingqing ignored the English send-off who were quietly watching around, and angrily fanned the small fan on her chest, but this time, she was in Mandarin.

A small European translator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs politely whispered to the confused English nobles standing aside, which surprised the Englishmen who thought they had been moldy for eight lifetimes. Could it be that these Americans, as the Portuguese merchants had been rumored, possessed a cure for the plague and the terminal disease?

"Miss Dai Qingqing, as the diplomatic director and supervisor of this business delegation, I have the obligation to ensure the safety of all members of the delegation. I understand how you're feeling right now, but this compassion shouldn't be overly overflowing! Moreover, I do not feel that you have the power to go against the decisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Su Zining's expression was ugly, and as he spoke, he yelled at his subordinate who was making the decision to translate to the English, "Wells, without my permission, it is forbidden to translate!" ”

Just now, I whispered a passage to the English nobles around me. The little translator was so frightened by the foreign minister's yelling that he quickly shut his mouth, and then obediently walked behind Su Zining.

The English aristocracy, including the Duke of Buckingham, everyone's eyes lit up. Obviously, this "stingy and ruthless" US foreign minister is a typical "self-interested" guy. And that beautiful young lady. It's simply the embodiment of an angel!

“…… I refuse to get on board! Don't forget, I also have a doctor's license, and, for the fleet to carry medicines. I can buy it all! Hanny, take care of my luggage, let's go back to town! After Dai Qingqing gave an order to her "entourage", she flicked her skirt and walked towards the Duke of Buckingham.

"Your Excellency, Duke. God testifies that I am willing to do my part to relieve the suffering of the people of England on behalf of my deceased grandmother, and I ask you to arrange a new place for me! I'll pay for it all myself! ”

Such a domineering and coquettish appearance made the Duke of Buckingham and others surprised and delighted. However, before the Duke of Buckingham could officially express his position, Su Zining on the side also walked over: "I'm very sorry...... I have to think about the health of Miss Dai Lin, who is the sole heir to Banco Nacional Ultramarino, and I don't want any surprises from this. ”

"Your Excellency Minister Su. I also feel that Miss Dai Lin's safety is higher than a qiē. But...... If your country really has a cure for the plague, why not try it? A member of the National Assembly behind the Duke of Buckingham suddenly stood up and summoned up the courage to speak loudly.

In the memory of this member of the English National Assembly, perhaps there was no cure for the plague except bloodletting. Not to mention, now there is no gallant doctor to bask plague patients.

Seemingly exhausted by the brutal Dai Qingqing, Su Zining could only sigh slightly after looking around at the English nobles: "Okay, since Miss Dai Lin insists." As long as there is one citizen of the American Republic of China who has not yet boarded the ship, then I can only stay. I can gather the doctors on several ships. Let's build the Tower of London as a makeshift hospital, but their safety, including our crew, must be absolutely guaranteed, and we hope that you will provide enough soldiers to protect the docks and the Tower of London. Moreover, medicines are precious, and I can only guarantee that my precious English friends will be able to enjoy the treatment ......"

Hearing that the other party also agreed, the Englishmen present were overjoyed, especially the National Councillor, who directly stated that he could raise funds to pay for the treatment.

This is the end of a "farce", the agents of the Intelligence Department who played the role of the staff of the Chinese and American Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to unload all kinds of large bags of luggage from the ship, and the medical team led by Zhao Fang also got off the ship with a sad face.

"Brother Su, why do I think you're acting?" Zhou Kemin couldn't help but step off the light cruiser Republic, came to Su Zining's side casually, and said in a low voice, "These are all arranged in advance by you and Qingqing?" ”

"Isn't the task of me, you, and Bai Jun to protect Dai Qingqing's actions?" Su Zining blinked his eyes and showed a subtle smile, "Dai Qingqing has a talent for acting, and my cousin is too lame." ”

The Silver Valley and Shuangwan had already left the docks and returned with the rest of the passengers, hundreds of English soldiers began to cut off the dock area where the Republic and Ao Shun docked, and the medical team led by Zhao Fang began to remove the medical equipment needed for various temporary hospitals from the Ao Shun. Dozens of sailors on board the Republic also set up temporary fortifications along the docks, and several organ machine guns were placed in good firing ranges to deal with possible contingencies.

Accompanied by several agents of the Intelligence Division, Su Zining and Zhao Fang walked into a closed cargo hold of the Ao Shun, which now stored 5,000 penicillin with a purity of 40% and a total dose of 100 million units and a large number of medical fluids.

For some time to come, only the light cruiser USS Republic and the large flying scissors merchant ship Ao Shun will remain in London, and according to the prior arrangement, the officers and men of the light cruiser Republic will carry out strict landing regulations, and the officers and men on board will always maintain at least 70 percent of the staff.

Within days, more than 600 bodies had been carried out of the streets of London, and coffins were led by priests on the pathway leading to the cemetery in the suburbs. The atmosphere of terror in the city reached its climax, and it is said that King Charles I of England, who had finished his travels, gave up returning to the city. Several severely affected areas in the city have been quarantined. Any ordinary citizen of the city of London who tried to get out of the block was ruthlessly dealt with by the English soldiers.

Wealthy merchant families or minor aristocrats have tried to leave the devil-cursed city in various ways, while the more powerful and wealthy have learned of a certain gossip. Horse-drawn carriages continued to drive to the Tower of London to find out some details of the Sino-American visit.

Inside the Tower of London, an entire corridor has been set up as a makeshift medical area, and the smell of bleach and disinfectant is everywhere. A sick businessman was sent to an isolation treatment unit early in the morning. Several medical staff wearing blue medical suits and masks are disinfecting and cleaning patients' skins.

The potassium permanganate solution gradually cleansed the patient's charred, eroded skin sores. Then a medical petroleum jelly was applied with an antiseptic ointment, and then 20,000 units of penicillin were carefully injected into the patient's arm by the nurse.

In later generations, the amount of penicillin used to treat anthrax was often millions to tens of millions of units, but in the 17th century, when Bacillus anthracis did not have any resistance. A dosage of 20,000 units is theoretically unbeatable for this cutaneous anthrax.

The entire treatment cycle will be up to a week, and the penicillin injections will continue at least 3 times, during which the patient's response to treatment will be a rare clinical topic for the medical team. But this kind of subject is so terrifying. The vast majority of European-American medical staff, who have already believed in the medical level of China and the United States, are also trembling.

"Well, be careful, don't squeeze the skin wound, otherwise it will cause the spread of infection or even sepsis. Pay attention to the way you bandage! Zhao Fang carefully guided the treatment process, and although several nurses around him were wearing masks, they could still see the frightened gaze in their eyes.

"It's like burning." Dai Qingqing, who was a guest doctor, even if she was very bold, felt numb all over her body from the disgusting burnt black skin in front of her. If it weren't for the image of her angel, it is estimated that she would have retracted back into the ship a long time ago.

"The mortality rate from cutaneous anthrax is not high, only about 30 percent, and if it is pulmonary anthrax, there is no penicillin. The mortality rate is basically 100%. Everyone must pay attention to their own safety, and if you have any fever, cough or muscle pain in your body, you must say it! ”

The young doctors and nurses present all nodded quickly.

According to Zhao Fang's "cautious" estimate. The cost of treating one anthrax can be as high as $10,000. That's £1,000! At the beginning of the 17th century, there were only a few hundred families of the noble gentry in England with an annual income of more than £500. The full cost of the treatment is only $50.

Such a high cost of treatment has naturally become a disguised proof of the extremely high medical level of the Chinese American Republic. But for the aristocracy and wealthy of the city of London, these are a kind of gospel of God that they once dared not imagine. Soon, more than 30 men and women of high status in the city were sent to the Tower of London, and more gossip was leaked out because of the patient's family members or servants who were not tight-lipped.

Almost overnight, a few streets leading to the Tower of London were filled with anxious ordinary Londoners. They were terrified of the layers of brightly armored guards waiting outside the palace in the Tower of London, but even more so of the plague that killed hundreds of people every day.

On May 10, driven by the double pressure of illness and the serious illness of loved ones, a small-scale riot that had not occurred in history finally appeared. Hundreds of ordinary citizens of the city of London pleaded bitterly, and after being ruthlessly driven away, the families of the patients began to storm the perimeter of the royal palace in the Tower of London, and many even tried to climb over the palace walls.

American flintlock pistols obtained from the Portuguese were now showing their power on the streets of London. After the rows of guns, the smoke of gunpowder danced with blood. Countless citizens of London who shouted God were knocked to the ground by lead bullets, and then they struggled to retreat to the sides of the street with their bloody bodies, and many more rushed madly towards the palace gates, ignoring the wounded who had fallen in front of them.

The Duke of Buckingham's repressive orders were also supported by the National Assembly, and large numbers of English troops moved into the Tower of London and the surrounding streets, barricading hordes of citizens who had lost their minds in fear in their homes or thrown into dungeons. Some of the houses that had been identified as seriously ill were nailed by the soldiers with wooden bars, leaving them to fend for themselves, no matter how many innocent family members of the patients were inside. In some neighborhoods, there were even arson incidents because of some homeless ruffians who took advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, and for a while, the city of London was full of fire, smoke and shouts.

When dusk comes. I don't know what news leaked out, but more people spurred on by the blood and fire began to change direction, and the rioting crowd began to pour in the direction of London Bridge, trying to rush the American ships on the docks in order to seize the elixir that could defeat the disease.

The first mate, Zhou Kemin, has accompanied Dai Qingqing into the Tower of London. As the direct responsible person for the safety of the fleet. The captain of the Republic, Bai Jun, had already set up the defenses early on the dock where the ship was docked, sandbags stacked in a ring of fortifications, and four organ machine guns were aimed at the street entrance in the distance, and at both ends of the dock isolation area. Hundreds of English soldiers also lined up.

"Sir, these Englishmen are insane! Are they planning to kidnap God on our ship? ”

Seeing the rioting crowd in the distance, which had become entangled with the English soldiers, the European gunners on the Republic couldn't help but mutter. The young Temporary Second Lieutenant of the Navy from Sweden, apparently, could not understand why the citizens of the city of London were so "enthusiastic" about their warships.

"Prepare to open fire, any Englishman who attempts to storm the Republic and the Ao Shun. It's all enemies. Bai Jun looked coldly at the crowd that was getting closer and closer, turned around and walked to the organ machine gun position, "It is forbidden for the mob to come within 200 meters of us!" ”

"But sir, this is London ......" The gunners looked at the nearby English soldiers, and his face was a little ugly.

"That's the problem that Su Zining is going to deal with! Order the naval guns to be in place and, if possible, use them to stop them! Bai Jun disagreed.

"Major, we can't stop them! A plague patient is coming, and we may retreat. If possible, you might as well go back to the ship and leave the docks for a while! At this moment, an English lieutenant ran in wolfly, judging by the look of horror on his face. It is estimated that anthrax infections were among the rioters.

A platoon of guns appeared in the ranks of English soldiers in the distance, and a miserable shout could be heard from the smoke of gunfire, but after only one round of firing, the thin line of defense was broken away by the frenzied rioters.

"Resident Evil ......," Bai Jun muttered to himself. It's rare to have a bit of humor.

"Major?" Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be listening to him, the English lieutenant couldn't help but raise his voice.

"Nope. No, I might be able to help disperse them. Bai Jun took one last look at the swarming rioters, who were almost at his "tolerable distance", so he smiled at the English officer in front of him.

"Shoot!" The gun officer of the Republic, who received the order, finally waved his arm, and the four organ machine guns operated by the sailors let out a roar.

In the dim sky, dense gunfire and blinding lines of fire began to burst out from the positions of American sailors in China, and then a few tenths of a second later, a bloody storm broke out in the crowded crowd of London rioters.

"Oh God...... They're going to kill everyone here! ”

The English officers who were watching the fire blocking at the scene were trembling all over their bodies at this time, and under the intensive gunfire and strafing, the street corner in the distance was like hell. Countless human bodies shattered and twisted under the impact of supersonic warheads, broken limbs and splattered brains spread in an exaggerated manner, accompanied by various ghost-like cries.

By the time the noise had dissipated, hundreds of mobs had reduced to piles of corpses, blood rushing down the gutter like an out-of-control stream, and a few seriously wounded struggling to move their bodies in the severed limbs, screaming like the end of the world.

"It's easy to solve." Bai Jun patted the English officer, who was already stiff, and turned to walk towards the ship's board.

"My God...... Your major is more of a demon than the plague......," the English officer slowly turned his head and muttered to the Chinese naval officer beside him who had given the order to open fire.

"At least the Major has defeated the plague." The temporary second lieutenant of the Chinese Navy shrugged his shoulders and said that he was relatively calm.

On 13 May, the three-day crackdown finally came to an end, and more than 1,000 bodies were transported to the outskirts, including those who had died of anthrax in the past few days.

On this day, the first London businessman to be treated was out of danger, the symptoms on the surface of his body had been greatly reduced, the charcoal-like ulcers and blisters had disappeared, and the festering wounds on the skin had begun to heal normally. The good news was immediately heartened by several English nobles who were waiting in the Tower of London for the results.

For this reason, the Duke of Buckingham, who was hiding at home, finally came to the Tower of London and used all the words of praise he could think of for the "great spirit" of Su Zining and Dai Qingqing. He also made a special mention of a banquet in the Tower of London for "Honorable Miss Daline" to thank her for her courageous dedication to the Kingdom of England during this disaster.

As for the incident of "frantically shooting hundreds of English citizens" in the docklands, the Duke of Buckingham felt that it was insignificant. He was already considering whether to welcome Charles I back early, so that he could also witness the miracle of victory over the plague in the Tower of London. (To be continued)

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