Chapter 177: Suspected Source of the Epidemic

Heisenberg was not interested in such a thing, and immediately said that he would go back to study his cannons, and when he entered the city, the artillery captain found three six-pounder guns in the arsenal, and he was even more surprised that inscriptions in Spanish were found on these six-pounder guns. And the casting process of the cannon is also excellent, many times stronger than the previous two four-pounder guns.

Albert, unlike his friend, who had obvious interests and preferences, expressed a keen curiosity about these miscellaneous events. After some time of contact with the generals and officials of the East, he found that this ancient country full of gold was not as beautiful as he imagined, even worse than Europe, full of intrigue and killing, and plague was breaking out, surrounded by powerful enemies from outside, and fighting for power from within, which was simply a harbinger of imminent destruction. If it weren't for the fact that the Oriental general in front of him still looked like a bit of a king, and he knew English with a very strange accent, he would have smeared oil on the soles of his feet.

In addition, Albert also had a strong interest in General Lee's measures to deal with the plague, especially this kind of thing called "mask", several layers of cotton yarn were sewn together and strangled on the back of his head and neck, making him a little breathless.

In just a few days, the streets have changed dramatically, and the streets that were once connected to each other have been separated by makeshift doors, and the merchants who used to come and go are gone. The unmelted snow on the side of the street had long since been cleared, the faint smell of burning gunpowder filled the air, and traces of quicklime could be seen everywhere on the ground.

Although there was a sense of tension and slaughter everywhere, this visual and olfactory stimulus offset some of the panic caused by the plague.

The Qiu family's mansion was very close to the Wei Si Yamen, but it was only two streets away, and the corpses infected with the plague were a strong source of infection, and if they were not completely eliminated, the whole city might face the danger of dying because of this.

From a distance, I saw that the Qiu family's mansion was surrounded by straw mats more than one person high along the courtyard wall outside the gate, and it was tightly surrounded and impermeable. Li Xin was surprised, what tricks is this Shi Datuo playing?

It was only a few hours before and after, and it was difficult for Shi Datuo to make such a big battle, so it was really the right person to let him do this. But it was not Shi Datuo who greeted him, but a young man, who was going to fight hard with Li Xin as soon as he came up.

How could the personal guards get this person close, take him down in only one round, and prepare to escort him to prison for trial, but Li Xin felt that there must be a reason for it, so he asked the personal soldiers to bring him over, and after asking, he learned that this young man was actually Qiu Gong's youngest son.

"The surname is Li, my Qiu family has no grievances with you, why did you insult my father......"

The first half of the sentence was filled with great anger, and the second half of the sentence suddenly turned to sadness, and then he couldn't cry anymore.

Li Xin was confused, he just let people burn the bodies of the two brothers of the Qiu family who died after the plague, how could he get involved with Qiu Gong again? He looked back at Shi Dayun, who was following him. Shi Dayun is also a delicate and penetrating person, and when he saw the chief soldier looking at himself, he gritted his teeth and said: "Back to the chief soldier, my cousin Lian, even the old man surnamed Qiu was burned!" ”

I see, Li Xinxin said, Shi Datuo, Shi Datuo, you are both doing things and causing trouble, how should it end now, Qiu Gong died in the war for the country, and he said that he would burn it, and the lawsuit went to the court, and he ignored it. However, he must bear this responsibility, otherwise from now on, who will work for him?

Li Xin coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, Shi Datuo rushed over, and when he saw the son of the Qiu family who came one step ahead of him, his heart sank, but his face was still full of flattering smiles, and in front of Li Xin, he knelt on his knees and made a big salute.

"The villain is fortunate not to be dishonored, but, it's just, he also caused some trouble, please punish the adult!"

Li Xin glared at Shi Datuo and asked him to get up.

"Let's talk about the whole thing, word for word!"

It turned out that this Shi Datuo also dared to think and dare to do it, he knew the name of the Qiu family, and he was not his family's opponent at all. But no matter how good a person is, there is a death hole, right? Shi Datuo's eyes rolled a few times, and he counted it in his heart. When he came to Yanghe Acropolis, he knew that there was an isolation hospital for suspected patients in the city, and dozens of people had been arrested one after another.

He used Li Xin's warrant to deal with the affairs of the Qiu family, and forced the isolation hospital to transfer the patient to the outside of the Qiu family's mansion, and at the same time asked people to buy straw mats, which surrounded the Qiu family. There are unknown people who ask Shi Datuo what he wants, Shi Datuo smiled, if the Qiu family does not hand over the infected body, we will set up the isolation hospital to his Qiu family until the person is handed over!

As a result, the quarantine hospital for plague patients was reopened outside the gate of Qiujiafu, and the straw mat sheds were erected one after another, and all the patients found by the pickets were transported here. The pickets were previously turned on by the people of the Qiu family, and now when they see someone looking for the Qiu family's stubble, they are naturally happy to follow their wishes.

In this way, the people of the Qiu family finally couldn't stand it anymore. As there are more and more patients, the Qiu family's rooms are frightened, the plague is not long-sighted, and the bodies of their brothers are parked in the mansion, but how can the plague patients in the city be at the door of their homes? Who doesn't have a few children? The child is weak, in case there is a good ......

Qiu Liangcun finally agreed to hand over under this pressure, but Shi Datuo felt that this was not enough, if he wanted to completely knock off the face of the Qiu family, he had to slap him with a big mouth. As for the suitable object, it is Qiu Gong, who has been mortuary for many days.

Due to the particularity of the source of the epidemic, Shi Datuo put forward the condition that no one in the Qiu family was allowed to approach the few corpses in the mansion, and the corpses would all be disposed of by the pickets. In addition, the door of the house was immediately opened and the doctors from the epidemic prevention headquarters entered the house to conduct a detailed examination of the people in the house.

These two conditions are understandable, and in order to prevent the spread of the plague, it is reasonable to do so. Qiu Liangcun agreed to this not harsh condition, and his only hope was to let the epidemic prevention headquarters evacuate the quarantine hospital as soon as possible.

Who knows, after Shi Datuo led the pickets into the mansion, he immediately turned his face, forcibly transported all the bodies of the three fathers and sons of the Qiu family, and immediately sent them outside the city to be burned. In desperation, the youngest son of the Qiu family had to go outside the city to collect the ashes. But the matter of stricter zhòng was still to come, and the doctor who entered the mansion soon found dozens of suspected cases, which was almost equivalent to the total number of patients in the entire isolation hospital.

Two suspected sources of illness have been kept in the house for many days, even if someone is infected, it is not surprising. After Shi Datuo learned of the situation, he immediately asked the pickets to completely isolate Qiu Mansion. After examination, those who had no superficial symptoms were expelled from Qiu Mansion and temporarily confined in one place for observation according to the doctor's advice, and after three days there was no abnormality, and then liberated.

After Li Xin heard this, he was horrified in his heart, could it be that this Qiu Mansion was actually a huge source of infection? In contrast, the impact of burning Qiu Gong's body is less important. If the Qiu family is really an important source of infection, the occurrence of this incident is not a good thing.

"Tell me about the situation!"

Li Xin said and prepared to go to see the situation inside, "Let's go, talk while walking!" ”

Shi Datuo immediately stopped: "Never, never." Your Excellency, Lord Commander, you are valuable, if so, if you are...... The consequences are unimaginable......"

Although the people of this era did not understand the principles of bacteriology, they probably knew that the plague could be transmitted through various contacts. He was blocked from the heart, although at the beginning of Li Xin's arrival in Zhenyuwei, he suffered some hardships, but in the end he reused him and supported him to become the deputy of the Zuo Qianhu. also let him enjoy the majesty of calling the wind and calling the rain to be admired, which was something that the Zhenwei in the Gu Tong era could not think of, what reason did he have not to look forward to Li Xin's 100th birthday?

At the same time, Mao Weizhang and others also dissuaded them, but Li Xin finally did not insist.

"Okay, if you don't go in, you can tell me more about how to deal with it here?"

"The villain has ordered the pickets to block the entire Qiu Mansion, and outsiders are only allowed to enter and not leave. All places in the prefecture were allowed to be dealt with by pickets in accordance with the epidemic prevention regulations, and those who already had obvious symptoms were all kept in a courtyard alone without anyone being allowed to approach, and those who did not have symptoms were temporarily left in a grass hut outside the hospital, and after three days of observation, there was no accident, and then they were released. ”

"And what happened to those patients?"

Mao Weizhang still felt that this person named Shi Datuo was a little too bold, but he was a person transferred from the town guard by the chief soldier, so he didn't say much.

"Mao Zhenfu don't worry, carry it into the Qiu Mansion together!"

Shi Datuo smiled and told Mao Weizhang not to worry, Mao Weizhang said in his heart, can you not worry? This time, the Qiu family was offended to death, and even his family's house was used as a place to isolate plague patients, and even if the plague passed in the future, I am afraid that it would not be able to live in it......

"What about the commander of the hill? Where is it now? ”

Shi Datuo sighed, "It was also his own sin, there were already obvious signs of being infected with the plague, and he was locked up in the isolation courtyard of the mansion as one, and each of the children was spared, miserable!" ”

Li Xin was also sympathetic, it seemed that the Qiu family was afraid that they would be ruined in this sudden plague disaster......

So he solemnly told Shi Datuo:

"You must take good care of the youngest son of the Qiu family, and you must not let him enter the mansion again, this person may be the last bloodline of his Qiu family......"