Between the light and dark, Xiao Yungui rubbed his somewhat sour eyes, looked up, it turned out to be the fire warden in the west hall beckoning people to replace the candles, Xiao Yungui took a puff of cigar fiercely, and looked at the documents on the table intently. Beside him, Hong Yun'er and a few thin books were also sorting out and reviewing the documents exchanged from all over the world.

At this moment, it is the first moment of ugliness, but the main hall in the West Palace's mansion is still brightly lit, and a group of civil officials and wardens in the West Palace are picking up the lights to deal with political affairs.

This is the Humble Administrator's Garden of Suzhou, where Xiao Yungui set up the Xiwang Mansion the day after the capture of Suzhou. This Humble Administrator's Garden was originally Li Xiucheng's Zhongwang Mansion in history, and after entering Suzhou, Hong Yuner still suggested that Xiao Yungui set this place as the West Palace, because the scenery here is good.

The architectural style of the Humble Administrator's Garden is small and delicate in the south of the Yangtze River, which is diametrically opposed to the large royal gardens in the north, and its builders create an atmosphere of "small bridges and flowing water, mountains and rocks and flowers". It mainly includes the office, the residence, the garden and other parts. The main hall is tall and spacious, and there is a corridor in the north to connect the rear hall. The main hall, the corridor and the plane of the back hall are in the shape of the word "work", and they are collectively called the I-shaped hall. In the building of the office, there are more than 400 beautiful Liang Fang paintings, 9 vivid murals, and fine dragon and phoenix pattern panes on the doors and windows of the main hall and other art treasures. The garden of the Humble Administrator's Garden, covering an area of 4.2 hectares, is one of the four classical gardens in China. There are buildings such as Magnolia Hall and Jianshan Tower in the park, and the landscape of the garden reflects each other, and the trees are like covers, so that visitors can not help but feel relaxed and happy as soon as they enter it.

It has been three days since entering the city, and after the efforts of tens of thousands of people in the West Palace, the cholera plague in Suzhou has begun to be controlled. The mud and dead bodies in the city were cleaned up, and the Taiping army carried out a large-scale campaign to eradicate the four pests in Suzhou, and many snakes, insects, rats and ants were eliminated.

But the cost of all this is huge. In addition to buying medicinal herbs, food and other materials, the west hall even purchased thousands of large iron pots to boil water and cook food for the people and the army.

After this plague incident, Xiao Yungui finally figured out a truth, in fact, the main reason why plagues like cholera broke out and became epidemic in ancient times was that the sanitary conditions in ancient times were very poor. The French sissy Pasteur brought by Yao Yuan found through experiments that in fact, cholera germs are easy to die, and they can't even withstand the high temperature of 60 or 70 degrees, as long as you pay attention to hygiene and diet, this disease cannot become a killer that harms human beings.

It is a pity that the sanitary conditions of the Chinese people at this moment are very poor. It's not that the people don't want to change this situation, it's that poverty leads to a shortage of materials. Think about it, when you even have a problem eating, where do you have the heart to spend time doing hygiene? Even in later generations, many people are struggling to make ends meet. There is still a lack of attention to hygiene, which is why epidemics often break out in poor places like Weishenme in Africa.

There is also the case of a natural disaster. For example, after floods, earthquakes and other disasters. After people's food, household goods and other materials are lost, there is no food and clothing, and it is difficult for people to pay attention to hygiene, which is the reason why there is a major epidemic after the Weishenme disaster.

In other words, the premise of eradicating the plague is to have sufficient material security, ranging from food, medicinal materials, and water sources. From cloth, pots and pans. When I first entered Suzhou, there was a shortage of food and medicinal materials, and many things were soaked in the flood, and many people did not even have dry clothes. When even food and clothing cannot be guaranteed, how can the people in the city fight against the disease?

Fortunately, after entering the city, Xiao Yungui had the help of Zuo Zongtang and others, plus the help of Xu Naizhao, a demoted official who was familiar with Suzhou, the Taiping army concentrated all the materials that could be used in the city and deployed them in a unified manner, and the food and accommodation of the people in the city were even divided into areas and arranged by the Taiping army.

The scene of eating a big pot of rice came in advance, and the people of Suzhou City went to a unified place to eat every day, and the dishes and chopsticks used after the meal were cleaned and boiled in a unified manner. After dinner, the Taiping Army organized the people to work and provide relief through work. There are many kinds of work, such as carrying medicinal herbs and grain, cleaning up street silt, and carrying corpses, as well as light work such as boiling water, cooking, laundry, and catching mice.

The letter to the king of the west into the city made it very clear that before the epidemic, when the city was single-minded, doing what he could, respecting the laws and regulations of the kingdom of heaven, everyone had to obey the orders in order to eliminate the evil plague, and after the epidemic was gone, all industries in Suzhou would be restored. Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er, Zuo Zongtang and Xu Naizhao and others used this primitive social division of labor and cooperation to fight the plague. Coupled with the continuous supply of materials from Wuxi and other places, the plague in Suzhou was finally brought under control.

The number of deaths every day will be reported to Xiao Yungui's case, from when he first entered the city, more than 3,000 people died every day, to today only more than 400 people have died, the mortality rate has dropped greatly, and the number of sick people is also decreasing, and today there are less than dozens of new epidemics.

After reading the epidemic situation in the streets and barracks in today's newspaper, Hong Yun'er summarized a detailed number and walked to Xiao Yungui's case and handed it over, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Four hundred and twenty-five people died today, and fifty-seven people are newly ill, and the newly ill people have been admitted to several life-saving halls, and there are still 7,832 patients in several life-saving halls. ”

Xiao Yungui took the paper and looked at it carefully, and said with a wry smile: "These cold numbers have finally begun to warm up, and our hard work has not been in vain." ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and said, "Yes, the people have settled down, and they are not as panicked as when we first entered the city." ”

Xiao Yungui leaned back in his chair and said with a sigh of relief: "But the price we spent is too great, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are pinned down here, not to mention, tens of thousands of taels of silver are spent every day, even if we have more money, I am afraid that there will be a day when we will see the bottom." ”

Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "As long as we can save more people, it is worth spending more costs, let's buy horse bones with a thousand dollars, let the people of the world and those foreigners see, our Taiping Army is not a group of robbers, it will only bring war and death, we are actually here to save the people of the world." ”

Xiao Yungui sat up straight and said, "I've been tired and falling apart for the past few days, I really want to sleep well." ”

Hong Yun'er smiled and said, "You go sleep for a while, I'll just watch it here." ”

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'm still waiting for the report of the sentry in Hangzhou, if I am woken up in the middle of sleep, it will be painful." At this point, he paused and said, "That's right." Did the foreigners brought by Yao Yuan check carefully? That sissy Frenchman Pasteur I thought he was a woman at first glance, what was the purpose of her pretending to be a man? And the herb merchant called Clifford, who gave us a large sum of medicinal materials if he had nothing to do, as the saying goes, he is either a traitor or a thief if he has nothing to do, and this kid doesn't know how to heal, he paints in my Xiwangfu garden every day, do you think he is sick? And that Luo Weilin, this old boy has come to build a hospital and a church in Suzhou for the fourth time, and the British must be eager to extend their tentacles to our mainland. ”

Hong Yun'er turned around and went back to get a few documents and said, "Don't worry, Bai Zetang has already paid off." They spent some money to inquire in the foreign firm in the Shanghai Concession, the Frenchman Pasteur is indeed a woman, and the Englishman Clifford, both of whom are very famous people, wait until I tell you about it. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed. He smiled and said, "I said that Pasteur must be a woman, how can it be as big as a man's pelvis?" Let's talk about this girl. ”

Hong Yun'er gave him a blank look. He took a sip and said, "Dogs can't change eating." Then he cleared his throat and said, "This French woman is actually surnamed Pasteur." Her name is Mojana, Mojana. Pasteur, do you know whose sister she is? ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "In short, it won't be my sister, and it won't be if you don't make it, hurry up." ”

"This Mojana. Pasteur was a famous French microbiologist and chemist named Louis Pasteur. Pasteur's sister. Hong Yun'er said slowly.

Xiao Yungui touched his nose and said, "I seem to have heard of it, but I don't remember this Louis. What's so great about Pasteur. ”

Hong Yun'er sighed and said, "This Louis? Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist. He is the founder of modern microbiology. Just as Newton opened up classical mechanics, Pasteur opened up the field of microbiology, created a set of unique basic research methods in microbiology, and began to use the method of "practice-theory-practice" to start research. He was a giant of science like Newton. Pasteur conducted a number of exploratory studies throughout his life, yielding significant results, and was one of the most accomplished scientists of the 19th century. He spent his life proving three scientific problems: First, every fermentation was due to the development of a microscopic bacterium, and the French chemist discovered that heating could kill the annoying microorganisms that make beer bitter. Soon, "pasteurization" was applied to a wide range of foods and beverages. Second, every infectious disease is the development of a microbacterium in living organisms: thanks to the discovery and eradication of a bacterium that attacks silkworm eggs, Pasteur saved the French silk industry. Third, the microbacteria of infectious diseases can reduce their virulence under special culture, so that they can change from germs to vaccines against diseases. Realizing that many diseases are caused by microorganisms, he developed the theory of bacteria. ”

Xiao Yungui patted his thigh and said, "No wonder that Mo Jiana. Pasteur's medical attainments are so high, and she still carries an artifact like a microscope, it turns out that her brother is a researcher of microorganisms. Can't think of this Louis. Pasteur will have such a sister, and he will come to China. ”

Hong Yun'er frowned and said: "I haven't studied the Pasteur family, and I don't know if Pasteur has a sister, but the news from Shanghai Ocean Travel says that this Mojana is Pasteur's sister and a doctor studying medicine." ”

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and laughed evilly: "Yun'er, I have an idea, if we can let this Mo Jiana stay with us, maybe we can hook up her brother over, you think, his brother is a chemist and a microbiologist, if we can turn some of the theories we know into practical things through him, we can bring scientific and technological progress, after this plague, I found that our era is very short of antibacterial drugs, do you remember penicillin, If we can get Pasteur to make this theory a reality in advance, we will be rich, this is a life-saving special medicine, known as the gold of medicinal materials. ”

Hong Yun'er frowned and raised her hand and said, "Stop your YY, how do you want to keep Mo Jiana?" ”

Xiao Yungui raised his eyebrows with bad intentions, and said in a low voice: "Find someone to soak her!" (To be continued......)