Originally, Yang Meng wanted to wait for the cloud and tobacco trading to start and then slowly develop his strength, but now time does not allow it, most of the Yang family's group training is the people in the vicinity, these people are still strong, really let them confront the imperial court, I am afraid it will not be possible.

The swordsmen who really belong to the Yang family, but there are more than 1,000 people, and most of the other swordsmen, like Changgong, are recruited from all over the country when they use people, and these people are not loyal.

The Yang family's original nearly 1,000 knife hands, except for the musketeers in Xishan, were mostly taken away by the eldest brother, and now Yang Meng's manpower in Yiliang can still be used, but the eldest brother took some away and distributed some to Wuzhuang, and Yiliang did not have many manpower.

The rebellion in western Yunnan, I don't know how far it will develop, spend more money now and will not suffer in the future, Yang Shiqin also agrees with the third child's statement, the situation in Yunnan is chaotic, and it is time to prepare for self-preservation.

Back to Yiliang, Yang Meng is preparing to recruit new manpower, the original Zhou family's fertile land, most of it has not been allocated, these lands are not a problem to tie up tens of thousands of people, but the scale is too large, the Yang family can't afford to raise, the number of four or five thousand people is also a big burden for the Yang family, one person a year sixty taels, five thousand people is three hundred thousand, plus food, clothing, weapons, this cost will be more than one million if it is not done well.

Yang Meng didn't plan to touch the Yang family's old capital, Zhou Shiqing's floating wealth, he also spent a lot during this time, and Yiliang had a lot of places to use the money, so he had to keep some spare.

With two thousand people, Yang Meng felt that he could hold on for a few years, and once the eldest brother's side went well, he would directly expand to five thousand. Looking for Wei Huozi, Yang Meng told the matter, Wei Huozi was very excited, this is a good thing, the stronger the Yang family, the better their life will be for these knife hands, can you not agree to this matter?

This time to recruit people, Yang Meng also raised the standard, it is best to be an Orion, even if it is not, it must be strong and strong, can fight and kill, of course, it must have a family.

This time, the people who have been to western Yunnan with Yang Meng have benefited, they can go back to the village to find people, scatter the people, Yang Meng is planning how to train the troops, and Wei Huozi is back.

"Third master, it's not good! There is a plague in Yiliang! ”

"! What disease? Is it in our grange? Dead people don't? ”

What an eventful time! The people in western Yunnan are in turmoil, He Changling is hostile, and now Yiliang has a plague again, why is it so difficult these days?

"Itchy disease brought by rats, our grange has not been troubled, but many people have died in some mixed villages."

As soon as he heard that it was a plague that could kill people, Yang Meng also became nervous, the disease brought by rats, but it must not be the plague! This disease is difficult to treat in later generations, and if you contract it at this time, you will basically have to wait for death!

"Hurry up and find Liu Yitie and Lang Zhong in Zhuangzi! And bring back all those knife hands, don't get sick! ”

Yang Meng also panicked, now that there is a plague at this medical level, don't destroy the foundation you have worked so hard to build.

"The people have already returned, and they are waiting outside the door as soon as Liu posts them."

"Hurry up and get in, it's a big deal!"

After Liu Yitie came in with the three Lang Zhong in Zhuangzi, okay! These people also have a sad face.

"Liu Yitie, what kind of disease is this, is there any medicine?"

Yang Meng is really anxious, the malaria and cholera epidemic in Southeast Asia in later generations still have a very high killing rate, if it is really plague, it will be a big trouble.

"No solution! This pruritus is a terminal disease and an emergency, and it will kill you in a few days. This disease is transmitted from rats, as long as there are dead rats, the problem is big, those few plagued villages, all have dead rats, it can be determined, it is pruccubus! ”

As a doctor, Liu Yitie is of course concerned about these things, after Wei Huozi brought back the news, he inquired about those knife hands, and he could already be sure of this plague, it was pruritus.

"The plague! It's the plague! ”

Yang Meng didn't have a trick now, the devil used this kind of bacteriological weapon back then, it was highly lethal and popular, and things were difficult to do.

"The third master is right, some places are called plague."

"Don't say it's useless, can you prevent it if it can't be cured? There is no ready-made medicine, and the dead horse is regarded as a live horse doctor, and the medicinal materials are prepared to go down to distribute the medicine. ”

Yiliang is the backyard of the Yang family, the plague must not be raging in Yiliang, Yiliang people have died more, it is a blow to the Yang family, thinking of this, Yang Meng is also worried about the old man in the family, there is nothing in Kunming!

"There are prescriptions for the treatment of the epidemic, but they are of little use for pruritus. In previous years, there was this disease, and it was generally Jiao, practice meetings, worship itchy daddy, and light sky lanterns, but there was no suitable way to do it. ”

Pruritus is a terminal disease, Liu Yitie has no way to solve it, and if he wants to survive this epidemic, it is not Lang Zhong, but everyone's lives.

"That's all bullshit! How will it be? Worship itchy daddy, it's useless to worship your father when the plague comes! Tell me how the disease is transmitted. ”

When Yang Meng heard Liu Yi's words, he almost didn't get angry, this is also a way to prevent diseases? The limited knowledge of epidemic prevention in his mind has also been turned over countless times, Liu Yitao can't help it, and he can't help it.

"If a mouse dies, you can't touch it, and if you touch it, you will definitely get sick, and you can't go to the place where the mouse has died, and if you go, you will get sick, and the disease can be passed on to horses and cows, and horses and cows will definitely die!" People who die of illness cannot be buried immediately, and poison gas must be released before they can be buried. ”

The transmission route of the plague mentioned by Liu Yiti reminded Yang Meng of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, and the fleas on the rats should be the way the plague spreads. And the dead body can't be treated like that, and not burying or cremating it immediately will only allow the plague to spread faster.

"Find a way to get rid of fleas! Wei Huozi, go to the county government to invite Uncle Ding, arrange for the people below to buy a large number of spirits, vinegar, and quicklime, prepare iron pots, wood, and salt, and let the people below boil water immediately, and all the people who have just come back will take a bath in salt water, and you will do the same. ”

Yang Meng's brain is also running rapidly, this time it's troublesome, if you can't prevent the plague, then you can only resign yourself to fate.

"Third master, a hundred soaks in water can kill fleas. What are you going to do with these things? ”

For Yang Meng's arrangement, Liu Yiti was a little puzzled, just use 100 to kill fleas, what to do with spirits, vinegar, and quicklime?

"Prevent disease! Let's start with our Zhuangzi, if we can't cure it, we have to stop it, otherwise the loss will be great. ”

The plague is a virus that can be used as a bacteriological weapon, with a very high mortality rate and strong contagion, regardless of whether he has done it or not, waiting for death is not Yang Meng's character.

"How do you use these things?"

As a doctor, Liu Yitie is also interested, if the third master can really block the itch, then the merit is immeasurable.

"Killing fleas can prevent the spread of plague, wine and vinegar can be disinfected and sterilized, and the people in the Zhuangzi should take a bath with wine vinegar after removing fleas. Quicklime is to disinfect our Zhuangzi, and all the places where the corners are ugly and the dirt is hidden will be sprayed with lime water. Prepare firewood, and burn all the dead rats found in our Zhuangzi, or if there are dead people! ”

When the plague comes, go to the practice to worship the gods, that is, to find death, you must strictly guard against it, and you must not let the plague rage in the Yang family. I can come up with these things now, and if I can't do it, I can be regarded as doing my best.

"These are all good, just burn the body, I'm afraid that the family of the deceased won't do it!"

Liu Yitie thinks that he can try these methods, but it is a little unreasonable to burn the body of the deceased.

"What is burning a corpse compared to death? Don't be idle, as long as it is a medicinal material that is useful for epidemic prevention, prepare enough, take the medicine for a while and a half will eat the immortal, let the people in the Zhuangzi eat it first and try it, if we can block it, it means that it is useful.

Let's stabilize the shelf, in order to treat more people, don't forget that the cows, horses and livestock in the Zhuangzi are also the same as people, bathing to get rid of fleas and feeding some herbs to strengthen the body.

After these are done, don't be idle, look for means of epidemic prevention, and after you find it, report it to me as long as it is feasible, we have to do it. ”

arranged for Liu Yi to post them to go down to work, Yang Meng was also worried, eventful! Now is a good opportunity for the development of the Yang family, who would have thought that first the civil unrest in western Yunnan gave the Yang family a blow, and then this plague, Yang Meng's heart was also a little afraid, he was afraid of losing!

The plague doesn't have eyes, and he doesn't distinguish between good and evil, so what if someone close to him is infected with the plague?

For a few days, I took a bath every day to clean up the Zhuangzi, which made the entire Yang family manor complain, who is so unserious, taking a bath once a day, and drying the quilt once a day?

But Yang Meng didn't care about this, he walked around the village all day with a horsewhip, and those servants who didn't take a good bath and didn't disinfect carefully let him see it, and it was guaranteed to be a whip.

Seven days, only a week, the Yang family manor was still not spared, the knife hands who went out, and the servants who were procured fell six. Now the people in the Yang family manor are also a little scared, itching will die, now there is no need for Yang Meng's whip, these people are also obediently bathing.

The few who died, Yang Meng ignored everyone's opposition, and the family gave two hundred taels of silver, and cremated the body outside the Zhuangzi.

These days, in order to prevent the epidemic, the Yang family manor has almost been isolated, although there is also a plague, but it has not spread, which makes Yang Meng breathe a sigh of relief.

Liu Yiti, who was originally not optimistic about Yang Meng, is also studying his third master's method these days, looking inconspicuous, but a face towel and a few catties of wine vinegar did block the epidemic.

Washing hands, bathing, disinfecting everywhere, and adding some anti-epidemic medicines, the Yang family manor, which should not have been spared, seems to have escaped from the plague.

However, Yiliang is a little miserable now, since the itch disease was discovered, it has only been ten days now, and the death toll reported by the villages in various towns and villages has reached nearly 1,000.

Jiang Yuanji of Yiliang County was also frightened, and directly sealed the county office, ignoring the case and ignoring the people's feelings.

During the Qianlong period and the Jiaqing period, there were thousands of deaths, and it was not uncommon for the whole village to die, Jiang Yuanji knew this history, and he was about to be promoted, and he must not die of illness in Yiliang.

Ding Baojun, the one-eyed classic history, is also afraid! Since he was recalled to the Yang family's manor, he has shrunk inside and has never been out again. The shitty court official, the shit's errand, when is it now, the itch syndrome can't be beaten, can't be touched, the emperor Lao Tzu is dyed with the same braids, he is not young, but he can't die of illness on the **.

In order to find out the news, Yang Meng bought it at the price of fifty taels of silver for a trip, and he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and he dared to fight and kill.

Worse news also came from Kunming Wuzhuang, and there was an epidemic in Kunming County.