Chapter 1: The Bitter Winter of the Year
This year, the winter was earlier than usual, the snow was falling, and people could walk on the frozen river, especially in the country of the Northland, the cold air seemed to be colder than any other year.
North Departure, Kezhou.
At the beginning of winter, it rains and snows continuously, the roads are all white and dangerous, and the ice and snow are sealed for 20 consecutive days, isolating the connection with the outside world.
The crops, poultry, birds and beasts in the fields were affected by the harsh climate and many froze to death, and the local people lacked food and clothing, and a winter snow brought a near-devastating disaster to the local area.
Until one day, the weather cleared, the people had hope, and they were greatly relieved, and the days of suffering in the cold winter finally came to an end!
However, just a few days after the sunny day, the people had not recovered from the cold, and no one expected that a catastrophe covered with snow and ice would quietly arrive, sweeping and threatening the lives of the locals.
Typhoid fever, a terrifying infectious disease, spread rapidly in the surrounding areas of Kezhou.
At first, it started in one village, spread to the surrounding villages, and even spread to the city.
As soon as the local government found out, they quickly isolated the patients and set up special areas for the patients.
The busiest people in Hakka are doctors, and the government has brought people to invite doctors from pharmacies in the city to arrange accommodation in places close to the epidemic to facilitate their medical treatment.
When the epidemic broke out in Kezhou, the government did not sit idly by, but came up with a plan to help the patients by all means, opened a porridge shack, delivered medicine for free, and arranged for doctors to take turns to visit the doctor day and night.
Rao is so, the epidemic has been happening for half a month, and it has still not been effectively contained, and even worse, there is a trend of spreading!
There is no other reason, the ice and snow fiefdom has not yet melted, the roads are difficult to travel, the people inside can't get out, the people outside don't come in, and Kezhou has obviously become an isolated city!
Rummaged through all the pharmacies in the city and found all the doctors, but in the face of such a large-scale epidemic, even Da Luo Bodhisattva could not do anything!
To add insult to injury, the winter snow froze the crops and killed the poultry, and they almost ran out of what they could eat······
However, no matter how much food is limited after all, in the face of the swarming victims, the official warehouse will soon bottom out, if the imperial court in the north does not send people to rescue the disaster, Kezhou will not only become an isolated city, I am afraid that it will soon become a dead city!
When Xiao Fangzhi arrived in Kezhou, it was a month after the outbreak of the epidemic.
On the way to Kezhou, Xiao Fangzhi saw corpses on the side of the road, scrawny refugees, and when his team appeared in the city, he was immediately surrounded by refugees, asking for food and clothing······
In the end, after the officers and soldiers opened the way, they finally came to the local government mansion smoothly and saw the Hakka Mansion Yin, a sallow complexion, poor spirits, and even coughing constantly.
The moment Fu Yin saw Xiao Fangzhi, he instantly shed tears, and kept supporting his insistence that he couldn't fall, but after seeing Xiao Fang, he suddenly deflated, couldn't hold on anymore, didn't have time to greet, rolled his eyes, and passed out.
Xiao Fangzhi hurriedly called the accompanying imperial doctor to treat him, and the official secretary came to ask for peace, with the same look on his face, which made people have mixed tastes.
Xiao Fangzhi instructed the chief bookkeeper to take someone to arrange the delivery of medicines and materials first, and then call him to ask him about the current situation in Kezhou after he arranged everything.
The main bookkeeper was in tears, and told Xiao Fangzhi about the current situation in Hakzhou.
In this catastrophe, the epidemic is still there, the sick are dying, the sick are continuing to be sick, Fu Yin did not give up on them, there is not much surplus grain in the official warehouse in Kezhou, there is no way to continue to open the warehouse to release grain, Fu Yin Mingwen ordered that the food should be saved for those patients to eat.
Fu Yin's decision attracted protests from the people, accusing him of not feeding people with food, but giving it to those sick who were going to die, because of this decision, the local people ran to the government to make a fuss, and even ran to the official warehouse to grab food, in the face of the refugees who did not want to die, the government had no way to resist!
Now, there is a shortage of food in the city, and in order to compete for food, the people are fighting, and those who can't find food go to the field to dig grass roots, eat tree bark, and even have a tragic situation of cannibalism······
In the end, the master couldn't cry, knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously, thanked him greatly, thanked the court for not forgetting them, and finally sent someone to rescue·······
Hearing about the situation in Kezhou, Xiao Fangzhi was already full of sadness, and he hated himself for coming too late.
But, at the same time, fortunately, he came!
Since he is here, he will definitely return to the original appearance of Hakzhou, no matter how much it costs!
On the afternoon of Xiao Fangzhi's arrival, he was in full swing, rectifying the refugees, opening warehouses and releasing grain, and sending the imperial doctors he brought to the epidemic area to see a doctor and practice medicine······
Imagination and reality are opposite!
Xiao Fangzhi originally planned to stay in Hakzhou for half a month, however, half a month passed, and he couldn't leave at all.
The disaster here is too serious, the rain and snow collapsed the houses, froze the crops to death, and the epidemic coverage, although it is not a disease that cannot be treated, but because the patients have not been treated in time, many people are sick and sick, and the disease is like a thread, and a large number of medicinal stones are needed to slowly adjust and recuperate!
The food and herbs he brought were simply not enough, more and more things were needed here, and if he left them now, Hakshu would probably soon return to Xiao Fang when he first came, and there would be a tragic situation of dead bones on the road.
Xiao Fangzhi thought that he could do more and better!
Shangshu asked the court for food and medicine, if they let it go, then he will consume it with them here, slowly consume, he will see who can consume whom!
During this time, he wrote repeatedly, but the twists and turns sent to the court did not return.
The surplus grain in the warehouse is limited, and there are refugees outside who reach out to ask for food, under such pressure, Xiao Fangzhi fell ill!
After the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, Yin's body was fine, and when he came to Xiao Fang's couch, he looked at him who was groggy and groggy, full of self-blame and guilt.
Fu Yin knelt down and pleaded guilty, if he could do better, His Highness would not have to stay and suffer with them.
Now, His Highness is so tired that he is sick, and he can't escape the blame, if something happens, killing him will not be able to repay His Highness's reinvention grace!
However, no matter how guilty he was, Xiao Fangzhi in a drowsy didn't know anything about this, Fu Yin wiped away his tears, kowtowed three times, strengthened his beliefs, and went out.
Now, the best reward for His Royal Highness is to do his part, lift the epidemic as soon as possible, and settle the refugees, so that His Highness can return to the imperial capital as soon as possible.
The house was filled with the smell of medicine, and the imperial doctor who had stayed to take care of Xiao Fangzhi was sent to the epidemic area by him again, with guards guarding outside the door and attendants in the house, but the attendants were decocting medicine for him outside the corridor.
At this moment, there were no outsiders in the room except the sick.
Of course, there was another person who was with him, and in the absence of others, he came out.
This person has an outstanding appearance, with black eyes, not smiling, tall and tall in black clothes, heroic momentum, giving people a kind of coldness that people are not close to.
Xiao Fangzhi's current appearance made him shake his head: "Why are you persistent? The Emperor had abandoned Hakka and closed off the main access to it. At the beginning, you were obsessed with rescue, he gave you half a month, and now twenty days have passed, the epidemic has not been lifted, but you threaten your own life, do you think you can change his mind by doing so? ”
"You don't understand ......"
Xiao Fangzhi, who was sleeping deeply, slowly opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him, with a wry smile on his face.
"They are a people who have left the north, and they cannot be abandoned because of the plague. Let it fend for itself, you can't do it alone! ”
"If my father is willing to give up Lonely, Lone has nothing to say. In this way, let the lonely accompany them on their last journey, and the deceased will not be lonely on the road. ”
"You're so stupid!"
"Not stupid. Lonely, but beg to be worthy of the heart! ”