Zhao Sheng trotted all the way, tired enough, gasped for a few breaths, and then said, "Lord Prefect, there is a plague in the port!"

A short sentence shocked Shen Lian, the prefect of Jizhou.

"Plague?!"

Shen Lian was shocked at the same time, his face was flustered, his voice trembled a little, and he asked, "Where did the plague come from in the port? How do you know?"

"I was asked by Davis, the merchant of Nauro, to treat his crew, and after listening to the description of the crew, I realized that it was most likely the plague that those crew members had contracted the plague!"

After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he immediately described what he saw and heard on the ship completely.

After Shen Lian heard this, his heart instantly sank to the bottom.

"How did the good ones come out with a plague......

Shen Lian looked flustered and paced in place.

A moment later.

He suddenly thought of something, took a few steps back, looked at Zhao Sheng, and said, "If that strange disease is really a plague, haven't you also come into contact with them?"

Zhao Sheng knew what the prefect was worried about, so he hurriedly said, "I just stood on the deck for a while, and I didn't touch the patient, and I didn't even see the patient's face."

When the prefect heard this, he was still not at ease, and waved his hand and said, "You stay away from this official."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhao Sheng hurriedly took two steps back, and then said, "My lord, the most important thing now is to send someone to block the port, no one is allowed to enter or leave, in addition, it is best to set that ship on fire, and then detain all the crew members, observe carefully, and once you are infected with a strange disease, kill them on the spot!"

He was just a little man in the city, and he had never encountered the plague, but there were still some records of how to deal with the plague in medical skills.

What he just said is the experience summed up by the ancestors with superb medical skills.

After Shen Lian heard this, his face showed a heavy color, and he said, "In this way, I am afraid that the business with the Euro people will no longer be able to be done."

Zhao Sheng saw that he was still thinking about business at the moment, and showed that he hated iron but not steel, and said anxiously: "Lord Shen, if that strange disease is really a plague, it is not a matter of business or business! Once the plague spreads, it will be a catastrophe for the people of the world, and if someone from above investigates it, I am afraid that the adults will be able to escape the blame, after all, the imperial court has a clear decree prohibiting doing business with the Euros!"

He is Langzhong, and he knows better than anyone else the horror of the plague.

At this moment, I am anxious from the heart.

And Shen Lian also knew the horror of the plague, but apart from the plague, he had other concerns.

In any case, the Euro people contribute a large amount of silver to the capital city of Jizhou every year.

Just by transporting tea from Qian, Wu and Jizhou, you can earn so much silver, and this kind of business is not something that can be encountered at any time.

There was a long silence.

Shen Lian finally made up his mind, looked at Zhao Sheng, nodded and said, "This matter will be done as you say!" The ruler will send a hundred men, and you will send them, and they may not see those Euros in their place!"

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he hurriedly said, "In Xia is just a small Langzhong, how can he send a hundred officials, this important task, the lord should hand it over to others!"

Shen Lian thought for a few seconds, nodded, and said, "Okay, then the official asked Liu Zhutou to deal with this matter, you follow Liu Zhutou's side, if Liu Zhutou does something wrong, you have to point it out."

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said respectfully, "Obey!"

............

Zhao Sheng knew the horror of the plague, so as soon as he walked out of the yamen, he met with Liu Zhutou and told him the original story.

There was no rest in the middle, so he and Liu Zhutou led people and went straight to the port.

Zhao Sheng, Liu Zhutou, and a hundred soldiers with long knives in their hands were all veiled.

When they arrived at the port, they saw the ships of the Euros docked on the shore.

Several Euros stood there, not knowing what they were talking about.

Zhao Sheng took a deep breath, calmed down, walked up, and said, "Davis, this is Liu Zhukuai."

Davis's heart sank when he saw Zhao Sheng and the soldiers behind him.

He thought that someone from the government would come over, but he didn't expect that Zhao Sheng would bring someone over.

"Zhao Langzhong, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you remember to come to me today."

Davis had a smile on his face, glanced at Liu Zhukuai beside Zhao Sheng, and said with a calm expression

Zhao Sheng said, "We met two hours ago, how can we say that we haven't seen each other for a long time...... As for why I came to you, it was because of the strange illness on your ship, I suspect that it is a plague, and I have already reported it to the prefect!

The prefect has ordered that from today onwards, the port will be blocked, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave!"

When Davis heard this, a puzzled look on his face appeared, and he asked, "What strange disease?"

When Zhao Sheng heard this question, he was also stunned, and then he seemed to think of something, his face sank, and he said, "Your crew contracted the disease, it's only been two or three hours, don't you remember?"

When Davis heard this, he raised his voice and said, "The crew of my ship is just because of the sea breeze and the wind cold, how did it become a strange disease and a plague, Zhao Langzhong, you can't frame me because I didn't give you more money!"

When Liu Zhutou on the side heard this, his eyes flickered, and then he clasped his hands to his chest and stood aside, looking very lively.

Zhao Sheng didn't expect Davis to flatly deny the existence of a strange disease, and a touch of annoyance appeared on his face, and said, "Do you have any strange diseases on the ship, let people go to the cabin to take a look!"

After speaking, he no longer looked at Davis, but turned his head to look at Liu Zhukuai, and said, "I'm tired of Liu Zhukuai."

Liu Zhutou nodded lightly, looked behind him, and casually nodded to the two of them, and said, "You two go and have a look!"

The two people who were pointed out all showed hesitation on their faces.

Obviously, they did not want to risk contracting the plague to go to the cabin.

Seeing this, Liu Zhutou said lightly: "Is there any patient in the cabin, answer truthfully when you come back, and this catcher will show your merits to the imperial court and apply for a reward for you."

When the two of them heard this, they knew that they couldn't escape this catastrophe, so they took a deep breath and arched their hands, "Thank you, sir!"

Then, after checking the veil on his face and making sure that it was okay, he walked to the cabin.

Zhao Sheng stood in place, glared at Davis, gritted his teeth and said, "Davis, do you know how terrible the plague is!"

Davis said, "Of course I do! There used to be plagues in the Oros, but I'm sure those two of my crew members just contracted the wind chill, not the plague you said!"

"Two patients?"

Zhao Sheng was speechless and said, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Davis said, "Zhao Langzhong, isn't it just a few dozen taels of silver, are you going to do this? It's just a cold, but it's a plague......

"You!"

Zhao Sheng was so angry at his shamelessness that he stretched out his hand and pointed at him, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to speak, he just said, "Facts speak louder than words! No matter what you say, you can't change the facts!"

As soon as the words fell.

The two soldiers who went to the cabin ran back, bowed their hands, and said, "My lord, there are only some boxes in the cabin, and there are no chess crews, and I don't see any patients!"

When Zhao Sheng heard this, the whole person was instantly stunned.

He didn't enter the cabin, but he stood at the doorway.

He clearly saw that there were at least dozens of patients in the cabin who had collapsed on the bed and couldn't stand up, how could there be no patients!

"It can't be!"

Zhao Sheng said loudly.

Liu Zhu was silent for a few seconds, looked behind him, ordered a few more people, and said, "You guys go and have a look!"

Someone explored the way, and the fear in the hearts of the people behind dissipated a lot, and after a little hesitation, they obeyed the order and walked into the cabin.

A moment later.

Several of them all

He returned to Liu Zhutou and said, "My lord, I have checked all the cabins up and down, but there are no patients."

When Zhao Sheng heard this, his mind was blank, and he was speechless for a while.

Liu Zhutou looked at Zhao Sheng and said, "Zhao Langzhong, do you want to go and see it yourself?"

Zhao Sheng knew that it was impossible for so many soldiers to be bought by Davis at the same time.

They say there are no sick people in the cabin, and that's probably the case.

But...... How is this possible?

Just two or three hours ago, there were so many sick people in the cabin!

"Davis, where did you hide those patients?"

Zhao Sheng glared at Davis and asked through gritted teeth.

Davis looked helpless and said, "Zhao Langzhong, where did I offend you, why did you make up trumped-up charges?"

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he felt like he was holding a breath in his chest, and he was very uncomfortable.

Seeing Davis's expression, he finally realized that people had been prepared for a long time.

Taking a deep breath, calming down, he looked at Liu Zhutou and said, "Liu Zhutou, the plague matter is very involved, I can't take the plague as a child's play, more than two hours ago, I did see many patients in the cabin!"

When Liu Zhutou heard this, his face showed hesitation, and he said, "Zhao Langzhong, there is no basis for empty words, and it is difficult for this head catcher to do things."

Zhao Sheng listened, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something.

Before he could speak, he heard Liu Zhu say quickly: "In the next few days, this catcher will still stay here and take care of these Euros, but what this catcher sees today must also be told to the lord."

After speaking, he looked at the soldiers behind him and ordered, "You two tell the prefect what happened here, remember, tell the truth, and don't add any oil and vinegar!"

"Yes!"

The soldier bowed and saluted, and turned to leave.

When Zhao Sheng saw this scene, his heart sank to the bottom.

He knew that after the prefect heard about this, even if he felt that something was wrong, there was a high probability that he would not take it to heart.

After all, the Euro people can bring a lot of silver to Jizhou!

Really!

It's not dark yet.

The soldiers brought orders from the prefect.

No Euro on board was allowed to leave the port, and the tea trade continued.

Those merchants would deliver the tea to the port, handing over the silver in one hand and delivering it in the other.

In addition, the ship's supplies are transported to the port by hand.

After the transaction is completed, the Euros are not allowed to stay and leave immediately.

This result, whether it is the fleet, the merchants, or the prefect, are relatively satisfied.

Only Zhao Sheng was not satisfied.

Because he knew that the horror of the plague did not lie in the fact that it would be contracted face-to-face, even if it was only the trade of goods, it was still possible to get sick.

As long as one of the guys transporting the goods is infected with the plague, in a very short time, the plague can spread throughout Jizhou, and even the entire Dayan!

But.

He didn't have anything to do about it, so he could only watch the men sent by the tea merchant Jia work in full swing in the port.

"Hey...... I hope it's not a plague, or it's another catastrophe."

Zhao Sheng stood in place, looked at the scene in front of him, let out a long sigh, and turned to leave.

In the blink of an eye.

It's seven days later.

After the transaction is closed.

Davis, with his crew, left the port.

Meanwhile.

In the city of Jizhou.

In the tea shop, a guy who was doing chores had a rash on his body and couldn't afford to be seriously ill.

Just one day apart.

When the other guy was working, his head was empty and he hit the ground directly, and he also had a high fever that did not go away, almost no different from the guy who was seriously ill before.

in the bedroom.

When the shopkeeper saw the guy lying on the hospital bed, his brows furrowed, and he said angrily: "Let you work more, you will get sick, useless things, I can earn a few silver all year round, and in the end I have to spend money to invite you to Langzhong and buy medicine for you, it's really unlucky!"

The guy lying on the bed couldn't hear what the shopkeeper was saying at all, and his mind was blank.

This time.

Lang Zhong carried the medicine box, pushed the door and walked in, came to the hospital bed, and after checking the pulse, he said, "It's the wind and cold, take the medicine according to this prescription, take care of it for a little longer, and whether they can live or not depends on their own creation."

After saying that, he left the prescription and turned to leave.

The shopkeeper was holding the prescription, and his mouth was still scolding.

In the blink of an eye, it's another day.

The shopkeeper went out to grab medicine, although he approved the big meal, he still felt that his whole body was shrouded in cold.

When I got the prescription, I was uncontrollably swinging, and at the same time I felt that I couldn't lift up a little strength.

"Sun, where did Sun Langzhong go?"

The shopkeeper stood in front of the counter, looking at the little medicine boy, his voice trembling.

The medicine boy raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said, "The master has gone to Jingshi."

"He, when, when will I be able to come back?"

The shopkeeper asked again.

The medicine boy thought for a few seconds and said, "It's half a month as short as a month, or as long as a month."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he dispelled the idea of letting him check his pulse, put the prescription in his hand on the counter, and said in a trembling voice: "This, this is the prescription prescribed by your master, more, catch more."

"Okay."

The medicine boy nodded, took the prescription, and began to grab the medicine.

A moment later.

The shopkeeper carried the medicine he had grasped and began to go back to his tea shop.

Before I was halfway there, I felt dizzy and smashed directly to the ground.

Passers-by saw this scene and stepped forward one after another.

"Why did you pour another one?"

"Yesterday there was a young man who also fell as he walked."

"It can't be a porcelain touch, right?"

"Probably not, I know him, he is the shopkeeper of the tea shop next door to my house, and he is not short of silver."

"Coincidentally, the one that was poured yesterday is also from the tea shop!"

In the midst of this discussion.

The shopkeeper was sent back to the shop.

Meanwhile.

In all corners of the capital city of Jizhou.

Similar scenes continue to play out!

(End of chapter)