5 August 1856, Libreville Free Trade Zone, Gabon.

Libreville, which has a tropical rainforest climate, has been experiencing extreme weather alternating between high temperatures and rainfall since the beginning of August.

In such extreme weather, follow Jérôme. Not long after Patterson's arrival, a group of members of the Croatian Foreign Legion immediately found themselves in a difficult situation.

Many soldiers began to vomit and diarrhea, unable to work, and even unable to stand up from walking.

Mirabeau, then one of the two majors of the French Foreign Legion. Seeing this, Plenkovic immediately went to the city of Libreville, where he wanted to report the incident to Jérôme. Governor Paterson.

Mirabeau. Plenkovil rode his horse at a gallop and soon stopped at the gate of a mansion with a garden in the center of the city.

That's right, this mansion is Jérôme. Governor Paterson was the place of public affairs and rest.

More than a month ago, it was the residence of Libreville's largest local merchant, Jérôme. Immediately after Patterson's arrival, the merchant volunteered to donate his mansion to Jerome. Patterson served as the governor's house.

Jérôme. Patterson gained his footing, and so did the businessman. Patterson's friendship.

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Mirabeau got off the horse. Plenkovich handed over his horse to the soldiers guarding outside the compound of the Governor's Palace, and walked straight inside, stopping until he reached the hall of a four-story building.

Enter the hall of Mirabeau. Plenkovy, led by the clerk of the Governor's Palace, came to Jérôme. Patterson's office, and reported to him on the situation of the Croatian Foreign Legion.

Jérôme. Patterson hears Mirabeau. After Plenkovic's debriefing, he also frowned and asked Mirabeau. Plenkovic said: "How many people are suffering from this symptom at the moment! ”

"According to our statistics, there are nearly 100 people in the entire barracks who need to be supported by others to get up, and nearly 300 people who are unable to carry out their normal work!" Mirabeau. Plenkovich spoke in a heavy tone to Jérôme. Patterson responded.

"So nearly 1 in 10 people can't work anymore!" Jérôme. Patterson's brow furrowed even more.

"Yes!" Mirabeau. Plenkovic worriedly to Jérôme. "It's good to say it's just that it's not adaptable," Patterson said, "and I've heard from the merchants here [referring to Libreville] that this time of year is the time of year when malaria and cholera are high!"

I am afraid that malaria and cholera will enter the camp and cause immeasurable damage to the camp! ”

"I see! You go back to the barracks first to stabilize the morale of the army, and in a while, I will go with the doctor!" "Jérôme. Patterson v. Mirabeau. Plenkovic said.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

"Yes!" Mirabeau. Plenkovic immediately sent a message to Jérôme. Patterson saluted, then turned to leave the governor's office.

"Wait!" Not waiting for Mirabeau yet. Plenkovic walked out of the office, Jérôme. Patterson stopped him again.

Mirabeau. Plenkovic turned to ask Jérôme. What else does Patterson command.

"When you go back, be sure to tell them not to be afraid! The imperial government will not abandon them! "Jérôme. Patterson told Mirabeau again. Plenkovich.

Mirabeau. Plenkovic also knew the importance of confidence, and he hurried to Jérôme. Patterson replied, "Understood! I will definitely try my best to stabilize the morale of the army! ”

"Good work!" Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded, and looked at Mirabeau. Plenkovic left.

Immediately afterwards, Jérôme. Patterson put down the work he was doing to screen the expedition personnel and shouted outside: "Rastigne, Rastigne!" ”

No one seemed to answer him outside the door, and after a while, Jérôme. Patterson muttered, "Strange, where did Rastigne go!" ”

Anyway, Jérôme. Patterson pushed away his chair, got up and walked out of the office.

Walking in the corridors of the mansion, he searched for Rastigne's traces, and finally met Rastigne, the secretary of state of the Doge's Palace, at a corner at the end of the corridor. Patterson was heading in the direction he was heading to, and the end he was going to be Jérôme. Patterson's office.

"Rastigne, you've come just in time! I'm looking for you! "Jérôme. Patterson said with a smile to Rastigne.

"Your Excellency, what do you command?" Rastigne, with the document in his arms, asked Jérôme. Patterson.

"I hope you can go to the hospital in the north of the city and call the director there!" Jérôme. Patterson gave orders to Rastigne.

"Chengbei Hospital?" Mr. Rastigne muttered, then nodded and pointed to the paper in his hand to Jérôme. Patterson responded, "Please wait a moment, I'll be over after I deliver these documents to your office!" ”

"I can take these documents myself!" Jérôme. Patterson took the papers from Rastigne's hand, waved his hand and said to Rastigne, "Go ahead!" ”

"Yes!" Seeing this, Rastigne immediately trotted away.

Jérôme with a document in his arms. Patterson looked down at the papers Rastigne handed him as he turned and walked slowly back to his office.

When Jérôme. After Patterson was reinstated as a chair in the office of the Governor's Palace, all the documents were basically taken by Jérôme. Patterson took a cursory look.

In addition to the proportion of the population of the Libreville area (blacks, Arabs, whites), the revenues and expenditures of the Libreville area, the religious categories, etc., all the information that took the secretariat a month to collect.

Documents by Jérôme. Patterson clearly saw the future of Libreville, where there were only two ways left to lease the industry, except for the export of timber and the slave trade (slavery was now abolished in France, but it was still privately sold abroad).

Needless to say, the establishment of rubber plantations increased fiscal revenues, and the purpose of expanding the territory was to better tax the tribes in the interior to meet their own expenses.

Of course, now Jérôme. Unbeknownst to Paterson, the land under his feet contained a large amount of manganese iron ore and a small amount of gold ore in addition to rich timber resources, most of which were waiting for him to be mined in the interior.

Jérôme at this time. Bonaparte looked at the pitiful number of francs on the financial statements, and then thought of the nearly 5,000 more mouths under his hand, and suddenly felt a headache, so he muttered in a low voice: "We still have to expand our power as soon as possible!" ”

After that, Jérôme. Patterson re-drew the list of members of the expedition who had been pressed under the document and continued to check it.

About 10 minutes later, Rastigne appeared in Jérôme with a doctor in a white coat and a cotton mask on his mouth. Patterson's face.

Jérôme. Seeing this, Patterson hurriedly put down the work in his hand, got up and shook hands with the doctor, and said, "Dean Oster, you're finally here!" ”

"Your Excellency, what happened?" Dean Oster asked Jérôme with a puzzled expression. Patterson Road.

Jérôme. Patterson will be Mirabeau. What Plenkovic had just told him was told to Dean Oster.

"Commander Plenkovich was very thoughtful! If it is only not adapted to the soil and water, then it is relatively easy to customer service! You just need to lie down quietly and rest, and you are afraid of malaria! This is the time of high incidence of malaria and cholera, and if you are not careful, you will have an accident! Dean Oster said slowly.

"Now, what should we do?" Jérôme. Patterson asked Dean Oster.

Abbot Oster pondered for a moment and then said to Jérôme. Patterson replied, "So be it! Transporting those who are unable to take care of themselves to the hospital and being cared for by our nurses!

Those who are able to take care of themselves on their own, isolated in the barracks!

In the screening of a group of people are responsible for taking care of their lives!

This will reduce the contact between these people and the outside world, even if they are infected!

It won't spread to someone else's head anytime soon! ”

"Isn't our hospital just being built? Is there really so many beds for them? "Jérôme. Patterson asked again.

"At present, the hospital has nearly 200 beds and more than 10 nurses! As long as there are no large-scale outbreaks of malaria and cholera, it can be said that it is more than enough to take care of them! "Dean Oster was full of confidence to Jérôme. Patterson replied, "And it won't be long before a group of nurses from the medical facility and interns come!"

So there's no need to worry about these issues at all! ”

"That's good!" Jérôme. Patterson's heart finally relaxed a little.

"But, Your Excellency! I have to remind you! Dean Oster looked at Jérôme with a serious face. Patterson Road.

"Please!" Jérôme. Patterson also replied to Oster with a solemn face.

"When I was on the streets of Libreville before, I noticed a serious problem!" Dean Oster on Jérôme. Patterson said: "When people here drink water, they generally don't like to drink boiled water!" ”

Jérôme. Patterson immediately remembered that during his time in the Crimean Peninsula, the French army had repeatedly demanded boiled water (mostly coffee) to drink it, saying that it would prevent cholera.

At first, the order was not strictly enforced, and many even objected to it.

It was only after a small outbreak of cholera in Britain that the frightened French army made it stricter.

It was precisely because of this order that the scale of cholera outbreaks in France during the Crimean War was far less than that of Britain and the Ottomans, and the number of people treated was far greater than that of Britain.