At the beginning of February, Dengzhou City Assassin Shifu.

Early in the morning, a bad news was sent to Li Congyan by a fast horse: a plague suddenly broke out in Qingzhou under the rule of Pinglu Jiedu, and it had begun to spread to the surrounding prefectures and counties. It is said that at this time, the miasma in Qingzhou City was overwhelming, and both the army and the people were all lying down, but the government was helpless.

Qingzhou is in the west of Dengzhou, about four or five hundred miles away from Dengzhou, although this distance seems very far, but in this era there is no prevention and control, and there is no specific medicine for the specific plague, presumably the Pinglu Jiedu is even less capable of suppressing the plague, these hundreds of miles of distance for the menacing plague, can be described as an instant!

As soon as Li Congyan received the news, he summoned the people of the Assassin's Mansion and began to deploy epidemic prevention in the lobby.

"Where is Zuo Guoyi, Lieutenant Li Wei!"

"The last general!"

"You lead the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments of the New Army to the border of Dengzhou immediately, block the borders of various places from now on, and prohibit all people under the command of Pinglu Jiedu from entering the territory of Dengzhou!"

"Whoa!"

"Right Guoyi Du Lieutenant Li He is here!"

"The last general!"

"You led the Fourth Regiment of the New Army to inspect various places, and found that there were Qingzhou people and others who had stolen into Dengzhou, and they were all arrested on the spot. Remember to demarcate areas to keep them in solitary confinement! ”

"Whoa!"

Wu Conghan frowned slightly when he heard this, and said with his crossed hands at this time: "Lord, my subordinates think that the matter of epidemic prevention is important, but is it a bit extreme to block the state border?" As a result, the output of the various workshops will be greatly affected, not only will the income and taxes of the Assassin's Mansion be affected, but also the merchants from all over the world will complain about it! ”

Li Congyan said in a deep voice: "If the plague spreads to all parts of Dengzhou, whether it is the people or everyone here, they will all be in a catastrophe, and human lives will be lost, what is the use of all this money?" Save your life first, then talk about money! ”

"Whoa!"

Then Li Congyan looked at Wu Conghan and said loudly: "Where is Wu Conghan who joins the army!" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"Immediately give orders to the local government officials, order the archers who patrol the city to strictly check the entry and exit of the city, prevent the people under the rule of Pinglu Jiedu from mixing into the city, and at the same time, once the plague vaccine head is found, immediately block the city, and report to the Assassin's Mansion, without delay or concealment!"

In addition, the county order was ordered to immediately plan public baths in the city, and people everywhere bathed for free in batches to clean themselves and prevent the epidemic. Cities and villages in various places will be cleaned up from now on, and all the filthy things that have been swept out will be piled up and burned every day. This matter is the responsibility of the county commanders, village elders, and village leaders, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"Whoa!"

"This assassin will lead the fifth regiment to stay in Dengzhou City, and respond to the situation of all parties at any time, and you will report to the assassin mansion every two days, without delay!"

"Whoa!"

At this time, the sanitary situation of the cities in the Later Tang Dynasty was very worrisome, and it had long been devoid of the cleanliness of the Tang Dynasty.

At the time of the Tang Dynasty, there were not only public baths, Yizhuang to house corpses, and Shanchay homes to support the elderly and infirm orphans in Chang'an, Luoyang and other big cities, but also special people to clean the streets, sprinkle water every two days, and have special people to transport the garbage out of the city every three days.

But now, the sanitation situation in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places has long been much worse than before, and the cities in Dengzhou are full of feces, urine, and garbage.

Li Congyan has endured this situation again and again, but in the past year or so, the Assassin Mansion has been doing one thing after another, and there is no energy and time to free up his hands to rectify the health problems in various places. Now taking advantage of the opportunity of the outbreak of the epidemic in Qingzhou~, Li Congyan can take advantage of the epidemic prevention ~ while making every effort to prevent the epidemic~ love, he can take advantage of the situation to beat rabbits and carry out a sanitary cleaning in Dengzhou, which is finally a matter in his heart.

After the deployment was completed at this time, Li Congyan said to everyone: "The Qingzhou epidemic is menacing, you must not take it lightly, and you must not have a fluke mentality. ”

Everyone agreed in unison.

From the next day, Li Ren and Li Wei each led their own troops to open up, and soon blocked the border of Dengzhou, and strictly checked the people who traveled to and outside Dengzhou. Under Li Congyan's strict orders, the people of cities and villages in various places were driven to start a vigorous sweep.

Muping County.

Tang Yi's father and son have just renovated their house and are living the good life they dream of. At this time, Tang Yi and his son were sweeping the streets under the leadership of Muramasa, and the father and son were sweating profusely, but they were full of energy and hope for life.

The village where Tang Yi's father and son are located is called Nantang Village, which is south of Muping County, and most of the people in the village are surnamed Tang, hence the name.

At this time, every household in Nantang Village was busy, and the people in the village were either cleaning their own houses and yards, or cleaning all parts of the village under the command of the village leader, and they were busy inside and out.

"Brother, what do you say Li Tingshi is doing?"

"What's wrong?"

"You said that Li Tingshi was dividing land and helping the people before, we can all understand the truth, it is nothing more than to let our ordinary people live a better life, this is a real benevolent government. But this time, Li Tingshi even has to take care of sweeping the streets and taking a bath, what is this for? ”

Tang Yi looked at his younger brother Tang Ming, who was standing on the side and was lazy, smiled and scolded him, and then reprimanded: "Didn't you listen to what the village said this morning, there is a plague in Qingzhou, I don't know how many people have died, I heard that there is a large family that is dying!" This plague, I don't know when it will reach our Dengzhou, Li Tingshi has already sent troops to block the state border! Why do you say you want to sprinkle and clean? Do you know where the plague comes from? It's because it's messy and sloppy, and you don't understand the truth that illness comes from the mouth! ”

"Li Tingshi asked the whole state to sprinkle and clean, and Chen County also arranged for the people in our village to register and wait for the order to go to Muping County to take a bath at a fixed point, in order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, which is also a benevolent government that loves the people!"

Tang Ming blushed when he heard this, and said curtly: "As soon as Brother said this, I understood. Fortunately, we have a history of Li Thorn, otherwise the plague will come to a stiff future, and I really don't know what to do. ”

"If only you understood! The Thorn Mansion doesn't know how much food it will cost this time, these are all Li Thorn Shi's commitments, and you must know how to be grateful and think of the source when you drink water! ”

"Whoa!"

While the two brothers were talking, Father Tang walked over with a bamboo basket on his back and asked Tang Yi and the others, "Have you finished sprinkling and sweeping here?" ”

"Almost, what does Grandpa command?"

"Let's go! The village is leading people over there to collect the filth in the village, and we will call a few young people and carry bamboo baskets on their backs to help transport them away. According to the order issued by Li Tingshi, these filthy things must not only be transported out of the village, but also burned in a centralized manner, and should not be piled up, otherwise it will breed plague. ”

When Tang Yi and Tang Ming heard this, they hurriedly took care of the work in their hands, and then beckoned a few young men around them, and everyone followed Tang's father to the west of the village.

I saw that the village had already summoned more than a dozen young people in the village, and they were dealing with those filthy things.

Tang Yi couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he looked at it from a distance, the filthy things had already piled up two or three people high, and seven or eight people couldn't close together, but he didn't expect that there were so many filthy things in the village where he had lived for many years!

"Brother, is our village so dirty? Where did all this filth come from! ”

Tang Ming swallowed his saliva, looking at the garbage heap in front of him, and the villagers who were still transporting garbage here, he really couldn't believe it.

Tang Yi sighed: "If it weren't for Li Tingshi's vigorous urging of sweeping up everywhere, who would have thought that his side would be so pickled!" Fortunately, this time Li Thorn Shi is far-sighted, otherwise once the Qingzhou plague spreads, our Nantang Village will definitely be in a catastrophe! ”

While talking, Tang's father and the village were talking in a whisper, and then the two began to instruct everyone to distribute the garbage, preparing to transport it all to the wilderness five miles west of the village and burn it on the spot.

Tang Yi looked at the sky, and also beckoned a few young men around him, and said: "It's not early, everyone work hard to transport these filthy things out of the village as soon as possible!" ”

"Whoa!"

Everyone responded in unison, and the huge garbage pile continued to grow smaller and smaller with the efforts of everyone, and finally bottomed out in the evening.

Tang Yi was out of breath at this time, looked at the few garbage heaps left, and was about to call everyone to make persistent efforts, when the village was receiving an order from the county government of Muping County.

After the village saw it, he first thanked the officials who came to deliver the letter, and then waved the instructions in his hand, and said to the people around him with a smile: "Chen County has an order, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the men, women and children of our Nantang Village will go to Muping County to bathe." Also, Li Thorn Shi has already given out clothes, and all the old people and children under the age of 60 in the village will be given winter clothes and summer clothes by the Thorn Shi Mansion, and the medicine to strengthen the body and ward off the plague will be distributed! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately burst into laughter, shouting Li Congyan Chitose, and some people even proposed that the village raise money and grain to build a shrine for Li Congyan. However, this proposal was a bit too much, and after a while of cheering, no one mentioned it again.

Tang Yi's heart was fluttering at this time, and the fatigue just now was swept away, and he said loudly: "Xiangzi neighborhood! Li Tingshi is so gracious, what else can we say? This time to prepare for the Qingzhou epidemic~ situation, how Li Tingshi instructs, we will do it, we must not delay or perfunctory, we must do our best! ”

"As it should be!"

"That's right, we should listen to Li Tingshi's orders!"

As he spoke, Tang Yi beckoned everyone to continue to work until all the garbage in the village was hauled out.

At night, Nantang Village has been completely renovated inside and out, although there is no new house, but it gives people a feeling of rebirth, all kinds of dirt in the past are gone, those inexplicable smells have disappeared, and there is even a feeling of freshness in the village.

Five miles west of the village, the village is under the watchful eyes of the whole village, the torch is thrown into the garbage heap, the flame ignites instantly, and in the blink of an eye, the huge garbage heap is swallowed up, and the thick black smoke goes straight into the night sky.

Tang Yi looked at the dazzling flames, felt the blazing heat wave, and felt the same light and warmth in his heart.

"Look at it, with Li Tingshi, the future will definitely get better and better. Just like this flame, Li Tingshi will sweep away the darkness of the past, and we and other small people will also have rich days, definitely! ”