PS: Asking for tickets at the beginning of the month......

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December 25, 2760 (1919).

This day was originally the Christmas of the West, the most lively and solemn festival in Europe and the United States, but this year's Christmas is a black Christmas. The big cities that used to have a large population and rubbed shoulders have completely changed their appearance, and the scene of bright lights and busy traffic is completely gone. The most prosperous streets of yesteryear were sparsely populated, and the thriving shops of yesteryear were crowded, and this depression was everywhere throughout Europe.

Don't say anything, the festive atmosphere is gone, and even the basic popularity is gone. This is true not only in Europe, but also in the United States and Japan, which were not affected by the war. New York and Tokyo are the largest and most populous cities in the two countries, but even on the busiest streets, there are few people to be seen.

Occasionally, I saw a pedestrian on the street, and I was in a hurry. They all wrapped themselves tightly up and down, and they also wore a large mask on their faces, only revealing their two eyes outside, and they all exuded a strong smell of medicine. The doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the street, whether they are private places, office buildings, shopping malls, or banks, are tightly closed, and almost every household smells of acetic acid or medicinal herbs.

This qiē is caused by the "Spanish flu", yes, the "Spanish flu". I have to say that the inertia of history is really strong, and after going around in circles, the name was still memorized by Spain.

Since the discovery of a large-scale epidemic in Angola in June this year, it has become a worldwide epidemic in less than half a year. Moreover, compared to the data left behind by the original plane, although the "Spanish flu" on this plane came more than a year later, it seems to have broken out for a shorter time, and it seems to be more powerful.

Since September, more than 10,000 people have died every day, and by this month, the number of deaths per day has exceeded 100,000. Countries like Belgium and Luxembourg have lost more people to the "Spanish flu" in recent months than they have lost in the war in recent years.

There is also Germany, because the second son of the plane has received all kinds of support from a certain super "self-engaged five mark party", and the table is much more bullish than the original time and space, pushing Tsarist Russia in the east, Britain and France in the west, and beating the old imperialism around it violently, not only achieved brilliant results, but also suffered very small losses. Before September, the number of German casualties in the wars in the past few years was only 1.3 million, but after the outbreak of the plague, the German army hung up almost 700,000 in these months, and most of these people were sturdy boys, and their hearts were so painful that Wei Er and others wanted to cry without tears.

But Germany is not the worst, with the death toll of the US military surpassing 1 million as of last month. There is no way, the African side is the first area to break out, and the Yankees have sent a lot of black troops to Africa, so it is a tragedy. Of course, the losses of other countries are also shocking, France has 530,000, Britain has 680,000, Austria-Hungary has 620,000, Italy has 300,000, and even Japan has 140,000.

Note that this number is only the number of plague deaths in the army, and the civilian population is even more, at least several times that of the army. And the most terrifying thing about this plague is that it spreads almost everywhere, and there are reports of epidemics all over the world, and no one is a pure land, not even those islands in the ocean.

People all over the world are scared to pee, where is there any mood for the holidays?

This is true even for the largest cities in Japan and the United States, not to mention the warring countries in Europe, which are even more depressed. Cities around the world are now degrading, and most of the powerful and economically well-off people have moved away from the populous big cities and taken refuge in sparsely populated countryside and even mountain forests. A large number of shops in the city have closed, many factories have closed or reduced working hours, and almost all schools have closed.

The worst losses are those tertiary industries, such as restaurants, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, bars, dance halls and other places, the vast majority of them can't do it anymore, and now everyone even goes to the street as if they are adventuring, so they still have the mood and courage to go to these places to play, and they are all shrinking at home as otaku and otaku. Many cities feel as if no man's land has become a no-man's land.

Even in China, where the situation is at its best, the government has repeatedly reminded people in various media outlets: try not to go out, and try to avoid crowded places. Wear a mask soaked in potion whenever you go out or in a public place, spray potion and lime frequently in the house, or smoke the room with vinegar frequently.

All organs, enterprises, and institutions, as well as grassroots departments such as neighborhoods, communities, and villages, must prepare medicines in their respective jurisdictions, and organize the masses to engage in sanitation and boil potions. At the same time, the border is blocked, and the customs has also imposed a strict control and quarantine system on the entry and exit of people and goods.

As for the flu vaccine? Oh, that thing was given to the general population before the outbreak on the grounds that it was a vaccine for other diseases, and even most people in the health care system didn't know that the vaccine they gave people was a flu vaccine. Of course, only nationals can be injected, and the so-called nationals refer to those who identify with this country, with this civilization, and with this system.

As for the potions that were boiled at the grassroots level, they weren't fools. These potions made with traditional Chinese medicine such as banlan root, honeysuckle, and houttuynia cordata do have a certain effect on the flu, anyway, they are all things that clear heat and detoxify, and there are no side effects. Organizing everyone to engage in hygiene, even if it is not for this plague, is to improve everyone's quality of life, let everyone develop good living habits, and improve the national quality. Spraying potions and lime into the house and smoking the room with vinegar are also good habits and prevent more than just the flu.

In other words, these actions carried out by this government are not just to hide people's eyes, but to take advantage of this opportunity to force the implementation of a patriotic health campaign and comprehensively improve the people's hygiene habits.

And that's not all.

After seeing China's approach, governments around the world followed suit and sent people to China to learn from it. And China also took this opportunity to gain prestige and compiled its experience on plague isolation and control into a book called "What You Need to Know for Plague Prevention", which was translated into more than 20 languages, and the Red Gourd Society distributed it to various countries free of charge, even the allies of the hostile camp.

In addition, the recipe and boiling method of the prevention potion "Jinlan Soup" have also been announced to the world, because "Jinlan Soup" is not a special medicine. The effect is definitely there, and it has a pretty good effect and prevention effect on common influenza, but it is not clear how good it can be for something like "Spanish flu". Something like this with a vague effect might as well be used to brush up reputation.

We all know that Wen Desi is a person who lacks moral integrity, has an ultra-low bottom line, and has always lacked any excellent qualities such as humanitarianism, internationalism, and universal values, and is still a hopeless Great China ist. It stands to reason that in his opinion, no matter how many foreigners die, it is someone else's child who will not be able to die, even if he dies. But he also doesn't hate things that he doesn't control, such as the plague.

This kind of thing is not the same as fighting, it is controllable, but viruses do not have eyes, they can't distinguish between friend and foe, they are completely uncontrollable things. At the same time, this kind of thing is very easy to mutate, and what if it is not eliminated quickly, and there is a variant that the vaccine does not work? If it becomes that situation, there is no place to cry. No one dares to bet that it won't mutate, and Wen Deji naturally doesn't dare, don't play this uncontrollable thing, it's easy to get rid of.

Although vaccines will not be provided to foreign countries, other things, such as prevention and control methods, recipes for "golden and blue soup", and so on, can still be provided to them. After all, the drugs on the prescription need to be solved by the governments themselves, and the medicinal materials on the prescription are all traditional Chinese medicine, and European and American countries do not have the tradition of using traditional Chinese medicine, and it is definitely not an easy thing for them to get the medicinal materials for the whole country.

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Paris, command of the German First Army.

The commander of the army, Field Marshal Crook, was convening a meeting of his senior officers, but today's meeting was not a military meeting, but a meeting on disease prevention and drug manufacturing.

The meeting was presided over by the chief of the military doctor, whose deputy was reading a text jiàn.

“...... The root of the genus Radix is a medicinal herb made by treating the roots of the genus Woad. Woad plants can be made into the root of the plant, but the efficacy is different, the effect of woad is the best, followed by European woad, long round fruit woad, small fruit woad indigo, the best autumn digging, pick up impurities, cut off the leaf seedlings, wash with water, water temperature control zhì at 15-25 degrees. Put the washed semi-finished products into the basket, cover them with a damp cloth and place them for 24-30 hours, cut them obliquely into round pieces with a thickness of about three millimeters, and dry them in the sun or drying......"

Then there is honeysuckle, the so-called honeysuckle is also a special term in traditional Chinese medicine, it is the honeysuckle plant honeysuckle and the same genus of plants after drying the bud with the first flower. The processing method of this medicinal herb is simpler than that of the root of the banyan, and the honeysuckle flowers are ...... after picking."

"These two herbs are the main medicine of [Jinlan Soup], and then there are licorice and Houttuynia cordata, the former is the root and rhizome of the licorice plant, and the latter is the aerial part of the brackena plant......"

When the medic had finished, Marshal Crook knocked on the table and said, "Well, gentlemen, do you hear them all? These are the seven medicines in the formula. Your task is to send soldiers to collect these plants, and I hope that you will all pay attention to it and do your best to collect these herbs for me. After the meeting, you should go to the chief of military medicine to collect the relevant instruction manuals, and be careful to collect and prepare them in strict accordance with the methods in the manual. Damn, I hate colds, it turns the Imperial army into a drugstore......"

"Mr. Chief Medic, all other plants are easy to do, but it's winter, and there are still three months before the honeysuckle blooms, how can we make honeysuckle? And what kind of bracken plant, we don't have ...... in Europe at all" An officer raised an objection on the spot, it seems that this old man is more familiar with plants.

The chief of the military doctor flipped through the instructions and replied, "Well, the Chinese manual says that these are substitutes. If honeysuckle is not available, mint leaves can be used instead, and the dosage is adjusted as follows......"

The same thing happened in the armies of other countries, where the commanders handed out the prescriptions they had brought from China to the troops, and asked the officers and soldiers to collect the medicinal herbs everywhere. The armies of the two warring sides were transformed into herb-collecting brigades in an instant. This is also something that cannot be helped, and the domestic people also need these medicines, and the demand is even greater, so the government can only ask the army to solve part of it by itself.

Because of this terrible plague, the morale of the armies on both sides has dropped to zero, and it is no longer possible to fight. For these officers and soldiers, if they are killed or wounded in the war, it still makes sense, how can there be no dead in the war, and it is to kill more enemies to take revenge. But the plague is different, if this plague inexplicably takes its life, it will exceed the psychological bottom line of most people, and there is no place to take revenge.

In fact, since November, there has been a de facto ceasefire between the armies of both sides. There is no way, there are too many people who have been hit by the Spanish flu, many units have lost their combat effectiveness in formations, and the mortality rate is as high as 5% to 7%, and those who have not died also have fever and headaches, and they can't stand steadily, and they are still hairy. And the plague died very quickly, with many people who were normal in the morning, contracted at noon, and died at night. This was a fatal blow to morale, and there were more than one instance on both sides of the war, when a plane fell from the sky due to a sudden onset of the pilot's illness.

After China announced the prescription of [Jinlan Tang] on December 5, all countries are looking for medicinal materials everywhere, and now the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the armies on both sides have no intention of fighting, and for them, using medicinal materials to make [Jinlan Tang] is the most concerned thing. Now, not only have the front-line troops been transferred to the "medicine collection brigade", but people from Europe and the United States have also been dispatched one after another, carrying backpacks, hoes, and scissors to the mountains and fields to collect medicine. In any case, the prescription published in China also contains a method of concocting, and you can make it yourself at home.

Because several related medicinal materials are now sold out, the supply exceeds demand, and the price is rolling up, almost one price per minute, which is faster than the most bullish stock market. Except for China and Japan, countries where Chinese medicine is popular, who in other countries will have nothing to do with honeysuckle? Except for a few powerful people, ordinary people can't buy and can't afford to buy it, and it is a joke to expect the government to guarantee the supply, and they can't manage it themselves, so it's better to do it themselves.

"Well, it looks like this battle is going to end up......" Wen Deji sighed. He knew very well that as soon as this super plague came, everyone would have no heart or strength to fight. "Now it's time to think about how to end up......"