Volume 15: The Winner Is King Chapter 1223 The Plague (I)
"Have you heard, the culprit of the poison in the porridge is a ratβ"
"I've heard about it, too, but what's the mouse?"
"It's said that rats have some virus on their bodies. β
"I don't think it's credible. β
β......β
As soon as the news that Hu Wei found was announced, it immediately caused a lot of discussion. The information in the Tianfeng Continent is very underdeveloped, and most of the people are still struggling with food and clothing, where do they have the mind and ability to study problems such as viruses. Although I don't say it on the surface, many people don't believe it in their hearts. It's incredible to put the sin on the rats.
When Hu Wei came up with this answer, he knew that this answer couldn't convince people, even Ouyang Shuixian was skeptical, and those ordinary people didn't believe it even more, in order to prove it, Hu Wei had to do some more things.
"Young marshal, it's almost time. β
"Okay, let's go. β
At this time, the Jincheng campus was already full of people, and in the center of the school field, a high point stood in the northeast corner. The Chihe Empire is located in the northeast of the Tianfeng Continent, and they believe that the northeast is their auspicious land, so the Dianjiangtai is generally located in the northeast corner.
Hu Wei stood on the platform in military uniform, his eyes swept over the hundreds of people in the audience, and said: "I know that many people don't believe that rats poison people's lives. I'm here today to give you proof of this. β
Hu Wei said and pointed to a pot of porridge beside him, and said: "There is a pot of porridge here, I will recognize it in public for a while, but before that, I hope to find a hundred people and do me a favor, I don't know who is willing?"
The people in the audience all looked at each other, helping Hu Wei?
There is never a shortage of people in the world who do good things, although they don't know what Hu Wei wants them to do, there are still a lot of people who are willing to stand up, and after a while, a hundred people will be selected, and they will be invited to the point of the general, and they will stand by Hu Wei's side.
After Hu Wei's explanation, the people on and off the stage knew that Hu Wei was going to simulate the home environment of several people who died of poisoning, and do a real thing. He would give each of the 100 people a bowl of non-poisonous porridge and let them take it home, and then take it back the next day to test the porridge with animals to see if it was poisonous.
"Now everyone understands, for the sake of the lives of the people, I hope you can treat this reality fairly. β
Hu Wei said that when he was talking, the porridge in the pot had been divided into one hundred and one bowls. The unified blue and white bowls are lined up, which is still quite beautiful.
Hu Wei took a bowl casually and drank the porridge in front of tens of thousands of people on and off the stage.
The common people are a little stupid, they heard Hu Wei say that they would first prove that the porridge is not poisonous, and they still guessed in their hearts what Hu Wei would do, but they didn't expect Hu Wei to drink it directly and use himself as a witness.
The Tianfeng Continent has existed for thousands of years, when have you ever heard of high-ranking officials treating the people like this. Whether it's a show or anything, Hu Wei's move immediately won the favor of many people.
After Hu Wei drank the porridge, he told the people some knowledge about hygiene and some details of this experiment, so that the 100 people on the stage each took a bowl of porridge back, and tomorrow morning, they took the porridge back for the next step.
Although many people in the audience were not able to participate, they could do this kind of real thing, and many people had already made a decision in their hearts, and after returning home, they could not bear the pain of taking a bowl of porridge out to try.
There was no word all night, and before dawn, the front of the general was already full of ordinary people. The old, the young, the men, the women, the densely packed, the number is a little more than yesterday.
The official trial of Hu Wei has not yet begun, but there is already an answer among the people. Out of various hearts, many ordinary people have done similar experiments in their homes at night. Some people's experiments were unsuccessful, and some porridge crawled by rats really poisoned the small animals in the house. ...,
"Brother Hu You, haven't they all been proven to be bad things for rats, why do you still look unhappy. Ouyang Shuixian couldn't help but wonder when he saw Hu Wei sitting there for a long time without speaking.
The morning experiment was a great success, and the hearts of the people were pulled back again, and the porridge factory was reopened. But Ouyang Shuixian didn't see a trace of a smile on Hu Wei's body.
How did Ouyang Narcissus know that it was precisely because the real yΓ n in the morning was too successful that Hu Wei was very worried. Hu Wei thought that at most ten bowls of porridge in a hundred bowls would prove to be poisonous, but in the end, more than half of them were proven to be problematic.
What does that mean?
That means that the rat infestation in Jincheng has reached a very terrifying level, and a large-scale plague outbreak may occur at any time. Once the plague broke out, it would be a disaster for Jincheng, for the Chihe Empire, and even for the entire Tianfeng Continent.
"No, this is a must-have. Hu Wei stood up suddenly. He's going to have to start a nationwide campaign to get rid of rats. Fortunately, it has been proved that the food crawled by rats will be contaminated, and I believe that the common people hate rats very much, and they should be able to attract a lot of responses.
Ouyang Narcissus didn't quite understand what the plague was, but she trusted Hu Wei's judgment very much, and after receiving Hu Wei's order, she immediately went to organize the rat eradication work. She not only mobilized a large number of ordinary people, but also personally organized her own men and horses to participate in it, preparing to do a good job.
Hu Wei knew that Ouyang Shuixian would definitely do his best to complete the task he handed over, which would also be a lot more relieved. It's just that he didn't know that it was precisely because of his decision to get rid of rats for the common people that it caused a catastrophe.
The porridge factory is non-toxic, and the people have regained their former peace. Hu Wei's influence in Chihe has also risen step by step. Now not many people remember Zhao Erte, saying that having milk is a mother is a bit poisonous, but in the hearts of the people, whoever gives them food is their 'mother', which is not an exaggeration at all. Isn't it a big joke that the state makes them hungry and wants them to be patriotic.
There was still no movement on the side of Tianchi Palace, and Hu Wei didn't have time to pay attention to it for the time being. He also scattered his people to find out where the Tianchi Palace was, but the Tianchi Palace was able to leave only legends in the Tianfeng Continent for hundreds of years, and it was not easy to find them, and it was not easy to find them in a short time.
On this day, Hu Wei was discussing with Wang Yiwu about solving the problem of the Chihe Riverside Army, when Ouyang Shuixian suddenly walked in with a pale face.
"Rou'er, why is your face so ugly, is she sick? After Ouyang Shuixian received Hu You's order, he has been doing his best to get rid of rats for the past few days, and Hu Wei hasn't been able to see her much.
Ouyang Shuixian shook his head and said, "I'm nothing, Brother Hu Wei, it seems that something has happened." β
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Hu Wei looked at Ouyang Shuixian's face was ugly, if it wasn't sick but something happened, it would be a big deal.
Ouyang Shuixian hesitated: "I don't dare to be sure it's not, it's just that I'm always very uneasy in my heart, very uneasy......
"Don't worry, tell me slowly, what is going on. Although Hu Wei was anxious to understand the situation, he still comforted Ouyang Shuixian softly.
It turns out that things have to start with the rat eradication. Ouyang Narcissus did his best to get rid of rats, and the results were great. As a nationwide operation, a large number of rats are caught every day.
I really don't know if I don't catch it, I was shocked when I caught it, even the local people in Jincheng didn't know that there were so many rats living in the same place with them. Thinking of the poisonous rats, they tried their best to catch them.
But there are so many dead rats, there must be a place to throw them. Many people think it's okay to throw them in the river and let the river wash them away.
But they don't want to think about what it would be like to throw one or two dead rats into the river, but everybody does it, and thousands of dead rats are thrown into the river. ...,
It is a tributary of Jincheng that is used to throw dead rats, because it is not the main channel, and the domestic water is not taken from there, at first even Ouyang Narcissus didn't think there was any problem, but today when Ouyang Narcissus inadvertently passed there, he found that the entire river was blocked by dead rats, and then he realized that the problem would be very strict.
"How can you throw it into the river? After listening to Ouyang Shuixian's words, Hu Wei's face turned blue. Those rats carry viruses, but they are alive, and the viruses on their bodies will not converge and develop so quickly and on a large scale. But if you throw it all into the river, it will be terrible, and a large number of viruses will gather at once, and it will definitely develop wildly.
This is also strange for Hu Wei when she asked Ouyang Narcissus to remove the rats, she did not tell her that the treatment of the rats must be buried deeply, and a large amount of quicklime should be sprinkled to achieve the purpose of anti-virus.
It's useless to say anything now, and the dead rats piled up in the river must be disposed of immediately, otherwise this time it will be really a bad thing, and if it causes a plague because of it, the consequences will be even more unimaginable.
The more Hu Wei thought about it, the more afraid he became, such a thing must not happen.
But who to send to clean up those dead rats, there are no biochemical soldiers these years, and whoever is sent there will be a huge danger, and if you don't get it right, there will be no return.
"Young marshal, it's better to let Lin Zhengfeng's people go. Wang Yiwei saw Hu Wei's hesitation and mentioned it to Hu Wei. Friends of the Dead Dao are immortal and poor, and letting Lin Zhengfeng's people go on adventures has no effect on the Immortal Bird Legion. Sacrificing them, Wang Yiwu is not distressed, and it may not be okay to say anything else.
Wang Yiwei still knows too little about the plague, how did he know that once the plague breaks out, even if only one person is hit, there will be people who can threaten the whole city. It doesn't care what kind of troops you are.
Hu Wei thought about it for a while, shook his head and said: "No, you can't let Anrong people go to this matter, they don't have any experience, and if you don't get one right, then you will have a big problem." β
"Young marshal, you don't want to ......" Wang Yiwei's face also changed.
Hu Wei affirmed: "We have already made mistakes, we can't make the same mistakes again, this time I will personally command." Wang Yiwu, you can get me a lot of quicklime right away, and it would be better to cover the whole river so much. Cleaning up is impossible anymore and may be buried deep in the ground. Rou'er, you go and stop all the rat-killing operations at once. β
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Wang Yiwu and Ouyang Shuixian saw that Hu Wei was so strict, no one dared to delay for a moment, and immediately did what Hu Wei said.
"Let's hope it's not too late. β
Heavy rains are falling and water levels are rising. This time, it seems that God is not on Hu Wei's side.
Hu Wei's face was as heavy as the bottom of a pot, could it be that God and the rats were in a gang, deliberately wanting to take revenge for the slaughter of humans?
It's all 'old', so it's not necessarily possible that there is really one.
The door was slammed open, bringing in a puff of moisture, and slammed shut, leaving one more dead person in the room.
"Wang Yixi, how is the situation? Hu asked anxiously.
Wang Yiwu shook his head and said: "The river is still rising, and half of Jincheng has been soaked by the river, and the deepest place is up to two meters. The dead rats were all floating on the water......"
When Wang Yiwu said this, he couldn't help but shiver, there were dead rats floating everywhere on the surface of the water, densely packed with thousands of them, which was really terrifying.
"Drinking water, how is the drinking water?" Hu Wei was most concerned about this question. Don't think that if the water rises, there will always be water to drink, and many times the more the water rises, there will be no water to drink.
"It's not optimistic, all the wells in the city are getting dirty water, and now most of the people take rainwater directly, and they can temporarily top it, but once the rain stops, the situation will be dangerous." β
Hu Wei let out a long sigh, this time it was really a big trouble. ...,
The flood blocked the road, and even if Hu Wei could bring in supplies from outside, it was not something that could be done in a day and a half. Ordinary people now want nothing, not even a simple rainwater accumulation, what will happen next, almost without brains can be similar.
"How's the preparation for the buckthorns? Hu worriedly put this question aside for a while and asked another question.
As soon as he realized the possibility of an outbreak of the plague, Hu Wei had already allocated a large amount of money to organize the purchase of medicinal materials in case of emergency.
"In terms of medicinal materials, it is quite smooth, so far, two hundred carts of medicinal materials have been bought, but the heavy rain has cut off a lot of roads, and it cannot be transported into the city for a while. β
"It's still good news, you go down first. Keep an eye on the movements, and report to me immediately if you find anything."
"Master, our people have already arranged for us, waiting for instructions at any time. Ziyi reported to Bai Suxin.
"Hmm. Bai Suxin looked at the heavy rain outside the window and responded lightly.
Ziyi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Master, this is just an ordinary heavy rain, is it really that terrifying?"
Bai Suxin glanced at Ziyi, shook his head, and said, "You haven't seen anything really terrible yet." It's almost time and you're ready to go. β
As Ziyi left Bai Suxin's room, a rumor began to circulate in Jincheng.
"The Immortal Bird Legion offends the heavens, and the heavens will not only rain rain, but also a great disaster. Countless people will die of disease, and the golden city will be piled with white bones......"
"Tianchi Palace, you are ruthless enough!" Hu Wei slapped his fist on the table. That Bai Suxin really got it, if he didn't make a move, he would just make a move, and as soon as he made a move, Hu Wei couldn't be reversed.
After the catastrophe, there will be a big epidemic, if it is just in normal times, do a good job of prevention in advance, it should be possible to suppress the epidemic, but this time, before the rainstorm, a large number of dead rats with viruses have been thrown into the river, and now all the well water has been polluted, no matter how prepared Hu Wei is, a terrible plague is already destined to break out.
And Bai Suxin took this opportunity to release rumors, and before the outbreak of the plague, he pushed this matter on Hu Wei, who really couldn't even hide.
"This Bai Suxin is too hateful, Brother Hu Wei, I'll bring someone to arrest her. Ouyang Narcissus said very angrily.
Hu Wei did all the qiΔ for the common people. Bai Suxin didn't do anything, but he wanted to blame Hu Wei for all the disasters of QiΔ, so that the common people would be dissatisfied with Hu Wei, and achieve the goal of letting Tianchi Palace snatch away the Chihe Empire. What a poisonous intention.
"Even if you kill Bai Suxin now, it's useless. The only thing we can do is try to remedy it. Hu Wei let out a long sigh. It is said that only villains and women are difficult to raise, and this time he knows it. Bai Suxin, such a woman, wants him to die.
Hu Wei had always thought that the three blows that Bai Suxin said were aimed at his personal behavior. In other words, Hu Wei thought that Bai Suxin was going to assassinate him three times.
Hu Wei didn't care much about Bai Suxin's assassination, after all, Bai Suxin's assassination of Hu Wei didn't show too strong a force, although the ninjas in their Tianchi Palace were quite powerful, they couldn't scare Hu Wei.
But now, Hu Wei knows it. Tianchi Palace's methods are not aimed at him personally. What she wants to fight is the whole situation. Hu Wei thinks about it now, Bai Suxin's first action even has the meaning of showing weakness to Hu You. Her real purpose is to make Hu Wei take him lightly.
Hu Wei really imagined that the more he felt that Tianchi Palace was not simple, and there would be a great epidemic after the catastrophe, he didn't have much knowledge in the Tianfeng Continent, and Bai Suxin not only knew, but also made a plan to take advantage of this, where is this something that ordinary people can think of.
"Brother Hu Wei, can we just let Tianchi Palace make a move?" Ouyang Shuixian was very unconvinced, they were able to take Jincheng in one fell swoop and control half of the Chihe Empire, it looked easy on the surface, but in fact they made a huge sacrifice. And now, do you want to let Tianchi Palace take it lightly and skillfully?
"I know what you're thinking, and I'm just as unconvinced. However, the situation is not in our favor now, so let's not act rashly for the time being. I promise you, I decided that I wouldn't let Tianchi Palace get hold of it so easily. β
"I'm sure you won't lose!"