When the fast horse arrived, Liu Hongji saw that it was really Li Ke, the king of Wu, and hurriedly greeted: "Your Highness has arrived with reinforcements, why don't you inform me to enter the city, it's too unsafe to camp outside this city, and there are people infected with the plague outside" Li Ke took it over and introduced Du Shaoqing, of course, the Xuanjia Army does not need to be introduced, although Li Junxian's level is not high, but Liu Hongji also knows this person and has fought together.Du Shaoqing looked at this General Liu, who was about the same age as Wei Chigong, but this was not such a pure fierce general, as if he had read a book, and looked more personable."
I wanted to talk to the general after dawn, but I was afraid that you would open the door and come out, 300,000 people in Youzhou City is not a trivial matter, the epidemic situation outside is like fire, it is easy to come out, but it is difficult to enter the city again."
Du Shaoqing explained."
What?
What does Doctor Du mean by this?
”Li Ke next to him explained with a smile: "It means that in order to prevent the general from bringing the epidemic into the city, you can't go back." ”"What is the reasoning?
I didn't get the plague, and it was less than a stick of incense when I came out," Liu Hongji shouted."
Along the way, we passed through the plague area in the south, and Dr.
Du said that the plague came fiercely and spread rapidly, and the disease began to develop in five days, and the condition began to deteriorate in fifteen days, and it was life-threatening if it was not treated in thirty days, so we can't be cautious."
Li Ke explained in a deep voice."
Then if I don't go back to the city, who do you need material support to deploy for you?"
Du Shaoqing said with a smile next to him: "The general can give an order under the city, and then use the moat as the boundary, and let the soldiers inside send food and medicine, and we can take it."
It just so happens that our side is slightly understaffed, and it is just in time for you to bring your personal guards over.When we came, we had already informed along the way that in Hebei Province, Youzhou City, Yingzhou City, Cangzhou City, and the three cities all have disaster relief areas for the imperial court to diagnose and treat the plague, so from today onwards, the ten miles north of the city will probably be the gathering place for displaced people in the future. ”God, Liu Hongji was scared, don't be a quack doctor here!
What about the 300,000 people in the city, you just said that you should not spread it inside, but now it is better to gather all the sick here?
I'm afraid that the 300,000 people in this city won't be able to spread it, right?"
General Liu, if you don't use this method to attract plague patients to Hebei Province, then I'm afraid that all the patients will flow south into the territory of the whole country because of your strong walls, which is more important?"
Li Ke analyzed.This Liu Hongji suddenly realized, yes, he only cared about the survival of the cities in Hebei, forgetting that the disaster victims would endanger the whole country if they fled south.slapped his thigh, "It's done, this is my Lao Liu's mistake, the two of you can do what they say, just say what you need, I still have 20,000 defenders in Youzhou City, all for disaster relief." ”"Okay, I'm worried about the lack of people, please send 10,000 people to start working, except for half of the people who cut down trees and build tents to renovate the pots and stoves, the rest are all under the command of the Xuanjia Army and go to collect medicinal herbs nearby.Although this hot summer has accelerated the spread of the epidemic, the lush plants have also given us a good opportunity to treat the plague, and we can't wait for the medicine to be transported by the imperial court. ”All the way to the north, Du Shaoqing has come up with a prescription for treating the plague, and the people can treat the plague as long as they use medicine in time, but the plague is violent, and the cause is not clear, although it is summer, it is not a major drought, locust plague, etc., as if it came suddenly.After five days of hard fighting, the epidemic in Hebei Province was finally effectively controlled, and it no longer spread to the south.Du Shaoqing no longer personally guarded the disaster relief under Youzhou City, he and Li Ke took the five hundred Xuanjia Army to the north again, just to find out the cause of the outbreak of the plague.So when Wei Zheng was sent to Youzhou by the general director of disaster relief, these two people were not found.Wei Zheng at the head of the city looked at the more than 100,000 victims below, who were actually resettled in an orderly manner without any accidents, and couldn't help but admire the cleverness of General Liu Hongji next to him.Liu Hongji's old face turned red and told the truth of the matter: "Where is my ability, even if you give me Lao Liu's 100,000 army, you may not be able to move, let alone 100,000 people like frightened birds?"
This is all the tricks of Doctor Du, this time the doctor selected by His Majesty really has two strokes, as if he can do anything, and even understands the relief of the victims. ”"Oh?
Doctor Du's tricks?
Lao Liu, you talk about it carefully. ”Wei Zheng was very interested, what was the way, why didn't he say it on the way here?"
It's very simple, just four words, it's called cash-for-work.Doctor Du said that the victims gathered here, there was nothing else to do except recuperate, and the government had to provide food to support them, but if people were too full and idle, they would have nothing to do, or even nothing to do.Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize the people in a different way, and use the 100,000 disaster victims well to be 100,000 enthusiastic laborers, and there is no need for the laborious labor of the imperial court. ”Wei Zheng's eyes lit up, "Good idea, really good idea."
But that's not right, do you have any hard work to do in Youzhou City?
I didn't see anything busy with the people in the city. ”"You came late, the first two days were to let the people go to the nearby mountains to collect medicines, all kinds of simple and common medicinal materials, and the government to buy them in a unified manner.Later, when the herbs ran out, I asked them to repair the walls and move the stones.Next is the main event, hehe, in three or five days it will be the time to harvest wheat in the summer, and these 100,000 laborers will be the new force of Youzhou's harvest. ”Wei Zheng nodded again and again when he heard this, but then he opened his mouth and pointed out the key points, "That's right, but these 100,000 people eat and chew every day, and the food consumed is not a small amount, although it is good to help you harvest the summer grain, but I am afraid that the summer grain you produce this year will be eaten by them by one or two percent." ”Liu Hongji was choked a lot, yes, he only counted his income, not his expenses, these 100,000 people worked hard, but he didn't hesitate to go out to provide food for disaster relief.For a while, the general was depressed, "I knew that I would have urged Doctor Du to cure these people and send them away, they stayed here to help the people of Youzhou eat food, which will definitely have an impact on the rations of the locals in the future."
It's good now, Doctor Du said that before the source of the northern plague is found and eliminated, this group of people can't go back for the time being, so as not to get infected again. ”Wei Zheng patted Liu Hongji on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry about Lao Liu, think about it, if it weren't for the way of work-for-relief, wouldn't you have to give food to support this group of victims?"
Don't worry, this time Your Majesty will definitely reduce or exempt the taxes of Hebei Province, and you will not lose at all. ”