Chapter 211 Great Qi Dynasty 12
Chapter 211 Great Qi Dynasty 12
The next day, Muchen, carrying a batch of crucial disaster relief food and medicine, successfully reunited with the Crown Prince and his eldest brother, Muyang. The three met at a makeshift camp. Outside the camp was a bustling disaster relief site, with groups of disaster victims queuing up, waiting for food and medicine.
However, inside this temporary command center, a screen was placed in the middle, separating Muchen and the prince.
Other subordinates also reported matters behind the screen.
Although Muchen was surprised, he didn't pay much attention to it. This screen was made of a translucent material, and with Muchen's current eyesight, he could see the two people opposite him clearly.
"Mu Chen, you've returned just in time." The prince looked tired, but his eyes were determined. "With these grain and herbs, we won't have to worry about food and fodder for disaster relief."
Mu Yang nodded and said, "These are all disaster relief supplies allocated by the court. After you left, those wealthy businessmen heard that they could get the prince's personal inscription, so they sent another batch of food.
Adding Sirong's batch, we really don't have to worry about food anymore."
"The wealthy businessmen really know how to adapt to the changing times." Muchen said casually.
Mu Yang chuckled, but then covered his mouth and coughed a few times, his face looking slightly pale.
Seeing this, Mu Chen frowned, "Brother, you don't look well. Did you catch a cold? And cousin Crown Prince, why do you look so bad too?"
The prince shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's nothing, perhaps I've been overworked these past few days, coupled with the busy disaster relief work, and haven't had time to rest."
However, the prince himself was not in much better condition. The hard work of several days made him look haggard and he would cough from time to time.
"These things Sirong left behind have saved us more than once," the prince said with emotion. "Especially the cement. It's very effective in building dams and houses."
Mu Yang added: "There is also this lime powder, which is used to disinfect areas after floods, and it is very effective. We have arranged personnel to spread lime powder in the severely affected villages to prevent the spread of diseases.
There is also the prescription for the epidemic. Signs of the epidemic have appeared in several remote villages a few days ago.
The imperial physician we brought from the capital brought the prescription given by Sirong into the village. He has now reported back that the epidemic is basically under control.
After hearing this, Muchen couldn't help but understand that his cousin, the Crown Prince, and his elder brother had also been infected with the disease. That's why they had a screen set up inside the tent to keep some distance from everyone.
There was no other way. This time when he came out, apart from some imperial doctors, only his eldest brother accompanied His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
This is because both of them fell ill and there was no one else to take charge of the matter.
There are two talented people here, presiding over the situation despite being sick.
Thinking of this, Mu Chen didn't care about anything else and went straight behind the screen to check on the two of them.
"Didn't Sirong leave you two bottles of talisman water? Why didn't you drink it?"
Seeing Muchen barging in so rashly, the prince and Mu Yang were helpless and could only tell him with a wry smile that they had used up all their money.
"The talisman water Sirong gave me has been used up. Now I can only rely on the prescription Sirong left behind for treatment."
However, this time the epidemic was severe, and although the prescription was effective, the effect was slow.
It turned out that just a few days ago, someone deliberately mixed the supplies of infected patients into the prince's daily utensils, attempting to spread the disease in this way and kill the prince.
The method was very clever. The prince's belongings were managed by a special person, and they did not act rashly. Instead, they put the napkins used by the sick people in the water used to wash the prince's tea bowl to wash them.
Afterwards, it was sent to the person in charge of Prince's tea sets. Because lime powder was added to the water, the water was a little turbid, but they didn't care too much.
In this way, the spread of the disease is slow, but it is also difficult to detect.
By the time they found out, the prince and Mu Yang had already contracted the disease.
"It's really hard to guard against them." Mu Chen said angrily, "Their methods of harming people are endless."
The prince smiled calmly, "Since ancient times, the struggle for power has never ceased. As long as I live, Prime Minister Yu and the Fourth Brother will not stop. It's okay. Your brother and I have both drunk that water before."
The last time I was poisoned, I was saved by that water.
After that, your brother and I could feel that your physical condition had become stronger than before. This time, with the help of the medicine, nothing will happen. "
Mu Yang was afraid that Mu Chen would worry, so he echoed him, "That's right, you don't have to worry too much. The news from the village where the epidemic broke out is that although the epidemic was severe, Si Rong's prescription was effective. It saved many people."
Muchen was amused by the optimism of these two people. One of you is the crown prince of the current dynasty, and the other is the son of an important official, okay?
Even if you don't say you are arrogant and extravagant, you wouldn't dare to treat your own body so lightly, right?
Look at the two people in front of me. Their faces are as pale as paper, their eye sockets are deep, their eyes are bloodshot, their eyes are cloudy and weak. Their lips are chapped, their breathing is rapid, and they cough continuously. Every time they inhale, it seems like they are struggling.
That is to say, the two of them had drunk the spiritual spring water before, otherwise by the time he came back, they would probably have been erectile dysfunction.
Without wasting any time talking to them, he took out two bottles of spiritual spring water from his clothes, which was actually his system backpack, and gave them both water to drink.
Then he took one of them in each hand and brought them to the rest tent at the back, and asked their servants to watch over them while they rested.
Muchen originally had a somewhat reckless personality. On the one hand, he pretended to be so as to confuse outsiders, and on the other hand, he really had a bit of a temper.
When he gets angry, he won't even tolerate the prince.
So the prince and Mu Yang looked at Mu Chen's handsome face which was flushed red from holding back his anger, and they cooperated with him obediently and lay down on the bed to rest.
Anyway, Muchen is back, and they can leave the outside affairs to him, so they are relieved.
After Muchen returned to the temporary command post in front, he took advantage of the time when no one came to report anything and told Sirong about the situation here.
In Muchen's backpack, there were various pills that Sirong had left for him. However, there was no problem for him to eat these things himself. He just didn't know whether his brother and cousin the prince, with their weak bodies, could withstand the effects of the medicine.
Also, the spiritual spring water that Sirong gave them was said to be talisman water bought from an old wandering Taoist priest.
What should he say about this pill?
After hearing what Muchen said, Sirong wanted to go over and see the two of them, but she finally held back.
She came back so often that it made people suspicious.
What's more, the prince and Mu Yang are both meticulous people.
Among the pills that Sirong gave to Muchen, there was an antidote pill, but there seemed to be no pill specifically for treating epidemic diseases.
She asked Muchen to split a detoxification pill into two halves and put them into the medicine soup they were drinking, and let the two of them take it first.
Then she asked Muchen to put the things they had used into her backpack, and she took it to the clinic in the space and studied it with the instruments inside.
Let’s see if we can improve the prescription for the epidemic so that it can be more effective.
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