Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 139 Plague 2

The propaganda of the yamen runners was still effective. Residents from two villages informed us that they had relatives with fever.

The bailiff immediately went back to report.

Yun Chu and Doctor Tao, who received the news, immediately rushed to other villages.

As for the three people who had contracted the plague in the dilapidated temple, Yun Chu had already arranged for people to send them to a courtyard in the county town.

Yun Chu and Doctor Tao went to a village separately. After examination, they found that Yun Chu's patient had just common typhoid fever, not plague.

Yun Chu prescribed medicine for the patient.

Afterwards, she checked other people in the village and made sure there was no problem before she rushed to Shanxing Village.

When we arrived at Shanxing Village, Doctor Tao was still taking the pulse of the villagers.

Ten people infected with plague have been found in this village.

In addition to Doctor Tao, Doctor Lu also came, and was also invited by Doctor Tao.

The plague is such a serious matter, how can one doctor be enough?

By the hour of Haizheng, all the villagers in Shanxing Village had been checked, and a total of thirty-four people were found to have the plague.

The thirty-four people were sent to the village ancestral hall for isolation and treatment.

Three of them had more serious symptoms, so we immediately boiled some medicine and gave it to them to take.

For other milder cases, boil the medicine after taking it.

Boil a big pot of medicine and give it to these people.

After observation, these people recovered well.

Thanks to Li Zhonglun's governance, the plague was strictly controlled in the villages of Tianhe County and did not spread further.

But in other parts of Anyi City, the plague broke out.

The prefect of Anyi City immediately summoned all the doctors in Anyi to go to various villages to treat plague patients.

"Your Majesty, plague patients have also been found in Anyi City."

"You can send someone to take the patient for treatment."

"A doctor has already gone to treat it."

"The county magistrates of each county have reported that the plague has broken out in the villages under their jurisdiction."

"Except for Tianhe County, the county magistrate of Tianhe County reported that the plague has been brought under control and the patients have been treated. It won't be long before they recover."

"Oh, did the magistrate of Tianhe County save Zhenyi's Li family?"

Xue Shi nodded, "Li Zhonglun, he is truly a member of the Li family."

"It seems that Li Zhonglun is quite capable. He was able to control the plague so quickly and treat all the patients."

"Zhenyi, go to Tianhe County and check whether what Li Zhonglun reported is false."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xue Shi bowed and said goodbye.

Xue Shi went to Tianhe County with two followers.

When he arrived at the gate of Tianhe County, he saw Yun Chu, who had saved him.

She was sitting at the city gate, taking someone's pulse.

"You are also going into the city, right? To enter the city, you have to queue up for a pulse check, and only those who are healthy can enter." Zhong Guozhu called out to Xue Shi and the other two.

Xue Shi immediately went to line up and asked with a smile: "Brother, I wonder why you need to take a pulse before entering the city?"

"It's all because of the plague." Zhong Guozhu said, "But the plague in our Tianhe County has been brought under control by the county magistrate. The plague patients in the villages are almost recovered."

"But the plague broke out in other counties."

“It would be bad if someone came from other counties or returned and brought the plague back with them.”

"So everyone who comes back from other places in each village must come to the city gate to ask Miss Yunchu to take their pulse."

"This is to prevent the plague from spreading to Tianhe County again."

"Brother, you are not back from another place, right? Why do you still need to feel my pulse?"

"Who said I'm not? I just came back from Jinshui County. My wife-in-law is from Jinshui County. She was worried that someone in her family might have the plague, so she asked me to buy plague medicine and send it to Jinshui County."

"I see."

Soon it was Xue Shi and his friends' turn.

"Mr. Xue, why are you here?"

"Because of the plague, I was worried about your family, so I came to see you."

"Mr. Xue is thoughtful." After feeling Xue Shi's pulse, Yun Chu said, "No problem, Mr. Xue, you can go in."

After Xue Shi entered the county, he found that the people in the county were not afraid or worried that day.

Xue Shi went to a noodle stall. While the owner was cooking noodles, he asked, "Seller, I see that the people of Tianhe County don't seem to be worried about the plague."

"The guests must be from out of town."

"Yes, I passed by here."

"We have a good county magistrate in Tianhe County. He has been on guard against the plague before it broke out. The county magistrate's daughter personally prepared rat poison, and every household received it."

"The village also sent people to deliver rat poison."

"But it's not easy to prevent rats in the village. There were still two villages that had plague, but they have been treated and may have recovered now."

"Which two villages?"

"There are not that many people in Shanxing Village and Shanghe Village, only about 60 or so. Less than 10 of them have fallen ill, and the rest have just been infected."

Xue Shi chatted with the peddler for a while, ate something, and then they went to Shanxing Village.

The plague patients in the village have recovered.

They then rushed to Shanghe Village, where there was still a patient taking medicine.

Xue Shi went to the patient's home for a home visit.

"I'm already well, but it's broken out again somewhere else. I'm afraid it'll happen again, so I asked my family to buy two more doses of medicine and I'm taking them."

Xue Shi: “…”

Ok!

Xue Shi went to other villages as well. He was afraid that there might be deaths from plague in other villages but the deaths were concealed and not reported.

However, after inquiring, we found that there was no plague in these villages.

When the sun set, Xue Shi and his companions returned to Tianhe County and visited Li Zhonglun.

"Greetings, Magistrate of Li County. My name is Xue Shi, courtesy name Zhenyi, and I am a counselor to King Bo'an."

"Meet Mr. Xue."

Xue Shi chatted with Li Zhonglun for a long time. After the chat, Xue Shi and the others settled down.

The next day, Xue Shi had breakfast and left.

After returning to Anyi City, Xue Shi reported what he had learned.

"Your Majesty, Li Zhonglun reported the plague patient to Prefect Fang as soon as he found him."

"But it seems that the prefect didn't read the urgent report submitted by Li Zhonglun."

Prince Bo'an's face turned cold, "Let's go to the prefectural government office."

"It's the prince."

Xue Shi accompanied Prince Bo'an to the prefectural government office.

"I've met the prince."

King Bo'an said, "Xue Shi, go find him."

"It's the prince."

Xue Shi quickly looked through the urgent report from Tianhe County on the desk of Prefect Fang.

King Boan opened the urgent letter and found that the plague was reported.

Prince Bo'an threw the urgent report directly on Prefect Fang's head and said, "Take a look for yourself."

Prefect Fang picked up the urgent report and looked at it, and was frightened to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat.

"This urgent report was submitted on the thirteenth day. If you had seen it then, would so many people have died of the plague in various counties now?" King Bo'an scolded.

"I think you are not qualified to be the prefect." King Bo'an said this and left.

Prefect Fang murmured to himself, "It's over!" He was really finished.

Two months later, the plague in various counties was finally under control.

However, people died in every county due to the plague.

After four months, the plague was completely gone.

Because of the plague incident, Li Zhonglun's prestige among the people skyrocketed.

Later, the people were very cooperative with whatever policies Li Zhonglun issued.

Now in Tianhe County, various places have begun to plant sweet potatoes and corn. Although they don't know how these crops perform, the county magistrate said they have high yields, so he must not be lying.

Moreover, the county magistrate's daughter personally sent people to guide them.

Lei Zi and a few other little beggars were also brought back to Shuiquan Farm by Yun Chu.

At Shuiquan Farm, Lei Zi and his friends learned how to farm from the farmhands.

Yun Chu discovered that Dabao was very smart. If he was trained well, he would be a rare talent.

Yun Chu plans to train Dabao to become a manager and then manage the farm.

Yun Chu gave the five people new names.

Because they have no surname, they all prefer to follow the surname Xu.

Lei Zi: Xu Lei, eleven years old.

Da Shu: Xu Sen, eleven years old.

Dabao, Xu Zhi, ten years old.

Dashan: Xu Song, eight years old.

Xiaowu, Xu Li. Six years old.

As for Xu Lei and the others, after Yun Chu asked them, they said they wanted to learn martial arts.

Yun Chu taught them martial arts personally.