Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 138 Plague 1

There are so many disasters, either earthquakes or locust plagues, and now there is the plague.

This plague is more serious than locusts. It is highly contagious and if we are not careful, an entire city may be wiped out.

Yun Chu hurriedly went to find his father and told him about the plague mission.

Li Zhonglun frowned, and had the same idea as Yun Chu, that is, there were too many disasters, if not for the task system that could predict them in advance.

I don’t know how many people were killed or injured in the previous earthquakes and locust plagues.

This leaves absolutely no way for ordinary people to survive.

"Dad, start a nationwide rat-catching campaign and tell people how important it is." Yun Chu said, "I will also prepare some rat-killing drugs, and then we can kill all the rats."

"However, if we kill rats in large numbers, it may cause damage to the ecological balance. Animals such as eagles, snakes, cats, foxes, and weasels feed on rats. If there are no rats, they will definitely enter the village, destroy farmland, and steal domestic poultry to eat."

"Anyway, there are pros and cons."

"We can't control rats in the wild, but in this town, at least there are no rats in everyone's home."

Yun Chu expressed his thoughts.

After listening to Yun Chu's words, Li Zhonglun also had his own ideas.

After chatting with Yun Chu, Li Zhonglun discussed it with others.

A few days later, every household received rat poison distributed by the county government.

This rat poison was prepared by Yun Chu and it can kill rats 100%.

The rat is dead and its body must be burned. It cannot be discarded at will.

More than half a month passed like this, and the rat eradication campaign in Tianhe County was going quite well.

But despite all their precautions, they missed the beggar.

"Brother Lei Zi, something bad has happened. Xiao Wu has a fever." Da Shu shouted.

When Lei Zi heard Xiao Si's cry, he woke up immediately, got up quickly and walked to Xiao Wu's side. He touched his forehead and found it was burning hot, as if it was going to burn him to death.

But Xiao Si was still complaining about the cold.

Da Bao said, "Brother Lei Zi, some time ago, the county government has been distributing rat poison to every household, saying it is to prevent plague."

"I went to listen to a few people who said that people with plague have chills and fever, which are consistent with Xiaowu's symptoms."

The beggars in the dilapidated temple looked at Lei Zi and his friends in horror.

"Hurry up and throw Xiaowu away." said the old beggar.

"Xiao Wu is our little brother, I will not abandon him." Lei Zi glared, "I will kill anyone who dares to touch Xiao Wu!"

Da Bao said, "Brother Lei Zi, I'll go to the county government office. The county government officials said that if plague is found, we should not conceal it and report it in time so that it can be treated and prevented from spreading."

"Let's go to the county government. Xiaowu can still get treatment."

Da Shu said, "Can the county government take care of beggars like us?"

Da Bao said: "This new county magistrate is very good. I think he can take charge."

"Besides, the magistrate's daughter is also very kind. We received sweet potatoes from the county government in winter. I heard that they were grown on the farm of the magistrate's daughter."

Dabao believed it anyway, "I'm going to the county government office, you guys wait for me."

Da Bao ran out of the dilapidated temple quickly. After waiting for three quarters of an hour, Da Bao ran to the gate of Tianhe County, where he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.

Dabao said anxiously: "My brother is sick, it feels like the plague."

When the soldiers guarding the city heard about the plague, they immediately asked, "Where are the people?"

"In the ruined temple outside the city."

"Chen Zhi, go and report to the county magistrate."

"Okay." Chen Zhi immediately rushed to the county government office.

Li Zhonglun, who was about to leave office, met Chen Zhi.

"Hello, sir. There is a little beggar at the city gate who said his brother might have the plague."

"Agui, go and invite the young lady."

"Chen Zhi went to see Doctor Tao."

"It's an adult."

Li Zhonglun rushed to the city gate.

Because of the plague, Yun Chu has been living in his home in the county during this period.

So when Agui came to find her, Yun Chu immediately picked up her medicine box and rushed to the city gate.

"Dad, I'll take this kid to the ruined temple first." Yun Chu looked at Dabao, "Stretch out your hand."

Dabao was a little stunned, but still reached out his hand.

Yun Chu gently pulled him onto the horse and said, "Hold me tight."

After saying that, Yun Chu pulled the reins and set off.

Dabao quickly hugged Yunchu tightly, fearing that he would fall down.

In less than half an incense stick of time, Yun Chu and Da Bao arrived at the dilapidated temple.

Lei Zi and the others saw a horse with a big bag on it, and they all looked at Yun Chu.

I don’t know who this girl is. She looks young, but she can actually ride a horse.

After Yun Chu helped the big bag off the horse, he got off the horse himself and walked directly towards Xiao Wu.

After checking his pulse, he asked, "When did you find out he had a fever?"

The tree said, "It was at the hour of You."

"Does he have nausea, vomiting, headache, or pain in his limbs?"

"Have."

Yun Chu looked at his eyes and saw that his conjunctiva was congested and his face was flushed. He was 98% sure that it was the plague.

But fortunately it’s still in the early stages.

Yun Chu immediately took out the medicine from the medicine box and asked, "Do you have a medicine pot to boil the medicine?"

"Yes." Lei Zi said.

The medicine jar was picked up by them. Although it had some cracks on it, it was still usable. They usually used it to boil water for drinking.

"Before you boil the medicine, come here and I'll check your pulse."

Hearing about the inspection, the old beggar rushed over first. Yun Chu took the old beggar's hand without changing his expression, "No problem, next one."

Lei Zi stepped forward and Yun Chu felt his pulse. "Nothing."

Lei Zi immediately took the medicine and boiled it.

Afterwards, Dabao was checked and nothing happened, but Dashu's pulse seemed a little off. "You may also be infected. Stay aside."

Among the remaining four beggars, there was a middle-aged man in his thirties who was suspected to be infected as well. He sat next to Dashu.

"Now, clean up the dilapidated temples. The plague can easily spread in a dirty and messy environment."

When Li Zhonglun and Doctor Tao Yilong arrived, the dilapidated temple was half cleaned up and Lei Zi was boiling medicine.

"Doctor Tao, do you have any medicine bottles with you? They don't have enough."

"I brought it." After Tao Yilong knew that the beggar was infected with the plague, he took it into consideration and brought five medicine jars.

"Are you sure it's plague?" Tao Yilong asked.

"Yes." Yun Chu nodded, "Doctor Tao, please take another look."

Doctor Tao and Doctor Lu from Shuiquan Town are fellow apprentices, so Yun Chu also studied under Doctor Tao for a period of time.

Tao Yilong took the pulse of all three people and confirmed that they had early symptoms of plague.

As for the medicine bags that Yun Chu took out, they were all prescribed by Tao Yilong.

With the medicine jar, Yun Chu and Tao Yilong went to boil the medicine.

After giving the medicine to the three people, Yun Chu asked Li Zhonglun and the others to go back first, and she, Doctor Tao and his medicine boy stayed here.

Li Zhonglun still has important affairs to preside over the county, so he can't stay here.

Yun Chu was not afraid that her family members would be infected with the plague because she had given them elixirs from the world of cultivation and they were all in good health.

After Li Zhonglun returned, he asked the yamen runners to go to each village to publicize that if anyone was found with symptoms such as high fever or chills, they must report it in time and not conceal it.

Anyone who conceals the truth will be thrown into prison once discovered.

At the same time, he reported the plague to his superior, the prefect.

When the prefect received Li Zhonglun's urgent report, he did not take it seriously and simply suppressed it.

The prefect thought, what big deal could it be?

The reason why the prefect did not take it seriously was because Li Zhonglun occupied the position of the magistrate of Tianhe County. The prefect had originally planned to arrange his concubine's brother to take this position.

However, Li Zhonglun was parachuted in, so the prefect made a note of him.

The prefect didn't know that because of his pressure, his future official hat would be taken away.