Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Everyone knew about Liu Nian's affair by the next morning. Even Song Shiwei, who did not go out, heard the discussions next door. After knowing what happened, he just thought that Liu Nian was lucky. If he was still alive, he would have to kill him again.

It’s so heartbreaking!

Even Zhang Wu and others were furious when they heard the news, and they wanted to drag out Liu Nian's body and chop him a few more times.

Because of his own selfishness, the people in the city fell into an unexpected disaster. Although the Wang family and the Zhou family produced a large number of herbal medicines, everyone has a different physique. Dozens of people died in just two days, and the number is still increasing.

It would be fine if we just couldn't go out, but the fear is that the disease would spread. After all, plague is something that is hard to prevent, and the city is densely populated.

Huang Ying and Feng Ru even used wormwood and sprinkled aged vinegar three times a day. There were still some medicine bags left from Xu Jingren's previous visit, so Song Shiwei asked Zhang Wu to boil a few bowls of medicine.

That night, just after the hour of midnight, several people were awakened by a gong, followed by loud knocks on the door.

Song Shiwei's temples twitched and he opened the door and went out impatiently.

Zhang Wu trotted over from the front yard and said, "Master, there are officials outside investigating. It is said that two people escaped from the north of the city."

The north of the city was where the aristocratic families lived. Liu Nian's illegitimate son had been arranged to live in a house over there. After the plague broke out, the officers and soldiers surrounded that area and concentrated all the people infected with the plague in that house.

"Put on your masks and open the door," Song Shiwei waved weakly and walked towards the door with Feng Ru.

As soon as the door opened, two tightly wrapped officials came in, smelling of herbs.

The officer asked several people to lift their masks from a distance, and compared them with the portraits of the escaped people, and then said: "Two people with plague escaped from the north of the city. Do you have any living people in your family?"

"No, no, everyone in the family is here. Everyone went to bed early and no strangers were found. If you are not afraid of hard work, you can check the house."

It was rare to meet a good-tempered host so late at night, so the official looked much better, but he still searched the house carefully and finally instructed: "If you see a stranger, you must report to the government office."

"Okay, okay, we will pay more attention. Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen."

After closing the door, Huang Ying patted her chest in fear and said, "It's so scary. What on earth were those two people who ran away thinking? Didn't they say there was a doctor over there to treat the illness? Why did they run away for no reason?"

In the dark night, Song Shiwei's eyes were unclear: "If you can escape without caring about your own safety, there must be something more important than losing your life. Okay, it's getting late, let's go to sleep."

Feng Ru pouted: "Ru'er can't sleep."

Song Shiwei glanced at her and said in a cold voice: "If you can't sleep, just keep watch."

Feng Ru stared at Song Shiwei's leaving back.

Zhang Wu found it funny: "Master is joking with you. You are in the period of growth now, go back to sleep."

Feng Ru turned her head and said, "My sister asked me to keep watch. Anyway, I can't sleep. Brother Zhang Wu, you and sister-in-law should go back to sleep. I will keep watch for a while and go to sleep when I feel sleepy."

"Okay, if you want to keep it, then keep it, but don't smear the embroidery, it's bad for your eyes."

Feng Ru nodded repeatedly: "I know, I will practice the body movements that Brother Li An taught me, and I promise not to embroider."

After being tossed around in the middle of the night, everyone got up late and simply skipped breakfast, gathering in the hall.

Fortunately, the prefect was ruthless this time and searched every day. Finally, he caught the two people who had escaped in a dilapidated house. It was only later that everyone learned that the two escaped people were seriously ill. When they heard from someone in the yard that they had been taken out and burned, they were frightened and fled.

Originally, he wanted to drag more people into the water, but he was found by the police just after he fled to the dilapidated house and before he could take the next step. The prefect was furious when he heard about it, and he killed the two of them and burned the corpse immediately, which was also a warning to others.

The government sent more personnel to the north of the city to prevent further unrest, and cooked large amounts of medicine every day for the people in the city to take.

During this period, the government publicly recruited people to prevent shortage of manpower. Although they were not formal officials, they were affiliated with the government after all, and they were not only given food but also money. At one time, people signed up one after another.

Seeing that Zhang Wu was somewhat interested, Song Shiwei took the initiative to ask, "Do you want to go?"

Zhang Wu nodded first, then shook his head, and finally explained: "It's up to me whether to go or not. The main thing is that Huang Hai plans to go, and I want to go with him. Anyway, I have nothing to do at home. The master also knows that I am a person who can't sit still."

Song Shiwei raised his eyebrows and glanced at Huang Ying, whose expression remained unchanged. He thought that he had already told her, so he nodded: "Then go."

"Then I will go and sign up in a moment. But if I am lucky enough to be selected, I probably won't be able to come back for a while. Ruer and Yingying will have to take care of the family affairs."

Huang Ying knew Zhang Wu's personality. He had been so good to her after being married for so long that she couldn't bear to ask him not to go. She took the initiative to hold his hand and smiled softly: "Don't worry, go. I'm at home."

Zhang Wu grinned at Huang Ying.

Song Shiwei looked at him with a silly look on his face and looked away with disgust.

Feng Ru held her face in her hands and looked forward to it: "If they didn't only want men, I would also want to go. I've been locked up at home for so long, and I feel uncomfortable all over."

"Oh? How awkward is that? How about I practice with you?"

Feng Ru instantly shrank his neck and waved his hands quickly: "Sister is so good at fighting, I'd better not fight her, hehe."

He said he was going to Zhangwu and acted very quickly. He could not wait to go back to his room to pack his things right after lunch. He was prepared to be selected even before he went. Then he took Huang Ying to give her some instructions, and finally went out with his small bag in high spirits.

Seeing that he had not returned by dinner time, several people knew that he had been selected.

Not only Zhang Wu was selected, but Huang Hai, Liu Daming and others were also selected because they were strong and had some skills. Especially Zhang Wu, who was snatched away by the leaders of each team as soon as he showed his skills. It was a lively scene.

The selected people need to patrol and keep watch every day, keep an eye on the safety of the doctors, and do heavy work. Their main job is to move wherever they are needed.

With more people, it will be much easier to control.

After half a month, the plague was completely under control in the city. The prefect of Zhending could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and then he ordered people to send prescriptions to various places, especially the capital, which had to be sent as quickly as possible in order to control the plague as soon as possible, so that the city gates could be opened and the people could resume normal life.

Another half month passed, and there was no case of plague in the city and surrounding villages and towns. It was estimated that the treatment had also been effective in other places, so the prefect of Zhending ordered the city gates to be opened. The people had been cooped up for a long time, and when they suddenly went out, they burst into tears of joy.

It was also the day when the city gates were opened that the heavy rain that had lasted for several months suddenly stopped, and Dali was cheered everywhere.

Zhang Wu also returned on this day.

Huang Ying felt so distressed when she saw how tired he looked. When she heard he said he was hungry, she quickly turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare food.