In the 13th year of Rentai, the grain production of the entire Jin Dynasty was slightly reduced. This did not have much impact on families like Ji's family with constant production, but it had a greater impact on farmers.
Ancient people were more prepared for danger in times of peace, especially farmers who depended on the sky for food. This situation was more common.Even if they have a little spare money, they will not spend it randomly.In this world, there will always be disasters, ranging from a few years to a few decades. Therefore, as long as the house is not completely empty, it is difficult to even have a full stomach. Every household in the farm has the habit of storing food.As for how much food to keep, it depends on the vision of the head of the family and the degree of anxiety about the future.
Whenever there is a famine, these grains become treasures, which are more important than money.
This year's harvest is not very good. Several families in Yangjiabu who originally planned to build new houses began to hesitate. In the end, only one or two families followed the original plan. Build a new house or not.
The temperature has been dropping in recent years, but the annual temperature drop is very small, and it has almost no impact on Yangjiabu, so no one pays attention to it.This is not the case in the south, the more south you are, the greater the impact of temperature.
The area in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in grain, and two to three crops can be planted every year. If one season is missed, it will affect the whole body, and it is likely to miss the next season's cultivation.Now the cooling rate has not reached the level of one season less, but if this continues, this kind of disaster will happen sooner or later.
Not only the people in the south are worried, but the magistrate who is in charge of a prefecture and a county is even more worried.Don't underestimate the impact of planting less crops for one season. If this happens, it will be fatal.
The slow drop in temperature is not something that happened in the last one or two years. It started several years ago, but no one noticed it at the beginning. Now it is close to the critical point of crop production reduction in the second season. If it is lowered by a few degrees, even if If there were no other disasters, the cold weather alone could lead to poor harvests. How could the parents and officials not be concerned?
The treasury of the Jin Dynasty was full, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. If the grain production in the south of the Yangtze River decreased year after year, it would definitely not be a good thing.A lot of grain produced in the south is taken to the north and west of the Jin Dynasty. Once the supply of this part of grain is cut off, the price of grain in these two places will rise sharply even if there is no grain merchant hoarding to raise the price. This will affect the local people. It's a big burden.Fortunately, the farmers said that those small families living in the city had a hard time.
No matter what's going on outside, the life of Ji's family is still going on as usual.The Ji residence in Yangjiabu has been reinforced long ago. The house was repaired by hired masons, and the three cellars were rebuilt with blue bricks by the slow work of Ji's servants.In order to prevent water from entering the cellar, the cellar entrance has been redesigned, and the cover has good sealing performance and high concealment.
In the past three years, except for the time when his second uncle Maoxue came to see him and bought five servants, Ji Xuanhe did not add any more people to the Ji Zhai in Yangjiabu, but the Ji Zhai in Kangping County added two guards. servant.
Ji's family has a small population. After Ji Xuanhe recovered from his illness, he taught two nursing homes, Shen Qing Qishan, the basic exercise skills, and the two taught them to other servants of Ji's family.Elementary body training is not very useful, at least it can strengthen the body, make the skills agile, and at least run faster.
Also because of the small population, there are few gossip and disputes among the servants. There are a total of fifteen people in Ji's house, including Ji Xuan and his wife and Mrs. Zhen.
Ji's family has no female relatives, so there is no distinction between the front and back yards, and there is no one guarding the second gate.In addition to being unable to be officials, married men in the Jin Dynasty did not have to stay in the backyard. For married men, the access control was not as strict as that of the female relatives.
This is true for big families, and for the small Ji family, there is no such rule, Shao Yunchen can even come in and out of the gate at will.This is why he was treated like this when he was married to Ji Xuanhe. If he was replaced by someone with a small family business, even if he was the head of the house, he would have to think carefully about going out.
The days passed day by day, and Rentai soon ushered in the 14th year.
People are looking forward to a good harvest this year, who wants the harvest to be worse than the previous year.Because of the good harvests in the previous years, even though the harvests have been poor for two consecutive years, the money and food accumulated in the hands of the people have not been emptied, but they have tightly covered their pockets and are not willing to spend money easily.
As a result, people's spending power began to decline, and the income of Ji's grocery store and Yunji cloth shop was lower than in previous years.Ji Xuanhe didn't care much about this. What he was worried about was that if it continued like this in the coming year, people's hearts would be unstable. Once it spread to a wider area, it would easily cause turmoil, and then it would not be so safe to live in the village.
After discussing with Shao Yunchen, Ji Xuanhe and Mrs. Zhen's opinion, they decided to tidy up the Ji's house in Kangping County, and they might have to move to the city someday.Each of the three entrances to the house is relatively compact. There is only a small garden with a size of three to four quarters behind the backyard. Since no one takes care of it, it has long been abandoned.
Ji Xuanhe simply asked people to pull out the few flowers and plants that had survived tenaciously, and built a greenhouse, planning to grow vegetables, and the left-behind staff Liu Jiang and Wen Zhuang took good care of them.
In the early summer of Rentai's 15th year, Shao Yunchen was 14 years old this year, and he was already a handsome young man. Ji Xuanhe was 11 years old, and he hadn't grown up yet, just like a child.One of them is a half-adult and the other is a child. The difference in height is even bigger. Ji Xuanhe's eyes darkened. Thinking that his height is not short among his peers, he didn't think about it any more.
This year, there was a lot of rain. Even in the north where there was little rain, it was like Jiangnan Meiwuyue.
Water has started to accumulate in the fields, and the farmers dare not be idle, busy draining the crops.Spring wheat is the most planted in Yangjiabu, which is drought-tolerant but not flood-tolerant.Wheat soaked in water for a long time tends to rot roots. Seeing this situation, the villagers were a little anxious and tried every method they could think of.
Even if the two Zhuangzi of Ji's family built water canals, it was only better than other fields, and the effect was not so obvious. After all, the canals built by their Zhuangzi alone were not enough to make things happen.The two heads of Ningzhuang and Anzhuang are very satisfied, and if there is a slight difference, they may be able to keep their harvest.
With the continuous rain, not only the crops were affected, but even the poultry were abnormal.
Although Ji Xuanhe himself didn't know much about breeding, he asked Ningzhuang and Anzhuang to clean the pig pens and cowsheds frequently, spray lime every once in a while, and pay great attention to the hygiene of the livestock when they expanded their breeding.When he heard Mama Duan say that some chickens in the village died of illness, he asked Zhang Zhuangtou to invite a veterinarian to check the livestock on the two villages. All of them were killed and dried on the kang to make various dried products.
Zhang Zhuangtou of Ningzhuang and Li Zhuangtou of Anzhuang frowned in unison after hearing this. In the past few years, the two Zhuangzi had a lot of livestock, if they both killed themselves, there would be a lot of them.For the masters, dried meat products are okay to eat once in a while, but if they eat too much, they will probably get boring. After all, the taste is still fresh meat, which is easier to eat, and the two of them came to the door to confirm.
On this point, even Shao Yunchen and Old Master Zhen agree with the views of the two Zhuangtou.Ji Xuanhe didn't refute, but said that Ji's family didn't lack the money to sell the animals. When the time came, the dried meat would get tired of eating, and they could be sold in the grocery store without any loss. If you want to eat fresh Meat can be bought anytime.
After hearing this, Shao Yunchen and Old Master Zhen felt that this was not bad, so they didn't say any more.Ji Xuanhe is the head of the Ji family, as long as he makes a decision, the others have to follow it.After the two Zhuangtou got the exact order, they began to act according to Ji Xuanhe's instructions.
Seeing the slaughter of livestock that could grow any longer, the two heads of the farm felt quite pained.It's just that the master asked them to do this, and the two of them had no other choice.
Ever since Ji Xuanhe heard that a chicken in the village died of illness, he asked everyone in the Ji family, including the two villages and the farmers on the Yantian, not to enter the village unless necessary, and not to communicate with the villagers, and let them live in the house. Spray with lime as well.Once they enter the village and get in touch with the villagers, they must fumigate with vinegar when they get home, take a bath and change their clothes before contacting their family members.
Ji Xuanhe's request was entirely just in case, it was raining continuously, and who knew how many bacteria had grown, not to mention chicken plague, it was normal to have seasonal epidemics.
A few days later, since Ji's family did not go out, they knew little about the news in the village.Shao Yunchen thought about the tenants who rented his family's land, and it seemed not good to leave them alone, so he said, "Xuanhe, should we let our tenants know and let them be careful?"
Ji Xuanhe looked at Shao Yunchen carefully, knowing that he was kind-hearted, Ji Xuanhe didn't want to refute him for such a trivial matter, so he said: "Cheng, Qiu Cheng, you ask Shen Qing to go and inform the two village heads, and then let them inform The tenants below. When Shen Qing comes back, let him do what he said before. From now on, as long as he leaves the Ji Zhai, he will do the same."
Qiu Cheng took the order and left.As a Nursing Academy, Shen Qing was chosen at the beginning because of his body. Later, after Wen Zhuocheng Nursing Academy's guidance, he practiced elementary body training techniques, and his footsteps were very fast, so he didn't drive there in a horse-drawn carriage.The two Zhuangzi were not far from Ji's residence. He put on a bamboo hat, coir raincoat, and leather boots, and then went on the road in the rain with an oilcloth umbrella. It didn't take much time to go back and forth.
Yangjiabu was not too hot in June, and it was raining continuously, the temperature was much lower than in previous years, Shen Qing didn't think it was too hot wearing furless leather boots.For precautionary reasons, Shen Qing brought the key of the gate with him when he went out, and went to the pre-marked hut to take a bath and disinfect when he entered the quarter house, and after everything was dealt with, he drank a large bowl of ginger soup before reporting to the lobby in the front yard.
From his mouth, Ji Xuanhe knew that the farmers on the two villages had not been in contact with the village in the past few days. If he wanted to know the situation of Yangjiabu, he could only find out after Zhang Zhuangtou notified the tenants before reporting.
Soon Zhang Zhuangtou came to Ji Zhai to return to his life. Disinfection was too troublesome, so Uncle Qiu didn't let him in. One of them was outside the door and the other was inside. After listening to Zhang Zhuangtou's reply, Uncle Qiu sent him away, and Repeatedly declare that Zhang Zhuangtou must do what the young master said.
Uncle Qiu returned to the main room, frowned slightly, and said respectfully: "Master, as far as Zhang Zhuangtou knows, many chickens died in the village, like chicken plague, some families were reluctant to part with the remaining chickens, either sold or killed themselves I don’t know if there are sick chickens in it.”
"Uncle Qiu, didn't the imperial court say that you can't eat sick chickens? How dare they do this? If something really happens, it will kill people." Shao Yunchen was a little surprised. He learned from the book that no matter Jin Jin Both the previous dynasty and the previous dynasty had similar regulations. The epidemics caused by poultry and livestock did not happen at the same time.
"My lord, this is not surprising. Although the old slave does not know the specific situation, it is estimated that Kangping County has been away from the latest epidemic for a long time. It is impossible for the imperial court to supervise it all the time. I think those villagers have forgotten the tragedy of the epidemic. Besides, I hope they are lucky and don’t get sick. Those who bought sick chickens can only pray that their luck will not be too bad. If there is a epidemic, not only they, but also us will be implicated.” People are selfish Yes, Uncle Qiu was not at all surprised by the decision of these villagers. He knew that since some people in Yangjiabu did this, he probably had such people in other villages, "Master, if the rain continues like this, it will sooner or later cause an epidemic. , shall we prepare more medicinal materials for prevention?"
"There are many kinds of chicken plague. There is no veterinarian in the village. I don't know what kind of chicken plague this time is. The epidemic caused by chicken plague is even more uncertain. There are many medicinal materials at home. You can buy some of them with Shen Qingqishan , maybe it will come in handy someday." Ji Xuanhe thought about it, and finally decided to prepare some medicinal materials.
Uncle Qiu was about to go out to buy medicinal materials when Shao Yunchen called him: "Uncle Qiu, wait a moment, I have a few prescriptions related to the plague here, you break up the medicinal materials and buy them in different clinics."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Yunchen went to his own small warehouse in the backyard.His dowry is not much, these prescriptions are not expensive, they are just the most common prescriptions for prevention and treatment of epidemics, he doesn't know if they are useful, there is nothing wrong with having more.
Soon Shao Yunchen took the prescription and entered the main room in the front courtyard. After Qiu Bo took it, he immediately joined Shen Qing and Qi Shan to go to Kangping County.Before going out, several people were fully armed, not to mention bamboo hats and the like, and everyone had a mask.This is also due to the blessings of the predecessors of time travel. Masks and the like have long been widely used, not only to prevent diseases, but also to prevent wind and sand.
In order to prevent others from thinking too much, Uncle Qiu and the others found an excuse - to prevent being caught in the rain.No matter how absurd the excuse is, once you accept this setting, it is actually not impossible to think about it.
It has been raining for days, the road is already muddy, and the speed of the carriage is not fast.Shen Qing was driving a carriage with a shed on the top, except for the occasional raindrops that drifted in, he hardly got wet from the rain.With the coir raincoat separating it, Shen Qing's body was not wet at all, but after a long time, dampness began to appear on the side of the seat.
In this weather, not many people go out.Seeing people acting as usual, the three of Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, at least everything is fine now, and they don't have to worry about being locked up in the city.
When they arrived in Kangping County, the three of them separated, Shen Qing and Qiu Bo went to buy medicinal materials, Qi Shan went to convey the meaning of the master to Ji's staff in Kangping County.
Due to poor harvests for two consecutive years and continuous drizzle, Kangping County is no longer as prosperous as before, but it is also peaceful and peaceful, with no sense of tension at all.To think that people know nothing is to underestimate them.It is estimated that there will be many people who are bright in their hearts, but they are all preparing in secret, and no one dares to speak out in the open.
Uncle Qiu bought some of each medicinal material, and Shao Yunchen bought a large amount of medicinal materials on the prescription, but every medical center and pharmacy bought one or two doses, which was not conspicuous.There have been many such buyers recently, and the prices of medicinal materials are a little higher than in the past.
Here, Qiu Bo and Shen Qing almost ran all over the medical centers in Kangping County, and over there, Qi Shan rented a carriage and went back and forth between the three houses, finally conveying the meaning of the little master.
You have to buy everything in the city, and once the city is closed, it will be troublesome.This time, the three of Qiu Bo went to the city and brought a lot of dried vegetables, including dried vegetables, dried fish, dried meat and so on.As soon as they arrived in Kangping County, they went straight to Ji's grocery store, unloaded the goods, and then rushed to the pharmacy.
Don't worry about food and the like, whether it's the two shops or the quarter house, there are a lot of reserves.What they need to buy in large quantities is firewood, and Uncle Qiu will leave a copy for them after the medicinal materials are finished.
Because the two shops had to do business with each other, Ji Xuanhe asked them to wear masks, and if there was any trouble, they would close the shop and rest in the backyard, giving them a holiday.The shops are all owned by the family. A few days less business is just a little less money. Human life is more important than anything else.
Ji Xuanhe is used to seeing life and death, and has seen through human nature. After all, he is not a villain. As long as he is sincere to Ji's family, he will not ignore human life just for a little money.
Uncle Qiu and his party finished their work and arrived home in the middle of the afternoon. The three of them and the carriage had been disinfected before returning to their respective positions.
Hearing that everything was normal, Ji Xuanhe was quite speechless, they were busy up and down, and kept on guard for several days, but nothing happened, he thought he was worrying unfoundedly.Just seeing the gloomy sky and the light rain, he couldn't convince himself. Forget it, he should follow the previous practice. The trouble is a little troublesome, but it's better than lifeless.
Ji Xuanhe is not worried about themselves, he has a writer system, if it is just an epidemic, it is not difficult to keep Ji's family.It's just that he doesn't want to be too prominent, and it is very costly to buy prescriptions from the system. For the time being, he can only buy the right to use prescriptions, and he has to buy the right to use once to treat a person.In this way, the prescription cannot be used by outsiders, because he can't produce the prescription at all, and he can't tell the content of the prescription. He has to fetch the medicine himself, and the person who handles it will automatically forget this memory afterward.
This is the limitation of the writer system, unless he buys the whole formula.This went back again. In the final analysis, he didn't have so many system coins to buy prescriptions, so he could take precautions so meticulously. No matter what, Ji Xuanhe couldn't just watch the people around him die one by one.As a last resort, Ji Xuanhe didn't want to use the writer system.
Ji's family has two shops, and the shopkeeper deals with other people. The gossip in Kangping County is fairly well-informed, and there are not many channels for obtaining information a little further away.Now the two shopkeepers have been ordered by the master's house again, and they will not go to the door of Ji's house for no serious matter.Ji's house is calm, and life goes on as usual, but it's easy to leave the gate of Ji's house.
Ji Xuanhe didn't know whether the rain was all over Jinchao, or it was raging around Kangping County.Thinking about it better, if it rains in a small area, it would be a blessing for Jin Chao.If the same is true in the south, you don't need to think about it to know that the result will definitely not be so wonderful.This is the case in the north with little rain like Kangping County. One can imagine what the situation will be like in the south, which is already in the rainy season.
Epidemics do not necessarily start from animals, humans themselves can also be infected.Recently, Ji Xuanhe asked all members of Ji's family to pay attention to cleanliness, and the food must be cooked thoroughly, and the taste is better.When drilling well water, do not bring rainwater into the well.There are a lot of things to pay attention to in total, and the whole family of Ji will keep them firmly in mind.
Ji Xuanhe experienced an infectious disease in modern times, and he still remembers many regulations. In addition, Old Master Zhen added that Shao Yunchen was in charge, and Ji's family was well-organized.
"Xuanhe, water about half the thickness of the sole of a shoe has accumulated in the yard. It seems that this year's grain harvest will not be good." Afternoon was the free time for the two of them. Shao Yunchen looked at the shimmering yard with a gloomy expression.
"Our yard is padded relatively high. This is still the case here. Others in the village estimate that the waterlogging situation is more serious, let alone in the fields." Ji Xuanhe looked at the dark sky. The rain has not been steady these days. Big, it's just that it's raining all day long, which is really annoying, "Our family doesn't lack this money, as long as people are fine, I hope nothing happens."
"Tu Tu" knocked on the door, and Li Cang, the gatekeeper, stepped forward to answer the door. He followed the wishes of his masters and made sure that it was the village head of Yangjiabu. He wanted to open the door when he heard the village head Yang Zhuli stop him.
"You don't need to open the door. I'll leave after I say a few words." The village head paused, and then he said, "The magistrate sent a yamen servant to notify that all sick poultry and livestock will be killed and burned. The same is true for sick cattle. After slaughtering, wait for the rain." Just stop at the county government office and report. The water should be boiled before drinking. Do not drink the river water. The well should be covered with a cover, and it is best to build a shed on it. The food should be cooked thoroughly, and more medicinal materials for typhoid fever should be prepared. If you feel unwell, go to the doctor as soon as possible. Well, that’s all, you can remember it well, don’t leave anything behind.”
Village head Yang repeated it again, making sure Li Cang remembered it before rushing back.
Of the more than 200 households in Yangjiabu, it is impossible for the village head to notify them all in person, and the village head Yang personally went to see Ji's family.As the saying goes, don't bully young people to be poor, not to mention that Ji's family is not poor at all.Over the past few years, Village Chief Yang has watched Ji's family live a prosperous life. He sees that Ji's family is better off than other landlords in the village, so he doesn't mind selling it off.
After hearing this, Old Master Zhen shook his head. The magistrate of Kangping County is still a little tender. Thanks to his luck, the accident happened long before. How can we wait for now?But it was not too late to make up for it, and he was not too stupid to take action before the accident happened.
Just when Ji Xuanhe thought that everything was clearing up, the second uncle sent someone to send news that there was a flood in some places in the south, and some counties and towns that had not been dealt with afterward were infected with the epidemic, and the cause was different. There have been precedents, and it can be easily cured. In some counties and towns, the etiology is more complicated, and local doctors are stepping up diagnosis and treatment.
Catastrophic disasters are usually accompanied by epidemics, and the imperial court responded well in this regard. They sent imperial doctors who were good at epidemics to the affected areas and mobilized a sufficient amount of medicinal herbs.Now all the main roads leading from the south to the north are guarded by soldiers to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Not only that, some of the northern grassland areas included in the territory of the Jin Dynasty, one did not eat well water, and the other raised a large number of livestock. The sanitation situation was not optimistic, and epidemics began to break out.
For Yangjiabu, both the grasslands and the southern epidemic areas are far apart, and it is difficult to infect them under normal circumstances.The second uncle sent someone to send a letter to Ji Xuanhe, just to make him more prepared and know what to do so that he would not be caught off guard.
Ji Xuanhe asked someone to send a reply letter to his second uncle to report his safety.In fact, he was very fortunate that the efforts of the time-traveling predecessors were not in vain, most of the epidemics could be cured quickly, and the common people would not immediately change face when they talked about the epidemic.
Even so, Ji Xuanhe did not relax, and the Ji family stayed at home as always, trying not to contact others.
The imperial court sent soldiers to set up guard posts near the epidemic area, and it was also after the outbreak of the epidemic. Before that, it was unknown how many germ carriers flowed to other places.
Since the county magistrate dispatched officers to notify the villages and towns, the villagers of Yangjiabu basically stayed behind closed doors except to go out to look at the crops, as if guarding against people and thieves.
Although Ji Xuanhe did not know the specific situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there must have been no such large-scale and long-term rainfall. Today's Jin Dynasty is at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The general direction is not much different, but the details are quite different.Fortunately, he himself doesn't know much about the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and knowing a little about it is enough.
As the rains continued, more and more counties and towns were affected by the epidemic, and the medicinal materials began to be in short supply. The sick people with weak constitutions struggled because they could not buy the appropriate medicinal materials, and then faced death.
Yang Jiabu was not spared in the end.The epidemic was not serious, and Yang Zhan, the only doctor in Yangjiabu, could diagnose and treat it.The disease that can be cured is not a big deal, but everyone is in panic, and those who are not infected also go to Yang Zhan's house to get medicine.As a result, in less than half a day, the medicine cabinet in Yang Langzhong's house was empty.The villagers who couldn't buy the medicinal materials hurried to the town and county. Who would have imagined that most other places are like this, and only those who are lucky can be lucky enough to buy them.
Yang Zhan's house.
"Master of the family, thanks to my carefulness, I asked you to keep a few medicinal materials for your own use. Otherwise, if someone in the family is sick, what should you do?" When Zhou thought of the news she had heard, she still had lingering fears, "Our family is yours. He and his second brother are two strong laborers, and the rest of the old and the young are now in short supply of medicinal materials. It is basically a joke to survive the epidemic on their own. Give us some? Forget it. At that time, even begging grandpa to sue grandma may not be so kind. In the future, you must be careful when you are in charge of the family. I know you are kind, but you have to think about your family. "
Yang Zhan was a little embarrassing when he heard that, he wasn't so benevolent as to disregard his own family, but he didn't think about it too much for a while. Fortunately, his wife's mind turned quickly, otherwise he really didn't know how to deal with it.
If there is one, there will be two. As long as the rain does not stop, the epidemic will be difficult to eradicate.Despite repeated precautions under the jurisdiction of Kangping County, it is inevitable that more and more people will be infected, some brought in by people from outside, and some local outbreaks.
Since the medicinal materials were sold out at the beginning of the outbreak, the death toll should not have been so high. Unfortunately, people are selfish, and everyone refuses to put the medicinal materials in their hands, resulting in more people dying from the disease than expected.
Of course, not everyone is helpless, there are those who have a good heart and a close relationship, and there are a lot of such things.But in contrast, more people uphold the attitude of sweeping the snow in front of the door and not caring about others.
More than half of the villagers in Yangjiabu are surnamed Yang, and the father of the village chief Yang is the patriarch of the Yang clan. The patriarch, father and son cooperated with the clan elders to persuade each family that the Yang clan bought medicinal materials to share two shares. , give them some more money, even so, the medicinal materials are still not enough, and there are few old people and daughters in the clan.
The houses in those houses were all white, and the family members who died of the epidemic could not be buried in the ground, and their hearts were extremely resentful.
But who is to blame?Kangping County has not experienced an epidemic for a long time. At first, the county magistrate did not respond properly, and the people acted too quickly. By the time the magistrate and others reacted, the pharmacy was already empty, and it was too late to make up for it.
This time, they were a little slower. If they bought the medicinal materials themselves, they might not be so kind as to give them to others.It's just that they don't think so, they just think that others are cruel, and it's fine to have an incurable disease. It's really uncomfortable to watch their family members go to death step by step when they can be cured.
The Yang family is not bad, at least there are still people in charge, and some people make up their minds.The lesser half of the families with other surnames in Yangjiabu depend on their luck and popularity.Some families are lucky, and the whole family is safe and sound, while others can only ask for more blessings.
Ji Xuanhe is not ignorant of the situation in Yangjiabu.Before the epidemic broke out in Yangjiabu, the little moon pendant worn by Shao Yunchen felt inexplicably cold, and the bright color of the little moon pendant that he had nourished over the past few years also became dim and dull.
There were vague handwriting on Xiaoyue Pei, and Ji Xuan and his husband and wife identified it carefully before they saw that it was the word "epidemic". In addition, there were two red and blue arrows on Xiaoyue Pei, which were not very obvious. It refers to Yangjiabu, and the blue arrow points to another direction.
The words and the red arrow are easier to understand. As for the blue arrow, the two of them thought about it for a while, and they both thought that it pointed in a safe direction, but they didn't know how much time they had predicted in advance.The two of them were not in a hurry to know the answer, what should people do when they have nothing to do.
It wasn't until the tenant Liu Jiaming secretly came to Ji's house to ask for medicine, that Ji Xuan and his wife learned about the situation in Yangjiabu.Someone in Yangjiabu caught the epidemic only nearly five hours later than Xiaoyuepei's reminder. It was easier when he took over, which made Ji Xuanhe guess whether the time predicted in advance was related to the time of raising jade?
Xiaoyuepei has moved, but Dayuepei is still bright, staying safely on Ji Xuanhe's neck.
Before the epidemic broke out, people were still in the mood to go to the fields to see if they could keep part of the harvest. After the epidemic broke out, who would care about the crops?Or human life is more important.
The rain lasted for more than a month before it stopped. When the sky cleared up, people finally smiled on their faces, which were as gloomy as the sky.When the rain stops, the epidemic will pass slowly, and it won't be long before you can travel normally.
People who died of the epidemic were burned, and the ashes had to be sealed in jars before family members were allowed to put them in coffins for burial.This is clearly stipulated by the imperial court, and no one dares to say more.As the epidemic dissipated, after people went out for activities again, there were sorrows and joys everywhere, and their eyes were full of desolation for a while.
The officials in Kangping County mishandled it at the beginning, but the follow-up actions were not bad. The epidemic is not the worst. Compared with other epidemic areas, the death toll ratio is not high, and it ranks in the middle. It is estimated that the magistrate's official title will not be lost.
Some capable prefects and counties, as long as it is a common epidemic, it is not uncommon for them to treat very few deaths.Such officials will surely be rewarded by the imperial court after the epidemic.
After the epidemic completely passed, Uncle Qiu went to Kangping County to check, while Ji Xuanhe and Shao Yunchen walked on the land of Ningzhuang.
After more than a month of rain, spring wheat and other crops that cannot tolerate waterlogging have been harvested, and some rice has survived.Ji Xuanhe looked at a few sparse rice seedlings standing upright in the field with an unusually calm expression.
As soon as the weather cleared and the rain in the fields dried up, Shao Yunchen asked farmers to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some cold-resistant vegetables if they could afford it.Regardless of the two crops, potatoes and sweet potatoes, even if they cannot mature, they can harvest some.This time, there was no need for Ji Xuanhe to send someone to signal, the tenants saw the master's actions, and took the initiative to follow suit.
Most of the livestock on the two farms of Ji's family were slaughtered at the beginning, and only farm cattle and dairy cows were left as adults. Now there are very few livestock in the corral, which saves a lot of trouble, and few people die of illness.
Ji Xuanhe looked at Shao Yunchen who was walking beside him, his expression calmed down.A young master like Shao Yunchen lives with him. After a few years, he is now very familiar with farming, and he can draw inferences from one example. Planting potatoes, sweet potatoes and vegetables can make up for some losses no matter what.
People are not stupid. After seeing the actions of the Ji family, all the villagers with some brains began to plant some crops, or food or vegetables according to their own conditions.Mid-July is not too late, and there is no guarantee of food, at least there are quite a lot of vegetables that can be grown this season.
After seeing the situation in Ningzhuang, Ji Xuan and his wife went to Yantian again.There has been no salt production for nearly two months, and Feng Baoshan, who is in charge of the salt fields, is a little anxious, and blisters appear on the corners of his mouth.How much Yantian produces in a year is closely related to his family's income. It is no wonder that he is not in a hurry when the salt production peak period is nearly two months away.
"This year's situation is special, so I don't blame you. As long as the salt production in the remaining ten months meets the requirements after these two months are excluded, your monthly payment will not be missed. As for the extra income, it will definitely drop. After all, these two months We can’t bear all the losses, Uncle Feng, do you agree?” Shao Yunchen discussed with Ji Xuanhe that he would be in charge of Zhuangzi Yantian, while Ji Xuanhe would handle the shop.
Hearing that his master acted so leniently, Feng Baoshan no longer frowns, and looks quite refreshed.He has a big family to support, and Ji's family has given him a good treatment. Now that he has such a guarantee, he seems to be stepping on a pile of cotton, and he is more motivated to work in the future.
"Thank you, masters, mother-in-law, hurry up and ask Da Lang to come over and thank the master for your kindness." Before the words finished, the sound of footsteps came to everyone's ears.
"Come, come, Dalang, you all come here, the master is kind, and our family kowtows to the masters." Feng Baoshan was very grateful, and he sincerely kowtowed to Ji Xuan and his wife.
The two didn't stay long, and returned to Ji's residence after explaining the matter.
Feng Jia Dalang was a little puzzled, and said with doubts: "Father, what's going on? I see you having fun."
"The master has exempted the salt production for these two months, as long as the salt production in the remaining ten months meets the requirements, if it exceeds the requirements, there will still be rewards, but the rewards will be less than in previous years. Do you think I can be unhappy? ?”
Dalang: "Ah, really? I was still worried that this year will be difficult, but now it's better, and I don't need to cut down on food and clothing anymore."
Feng Baoshan's mother-in-law also squinted her eyes happily: "This host's family is not bad. It's not the same as the previous family. If there are too many, it has nothing to do with us. If there are too few, our family will not be able to live."
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The least loss for Ji's family was the greenhouse. There was no stagnant water inside, and the vegetables grew well.Except for the greenhouse, other industries of the Ji family suffered losses to varying degrees.The two farms that lost the most, Yantian and the two shops only lost the income of the past month.
In the middle of the afternoon, Uncle Qiu returned to Ji Zhai from Kangping County and brought news from the county.
Everything in Ji Zhai in the county seat is safe, but people in both shops were infected with the epidemic. Because of the adequate preparation of medicinal materials, they recovered quickly, and there was no loss of personnel. However, the shop was closed for nearly a month. When Uncle Qiu went, the shop was closed It has reopened for business.
After a epidemic, the prices of various goods have risen.Both Ji's Grocery Store and Yunji Cloth Shop had to restock, and Uncle Qiu was busy for a while to get this done.
This rain not only ruined the crops, but even a lot of cloth and food were damp and moldy, and people lost a lot.
Ji Xuanhe looked at his own grain storage and found that some of it was also damp. Fortunately, the situation was not serious, and there would be no problem after drying it.
Ji Xuanhe received a reply from his second uncle on this day, and he was not relieved until then.In this world, there are not many people that he can care about, and he is not a heartless person, as long as he treats him sincerely, he will return the sincerity.
Ancient people were more prepared for danger in times of peace, especially farmers who depended on the sky for food. This situation was more common.Even if they have a little spare money, they will not spend it randomly.In this world, there will always be disasters, ranging from a few years to a few decades. Therefore, as long as the house is not completely empty, it is difficult to even have a full stomach. Every household in the farm has the habit of storing food.As for how much food to keep, it depends on the vision of the head of the family and the degree of anxiety about the future.
Whenever there is a famine, these grains become treasures, which are more important than money.
This year's harvest is not very good. Several families in Yangjiabu who originally planned to build new houses began to hesitate. In the end, only one or two families followed the original plan. Build a new house or not.
The temperature has been dropping in recent years, but the annual temperature drop is very small, and it has almost no impact on Yangjiabu, so no one pays attention to it.This is not the case in the south, the more south you are, the greater the impact of temperature.
The area in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in grain, and two to three crops can be planted every year. If one season is missed, it will affect the whole body, and it is likely to miss the next season's cultivation.Now the cooling rate has not reached the level of one season less, but if this continues, this kind of disaster will happen sooner or later.
Not only the people in the south are worried, but the magistrate who is in charge of a prefecture and a county is even more worried.Don't underestimate the impact of planting less crops for one season. If this happens, it will be fatal.
The slow drop in temperature is not something that happened in the last one or two years. It started several years ago, but no one noticed it at the beginning. Now it is close to the critical point of crop production reduction in the second season. If it is lowered by a few degrees, even if If there were no other disasters, the cold weather alone could lead to poor harvests. How could the parents and officials not be concerned?
The treasury of the Jin Dynasty was full, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. If the grain production in the south of the Yangtze River decreased year after year, it would definitely not be a good thing.A lot of grain produced in the south is taken to the north and west of the Jin Dynasty. Once the supply of this part of grain is cut off, the price of grain in these two places will rise sharply even if there is no grain merchant hoarding to raise the price. This will affect the local people. It's a big burden.Fortunately, the farmers said that those small families living in the city had a hard time.
No matter what's going on outside, the life of Ji's family is still going on as usual.The Ji residence in Yangjiabu has been reinforced long ago. The house was repaired by hired masons, and the three cellars were rebuilt with blue bricks by the slow work of Ji's servants.In order to prevent water from entering the cellar, the cellar entrance has been redesigned, and the cover has good sealing performance and high concealment.
In the past three years, except for the time when his second uncle Maoxue came to see him and bought five servants, Ji Xuanhe did not add any more people to the Ji Zhai in Yangjiabu, but the Ji Zhai in Kangping County added two guards. servant.
Ji's family has a small population. After Ji Xuanhe recovered from his illness, he taught two nursing homes, Shen Qing Qishan, the basic exercise skills, and the two taught them to other servants of Ji's family.Elementary body training is not very useful, at least it can strengthen the body, make the skills agile, and at least run faster.
Also because of the small population, there are few gossip and disputes among the servants. There are a total of fifteen people in Ji's house, including Ji Xuan and his wife and Mrs. Zhen.
Ji's family has no female relatives, so there is no distinction between the front and back yards, and there is no one guarding the second gate.In addition to being unable to be officials, married men in the Jin Dynasty did not have to stay in the backyard. For married men, the access control was not as strict as that of the female relatives.
This is true for big families, and for the small Ji family, there is no such rule, Shao Yunchen can even come in and out of the gate at will.This is why he was treated like this when he was married to Ji Xuanhe. If he was replaced by someone with a small family business, even if he was the head of the house, he would have to think carefully about going out.
The days passed day by day, and Rentai soon ushered in the 14th year.
People are looking forward to a good harvest this year, who wants the harvest to be worse than the previous year.Because of the good harvests in the previous years, even though the harvests have been poor for two consecutive years, the money and food accumulated in the hands of the people have not been emptied, but they have tightly covered their pockets and are not willing to spend money easily.
As a result, people's spending power began to decline, and the income of Ji's grocery store and Yunji cloth shop was lower than in previous years.Ji Xuanhe didn't care much about this. What he was worried about was that if it continued like this in the coming year, people's hearts would be unstable. Once it spread to a wider area, it would easily cause turmoil, and then it would not be so safe to live in the village.
After discussing with Shao Yunchen, Ji Xuanhe and Mrs. Zhen's opinion, they decided to tidy up the Ji's house in Kangping County, and they might have to move to the city someday.Each of the three entrances to the house is relatively compact. There is only a small garden with a size of three to four quarters behind the backyard. Since no one takes care of it, it has long been abandoned.
Ji Xuanhe simply asked people to pull out the few flowers and plants that had survived tenaciously, and built a greenhouse, planning to grow vegetables, and the left-behind staff Liu Jiang and Wen Zhuang took good care of them.
In the early summer of Rentai's 15th year, Shao Yunchen was 14 years old this year, and he was already a handsome young man. Ji Xuanhe was 11 years old, and he hadn't grown up yet, just like a child.One of them is a half-adult and the other is a child. The difference in height is even bigger. Ji Xuanhe's eyes darkened. Thinking that his height is not short among his peers, he didn't think about it any more.
This year, there was a lot of rain. Even in the north where there was little rain, it was like Jiangnan Meiwuyue.
Water has started to accumulate in the fields, and the farmers dare not be idle, busy draining the crops.Spring wheat is the most planted in Yangjiabu, which is drought-tolerant but not flood-tolerant.Wheat soaked in water for a long time tends to rot roots. Seeing this situation, the villagers were a little anxious and tried every method they could think of.
Even if the two Zhuangzi of Ji's family built water canals, it was only better than other fields, and the effect was not so obvious. After all, the canals built by their Zhuangzi alone were not enough to make things happen.The two heads of Ningzhuang and Anzhuang are very satisfied, and if there is a slight difference, they may be able to keep their harvest.
With the continuous rain, not only the crops were affected, but even the poultry were abnormal.
Although Ji Xuanhe himself didn't know much about breeding, he asked Ningzhuang and Anzhuang to clean the pig pens and cowsheds frequently, spray lime every once in a while, and pay great attention to the hygiene of the livestock when they expanded their breeding.When he heard Mama Duan say that some chickens in the village died of illness, he asked Zhang Zhuangtou to invite a veterinarian to check the livestock on the two villages. All of them were killed and dried on the kang to make various dried products.
Zhang Zhuangtou of Ningzhuang and Li Zhuangtou of Anzhuang frowned in unison after hearing this. In the past few years, the two Zhuangzi had a lot of livestock, if they both killed themselves, there would be a lot of them.For the masters, dried meat products are okay to eat once in a while, but if they eat too much, they will probably get boring. After all, the taste is still fresh meat, which is easier to eat, and the two of them came to the door to confirm.
On this point, even Shao Yunchen and Old Master Zhen agree with the views of the two Zhuangtou.Ji Xuanhe didn't refute, but said that Ji's family didn't lack the money to sell the animals. When the time came, the dried meat would get tired of eating, and they could be sold in the grocery store without any loss. If you want to eat fresh Meat can be bought anytime.
After hearing this, Shao Yunchen and Old Master Zhen felt that this was not bad, so they didn't say any more.Ji Xuanhe is the head of the Ji family, as long as he makes a decision, the others have to follow it.After the two Zhuangtou got the exact order, they began to act according to Ji Xuanhe's instructions.
Seeing the slaughter of livestock that could grow any longer, the two heads of the farm felt quite pained.It's just that the master asked them to do this, and the two of them had no other choice.
Ever since Ji Xuanhe heard that a chicken in the village died of illness, he asked everyone in the Ji family, including the two villages and the farmers on the Yantian, not to enter the village unless necessary, and not to communicate with the villagers, and let them live in the house. Spray with lime as well.Once they enter the village and get in touch with the villagers, they must fumigate with vinegar when they get home, take a bath and change their clothes before contacting their family members.
Ji Xuanhe's request was entirely just in case, it was raining continuously, and who knew how many bacteria had grown, not to mention chicken plague, it was normal to have seasonal epidemics.
A few days later, since Ji's family did not go out, they knew little about the news in the village.Shao Yunchen thought about the tenants who rented his family's land, and it seemed not good to leave them alone, so he said, "Xuanhe, should we let our tenants know and let them be careful?"
Ji Xuanhe looked at Shao Yunchen carefully, knowing that he was kind-hearted, Ji Xuanhe didn't want to refute him for such a trivial matter, so he said: "Cheng, Qiu Cheng, you ask Shen Qing to go and inform the two village heads, and then let them inform The tenants below. When Shen Qing comes back, let him do what he said before. From now on, as long as he leaves the Ji Zhai, he will do the same."
Qiu Cheng took the order and left.As a Nursing Academy, Shen Qing was chosen at the beginning because of his body. Later, after Wen Zhuocheng Nursing Academy's guidance, he practiced elementary body training techniques, and his footsteps were very fast, so he didn't drive there in a horse-drawn carriage.The two Zhuangzi were not far from Ji's residence. He put on a bamboo hat, coir raincoat, and leather boots, and then went on the road in the rain with an oilcloth umbrella. It didn't take much time to go back and forth.
Yangjiabu was not too hot in June, and it was raining continuously, the temperature was much lower than in previous years, Shen Qing didn't think it was too hot wearing furless leather boots.For precautionary reasons, Shen Qing brought the key of the gate with him when he went out, and went to the pre-marked hut to take a bath and disinfect when he entered the quarter house, and after everything was dealt with, he drank a large bowl of ginger soup before reporting to the lobby in the front yard.
From his mouth, Ji Xuanhe knew that the farmers on the two villages had not been in contact with the village in the past few days. If he wanted to know the situation of Yangjiabu, he could only find out after Zhang Zhuangtou notified the tenants before reporting.
Soon Zhang Zhuangtou came to Ji Zhai to return to his life. Disinfection was too troublesome, so Uncle Qiu didn't let him in. One of them was outside the door and the other was inside. After listening to Zhang Zhuangtou's reply, Uncle Qiu sent him away, and Repeatedly declare that Zhang Zhuangtou must do what the young master said.
Uncle Qiu returned to the main room, frowned slightly, and said respectfully: "Master, as far as Zhang Zhuangtou knows, many chickens died in the village, like chicken plague, some families were reluctant to part with the remaining chickens, either sold or killed themselves I don’t know if there are sick chickens in it.”
"Uncle Qiu, didn't the imperial court say that you can't eat sick chickens? How dare they do this? If something really happens, it will kill people." Shao Yunchen was a little surprised. He learned from the book that no matter Jin Jin Both the previous dynasty and the previous dynasty had similar regulations. The epidemics caused by poultry and livestock did not happen at the same time.
"My lord, this is not surprising. Although the old slave does not know the specific situation, it is estimated that Kangping County has been away from the latest epidemic for a long time. It is impossible for the imperial court to supervise it all the time. I think those villagers have forgotten the tragedy of the epidemic. Besides, I hope they are lucky and don’t get sick. Those who bought sick chickens can only pray that their luck will not be too bad. If there is a epidemic, not only they, but also us will be implicated.” People are selfish Yes, Uncle Qiu was not at all surprised by the decision of these villagers. He knew that since some people in Yangjiabu did this, he probably had such people in other villages, "Master, if the rain continues like this, it will sooner or later cause an epidemic. , shall we prepare more medicinal materials for prevention?"
"There are many kinds of chicken plague. There is no veterinarian in the village. I don't know what kind of chicken plague this time is. The epidemic caused by chicken plague is even more uncertain. There are many medicinal materials at home. You can buy some of them with Shen Qingqishan , maybe it will come in handy someday." Ji Xuanhe thought about it, and finally decided to prepare some medicinal materials.
Uncle Qiu was about to go out to buy medicinal materials when Shao Yunchen called him: "Uncle Qiu, wait a moment, I have a few prescriptions related to the plague here, you break up the medicinal materials and buy them in different clinics."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Yunchen went to his own small warehouse in the backyard.His dowry is not much, these prescriptions are not expensive, they are just the most common prescriptions for prevention and treatment of epidemics, he doesn't know if they are useful, there is nothing wrong with having more.
Soon Shao Yunchen took the prescription and entered the main room in the front courtyard. After Qiu Bo took it, he immediately joined Shen Qing and Qi Shan to go to Kangping County.Before going out, several people were fully armed, not to mention bamboo hats and the like, and everyone had a mask.This is also due to the blessings of the predecessors of time travel. Masks and the like have long been widely used, not only to prevent diseases, but also to prevent wind and sand.
In order to prevent others from thinking too much, Uncle Qiu and the others found an excuse - to prevent being caught in the rain.No matter how absurd the excuse is, once you accept this setting, it is actually not impossible to think about it.
It has been raining for days, the road is already muddy, and the speed of the carriage is not fast.Shen Qing was driving a carriage with a shed on the top, except for the occasional raindrops that drifted in, he hardly got wet from the rain.With the coir raincoat separating it, Shen Qing's body was not wet at all, but after a long time, dampness began to appear on the side of the seat.
In this weather, not many people go out.Seeing people acting as usual, the three of Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, at least everything is fine now, and they don't have to worry about being locked up in the city.
When they arrived in Kangping County, the three of them separated, Shen Qing and Qiu Bo went to buy medicinal materials, Qi Shan went to convey the meaning of the master to Ji's staff in Kangping County.
Due to poor harvests for two consecutive years and continuous drizzle, Kangping County is no longer as prosperous as before, but it is also peaceful and peaceful, with no sense of tension at all.To think that people know nothing is to underestimate them.It is estimated that there will be many people who are bright in their hearts, but they are all preparing in secret, and no one dares to speak out in the open.
Uncle Qiu bought some of each medicinal material, and Shao Yunchen bought a large amount of medicinal materials on the prescription, but every medical center and pharmacy bought one or two doses, which was not conspicuous.There have been many such buyers recently, and the prices of medicinal materials are a little higher than in the past.
Here, Qiu Bo and Shen Qing almost ran all over the medical centers in Kangping County, and over there, Qi Shan rented a carriage and went back and forth between the three houses, finally conveying the meaning of the little master.
You have to buy everything in the city, and once the city is closed, it will be troublesome.This time, the three of Qiu Bo went to the city and brought a lot of dried vegetables, including dried vegetables, dried fish, dried meat and so on.As soon as they arrived in Kangping County, they went straight to Ji's grocery store, unloaded the goods, and then rushed to the pharmacy.
Don't worry about food and the like, whether it's the two shops or the quarter house, there are a lot of reserves.What they need to buy in large quantities is firewood, and Uncle Qiu will leave a copy for them after the medicinal materials are finished.
Because the two shops had to do business with each other, Ji Xuanhe asked them to wear masks, and if there was any trouble, they would close the shop and rest in the backyard, giving them a holiday.The shops are all owned by the family. A few days less business is just a little less money. Human life is more important than anything else.
Ji Xuanhe is used to seeing life and death, and has seen through human nature. After all, he is not a villain. As long as he is sincere to Ji's family, he will not ignore human life just for a little money.
Uncle Qiu and his party finished their work and arrived home in the middle of the afternoon. The three of them and the carriage had been disinfected before returning to their respective positions.
Hearing that everything was normal, Ji Xuanhe was quite speechless, they were busy up and down, and kept on guard for several days, but nothing happened, he thought he was worrying unfoundedly.Just seeing the gloomy sky and the light rain, he couldn't convince himself. Forget it, he should follow the previous practice. The trouble is a little troublesome, but it's better than lifeless.
Ji Xuanhe is not worried about themselves, he has a writer system, if it is just an epidemic, it is not difficult to keep Ji's family.It's just that he doesn't want to be too prominent, and it is very costly to buy prescriptions from the system. For the time being, he can only buy the right to use prescriptions, and he has to buy the right to use once to treat a person.In this way, the prescription cannot be used by outsiders, because he can't produce the prescription at all, and he can't tell the content of the prescription. He has to fetch the medicine himself, and the person who handles it will automatically forget this memory afterward.
This is the limitation of the writer system, unless he buys the whole formula.This went back again. In the final analysis, he didn't have so many system coins to buy prescriptions, so he could take precautions so meticulously. No matter what, Ji Xuanhe couldn't just watch the people around him die one by one.As a last resort, Ji Xuanhe didn't want to use the writer system.
Ji's family has two shops, and the shopkeeper deals with other people. The gossip in Kangping County is fairly well-informed, and there are not many channels for obtaining information a little further away.Now the two shopkeepers have been ordered by the master's house again, and they will not go to the door of Ji's house for no serious matter.Ji's house is calm, and life goes on as usual, but it's easy to leave the gate of Ji's house.
Ji Xuanhe didn't know whether the rain was all over Jinchao, or it was raging around Kangping County.Thinking about it better, if it rains in a small area, it would be a blessing for Jin Chao.If the same is true in the south, you don't need to think about it to know that the result will definitely not be so wonderful.This is the case in the north with little rain like Kangping County. One can imagine what the situation will be like in the south, which is already in the rainy season.
Epidemics do not necessarily start from animals, humans themselves can also be infected.Recently, Ji Xuanhe asked all members of Ji's family to pay attention to cleanliness, and the food must be cooked thoroughly, and the taste is better.When drilling well water, do not bring rainwater into the well.There are a lot of things to pay attention to in total, and the whole family of Ji will keep them firmly in mind.
Ji Xuanhe experienced an infectious disease in modern times, and he still remembers many regulations. In addition, Old Master Zhen added that Shao Yunchen was in charge, and Ji's family was well-organized.
"Xuanhe, water about half the thickness of the sole of a shoe has accumulated in the yard. It seems that this year's grain harvest will not be good." Afternoon was the free time for the two of them. Shao Yunchen looked at the shimmering yard with a gloomy expression.
"Our yard is padded relatively high. This is still the case here. Others in the village estimate that the waterlogging situation is more serious, let alone in the fields." Ji Xuanhe looked at the dark sky. The rain has not been steady these days. Big, it's just that it's raining all day long, which is really annoying, "Our family doesn't lack this money, as long as people are fine, I hope nothing happens."
"Tu Tu" knocked on the door, and Li Cang, the gatekeeper, stepped forward to answer the door. He followed the wishes of his masters and made sure that it was the village head of Yangjiabu. He wanted to open the door when he heard the village head Yang Zhuli stop him.
"You don't need to open the door. I'll leave after I say a few words." The village head paused, and then he said, "The magistrate sent a yamen servant to notify that all sick poultry and livestock will be killed and burned. The same is true for sick cattle. After slaughtering, wait for the rain." Just stop at the county government office and report. The water should be boiled before drinking. Do not drink the river water. The well should be covered with a cover, and it is best to build a shed on it. The food should be cooked thoroughly, and more medicinal materials for typhoid fever should be prepared. If you feel unwell, go to the doctor as soon as possible. Well, that’s all, you can remember it well, don’t leave anything behind.”
Village head Yang repeated it again, making sure Li Cang remembered it before rushing back.
Of the more than 200 households in Yangjiabu, it is impossible for the village head to notify them all in person, and the village head Yang personally went to see Ji's family.As the saying goes, don't bully young people to be poor, not to mention that Ji's family is not poor at all.Over the past few years, Village Chief Yang has watched Ji's family live a prosperous life. He sees that Ji's family is better off than other landlords in the village, so he doesn't mind selling it off.
After hearing this, Old Master Zhen shook his head. The magistrate of Kangping County is still a little tender. Thanks to his luck, the accident happened long before. How can we wait for now?But it was not too late to make up for it, and he was not too stupid to take action before the accident happened.
Just when Ji Xuanhe thought that everything was clearing up, the second uncle sent someone to send news that there was a flood in some places in the south, and some counties and towns that had not been dealt with afterward were infected with the epidemic, and the cause was different. There have been precedents, and it can be easily cured. In some counties and towns, the etiology is more complicated, and local doctors are stepping up diagnosis and treatment.
Catastrophic disasters are usually accompanied by epidemics, and the imperial court responded well in this regard. They sent imperial doctors who were good at epidemics to the affected areas and mobilized a sufficient amount of medicinal herbs.Now all the main roads leading from the south to the north are guarded by soldiers to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Not only that, some of the northern grassland areas included in the territory of the Jin Dynasty, one did not eat well water, and the other raised a large number of livestock. The sanitation situation was not optimistic, and epidemics began to break out.
For Yangjiabu, both the grasslands and the southern epidemic areas are far apart, and it is difficult to infect them under normal circumstances.The second uncle sent someone to send a letter to Ji Xuanhe, just to make him more prepared and know what to do so that he would not be caught off guard.
Ji Xuanhe asked someone to send a reply letter to his second uncle to report his safety.In fact, he was very fortunate that the efforts of the time-traveling predecessors were not in vain, most of the epidemics could be cured quickly, and the common people would not immediately change face when they talked about the epidemic.
Even so, Ji Xuanhe did not relax, and the Ji family stayed at home as always, trying not to contact others.
The imperial court sent soldiers to set up guard posts near the epidemic area, and it was also after the outbreak of the epidemic. Before that, it was unknown how many germ carriers flowed to other places.
Since the county magistrate dispatched officers to notify the villages and towns, the villagers of Yangjiabu basically stayed behind closed doors except to go out to look at the crops, as if guarding against people and thieves.
Although Ji Xuanhe did not know the specific situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there must have been no such large-scale and long-term rainfall. Today's Jin Dynasty is at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The general direction is not much different, but the details are quite different.Fortunately, he himself doesn't know much about the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and knowing a little about it is enough.
As the rains continued, more and more counties and towns were affected by the epidemic, and the medicinal materials began to be in short supply. The sick people with weak constitutions struggled because they could not buy the appropriate medicinal materials, and then faced death.
Yang Jiabu was not spared in the end.The epidemic was not serious, and Yang Zhan, the only doctor in Yangjiabu, could diagnose and treat it.The disease that can be cured is not a big deal, but everyone is in panic, and those who are not infected also go to Yang Zhan's house to get medicine.As a result, in less than half a day, the medicine cabinet in Yang Langzhong's house was empty.The villagers who couldn't buy the medicinal materials hurried to the town and county. Who would have imagined that most other places are like this, and only those who are lucky can be lucky enough to buy them.
Yang Zhan's house.
"Master of the family, thanks to my carefulness, I asked you to keep a few medicinal materials for your own use. Otherwise, if someone in the family is sick, what should you do?" When Zhou thought of the news she had heard, she still had lingering fears, "Our family is yours. He and his second brother are two strong laborers, and the rest of the old and the young are now in short supply of medicinal materials. It is basically a joke to survive the epidemic on their own. Give us some? Forget it. At that time, even begging grandpa to sue grandma may not be so kind. In the future, you must be careful when you are in charge of the family. I know you are kind, but you have to think about your family. "
Yang Zhan was a little embarrassing when he heard that, he wasn't so benevolent as to disregard his own family, but he didn't think about it too much for a while. Fortunately, his wife's mind turned quickly, otherwise he really didn't know how to deal with it.
If there is one, there will be two. As long as the rain does not stop, the epidemic will be difficult to eradicate.Despite repeated precautions under the jurisdiction of Kangping County, it is inevitable that more and more people will be infected, some brought in by people from outside, and some local outbreaks.
Since the medicinal materials were sold out at the beginning of the outbreak, the death toll should not have been so high. Unfortunately, people are selfish, and everyone refuses to put the medicinal materials in their hands, resulting in more people dying from the disease than expected.
Of course, not everyone is helpless, there are those who have a good heart and a close relationship, and there are a lot of such things.But in contrast, more people uphold the attitude of sweeping the snow in front of the door and not caring about others.
More than half of the villagers in Yangjiabu are surnamed Yang, and the father of the village chief Yang is the patriarch of the Yang clan. The patriarch, father and son cooperated with the clan elders to persuade each family that the Yang clan bought medicinal materials to share two shares. , give them some more money, even so, the medicinal materials are still not enough, and there are few old people and daughters in the clan.
The houses in those houses were all white, and the family members who died of the epidemic could not be buried in the ground, and their hearts were extremely resentful.
But who is to blame?Kangping County has not experienced an epidemic for a long time. At first, the county magistrate did not respond properly, and the people acted too quickly. By the time the magistrate and others reacted, the pharmacy was already empty, and it was too late to make up for it.
This time, they were a little slower. If they bought the medicinal materials themselves, they might not be so kind as to give them to others.It's just that they don't think so, they just think that others are cruel, and it's fine to have an incurable disease. It's really uncomfortable to watch their family members go to death step by step when they can be cured.
The Yang family is not bad, at least there are still people in charge, and some people make up their minds.The lesser half of the families with other surnames in Yangjiabu depend on their luck and popularity.Some families are lucky, and the whole family is safe and sound, while others can only ask for more blessings.
Ji Xuanhe is not ignorant of the situation in Yangjiabu.Before the epidemic broke out in Yangjiabu, the little moon pendant worn by Shao Yunchen felt inexplicably cold, and the bright color of the little moon pendant that he had nourished over the past few years also became dim and dull.
There were vague handwriting on Xiaoyue Pei, and Ji Xuan and his husband and wife identified it carefully before they saw that it was the word "epidemic". In addition, there were two red and blue arrows on Xiaoyue Pei, which were not very obvious. It refers to Yangjiabu, and the blue arrow points to another direction.
The words and the red arrow are easier to understand. As for the blue arrow, the two of them thought about it for a while, and they both thought that it pointed in a safe direction, but they didn't know how much time they had predicted in advance.The two of them were not in a hurry to know the answer, what should people do when they have nothing to do.
It wasn't until the tenant Liu Jiaming secretly came to Ji's house to ask for medicine, that Ji Xuan and his wife learned about the situation in Yangjiabu.Someone in Yangjiabu caught the epidemic only nearly five hours later than Xiaoyuepei's reminder. It was easier when he took over, which made Ji Xuanhe guess whether the time predicted in advance was related to the time of raising jade?
Xiaoyuepei has moved, but Dayuepei is still bright, staying safely on Ji Xuanhe's neck.
Before the epidemic broke out, people were still in the mood to go to the fields to see if they could keep part of the harvest. After the epidemic broke out, who would care about the crops?Or human life is more important.
The rain lasted for more than a month before it stopped. When the sky cleared up, people finally smiled on their faces, which were as gloomy as the sky.When the rain stops, the epidemic will pass slowly, and it won't be long before you can travel normally.
People who died of the epidemic were burned, and the ashes had to be sealed in jars before family members were allowed to put them in coffins for burial.This is clearly stipulated by the imperial court, and no one dares to say more.As the epidemic dissipated, after people went out for activities again, there were sorrows and joys everywhere, and their eyes were full of desolation for a while.
The officials in Kangping County mishandled it at the beginning, but the follow-up actions were not bad. The epidemic is not the worst. Compared with other epidemic areas, the death toll ratio is not high, and it ranks in the middle. It is estimated that the magistrate's official title will not be lost.
Some capable prefects and counties, as long as it is a common epidemic, it is not uncommon for them to treat very few deaths.Such officials will surely be rewarded by the imperial court after the epidemic.
After the epidemic completely passed, Uncle Qiu went to Kangping County to check, while Ji Xuanhe and Shao Yunchen walked on the land of Ningzhuang.
After more than a month of rain, spring wheat and other crops that cannot tolerate waterlogging have been harvested, and some rice has survived.Ji Xuanhe looked at a few sparse rice seedlings standing upright in the field with an unusually calm expression.
As soon as the weather cleared and the rain in the fields dried up, Shao Yunchen asked farmers to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some cold-resistant vegetables if they could afford it.Regardless of the two crops, potatoes and sweet potatoes, even if they cannot mature, they can harvest some.This time, there was no need for Ji Xuanhe to send someone to signal, the tenants saw the master's actions, and took the initiative to follow suit.
Most of the livestock on the two farms of Ji's family were slaughtered at the beginning, and only farm cattle and dairy cows were left as adults. Now there are very few livestock in the corral, which saves a lot of trouble, and few people die of illness.
Ji Xuanhe looked at Shao Yunchen who was walking beside him, his expression calmed down.A young master like Shao Yunchen lives with him. After a few years, he is now very familiar with farming, and he can draw inferences from one example. Planting potatoes, sweet potatoes and vegetables can make up for some losses no matter what.
People are not stupid. After seeing the actions of the Ji family, all the villagers with some brains began to plant some crops, or food or vegetables according to their own conditions.Mid-July is not too late, and there is no guarantee of food, at least there are quite a lot of vegetables that can be grown this season.
After seeing the situation in Ningzhuang, Ji Xuan and his wife went to Yantian again.There has been no salt production for nearly two months, and Feng Baoshan, who is in charge of the salt fields, is a little anxious, and blisters appear on the corners of his mouth.How much Yantian produces in a year is closely related to his family's income. It is no wonder that he is not in a hurry when the salt production peak period is nearly two months away.
"This year's situation is special, so I don't blame you. As long as the salt production in the remaining ten months meets the requirements after these two months are excluded, your monthly payment will not be missed. As for the extra income, it will definitely drop. After all, these two months We can’t bear all the losses, Uncle Feng, do you agree?” Shao Yunchen discussed with Ji Xuanhe that he would be in charge of Zhuangzi Yantian, while Ji Xuanhe would handle the shop.
Hearing that his master acted so leniently, Feng Baoshan no longer frowns, and looks quite refreshed.He has a big family to support, and Ji's family has given him a good treatment. Now that he has such a guarantee, he seems to be stepping on a pile of cotton, and he is more motivated to work in the future.
"Thank you, masters, mother-in-law, hurry up and ask Da Lang to come over and thank the master for your kindness." Before the words finished, the sound of footsteps came to everyone's ears.
"Come, come, Dalang, you all come here, the master is kind, and our family kowtows to the masters." Feng Baoshan was very grateful, and he sincerely kowtowed to Ji Xuan and his wife.
The two didn't stay long, and returned to Ji's residence after explaining the matter.
Feng Jia Dalang was a little puzzled, and said with doubts: "Father, what's going on? I see you having fun."
"The master has exempted the salt production for these two months, as long as the salt production in the remaining ten months meets the requirements, if it exceeds the requirements, there will still be rewards, but the rewards will be less than in previous years. Do you think I can be unhappy? ?”
Dalang: "Ah, really? I was still worried that this year will be difficult, but now it's better, and I don't need to cut down on food and clothing anymore."
Feng Baoshan's mother-in-law also squinted her eyes happily: "This host's family is not bad. It's not the same as the previous family. If there are too many, it has nothing to do with us. If there are too few, our family will not be able to live."
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The least loss for Ji's family was the greenhouse. There was no stagnant water inside, and the vegetables grew well.Except for the greenhouse, other industries of the Ji family suffered losses to varying degrees.The two farms that lost the most, Yantian and the two shops only lost the income of the past month.
In the middle of the afternoon, Uncle Qiu returned to Ji Zhai from Kangping County and brought news from the county.
Everything in Ji Zhai in the county seat is safe, but people in both shops were infected with the epidemic. Because of the adequate preparation of medicinal materials, they recovered quickly, and there was no loss of personnel. However, the shop was closed for nearly a month. When Uncle Qiu went, the shop was closed It has reopened for business.
After a epidemic, the prices of various goods have risen.Both Ji's Grocery Store and Yunji Cloth Shop had to restock, and Uncle Qiu was busy for a while to get this done.
This rain not only ruined the crops, but even a lot of cloth and food were damp and moldy, and people lost a lot.
Ji Xuanhe looked at his own grain storage and found that some of it was also damp. Fortunately, the situation was not serious, and there would be no problem after drying it.
Ji Xuanhe received a reply from his second uncle on this day, and he was not relieved until then.In this world, there are not many people that he can care about, and he is not a heartless person, as long as he treats him sincerely, he will return the sincerity.
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