Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The plague, which first appeared in the sixth century AD, probably appeared in Egypt in AD 540, and spread to Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, in AD 540 and soon covered the entire empire.

At this time, it happened to be Justinian I, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, so this kind of plague is not called the plague these days, but the Justinian plague.

The current time Xiao Zirong is in is 510 AD if converted into the Gregorian calendar.

When Xiao Zirong made this judgment, his mentality almost collapsed.

I can't wait to rush over and strangle Yuan Ke to death, why is he so powerful, and directly caused the plague to appear so many years in advance!

It's just that it's useless to strangle Yuan Ke to death. The plague can really destroy the existence of a country.

Judging from the current situation that Xiao Xuexing has grasped, what Yuan Ke has in his hands should be the most common bubonic plague, and the treatment of this disease first requires antipyretic and analgesic drugs, and secondly, streptomycin.

What the hell, he hasn't even made penicillin now!

He just gave the following people a direction, penicillin is under study, and streptomycin is after penicillin.

Microscopes naturally appeared a long time ago, but the precision is not as high as that of later generations.

Now he can get someone to switch to start research on streptomycin. After all, the current crisis is the most important thing. Now soldiers from the Northern Wei Dynasty have this disease, but who knows who else has this disease lurking in their bodies?

But far hydrolysis cannot quench near thirst, and no one knows when streptomycin will be developed.

The only thing he is lucky about now is that Streptomyces can be regarded as widespread in nature-it is found in the soil.

But no one knows how long it will take to develop streptomyces into streptomycin, because Qi's technology tree is incomplete now!

Because of Xiao Zirong's hack, the development of Qi's technology tree is particularly deformed. It doesn't develop in an all-round way naturally, but he clicks on whatever he needs.

In fact, with Xiao Zirong's personal power, there is no way to develop technology in an all-round way, because his personal thinking is still limited, and the plug-in of the library is relatively passive, and Xiao Zirong can only search for what he needs to find out.

If he couldn't think of it, the library wouldn't remind him, which is why today's situation is created.

It is not impossible to develop in an all-round way, then Xiao Zirong needs to retreat, start to sort out all the materials, and then recruit assistants to do a little research.

It's a pity that he didn't have the concentration back then, and now he doesn't have the time.

Xiao Zirong could only send the things he might need to Taoyuan City, and then wrote a letter to Xiao Xuexing, asking him to come back as soon as possible!

He doesn't care if he can defeat Wei State this time. Wei State is already seriously injured, and it will be a matter of time before Wei State is occupied.

Yuan Ke didn't care about the lives of the people of Wei State, Xiao Zirong was not willing to let his people die.

At the same time, he also began to directly order the three provinces to do a good job of screening. Recently, all people who come from the state of Wei must be quarantined and preached everywhere. People who are still in the state of Wei may carry the plague. Those who came from Wei Guo must be quarantined again, and the people he came into contact with must also be quarantined.

In addition, the key point is to check whether there is a high fever and a swollen neck... and so on.

Xiao Zirong knew that once the news got out, many people who came back from Wei State or were from Wei State might be hostile.

From the perspective of the common people, they would definitely feel that the court was too lazy to do so, but from the perspective of the ruler, Xiao Zirong had no choice.

Even if the imperial court breaks up and crushes all kinds of threats and lures when the epidemic is encountered in later generations, it is useless. There are always people who conceal their illnesses, let alone these years.

Not to mention the seriousness, if the plague breaks out in Qi, it will be over.

Xiao Zirong's edict directly alarmed everyone, not only the ministers ran into the palace, even the reclusive Supreme Emperor Xiao Xuan couldn't help coming over to ask what happened.

Xiao Zirong temporarily held a small court meeting, and invited the Supreme Emperor to sit at the head, and he and Xiao Ji sat on the left and right sides of the Supreme Emperor.

Xiao Ji now wears this sunglasses when he goes in and out, if the situation is not serious, Xiao Zirong might still tease him, it looks pretty cool.

It's a pity that he is out of the mood now, after briefly explaining the situation.

Everyone's faces were serious, but no one panicked.

Xiao Xuan asked seriously: "Ru'er, is the plague really that severe?"

Xiao Zirong was silent for a long while before dryly saying: "If it really erupts, destroying a country is not a problem."

Everyone gasped, no one asked Xiao Zirong why he was so sure, there were too many mysteries about his Majesty the emperor, and they naturally knew the reason why they should not ask more questions.

Moreover, according to their understanding of His Majesty, the other party seldom exaggerates. If such a thing that easily causes people to panic, if it is not true, it is impossible for him to issue an edict rashly.

Xiao Zirong took a deep breath and said: "The main problem now is to prevent the epidemic. If possible, it would be better to cut off contact with Wei."

This is not impossible. Commerce is very developed these days, but businessmen are in the minority after all. Even if it is really "closed to the outside world", it will not shake the foundation of the country.

Xiao Yan said solemnly, "It's not difficult to prevent Wei people from entering, but what if, as His Majesty said, the plague really occurs in our country?"

Xiao Zirong took a deep breath: "Quarantine, all villages and towns where the plague occurs must be quarantined immediately to prevent the spread of the infection. I have asked Taoyuan City to step up the development of therapeutic drugs."

He paused and said, "There are ways to make therapeutic drugs, but... it may not be possible to make them in the short term."

Everyone was slightly relieved. Fortunately, they still have His Majesty. Remembering that before, they thought that His Majesty's research on Gewu theory was not a proper job, and all of them couldn't help but feel like they were on fire.

After a brief discussion, these veterans started to go back to make emergency preparations one by one.

Among the plans given by Xiao Zirong is how to prevent the epidemic. What they need to do is not only to prevent the epidemic, but also to stabilize people's hearts.

At the same time, everyone is worried about the Qi army who is away. Will they... can come back?

Xiao Xuexing, who was away on an expedition, did not intend to go back when he received Xiao Zirong's letter. His mood now was similar to that of Xiao Zirong back then. He didn't know if he was also infected with the epidemic, so he needed to stay here for eight or nine days.

And he also wants to see if he can deal with the plague. Although everyone has ignored Yuan Ke's research on the plague over the years, he has never let down his vigilance.

As early as when Xiao Zirong brought back the handwriting on the study of the epidemic in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he had people step up the research and prepared many prescriptions to deal with the epidemic.

He took these medicinal materials with him on this expedition.

At present, there are no people with symptoms on Qi Jun's side. After the disinfectant solution was delivered, the entire barracks began to have a pungent smell.

While Xiao Xuexing ordered people to deliver medicine to the prisoners in the camp, he continued to step up the attack on the city.

Naturally, the prisoners in the camp were grateful, and all of them became devoted to Qi Guo.

After all, Xiao Xuexing had already sent someone to preach the reason why they would get sick before. Their original country and the king they were loyal to used them as tools, regardless of their life and death. Although Qi State broke up with them, they did not give up and sent them Medicinal ingredients, how could they not be grateful?

Ling Fu was a little puzzled and asked: "General, why save those people?"

Those infected with the disease are more terrifying than the old, weak, sick and disabled before. Those before were just a waste of food, and these people would destroy the entire military camp if they were not careful.

Xiao Xuexing glanced at him and said, "I need to know the extent of the disease in Yuan Ke's hands."

Yuan Ke's release of this big move at this time means that he has not stopped researching for so many years.

Before, they did try to destroy all of Yuan Ke's underground dens that studied the epidemic.

Of course, it wasn't just Xiao Xuexing who sent people to do it. If he could destroy Yuan Ke's secret base in the hinterland of Wei State so easily, he wouldn't have tolerated him for so many years.

At that time, he was united with officials from within the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Wei Guo and Qi Guo have been fighting each other for so many years. The two sides are indeed enemies, but under Yuan Ke's frenzied operation, everyone can also become short-term allies.

Especially those local officials, if there is no problem with the secret base, that's all.

At that time, their whole family may die from the epidemic, and even if they escape by chance, they will still face punishment from the court.

Why, people work conscientiously in front of officials, if they are not good people, it's fine, they have the right to eliminate harm for the people, but the places Yuan Ke chooses are the places where some moderate officials are located.

These officials have limited qualifications, and their areas of jurisdiction are mediocre and unremarkable. In Wei State, they will not be noticed even if they are invisible.

But these officials themselves are also working hard to do things conscientiously, but Yuan Ke catches the honest people and bullies them to death.

Honest people also have a temper, so all these secret bases were taken over in one pot.

Xiao Xuexing didn't expect the incident to be revealed at the beginning, Yuan Ke endured so much criticism, and was almost kicked out by the courtiers, but he couldn't restrain himself.

He even continued to research, but without those records, no one knows whether the diseases he researched are still the same as before.

Xiao Xuexing needed to know the curative effect of those previous prescriptions, so he naturally needed someone to test them. This was the reason why he sent the medicines to the captive camp.

Originally, he selected some seriously ill people to give medicines, but not everyone gave them.

When Xiao Zirong received his letter, his heart was cold, and in the end he could only force himself into a sane state, and then sent Xiao Xuexing a large amount of medicinal materials, not only medicinal materials but also gas masks.

When these things arrived in Wei State, Xiao Xuexing had already stopped attacking, and led the people to retreat for a range of about [-] miles.

The small city in front of them, which was closest to Xianyang, had already become a purgatory on earth.