Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

"Brothers, work harder! There is still one section left, and this road will pass. I will treat everyone to roast roe deer before today's work is over. It will definitely be enough!" Xia Gui shouted loudly, while constantly Waving the shovel in their hands, a pair of men and horses have been fighting for two days and two nights to open up the road blocked by heavy snow.

The symptoms recorded in the pulse case brought by Jia Zhu the day before yesterday were exactly the same as those of smallpox, which made Xue Pan nervous.The evil of smallpox is difficult to describe clearly in words. In later generations, this thing mainly relied on vaccine prevention. In the era when medicine was already developed, there was no cure, let alone in the Daqing Dynasty.

In the face of the epidemic, the most important thing is to seize every minute and every second. Since they know that there is no effective medicine to treat this disease, the first thing they can do is to control the epidemic to a minimum.Daqing has never had smallpox or other contagious plagues, and the response measures in this regard are obviously a step slower. This step may mean the survival of hundreds of people.

It was too late to return to Bomurk to issue a decree. Xue Pan issued the first official document after arriving in Outer North. In the whole Outer North, the number of people related to the suspicious epidemic was counted at full speed, and emergency isolation measures were taken.This is an order that can easily cause dissatisfaction among the people. The word isolation always has a bitter and cold taste, but at this time, Xue Pan has no other choice.

If it wasn't smallpox, if the impression of the smallpox outbreak in the early Qing Dynasty didn't tell him, it was probably a sign that the devil had just come out of the cage, if he couldn't effectively contain this spreading disease to the north of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains.It is very likely that the smallpox demon will spread all the way south, then the three northeastern provinces, and then the land of Yanjing.

Therefore, no matter what, Xue Pan must kill the danger at the source.Quick isolation is the best way. Even if this official document is issued, he must be prepared. The disease is not only in Baijiamu, but has already begun to spread in other places.

Of course, Xue Pan couldn't be sure, the place where the disease occurred was in Waibei.After all, the population here is smaller than that in the Northeast. If the source of the disease is not in the Outer North, but in the Northeast, he would feel shuddering at the thought of this.

Xia Gui also took action immediately. Once the official document of isolation is issued, there may be chaos in some places, and she also knows that all kinds of negative situations will appear.Many people may hide their illness, and some people resist passively regardless of the safety of others.After all, in this era, most people think that isolation means being abandoned, and they can only wait to die.

When time is racing against time, force deterrence becomes very necessary.This is also the reason why Xun arranged for Xia Gui and Xue Pan to guard the Outer North together, at least to ensure that there is no filth among the top administrative and military officials in the Outer North, so that they can develop better and faster.

Xia Gui rushed to the Outer North Army camp immediately, and first had to transfer a group of people to come to Bai Jiamu.First of all, the roads that are blocked by heavy snow must be opened up, and then the correct isolation measures must be instilled in them. After all, the soldiers are also risking their lives to go to the epidemic area. In this era, there are no gas masks and protective clothing.

"It's cleared! This end is cleared!" The news came from the front, and finally the official road to Baijiamu was cleared.

Xia Gui looked at the endless official road, and didn't know what was going on inside. The medicinal material trafficking team waiting on the side, and the team of doctors hired by Xue Pan entered Bai Jiamu first.

"Everyone has done a good job these two days! I have already told you about the danger of smallpox. This kind of plague is not afraid of low temperature, and it spreads extremely fast. Now we have opened up the passage to Baijiamu. You must be clear The task on me. Those sick people, rich and powerful, must be isolated. This is not to let them fend for themselves, but to allow them to receive more effective treatment, and also to let their families Being with friends can reduce the likelihood of getting sick.

Everyone, in this process, you may also be infected, and I may also be infected, it doesn't matter who you are.Therefore, for the sake of your wives, children, and children, at this time, we must not back down. The sooner we can isolate the sick people and let them receive treatment from good doctors, the only way this unwarranted disaster can be suppressed in a small area.Do you understand? ! "

"Understood!" A uniform voice came from the queue, which also represented that they were fully prepared.

Two days ago, Xia Gui rushed back to the station, and immediately issued an order without saying a word. The smallpox epidemic broke out. All soldiers must be ready to stand by and go to the epidemic area for isolation work at any time.This order is not a war order, but it has a more ruthless taste, because the death in war is the foreseeable death when they slash with swords, and the death of smallpox infection is without a trace.

Xia Gui, an airborne commander, issued such an order before he had established a foothold in the local area. It is conceivable that not many people are willing to obey from the bottom of their hearts.Xia Gui didn't talk nonsense with them, pulled out her saber, and declared on the martial arts arena that one counts as one, as long as anyone who can win from her hands can not participate.

The little soldiers are naturally unwilling to challenge rashly, what if they are hated in the future?However, the generals don't have those scruples anymore. The command envoys sent here probably have been like this for the rest of their lives. Of course they want to challenge it.In the military camp, it is difficult to say, but also easy to say, whoever has the biggest fist is the boss.

Then I saw Xia Gui knocking down one after another of the big and three rough generals without drawing his sword. They were panting on the edge of the martial arts field, watching more and more brothers being beaten Come down, and look at Xia Gui from disdain to surprise, and then evolve into looking at a lunatic.Until the last person came on stage, it was Jin Cheng, the recognized warrior here.

"Lord Xia, you have already fought many times, why don't you take a break and let's compete again." Jin Cheng's words came from the bottom of his heart. He looked at Xia Gui's physique and felt contemptuous, thinking that she was just offended. The people above were sent to this place in the outer north.Outer North is far away from the capital, so they don't know much about Xue Pan's identity, let alone that Xia Gui is a person who has made great achievements in the Northern Sichuan War.It is inevitable to have a preconceived impression.It doesn't seem to be the case now, maybe there is something hidden in it.

"No need, I can't wait for that time. Let's make a quick decision, and then everyone will lead their teams to where they should go." Xia Gui refused without thinking. She could tell that the person in front of her was a master. But she can't rest, because the smallpox virus will not give them a chance to breathe. "Shua!" Di Xiagui pulled out his knife, "Let's begin!"

Seeing that Xia Gui had made up his mind, Jin Cheng didn't try to shirk it. Although it would be a bit of an advantage to fight at this time, but if he didn't fight this battle, Xia Gui couldn't convince the people below him completely. He was also doing it for the good of Master Xia. .In the next instant, the two knives collided together, sparks were splashed, both of them went all out, and all kinds of moves were used during the fight. Whenever the two knives collided, there was a strong Evil spirit.

During dozens of rounds, the two had already fought from one side of the arena to the other.Jin Cheng's saber technique was swift and fierce, with a faint aura of a tiger descending the mountain, and there was a majestic power in the saber.However, Xia Gui's sword technique does not have any tricks, but it can penetrate the key gap every time, as if responding to the array of five elements and eight trigrams, but it carries a biting chill, like a kind of Killing intent from intuition.

After hundreds of rounds, Xia Gui took advantage of Jin Cheng's flaw and made a reverse pick to pick out the knife in Jin Cheng's hand, "Snack! ' It fell to the ground with a bang.Unknowingly, many soldiers surrounded the martial arts arena. They were all attracted by this martial arts competition. It was the first time they saw a duel like a martial arts master. Woke up like a dream, and then there was a wave of applause from the heart. "Lord Xia! Well done!" Everyone shouted out.

"Lord Xia's martial arts are superb, and I am convinced." Jin Cheng took the knife Xia Gui picked up and saluted him, "Our soldiers in the outer north respect the strong. From now on, we will Jin Cheng followed Master Xia's example."

"It's all at Master Xia's command!" All the soldiers, that is, Xia Gui's defeated generals, did not feel embarrassed at this moment, but felt a kind of excitement, an indescribable excitement.People who practice martial arts have a passion, they like the strong, and only when the leading general is a strong, can there be a tiger-wolf division.At this time, all the soldiers in Outer North looked at Xia Gui, who had put away his sword but not put away his hostility in the martial arts arena, and they were all faintly excited.With such a commander coming to Outer North, does it mean that some things will be different.

"Gentlemen! The situation is urgent now. We will talk about the daily conversation between our brothers later. I think everyone knows the word smallpox. When the disease came out, there was a lot of mourning and emptiness. Unfortunately, it has already appeared in Outer North. It is already known that there is Baijiamu in the infected area, but it happens that the official road is blocked by heavy snow. We must rush there immediately to help the government maintain order and isolate those patients quickly.

I don't want to say anything big, this is your hometown, if the danger is contained in the cradle one day earlier, the possibility of your relatives and friends being threatened with death is the least.Because of the high spread of smallpox, what I need is absolute obedience. The lives of the people and your own lives are precious.Therefore, you must obey the command in the process of action! "

After Xia Gui seriously said the relevant precautions about the isolation, he hurried back to Bai Jiamu without stopping. He had to supervise the battle in person for the first place.

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After the road in Baijiamu was opened, Xue Pan finally received the latest news. The situation shown above is not optimistic. There are a total of 500 families in Baijiamu County, with a total of 80 people.The county magistrate did not discover the epidemic in time, and not all the sick people went to the hospital to see a doctor.Therefore, the data in the letter Jia Zhu originally received actually underestimated the condition there.More than half of the people in the county had been infected with smallpox, some were in the early stages of fever, and some had begun to fester. In the few days when the mountains were covered by heavy snow, [-] to [-] people had died.

Such an astonishing speed made the county magistrate panic. He wanted to escape from Baijiamu, but the road was blocked, so he could only walk along the mountain road. There were many wild animals in the mountain road. Xia Gui's men and horses were on the mountainside. Half of the county magistrate's body was found.

"Ridiculous!" Xue Pan threw away the booklet in his hand. It was all a mess. It was dereliction of duty if such an epidemic broke out and it was not discovered in time. The county magistrate actually fled in danger. It was retribution.

Xie Mu shook his head, smallpox is terrible, but as long as the isolation is timely and the disease is controlled early, it can still be controlled. "Calpin, fortunately, this is the outer north. It's already winter, and the traffic between counties and cities is not frequent. Maybe it doesn't spread so fast."

Xue Pan is not as optimistic as Xie Mu. In this era, we still don't know much about how viruses spread. Smallpox is a virus that spreads through the air, and this is the most terrifying thing about it.In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, countless people died of smallpox, even the royal family and nobles were not spared.No one knows the source of its disease, and no one is sure where this evil spirit from hell will go. "What's going on elsewhere?"

Xie Mu filled out the information of each county according to the form drawn by Xue Pan, "The situation is better than that of Baijiamu. There are 160 counties in the outer north. With the full cooperation of the military camp, those county magistrates put These data have been counted, except that the situation in the mountains is not clear, 36 counties have found cases and suspected cases. "

"36 is not a lot." Xue Pan took a brush, spread out a large map, asked Xie Mu to report his name, and circled these places at once, and then both of them I took a breath, because this area is close to the Heilongjiang Riverside.This shows that the problem that Xue Pan is most worried about has emerged. The outer North Pole may not be the place where the disease occurred, or the disease has spread inward.In this way, thousands of people died.Unlike the vast land and sparse population in the outer north, once a disease breaks out in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, the consequences will be disastrous.

"I'll immediately write a note and submit it to the emperor. Muzi, I'm afraid you'll have to go to Suihua yourself. Tell Shao Qin, the prefect of the Black Province, what happened here. Tell him to immediately control the possible outbreak of the epidemic. If there is any problem, be sure to Please, like us, take isolation measures as soon as possible once discovered."

Xue Pan couldn't do without Outer North, and the chief envoy was mainly responsible for people's livelihood. At this time, he had to follow up on the research and development of vaccinia, so he could only trouble Xie Mu to leave.If you wait until the imperial edict is issued, it will probably be four or five days at night, and no one can tell what kind of changes will happen here.As far as Xie Mu's rank is concerned, talking with the prefect in person is also a first-level official, which has given him enough face.

Xie Mu immediately agreed. In fact, the talents left at this time are more dangerous, but he also knows that he can't replace Xue Pan. Xue Pan is busy allocating the manpower and supplies of the whole Mobei, but also discussing with the doctors. The matter of changing human pox to vaccinia requires going to various places where the disease occurs, and it is already spinning like a spinning top.

What Xie Mu can do is to unite all the forces that can be united, "I'll leave right away, don't worry, Chuping, Shao Qin's long beard is not one who dares to speak loudly, and he will be afraid when he sees my black face. It won't be stiff."

Xue Pan patted Xie Mu on the shoulder. Only he could say this, but to some people, Xie Mu's black face can still bluff people, "You should be careful. If you need any medicinal materials, immediately Send someone to tell me. Smallpox must not be allowed to enter the customs. The most important thing is time! We have to buy time, give me a month, and it will be fine when the vaccine is developed. Before that, we can only fight against the sky."

Xue Pan sent Xie Mu away, but he arrived in Baijiamu County, and he hardly slept well during these days.The brochure for Xie Shi has just been sent out.Speaking of the most fearful thing, Xue Pan was still afraid that smallpox would enter the capital. The population there was large, and the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and the flow of people was also heavy. If smallpox broke out, the death toll would be unimaginable.Xie hadn't stayed on the throne for long, but when he encountered such a plague, some restless people were about to start jumping around again.Since ancient times, this kind of natural disaster has been regarded as caused by the royal family's misconduct. Who will bear the crime?

Therefore, knowing that this is an epidemic that cannot be controlled by manpower, Xue Pan still tried his best to control it within the scope of Outer North.This place does not get the attention of the courtiers, and its influence will be much smaller.

"Master Xue is here!" Jin Cheng saw Xue Pan. This official was not like an ordinary official who would hide in the county government when encountering such a thing. Constantly inspire the people.

At the beginning of the isolation, because of the strong intervention of the army, most of the people could only choose to obey. They lived in places far away from their families. Looking at the doctors with scarves on their faces, they had no hope in their hearts. Maybe they came in If you do, you won't be able to go out again.However, in order not to implicate their family members, the sick person chose to wait for death.

But Xue Pan did not give up on these people. He knew better than anyone else that at this time, three parts of manpower and seven parts of God's will, but people's willpower is infinite, and no one can give up on themselves. If they even give up on themselves, then It was really hopeless.

Therefore, Xue Pan kept going to each isolation area, outside the isolation wall, and kept shouting inside.

Those who are lying on the hospital bed can always hear Xue Pan's firm and persistent voice, which comes from a distance outside the wall, but it is so real and kind. "Today is the seventh day of quarantine. I want to tell you the good news. Another ten people have survived from the pox and they have been transferred to the safe area. These people are..., I know there must be some of you who know them They are all well, and you will be next, don’t give up, your family is waiting for you at home. Grit your teeth and pass this test, and the days to come will get better and better.”

"Will it work?" Xia Gui looked at Xue Pan, there was still some distance from the isolation area, Xue Pan repeated this sentence three times with internal strength, his throat was also smoking, and he immediately handed him a glass of warm water.

Xue Pan finished drinking in one gulp and put down his cup. "I don't know if it's useful, but I just hope that the people know that the government has not given up on them, and their family members have not given up on them. We have not given up, and they can't give up. And my master's notes say that this inner strength has a kind of comfort. The effect of the human heart, are you listening?"

Xia Gui thought about it, and it seemed that Xue Pan's shouting really felt a sense of stability, which was mysterious. "It seems to be there. Is this also related?"

"Let's do our best to obey the destiny. Maybe the effect of this kind of suggestion will be effective. Only when they have a strong will to survive can they escape from the hands of the king of Hades." Xue Pan looked at the quarantine area, what he thought It's a cowpox thing.In fact, he blamed himself for forgetting about the disease of smallpox. If these vaccines had been developed ten years earlier, these people would not have suffered from this problem.It's not that he doesn't know the horror of smallpox, and he also knows the correct direction of vaccine development, so why didn't he remember it.

"You are not a god." Xia Gui patted Xue Pan on the shoulder. She saw Xue Pan's self-blame. Maybe Xue Pan could have prevented this epidemic from happening earlier, and she could also have prevented this epidemic from happening. , but is it really that simple?

"There was no outbreak in Daqing, and 200 years have passed since the previous outbreak. This time is enough to make people forget the horror of smallpox. Even if you develop cowpox, when the Supreme Emperor is in power, can it really be promoted? Also, do you think Are the people willing to be vaccinated? People wait until the danger comes before they believe in many things and are willing to take risks. When nothing happens, you let those people try to vaccinate without strong support from the government , this is simply impossible!"

Xue Pan sighed, of course he knew this truth, perhaps it was also his subconscious, so he never thought that such a disaster would happen beforehand.

"My lords, come and eat." Jin Cheng interrupted the silence of Xue Pan and Xia Gui from behind, "Brothers have roasted the roe deer, it still tastes like cumin."

After being called out by Jin Cheng, everyone was also hungry. After cleaning up carefully, they let go of their stomachs and started eating.At this time, it is even more necessary to have a good meal.

A day later, the capital received the news, Xie did not expect Xue Pan to be in such danger again this time.He looked at the north and wanted to run to Baijiamu, but he could only hold back the worries in his heart and sit in the Forbidden City.Now is the time when people's hearts are most unstable. We must prevent the epidemic that may enter the customs. Once such a thing happens, as Xue Pan said, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Brother Huang, let my younger brother go." Yun Yan came to him and said, "Brother Huang can't leave the capital, younger brother is willing to go instead to see what's going on there now."

Xun turned his head to look at Xun Yan, "For Xia Gui?"

Xie Min generously admitted, "Brother Huang is not worried about Master Xue's situation in Outer North, isn't he? The epidemic is likely to enter the Black Province, and my ministers will be able to stabilize some old guys with rigid brains. Guaranteed the Northeast and Outer North." Only the safety of Bei can guarantee the safety of several adults."

"I just hope to see you all come back alive." Xie let go of his clenched fists, praying in vain in his heart that nothing would happen to Pan'er.