The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 73 Ghost Face Leopard Chen Qi

"Patriarch, can you explain in detail the performance of the infected patient?" Suddenly someone asked.

Lu Changle looked up, quickly responded, and explained what he saw in detail.

The person who asked the question was Lu Jindong, Uncle Dong, the doctor with the best medical skills in the Lu family in Fuzhou, and he was in charge of nursing the seriously injured in the clan.

After listening to it, Lu Jindong said with some luck: "According to the words of the patriarch, this time it should be pimple plague, which is a blessing in misfortune."

"Uncle Le, Pimple Plague, this is a blessing," Lu Changfu asked in surprise.

"It must be luck. If it were Datou plague, Fujian would be empty and empty, and it would become an empty city, a dead city. Although this lump plague is terrible, luckily, more than half of it will remain." Lu Jindong said solemnly.

Lu Changle felt a little heavy when he heard it.

Pimple plague is what later generations call bubonic plague, which is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate.
In the 13th year of Chongzhen and the 14th year of Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty, pimple plague appeared in many places. Every time this severe infectious disease occurred, "nine out of ten people died."

If isolation and treatment are done properly, the mortality rate can be controlled below [-]%.

Lu Jindong said that the reason for his luck was that pimple plague appeared many times, and people figured out a way to deal with it.
The imperial court also asked the Ministry of Households to compile relevant prevention and control strategies and distribute them to the state capitals.

As long as the prevention and control strategy is followed, casualties can be minimized.

Bubonic plague like pimple plague is not bad, and you can reduce the death rate through hard work. If you encounter pneumonic plague and septicemic plague, in ancient times when medicine was underdeveloped, the mortality rate was almost [-]%.

After a brief discussion, Lu Changle and Lu Changfu temporarily stayed in the temporary wooden house outside the village.

All people who have been out must live in isolation outside the village to prevent accidentally bringing the virus back to the village.

The people in the village are divided into several areas with the head of the house as the unit, and the contact with each other is minimized.
Even if it is accidentally infected, avoid one pot.

In addition, sprinkle sulfur powder in the house, kill poultry that is easy to attract fleas, clean up haystacks and debris close to home, etc.,
There are a lot of things to do, Lu Changle directly handed over the responsibility to Second Uncle and Uncle Dong.

After arranging the family affairs, Lu Changle and Lu Changfu immediately took a bath,

The changed clothes are also taken away by people arranged by the clan. They are first put in a pot and killed with hot fire, and then fumigated with sulfur after washing, which can effectively prevent fleas.

After taking a shower, when Lu Changle walked out the door to comb his hair, he suddenly found two more people.

Gan Hui led a fat man about twenty years old outside the fence in front of the wooden house, looking at himself with a smile.

"Uncle Hui, why are you here? I just came back from outside, so I didn't invite you in." Lu Changle took the initiative to say hello.

The number one general after the Nanming Dynasty, he was taken under his command just like that, thinking about it is like a dream.

Strange, Gan Hui should be torturing Fan Sanbo at this time, why did he come here.

"It's all my own, don't be shy"

After Gan Hui finished speaking, he reproachfully said: "There is no outsider here, let me call you Brother Le, Brother Le, you are too reckless, is the plague just a joke? How far you can hide, you are the head of the clan, let others do this kind of thing, there is no need to take the risk yourself."

Hearing that Lu Changle went to the county to see someone who might be infected, Gan Hui was startled on the spot.
Regardless of his own status, he scolded people on the spot. Lu Jinyuan and the respected Second Master Qing were also scolded.

What if something happens to Lu Changle?
Can Fuzhou Lu's replace him?

Uncle Fat turned pale when he heard this, and scolded his son Changfu for being ignorant, why did he take Lu Changle to do such a dangerous thing, and threatened to break his leg when he came back,
The second uncle also blamed himself, blamed himself for not being there at the time, and asked Lu Changle to take risks,
The person chosen by the ancestors is also the person whom the ancestors favored. Whether the Lu family in Fuzhou can prosper or not depends on him.
How could he be put in danger?
Fortunately, Lu Changle came back safe and sound, and everyone looked relieved.

Lu Changle said with a serious face: "I am the patriarch, and I want to set an example for the clan. I can't just hide behind when I have something to do. Don't worry, Uncle Hui, I know what I know."

I have read relevant literature in my previous life and know the transmission route of the plague.

Know how to prevent, also know how to cure,
I have confidence in my heart, so I lead by example and set an example,
No, Lu Changfu completely convinced himself. When he came back, Second Uncle, Dong Shu and others looked at him with a little more admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the plague was so terrible that it finally disappeared. In addition to the climate, a famous doctor in Fujian created a "blood pricking method". Thousands of people were rescued every day, and the terrible plague was finally eradicated.

"You count? If you count, you won't be so reckless. Everything needs to be done by the patriarch himself. Why do the clansmen want to come?"

His own future depends on Lu Changle, Gan Hui really does not want anything to happen to Lu Changle.

"Yes, yes, yes, Uncle Hui is right, I will definitely change it, right, who is this?" Lu Changle intentionally changed the subject.

Gan Hui had a stranger beside him whom he had never seen before, and his identity was unknown yet.

"Spying on Fan's Firm and Fan Chengyin, I couldn't handle it alone, so I asked two brothers to help, Brother Le, didn't you always want to meet, here comes, let me introduce you, this is my brother Chen Qi, who is good at tracking, Inquire about the news, people in Jianghu call him Ghost Face Leopard, Brother Le, you can call him Uncle Qi."

"I've seen Patriarch Lu." Chen Qi hugged Lu Changle.

"Hello, Uncle Qi, I've worked hard the past few days, so I'll treat you to a drink some other day." Lu Changle said bluntly.

I heard from Gan Hui that Chen Qi seemed to have escaped to Fujian, and for some reason he offended a local snake and was almost beaten to death.

Seeing injustice on the road, Gan Hui drew his sword to help each other. Later, he found that the two had similar interests, so they became brothers with different surnames.

"As long as you have good wine, you can be there whenever you call," Chen Qi said briskly.

"Yes, Uncle Qi must be happy."

Gan Hui chuckled, patted Chen Qi on the shoulder, and said to Lu Changle with a smile: "Brother Le, if you want to find out the news in the future, just let Lao Qi go. I forgot to say, Lao Qi is not afraid of pimples."

"Aren't you afraid of pimple plague?" Lu Changle asked in surprise.

"Lao Qi is from Datong, Shanxi. At that time, the first case of pimple plague appeared in Datong. The whole village disappeared, and only Lao Qi was left alone. He went to Fenyang to seek refuge with his relatives. Unexpectedly, there was another case of pimple plague in Fenyang. The relatives and family are gone, and Lao Qi survived again by luck."

"Some people say that Lao Qi is a plague god and want to drive Lao Qi away. Some are extreme and want to kill Lao Qi. Lao Qi has no choice but to go far away and come to Fujian."

"Don't worry, Le Geer, Lao Qi is just fate, not a plague god, I can vouch for Lao Qi"

Lu Changle was a little surprised and said: "I didn't expect Uncle Qi to have such an experience. It must not be easy to be brothers with Uncle Hui. If Uncle Qi doesn't think my temple is small, he is welcome."

In a word, they flattered both of them.

When we met for the first time, I felt that Chen Qi's face was unnatural.

If you guessed right, Chen Qi has a special physique and developed antibodies when he was infected with the plague, so he is not afraid of the plague.
I don't know if the plague destroyed the balance of the body's hormones, or the antigens produced are very special, which repel the body and disfigure the face.
It is estimated that it is the origin of the nickname Ghost Face Leopard.
For Lu Changle, appearance is not important, as long as he has real skills.

Gan Hui's face was full of color, and his eyes showed pride, and Chen Qi also felt his face was bright, and quickly said: "Patriarch Lu is straightforward, Chen will hand over the 100 catties to Patriarch Lu."

It's better to have a place to stay than to wander outside,

Look at Lao Gan, who spent the last month and a half with him, eating and sleeping together, now that his wife and son are hot on the kang, Chen Qi is envious,
Gan Hui also said that Lu Changle is a person who does great things, and following him has a bright future.

Whether Lu Changle is the head of the clan or the militia in Fuzhou, judging from his methods of dealing with Fan's firm, he is definitely a character.
Chen Qi worked conscientiously during the surveillance and performed hard. He was waiting for this moment.
Hearing Lu Changle's invitation, he agreed without even thinking about it.

Lu Changle said yes repeatedly, and quickly asked Gan Hui: "Uncle Hui, didn't you say that there are two people helping you, and now only Uncle Seven is here, is there another one?"

If you want to do a big business, as long as you have the ability, the more the better,
Gan Hui said that he enlisted the help of two brothers to secretly monitor Fan's firm,

Chen Qi is here, is there another one?

Gan Hui looked at Haicheng, and said with concern, "Brother Liu was entrusted by me to rush to Haicheng. God bless Fujian. As a son of man, we can't just watch them suffer."

His family is in Xingping Village, and he works for the Lu family in Fuzhou, but Gan Hui's roots are in Haicheng.
Knowing that Fan's firm was secretly spreading the plague in Fujian, Gan Hui didn't hesitate at all.

It was inconvenient for me to go back, so I asked my good brother Liu Rufeng to remind him.

(End of this chapter)