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Chapter 241 The Plague
And Ye Zhen looked around carefully, and there was no one there.

Your location should be a relatively remote farm.

Ye Zhen finally saw a living person.

The young man sat quietly under the apple tree and read a book.

Ye Zhen walked over directly, taking a look at the other person's clothes and hairstyle as he walked over.

Because every new spiritual realm opened is different.

In order to be able to confirm the time and place where you are.

Ye Zhen has put a lot of effort into this, but for Ye Zhen who has the ability of "photographic memory".

It's just a matter of time.

It's like when you're watching a movie and a man with long braids appears.

You can tell from the first moment that this is China and the Qing Dynasty.

If you see some people wearing animal clothes and holding stone axes, you will also know that this is in primitive times.

If you see some women wearing rococo-style skirts, you may have traveled to France in the 18th century.

Ye Zhen looked at the young man sitting under the tree with his eyes.

"Look at the clothes and appearance, and the books in his hands."

Ye Zhen's eyesight could see that the books in the young man's hands were in English.

"England in the 17th century?" Ye Zhen has roughly judged the place of this era.

Ye Zhen walked over slowly.

It was like hearing the sound of Ye Zhen walking by.

The young man closed the book and turned to look at Ye Zhen, with a surprised expression on his face, "Wiggins!"

"Why are you here?" The young man's face showed visible joy.

The young man stood up with one hand on the ground and the other hand holding the book in his arms.

After the young man stood up, he patted his butt.

"Wiggins, did you also come here to avoid the London Plague?" The young man's smile was as bright as the winter sunshine.

Ye Zhen listened to the other party's words and instantly knew what time it was now.

In 1665, an unprecedented plague broke out in London, the capital of England.

People at the time didn't know what caused the plague.

But like the current method, they used social isolation.

Let everyone try not to come into contact with each other.

Later studies revealed that this was a plague caused by fleas carried by rats.

More than 8 people died in London that year.

What is this concept?

At that time, London only had a population of over 40, which meant that one fifth of the population died.

This can be said to be a great plague in any era.

The plague caused many people to leave London and go to other cities or the countryside to escape the plague.

Even the king at the time, King Charles II of England, took his family outside to take shelter.

Why do so many people know about this great plague?

Because this was the last great plague in England.

The plague at that time was not only harmful to the plague.

Because after a large number of people die, the bodies are often too late to be disposed of.

In this way, a greater plague may break out.

What did people in London do back then?
There was no concept of viruses at that time.

And at that time, London could be said to be the dirtiest place in the world.

why?
Don’t think that the Western world is very civilized or something like that.

At that time, some of the excrement of Londoners was dumped directly out of the window.

You heard it right, it was poured directly outside.

This resulted in the streets being filled with excrement.

And many people may encounter "treasures" dropped from the sky while walking on the road.

Being showered directly is something that often happens.

Finally local legislation was enacted and a law was established.

When you dump your waste, you need to shout outside.

This law still exists to this day.

Due to the limitations of the times, doctors at that time simply did not know what the pathogen was.

Some people suspect that this is caused by animals such as cats and dogs.

He immediately ordered all cats and dogs in the city to be hunted down.

If it were changed now, it would definitely be organized and protested by animal protection organizations.

But I almost lost my life that year.

Where would you think so much.

But in fact, this approach is extremely wrong.

Because the source of the plague was rats, after killing all the cats and dogs.

Without natural enemies, rats became even more rampant, and the plague became more and more serious.

What are the defensive measures?

Actively dispose of the corpses of those who died due to the epidemic.

But the plague at that time was not yet known to the world.

So this plague is like the unknown god of death.

What do humans fear?Fear comes from the unknown.

The plague was an unknown source of fear back then.

As long as someone is infected, there is a high probability that they will die without even knowing why they died.

Those dead bodies naturally also contain viruses.

Ordinary people are also afraid of these corpses.

Therefore, corpses are often disposed of hastily.

This raises even more hidden dangers.

The second is to burn all kinds of things in the city 24 hours a day.

Want to use flames to clean the air.

At that time, some of them had realized that the epidemic might be caused by unclean air.

I want to use flames to clean the air.

Among the things burned were various substances with strong odors, such as cayenne pepper, hops, and frankincense.

And they encourage citizens to smoke tobacco, hoping to use it to fight germs.

From our current perspective, what these Westerners did at that time was extremely stupid.

Use these things to fight off germs.

Can you imagine what the consequences will be?

Nowadays, when you watch some anime, there are some doctors wearing beak masks.

These are commonly known as plague doctors.

Why use beak mask?
Because they would put something called "Dinaka" in front of the mask.

It is a mixture of over 55 herbs and other ingredients such as viper meat powder, cinnamon, myrrh and honey.

In addition, it is stuffed with various medicines and spices, such as ambergris, mint leaves, benzoin, myrrh, opium, rose petals, camphor and cloves.

The same reason as above for burning various substances with strong aromas.

They believe that this will isolate them from the toxic air and thus prevent them from contracting the virus.

That's how the Plague Doctor came to be.

Ye Zhen didn't know who the young man in front of him was. He just smiled and said, "Yes, to avoid the terrible plague in London."

After hearing about the plague, the young man also had a look of fear on his face.

"That would be great, Wiggins." The young man said enthusiastically: "We don't have many people in Woolsthorpe Farm."

"The best place to escape the plague."

"But there are more and more rats here recently."

"I remember it's not the harvest season recently." The young man didn't understand.Ye Zhen smelled a hint of plague.

Isn't this rat the source of the plague?If the plague breaks out here too.

Ye Zhen himself cannot avoid it.

Ye Zhen immediately said seriously: "These rats must be exterminated."

The young man wondered: "These are just some irrelevant rats."

"Although he is usually very annoying, he often steals food and damages things."

Ye Zhen shook his head and said: "I suspect that this plague is caused by rats and was brought by rats."

"These rats must be nipped in the cradle."

"You don't want this place to become like London."

London can be described as a kind of purgatory right now.

why?
Because Ye Zhen knew that this plague lasted for two years.

There is no virus theory yet, it has not been developed yet.

Even if you say something about modern medicine, no one will believe you.

Because what is the popular mainstream statement now?

Why do people get sick?Because there is something called miasma in the human body.

It is because of miasma that humans become sick and infected with plague.

That's why they burned fires to purify the air, using all kinds of things with different strong smells.

Because they think this can ward off miasma.

What a magical thing it seems now.

But back then, this was science.

When Ye Zhen was thinking about how to explain,
The young man glanced at Ye Zhen and said, "I believe you, Wiggins."

"I'm going to notify the people on the farm and clean up the rats overnight."

In fact, rats cannot be exterminated even in modern society.

Listed as one of the four pests.

"If this plague is really related to rats, you are the savior, Wiggins." The young man looked at Ye Zhen firmly.

"By the way, do you have a place to live?" the young man asked Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen shook his head.

The young man suddenly looked overjoyed and said, "Great, you can come and stay at my house."

"That way we can be like we were in college."

University?Ye Zhen caught the key word.

The young man in front of me and I are both college students, and we are roommates.

No wonder the other party was so surprised by his arrival.

Anyone who has ever stayed in a dormitory knows how wonderful the friendship is in the dormitory.

There were some dormmates who lived in the same dormitory with me until I started working.

May be your most important friend in the future.

Why spend the whole night escaping and surfing the Internet together?

Eat instant noodles together in the dormitory.

At the same time, you can have several more sons in the dormitory.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand that the young man in front of him trusts Ye Zhen.

Soon the young man took Ye Zhen back to the farm.

"Master Isaac, have you finished reading so early today?" A farmer greeted the young man with a bucket.

Isaac said politely: "Yes, Uncle William."

"Who's next to you?" Uncle William looked at Ye Zhen, who was about the same age as Isaac.

"This is my classmate who also came from London to escape the plague." Isaac introduced: "His name is Wiggins."

"Wiggins, hello." Uncle William greeted warmly.

Ye Zhen also responded with a smile, "Hello, Uncle William."

Isaac reminded: "Uncle William, go and ask everyone to gather around the well. I have something important to tell everyone."

"There's something about the plague."

After Uncle William heard this, his face became serious, "It can't be from our place..."

Newton was a college student, and a college student in the 17th century.

Going to university in London is considered a top talent in modern times.

Let alone the 17th century.

"Don't worry, Uncle William, things are not that bad yet." Isaac smiled.

Soon Isaac brought Ye Zhen to the well.

Some of the remaining farmers had already gathered here.

"Master Isaac, why did you call us here?"

"That's right, we haven't finished our farm work yet."

"Mrs. Hannah will blame us if the farm work isn't done."

Ye Zhen looked at the ten or so farmers and listened to their names for Isaac.

"This Isaac is still a farmer." Ye Zhen thought.

In such a society at that time, owning a farm could be considered a landlord class.

No wonder I can go to university in London.

"It is also known that a great plague has broken out in the capital," said Isaac.

"Even the king ran away to hide somewhere else."

"Although we are far apart here, we still have to take precautions."

One of the farmers said: "Do you want us to burn fires and purify the air?"

"But we don't have that much firewood now, Master Isaac."

Isaac shook his head and said, "You don't need to burn the fire."

"What I need you to do is kill the rats."

"Get rid of all rats on our farm and remove all rat nests."

"Guaranteed no rats will survive."

After hearing what Isaac said, the farmer had no other reaction.

Because rats are a hazard in normal times, farmers will kill them if they have the chance.

But this is the first time that we have gone out of our way to kill rats like this.

"Okay, everyone, let's move." Isaac told everyone to move.

At this time, a young man who looked older than Isaac came over.

"My dear brother, what are you doing?" John looked at his fair-skinned brother.

Unlike Isaac, John looks like he works in the fields all year round.

The skin is tanned and has a healthy complexion.

"Brother, I'm asking them to kill the rats." Isaac explained.

"Rat? Those damn rats should indeed be dealt with early." John smiled heartily and looked at Ye Zhen.

"You are the Wiggins that Isaac often talks about."

"My brother said that you are the only friend in school." John patted Ye Zhen on the shoulder.

That strong palm, if it had been someone else, would have been slapped in pain.

"As expected of a farmer." Ye Zhen thought.

Then Ye Zhen came up with some small devices to eliminate mice.

And it was made on site using some materials.

Compared with the original method of exterminating rats, this little rodent extermination tool left both Isaac and his brother dumbfounded.

"You are the Rat Destroyer." John could already imagine the miserable end of this rat.

Isaac looked at some of the traps and props created by Ye Zhen with bright eyes.

Although they are just some simple gadgets, the design is very exquisite.

"Wiggins, you are really a genius!" Isaac put the things made by Ye Zhen in his hands and couldn't put them down.

(End of this chapter)