Wanli 1592

Chapter 1319
Liu Chuanhai gritted his teeth, apparently recalling some not-so-good past events. Zhao Zhili, Sun Wei, and Du Kangyong, several officials, were not looking well, and their past was obviously not so happy.

Xiao Ruxun's land reform in the Northern Expedition killed many people, and also gave many people a chance to stand up.

Most of the current officials are local grassroots officials who stand out because of their outstanding ability during the land reform. Many of them are ordinary people or even poor families. Being bullied and hungry is the deepest memory of their childhood.

The doctor's words spoke directly to their hearts.

Now that they have turned over, they are well fed, clothed and warm, and they have a high status and power in their hands, but they dream about the past at midnight, and they feel sad in their hearts, and tears often flow down.

For thousands of years, precious medicinal materials and supplements have never belonged to ordinary people. When they are sick, they either grit their teeth hard, or get some things that are readily available, boil them into water and drink them to try their luck. A small cold can kill people , Many people have not received any medical treatment from birth to death.

That's why longevity is so pursued by people, and there are even sayings of happiness and mourning.

There are medical clinics and doctors, but for most poor people in the country, they are out of reach. Medical services do not belong to them, and they can only wait to die.

Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.

These eight words, Xiao Ruxun wrote more than 100 pictures, had people frame them, and hung them at the main entrance of every official office inside and outside the court. Every official would see this picture before going to work every day. The words of the rise and fall of the ages and the sorrow and helplessness of the people.

Thinking of the sad part, Liu Chuanhai couldn't help shedding a few lines of tears, but hurriedly wiped them clean, and said: "Let's go down and have a look first, and report to His Majesty for a solution after I have a full understanding of the specific situation. Your Majesty said, One is the plague of locusts, and the other is the plague of insects. If they are not eradicated, there will be no peace in the world of Great Qin."

Several officials nodded, a sense of mission welled up.

As soon as Liu Chuanhai came, he immediately brought the order of "do not touch the water with your body" to the local government, and the officials spread it, telling them that once there is a person with a potbelly disease in the local area, the local officials must not touch any water. , Drinking water should be boiled, and everything else must wait for instructions from the court.

Anything can be messed up, but the government and the army cannot be messed up. The local governments must first protect the government and the army, so that they can be implemented. Once the government and the army are in chaos, execution will become extremely difficult.

After implementing this idea, Dangtu County immediately entered a state of emergency. Liu Chuanhai brought the emperor's order and troop transfer talisman allowing the mobilization of an army of less than 1000 people to assist in handling errands, and mobilized [-] regular troops to station in Dangtu County. Escort them to Xiangyang Village in Shiqiao Township.

After arriving in Xiangyang Village, a group of people first visited every household in the village, and saw several households with patients with big stomachs. These people had been treated by doctors sent by Zhao Zhili with medicinal materials, and they began to recover slowly, and their abdominal distention decreased significantly. Seeing Zhao Zhili, he knelt down and kowtowed with gratitude.

Zhao Zhili hurriedly helped them up, and then asked them if they had the habit of drinking raw water and playing in the water, and they said they both did.

Several officials looked at Liu Chuanhai, and Liu Chuanhai immediately ordered the accompanying officials to go around the whole village with baskets for fishing, and inspect the farmland and small rivers under the leadership of the farmers in the village.

"It's these places. Get down the net and fish. Be careful, never touch the water body. You guys caught him. Don't let him fall."

Liu Chuanhai commanded several officials to cast nets for snails by the river and in the rice fields. At the same time, they set up a stove nearby and started boiling water. When the water boiled, the officials also picked up a large number of snails.

"There are really so many!"

The faces of Du Kangyong and others changed drastically.

However, the chairman of the Xiangyang Village Farmers Association said that there are a lot of these things, and they are everywhere in the rice fields and rivers. When there is not enough food, the people in the village will fish up these things and cook them.

Liu Chuanhai immediately threw the scooped snails into boiling water and boiled them. He scooped up a lot and boiled them for seven or eight pots.

"Your Majesty's order said that in order to find the snails that can spread poisonous insects, we should collect as many of these snails as possible, and then put them all in boiling water and boil them for half an hour. Boil to death."

Du Kangyong asked again: "Then what should I do if I find that kind of snail? There are so many snails, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty said that only that kind of snails can make the poisonous insects grow, so as long as all the snails are wiped out, the poisonous insects will naturally not be able to survive, and they will all die. In this way, this disease can be stopped."

Liu Chuanhai replied.

"But according to what you said, the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are densely covered with this kind of snails. How many should it be? How many people should be affected? How should we deal with it? Right now there is only one Xiangyang village, but if more villages are found to have such snails What should I do if I am a sick patient?"

Du Kangyong was very crisis-conscious. He suddenly remembered that he had seen patients with the same big belly in several villages when he was carrying out the land reform.

That is in several different places in Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Fujian...

He realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Your Majesty already knew about it. Otherwise, how could you put the plague of locusts and pests together? Your Majesty has made long-term preparations to deal with this matter. Once the appearance of the snails is confirmed, His Majesty will immediately order the states and counties along the Yangtze River to mobilize immediately." Carry out mass mollusc eradication."

"Group molluscicide?"

Du Kangyong's complexion changed drastically: "That's not a trivial matter, it will take a lot of time to prepare and organize with a lot of people."

"So we will conduct investigations in many places to find out where the big belly disease is currently affecting and how large it is, and then report it to His Majesty for preparations. After the imperial court gives a feasible strategy, it is estimated that you local masters will be invited. Officials will come to Beijing for a meeting to discuss this issue in detail.”

Liu Chuanhai disclosed the specific news to Du Kangyong, Du Kangyong thought for a while, and said that he knew everything.

"I see. Everything after that will be up to Langzhong Liu. We will support you with all our strength."

Du Kangyong expressed his support for Liu Chuanhai, Liu Chuanhai expressed his gratitude, and then made his own request to Zhao Zhili.

"County Zhao, from the current point of view, Dangtu County is a pest-infested area, we need to start publicizing pest prevention immediately, and inform the local people of all the methods we know so far, so that every household must know.

They were told from door to door that when they encountered a patient with a big stomach disease, they had to register and make a register, and the county uniformly arranged medicinal materials and doctors to treat them. Report to the central court as soon as possible to let His Majesty know, and His Majesty will allocate funds and medicinal materials as appropriate. "

(End of this chapter)