nanming man

Chapter 78
In Luyi County, on the upper reaches of the Woshui, more than a dozen soldiers covered their faces with cotton cloth, with only one pair of eyes exposed, shuttled across the river in small boats, salvaged the floating corpses from the upper reaches and dragged them to the shore.

These corpses had already rotted and had a stench to the sky. They floated down from the upstream one after another, and they were the main source of the plague. Brother Gao ordered people to intercept them upstream to prevent the corpses from entering Luyi County along the water flow.

At this time, Second Brother Gao also covered his face with a cotton cloth, standing in the distance with a few others, watching the soldiers drag the salvaged corpses directly to the shore and burn them, destroying the source of these diseases.

This time the plague swept through Henan. The culprit was Li Zicheng’s flooding of Bianliang, killing nearly a million people.

It has been more than a month since the Yellow River breached, and corpses still drift down the upper reaches from time to time.These corpses have long since decayed, white and swollen from the water, covered with corpse maggots, and flies buzzing to give birth.

These things were soaked in the river water, and the whole river was polluted. Gao Yihuan saw it recently, and his stomach churned, and he almost vomited out the bile.

Now he stood in the distance and watched the soldiers burn the corpses, then turned to a middle-aged man in Taoist uniform and said, "Mr. Wu contributed a lot to controlling the epidemic in Luyi this time!"

This Mr. Wu is a talent that Gao Yihuan discovered among the victims. His name is Wu Youxing. , It is also a great pioneering work in the history of world medical epidemiology, so it has won wide respect from future generations.

Wu Youxing was dressed as a Taoist priest, and he was very thin. He stroked his beard and sighed, "Since the first year of Chongzhen, there have been epidemics almost every year. The old gentlemen have used the method of treating typhoid to cure the epidemic, but it has no effect. I Advocating the use of new laws to control the epidemic, but no one trusts me. Today, the general can use me, which gives me a chance to try my mind and make a little effort. This is the general who dares to employ people, what I dare not do Credit."

This time the plague was raging, Gao Yihuan appointed Wu Youxing to treat the epidemic, isolated the infected in different places according to the severity, ordered people to dig wells everywhere, did not drink the water of the Guohe River, and bought a large amount of medicinal materials from the south, which finally caused the epidemic in Luyi Controlled, did not cause much damage.

As Wu Youxing said, he clasped his hands to Gao Yihuan and said, "Furthermore, I am very impressed by the general's views on the epidemic. Many suggestions and methods were proposed by the general. I just help the general to implement it, and I can't count it as a great contribution. .”

Wu Youxing praised Second Brother Gao for his ability to use people. Second Brother Gao blushed when he heard the words. That's really hard to say.

Second Brother Gao smiled, "In this epidemic, Taikang, Fugou and other places have ten houses and nine empty houses, and there are not a few people who have died in the whole village, but I, Luyi, can survive alone in the epidemic. Anyway, Mr. Wu’s credit can’t be lost. I’m already planning to spend some money to set up a medical clinic for Mr. Wu in Luyi, invite him to sit in the hall, and treat diseases for the people of Luyi.”

Wu Youxing is a wandering doctor who walks around the streets and alleys. He is used to idle clouds and wild cranes. He suddenly wants to sit in the hall and settle down in Luyi, but he is not used to it.

"This~" He frowned slightly after hearing what the second brother said, a little hesitant.

Chinese medicine is an empirical discipline. It takes many years to train a person to become a doctor, and even if he becomes a doctor, he may not have much ability.This kind of empirical discipline has high requirements on the doctor himself, and ordinary people may not be able to meet it. Gao Yihuan managed to catch someone with some skills, and naturally he would not let him go.

"Scholars govern the country and the world, warriors shroud their bodies in horse leather, and protect the peace of one side. Doctors are benevolent, and make great achievements without benefit. They hang the pot to help the world." Gao Yihuan looked at Wu Youxing, and said in a deep voice: "Nowadays, the world is in chaos. Everyone should take a responsibility. Mr. Mr. is capable, if you can only save one or two people a day in the streets, it is better to stay in Luyi, set up a medical center, and teach medicine like a Confucian, so that more people can learn medical skills The sages say that if you don’t use what you learn, it’s useless. It’s a pity if you can’t use your skills and pass them on.”

"Set up a Taoist temple like a great Confucian to talk about medicine?" Wu Youxing was slightly taken aback, then shook his head, "General, I'm afraid this can't be done. Even if I want to talk, no one will come, and I will be abused. After all, this imperial examination is not taken, so it can only be regarded as heresy~"

Wu Youxing's words hit the nail on the head, but Gao Yihuan said: "It's okay, disciples and students, let me find you. There is a big epidemic right now, and I happen to be short of doctors here. I will help Mr. Wu find some disciples, but I hope Mr. Wu can’t keep his secrets, and he must impart all his life’s knowledge to others, after all, only when more people understand Mr. Wu’s medical skills can more people be saved.”

"This~" Wu Youxing hesitated for a while, and his heart was already a little moved. After all, walking around the streets and alleys is not a long-term solution. He also hopes to have his own medical center and stabilize it. "Then follow the general's arrangement~"

"Okay, I'll ask someone to choose a place in the city to build a medical center for Mr. Gao Yihuan." Hearing this, Gao Yihuan was overjoyed, as if another major matter had been resolved.

At this time, a person from a distance came riding a mule. He got behind Gao Yihuan, turned over, approached a little closer and reported loudly: "Second brother, someone from General Zhao came to deliver an order, and Brother Daxian led him to the county. Ya, let me come over and call my second brother back to the city."

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly when he heard this, turned around and saw that it was Zhao Zhuzi, so he asked, "Do you know what it is?"

"It seems that we are going to be transferred to fight the army." Zhao Zhuzi rubbed his head and said.

A few days ago, Gao Yihuan received a message from Gao Yicheng, saying that it was Li Zicheng, that trash, who was beaten to death by Sun Chuanting in Jia County, and now that Zhao Yingyuan came to dispatch troops suddenly, it seemed that Li Zicheng wanted to concentrate his strength and fight Sun Chuanting to death up.

Gao Yihuan frowned and thought for a while, then waved: "Let's go back to the city."

At present, Gao Yihuan left Wu Youhe and more than a dozen soldiers to continue cleaning up the corpses, while he led the others back to Luyi County.

Brother Gao got on the yellow-haired war horse he got from Bozhou, while the others rode mules and headed south along the vortex.

Along the way, the fields on both sides of the strait were cultivated by assigned refugees, and a large number of people were working in the fields, preparing to sow winter wheat.

Brother Gao continued to walk south, and when he was about to approach the county seat, more than a dozen earthen kilns emitting black smoke appeared along the banks of the Guohe River, where kiln bricks were being fired.

In the open space on both sides of the Guohe River, there are brick embryos piled up in strips from time to time, and many young and strong are working in the kiln.

The opening of this kiln was mainly because Liu Heizi found a coal mine, sent people to mine it, and sent the coal to Luyi.

Originally, the second brother Gao was going to give Liu Heizi some money and food, and then contract the coal mine to mine it himself, but Liu Heizi was very shrewd, so he insisted on not agreeing, and he had to do it himself.

At the beginning, Liu Heizi set the price of charcoal very high, and he argued with his second brother for a while, but the price was never agreed.

The second brother Gao wants to burn bricks, and the picture is that earth bricks are cheap and convenient, but if the price of charcoal is too expensive, the second brother will naturally not be able to use it to burn bricks, which is not very cost-effective.

Seeing that the matter of burning bricks was about to turn yellow, the plague came and Liu Heizi suffered heavy losses, but this changed the matter.Liu Heizi saw that Luyi had done a good job in treating the epidemic, so Brother Gao sent two experienced doctors to help him cure the epidemic, and only then did he lower the price of charcoal.

After getting the charcoal, some firewood was added, and the kiln began to operate. Gao Erge used the wheel kiln to produce red bricks instead of the blue bricks and tiles used in China since ancient times. Several kilns have produced bricks so far.

The firing process of blue bricks is more complicated. Living in a house with green bricks has the effect of warming in winter and cooling in summer, while red bricks are rough and not so particular.

Brother Gao Er wants to build Luyi into a bastion, and there is an urgent need for bricks and tiles, so red bricks with high production efficiency are the best choice.

The wheel kiln is different from the brick kiln for firing blue bricks. It can operate continuously and has a much larger output. One kiln can produce tens of thousands of red bricks, which can supply the construction needs of streets, military camps, and city walls.

For more than a month, houses built with red bricks have sprung up in Luyi, and the city walls have begun to be rebuilt.

For the convenience of transportation, these brick kilns are not far from Luyi City. Brother Gao and his party walked through the busy kiln factory and returned to Luyi County not long after.

In the county town, more than a thousand new recruits are practicing fervently. There are many shops in the city. Every day, caravans come from the direction of Bozhou, bringing a large amount of supplies, which makes many people come here to trade and look for jobs. The city is bustling, and Luyi County is booming. fiery scene.

The epidemic situation in Luyi County is well controlled, and the supplies are relatively abundant. Jiang Yiwen, a quack warlock, said that Luyi is the hometown of Lao Tzu, and it is blessed by God. Take it all~
(End of this chapter)