Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 248 Another Acquaintance

There are several kinds of antibiotics. In fact, streptomycin is the most effective against pneumonic plague such as the Black Death. Song Qingshu is not sure whether this kind of penicillin, which is usually used to treat colds, is good.

However, if you do nothing, the remaining 9000 people will still die in seven or eight out of ten. If you work hard, there may be hope!With the help of more than a dozen people with this big injection needle, these patients were finally stabbed.

As for the effect?

On the eighth day of November, it was already cold and people were stomping their feet, but the snow had not yet fallen. Because of the epidemic, the originally lively streets in Dai County were much deserted. In addition to taking a bath and cleaning, use the legendary cure-all Washing the body with soap, many people are bored at home and dare not come out.

The Xu Fuji Dim Sum shop at the base of the city wall also saw a lot of neglected business. A batch of freshly baked nougat and crab cakes were placed on the shelf, and no one came to buy them for a long time. If it continues like this, it won’t take long. Xu Laotang couldn't help frowning because the shop that had been passed down by his ancestors for more than a hundred years had to be sold in his own hands.

However, there was another bang from the back of the house, seeing a large basket of coals scattered on the ground, and looking back at his daughter Xu Xiaoya's distraught appearance, he even sighed deeply.

I don't know what evil he did in his previous life. His wife left early, and there was only Xu Xiaoya, a girl under his knees. Finally, he took in an apprentice named Wei Daniu. The two grew up together. They were childhood sweethearts and had a very good relationship. He decided to take this Wei Daniu as his son-in-law, and he would give birth to a grandson to inherit his shop, but when the plague happened, the God of Plague came to his door and put Wei Daniu on the book of life and death.

A few days ago, when Xu Xiaoya was crying, Xu Laotang took the neighbors and sent her to the camp of Song Dashuai. I heard that Song Dashuai is the brother of the king of hell, the king of fire ghosts. The lives of the battalion came to the rescue. I guess my stupid apprentice has returned to Jiuquan by now, right?
"Master, Daniel is back with firewood on his back!"

"Put it in the backyard!"

Staring at the entrance of the shop lost in thought, Xu Laotang pointed back without thinking, and Wei Daniu was also honest, humming and carried the heavy firewood inside, but before he could sit down and rest, I heard the shop groaning.

"Master, what's the matter?" A Jiling ran over, and Wei Daniu saw that his usually majestic master's legs softened and knelt down, kowtowing to himself non-stop.

"Daniel! Master, I'm sorry for you. In the future, master will definitely not let the four seasons sacrifice even a moment. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, master will try his best to help you. Please, don't come to the door. Soul returns to soul, fate Go back to the mansion, go down early and rest in peace!"

This Wei Daniu is also an honest man, he was also frightened by this scene, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master! Daniu is stupid, what did you do wrong, you keep slapping me, don't do that!"

The grandpa and grandson sat on the ground and kowtowed to each other like a worship hall. After a while, their foreheads were bleeding from the beating, and suddenly there was another scream in the room.

"Brother Big Niu, you're back!"

Really like a little swallow in spring, Xu Xiaoya threw a tiger pounce on Wei Daniu's back in surprise, crying and laughing at the same time, shaking Wei Daniu to stand up quickly again, at a loss what to do dangling.

"Sister, you, don't cry! I made you cry, and the master is going to beat me again!"

After saying this, his dark and thick shadow flickered in front of Xu Laotang's eyes, flickering from light to dark, making Xu Laotang who was already dazed even more confused.

"Something's wrong! There's a shadow! It's not a ghost!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Laotang let out a snarl, which made Wei Daniu heave a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed: "Master! Daniel is not dead! Marshal Song said that I am well, and told me to go home quickly, and stop eating and drinking at his place! "

"You unfilial thing, let your master kowtow to you for a long time! Hurry up and help me up, my legs are numb!"

Seeing his master baring his teeth and getting angry, Wei Daniu became depressed again.

The grandpa and grandson finally finished their tossing, and there was no business anyway, so they simply closed the shop. Sitting at the back of the shop, Xu Xiaoya looked affectionately at Wei Daniu, who was drooping his head, and asked curiously.

"Brother Big Niu, you, how are you doing? Isn't it okay to say that the plague will be cured?"

"I, I don't know." Simple and honest, Wei Daniu said vaguely, scratching the back of his head: "At the beginning, I went to drink a kind of bitter tooth-losing medicinal soup every day. After drinking for ten days, Song Dashuai came in person suddenly. It just clicked on my buttocks, and then a foreign monk with a naked old man hanging around his neck chanted a series of mantras, and went back and forth for three days. On the fourth day, he stopped stabbing my ass, and made me drink for two days. Bitter soup and medicine, Marshal Song came here again in person and told me to get out of here after saying that I am cured!"

"Yes, this bundle of firewood was also carried back by Marshal Song. I thought it was a pity to throw it away, so I carried it back!"

"Good you brat, Dashuai Song begged your life back from Hades, and you still took advantage of him!" Xu Laotang was very angry and funny, and he was a slapstick when he went up, but he was also sincerely grateful for a word of laughter and cursing. Patted his thigh.

"Song Dashuai is a good person! Clean up later, we won't sell the crispy candies, we will send them to Song Dashuai! Thank you!"

"En!" Xu Xiaoya and Wei Daniu nodded together.

One yard of crispy candy, and got a decent gift box. The three grandparents didn't wait to go out, but the door was slammed, and they opened the door in shock, only to see Mrs. Liu next door with messy head and hair like a girl. He looked like a lunatic, with red eye circles, but his face was full of joy.

"Old Xu, hurry up, I bought candy, and my family's pillar came back alive! I want to make an offering to my ancestors as soon as possible!"

Liu Sansao's husband died in North Korea in the early years, and she sent away her only son who got the Black Death a few days ago. This Liu Sansao is simply stupid. Now that her son is back alive, Xu Laotang is also happy for her, but this crispy candy It has been decided to give it to Marshal Song!
Just when Xu Laotang was full of tangled stomachs, with a huff, his door was completely squeezed open, neighbors were everywhere, and copper coins were desperately stuffed into his hands.

"Old Xu buys candy!"

"Hurry up, I want two catties, my daughter is back alive!"

It is destined that Song Qingshu will not be able to eat candy today. In a blink of an eye, the things he made in the morning were almost robbed. Seeing Wei Daniu and Xu Xiaoya rushing to make a fire to make cakes, Xu Laotang kept chanting Amitabha: "Don't blame Song Shuai!" Don’t blame Shuai Song, I’ll give you an offering later!”

This is destined to be a commercial revival in Dai County. Everyone knows that if you get the plague, you can only wait to die. However, more than 2000 boys in the county have come back alive. I don’t know how many are crying with joy. When they came out, they set off firecrackers and bought delicious food. Today is like Chinese New Year. The small shops that have been sluggish for many days are booming again, and Zhang Hao panicked and sent people to hang slogans everywhere.

Pay attention to personal hygiene and prevent the plague!
Outside the city, sending the last batch of people away, Song Qingshu also heaved a sigh of relief, thanking this era where there was no abuse of antibiotics, pneumonic plague, who had never encountered penicillin, fell under the sword of cold medicines of later generations, except for more than 170 people who were allergic to penicillin The unlucky ghost was itchy all over while healed it. More than 600 people lived for [-] years. This is the medical history of the Ming Dynasty, which can definitely be called a miracle.

At any rate, there is no need to be afraid of the black death that will destroy a small nest that I have worked so hard to create!

Moreover, this plague treatment also brought Song Qingshu an unexpected benefit. More than 5000 middle-aged men and women patients also expressed their gratitude to him. The gods made offerings, although how to feed the remaining 3 captives is still a headache, but at least it means that the begging army has expanded a large force.

Now that winter has begun, the weather is getting colder, and the rat infestation has almost been cleared up after large-scale epidemic prevention. This year, it is estimated that the epidemic will not repeat again. Song Qingshu ordered all the firewood piled up for burning corpses to be thrown out. At one point, they directly burned the camp to save the bad luck, and then left the matter to Sun Chuanting to take care of it for him. Song Qingshu happily prepared the carriage and planned to go back to Mount Wutai.

This past month has made him miserable, the three girls in his family were also strictly ordered by Song Qingshu to stay at home honestly, take a bath every day, and not allowed to come over, now that things are over, Song Qingshu also feels very homesick.

However, before he could go out, there was a commotion at the door, as if someone was trying to break into the barracks.

"Marshal, there's a scholar outside, he insists on entering the camp to find some kind of genius doctor!"

He was planning to buy something to go home to coax his wife, and seeing Li Tiezhu running back with a sad look, Song Qingshu was so angry that he waved his hands and said as if to chase away flies.

"Call out, can't you do this well?"

"Yes, but he also said that he is an imperial court official and a neighbor of Dai County!"

If ordinary people had already exhaled, this sentence would embarrass Li Tiezhu, but Song Qingshu would be outraged.

"What's wrong with the imperial court officials? We fucking robbed too many imperial court officials! I am most annoyed by this kind of people who use their status to gain privileges everywhere. Let me blast you out, and if you don't go back to him and burn a circle of corpses, you will be scared." Don't kill him!"

Although most of the plague patients were kept in the asylum camps, in the countryside and in the city, many wealthy and powerful family members still stayed at home to isolate themselves, just like the Ji family, I heard that they After the second child in the family was gone, the eldest was infected with the disease. Now I have sent all the cured patients home. Many people must have heard of the news. It is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts, but if it collapses today, it will not be able to stop it Song Qingshu's determination to go home to see his wife, how much does he care about?

After being scolded, Li Tiezhu also made a fuss. As soon as he bowed and turned around, he was about to throw out that stupid official who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. He went out and actually broke into the tent.

"Tens of thousands of Li people in Yuanping are still struggling in the plague. Do you, a medical officer, have the benevolence to serve the world? You refuse to govern, and you can be in this official... hey!!!"

Just halfway through the angry scolding, the official was stunned, not to mention him, Song Qingshu who turned around was also stunned, and the two of them stretched out their fingers together in disbelief.

"It's you!!!"

(End of this chapter)