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Chapter 339 Preparations Before the Plague
Jiang Dan waited for a long time and didn't see anyone making trouble. She was so angry that she thought it was the maid's ineffectiveness, so she slapped the maid several times in the street.

The maid covered her face full of grievances and dared not speak out, she was obviously doing as Madam ordered, and she didn't know why the beggar didn't make trouble.

Jiang Dan saw that the trick of making trouble was not good, so he went back and severely punished the girl.

Chi Chuyi interrogated the beggar, and heard him describe the style of clothes worn by the maid, and frowned slightly. He had seen that style of servant clothes in Rong's house, and they were usually worn by close-fitting maids.

Chi Chu asked someone to find Jiang Xue, and asked the little beggar to describe it to her again. After listening to Jiang Xue, she was sure that she was the maid of the Rong family.

Chi Chu asked his servants to take the little beggar down, gave him a warning, punished him to help at the city gate, and he gave him three meals a day.

The little beggar didn't expect such a good thing to happen, kowtowed and thanked, and was taken back to the city gate by the servants to help maintain the order of the crowd.

Chi Chu frowned slightly and looked at Jiang Xue. "What do you think the Rong family wants to do?" Ever since Chi Yue and Rong Ling divorced a few years ago, their Chi and Rong homes had no contact with each other. Later, when Jiang Dan married Rong Ling, their relationship eased a bit. But everyone in Chunyang City knew that he didn't like the Rong family.

At first, the Rong family picked up Shang Peibai in the court, and almost took his position as the city lord, but later the Rong family really did not have the ability to manage Chunyang City, so he took the position of the city lord firmly again. Pei Bai resigned and retired, and the Rong family also completely disappeared, but the enmity with him has always existed.

Chi Chu ignored the Rong family because of Jiang Xue's sake. Seeing that they had settled down in recent years, sometimes he would nod to them when they met.

Hearing this, Jiang Xue was also puzzled. "I don't know, why not find someone to watch over the Rong family."

Jiang Xue was afraid. At that time, the Rong family gained power and secretly caused them a lot of stumbling blocks. They almost took the position of the city lord. The Rong family would never be willing to live like this. She believed that as long as they had the opportunity, they would definitely seize the power of.

But what time is it now? The plague will spread here soon. As long as someone brings the news here, Chunyang City will be in chaos. As the city owner, you can’t escape if there are still people in the city. Chunyang City is in the city. Chunyang City is dead, and the city lord is dead.

In fact, many times Jiang Xue wanted to persuade Chi Chu to give up the position of city lord. Plague is not an ordinary natural disaster, it will definitely kill people, and there is only a very small chance that they will survive.

Jiang Xue understood Chi Chu, and he would never leave Chunyang City alone.

Chi Chu nodded, and this is the only way now, thanks to the fact that they are at the border, the relationship between Yu Country and Yun Country has always been tense, and people from Yu Country can't come to them, otherwise the news of the plague would have spread, where There is time for him to prepare early.

At the border, Chi Chu had sent troops to guard it long ago, not allowing any refugees from the Yu Country to enter their borders. Strict defense is the only way now.

Chi Chu summoned some confidantes and told them about the plague. Everyone felt cold after hearing this, but they all said they would follow Chi Chu to the death.

"I think you all know that Pluto lives in my house now, and we will surely defeat this plague. Let me tell you another news. The person who treats the refugees outside the city gate is Princess Xuanyuan Wei'an, and the person who serves the porridge is Princess Xuanyuan. Concubine Pluto, the person who applied the medicine was the son of the former prime minister Zhou Tong, the only blood of the Zhou family. They are all working hard and never give up. They are not from Chunyang City, but they are willing to pay for Chunyang City. Our relatives and friends live with us, let alone give up, even if we die, we will die in Chunyang City."

This is the truest thought in Chi Chu's heart. He really intends to live and die with Chunyang City.

After hearing Chi Chu's uplifting words, Chi Chu's confidants felt a burst of excitement and pride in their hearts. It turned out that there were so many people who worked silently, and the court did not give up on them, let alone themselves.

Chi Chu issued a series of orders, all of which were turmoil in the crowd when the news of the plague broke out. What should they do, who is in charge of guarding the city gates, who is in charge of food, and the use of lime to disinfect the city, everything is arranged Organized.

The first thing to stabilize is the morale of the army. Together with his confidants and Shangguan Ming, Chi Chu rallied the entire army in just a few days. Although everyone knew that the plague was coming, there was no trace of fear on their faces.

As long as one thinks that the princess of the enemy country is still treating illnesses and saving lives at the gate of the city, regardless of her own safety, how can these rough guys be cowardly, how can they be greedy for life and afraid of death.

Chi Chu gave everyone in the army psychological training. Shangguan Ming asked the secret guard to upload the news of the border to the court, and asked to build a defense line a thousand meters away from the border to prevent the plague here from spreading to the center of Yunguo.

The letter was sent to the palace quickly, and Shangguanxuan called all the ministers in the court in the early morning regardless, with a serious expression on his face.

When the ministers knew that a plague was breaking out in Yu Country, and that the plague would soon spread to the border Chunyang City, everyone became serious, and the drowsiness of getting up in the middle of the night was completely frightened.

Plague, that is a catastrophe for the destruction of the country. According to historical records, hundreds of years ago, there was a country that killed all the people in the country because of the plague. The people in the whole country were burned to death. It disappeared in just half a month.

That incident shocked several countries. Plague had not occurred in hundreds of years. Hearing the word plague today made the timid minister tremble with fright.

"According to what Pluto said, the plague has not yet spread to Chunyang City, but it will be a matter of time. Today, I ordered everyone from the Taiyuan Hospital to go to Chunyang City to help Pluto develop a cure for the plague as soon as possible. , the general led 40 troops to Chunyang City thousands of miles away, stationed in four lines of defense, each line of defense is 10 meters apart, and one line of defense is [-] people, and we must not let the plague spread to the central area."

"The minister waits for the order."

Shangguanxuan ordered to keep silent, and only the top people knew about the plague.

Shangguanxuan called the general and the two to observe the border map overnight to determine the position of the defense line, and it was also difficult to transport the medicinal materials to Chunyang City.

Shangguanxuan asked the dark pavilion to investigate the property of all the rich and noble families in Beijing, and stipulated the amount of donations for each family. Now when the country is in crisis, it is a compulsory attitude. Whether you want to donate or not, as long as the dark pavilion takes the list and asks you to donate, No one dares not to donate.

Every minister in the court and the central government donated, and no one dared to complain. Those big households in Beijing and central China were not all fuel-efficient lamps. After inquiring about the plague from many sources, the complaints in their hearts disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Everyone began to donate goods and money. Shangguanxuan issued the order to collect supplies to every city. Every city lord knew about the plague. Everyone began to prepare in advance. This is a national disaster, and it cannot be avoided by running away. .

Moreover, the emperor also issued a secret order. At this time, if he dares to be a deserter, he will be sentenced to death, and his relatives will be punished by skinning.

(End of this chapter)