Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1662, the fleeting time is not going well

Beijing Shangshufang.

"Your Majesty, another large-scale plague broke out in the Aztec Kingdom of the Golden Continent and the Inca Empire. The situation is very serious, and a large number of descendants of the Shang Dynasty died."

Li Dongyang reported to Emperor Hongzhi with the latest telegram sent back from Huangjinzhou.

The Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire are now considered vassal states of Ming Dynasty, and their status is similar to that of Wa Kingdom and Korea. However, the main task of these two Golden Continent native countries is to mine gold and silver for Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.

Every year they need to use gold and silver to build pyramids to make atonement to the sun god, in order to pray that their sins can be forgiven, so that they can become the people of the sun god again.

Undoubtedly, this is still using their religious beliefs to achieve the purpose of controlling them, but they are also happy to do so. The sun god is their highest belief, and they have already agreed with this statement from the Daming people.

They and the Ming people are both the people of the Sun God, but they made mistakes and offended the gods, so they were exiled to the Golden Continent. They need to redeem their sins before they can become the people of the Sun God again.

"There is another epidemic?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help frowning immediately.

I don't know what's going on, but the epidemic on the Golden Continent always occurs again and again, and every time it is very serious, many people will die.

The key is that the epidemic seems to recognize people. The people of Ming Dynasty have nothing to do here, but the local aborigines, regardless of their strong bodies and tall stature, often die in large numbers under the epidemic .

In just over ten years, the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire experienced a major epidemic almost every year, either smallpox or cholera, or something else.

On this point, it is really the same as the propaganda, they are guilty, so the sun god is always punishing them, and the people of Daming are the descendants of the gods, and they are blessed by the gods, so the plague will not go to the people of Daming .

"Your Majesty, the plague on the Golden Continent has never stopped, and I don't know what's going on. The respective plagues are often spread among their local aborigines, but rarely appear in the cities and gathering places of our Daming people. , even if it does appear, there won’t be any major problems.”

Li Dongyang thought about it and said.

For Da Ming, the Golden Continent is far away from the emperor, and it is indeed a little far away from Da Ming, and it is not very convenient to travel. Therefore, Da Ming has only occupied the Golden Continent all along, and has nothing to do with the Golden Continent. Big planning and construction and whatnot.

In this regard, Australia is almost the same. It is completely inferior to the provinces in Nanyang, let alone compared with places such as the Western Regions and Hezhong.

Golden Continent, Australia, is a place for exiled prisoners, a paradise for adventurers, and a paradise for explorers.

It's normal that Daming doesn't pay much attention to it. Compared to other places, the Golden Continent is very stable.

There is a vast and fertile land here, and you can’t eat all the food you plant casually. There are also extremely rich resources here. Fish in the river and sea can be caught casually, and you can’t finish eating them. The bison and wild sheep all over the place The meat is even hunted casually, and everyone still doesn't like to eat it, because the meat is too rough.

As for threats, there is absolutely no such thing.

These local descendants of Yin and Shang have now fully recognized and accepted Daming people. They believe in that set of sayings. Daming people regard them as their own people. They also feel that this seems to be very good, and they also recognize this. In addition Although they are brave and good at fighting, they are not very aggressive.

Religious beliefs have been brought out again, and they like Daming people very much, they recognize each other's identities, live in harmony, and the relationship is still very good.

As for the Europeans, they have completely withdrawn from the competition for the Golden Continent, and they dare not come to snatch the land of Ming Dynasty at all, so naturally there is no threat or competition.

In contrast, Australia is even more threatening, because the native Australians are dark-skinned Kunlun slaves, they are not born to urinate together, and Ming people don't like them.

However, these Australian aborigines were low in combat power, so it was nothing to worry about. The Ming Dynasty only had 2000 troops in the vast Australia, and two thousand garrisons were enough. The killed Australian aborigines could only continue to move to more remote desert areas.

Australia and the Golden Continent are large in size, but they are safe and far away from the mainland. The number of Ming people is small, and there has never been much sense of existence.

In the impression of Daming people, Huangjinzhou has a lot of gold and silver mines. If you want to take risks and get rich overnight, you can go here to explore and find gold.

In addition, the ginseng from the northern border of Golden Continent is of good quality and cheap, the dried fish here at Qianhekou is delicious and nutritious, and the dried fish from the northern border is also of good quality and cheap.

As for Australia, everyone’s impression is that the kangaroo meat in Australia is said to have the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing yang, so it is very popular. Other than this time, there is not much impression, and it is not even as good as some overseas colonies and vassal states. impressed.

"No matter what, it is our vassal state after all, so please help if you can."

"Let Daming Medical College and Daming Royal Medical College send a team to help them fight the plague."

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi still issued an order.

"Yes~"

Li Dongyang nodded quickly.

The aborigines of the Golden Continent were plagued one after another. If Daming hadn't provided a lot of help, technology and methods, it is estimated that the local aborigines in the Golden Continent might have died.

A few years ago, a smallpox epidemic broke out in Huangjinzhou, and an unknown number of people died. Later, the epidemic was gradually brought under control through vaccination against vaccinia.

But on the Golden Continent, smallpox outbreaks still occur from time to time, and some tribes were directly wiped out by the smallpox virus.

"Report, Jiangnan urgent report~"

At this time, Xiao Huangmen came to Shang's study in a hurry and handed over a telegram.

"what?"

"Suzhou and Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River are out of the epidemic situation!"

Emperor Hongzhi read it quickly and said immediately.

"Look at it too. At this time, Liu Jin sent a telegram from Jiangnan. There have been major floods in Suzhou and Yangzhou this year, and now a large-scale epidemic has broken out. The medical clinics here in Suzhou City are already overcrowded. , and a large number of patients can even be treated locally.”

Emperor Hongzhi handed the telegram to Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, Qi Zhong and others.

"It's been a few months since the flood, why did the epidemic suddenly appear?"

Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and others took the telegram and read it quickly.

"Yeah, it's been a few months since the flood. There was no epidemic at that time, but now there is an epidemic."

Liu Jian also felt very strange.

"No matter what the situation is, the most important thing now is to find a way to control the epidemic and find the source of the epidemic at the same time."

"If Liu Jin is in Jiangnan, it will make people feel relieved."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.

"Well, with Liu Jin in charge, I can really feel more at ease."

Li Dongyang also nodded. Liu Jin's ability is unquestionable, and he has always acted vigorously and decisively. With him in charge of Jiangnan, the epidemic will be easily controlled.

It's also fortunate that Liu Jin is here, otherwise, if it's another person, I really have to worry about it.

"Immediately follow Liu Jin's request to mobilize supplies, allocate funds, and send personnel to Jiangnan. We must control the epidemic and prevent it from spreading."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while, and quickly issued an order.

This year is really not smooth.

First, the drought and flood disasters were staged in the north and south at the same time. Now there is a plague on the Huangjinzhou side, and an epidemic on the Jiangnan side. It is really incomparable with previous years.

Fortunately, Daming now has money and food, and at the same time, medical technology has also been greatly developed and improved, so he can deal with these things more easily.

If it was changed to more than ten years ago, Emperor Hongzhi felt that it must be enough. At that time, the treasury was empty, and there was no money, no food, and no food when there was a disaster. I don't know how many people will die.

"Yes~"

Everyone quickly replied in unison.

In Yangzhou Prefecture, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren officially inspected everywhere to check the epidemic situation in Yangzhou and Suzhou.

Now it has been gradually figured out that the epidemic is the most serious in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and there are some in other areas, but it is not too serious.

"What the hell is this blood fluke?"

Wang Shouren is also tired. Over there, he is busy building the Yangtze River Bridge, and there is another epidemic here. The key is that the officials in Yangzhou and Suzhou haven't reported it yet, so Liu Jin and the crown prince were bumped into it. He got it.

He, the chief envoy of Southern Zhili, can be judged as failing, and the accidents happened one after another, all of which are on the Jiangnan side.

"Schistosome is a parasite that can only be seen with a microscope, but it is difficult to see with the naked eye."

"Generally, we are infected because we come into contact with the plague water containing these larvae. These larvae enter the human body through the skin, then parasitize in the human body, reproduce in large numbers, and cause great harm to the human body."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said, "After the professors and doctors from Daming Medical College arrive, you can see it with a microscope."

"In fact, this thing didn't exist after the epidemic, but it existed in the entire Yangtze River Basin, provinces south of the Yangtze River, and even the provinces in Southeast Asia."

"In normal times, many people will suffer from this disease, but it will not erupt so violently all at once."

"The reason for the large-scale transmission is also related to the flood. After the flood, the disease is extremely easy to break out, but fortunately, its infection needs to be transmitted through water. It is not difficult to control the epidemic. "

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Wang Shouren was also slightly relieved.

(End of this chapter)