Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2404: Three Great Transport Envoys, Three Southern Governors

How could Jia Xu be sent to Liangzhou at this time when he couldn't even move?
I'm afraid that even if we forcibly carry him onto the carriage, he will die of illness on the way!
However, matters in Liangzhou cannot be delayed.

Therefore, Li Xiang replaced Yao Chong, the Minister of Rites, as the Governor of Liangzhou. He took office on the day of receiving the imperial edict and stabilized the epidemic situation in Liangzhou.

As for the old fellow Jia Xu, Li Xiang didn't have the mind or energy to deal with him at this moment, so he let him go for now and gave priority to matters in Liangzhou.

In the face of the current crisis in Liangzhou, all other matters can be put aside for the time being.

After he is done with this busy period, he will naturally have plenty of time to talk to this old man.

In addition, Li Xiang ordered Zhuge Liang, the governor of Yizhou, to be appointed as the Transport Commissioner of Bashu, in charge of the mobilization of materials between Yi and Nan states; Wei Yang, the governor of Jingzhou, to be appointed as the Transport Commissioner of Jiangnan, in charge of the mobilization of materials between Jing, Yang and Jiao states; Liu Bowen, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the military advisor, to be appointed as the Transport Commissioner of Zhongyuan, in charge of the mobilization of materials between Yan, Yu and Xu states.

If Liangzhou wants to survive the pandemic, the amount of materials needed will be astronomical. And if we want to survive this pandemic, we also need the support of material and human resources from all the states behind us.

In Siyong, with all the ministers of the court present, there was no need to do such a thing, not to mention that Wang Meng had already entered Yongzhou to mobilize all directions.

With Wang Meng, the head of the Jin Dynasty's civil officials, personally in charge of Yongzhou, Li Xiang naturally doesn't have to worry about the mobilization of materials from Sizhou and Yongzhou. Wang Meng will definitely handle this matter properly.

Of the other states, Bashu is the most important. After all, compared to the Central Plains, which is now seriously injured, and the southern land that has just been taken, only Bashu can provide the most powerful guarantee and support.

As for the southern regions, if one wanted to mobilize the human and material resources of this area in the shortest possible time, in addition to the centralized deployment by Wei Yang, the Jiangnan Transport Commissioner, the support of officials from all over the country was also needed.

Therefore, restoring the political structure of these areas as soon as possible is now a top priority.

Therefore, Li Xiang transferred Yu Qian from Jingzhou to Jiaozhou, promoted him to the governor of Jiaozhou, and transferred Yu Yunwen to the deputy governor of Jiaozhou to cooperate with Yu Qian to resume all affairs in Jiaozhou as soon as possible.

Don’t think that Jiaozhou is a poor place among the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty.

However, whether it is the barren Jiaozhou or the even poorer Nanzhou, they are not completely useless. At least, both places have one thing in common, that is, they are rich in medicinal herbs.

In the current situation, medicinal herbs are much more effective than food and fodder for the situation in Liangzhou.

Of course, no matter what kind of epidemic it is, any epidemic comes, food and grass are also a key. After all, Liangzhou is in such a situation now, which ordinary people still have the heart to farm? Therefore, naturally, the support of food and grass is also indispensable.

Therefore, the role that these two places can play in Liangzhou today is even no less important than that of Sizhou and Yongzhou, which are places rich in grain and fodder.

A plague, figuring out how to cure the symptoms of this plague is a huge difficulty!

However, in ancient feudal society, with limited mobilization of human and material resources, what really troubled them when faced with a large-scale plague was how to effectively control the spread of the plague and allocate enough medicines to the epidemic areas.

The need for medicines for tens of millions of people was indeed a huge headache for the ruling class in the feudal society with limited human and material resources.

Of course, the current Liangzhou is far from developing to that extent. Although the epidemic has spread to Liangzhou at this time, except for Dunhuang and Juyan, the rest of Liangzhou has fallen into the plague, not to mention the area on Temujin's grassland.

Li Mi caused this plague on the grassland near Liangzhou. Now, a large area of ​​the grassland near Liangzhou has fallen into the plague.

Furthermore, even if we only count Liangzhou, the number of soldiers and civilians affected by both sides has exceeded one million, affecting a total of more than one million people.

Of course, with these hundreds of thousands of people, the combined armies of both sides total more than 300,000.

Besides, Li Xiang only needs to take care of his own side, and he naturally doesn’t need to take care of Temujin’s side.

Therefore, for Li Xiang, the actual scope of impact should be around one million military and civilians combined.

Moreover, this number is the number of military and civilians in Liangzhou who are still under Li Xiang’s control, not the number of people who have actually been infected with the epidemic.

However, even so, the amount of medicines needed will be astronomical.

Moreover, even if the number of people infected with the plague is only a small proportion of the total population, as time goes by, this proportion will only continue to expand. By that time, the number will definitely be even more terrifying.

Precisely because of this, in order to be prepared for any eventuality, it is necessary to allocate sufficient herbs from various places in advance to provide sufficient support.

Furthermore, Li Xiang also had to prepare for the worst, in case the plague could not be contained within Liangzhou. If it spread further, preparing enough medicines in advance could really save lives.

After all, traffic is still a big problem at this time.

Even though Si and Yong are close to Liangzhou, it would probably take a month to use up all the materials that have been mobilized.

This time, the time it took to transport the goods after the transfer was completed does not include the time required for transfer, which is even longer.

After all, transporting large quantities of materials is not like cavalry galloping, it requires manpower to transport it step by step. For a month, it was a matter of rushing and rushing.

The Central Plains is located at some distance from Liangzhou, some nearer. The closest ones take two months, while the farthest ones may take three or four months.

As for the area of ​​Bashu, or even more distant areas in the south, it would probably take at least half a year to transport the goods there.

Although Bashu is much closer to Liangzhou than the southern regions, the problem is that although the distance is closer, the road is many times more difficult to travel.
By the time these supplies are transported there, the situation in Liangzhou will be completely different.

Therefore, even if the situation has not yet developed to the worst trend, we must still be prepared in advance just to get a preventive measure.

Faced with such a ferocious plague, and with the human power behind the scenes constantly fanning the flames, at this time, no matter how much preparation we make, it is not enough.

In addition, Li Xiang urgently transferred Wu Qi, who was now in Yuzhou, back to Yangzhou, and appointed him as the governor of Yangzhou and the deputy envoy of Jiangnan Transportation.