I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Zhao Sheng trotted all the way, exhausted enough, took a few breaths, and then said: "Master Zhifu, there is a plague in the port!"

This short sentence made Shen Lian, the prefect of Jizhou, turn pale with shock.

"plague?!"

While Shen Lian was surprised, his face was flustered and his voice trembled a little, he asked, "Where did the plague come from in the port? How did you know?"

"Your Majesty was entrusted by the Oro businessman Davis to treat his crew members. After arriving there, after listening to the descriptions of the crew members, I realized that what those crew members got was most likely the plague!"

After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, Dangjiu gave a complete description of what he saw and heard on the boat.

After Shen Lian heard this, his heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

"Why did the plague come out after everything was fine?"

Shen Lian looked flustered and started pacing on the spot.

After a while.

He suddenly thought of something, took a few steps back suddenly, looked at Zhao Sheng, and said, "If that strange disease is really a plague, didn't you also come into contact with them?"

Zhao Sheng knew what the magistrate was worried about, so he hurriedly said, "I just stood on the deck for a while, and I didn't touch the patient, and I didn't even see the patient's face."

When the prefect heard this, he was still worried, he waved his hands and said, "Stay away from me."

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhao Sheng took two steps back in a hurry, and then said: "My lord, the most important thing now is to send people to seal off the port, and no one can enter or leave. In addition, it is best to burn the ship, and then the crew Detain them all, carefully observe them, and if they contract a strange disease, they will be killed on the spot!"

He is just a young doctor in the city and has never encountered the plague, but there are still some records on how to deal with the plague in medical skills.

What he just said is the experience summed up by the seniors with superb medical skills.

After hearing this, Shen Lian's face showed a serious look, and said: "In this way, I'm afraid we will never be able to do business with the Ouluo people again."

Seeing that he was still thinking about business at this moment, Zhao Sheng showed a look of hatred for iron and steel, and said anxiously: "Master Shen, if that strange disease is really a plague, it is not a matter of business or business! Once the plague spreads, it will affect the world. It will be a catastrophe for the common people, if someone from above finds it out, I am afraid that you will be to blame, after all, the imperial court has a decree prohibiting doing business with the Ouluo people!"

He is a doctor, and he knows the horror of the plague better than anyone else.

At this moment, I am anxious from the bottom of my heart.

And Shen Lian also knew the horror of the plague, but besides the plague, he had other worries.

In any case, the Ouluo people contribute a lot of silver to the capital of Jizhou every year.

You can earn so much money just by transporting tea leaves from Gan and Wu to Jizhou. This kind of business is not something you can come across all the time.

long silence.

Shen Lian finally made up his mind, looked at Zhao Sheng, nodded and said, "I will do as you said! I will send 100 people to be dispatched by you. You may not keep those Euro people where they are!"

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng hurriedly said: "I'm just a small doctor, how can I send a hundred officials? I'd better leave this important task to someone else!"

Shen Lian thought for a few seconds, nodded, and said: "Okay, then I will let Catcher Liu handle this matter, and you will follow by Catcher Liu. If there is anything wrong with Catcher Liu, what do you want to do?" point out."…

Zhao Sheng finally heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said respectfully, "Obey!"

Zhao Sheng was well aware of the horror of the plague, so as soon as he walked out of the yamen, he met with Liu Butou and told him the whole story.

There was no rest in the middle, so he and Liu Butou led the people and went straight to the port.

Zhao Sheng, Liu Butou, and a hundred soldiers holding long knives were all covered with veils.

When they arrived at the port, they saw the Euroman's boat docked on the shore.

Several Euros stood there, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Sheng took a deep breath, calmed down, stepped up, and said, "Davis, this is Detective Liu."

When Davis saw Zhao Sheng and the soldiers behind him, his heart sank.

He thought it would be someone from the government, but he didn't expect Zhao Sheng to bring someone over.

"Zhao Langzhong, long time no see, why do you think of coming to my place today?"

With a smile on Davis' face, he glanced at Detective Liu beside Zhao Sheng, and said calmly.

Zhao Sheng said: "We met two hours ago, how can we say it's been a long time. As for why you came here, it was because of a strange disease on your ship. I suspect it is a plague, and I have already reported it to the magistrate!"

The magistrate ordered that the port be closed from today, and no one is allowed to enter or leave! "

When Davis heard this, doubts appeared on his face, and he asked, "What strange disease?"

Zhao Sheng was startled when he heard this question, and then he seemed to think of something, his face darkened, and said: "Your crew members got sick in two or three hours, you don't remember?"

Hearing this, Davis raised his voice and said, "The crew members on my ship were only exposed to the sea breeze and caught wind and cold, so why did they become strange diseases and even plagues? Langzhong Zhao, you can't do it because I didn't give you more." You money, frame me!"

When Liu Butou at the side heard this, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then he stood aside with his arms folded, looking very lively.

Zhao Sheng didn't expect that Davis would deny the existence of the strange disease. His face showed annoyance, and he said, "If you have any strange disease on board, let someone go to the cabin and take a look!"

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at Davis, but turned to look at Detective Liu, and said, "Please trouble Detective Liu."

Liu Butou nodded lightly, looked behind him, nodded to two people casually, and said, "You two go and have a look!"

The two people who were pointed out all showed hesitation on their faces.

Obviously, they didn't want to go to the cabin and risk the plague.

Upon seeing this, Catcher Liu said calmly: "Is there any sick person in the cabin? Answer the truth when you come back. I will report your achievements to the court and apply for rewards for you."

When the two heard this, they knew that they couldn't escape this calamity, took a deep breath, cupped their hands and said, "Thank you, my lord!"

Then, after checking the veil on his face and making sure there was no problem, he walked towards the cabin.

Zhao Sheng stood there, staring at Davis, gritted his teeth and said, "Davis, do you know how terrible the plague is!"

Davis said: "Of course I know! Ouluo once had a plague, but I'm sure that my two crew members just caught wind and cold, not the plague you mentioned!"...

"Two patients?"

Zhao Sheng was speechless, and said, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Davis said: "Mr. Zhao, it's only a few dozen taels of silver. Why are you doing this? It's just a cold, so I have to say it's a plague."

"you!"

Zhao Sheng was overwhelmed by his shamelessness, and pointed at him, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. After a long while, he just said: "Facts speak louder than words! No matter what you say, you can't change the facts!"

The voice just fell.

The two soldiers who went to the cabin ran back, bowed their hands and saluted, and then said: "My lord, there are only some boxes in the cabin, and there are crew members playing chess. I haven't seen any patients!"

Zhao Sheng was stunned when he heard this.

Although he did not enter the cabin, he stood at the door of the cabin for a while.

He clearly saw that there were at least dozens of patients in the cabin who were lying on the bed and couldn't stand up. How could there be no patients!
"This is impossible!"

Zhao Sheng said loudly.

Detective Liu was silent for a few seconds, looked behind him, ordered a few more people, and said, "You guys go and have a look!"

Someone was exploring the way, and the fear in the hearts of the people behind dissipated a lot. After a little hesitation, they obeyed the order and stepped into the cabin.

After a while.

How many people are all
Returning to Liu Butou, he said: "My lord, I have checked all the upper and lower cabins, but there are no patients."

When Zhao Sheng heard this, his mind went blank, and he was speechless for a while.

Catcher Liu looked at Zhao Sheng and said, "Mr. Zhao, do you want to go and see for yourself?"

Zhao Sheng knew that it was impossible for so many soldiers to be bought by Davis at the same time.

They said there were no sick people in the cabin, and that was probably true.

But how is this possible?

Just two or three hours ago, there were still so many patients in the cabin!
"Davis, where are you hiding those patients!"

Zhao Sheng stared at Davis, and asked through gritted teeth.

Davis looked helpless, and said, "Langzhong Zhao, how did I offend you? Why did you fabricate unfounded charges?"

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he felt as if his chest was holding his breath, which made him very uncomfortable.

Seeing Davis' expression, he finally realized that he was already prepared.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed down, looked at Liu Butou, and said, "Liu Butou, the plague is very involved. I can't make fun of the plague. I did see many sick people in the cabin more than two hours ago. !"

Hearing this, Catcher Liu showed a look of hesitation on his face, and said, "Mr. Zhao, you have nothing to prove, and it's very difficult for Catcher to do things."

After hearing this, Zhao Sheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something else.

Before he could open his mouth, he heard Catcher Liu quickly say: "For the next few days, I will stay here to take care of these Euro people, but I have to report everything I saw today to the adults."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the soldiers behind him and ordered: "You two, report what happened here to the magistrate. Remember, report the truth without any embellishments!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers bowed and saluted, then turned and left.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Sheng's heart sank to the bottom. …

He knew that even if the magistrate heard about this incident, even if he thought it was strange, he would probably not take it to heart.

After all, the Ouluo people can bring a lot of money to Jizhou!

really!

It's not dark yet.

The soldiers brought the magistrate's order.

All Euros on board were not allowed to leave the port, and the tea business continued.

Those merchants will send the tea to the port, hand over the money and deliver the goods.

In addition, the ship's supplies were transported to the port by hand.

After the transaction is completed, the Euro people are not allowed to stay and leave immediately.

This result, whether it is the fleet, merchants, or the magistrate, is quite satisfactory.

Only Zhao Sheng was not satisfied.

Because he knows that the horror of the plague does not lie in the face-to-face meeting, even if it is only the transaction of goods, it is still possible to get sick.

As long as one of the delivery guys is infected with the plague, the plague can spread throughout Jizhou and even the entire Great Yan in a very short period of time!

but.

There was nothing he could do about it, he could only watch helplessly as the guys sent by the tea merchants were working in full swing at the port.

"Hey, I hope it's not a plague, otherwise it will be another catastrophe."

Zhao Sheng stood where he was, looked at the scene in front of him, let out a long sigh, turned and left.

In a blink of an eye.

It is seven days later.

after the transaction closes.

Davis and his crew left the port.

at the same time.

Inside Jizhou Prefecture.

In a tea shop, a handyman got rashes on his body and was seriously ill.

Just one day apart.

When the other guy was working, his head was empty and he hit the ground directly. He also had a high fever and was almost the same as the guy who was seriously ill before.

in the bedroom.

Seeing the buddy lying on the hospital bed, the shopkeeper frowned, and said angrily, "If I ask you to work harder, you will get sick. For useless things, I can earn a few silver throughout the year, but in the end I have to spend money to treat you." Doctor, it's really bad luck to buy medicine for you!"

The buddy lying on the bed couldn't hear what the shopkeeper was saying at all, and his mind went blank.

at this time.

The doctor carried the medicine box, opened the door and walked in, came to the hospital bed, and after taking the pulse, he said: "It's a cold, take the medicine according to this prescription, and keep them for a longer time. Whether they can live or not depends on their own fortune."

After finishing speaking, he left the prescription and turned to leave.

The shopkeeper was holding the prescription, still cursing.

Another day in the blink of an eye.

The shopkeeper went out to grab medicine, even though he had given a cloak, he still felt the chill all over his body.

When the prescription arrived, he uncontrollably started to swing, and at the same time felt weak.

"Sun, where did Dr. Sun go?"

The shopkeeper stood in front of the counter, looking at the little drug boy, his voice trembling.

Yaotong looked up at him and said, "Master has gone to the capital."

"He, when can, come back?"

The shopkeeper asked again.

Yaotong thought for a few seconds and said, "The shortest is half a month, and the longest is a month."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper dismissed the idea of ​​asking him to diagnose his own pulse, put the prescription in his hand on the counter, and said in a trembling voice: "This, this is the prescription prescribed by your master. More, grab more."

"it is good."

The medicine boy nodded, took the prescription, and started to grab the medicine.

After a while.

The shopkeeper started to go back to his tea shop with the medicine in hand.

Before he was halfway there, he felt dizzy and hit the ground directly.

Passers-by saw this scene and stepped forward one after another.

"Why did you drop another one?"

"Yesterday, there was a young man who fell down while walking."

"Could it be Porcelain?"

"Probably not. I know him. He is the shopkeeper of the tea shop next door to my house. He is not short of money."

"Coincidentally, the one poured yesterday is also from the tea shop!"

In this discussion.

The shopkeeper was sent back to the shop.

at the same time.

In every corner of Jizhou Fucheng.

Similar scenes are still being staged over and over again! .