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"Your Majesty, is there really such a great epidemic?"

Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang became nervous. The plague was much more terrible than any rebellion by gangsters. In the face of the plague, what was happening in Liangshan City was just a joke.

Just then, Xu Guanzhong walked in.

"Mr. Xu, you're here just in time. Have you figured out the analysis?"

Sun Lei looked at Xu Guanzhong and smiled.

"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence, as well as the estimates of Doctor An and famous doctors from various places, a major epidemic in the West is imminent."

Xu Guanzhong handed over the analysis report.

"It looks pretty much like I expected!"

Sun Lei looked at the time and nodded.

"Your Majesty, Doctor An and others have analyzed that this epidemic in the West may be more terrible than the Jian'an Epidemic. The Jian'an Epidemic originated from the constant natural disasters in the late Han Dynasty. Earthquakes, floods, and famines caused the people to be displaced and plagues often occurred. Later, the chaos in the late Han Dynasty and the war caused a large number of deaths, which aggravated the plague."

"And this time the plague in the West might be related to sanitary conditions. From the intelligence we have obtained, the environment in the West at that time was very dirty and messy. Excrement was thrown on the road or poured into the river, and corpses were buried randomly. The rivers were filled with corpses of various livestock, and people had almost no concept of bathing..."

"In the West, the plague has already broken out, which is very similar to the situation before the Jian'an Epidemic. Starting from the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, there has been an epidemic every five years on average. During the reign of Emperor An of Han, there was an epidemic every 2.5 years; during the reign of Emperor Ling, there was an epidemic every 2.6 years; in the late Jian'an period, there was an epidemic every two years; during the Cao Wei period, there was an epidemic every year; and in the late Sun Wu period, there was an epidemic every year. Moreover, the plague covered a wide range, from the Central Plains hinterland around Luoyang in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River to Jingzhou, Luzhou, Jianye, and even Kuaiji County in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, as well as Longyou in the northwest."

"The same is true in the West today. They currently have three or four plagues of varying sizes every year. The most severe are malaria and St. Anthony's Fire. Both are plagues with extremely high mortality rates. However, according to the analysis of Doctor An and others, if cities continue to be so dirty and messy, and people are still accustomed to drinking raw water and eating raw meat, and living a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood, more terrible plagues will be born."

Xu Guanzhong talked about the results of the analysis. Medical treatment was the strong point of An Daoquan and others, but analysis of historical and regional laws was his strong point.

"Look, this is the importance of hygiene. As the saying goes, disease comes from the mouth. If the environment is not good, the air you breathe will be dirty!"

Sun Lei nodded. He was very satisfied with the analysis report.

"Your Majesty, with this terrible plague, should we be more careful?"

Xiao Jiasui hurriedly said that their army was now very close to the enemy. Once the plague spread, it would not recognize anyone. It would be a big problem if the army was infected now. If it accidentally entered the country, it would be an even bigger trouble.

"It shouldn't be that dangerous. After all, our front line is more than 2,000 miles away from the west, and there are oceans and deserts between us. But we also have to be on guard against those merchants. These people running around everywhere are a nuisance."

Sun Lei touched his chin and said.

"Your Majesty, Li Ying and Hu Cheng are now in charge of maritime trade. Why don't we ask them to be on guard and not allow Western merchants to come here in the next few years? We can just find a port in the West to deliver the goods."

Wen Huanzhang said.

"That's a good idea, let them do it."

Sun Lei nodded.

No one suggested helping those Westerners because there is no need to do so, the two sides are not familiar with each other, and if you help others, they will not understand, appreciate it, and may even suspect that you have ulterior motives.

Even if you have tried hard to help others, you might still be accused of spreading the plague in the end, so you knew about it in advance and knew how to prevent and control it.

Qi is not the savior of the West. It would be a good idea to wait until all the Westerners are dead before going there to reap the rewards.

Of course, Qi State is not that rich now. It has been in the Little Ice Age in recent years, the temperature has dropped, and traditional crops have been declining in yield.

Fortunately, with the help of machinery and cold-resistant and high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, the Little Ice Age is nothing.

"Also, send a telegram to the troops at the front, telling them to be on guard against the plague and to clear the fields first."

Sun Lei spoke again, he was still worried that the enemy would use plague tactics and try to use the plague as a weapon.

If it were a traditional plague, it would be a bit troublesome, but what is about to break out in the West is the plague, a severe plague that can kill people in a short period of time. The enemy may not have time to walk these two thousand miles alive.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiao Jiasui accepted the order.

Red Sea Front.

"Plague? There is such a thing?"

Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's faces changed when they saw the telegram that had just been sent. They were not afraid of other things, but it was too easy to kill the enemy. But if it turned out to be a plague, they would have no way to deal with it.

"As your majesty said, we should fortify our defenses and clear the countryside. In addition, we should also set up trading locations farther away from Western merchants so that our army does not have too much contact with them."

"Also, we must pay attention to hygiene. The military's hygiene regulations must be strictly enforced, and other ports must also be required to follow the law. Even if they want to die, don't harm us!"

Han Shizhong gave the order.

"You want me to do it?"

Liang Hongyu, wearing a bright red armor, raised her eyebrows and looked at Han Shizhong.

"This is something that only female soldiers like you can handle. If you have any difficulties, just let me know and I'll send someone to help you!"

Han Shizhong smiled and said.

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"Okay, we can do it ourselves!"

Liang Hongyu rolled her eyes at Han Shizhong and said, she is a woman of the new era and now one of the main commanders of the female barracks, how can she rely on men.

“Why do I feel so redundant!”

Yue Fei looked at Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu speechlessly. The two of them followed the lead of the husband and the wife followed suit, and he felt extremely embarrassed standing aside.

"You were told to go back but you didn't. Are you going to be held accountable for disobeying orders on the battlefield?"

Han Shizhong looked at Yue Fei and asked, only Yue Fei would dare to do this, if it were him, he would definitely leave after taking over.

"It's just a month or two late, and His Majesty didn't mention it, so he must have tacitly agreed!"

Yue Fei said nonchalantly that it was not that he would not go back, it was just that he would go back a little later.

"If we follow what the telegram says, by the time we have repaired this river, most of the people in the north will be dead, and then we can just push through."

Han Shizhong smiled and said that the canal would take at least five years to build, and the five-year epidemic would kill at least tens of millions of people, and by then there would not be many survivors in Rome.

"That's it!"

Yue Fei stroked his chin and thought.

"Everything here has been handed over. I'll be back soon."

Yue Fei left after saying this.

"Hey!"

Han Shizhong was a little surprised. He didn't know why Yue Fei suddenly wanted to go back. Didn't he just say he would stay for another month or two?

"Pack your things and follow me back home tomorrow!"

Yue Fei arrived at the camp and gave orders to the soldiers in his camp.

"General, don't we have to wipe out the slave army tomorrow?"

A general asked doubtfully, their equipment was all ready, and they were waiting to go out to fight tomorrow. (End of this chapter)