Water Margin people

Chapter 1756 The Source of the Plague
A few days later, on an island in the middle of a lake outside Liangshan Lake.

"Your Majesty, what are these?"

Yue Fei looked curiously at the strange clothes in front of him, the thing that looked like a pig's nose, and even a pair of goggles. The production of this thing was limited, and there was only a small amount of it in the army at present. It was a good thing to protect against wind and sand.

"These are protective suits, these are masks, and as for goggles, you are no strangers to them!"

Sun Lei pointed at the equipment and said.

"Your Majesty, how can you fight in this attire? You can't use your full strength!"

Xin Qiji looked at those one-piece overalls, some of which even had hoods, and realized that he wouldn't be able to ride a horse or use a gun while wearing them.

"Fight? What kind of war? Who is the enemy?"

Sun Lei looked at Xin Qiji and asked.

"Of course it's those Westerners!"

Xin Qiji said.

"That has to be a living person. What if it's a dead person?"

Sun Lei looked at Xin Qiji and asked.

"dead?"

Xin Qiji didn't understand.

"Your Majesty, do you mean the plague?"

Yue Fei immediately made the connection.

"plague!"

The other generals were stunned, but then they started thinking again.

"Yes, it is the plague. If you were to march into the West today and come across a village where everyone was dead and black, with some bodies even rotting, what would you do?"

Sun Lei looked at everyone and asked.

"Set it on fire and get out of the way!"

Lu Fang spoke.

"If you set a fire, you may have direct contact. It's not that easy to avoid it. The water source must be polluted, and even the air may be polluted. If you get close, you will be infected. What will you do?"

"Even if we bypass it, the next town and village will be the same, and it will be the same all along the way. What will you do?"

Sun Lei looked at everyone and said, the horror of the Black Death is self-evident, and the army must be fully prepared when going there.

Everyone didn't know how to answer. They were all veterans and had fought in countless battles, big and small, but they had never encountered anything like a plague, let alone such a terrible plague.

"So you have to learn and understand what diseases are and how to prevent and control them. This is what you must learn. If you don't, you can't participate in the next war."

Sun Lei looked at everyone and said.

"study!"

Only then did Xin Qiji understand what the emperor meant by "learning" a few days ago.

“These are the things you need to start learning first!”

Sun Lei clapped his hands, and several soldiers came over carrying a box filled with neatly arranged books with the words "Disease and Prevention" written on the cover.

"Doctor An Shen will be your teacher at this stage."

Sun Lei pointed at An Daoquan and said, when it comes to diseases and prevention and control, no one knows better than doctors.

“I still need to study medicine!”

Everyone had a look of distress on their face.

"Doctor An, these rough guys are all stupid. If they don't study well, you should give them a few more needles to help them clear their meridians."

Sun Lei looked at An Daoquan and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

An Daoquan smiled and said that he certainly would not really give the acupuncture, but the emperor's order must be carried out well. If anyone was not serious, they would be punished by military law.

……Rome.

Thousands of believers came from all over the place to make the pilgrimage, and in just half a month, the city of Rome was already overcrowded.

But more and more believers came, and they gradually gathered outside the city of Rome and set up camp.

"Rome hasn't been this lively for a long time!"

Eugene III looked at the crowded city of Rome with a smile. Ever since the split within the Holy See, the influence of the Holy See had become increasingly weaker over the years, to the point that heresies were rampant. This time, the church could use the opportunity of the pilgrimage to consolidate its position.

"Your Holiness, the pilgrimage mass in ten days is almost ready, but the several majesties seem to have not arrived yet."

A bishop looked at Eugene III and said.

The most important among them are Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III, French Emperor Louis VII, and Byzantine Emperor Manuel I. There are many other emperors of kingdoms, big and small, but they are just supporting roles.

"not yet?"

Eugene III frowned and said that he was personally presiding over the pilgrimage mass, which was more solemn than any other in previous dynasties. These emperors should come to see him early and discuss some details.

"Several emperors said that some things delayed them, but they will definitely come!"

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The Bishop spoke.

"Then send someone to destroy it. It's already so late!"

Eugene III said very dissatisfiedly.

The influx of a large number of people into the city of Rome made the already dirty and messy city become smelly. All kinds of garbage piled up on the streets, feces in the ditches emitted a foul smell, flies and mosquitoes flew everywhere, and rats and cockroaches crawled everywhere on the streets.

"How did it become like this?"

Baldwin IV looked at the streets where he had no place to walk, frowning tightly. Since he had suffered from leprosy since childhood, he had almost strict requirements for hygiene. Seeing what was in front of him, he just wanted to vomit.

"Your Majesty, the city is already dirty and messy, and now a large number of pilgrims have poured in. They don't even have a place to stay, so littering has become the norm."

William said that the city's sanitary conditions were already poor and the arrival of pilgrims had exacerbated the situation.

"We can't go on like this. Dysentery will easily break out!"

Baldwin IV said that the dysentery he knew was caused by drinking unclean water and food.

"Your Majesty, unless these people are driven away, it will be almost impossible to change the situation in the city."

William shook his head. He certainly knew how terrible diseases like dysentery were, but he had no choice. They could not possibly reject pilgrims.

Baldwin IV suppressed his discomfort and continued walking in the city.

"Your Majesty, what brings you to this street?"

Bernard suddenly appeared and looked at Baldwin IV and asked.

"Isn't Monsieur Bernard also in the street?"

Baldwin IV looked at Bernard and asked. He always felt that Bernard was spying on him and had ill intentions towards him. Baldwin IV didn't understand why Bernard was like this.

"Your Majesty, I come to the streets to preach the gospel of the Lord!"

Bernard smiled and held the cross in his hand.

"I came to see the situation in the city. I didn't expect it to be so dirty and messy. If it continues like this, I'm afraid dysentery will break out!"

Baldwin IV expressed his speculation.

"Your Majesty is right. Some people in the city have contracted dysentery, but after hearing the gospel of the Lord, their illness has improved."

Bernard looked at Baldwin IV and spoke.

"Your Majesty seems to be very concerned about the plague. I wonder if Your Majesty knows anything about it?"

Bernard asked again.

"I have been sick since I was a child, and I was forgiven by the Lord, so I was relieved. But I still have some knowledge about diseases. If this happens in the city, there must be serious diseases spreading!"

Baldwin IV spoke.

"This matter can only be resolved after the pilgrimage is over. The accommodation problem for the pilgrims has not yet been resolved..."

Bernard talked about the difficulties of the church. Some things are not about whether to manage them or not, but about how they can be managed.