Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 125 Fabrication

Their hearts seemed to be dead.

In ancient times, plague was a taboo subject.

This kind of fear is difficult for modern people to understand. If you have to make a metaphor, maybe the desperate fear in the movie "Resident Evil" can do the job.

What's more, the plague is spreading so fast.

They couldn't help but be afraid.

Even this piece of news alone has cost them half their lives.

……

However, Zhu Xiuyuan does not have no supporters.

I saw my father-in-law supported the armrests of the chair with both hands, and stood up slowly.

He said in a calm voice: "The wise son-in-law is right. Everyone, don't be discouraged. We should still be able to fight."

Dong Cheng spoke, and all the Cao Cao and the military officers finally responded.

One of them said: "Sir, it's not that the officials are discouraged, but the current situation..."

"Hey, we are almost trapped to death in Jiangzhou, outsiders can't get in, we can't get out, and the plague is rampant, this..."

"Yes, this plague is so overbearing, it infected ten times more people in just half an hour..."

"Sir, I am the only one who is discouraged. The current situation makes it impossible for anyone to see any hope!"

……

Dong Cheng glared and shouted: "As an official of the imperial court, how can we give up so easily! Besides, everyone, think about the wives, children and mothers in your family. Even for them, shouldn't you fight? Spirit, seize that glimmer of hope and fight to the death!"

Dong Cheng took a breath and added: "If it works, you, me, and all your wives, children, and mothers can live. If it doesn't work, we will die without complaint!"

Dong Cheng's words finally infected everyone.

Except for Zhu Xiuyuan, the five military officers stood up one after another and said in unison: "I am willing to listen to your orders!"

However, their voices were somewhat weak.

Facing this plague that spreads so fast is like a liberal arts student facing a profound mathematical problem. No matter how anxious and angry you are, or whether you hold the keyboard and scream at the sky, the earth, and the air, you will not be able to answer it after all. .

They promised Dong Cheng to deal with the plague together, but they were just trying to keep their spirits up.

In fact, in their minds, this matter is like an egg hitting a stone, and it is destined to fail.

At this time, Zhu Xiuyuan knew it was his turn to appear.

I saw Zhu Xiuyuan walking among the crowd again, saluting everyone, and then said loudly: "Father-in-law, and all of you gentlemen. To be honest with you, I know some methods of preventing and controlling the plague!"

"Ok?"

Everyone looked at Zhu Xiuyuan.

The faces vary.

But most of them looked confused and curious.

Only Dong Cheng was shocked, but at the same time, there was a glimmer of hope in his heart.

For Dong Cheng, if he admired anyone, one of them would definitely be his son-in-law, Zhu Xiuyuan.

From the time he started making tea and doing abacus, Dong Cheng decided that Zhu Xiuyuan was no longer an ordinary person.Later, Dong Cheng did some in-depth research and finally settled on Zhu Xiuyuan’s “father”——

Happy birthday!

Dong Cheng had known Zhu Shou in his early years. In Dong Cheng's eyes, Zhu Shou was not a complete country farmer...

It is not an exaggeration to call it a strange person!
Zhu Xiuyuan looked around.

Everyone looked at him with different expressions and said nothing.

He thought it should be given more weight to increase credibility.

So he continued: "Actually, my...father once collected a broken ancient book, which recorded some methods of preventing and controlling plague..."

Zhu Xiuyuan paused slightly and carefully looked at the expressions of everyone including his father-in-law.

They all fell into a daze, staring at him without saying a word.

"Xian son-in-law, what broken ancient book are you talking about? Does it really record the method of preventing and controlling the plague?" Dong Cheng suddenly spoke, looking very interested.

"Father-in-law, it has been too long. My son-in-law vaguely remembers that the cover of the ancient book, the first half and the second half, etc., have all been lost. Only the middle dozen pages remain... As for the name of the ancient book, of course There’s no way of knowing.”

Zhu Xiuyuan just made it up.

Anyway, the ancient book is gone, and there is no proof.

"Then, dear son-in-law, did the method of preventing and controlling the plague you just mentioned come from those ten pages of fragments?" Dong Cheng asked.

"What my father-in-law said is true, but the content recorded in the fragment is not very detailed, and is even ambiguous. However, in my spare time, my son-in-law thought about it carefully and thought that the method of the fragment... might be useful!"

"The method of fragmented scrolls should be the glimmer of hope. As long as we seize this, we have at least a [-]% chance of surviving this plague!"

Zhu Xiuyuan finally said.

"I wish you the best. Plague prevention and control is no child's play. Are those ancient book fragments really trustworthy?"

Among the other five Cao Caoshan sitting there, one suddenly woke up and asked a question before Dong Cheng could speak.

This is also the question in most people's mind.

"My lords, do you still remember the fried tea produced by Dong's Tea House?" Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly smiled.

"Well, this..."

Everyone looked at each other.

I don’t know why Zhu Xiuyuan got involved in fried tea at this time.

"There is also an abacus. I wonder if all of you, sir, recognize this thing?" Zhu Xiuyuan said again, full of confidence.

"abacus……"

Everyone was taken aback.

They naturally know the abacus, not only know it, but are even very familiar with it!
Compared with arithmetic, abacus is a huge step forward in the history of arithmetic.

Moreover, the emergence of abacus directly changed the way their group of clerical officials did things.

For this reason, they respected Zhu Xiuyuan very much.

【Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket】

(End of this chapter)