Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 166 Rescue and Treatment of Epidemics
The state of Zhao died.

The Yan State in Jicheng was still resisting stubbornly, while the Yan State in Liaodong spent three days fishing and two days drying nets, so that King Dan of Yan had free time to organize and mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the small group of Qin soldiers who invaded Yan, forcing Qin to The soldiers briefly withdrew from Yishui.

Thinking about it, we know that Han Wangan and Zhao Wangqian who have been captured are still alive for the time being, but Yan Wangdan will definitely die when the city is broken because he organized Jing Ke to assassinate Qin.

In order to survive for a while longer, he will resist until the end.

However, Wang Jian did not immediately go north to attack Yan after capturing Zhao. This was because he wanted to give his soldiers time to rest.

On the other hand, Qin Wangzheng is about to come to Handan Dan!

When he was young, Qin Wangzheng worked as a hostage for several years in Dannan City, Handan, and was bullied.

Now, his army has conquered this city and this country!
It’s time to feel proud when you revisit your old place.

It’s also time to exact revenge!
The entire city of Handan was under martial law after it was controlled by the Qin army. No Zhao people were allowed to go out until the King of Qin arrived.

Gongzi Jia, who had escaped from Shandan, Handan with his cronies and dignitaries, fled all the way north to Dai. After learning that Zhao had died, he occupied Dai and claimed to be the king of Dai.

When there was a major disaster in Daidi a few years ago, Lu Wei entangled Shennong Hall and Siyuetang to send them life-saving supplies. Therefore, the people in Daidi are generally pro-farmers, and there are many folk farmers.

Most of the people in the countryside actually didn't know about this acting king who suddenly appeared, and it didn't matter if they knew about it. Anyway, the powerful people around him were still the same people.

Zhao Jia became the acting queen and did not dare to have any contact with King Dan of Yan who was assassinating Qin. She only quietly contacted the Yan Kingdom of Liaodong, hoping that the two countries could form an alliance for self-protection.

The Yan State of Liaodong agreed to the alliance request. The two families relied on their remote location and the losses of the Qin army's long trip were greater than the gains, so they began to hang up and continue to enjoy the aristocratic life.

When the news of the demise of Zhao State spread to other countries, Wei State was still in a state of drunkenness. Qi State immediately sent envoys to congratulate King Qin. The civil strife scandal in the royal family of Chu State was still being resolved.
For a time, Qin really had no enemies.

Next, it can choose whoever it wants as a target, and then it can prepare and attack at will.
In Xianyang City, when King Qin's political trip was going out, the carriage was bound to be majestic, and the entire palace was extremely busy.

During King Qin's tour of Zhao State, the domestic arrangements were managed by the loyal and deeply trusted Right Prime Minister Chang Pingjun.

However, important matters will still be sent to King Qin's motorcade, and Ying Zheng will still handle a large number of government affairs every day during the tour.

The experience of being a hostage since childhood and the past of being monopolized by Lu Buwei made Qin Wangzheng value "power in one's own hands" more than anyone else.

It was the first and last time that Lord Changping presided over affairs when King Qin was away from the country. For him, this did not mean that his shackles were relaxed, but that he needed to be more vigilant about whether his actions would reveal flaws.

With Jicheng Yan State and Wei State acting as delays, he would still have at least two years to lay out Chu territory.

In the past two years, you must design an opportunity for yourself to accompany the army when they attack Chu. Only in this way can you stab the Qin army in the back, and then you can belong to the Chu state!

The old Xinzheng land and quicksand will be listed as an important part of the plan.

This includes Liusha's current trip to Yan.

"Yan Dan, you have to persist for at least one year."

Xiong Qi saw off the spectacular convoy outside Xianyang City, his heart as cold as ice.

The day after arriving at Jinghu Medical Village, Lu Wei and Duan Murong rowed a boat and came to Dahu Village again.

The soldiers had left, leaving behind only the charred ruins of the village.

Stepping into the village, a flock of crows were frightened and flew away, their dark wings flapping, which was the sound of death.

After all, this place is an epidemic area. Burning kerosene will only destroy the residential areas here, and the disease may still spread in the air.

Even though they had taken Baicao Pill beforehand, the two of them still put on orchid silk scarves and gloves on their faces, wrapped their bodies as tightly as possible, and then walked boldly in the ruins.

During her travels with Master Nianduan, Duan Murong saw many patients with various miserable conditions, but the most serious injuries among them were only mutilated limbs.

This was the first time she had seen the horrific scene like this, with the charred corpses of hundreds of people hidden under the collapsed ruins.
The smell of burnt meat could be heard in the air. Little Duanmu's face turned pale and her figure was crumbling. The hall master stepped forward in time to hold her arm.

Lu Wei had not seen many such tragic scenes, but they were not without them: the Zhangshui defense line during the Qin-Zhao war, the people of Zhao and Wei who starved to death on the roadside due to drought, and the soldiers who fought hard on the Panwu battlefield in Li Mu's last battle. It's even more terrifying than the scene here.

It is always other people who kill the most.

"There are no living people here, and no information about the disease can be found from these corpses. Let's go to the town. There may be some clues there."

He whispered into Duan Murong's ear, and the latter bit her lip and nodded.

The reason why they came from the Medical Village today was because Dahu Village had special feelings for Nianduan. When they learned that there was an epidemic in Dahu Village, they were entrusted by Nianduan to come here to check and solve the epidemic as much as possible.

However, none of them told Nianduan that Dahu Villa had been burned down.
The horses that Lu Wei had hidden when he came over yesterday were still there and had not been taken away.

This place must have been designated an epidemic area.The scattered nearby villages have been moved outside the town for isolation and observation. I am afraid that no one will live by Jing Lake for a long time.

He got on his horse and ran towards the town. On the way, he felt the warmth on his back. Little Duanmu felt a lot better. He calmed down and asked softly:

"Brother Lu, have you seen many similar scenes?"

Lu Wei's calmness made her feel at ease, but the meaning behind this calmness gave Duan Murong a new understanding of the world in advance.

"The world is like this, so don't be surprised."

It's not yet the time when the people are suffering the most.

The construction of the Great Wall, Chidao, Lishan Mausoleum, palaces in various places, water conservancy, and the transportation team going south to attack Baiyue, etc., will all start at the same time in just a few years. Some of these are achievements that have served the ages, and some are just a show of great achievements, but all The final recipients are the people who did not find peace after the war.

Their sweat will stop flowing only with death, and not a single word of their names will be recorded in history. "You are a doctor, just concentrate on curing the patients who will appear in front of you." Lu Wei said calmly: "Why bother about the dead creatures anymore."

"Doctors can treat patients," Duanmu Rong said in a somber tone, "but if there are diseases in this world, who should cure them?"

She just said it casually, but she didn't expect to get a response.

"Of course it's me!" The hall master's confident voice sounded from behind, making little Duanmu's heart tremble: "It's me, you, Dr. Nianduan and everyone else."

"Farmers, doctors, Mohists, Confucians, as well as those powerful men and princes. Every person and force must work hard to cure our common world."

"The savior is never just a specific individual. As the world is, so will the world."

"Rong'er, are you willing to help me heal this world?"

Lowering his head and smelling the light smell of vegetation in front of him, Lu Wei took the opportunity to change his title and invite Duan Murong.

There was a faint feeling of pressure behind him. Little Duanmu looked down at the smooth mane of the horse sitting down, and hummed without hesitation.
Villagers from three other villages by Jinghu Lake that had contact with Dahu Village were isolated on the outskirts of the town with ten people per household.

These villagers totaled a thousand people and were not closely connected with Dahu Village, where the epidemic broke out. Even after the county magistrate had burned a Dahu Village, he did not dare to directly execute and burn these 1000 people.

He could only report the cases step by step while quarantining and allowing time to confirm whether any of them were infected.

Several families had indeed been to Dahu Village during this month, but the experiences at Dahu Village made them stay in seclusion and did not dare to take the initiative to speak out.

I can only pray that I didn't go there for a long time and didn't contract the disease.

The isolation area was strictly guarded by wooden fences and patrolled by soldiers day and night. It was difficult to break in by force.

But Lu Wei doesn't have to force his way in, he has the Xiang family token given by Xiang Bo!
Hu pretended that Huwei had transferred five doctors from the nearest town, and after giving each of them a dose of Baicao Dan, he forced these doctors to follow them into the isolation area.

The environment in the quarantine area was extremely dirty and messy. When the villagers saw someone coming in, they hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, asking the adults to let them out.

Since being forcibly captured yesterday, the villagers have not received food or even water.

It is conceivable that in the days to come, as long as they are still here, the food and water rations will be very few.

Hearing a child crying and complaining about hunger, Duan Murong subconsciously looked at Lu Wei, but the hall master just shook his head.

The town is not large, and there is not a lot of food reserves in the town. Even if the conditions provided are relaxed, they will not be improved much.

What's more, it's okay for him to come in with the Xiang clan's token. If he wants to use this to get the town officials to reserve food, he's crossing the line.

This will definitely worsen the relationship between himself and Xiang.

"Finding infected patients is the most important thing."

The isolation measures arranged by the town are quite serious. Ten people per household are indeed very crowded, and it is very convenient to find patients with existing symptoms.

There are also some shortcomings: for example, doctors should be sent every day to check the disease situation in the isolation area and detect patients in time.

But out of fear, the town only asked the isolated villagers to report on their own.

The villagers did not report. If Lu Wei and Duan Murong had not arrived in time, the ten-people-to-one isolation section would have been infected by the epidemic because of the patient's concealment.

The final result is probably another bigger flame.

After carrying the four symptomatic patients to temporary straw sheds and placing them under closer supervision, Duan Murong and the doctors in the town began to treat the four people seriously. Get diagnosed.

After working hard all night, until the afternoon of the next day, Duan Murong, who looked obviously haggard, smiled, she had found a way!

She stood up straight and walked out of the hut, feeling her pulse for a long time, applying acupuncture and testing the drug response. Her tone was weak but filled with joy:

"Brother Lu, I'm going to the town to buy some medicine. I have a way to save people!"

"Don't worry." Lu Wei grabbed Xiao Duanmu, who was about to run away. He shook his head and pointed at the table: "Write down the medicinal materials and let others buy them."

"The hut over there is ready with hot water and clean clothes. If you don't wash yourself, others will be afraid."

"Yeah!" Duan Murong thought the same thing and did not refuse these two proposals.

She grabbed a knife and quickly carved a list of medicinal materials on the bamboo slips, handed them over to the town officials to purchase, and then quickly came out of the bath.

But the medicinal materials have not yet been purchased and delivered, so Duanmu Rong can only wait anxiously.

Lu Wei, who was sitting on the bench, looked at the little Duanmu who was standing and wandering. Lu Wei said calmly: "Rong'er, please sit down and rest for a while."

"I didn't sleep last night. When the medicine is delivered, I'm afraid you won't have time to sleep tonight."

"The condition is very urgent. As long as available drugs are tried, these people can be saved as soon as possible!"

When she came to sit down next to Hall Master Lu, Duan Murong's anxiety prevented her from resting quietly.

"If you rest well, those patients can get better treatment."

Hugging Xiao Duanmu's arms, Lu Wei rested her forehead on his shoulder.

"Well, Brother Lu is right." Feeling the solid support, Duan Murong obeyed silently and closed her eyes.

(End of this chapter)