Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 235 Hard to guard against
The border between the two countries along the Yalu River is thousands of miles long, with only a few scattered villages and the rest being mostly wilderness.

Not to mention this year, even a hundred years later, in the late 1990s, there were still a large number of people running over from the other side of the river.

At this moment, it is simply unrealistic to rely solely on the residents along the river to prevent people on the other side from secretly crossing the border.

Fortunately, it is winter now and it is freezing cold outside.

If those people run over, they will have to find a place to shelter from the wind and cold, so they will be easily discovered.

If it were summer, these people would just squat in the ravine, and it would be difficult to find them.

"Dad, please come with me to the gourd trap.

Those families came into contact with people running over from the opposite side, and now they need to be disinfected immediately, and it is best to isolate themselves and not come into contact with other people. "

Qu Shaoyang thought quickly about what he should do in the current situation.

“Brother Chuanren, take a few people and ride horses to Badaojiang.

This matter needs to be reported to the authorities. Whether they will intervene or not is another matter, but we must report it."

The security team is just a non-governmental organization. Their words are effective in Maoer Mountain, but outside this place, no one recognizes them at all.

So it would be best if the government could come forward to notify us.

"Shaoyang, it's only the eighth day of the first lunar month. I'm afraid that no one is in charge of the Badaojiang patrol."

Zhou Chuanren hesitated for a moment. It was New Year's Day and those officials were still at home enjoying themselves. It seemed difficult to rely on them.

"Besides, even if we find the person, I'm afraid those masters may not take it seriously."

"Brother Chuanren, this matter must be reported to the higher-ups. As for whether they will intervene or not, we have no control over it."

Qu Shaoyang sighed. In fact, he didn't hold out much hope.

However, the necessary procedures must be followed.

If the disease does not spread, everything will be fine. But once a problem really occurs and they report it to their superiors, it will be the inspection team's fault. Don't try to shift the blame to others.

"Fenghe, Guojiang, each of you take five or six people, ride fast horses, one group goes to Tadian, and the other group goes to Shuidonggou.

All the villages along the way must be notified and asked to immediately check for any outsiders, and drive them away immediately if found.

At the same time, the houses where the infection is discovered must be disinfected.

It is best to keep the family at home and away from contact with other people, and observe for a period of time until there are no abnormalities.

Let my father-in-law tell you how to disinfect it specifically."

If we rely on those officials, it will be useless, so just report to them and we should do what we need to do here.

Anyway, they have notified the villages, but they don’t believe it. If something really goes wrong, they deserve it.

"It's New Year's Day and this happened. Thank you all for your hard work." Qu Shaoyang bowed to the three people to express his apology.

"Later, when all this shit is over, I'll treat you all, and we can have a nice drink together."

Zhou Chuanren bowed in return, "We are all doing this for everyone. Why bother talking about hard work? Remember the wine, we can drink it later."

After saying that, Zhou Chuanren immediately led his men away to Badaojiang. Zhang Fenghe and Cui Guojiang went to ask Doctor Chen for advice.

Doctor Chen simply took the two men back home and gave them the medicine he had prepared long ago.

Tell those who light the fumigation room and those who boil the medicine and take it for prevention.

Zhang and Cui each took a number of medicine bags, and then took their men and acted separately according to Qu Shaoyang's instructions.

Here, Doctor Chen also took some medicine bags and returned to the Qu family. At the Qu family, Qu Shaoyang instructed the brothers Chen Yunzhe and Chen Yunhan to take the security team and notify every household in Maoer Mountain.

Ask each household to check immediately to see if there is anyone hiding in front of or behind the house, in the barns, warehouses, haystacks, etc.

After arranging all this, Qu Shaoyang asked Chen Xiuyun to find some new white cloth, tear it into palm-width pieces, make it into double or triple layers, and sew two straps on it to make a simple mask.

No one knows whether those Koreans who ran over are carrying any diseases, and there is no guarantee whether the disease can be transmitted through the air, so it is necessary to be careful.

There are currently no suitable materials to make masks, so we can only make do with what we have now and think of a solution later.

Just then Doctor Chen came back, and Qu Shaoyang gave everyone a temporary mask and told them to put it on as soon as they entered the village.

After getting ready, the group headed for Hulutao.

When we got here, we first found the people in charge of the village, and then followed them to lead us to those households.

Under the command of Doctor Chen, lime was spread on the areas where the Tibetans lived, and the families were all sprayed with highly toxic liquor for disinfection.

At the same time, Doctor Chen also lit the medicine bag and fumigated the entire house inside and outside.

The medicine bag contains ingredients such as sulfur and mugwort. After being ignited and used as smoke, it can kill bacteria and disinfect.

Doctor Chen left them a few packets of medicine and asked them to boil them quickly and give some to everyone in their family to prevent the disease as much as possible.

Finally, Qu Shaoyang told these families not to go out for the time being, and the village would arrange someone to come and check every day.

If you feel uncomfortable such as fever, cough, headache, body aches, swelling, etc., please notify the security team immediately.

"Everyone, what I just said was just in case.

Logically speaking, these families did not have much contact with the Koreans, and they would have driven them away immediately after discovering them, so nothing should have happened.

All we need now is peace of mind. If we hold on for a few days, as long as nothing happens, everyone will be happy. So, there is no need to panic too much.

Apart from these few households, we should continue to do what we need to do, just be careful to patrol and make sure no one comes here again."

Qu Shaoyang was also afraid of causing panic, so he patiently explained to the villagers in Hulutao.

Everyone knows that a lot of people died on the other side of the river. In this situation, who would dare to be careless?

The people in charge of the village immediately organized people and asked them to keep an eye on the situation of these households at all times.

The originally lively and peaceful New Year was disrupted by this sudden incident, and the villages along the river fell into a tense atmosphere.

All the villages and towns that received the notice immediately organized personnel to patrol day and night to prevent people from the other side of the river from running over.

Once someone is found trying to cross the border, the alarm is immediately sounded and the entire village is mobilized to drive them away.

Two days later, Zhang Fenghe, Cui Guojiang and others came back and said that several villages had indeed discovered the Koreans crossing the river and had driven them away.

Then those families also carried out disinfection and other measures according to what Doctor Chen said.

Five days later, Hulutao reported that all was well with those families and everything was normal. They asked what to do next.

Qu Shaoyang calculated that it had been seven days, and if there had been no problems, then there was nothing to worry about.

So, he told the other end of the gourd that those families could continue to live normally.

However, everyone should not take it lightly and must pay attention at all times.

Just when everyone thought it was a false alarm, on the 16th day of the first lunar month, a village below Wangjiang Tower came to report that someone had died in their village.

The body was black and purple, which was very scary. The villagers felt something was wrong and hurried to report it.

(End of this chapter)