The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 328 Settlement (Part 2)

Gan Minglan rambled on and on at the meeting.

But after the meeting, she realized that settling these 200,000-plus immigrants involved a lot of different aspects.

In particular, some of her suggestions had to be confirmed by General Xiong before they could be implemented.

Then, he had someone wave a large red flag continuously outside the tent.

This gesture is a call to the golden eagle couple.

Red is dazzling during the day.

really.

It didn't take long.

The eagle landed steadily on Gan Minglan's arm.

The summoning of the eagle was a complete success.

But Gan Minglan wasn't really sure about asking the golden eagle to help deliver messages.

To command the male eagle.

She first fed it half a pound of its secret-recipe shredded meat, then tied the letter to its left foot and pointed in the direction of Hami City to coax it:
"Send this to the little one at home, you know, the one this tall and chubby. Then come back after you receive a reply. When you come back, I'll give you a whole pot of meat, even more meat than this."

She spoke for a long time, using a combination of gestures and words.

Before she could finish gesturing, the male eagle winged and flew away.

Judging from the direction it flew, it was undoubtedly heading towards Hami City.

Gan Minglan: Do you understand or not?
Male Eagle: Didn't we promise to give you meat when you come back? Finish your work early so you can come back and eat!
A typical golden eagle can travel nearly 100 miles per hour at high speeds.

The male eagle, whose physical functions were at their peak, increased its speed by more than double because it was eager to return to eat meat.

It flew for less than an hour before landing on the roof of the guerrilla general's mansion in Hami City, a place it was familiar with.

The chubby boy, who was teaching his younger sister to talk in the yard, heard the noise on the roof and looked up, cheering with joy.
"Wow! Da Jin is back! The wild boar meat you caught last time was so tender."

The child stared at him expectantly: What good things did you bring today?
Waited for a while.

A rolled-up envelope floated down from the roof.

Then, the golden eagle, busy going back to eat its meat, flew away without looking back!

Fortunately, Fatty knows a few words.

Otherwise, who knows where this letter would end up?

Meanwhile, on the Guazhou garrison side...

Before General Xiong replied and gave orders, the main thing that could be arranged in advance was the epidemic prevention work.

It took two hours in total.

They recruited over ninety doctors, over five hundred apprentices or pharmacists who had worked in clinics before fleeing, and over sixty midwives from among the immigrants.

Including the doctors selected from the first wave of immigrants, there were only about 120 people in total who could conduct independent consultations.

Given the current population size of the nine Kansai Guards, a hundred or so doctors are truly insufficient.

It's the right time to employ people.

When the garrison conscripted them, they made the conditions very clear from the beginning.

"As long as you are willing to be a doctor in the garrison, your food, clothing, and lodging will all be provided by the garrison, and you will also receive a monthly allowance of five taels of silver. The garrison will also provide food, drink, and lodging for apprentices and trainees, with a monthly allowance of nine hundred cash."

The pay this month is really high.

What's more, they even provide food and lodging.

No one would be unhappy about it.

Midwives are a special group.

These people are only used during childbirth. At that time, all that can be done is to register them.

Afterwards, the garrison set up more than twenty medical tents in the spacious semi-desert outside the garrison.

The commander of the Guazhou garrison addressed the immigrants:

"Everyone, line up in an orderly fashion to have your pulse taken! Everyone here has traveled thousands of miles to our Nine Guards of Kansai to escape natural disasters and man-made calamities. As our Commander-in-Chief would say, once you're here, you're a Kansai person!"
Do you all know what's most important in Kansai right now? I'll tell you, it's human lives! We're responsible for the lives of you civilians, as well as the lives of the garrison troops and their families who protect the peace of the garrison.

"I'm making this clear today: don't feel guilty. Anyone diagnosed with the disease will receive free treatment from the Guazhou Health Bureau! But if you knowingly evade testing, your family and relatives will be implicated."

At this point, the more reasonable village chiefs immediately bowed and clasped their hands in respect.

“The general’s arrangement is very reasonable! He also said he would provide free medicine, which is more than enough. We will definitely abide by the rules of the garrison.”

"Yes, yes! Only wealthy families usually have the opportunity to have their pulse checked. Early detection of any problems allows for timely treatment."

The key point is that medical treatment is free, which is very reassuring.

The village chiefs were quite reasonable; they said they would organize the villagers to line up in front of the tents for medical consultations.

They called out to their clansmen to line up.

Before starting their work, the doctors met with the commander of the Guazhou Guard.

The main goal is to determine which diseases are classified as epidemics here.

The other party only said one thing: "Anything that involves contact with people and can be transmitted from person to person counts!"

That covers a very wide range!
Venereal diseases also have this characteristic!

The centurion nodded seriously: "Yes, of course it should be included!"

The garrison was mostly populated by unmarried men.

It's likely that among these new immigrants, there are quite a few widows and the like.

How did they survive after fleeing all the way here?
If someone were to carry such a vile disease, and some clueless young lads happened to encounter them, wouldn't that be disastrous?
Those who lead troops know best what kind of people their soldiers are.

The newly arrived doctors looked at each other in bewilderment: they hadn't expected that the Nine Guards of Kansai would treat human life so seriously.

The other party then said:

"Let's do it this way! We'll start by consulting with doctors, and if we encounter any diseases that we can't decide on, we'll ask several doctors to consult together."

Once identified, these individuals will need to be isolated and treated separately.

As for medicinal herbs, if the doctors bring their own, the garrison is willing to purchase them at market price.

Local medicinal herbs such as rhubarb, angelica, gentian, fraxinus bark, notopterygium root, wolfberry, stellaria root, codonopsis root, gromwell root, and asafoetida can be supplied by the health sanatorium.

That would be perfect.

These days, doctors use herbal remedies.

Along the way, did you manage to save a bag or two of herbs?

Being able to exchange herbs for some money was a pleasant surprise.

As for why they were in such a hurry to exchange money...

Isn't this just craving meat?

Many people have already heard the sounds of sheep being slaughtered in the garrison.

Those Guan soldiers with loud voices shouted at the immigrants:
"Anyone skilled in various crafts and who wants to work in Hami New City, as long as they don't have any inherited diseases, can be sent to Hami New City to work first thing tomorrow morning."

"You asked how many people we need? Of course, we need as many people as we can!"

"Don't worry, Hami New City and all the garrisons are interconnected. You men can earn wages in the city, and your families can get credit at the garrisons."

"Things are cheap in Kansai! The best cotton is only eighty mon a catty, and you can buy a whole bunch of fresh fruits like melons and pomegranates for one hundred mon!"

"Buying meat is the most cost-effective! Lamb leg meat is twelve coins a pound, and lamb blood and offal are only eight coins a pound! Lamb bones can be stewed into a big pot of soup for ten coins."

(End of this chapter)