Chapter 303 Helping Youzhou
Because the plague has the characteristics of cross-infection, it is destined to last for a long time once it breaks out. Sometimes, after a big plague swept from north to south, it will continue to rage from south to north, and it is common for several years to go back and forth. Otherwise, the population at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty would not have dropped so much. In less than thirty years, 20 million people died.
Since Bingzhou has adopted a "zero report" system for epidemics, that is, even if no one in the village, township, county, and county is infected with the plague, the situation must be reported step by step every day, which makes the general's mansion in Zhenbei very accurate in grasping the epidemic situation in various parts of Bingzhou.
In the Joint Epidemic Prevention Command, there is a high-definition map of the entire Bingzhou area, which is marked with various colors by the combat staff who graduated from the Fallen Tiger Lecture Hall. It seems dazzled by outsiders, but civil and military officials familiar with Zhao Xing’s military system are clear at a glance.
The area marked as red means a high-risk epidemic-infected area. For example, the desert north of Bingzhou, Liangzhou west of Bingzhou, and Youzhou northeast of Bingzhou.
The area marked as yellow means an area where mild infection has been found. For example, the four counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen are located in the north of the Great Wall, as well as the area north of the Taocheng in Jizhou.
The area marked as blue means the area where the number of people infected is currently reported is zero. For example, the five counties of Dingxiang, Xihe, Shangjun, Taiyuan, Shangdang, and the area south of Jizhou Tao, and the Henei County south of Bingzhou, sandwiched between Shangdang and Shangjun.
The area marked as green means that there is absolutely no epidemic infection. There are only three areas on the entire map, namely Wohu City, Changzi County City, and Taiyuan City. There are too many residents and important figures living in these three cities, and there is no need for even a slight negligence or mistake.
If you want to talk about the most stringent prevention and control in Bingzhou, naturally, the Chouhu City is the city. The towering city walls and the rich storage in the city can make Chouhu City safe and sound for a long time.
Zhao Xing had always been worried that several of his weak scholars would die prematurely if they could not resist the infection of the plague. Therefore, scholars such as Guo Jia, Zao Zhi, Liu Yu, Cai Yong, and Zhang Jian were equipped with special health care doctors. At the first time of the plague, Zhao Xing urgently ordered these people to withdraw back to Chouhu City quickly, and all of them would work in the General's Mansion in the future and should not take a step forward to Chouhu City.
Although these practices are not humane, they make their subordinates feel Zhao Xing's meticulous care, which further brings the generals closer to Zhao Xing.
According to the arrangement of the fourth-level defense circle of Zhaoxing, one month after the outbreak of the plague, most areas of Bingzhou were still in a stable and safe environment. The total number of people infected by the four northern counties reported was 50,000, and the unfortunate death was 4,000 after ineffective treatment, with a mortality rate of 8%, which is much lower than the mortality rate of more than 20% in history. The key is that the total number of people infected by the plague has been greatly reduced, and the areas where the plague spreads were also tightly controlled in the four northern counties.
What surprised Zhao Xing the most was that the total number of Xianbei people under the four northern counties was as high as 40,000! Four thousand people died in Bingzhou, but unexpectedly there were 40,000 Xianbei people who hated Kuitou. This account really made Zhao Xing feel more and more sighing. "Damage is the source of blessing!" In front of Zhao Xing, who was invincible by the benevolent, disasters can actually turn into good things...
It is really not a slander to say that Zhao Xing is invincible. Not to mention that the Xianbei people who went south with unpredictable intentions were promoted by Zhao Xing and tried their best to save them. In order to minimize casualties of innocent people, Zhao Xing had ordered Wohu City to open a strategic reserve warehouse and transport a large number of anti-virus masks produced and stored in recent years out of the warehouse, preparing to transport them to Liangzhou and Youzhou, which were severely stained.
A group of officials in Bingzhou, who have been influenced by Zhao Xing's great national thinking, expressed their understanding of Zhao Xing's plan to provide free help to Youzhou and Liangzhou. They knew very well that the people saved by Zhao Xing today would definitely be the people under the rule of the dynasty established by Zhao Xing in the future. Zhao Xing was saving his own people, but the time was just ahead of schedule.
Liu Dai, the governor of Youzhou who was tortured by the plague, who was afraid to leave the city, suddenly received a notice from Bingzhou at the beginning of the second month of the outbreak of the plague: Bingzhou will assist Youzhou in resisting the plague together, not only provide anti-virus masks, but also send a doctor to personally guide him. The doctor also comes with a large number of epidemic prevention herbs.
After receiving this letter written by Zhao Xing himself, Liu Dai felt in his heart that was indescribable. So he immediately ordered the blockade of major traffic roads in Youzhou, strictly prohibiting people from moving around, establishing an epidemic prevention monitoring and reporting system, cleaning up water sources, drinking boiling water, and burning corpses...
Liu Dai was not convinced. Zhao Xing wrote very clearly in the letter that Bingzhou was the most susceptible area for plague to be infected by the Xianbei people. However, as of now, the death toll is only more than 4,000, accounting for less than two thousandth of the more than 2.7 million people in Bingzhou, which can be regarded as a normal death toll. In contrast, the Youzhou where he is located has reached an astonishing 300,000 based on the visually measured death toll!
Liu Dai wrote a letter to Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du, and attached Zhao Xing's letter to Gongsun Zan after he read it, and then passed it to Gongsun Du, who was far away in Liaodong.
A large number of anti-virus masks and some finished pills transported to Youzhou in Bingzhou passed through the Bingzhou Expressway and were quickly sent to Pingcheng of Yanmen County. They were then transferred to Gaoliu County, which was bordered by the local garrison to Youzhou Dai County and Yanmen County, and handed over to the Youzhou army waiting here, and the Youzhou army was then responsible for distributing them to various parts of the state.
With a determination to die, the Bingzhou epidemic prevention team, which was temporarily recruited, entered Youzhou with this batch of rescue supplies. They were all fully armed, wearing white coats, white masks, white round-headed hats, and specially made protective shoes higher than knees. They walked around the plague-ridden Youzhou, bringing hope of life to the people of Youzhou and leaving the threat of death to themselves.
According to statistics, less than 30 doctors from the volunteer epidemic prevention team who went to Youzhou safely returned to Bingzhou, and more than 70 people were buried in the land of Youzhou, and were burned to ashes before death...
With the powerful rescue from Bingzhou, the plague in Youzhou was tightly controlled at the end of the second month after the outbreak. The areas infected with the epidemic no longer increased, the number of people began to decrease, and the panic of the people was effectively comforted. The local people in Youzhou began to privately worship a still alive god at home. This living god was General Zhao Xing, the general of Zhenbei.
According to the rumors of the common people, General Zhenbei was a god descending to earth. He only waved his hand and sent the great wise and good teachers to the Pure Land. With just a glaring eyes, he scared half of the 50,000 Xianbei people who ate human flesh to death... In front of General Zhenbei, even the plague god had to retreat!
Chapter completed!