activa-t Chapter 437 Epidemic
Chapter 437 Epidemic
In order to improve the lives of people living in the city's slums, Ye Jintang came up with the idea of building a three-story building.
But Xiao Mo thought further ahead than she did. He thought that after he became emperor, he could promote this type of house.
There are only so many prosperous towns and the land of Tianqin is limited. If the population grows, arable land will inevitably be occupied. But if there are three-story buildings like this, the housing area will be greatly reduced.
Every additional acre of farmland can feed several people.
Food is the cornerstone of the Tianqin Kingdom. As long as he has enough food, he will no longer be afraid of those foreign races.
Ningchuan City became Xiao Mo's experimental field for managing the world in the future. He and his officials were busy with the development of Ningchuan City.
Ye Jintang began to pay attention to the number of people who caught cold in the city.
The original book only said that the epidemic came in winter, but did not specify when it happened.
One day, around noon, Liuli hurried to find Ye Jintang.
"My lady, the number of people who have come to Bencaotang to get medicine for treating colds has increased significantly in the past two days."
"There used to be three or five people a day, but now there are more than ten."
“So much more?”
Ye Jintang was obviously stunned. It was not normal for the amount to triple or quadruple.
“What are their symptoms like?”
"Most of them had fever, and a few of them were vomiting."
These symptoms are consistent with the epidemic.
"Tell the people at Bencaotang to change the prescription to one that treats epidemic diseases. It's not right for so many people to get a cold."
Ye Jintang was worried and wanted to go to Bencaotang in person, but was stopped by Liuli.
"The queen has two little grandchildren by her side. What if she catches a cold and comes back to take care of them?"
"I'm outside. If your majesty has anything to ask, just tell me to do it."
After hearing what Liuli said, Ye Jintang also felt that she was too anxious just now.
The two little babies at home are only three months old. If they get sick, she will regret it to death.
Ye Jintang was extremely upset at the moment. She must be more careful in the future and not be as impetuous as before. She is a mother now.
"Okay, Liuli, I'll leave this matter to you. If there's any movement at Bencaotang, please tell me in time."
"Yes."
It was already winter in Ningchuan Prefecture in November and it was very cold, so the disease did not spread very quickly.
It was different in other places, especially in the capital, where the population was densely populated. Within just a few days, many people in the city caught a cold and had a persistent high fever.
"Boss, several of our people are sick. What should we do?"
Zhou Wuwei's subordinate Xu Bozhong entered his study with a sigh.
"There are obviously not enough people on duty these two days."
"Does everyone have a high fever and keeps coughing?"
"Yes, this cold is very severe. If one person in a room is infected, no one else can escape."
Zhou Wuwei had already received news from Ye Jintang that there would be an epidemic in winter.
When Xu Bozhong said this today, his first reaction was epidemic.
"Bozhong, go to Bencaotang and tell them you want a package of herbs to treat the epidemic."
"Ah? Epidemic? What kind of epidemic? Isn't this just a common cold?"
"You're told to go wherever you want, so much nonsense."
"Okay, as long as you can get better quickly, go on patrol. It doesn't matter what medicine you take."
Xu Bozhong ran away in a hurry and quickly came back with a bunch of medicinal herbs. He followed the instructions and made a boiled dose of bitter medicine for everyone in the barracks.
"Drink it while it's hot. You'll feel better after you sweat a lot. If you don't get better, I'll be exhausted from patrolling every night."
"Brother Xu, is this medicine of yours effective? We have tried many medicines, but they don't work. I have a fever all the time. If it doesn't go down, I feel like my brain is going to go crazy."
A soldier had a red face and a hoarse voice. His throat was sore when he said these words.
"General Zhou asked me to get it from Bencaotang. I heard it's very useful for treating colds. Don't be picky. Drink it quickly."
When everyone heard that it was Zhou Wuwei who sent the medicine, they were very happy. Although they were young, they were still quite capable.
After drinking the medicine, everyone covered themselves with quilts and sweated to force out the coldness in their bodies.
In order to help them get better as soon as possible, Xu Bozhong even put a charcoal basin in the room to raise the temperature.
After collecting it, he went on duty and continued patrolling.
After wandering around outside at night and returning to the barracks, we saw that the fever of the boys had subsided and they were drinking porridge and eating vegetarian buns.
"Are you all okay?"
"Brother Xu, the medicine you brought back is really magical. We drank a bowl and then we broke out in a sweat and the fever went down. You don't know that in the past two days, no matter how much we drank the medicine, we couldn't even sweat."
A soldier happily took a big bite of the vegetarian bun. He had been having a fever for the past two days and had no appetite. Now that he felt a little better, he immediately felt hungry.
"It's really amazing. Don't be lazy. You have to take this medicine for three consecutive days. Don't just stop taking it after the first day when the fever subsides."
"I know, I know. We promise to drink for three days straight."
Anyone who has caught a cold has experienced the pain of a persistent high fever, and they don’t want to experience it a second time.
The people in the barracks were extremely lucky to have Zhou Wuwei give them medicine.
But many people are not so lucky. They just think they have a common cold and take some medicine, and they will feel better after the fever goes down.
Especially for those whose families are in financial difficulty, they cannot even afford medicine worth a few cents and can only stay at home and waste time.
This waste of time will result in loss of life.
At first, when someone died of a cold, it did not attract much attention. However, as more and more funeral processions appeared on the streets, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Brother Xu, where did you buy the medicine you gave us last time? Tell me quickly. My family member has also caught a cold and has had a high fever for two days."
"Herbal Hall, just tell them you want a cure for the disease, and they will give it to you."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
The news that Bencaotang had a medicine that could treat persistent high fever spread in the capital at the fastest speed.
There is always a lot of gossiping people in the street teahouses.
The topic they have been talking about recently is all about the cold. This cold came too suddenly, and so many people were infected, which made people panic.
A middle-aged man took a sip of strong tea and looked at another old man with white hair in surprise. "Isn't Bencaotang the property of King Qin? How could he have such a powerful prescription?"
"It is the property of the King of Qin. Do you remember that last year, Bencaotang also published a very effective prescription for treating colds?"
"I remember that I heard that Princess Qin was good at medicine, and the prescription for treating colds was written by her."
"I heard that this powerful prescription was also written by the Princess of Qin. She even made the price of the prescription very cheap, saying that she hoped that all the people could have access to the medicine to cure their illnesses."
"Alas, Princess Qin really is kind-hearted."
"Who said that? A pack of medicine only costs five copper coins. I think the Qin Palace will lose money selling it."
As soon as one person started talking, several people immediately joined in on the topic.
Almost everyone unanimously praised the Princess and the King of Qin as the reincarnation of living Bodhisattvas who had come to save them.
If there wasn’t such a good prescription, who knows how many people would have died in the capital.