I became a big shot in the quick transmigration world.

Chapter 896 His White Moonlight 29
Yu Muhuai brewed too many herbs every day, and his whole body smelled of herbs. However, there were too many people in the city, and the amount of herbs was obviously not enough.

The preventative medication is being tested, and the appropriate formula will be known soon.

What is most urgently needed at this time is external aid supplies.

While Lou Yunsheng and Yu Muhuai were busy as bees, a heated argument was taking place in the imperial court.

As Lou Yunsheng had predicted, the officials split into several factions, each holding different opinions.

However, none of these opinions concerned how to rescue Gushui City, but rather whether or not to abandon Gushui City.

They couldn't even reach an agreement on whether or not to rescue Gu Shuicheng.

The people of Gushui City are eagerly awaiting the arrival of more people, supplies, herbs, and other necessities from the imperial court to help them.

Little did they know that people in the imperial court were hesitant about whether to abandon them.

Yang Jian, the Vice Minister of War, advocated for sending more men to the rescue immediately. He stepped forward and spoke with great enthusiasm.

"Your Majesty! The people in Gushui City are all citizens of Lanting Kingdom! They are living, breathing human beings! How can we abandon them just because of a plague?"

Minister of Revenue Wang Chengzhi said, "Just a plague? Lord Yang! Do you know that at its worst, a plague almost wiped out an entire country? How can you call this just a plague?"

The situation Wang Chengzhi described came from a small country on the southwestern border about a hundred years ago.

That country has a small land area, borders the Kingdom of Lanting, and pays tribute to it every year. It is one of the vassal states of the Kingdom of Lanting.

More than a hundred years ago, an unprecedented plague suddenly broke out in that small country.

In the early stages of the outbreak, the epidemic did not attract much attention from the people of the small country.

Because the small country is relatively underdeveloped, people still live in tribal communities, and each tribe only contacts each other on a fixed few days each month.

Therefore, it was only long after the first tribe was infected with the disease and its entire army was wiped out that the other tribes discovered it.

However, when other tribes discovered it, they didn't take it seriously.

They initially thought the entire tribe had died from food poisoning or something similar.

After all, in such backward countries, the overall level of education is also very low, and the understanding of diseases is also backward, with little awareness of infectious diseases.

Therefore, when the entire tribe was found dead, no one took any protective measures. Instead, they simply left their faces and bodies exposed to the air and moved among the infected corpses.

They also kindly helped the people of that tribe collect and bury the bodies.

Because different tribes would exchange goods every month, it wasn't just one tribe that came.

After handling the corpses, people from these different tribes carried the germs they carried back to their respective homes.

Then the disease spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Before long, all the tribes, large and small, throughout the country were infected with the plague.

When the leader of that country sent people to Lanting Kingdom for help, the entire country was already in a state of great panic.

By then, the plague had entered its middle and later stages, and almost the entire nation had been infected.

Upon learning that it was a plague, the Kingdom of Lanting immediately imprisoned the envoys sent by the small country in a separate room.

As expected, within a few days, these messengers also began to fall ill.

Because they were discovered in time, they were spared from death.

However, despite the great efforts of the royal physicians of Lanting Kingdom, they could only save their lives. The envoys still suffered considerable damage to various bodily functions, leaving them with permanent sequelae.

As for that small country, after discussion among the officials of the Lanting Kingdom's court, it was ultimately decided to abandon it. Several towns bordering the small country subsequently saw outbreaks of the disease, but fortunately, the court took timely measures to prevent a large-scale spread.

More than a year later, Lanting Kingdom sent people to that small country to investigate the situation.

By this time, all the people of the small country had died from the plague, and their bodies were rotting.

The consequences of this plague were extremely serious and terrible, serving as a stark warning to the people of Lanting Kingdom.

So when Qianran first heard Yu Muhuai say it was a plague, his expression immediately changed.

In his previous life, it was only because Lou Yunsheng had exhausted all his efforts that 20% of the people in Gushui City were able to survive.

When the officials who advocated for the rescue heard Wang Chengzhi bring up this incident, their expressions changed.

Yang Jian snorted and said, "Lord Wang, times have changed. Those were things from over a hundred years ago."

After more than a century of development, medical skills have improved significantly, and when faced with plagues again, we will certainly not be as helpless as we were back then!

Wang Chengzhi glanced at Yang Jian sideways, then said "Oh," his tone rising at the end, carrying a hint of doubt and disdain.

"Lord Yang, are you so confident that you can control this plague? Are you willing to make a pledge? If you fail to control it, resulting in the deaths of a large number of people or even spreading to other cities, are you willing to bear all the consequences?"

"You!" Yang Jian was so angry that his face turned red. He was a rough and uncultured man from the Ministry of War, how could he possibly talk back to someone from the Ministry of Revenue?

Yang Jian took two heavy breaths, then said angrily, "Is His Highness Prince Duan still in Gushui City? Are you going to abandon him too?"

Wang Chengzhi glanced at Lou Yunxian, who was standing in the corner, seemingly casually.

Their eyes met briefly in the air before quickly looking away.

Several of the officials in the court who advocate abandoning Gushui City are Lou Yunxian's cronies.

This was something even the former crown prince hadn't discovered.

The Third Prince, Lou Yunxian, has always disguised himself as a playboy and a dissolute prince, and he has done so very successfully.

So much so that Lou Yunsheng didn't even notice.

Lou Yunsheng lay low for a long time before finally defeating the former crown prince and taking the throne himself.

But little did they know, there was another yellow bird behind them.

Lou Yunxian remained silent behind the crowd, secretly watching the struggle between the former crown prince and Lou Yunsheng. Once Lou Yunsheng won, his only opponent would be the unstable Prince Duan.

They really have a clever plan.

Now, Prince Duan has gone to Gushui City for disaster relief, but is trapped in Gushui City because of the plague. This is undoubtedly the best opportunity to strike at Prince Duan.

If Prince Duan insists on staying in Gushui City and weathering the storm with the people, then he might as well suggest abandoning Gushui City.

Even if there were a small amount of relief supplies to be transported to Gushui City, Lou Yunxian could find a way to intercept them all on the way, making Gushui City a truly isolated city.

Even if Prince Duan managed to escape alive, he must have been severely injured.

Of course, it would be best if you died inside.

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