Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 219 Where Does the Disease Come From?

"It's a waste of money...isn't it?" Zhu Su touched his chin.

"It's not too late, Your Highness, if you want to withdraw your order." Wei Guan persuaded. "As long as you claim that today is an extra favor from His Highness to let the hungry people have a full meal, the normal rationing will resume tomorrow."

"The old minister will mobilize more servants to prevent people from making noise. In this way, there will be no need to waste food..."

"No." Zhu Su shook his head, interrupting Wei Guan's persuasion.

"It's not that this king is capricious. It is imperative and necessary to make the people full."

"Master Wei, take a look...is this place a place where people should live?"

Zhu Su pointed around with a serious look on his face.

"This……"

Wei Guan's face turned red as he looked at the road with sewage flowing across the road and the crumbling shack. "Your Highness is blaming the veteran for being incompetent? I just said that the Suzhou government has tried its best..."

"I don't blame you. There are tens of thousands of people living here, and it is rare for the guards in Suzhou Prefecture to maintain law and order. Naturally, it is impossible to cleanse the victims, build houses and build roads."

"If you can continue to barely maintain it, it will be considered useless. It's just that the population here is dense, but the conditions are so difficult."

"Under the current conditions, if we don't clean up in time, after some time, the epidemic will definitely spread!"

"Epidemic...epidemic?" Wei Guan was startled.

"Why are you so sure, Your Highness?" Dai Sigong, who had been silently following behind Wei Guan, said suddenly.Although his face is old, his peaceful eyes are indeed very energetic. "Could it be that Your Highness knows the reason for the outbreak of the epidemic?"

"Mr. Dai doesn't know?" Zhu Su asked strangely when he saw him speak. "The so-called 'disease enters through the mouth'. This place is so pickled, won't there be a disease?"

Dai Sigong shook his head, "Ge Hongzhi's "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" says: 'In his age, there is plague gas and ghost poison. I also don't know."

"How else could it be born? It's nothing more than the fact that the living environment is too dirty and the human body's immunity is weakened, which leads to infection with the virus." Zhu Su said seriously.

"Immunity... Immunity? What is that? What is a virus?" Dai Sigong was slightly startled, with doubts on his face.

Zhu Su froze for a moment, but he didn't know how to explain it.After thinking about it, he said, "Well, viruses can be understood as the so-called 'disease and ghost poison'. In fact, they exist in all these dirt and snakes, insects, rats and ants."

"If you want to avoid the disease, on the one hand, you need to be physically strong, so that the disease is difficult to invade. This is immunity."

"Secondly, these filthy places also need to be thoroughly cleaned up, and regulations must be set to teach the people not to drink unboiled water, wash their hands and bathe frequently, etc."

"Both of these require the strength of the people to do it. If you can't eat enough, where does your immunity come from? If you don't have strength, how can you make efforts to clean up this place?"

Wei Guan was stunned for a moment when he heard that, Zhu Su spoke logically, although he wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to open his mouth.Dai Sigong was thoughtful, and there seemed to be a light in his eyes, but he was still dubious.

At this moment, Gou'er, the accompanying eunuch behind Zhu Su, said, "When we were in Beijing, His Royal Highness asked the householders of Bifeng Huangzhuang to follow this request."

"In the past, every autumn and winter in Zhuangzi, some people often suffered from abdominal pain and epidemic fever. Since His Highness implemented this method, the number of people in the village has dropped sharply."

"People in Bifeng Huangzhuang rarely suffer from epidemics, and everyone in Yingtian City knows it. If you don't believe me, you can find someone to inquire about it."

"Really?" Dai Sigong's face was shocked, "I heard that His Highness was taught by a stranger, could it be that there are also medical skills?"

"His Royal Highness is indeed superb in medicine, and this poor monk can prove it." Yao Guangxiao also clasped his hands together. "Old Cao Guogong had a sore in his mouth, he couldn't eat well, and the imperial doctor couldn't cure it. His Highness gave him watermelon cream, and the medicine cured the disease."

What Yao Guangxiao was talking about was before Zhu Su left Beijing.In the past, when Zhu Su first came out of the palace, he made many medicinal materials by himself, and he could still remember the method of making them.Among them is watermelon cream.Li Wenzhong's father, Li Zhen, suffered from ulcers in his mouth, and he couldn't think of food, and over time, he was lingering in bed.Li Wenzhong, Li Jinglong and his son were full of worries and had to go back to the house to serve the sick.

Zhu Su went to Cao Guogong's mansion to visit, and after seeing that Li Zhen had changed his oral ulcer, he took out the watermelon cream he made. Sure enough, the medicine cured the disease, and Li Wenzhong and Li Jinglong were overjoyed.

Combined with the previous methods of willow bark, anti-fetal surgery, and the alcohol disinfection used to treat the sword wound "stabbed by Zhu Siam", Zhu Su's "barefoot doctor" medical skill has already gained a good reputation among a small group of people .At least, Yao Guangxiao and other people who live in Huangzhuang highly respect him.

"It's so!" Dai Sigong was even more delighted, looking at Zhu Su with an eager look on his face.

Zhu Su smiled at him.Originally, I wanted to tell Dai Sigong all about my half-baked medical skills, to see if I could improve this famous doctor's medical skills to a higher level.

But now is not the time.He turned his head to Wei Guan and said: "This king knows that there must be many obstacles in order for the Suzhou government to change the established policy..."

"The old minister was entrusted by His Majesty with a mansion, so he should have dedicated himself..." Wei Guan shook his head. "It's just that His Highness can really teach the wealthy households in this city to open warehouses to release grain? If you rely on the power to act forcefully, there may be another disaster..."

"It's okay. This king has his own plan..." Zhu Su smiled kindly. "Don't forget, this king also studied under the great Confucian Master Song."

"Convincing people with virtue, this king understands it very well!"

"Prefect Wei, don't worry."

"That's good..." Wei Guan was dubious.

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The officials from the Suzhou government did bring food, and they set up a pot to cook in the open space. The victims were very excited. What's more, they bowed down in groups to Zhu Su and others in the middle.If it weren't for the guards around Zhu Su helping the guards maintain order, the scene would even get out of control for a while.

Zhu Su was also touched when he looked at the people who were grateful to him.But he understands better that the common people will be grateful for having more food today, and they will be angry and riot tomorrow because there is no food to eat.

There is nothing wrong with this, life is busy, and the only thing you want is to have a full mouthful of food and be able to survive.

There is still a lot to do. Now is not the time to be complacent, but to take action to completely guarantee the follow-up food supply.

Zhu Su, who returned to the Shen Garden, immediately summoned the two brothers Shen Rong and Shen Wang.Shen Wang went to the glass shop in the city, but Shen Rong, the owner of the house, stayed in the garden.Hearing Zhu Su's call, Shen Rong didn't dare to neglect, and came in front of Zhu Su leaning on crutches.

"Your Highness hastily summoned the old man, what orders do you have?" Seeing Zhu Su's unhesitating expression, Shen Rong was also worried.Cautiously asked Zhu Sudao.

"Master Shen, I am asking you."

"How much grain do you still have in the granary of your Shen family?"

Zhu Su asked him.

(End of this chapter)