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The ceremonial guard of the eldest princess's retinue is quite impressive.

There are armored cavalry in front and guards with long swords in the back. The carriage is surrounded by carved patterns of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, with gold threads and densely climbing embroidered peonies. At each corner of the carriage, there is a quail and phoenix spreading its wings.

The lattice windows on both sides of the carriage cut off the heat in late August.

There are two open rooms in the carriage, and there are a lot of ice cubes to cool off the heat. It is like an air-conditioned room and is quite cool.On the pear wood table, there are iced sour plum soup, iced milk, and iced fruits.

Xie Wuya and Yan Ze were drinking cold drinks and reading.

Mu Tingxue was reading the geographical maps of Baidi Prefecture and listening to his subordinate Huang Zhu talk about the situation of several wealthy families in the area.Although he is not comparable to the super-large aristocratic families in Yundu, he can still be considered a rich man in the local area, with a land holding of more than [-] acres.

Baidizhou is her fiefdom in name, but in fact it is her base.

To develop the base, she set three small goals.

First: Have a good agricultural foundation, encourage land reclamation, and plant a large number of high-yielding crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes to ensure food supply.Supplemented by certain water conservancy facilities, it can develop into a land of plenty.

Second: It has a good population base, so that when a factory is opened here in the future, the labor force will meet the standard and the human resources will be abundant.

Third: It has good natural resources. It has been found that there are limestone mines in the territory, which can be used as quicklime processing plants; there is coal, which has not yet been developed.

"Your Highness, here we are."

Huang Zhu glanced outside the glazed window of the Huage Pavilion and saw a fortified city in the shape of a "concave" with walls more than ten meters high.

After Yongzhou was incorporated into Baidizhou, this place became the main entrance and exit of the city.

Mu Tingxue put down her geography and saw a steady flow of people at the city gate, patrolled by a battalion of sharp-shooting soldiers armed with sharp guns, checking the people and vehicles coming and going in an orderly manner.

"It recovered very quickly. There is no desolation and fatigue after the war. Mr. Xiao has managed it well."

"It was His Highness who was wise and generous, and returned all the lands annexed by King Qinling to the people, so that they could have land to farm and something to do. They would not become refugees and run around. Everyone in Baidi Prefecture would perform their duties, so naturally they would not There will be desolation and chaos.”

Huang Zhu knew that this was not the fault of Master alone. "Not only did our Baidi Prefecture produce no refugees, we also attracted tens of thousands of refugees from all directions."

Mu Tingxue was a little worried: "What kind of jobs do the refugees we absorb do?"

"You can find a living by clearing wasteland and cultivating land, repairing Yongzhou's broken city walls, or building rural villages to study."

"Have you been quarantined?" Mu Tingxue asked almost instinctively.

"What is quarantine?" Huang Zhu looked confused.

"It's epidemic prevention testing. Most of these refugees fled to Baidi Prefecture after a major disaster hit their hometowns. Under normal circumstances, there will be epidemics after a major disaster. In case they have infectious diseases, they come to Baidi Prefecture. It would be bad if it spreads to other people."

Huang Zhu had never thought of this level, not only he hadn't thought of it, but his master hadn't thought of it either.

Mu Tingxue knew that the medical environment in ancient times was very poor, and epidemic prevention measures were almost zero. Therefore, the great epidemics recorded in history books often killed 10,000+ people. If thousands died, it was God's blessing and mercy.

Entered Baidizhou.

Arrive at the government office.

The first decree issued by Mu Tingxue was: "Spread lime to disinfect, sprinkle all toilet excrement, sewers, chicken and duck pig pens, and river water sources."

Xiao Wangzhi, the governor of Baidizhou, was shocked: "Your Highness, why is this happening? Isn't lime powder used to make soap?"

Mu Tingxue said solemnly: "I suspect that among the tens of thousands of refugees admitted, some are infected with the epidemic, or carry the disease's germs. Once their excrement comes into contact with other healthy people, they will be infected. Toilets and latrines are disinfected Point!"

Only then did Xiao Wangzhi remember: "Huaizhou, it seems that someone has severe diarrhea..."

Other lower-level officials in Baidizhou's government office also whispered among themselves.

"This lime powder can actually prevent the plague? I have never heard of it before."

"Isn't lime powder mixed with yellow mud and used to build walls?"

"The method of Her Royal Highness the Princess is so strange. If lime powder really has such a miraculous effect, why don't every household prepare some? Huaizhou was hit by a severe drought first, and now there is news that hundreds of people in a village have collective diarrhea. This is It’s a sign of the plague. We are so close to Huaizhou, wouldn’t we be in trouble!”

The officials did not dare to neglect, so they brought three carts of quicklime powder over and started disinfecting the government offices first.

Mu Tingxue personally instructed them: "Don't sprinkle lime powder directly in toilets and pig pens. Not only will this not have a disinfecting effect, but it will cause respiratory diseases in the farmed pigs. Add quicklime to water to form a strong alkali, and then disinfect !”

She got water and prepared quicklime into 20% lime milk.

He ordered the government officials to paint the cracks in the floor and walls of the government office's toilets, pig pens, and chicken and duck shacks. Because they were afraid of death, some officials even secretly painted their own rooms.

This method is still used to this day!Lime is the most used among all disinfection products!

For example, using lime to disinfect toilets and using lime to dispose of the excrement of infectious patients are must-have methods in major hospitals, major epidemic prevention, and major breeding sites.

Mu Tingxue said: "Lime can not only kill the bacteria in the plague, but also kill the parasite eggs in the sludge. It can also clarify the water body."

Although everyone doesn't understand what bacteria are, they understand insect eggs.

In the old-fashioned thatched houses and brick and mud houses where we lived in ancient times, pests breed in the houses, and fleas and bedbugs are basically frequent visitors.There are also some wooden houses that are home to many insects and there are insect eggs in the soil.

This is how the typhus outbreak last year in Zhenbeijun and northern Michigan came about. The source of infection was a flea.

Now the eldest princess told them that applying lime milk soaked in water and painting it can also kill pests and insect eggs. This lime powder is not expensive, so why not quickly buy a pack and take it home to paint the cracks in the wall!Paint the chicken shed!

Up and down.

The first to receive the first-hand news were the officials of Baidi Prefecture and the servants and maids on duty in the government office. After they finished spreading quicklime in the government office, the first thing they did was to buy quicklime and hurried home to spread the lime on the toilet. Paint the walls.

Once it was passed down to ten, it was spread to hundreds, and the whole alley and hutong where they lived was known.People rushed to buy lime powder.

The heads of the wealthy families who had newly opened the lime factory were "invited" to the government office by Mu Tingxue.

Inviting me to be a guest is to give you face.

The soldiers of the advanced barracks who patrolled back and forth at the entrance of the hall were armed with mechanical repeating crossbows. They were all strong and strong, with a look of solemnity on their faces and eyes like ferocious wolves.Full of threats.

"Yesterday, the price of lime powder was five cents per bag, ten pounds, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness the Princess." The local Snake Horse Master smiled with a smile on his face, "We have a lot of limestone in Baidi Prefecture, and the materials for burning lime are everywhere. It couldn't be sold at a high price before. But it's different now. You invented the method of using Every household wants to buy lime as a way to prevent plague, insecticides, chicken fever, and swine fever. Some people have tried it and it has a remarkable effect on killing insects. Even leeches can be burned to death in lime powder. Today, one pack of lime on the market can be sold It’s ten cents.”

A big landowner named Xue next to him was as happy as a giant monkey: "Don't say ten cents, there are people who buy fifty cents! Hey, it's all thanks to His Highness, who gave me the opportunity to make a fortune!"

Mu Tingxue swept away these six people, all of whom were rich and wealthy.

She was also very clever and knew how to speculate. She let Mr. Xiao let the news out for a month. All six of them invested a lot of money and bought a lime-burning factory, which was quite large in scale.

She said: "The price must be controlled, ten cents! It has increased the profit by [-]%, which is enough for you. Fifty cents per pack has increased tenfold. What is the difference between raising the price like this and robbery."

Landlord Xue was not happy: "Why lower the price when you can make ten times the profit? More profit is also good for the court. The factory's commercial tax is five to one, so the more the better."

Mu Tingxue chuckled softly: "Why, Mr. Xue doesn't want to show his dignity? Then I can only help you show your dignity."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Zhu and the patrolling soldiers behind him activated the hanging knives of the mechanical repeating crossbows. The arrows were about to be fired, and they aimed at Landlord Xue.