Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Changnan Prefecture, Jimu Village.

The clouds in the sky were low pressure and the ground was wailing.

The sudden outbreak of the epidemic almost wiped out the vitality of the village.

A gust of wind blew, and the door curtain of the shed was blown up, revealing a corner of it.

This was just a shed, but it was filled with patients, their faces pale, their eyes closed, and unconscious groans coming from their throats.

An old doctor sat on the simple window sill and took their pulses one by one.

He sometimes sighed, sometimes shook his head, and sometimes changed hands to feel the patient's pulse.

Although Yu Jiusi did not understand medicine, it was not difficult for him to tell from the old doctor's expression that this epidemic might be serious.

This is a result that no one wants to hear, but it is necessary to ask.

"Doctor Zhang..." Yu Jiusi's voice was as dry and hoarse as an old saw sawing wood. "How is it? Can you tell what kind of pestilence it is?"

His face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and there was a dark area under his eyes. His complexion was exactly the same as that of the patient lying in the shed.

Doctor Zhang shook his head, silently pulled up the patient's sleeves, and put the patient's wrists back into the quilt.

"Young General, I am incompetent and cannot tell what kind of plague the villagers are suffering from this time. If you want to determine the type of plague, perhaps..."

He looked at the patient in the bed with compassion on his face, "Perhaps we can only find out when the patient's condition worsens and the symptoms become more obvious."

This short sentence went straight into Yu Jiusi's heart through his ears, causing his heart to tighten. Even every breath felt like a needle prick, causing unbearable pain.

If we cannot detect the symptoms, we cannot determine the cause of the disease, let alone effectively prevent and treat it.

Yu Jiusi is not afraid of taking responsibility, but he is afraid of watching these lives slip away.

His body swayed for a moment, and he was able to stabilize himself with the help of Xue Mai. "Then... Doctor Li, are the medicines used to treat various pestilence similar? Please list the available herbs first. I will send someone to buy the medicine and give it to the patient first."

Doctor Zhang took out a pen and paper from the cage and whispered, "That's what I mean. We can only use the right medicine to see if it works. I'll try to choose common herbs. You can send someone to the mansion to buy them."

After a while, Yu Jiusi took the straw paper, took a quick look at it, and handed it to Xue Mai, "Fumigate the straw paper before passing it out of the shed."

Xue Mai took the order and left.

After the first case of leprosy was discovered in Jimu Village, Yu Jiusi set about setting up an isolation shed area to separate it from the rest of the village. He also sent people to guard all entrances and exits of the village closely, restricting anyone from entering but not leaving.

The way they communicate with the outside world is by passing notes - both in the shanty towns and in the villages.

Information about the situation in the village inside the shed, what supplies were needed, or what orders Yu Jiusi had given were all conveyed on paper - the paper had to be fumigated and disinfected multiple times before it could be handed out, because they did not know how the disease was transmitted from person to person, and could only use the most primitive methods to prevent and control it.

Yu Jiusi sat on a small stool, his head buried in silence. Doctor Zhang began to pack up the cages and advised, "Young General, you should go out first. You... should not come to the shed as often as possible."

Although Yu Jiusi cannot leave the shed now, not staying in the sick shed can always reduce the possibility of contracting the disease.

Yu Jiusi felt that he should say something righteous at this moment - you and the people are here, why can't I advance and retreat with you?

But is this sentence really "righteous" enough?

He is the backbone of Jimu Village. If he falls down "with a sense of righteousness", what will happen to the hundreds of soldiers in the village? What will happen to the thousands of civilians? What will happen to Doctor Zhang who rushed into the village for the sake of the patients?

Perhaps this sentence seems to be righteous, but in fact it contains selfish motives.

Yu Jiusi laughed at himself and stood up with his legs propped up. "I can't fall down. Doctor Zhang, I'll trouble you in the sick shed."

"Don't worry, young general. This is my job."

Yu Jiusi walked out of the shed, then suddenly stopped and turned to look.

He saw a row of shacks standing before him, like low cages, imprisoning the souls and bodies of countless people.

Seeing this scene, who could have imagined that just a few days ago, there was only a shack here and there were only a few patients.

As the number of people sickened gradually increased, the unknown plague spread faster and faster.

Just as he turned to leave, a noise was heard outside the gate of the shed area.

"Let me in! Why can't I go in? My brother is in there! My brother was only helping you for a few days, why did he suddenly fall ill? Just let me in, and I'll go in and take a look!"

The gatekeeper outside the shed not only did not let the woman in, but instead asked her sternly, "Stand back! Stand away! Whose sister are you? Why aren't you isolated? Aren't you listed in the household registration? When was the last time you had contact with your brother?"

This series of questions made the woman silent for a moment. Her voice was not as natural as before. "I was picked up by my brother, so I can't register my child."

"Not registered?" The gatekeeper's voice was even colder than before. "When was the last time you met with a patient? Tell the truth!"

The woman seemed frightened by him. After a long while, she said, "I haven't seen my brother since you came to the village. He said he wanted to help you and never came home. I only saw him once before when I went out to get food, but he didn't have time to talk to me."

The gatekeeper breathed a sigh of relief and Yu Jiusi walked over.

"General." The gatekeeper saluted with his fists clasped.

Yu Jiusi stood in the shed area, looked at the woman and asked, "Do you know how many people in the village are like you, without a registered permanent residence?"

For those who are not registered, it is better to question them directly rather than investigate.

To put it bluntly, those who are not registered will subconsciously regard those in the same situation as "the same kind of people", thus forming a small team, and the people in the team are basically familiar with each other.

The woman recognized Yu Jiusi at a glance. She suppressed the feeling of betrayal in her heart and asked with her lips bitten, "If I tell you, can I go in to see my brother?"

"No." Yu Jiusi refused directly: "It's an epidemic area inside. If you come in, you might get infected."

The woman thought Yu Jiusi was bargaining with him, so she retreated and said, "Then I won't say anything."

"Okay." Unexpectedly, Yu Jiusi's reaction was completely different from what she imagined. He turned around and waved his hand, saying, "Then hurry up and leave. Don't stay here any longer."

"Go!" Hearing this, the gatekeeper also began to chase people away, but he could not touch the woman directly, so he could only threaten her verbally: "If you don't leave, I will have someone take you away."

The woman didn't expect Yu Jiusi to be so difficult to talk to. She was panicked for a moment: "I'll tell you! I'll tell you! But I have a condition!"

She shouted at Yu Jiusi's back: "I'm not afraid of contracting the virus. As long as you can let me in to take care of my brother, I can also take care of others!"

Yu Jiusi stopped walking when he heard that and clenched his fingers unconsciously.

Caring for patients with the epidemic is a job that requires great courage.