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

Countless people want to escape from Xingning Prefecture. Some just talk about it, while others have already taken action.

But did anyone really escape?

No.

Because there is a new general in the palace, he is a living devil.

He did not allow anyone in the mansion to go out, and even gave a direct order - anyone who escaped would be punished according to the law.

Some people ignored the orders and still tried to escape, but they all failed and some were even locked up in a private house.

"He deserves to die!" The imprisoned man had a hideous look on his face in a place where the sun didn't shine. "It's fine if he came here to die, but he dragged us down with him. If I really get smallpox, I will risk my life to find him and get him infected too!"

Everyone is equal before life and death.

If you really risk it all, everyone has only one life to fight for, right?

With day after day of repression, these people's hatred towards Yu Jiusi and Jiang Zhiming reached its peak.

Jiang Mansion.

In the side courtyard, Yu Jiusi and Li Shiyuan had their first quarrel since they met.

The two men stiffened their necks, neither of them willing to give in. For the first time, Li Shiyuan acted like an elder: "I am a doctor and I am older than you. You must listen to me in this matter!"

Yu Jiusi took out the token from his bosom and confronted Li Shiyuan: "I am a general, you should listen to me on this matter, and you are a doctor, if you come and try..."

“Knock, knock, knock—” Before Yu Jiusi could finish his words, there was a knock on the side courtyard door. Jiang Zhiming said anxiously, “General Yu, I heard from Doctor Zhang that Doctor Li has made the antidote?”

He didn't know what Li Shiyuan wanted the cows for, but he knew that if the task was accomplished, Xingning Prefecture would be saved, so he called the thing "antidote."

Without waiting for Yu Jiusi to speak, Jiang Zhiming pushed the door open and walked in. Accompanying him was Mrs. Jiang, who had "failed to escape". Like Yu Jiusi and his companion, they were "fully armed", with their bodies covered tightly.

Li Shiyuan saw him coming and nodded slowly: "The cowpox has been established. We only need to extract the pox fluid and infect a person with cow smallpox first. After recovery, this person will not be infected with any smallpox again."

Jiang Zhiming took a deep breath and said with wide eyes: "This antidote, it, it..."

He thought for a moment before coming up with a suitable adjective: "It fights poison with poison?"

What kind of antidote is this!

Bull smallpox, bull smallpox, just by listening to the name, you can tell that "bull smallpox" is also smallpox! Just the two words "smallpox" are enough to scare people.

Mrs. Jiang had the same idea as Jiang Zhiming, but she didn't dare to interrupt rashly. She just clenched the handkerchief in her hand and looked at Li Shiyuan.

Li Shiyuan shook his head and consoled him, "Master Jiang, please listen to me. Although bull pox is smallpox, it is not as severe as smallpox. People infected with it will have symptoms, but they are not serious and will not be fatal."

Jiang Zhiming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard "not serious", but Mrs. Jiang asked doubtfully before him: "Doctor Li, I dare to ask, has anyone tried this method?"

Her question made Li Shiyuan and Yu Jiusi look at each other.

Li Shiyuan pursed his lips and answered first: "No, I am just about to try it myself."

"What?" Jiang Zhiming suddenly realized and asked, "That means no one has tried it before, and the effect is still unknown?"

Jiang Zhiming knew in his heart that no matter how nicely Li Shiyuan spoke, this was a risky method - the words "no one has tried it" were too heavy.

But right now in Xingning Prefecture, we must not let go of any life-saving straw - even if it is dangerous, we must try.

After thinking for a moment, he refused without waiting for Li Shiyuan's answer, "No. You are a doctor, and you are the only one who knows this method. If something happens on the way, what do you want me and General Yu to do?"

He and Yu Jiusi were one civil official and one military general, and they had nothing to do with being doctors who save lives.

But now Li Shiyuan is the hope of the entire Xingning Prefecture. If something goes wrong in Li Shiyuan's "disease test", what else can he and Yu Jiusi do except stare at each other in helplessness?

Seeing that Jiang Zhiming shared the same opinion as him, Yu Jiusi stood up and put his sword on the table.

"Doctor Li, you have heard it too. Governor Jiang's meaning is also what I mean. You are the only one who understands this method. You must always observe the condition of the person being tested to prevent any unexpected situations. So anyone can be the first to get infected with cowpox, but you can't."

Jiang Zhiming was about to nod in agreement when he heard Yu Jiusi continue, "So it is best for me to take the test. I am a military commander, I am in good health, and I can withstand illness. Don't waste time, come now..."

Jiang Zhiming blinked, thinking he had misheard.

Who will try?

Yu Langjiang? The grandson of Earl Yongning, Yu Langjiang will take the test?

He had just thought of many candidates for the "disease test" - strong and healthy soldiers, officers and soldiers, prisoners in the cells, or people who were willing to come for the test by paying money.

But he never thought that this person would be Yu Jiusi.

“No!” Jiang Zhiming stepped forward suddenly and shook his head at Yu Jiusi, “You can’t, you can’t…If something happens to you in Xingning Prefecture, even a hundred lives of mine won’t be enough to compensate you.”

How could he, a mere prefect, withstand the wrath of Earl Yongning?

If he doesn't die of smallpox, he will die at the hands of Earl Yongning! What an undignified way to die!

Just thinking about this, Jiang Zhiming was so scared that he trembled all over.

He swallowed his saliva and looked outside the courtyard: "There are many candidates in the mansion. I will find a few for you right now! General Yu, even if it is for the sake of my life, you must not be impulsive!"

After saying that, he hurriedly walked out, not even caring about Mrs. Jiang beside him.

"Master Jiang!" Yu Jiusi's voice sounded behind him: "Who do you want to find? Prisoners? Government soldiers? Or give a large sum of money and let the common people come to try?"

The candidate he mentioned was almost exactly the same as what Jiang Zhiming had in mind.

Before Jiang Zhiming could answer, he said, "The prisoners have been detained in cells for a long time. What is a cell? And their physical condition, I believe you know better than me. If the experiment fails, both human life and time will be wasted."

Jiang Zhiming opened his mouth when he heard this, and subconsciously argued: "But there are no prisoners, there are others..."

"Others?" Yu Jiusi shook his head and chuckled. "This method is risky in our eyes, let alone others. Everyone's life is life, and few people are really willing to try it. Rather than giving people with ulterior motives to talk about it, it's better for me to try it. And if I try it, the people will be convinced."

Since he was a child, many people have said to him with envy: I envy him for having the surname Yu, I envy him for being a member of the Yu family, his life is precious, and others cannot compare to him.

But Yu Jiusi never felt so, or rather, he never thought of comparing himself with others.