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Liang's father nodded, agreeing with Liang Jingcheng's opinion, and then he listened to Liang's father speaking.

"I want to hear from you about what kind of preparations we need to make for a possible outbreak, so that I can be mentally prepared and not be at a loss when I bring this up with my friends in the court."

After hearing Liang's father's question, Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng both fell into a brief period of thought.

Seeing that both of them were lost in their own thoughts, Liang's father picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all. The attendant standing beside him then picked up the wine jug on the table and filled Liang's glass with wine.

After a while, Liang Jingcheng finally spoke.

"Dad, I think the most urgent thing is to collect medicinal materials. It would be even better if the court could order the doctors and medicine vendors in Shengjing and surrounding prefectures to be recruited."

Liang's father nodded in agreement, waiting expectantly for Liang Jingcheng to continue.

"Secondly, local government offices should transport rice and dry firewood to the disaster area as much as possible. Although it is summer and the weather is relatively warm, the local food and firewood have been soaked by the flood. Without clean food and dry firewood, the people may face hunger, which is more terrifying than the disaster."

"This is indeed a very important point. The court should do its best to ensure that the people can have a clean meal. Don't let the people die because of eating unclean meals or even having no food to eat, even though they were not killed in the flood. That would be a great sin."

At this time, Ye Changyan also came back to his senses from his thoughts. After hearing what Liang's father had just said, he nodded in agreement, then took over the conversation and began to state his own opinions and views.

"Uncle, if this flood is really as what Mr. Gongshu said in my dream, it will continue for some time. I think that while the court is fighting the flood and providing disaster relief, it should also start preparing for the possible outbreak of epidemics in the disaster area as soon as possible."

Both Liang's father and Liang Jingcheng turned their eyes to Ye Changyan, intending to listen carefully to Ye Changyan's specific ideas.

"As Jing Cheng just mentioned, we should start preparing for the collection of medicinal materials, the recruitment of doctors and medicine dispensers, and at the same time, we should also call in clean food and dry firewood from other places to ensure the basic living conditions of the affected people."

Then, Ye Changyan told Liang's father and Liang Jingcheng about his plan in detail.

First of all, we must ensure the safety of drinking water in the disaster area as much as possible. After the disaster, the water consumed by local people must be boiled before drinking. Do not drink unclean water or raw water.

At the same time, special personnel need to be arranged to supervise the hygiene of people and livestock in the disaster area to prevent people from urinating and defecating anywhere, especially near clean water sources, where special personnel must be arranged to guard them.

Then, we need to focus on raising medicinal materials with disinfectant effects such as Atractylodes lancea and Artemisia argyi, and burn them in the disaster-stricken areas to eliminate filth and detoxify as much as possible.

Medicinal materials such as Sophora flavescens, Phellodendron amurense, and Cnidium monnieri should also be collected as much as possible. After boiling these medicinal materials in water, they can be used to soak and wash the clothes and daily necessities of people infected with the epidemic, or used to fumigate the living environment to block the spread of the epidemic as much as possible.

In addition, a large amount of quicklime needs to be prepared. The bodies of the people who died in the disaster should be sprinkled with quicklime for disinfection, and then buried deep. The places where the bodies were found should also be sprinkled with quicklime for disinfection.

For patients with fever, edema, pus discharge, etc., these people need to be isolated and treated in a centralized manner to avoid the large-scale spread and infection of immune diseases and the occurrence of clustered epidemics.

The opinions and suggestions given by Ye Changyan seemed feasible to Liang's father and Liang Jingcheng, but they did not quite understand why quicklime was needed when dealing with the corpse.

"Chang Yan, the suggestions you gave are very pertinent and feasible. However, I don't quite understand what role quicklime plays in dealing with corpses."

When Liang Jingcheng heard his father's question, he also turned his gaze to Ye Changyan.

Ye Changyan thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Uncle, I read in a book that sprinkling quicklime on a corpse will cause the surrounding temperature to rise sharply in a short period of time, generating a large amount of heat. This process is just like boiling water for disinfection. It is the same principle. This can quickly kill the disease on the corpse."

Liang's father and Liang Jingcheng both found Ye Changyan's words very novel.

"At the same time, sprinkling quicklime on the body when it is buried deep can accelerate the decomposition of the body, prevent the residual disease in the body from remaining in the soil for a long time, and prevent the liquid produced during the decay of the body due to moisture from seeping into the surrounding soil and groundwater, causing potential and persistent disease threats."

Father Liang nodded in admiration for Ye Changyan's extensive knowledge.

Father Liang raised his glass again and spoke.

"It's rare that you two can come up with such a comprehensive response plan. This general would like to toast you on behalf of the people affected by the disaster."

Ye Changyan waved his hand modestly, then he and Liang Jingcheng raised their wine glasses, bowed to Liang's father, and the three of them drank it all in one gulp.

Liang's father was very satisfied with the suggestions given by Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng. He stretched out his hand to the attendant standing beside him, and then he saw the attendant put two exquisite little gadgets in Liang's father's palm.

Father Liang took the two exquisite gadgets, then extended his hand to Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng and spoke.

"I heard earlier that you two performed outstandingly in the archery and polo competitions during the Dragon Boat Festival. Your performance in the polo competition was especially amazing. To express my congratulations to you two, I have two small items here. Each of you can pick one as my congratulatory gift to you two."

Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng both politely expressed their gratitude to Liang's father, and then each took one item from Liang's father.

Afterwards, the three of them ate and drank while chatting briefly. When they were almost finished eating, Zhong Yunfeng personally brought two plates of watermelon and knocked on the door of the private room.

After entering the door, Feng finally heard Ye Changyan introduce that the person in front of him was Liang Jingcheng's father.

After Zhong Yunfeng politely bowed and greeted Liang's father, he also expressed his gratitude to Liang's father for Liang Jingcheng's care for Yunfeng Tower and his future father-in-law's family.

Seeing that Zhong Yunfeng was straightforward and had a very good relationship with Liang Jingchen, Liang's father took the initiative to raise his glass and toasted Zhong Yunfeng.

Although Zhong Yunfeng was the owner of Yunfeng Tower and had met many dignitaries, he was still a little flattered. He quickly picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.