Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Chapter 37 If you are dissatisfied, come to me!

As soon as these words were spoken.

Qin Ming was suddenly shocked!

The army has not yet been settled outside the city.

The plague appeared first.

And it's such a large range, it's too much of a coincidence.

But it happened to be within Qin Ming's fiefdom.

If the situation had not been calmed down, I would have been killed at the first level when I came to Lingnan.

"How are those people now?"

"All villages affected by the plague were sealed off, and they were not allowed to take a single step out."

Song Dingsheng still uses the old methods from the feudal era.

If a plague breaks out, control it first.

If the plague spreads again, we will have to kill all the sources of the plague and burn their bodies with fire.

Although it is cruel, it is the simplest and most cost-effective way.

After all, in this era, the lives of ordinary people are the least valuable.

"If this continues, we'll just have to kill people."

Song Dingsheng clenched his fists, his face full of pain.

This is his hometown.

Some of the elderly people in the village even watched him grow up, and he can still call out their names when he goes back now.

It’s because of this kind of relationship.

It was impossible for Song Dingsheng to take action.

Qin Ming turned around and gave Chang Baishan a few instructions.

Let him take his army to find an open space to settle down and prohibit all outsiders from approaching.

Then he came to Song Dingsheng and said with a serious expression:

“When did the plague appear?”

"In the middle of last month."

"What is this plague?"

"smallpox."

Hearing these two words, Qin Ming's heart suddenly relaxed.

As a top student, he knew a lot about how to prevent smallpox.

But then a hint of confusion arose in his heart.

"Have you no means of protection against smallpox?"

Song Dingsheng shook his head and said:

"No, usually they just detain people for a few months after they've gotten through it, and then release them when they're fine."

"Then we wait until everyone dies and gather the bodies together to burn them."

This is indeed the method that the Daqian court would use.

It is convenient and efficient, but it does not take the lives of ordinary people seriously.

"I'll take care of this, but I want three thousand acres of arable land."

After thinking about it, Qin Ming made a request.

They had military land, but that was not enough.

Qin Ming wanted to raise an invincible army, and food and fodder were the foundation.

Since it is to fill the holes for these local officials.

We don’t know each other well, so if we help them, we naturally have to ask them for some benefits.

"Three thousand acres? I can't report this to the higher-ups. Three hundred acres is about right..."

Song Dingsheng showed a look of embarrassment on his face.

He knew that Qin Ming had just arrived, and it must be the first three things the new king would do upon taking office.

But it is really difficult to ask for so much land just by asking for it.

Qin Ming was a little impatient.

"I'm not asking for much from you. Just look at the Lingnan area. It's all empty land that has never been cultivated. How difficult is it to get three thousand acres of land?"

Song Dingsheng scratched his head hesitantly.

There is indeed a lot of vacant land here, which can be cultivated after reclamation.

But this belongs to the Daqian Dynasty, not their private land.

Seeing his hesitation, Qin Ming continued to ask:

"Apart from here, is there any plague anywhere else?"

"There are quite a few in Huguang and Huguang, especially in Xiasha City. There seem to be over a thousand patients there, but they are all under strict control and there are no disturbances. Only here..."

"Who's in charge there?"

"Master Xiao."

"Xiao Qinian?"

"Yes."

Hearing this name, Qin Ming narrowed his eyes and a surge of anger surged in his heart!

Concubine Xiao Shufei is really crazy, daring to use such a method to destroy the whole family.

I'm afraid these plagues were also transmitted specifically from the areas under Xiao Qinian's rule.

Thinking of this, Qin Ming raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Everyone wanted to kill Qin Ming, but this actually gave him a huge opportunity!

"Leave this matter to me, and report it to the court according to my instructions."

"What?"

"Just say that 3,000 acres of land will be placed under martial law as a quarantine zone. Anyone who has any questions can come directly to me."

"this……!"

Song Dingsheng widened his eyes in disbelief.

Are there such rogue methods?

Today he really opened his eyes.

If that's the case, then even if Qin Ming enclosed the land, no one from the court would dare to come and check.

After all, no one wants to get smallpox.

"Do you understand?"

"Your Highness, I understand."

Song Dingsheng made up his mind to try his luck.

But he still had one last doubt.

"Your Highness, can you really cure smallpox?"

"of course."

Smallpox was not a highly lethal plague.

Generally speaking, the more widespread the plague is, the less pathogenic it is.

Many patients in this era die frequently due to poor medical and health conditions.

But if there are people who have been vaccinated, keep a close eye on them.

Most can survive.

As for the production of vaccines.

Qin Ming remembered that there was a record of this in the ancient books he had read before.

There are four ways to prevent the plague of smallpox.

They are "pox coat method", "pox serum method", "dry seedling method" and "water seedling method".

The first two were relatively primitive, so he naturally discarded them.

The latter two are pretty good.

You can grind the acne scabs into powder and blow it into the nostrils, or mix it with clean water and drip it into the nostrils.

Wait a few days, and when your body develops a fever and you can get through it, the vaccination is complete.

Vaccines administered earlier are more toxic and can easily cause problems.

However, if the pox scabs are used multiple times, the toxicity will gradually decrease.

This is a relatively safe vaccine.

"What about the patients?"

"Everything is sealed off, no outsiders are allowed to enter."

Song Dingsheng pointed to the seals on the houses on the street in the distance.

In fact, he didn't need to say it. Just seeing the seal made no one come to this street.

"Liu Chuang."

Qin Ming shouted to the back.

"The end will be here."

Liu Chuang trotted all the way to Qin Ming.

"Are you feeling well?"

Qin Ming looked at him with a smile.

Liu Chuang thought about it and said naively:

"Of course I'm fine. I've never been sick since I was a child. My mother used to call me Tie Niu when I was little."

"Then it's your turn. Go to the barracks and call a few more people over. Let's take the smallpox patients out and find a place to gather them together."

"what?"

Liu Chuang was startled.

The soldiers behind were frightened and took a few steps back.

"Scared?"

"I'm afraid of my grandson!"

Liu Chuang still remembered the promise he made to Qin Ming.

Although he was indeed very scared, he kept bragging more and more.

Song Dingsheng watched all this in a daze.

"Your Highness, are you going there in person?"

No, this is too intense.

What if he gets smallpox and dies in their Linjiang City?

In fact, he didn't know what would happen if Qin Ming really died here.