Chapter 346 Plague

Yuan Qiu stepped forward to hold Chen Zhixian's arm, lifted him up, and said softly: "The prince already knows about this, and he will never let the people be hungry again, and he will never let you be alone and helpless again, don't worry !"

Zhu Yan's eyebrows were deep, and he asked Chen Zhixian, "How do the refugees settle down now?"

Chen Zhixian hurriedly said: "My lord, most of the refugees are now gathering outside Pingtung City. Because of the large number of people, the lower officials dare not open the city gate for fear of riots in the city. They can only temporarily let them live in Liulupo outside the city. I bought some cotton boards and clothes, set up a few porridge sheds, and barely maintained it, but the prince, the government’s treasury is not rich, and with the donations from the wealthy gentry in the city, it can’t last long. I hope the prince will be kind as soon as possible Yu Min."

Zhu Yan said to the guard guarding the door: "Let Xing Ying in!" The guard hurried away, found Xing Ying who was feeding the pigeons, and went to the front hall.

"Master, are you looking for me?" As soon as Xing Ying entered the door, she saw that the atmosphere in the hall was not right, so she hurried forward and asked.

Zhu Yan nodded slightly, and said: "Quickly write to the camp stationed in the west, and ask them to send out a team of elite soldiers to divide half of the tents and food and herbs stored in the camp to Pingtung County and hand them over to Chen County magistrate."

Xing Ying looked slightly startled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how can this be done? It is possible to use the food and grass in the army with a holy order. Now that you are here, how can you get the holy order in a short time? If you let someone with a heart In terms of utilization, this is a serious crime!"

Zhu Yan shook his head: "I can't control so much now, you just follow what the king said first!"

Xing Ying wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by Xia Yuanqiu's eyes, then Xing Ying shut up, stepped back and left, following the prince's orders.

Xia Yuanqiu said: "Master Chen, after the disaster in Lidong, there must have been countless casualties. Now that the weather is hot, can those corpses be properly disposed of?"

Mr. Chen sighed again: "Your Majesty was about to talk about this matter. After the collapse of the Lidong River Dam, countless houses were washed away and countless people were drowned. Some people had to be buried by their families after they died. There are also many people whose families have died, and others have no time to take care of themselves, so they have been leaving their corpses in the wilderness. Li Dongzhi County doesn't care about it, and closes the government all day long, and doesn't care about business. After a long time, the rotting corpses of Li Dongsiye , it stinks."

Xia Yuanqiu's face turned cold, and he said anxiously: "If the rotting corpses are not disposed of for a long time, they will surely breed diseases. If they are not properly controlled, the plague may break out. At that time, it will be difficult to end!"

Zhu Yan's heart trembled, the word plague was terrible, he knew it better than anyone else, the battlefield was victorious that year, and corpses were strewn all over the field, when they cleaned up the battlefield, they got sick due to the hot weather, that sickness, Countless people's lives were lost, even the top imperial physician in the palace was at a loss. He thought that that evil disease would develop into a catastrophe that would destroy the country. The spread of the plague was alleviated. Taking advantage of the blizzard, they threw all the corpses and seriously ill people into the fire, and the plague was dispelled.

Thinking about it now, it was a terrible disaster!

When Chen Zhixian heard this, his complexion also changed, and he said anxiously: "Recently, there have been many deaths and injuries among the refugees outside Pingtung City, and the symptoms are all the same. Could it be, could it be—" His hands were trembling constantly. It has not been erased from his mind, so tragic, so helpless, if not for that blizzard, he, his wife and children might not be alive anymore.