As the horse was approaching, Liu Hongji saw that it was really King Li Ke of Wu, so he hurriedly said hello: "Your Highness has arrived with reinforcements. Why don't you notify me to enter the city? It's too unsafe to set up camp outside this city. There are refugees infected with the plague..."

Li Ke took it over and recommended Du Shaoqing with him. Of course, there was no need to recommend the Xuanjia Army. Although Li Junxian's level was not high, Liu Hongji also knew about this person and had fought a war together.

Du Shaoqing examined General Liu, who was about the same age as Yuchi Gong and others, but this person was not such a purely powerful general. He seemed to have studied and looked more graceful.

"I originally wanted to communicate with the general after dawn, but I was afraid that you would open the door and come out. The 300,000 people in Youzhou City are not a trivial matter. The epidemic outside is like fire, and it is easy to come out, but it will be difficult to enter the city again." Du Shaoqing explained.

"What? What does Dr. Du mean?"

Li Ke next to him explained with a smile: "It means that in order to avoid the general bringing the epidemic into the city, you can't go back."

"What's the reason? I haven't had a plague yet, and it's less than a stick of incense just now..." Liu Hongji shouted.

"Along the way, we passed through the plague area in the south. Dr. Du said that the plague came fiercely and spread rapidly. It started to develop in five days, the condition began to worsen in fifteen days, and life was endangered if it was not cured for thirty days, so we must be cautious." Li Ke explained in a deep voice.

"If I don't go back to the city, who will arrange it for you if you need material support?"

Du Shaoqing smiled beside him and said, "The general can give orders under the city, and then use the moat as the boundary to let the soldiers inside deliver food and medicine, and we will use it."

Just so happens that there is a slight shortage of manpower here, so it rained in time for you to bring your personal guards to come over.

When we came, we had already notified along the way that there were disaster relief areas for the court to diagnose and treat plagues outside Hebei Road, Youzhou City, Yingzhou City, Cangzhou City, and the three cities. So starting today, the ten miles north of this city will probably be a gathering place for refugees in the future."

God, Liu Hongji was scared. Don’t be a quack doctor here! There are 300,000 people in the city. You just said that you should not spread it to it. Now it’s better, and you have gathered all the patients here? I’m afraid that the 300,000 people in the city won’t be passed on?

"General Liu, if you don't use this method to attract plague patients to Hebei Road, then you may have to flow south into the country because of your strong walls and clear fields. Which one is more important?" Li Ke analyzed.

This... Liu Hongji suddenly realized that yes, he was only concerned about the survival of various cities in Hebei, and forgot that the victims fled south would endanger the whole country.

He slapped his thigh, "I did it, this is my mistake. I, Old Liu. You two will do whatever you want. Just say what you need. There are still 20,000 troops defending the city in Youzhou City, all of which will be provided for disaster relief envoys."

"Okay, I'm worried about the lack of people. Please call the general to send out 10,000 people to start working. Except for half of the people who cut down trees and set up tents to clean up the stove, the rest were all followed the command of the Xuanjia Army and went to collect herbs nearby.

Although this hot summer has accelerated the spread of the epidemic, the lush plants also give us a good opportunity to treat the plague. We cannot wait for the medicines transported by the imperial court. There are many fresh herbs used on the surrounding mountains. Let me briefly introduce them, and the soldiers can pick them. Five thousand people collect herbs at the same time, which is definitely a big number."

Walking northward, Du Shaoqing has already taken out a prescription for treating the plague. People can treat the plague as long as they use medicine in time. However, the plague was severe and the cause was unclear. Although it was summer, it was not a severe drought, locust plague, etc., as if it was suddenly happening.

After five days of hard fighting, the epidemic in Hebei Road was finally effectively controlled and no longer spread to the south. Basically, the sick people were moving closer to various big cities.

Du Shaoqing no longer personally guarded the city of Youzhou to preside over the disaster relief. He and Li Ke led the Five Hundred Xuanjia Army to the north again to find out the cause of the outbreak of the plague. So when the disaster relief chief recommended Wei Zheng to come to Youzhou, they did not find these two people.

On the top of the city, Wei Zheng looked at the 100,000 victims below, and were placed in an orderly manner. No accident occurred. He couldn't help but admire General Liu Hongji next to him for his brilliant talent.

Liu Hongji blushed and told the truth about the matter: "Where is I have this ability? Even if you give me the 100,000 troops of Old Liu, you may not be able to lead them, let alone the 100,000 people like frightened birds? These are all the tricks of Doctor Du. The genius doctor selected by His Majesty this time is really a trick, as if he can do everything, and even understands the relief of the disaster victims."

"Oh? Doctor Du's masterpiece? Old Liu, tell me carefully." Wei Zheng was very interested. What was the solution? Why didn't he say it on the way?

"It's very simple, just four words, called 'work for relief'.

Dr. Du said that the victims gathered here and had nothing to do except recuperate. The government also had to provide food for them. However, if people were idle after eating, they would do nothing, or even make trouble.

Therefore, we need to change the method and mobilize the people well. If we use these 100,000 victims, it is a 100,000-strong labor service, and there is no need to levy the court to labor service."

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up, "Good idea, what a good idea."

But it’s not right. Is there any hard work in Youzhou City? I haven’t seen the people under the city busy with anything.”

"You are late. In the first two days, the people were asked to collect herbs from nearby mountains. All kinds of simple and common medicinal materials were purchased by the government.

Later, after the medicinal materials were too late, I asked them to repair the city wall and move the stones.

Next is the highlight. Hehe, in three or five days, it will be the time to harvest wheat in summer. This 100,000 labor force is the new force that Youzhou has seized."

Wei Zheng nodded repeatedly when he heard this, but then he pointed out the key point, "The words are right, but the 100,000 people eat horses and eat horses every day, and the food consumed is not a small amount. Although it is good to help you catch summer grain, they may even eat 100,000 yuan of the summer grain you produce this year."

Well... Liu Hongji was choked very hard. Yes, he only counted his income, not his expenses. These 100,000 people worked hard, but he spared no expenses to go out to provide disaster relief.

For a moment, the general was depressed, "If I had known, I would have urged Doctor Du to cure these people soon. They would have sent them away. They were staying here to help the people of Youzhou eat food, which would definitely have an impact on the local people's future food rations.

Now, Doctor Du said that before the source of the northern plague was found and eliminated, these people could not go back for the time being to avoid secondary infection and illness."

Wei Zheng patted Liu Hongji on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry about Lao Liu, think about it, if it weren't for labor-for-relief, wouldn't you have to feed these victims?
Chapter completed!