At the end of August, it rained a few times, and the high temperature finally subsided a little.
It's still unbearably hot at noon in the mountains and forests, but as long as you stay up for a while, the rest of the time will be relatively better.
However, there are more and more mosquitoes. As we approach the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, mosquitoes become rampant.
Especially in Yunyang Mountain, there are so many places for mosquitoes to hide. After a few rains, it is a hell for people to go back into the mountain.
Wang Hongyu is well aware of the various stages of mosquito growth, and knows that in addition to chemical killing, good puddle management is also the key to preventing mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes have taken advantage of the stagnant water after several rains to breed in a large area. The ones that emerge at this time are still born early. If they are not dealt with quickly, it will be difficult to start work in the mountains throughout early autumn.
At this time, the construction army camp was immediately mobilized to fill in the small stagnant puddles as soon as possible. With the strong financial resources of the Hunhe Army, the normal meat supply for the villagers and soldiers was ensured and the ponds and lakes were filled up as soon as possible. The ponds and lakes protected frogs, toads and young fish fry.
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Use a combination of fire ropes, sachets, mugwort and mosquito nets to protect the rest of the construction army and the residents. Do not leave small puddles around the work site for mosquitoes to breed, and do not accumulate debris for insects to hide.
It may seem like a trivial matter, but to prevent insect bites and even mosquito-borne diseases, start with these little things.
Under Wang Hongyu's active leadership, the four places of Yunxian, Fangxian, Zhushan, and Zhuxi were quickly overcome. The industry, mining, bamboo and planting in the mountains were not greatly affected, and no mosquito-borne diseases occurred.
However, it appeared in Shangjin County slightly to the northwest, and soon it also appeared in Yunxi County, which has a larger population.
For a time, the epidemic spread and people were alarmed. In less than half a month, mosquito-borne fever became widespread, and hundreds of people became seriously ill.
People who get it are severely shaken. They feel high fever for a while and very cold for a while. The patient sweats profusely and becomes weak, and the disease progresses very violently.
The weak may lose consciousness, vomit, go into shock, or even die.
Moreover, the disease is further spread through mosquitoes and has a tendency to spread across more counties and towns.
The common people did not know that mosquitoes spread the disease, but they only talked about the plague in a disgraceful way.
After Wang Hongyu received the information, he quickly determined that the plague should be malaria.
Malaria is a very rampant disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium transmitted by mosquito bites.
In today's economically and medically developed world, malaria still causes a considerable number of deaths around the world every year.
In ancient times, it was even talked about as a terrible disease that was difficult to treat.
However, Wang Hongyu really knows how to deal with it.
Prevention and treatment, a two-pronged approach.
The governor's yamen invited doctors from Huguang Province, and the prefect's yamen mobilized medicinal materials and other supplies in the government, and also strictly handled emergency response in each county.
Lei Ming, the general magistrate of Yunyang Prefecture, took the officials to Yunxi County to ensure sufficient water sources, medicinal materials, and food.
Previously, a battalion of the Hunhe Army was stationed in Yunxi, led by Zhao Hannian.
He also has the overall awareness of a general. Under Wang Hongyu's advice, he guided the people to clean up puddles, protect beneficial insects, kill mosquitoes, and minimize the key vector for the spread of malaria this time.
Wang Hongyu sent people to Kaifeng to purchase a batch of medicines and at the same time got in touch with the medicinal material channels of Prince Zhou's Mansion.
Specially buy one thing, that is Artemisia annua, which is also the real Artemisia annua. Artemisia annua itself is Artemisia annua. In later generations, Li Shizhen’s "Compendium of Materia Medica" listed Artemisia annua as Artemisia annua, so it was still called Artemisia annua. That is,
Treat Artemisia annua as Artemisia annua.
Artemisia annua in the Ming Dynasty was Artemisia annua, which was used as an antimalarial medicine.
Although medicines stored in pharmacies at this time were sometimes confused between the two, there was no such confusion in the Zhou Palace in Kaifeng.
As a traditional Chinese medicine family with 200 years of accumulation, Prince Zhou's Mansion certainly has hundreds of kilograms of artemisia in reserve, which can of course be used for emergencies.
When Zhou Yijie, the crown prince of Zhou Dynasty, heard the epidemic situation introduced by Zhou Yijie, he not only transferred out all the hundreds of kilograms of artemisia annua in stock, but also invited dozens of outstanding doctors from Kaifeng Prefecture to follow him.
The palace even arranged for a few people to go together under pseudonyms to try their best to use their abilities in medicine.
Zhu Gongzhen also suddenly remembered something: "Half of the artemisia was purchased from Youyang. I heard that General Wang and the chieftain of Youyang and others killed the enemy together in Hunhe. Maybe we can get a lot more from Youyang."
Zhou Yijie thanked him again and immediately rushed back to Yunyang to report.
When Wang Hongyu heard that the Zhou Palace had given a hundred catties of Artemisia annua, he thanked the people again and immediately sent Qin Minping and Zhou Yijie to Youyang.
Qin Minping was Shizhu's general and had a good relationship with Youyang. He had been there many times. He immediately set off for Jiangling and then took a boat to Youyang.
This trip to Youyang is not to directly bring back a lot of artemisia annua, but to achieve economic, military and other aspects of cooperation.
At this time, Artemisia annua was not specifically planted in Youyang, but there were many wild ones. They were collected in the wild in summer, dried and bundled for collection.
As long as the green seedlings are not pulled out, the grass seeds fall with the wind, and are covered with blown dust in autumn and winter, they will grow into patches the next year.
The growing conditions are simple, and it can grow regardless of whether the soil quality is good or bad, but the efficacy of medicines varies greatly depending on the soil quality. People in Youyang only know that medicines from surrounding provinces come to Youyang to buy them. Only people with Youyang accents are likely to be trusted when selling medicines in other places.
Authenticity of medicinal materials.
Qin Minping and Zhou Yijie led people to Youyang to purchase Artemisia annua.
Before arriving, Wang Hongyu sent two people who specialized in purchasing herbal medicines to accompany them, and a dozen people took a fast boat to Youyang.
Youyang is located in the southeast of Chongqing and in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain. It is an important gateway from Sichuan to Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou. It is known as the "gateway to southeast Sichuan and the throat of Hunan and Guizhou."
Youyang is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, southeast of Chongqing, bordering Longshan County of Hunan Province to the east, Xiushan County, Songtao County, and Yinjiang County of Guizhou Province to the south; facing Yanhe County of Guizhou across the Wujiang River to the west; and Pengshui County to the northwest.
, is connected to Qianjiang District, Xianfeng County and Laifeng County of Hubei Province in the true north.
Tujia and Miao people live together in Youyang, with Tujia accounting for 70% and Miao 30%. There are no Han people or other ethnic minorities living in the territory.
The Ran family came to Youyang from the north. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was the official land of the Ran family. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was governed by Youyang Prefecture. Later it was promoted to Youyang Xuanwei Division and in the Ming Dynasty, it was governed by Youyang Xuanfu Division.
At this time, only Tujia and Miao people lived in Youyang, and no Han people had appeared in Youyang yet, but Han people were not excluded from Youyang. Qin Minping came here many times, meeting Tujia or Miao people along the way, and greeted them cordially.
When Qin Minping and Zhou Yijie appeared in front of Ran Yuelong, the pale and thin old man turned back into the majestic old general he was.
Ran Yuelong, the chieftain of Youyang who once fought side by side in Hunhe, had returned to Youyang to recover from his injuries. Five months later, the pain of his son's injury had disappeared from Ran Yuelong's face. His eldest son Ran Tianyin died on that night when he was guarding the fortress.
The second son, Ran Tianlin, was still leading the Youyang chieftain troops in training in Guangning, and the third son, Ran Tianbiao, was sent to the Hunhe Army. He was full of energy and fully supported this property matter.