Shen Zhoujin re-explained to them the principles of hail disaster and the method of artificial hail elimination.
He Qingran and Chu Guiting both listened very carefully and asked questions from time to time.
They are all still very young, and this is the first time they have done such an important job.
If you succeed, you will be honored. If you fail, countless people will suffer disaster. This burden is really heavy, so I cannot take it too seriously.
In fact, Shen Zhoujin is not an expert in this area. She knows some things but doesn't know why.
This is enough to prove that no matter how long people live, there is still endless knowledge in the world.
For example, let's use earth cannons to eliminate hail, commonly known as cloud cannons. Although she explained it, she actually couldn't figure it out.
Even if the bottom height of a hail cloud is one or two thousand meters, right? The top level may be several thousand to ten thousand meters.
The range of the earth cannon is only a few hundred meters. Even if a catalyst is added... it is still far away. How on earth can the cannon sound and rain fall?
I always feel that the explanations given by experts are a bit unreliable.
Fortunately, this is a successful experience that has been used many times, so she only needs to figure out the process and details and avoid making mistakes.
She had found a lot of information for this matter, and it didn't take much time to look it up in her head. She could cheat, so she was always in full swing, answering all questions without missing a beat.
If this were the case in the past, when Shen Zhoujin was working hard, he would have to complain about Emperor Wu Xuan in his head.
But because there were people in the Kangping County Prince's Palace who were bad-mouthed and causing trouble, she wanted to distinguish herself from them in order to create an image of Wei Guangzheng, so she didn't complain at all. She basically said a sentence and paired it with a bowl of chicken soup. What an emperor. What a common people, especially upright.
But the young man fell for this trick, and the light in their eyes almost overflowed, obviously thinking that she must be a good fairy who is extremely loyal to the emperor and extremely patriotic.
Shen Zhoujin talked to them for almost two hours. His mouth was dry before he finished speaking. He stopped to rest and looked at the other two officials.
Qin Yunchiao has been sitting next to him.
He was ordered to go to Shuzhou, but he would not leave until next year, so there was no clear order issued yet. The two people he brought with him were to go with Shen Zhoujin to cure the plague.
One is named Li Shouchang, a doctor from the Ministry of Revenue; the other is named Han Minzhi, a staff general from the Fifth Army Camp. Both of them look to be in their forties, and they seem to be the more mature and calm ones. hang.
Qin Yunchiao introduced her again, and then said: "General Han will bring a thousand troops with him, is that enough? If necessary, we can also select some imperial doctors to go with him. Father also mentioned Mr. Shen? "
Shen Zhoujin thought for a while.
The master is still on the job of the Great Wall, but this job is just to exchange for a title. Everyone knows how it is actually, so it is not a bad thing to take another "professional" job like this. After it is over, it will be a real achievement. Anyway, the plague sounds scary, but in fact, as long as she is here, nothing will happen.
Shen Zhoujin said: "Ask Master then. If he wants to go, he can go."
Qin Yunchao responded, and then said: "The prince asked me to ask you. He said he wanted to follow you to cure the plague, but he asked Hong'er if he couldn't go."
Shen Zhoujin raised his forehead.
Then she said: "I really don't have time right now. You all go back first and come back after noon. I'll tell the prince over there."
She waved her hand directly: "Let's go, let's go."
Several people left silently, leaving only Huo Lingjue and Qin Yunchiao.
Huo Lingjue would take Little Phoenix back to dig a well when it gets dark, so he would be quite free now.
Qin Yunchiao complained next to him: "There are still two months before the Chinese New Year. People keep coming to me every day. Otherwise, I should follow Ling Jue to dig a well."
Shen Zhoujin casually quarreled with him: "Do you understand all the humanities and landforms in Shuzhou? Regarding the drought, can you take a look at the previous experience of success and failure? Do you mean that you can go over there and lead people to grow food?" Just go down and get it? How about collecting more and receiving less love? You don’t have to worry about anything else? Even if the target is the prince, you can’t mess with it, right?”
Qin Yunqiao thought so, and immediately became speechless.
He silently swallowed the snack he just bit into his mouth, without even daring to chew. Then he carefully held half of the snack in his hand: "I was wrong, I'm leaving."
He ran away as fast as he could.
Shen Zhoujin glanced sideways at Huo Lingjue.
Huo Lingjue said with a smile: "What advice does the prince have? Is the young man sitting here idle and disturbing the prince's eyes?"
Shen Zhoujin snorted, took out the jade chips and started to do divination.
She has been busy these past two days, and she hasn't had time to do anything. She doesn't even know what kind of plague this plague is!
Shen Zhoujin did some calculations, and when he saw that it was plague, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not that the plague isn't scary.
The plague is of course terrible. The plague is also called the Black Death. It was a nightmare for Europe in the Middle Ages and also a nightmare for the Ming Dynasty in history. Millions of people died at that time, and even the capital was in the epidemic area. It can be said that the plague set the tone for the Ming Dynasty. The knell of destruction.
However, the incubation period of plague is relatively short, usually two or three days, and the most often does not exceed six days; the glandular and cutaneous plague does not exceed eight days, so at least she does not need to worry. This epidemic has already occurred in some places. The place developed...
Because if it really breaks out and so many people die at once, no matter what the reason is, the clan leader, Li Zheng, and the county magistrate would not dare not report it. Generally speaking, they cannot hide it.
As for this plague, according to their recollections, it broke out in August of next year. They couldn't remember the exact date. It was located in Zhongzhou.
The outbreak of plague in humans must occur after the outbreak of plague in animals, and the time will not be too long.
February and March in spring are a good time to get rid of rats. Even if it is early, it doesn’t have to be too far in advance, so it’s not too late to go before the new year.
But before that, Li Shouchang can be sent there to do publicity.
After all, unlike later generations, today there are mountains and forests everywhere, and the animals that carry the plague include, in addition to rats, marmots, hares, squirrels, foxes, wolves, wild cats, etc.
There are too many, and the scope is too wide. It can't be raised by officers and soldiers alone. One or two thousand people will not make a splash, so the people must be mobilized.
But the main source of transmission of plague is rats.
Enteric plague can be contracted by eating dead animals, but the most common person is bitten by fleas on rats and infected with bubonic plague, which is then passed from person to person.
Let Li Shouchang rush over first and popularize these things to the people in an easy-to-understand way, and then start things in February.
At that time, people can be allowed to take preventive medicinal decoctions first, and then carry deworming medicine packs with them to protect their whole body before going out.
Fortunately, everyone is already wearing long sleeves and long pants at this time, so all they need to wear are flea-proof shoes and socks.
Then we need to eradicate rats, repel mosquitoes and fleas, and report any sick or dead rats in a timely manner.
If the government makes a purchase, such as five mice for one penny, or even ten mice for one penny, then the people will definitely be willing to risk it.
So it’s okay to let the master go, and the master can just take the folk doctors to boil the medicine and distribute it to earn credit.
Just do it!!
She is quite experienced in dealing with plagues and has done it more than three or five times. Shen Zhoujin quickly finished writing and then wrote a list of medicines, one was a preventive medicine soup, and the other was a medicine package for repelling insects and fleas. Before winter comes, when everyone takes out and washes their quilts and mattresses, they sew the medical packets in to prevent problems before they happen.
In fact, there is no need to write too detailed. After all, winter is coming soon. The colder it is, the less active the mice are and the fleas basically stop biting people. So this time is mainly for publicity.
In the afternoon, Li Shouchang and Han Minzhi came over again, and Shen Zhoujin gave them a talk.
As a result, Li Shouchang frowned more and more as he listened, and then he asked: "Why did the prince say it was plague? Are there any signs now? And why do you know it is July or August?"