"Your Majesty, another large-scale plague broke out in the Aztec Kingdom of Golden Continent and the Inca Empire. The situation is very serious and a large number of descendants of the Yin Shang died."
Li Dongyang took the latest telegram sent back from Huangjinzhou and reported to Emperor Hongzhi.
The Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire are now considered vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and their status is similar to that of the Japanese and Korean states. However, the main task of these two indigenous countries in the Golden Continent is to mine gold and silver for the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.
They need to use gold and silver to build pyramids every year to atone their sins to the Sun God, in order to pray for forgiveness of their sins and allow them to become the people of the Sun God again.
There is no doubt that this still uses their religious beliefs to achieve the purpose of controlling them, but they are also happy with it. The Sun God is their highest belief, and they have already agreed with this statement from the Ming people.
They and the people of Ming Dynasty are both the people of the Sun God, but they made mistakes and offended the gods, so they were exiled to the Golden Continent. They need to atone for their sins before they can become the people of the Sun God again.
"Is there another epidemic?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help but frown.
I don’t know why, but the epidemic here in Golden Continent always appears again and again, and each time it is very serious, killing many people.
The key is that this epidemic still seems to recognize people. The people of Ming Dynasty don't have much trouble here, but the local indigenous people, although they are strong and tall, often die in large numbers under the epidemic.
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In just over ten years, there would be a major epidemic in the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire almost every year, whether it was smallpox, cholera, or something else.
On this point, it is exactly as advertised. They are guilty, so the Sun God is always punishing them. The Ming people are the descendants of the gods and are blessed by the gods, so the plague will not come to the Daming people.
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"Your Majesty, the plague here in Golden Continent has never stopped, and I don't know why. Each plague often spreads among their local indigenous people. In our Ming cities, gathering places rarely appear.
, even if it happens, it won’t be a big problem.”
Li Dongyang thought for a while and said.
For the Ming Dynasty, the Golden Continent is as far away as the Emperor. It is indeed far away from the Ming Dynasty, and it is not very convenient to travel. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has only occupied the Golden Continent, and there is nothing much about the Golden Continent.
Big planning and construction and the like.
In this regard, Australia is almost the same. It is completely inferior to the provinces in Nanyang, let alone places like the Western Regions and Hezhong.
Golden Continent, Australia, is a place for exiled prisoners, a paradise for adventurers, and a paradise for explorers.
It is normal for the Ming Dynasty not to pay much attention to it. Compared with other places, Huangjinzhou is very stable.
There is a vast fertile land here. You can grow more food than you can eat. There are also extremely rich resources. You can catch fish from rivers and seas and eat them all. There are bison and wild sheep all over the place.
They hunt casually and no one likes to eat them because the meat is too rough.
As for the threat, there is absolutely none.
These local descendants of the Yin Shang have now fully recognized and accepted the Ming people. They believe in that statement. The Ming people regard them as their own people. They also feel that this seems to be very good, and they also recognize this. In addition,
Although they are brave and good at fighting, they are not very aggressive.
The religious beliefs came out again. They liked the people of Ming Dynasty very much. They recognized each other's identity and lived in harmony. The relationship was still very good.
As for the Europeans, they had completely withdrawn from the fight for the Golden Continent and did not dare to snatch the Ming Dynasty's land. Naturally, there was no threat or competition.
In comparison, Australia is even more threatening, because the native Australian aborigines are dark-skinned Kunlun slaves. They are born unable to urinate together, and the Ming Dynasty people don't like them either.
However, the low combat power of these Australian indigenous people is not a concern. The Ming Dynasty only has 2,000 garrison troops in the vast Australia. Two thousand garrisons are enough. The Australian aboriginals they killed can only continue to move to more remote desert areas.
Australia and Golden Continent are large in area, but very safe. They are far away from the mainland. The number of Ming people is small, and they have never had much sense of existence.
In the minds of the people of the Ming Dynasty, the Golden Continent was filled with gold and a lot of silver mines. Those who wanted to take risks and get rich overnight could go here to explore and find gold.
In addition, the ginseng from the northern border of Huanghuangzhou is of good quality and cheap, the dried fish from Qianhekou is delicious and nutritious, and the dried fish from the northern border is also of good quality and cheap.
As for Australia, everyone's impression is of Australia's kangaroo meat, which is said to have the effect of nourishing yin and yang, so it is very popular. Other than this time, there is not much impression, and it is even not as good as some overseas colonies and vassal states.
Very impressive.
"No matter what, we are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty after all. Please help us if you can."
"Let Daming Medical College and Daming Royal Medical College send a team over to assist them in fighting the plague."
After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Hongzhi still issued the decree.
"Yes~"
Li Dongyang nodded quickly.
The natives of the Golden Continent are plagued by plagues one after another. If the Ming Dynasty had not provided a lot of help, technology and methods, it is estimated that all the natives of the Golden Continent might have died.
A few years ago, a smallpox epidemic broke out in Huangjinzhou, and an unknown number of people died. Later, the epidemic was gradually controlled with the help of cowpox vaccination.
However, here in Huangjinzhou, smallpox still breaks out from time to time, and some tribes are directly wiped out by the smallpox virus.
"Report, urgent report from Jiangnan~"
At this time, Xiao Huangmen hurriedly came to the Chancellor's study room and handed over a telegram.
"What?"
"Suzhou, Jiangnan, and Yangzhou are out of the epidemic!"
Emperor Hongzhi read it quickly and said immediately.
"You should also take a look at the telegram Liu Jin sent back from Jiangnan. Suzhou and Yangzhou have suffered major floods this year. Now there is also a large-scale epidemic. The hospitals here in Suzhou City are already overcrowded.
, a large number of patients need to be treated even in the capital city.”
Emperor Hongzhi handed the telegram to Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, Ji Zhong and others.
"It's been months since this flood happened, so why did an epidemic suddenly appear?"
Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and others received the telegram and read it quickly.
"Yes, it has been a few months since the floods. There was no epidemic at that time, but now there is an epidemic."
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Liu Jian also felt very strange.
"No matter what the situation is, the most important thing now is to find ways to control the epidemic and find the source of the epidemic."
"It would be quite reassuring to have Liu Jin in Jiangnan."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.
"Well, if Liu Jin is in charge, we can indeed feel more at ease."
Li Dongyang also nodded. Liu Jin's ability is undoubted. He has always been vigorous and decisive in doing things. With him in charge in Jiangnan, the epidemic will be easily controlled.
Fortunately, Liu Jin was here, otherwise he would have been really worried if it had been someone else.
"Immediately follow Liu Jin's request, mobilize supplies, allocate funds, and send personnel to Jiangnan. We must control the epidemic and prevent it from spreading."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and quickly issued an order.
This year has been really rough.
First, drought and flood disasters occurred in the north and south at the same time. Now there is a plague here in Huanghuangzhou, and there is an epidemic here in Jiangnan. It is really incomparable with previous years.
Fortunately, Ming Dynasty now has money and food. At the same time, medical technology has also been greatly developed and improved, and it can deal with these things more easily.
If it had been more than ten years ago, Emperor Hongzhi felt that it would have been very difficult. At that time, the national treasury was empty, money was needed but no money, and food was needed but no food. When encountering disasters, he could only wait for the people to get over it slowly. Every time
No one knows how many people will die.
"Yes~"
Everyone quickly replied in unison
Yangzhou Prefecture, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren officially inspected everywhere to check the epidemic situation in Yangzhou and Suzhou.
It is now gradually clear that the epidemic is most serious in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and there are some cases in other areas, but it is not too serious.
"What exactly is this schistosomiasis?"
Wang Shouren was also tired. They were busy building the Yangtze River Bridge over there, and there was an epidemic here again. The key was that the officials in Yangzhou and Suzhou didn't report it, so they forced Liu Jin and the prince to get involved.
He knew it.
He, the chief envoy of Southern Zhili, could definitely be rated as failing. Things happened one after another, and they all happened in Jiangnan.
"Schistosomiasis is a parasite that can only be seen with a microscope, but is difficult to see with the naked eye."
"Generally, we are infected because we come into contact with infected water containing these larvae. These larvae enter the human body through the skin, then parasitize in the human body, reproduce in large numbers, and cause huge harm to the human body."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said: "When the professors and doctors from Daming Medical College arrive, we can see it with a microscope."
"In fact, this thing did not appear after the epidemic, but it is found in the entire Yangtze River Basin, provinces south of the Yangtze River, and even in various provinces in Nanyang."
"In normal times, many people will suffer from this disease, but it won't break out so violently all at once."
"The reason why large-scale transmission is happening now is also related to floods. After floods, this disease is extremely easy to break out. But fortunately, its infection needs to be spread through water, so it is not difficult to control the epidemic.
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After hearing Liu Jin's words, Wang Shouren also breathed a sigh of relief.