After taking the medicine, Magistrate Zhou's fever subsided.
After the person's fever subsided, his brain started to function better and he became much more awake. He struggled to get up and said that he wanted to pay homage to the Queen.
After Yuan Qingling ordered him to lie down, he told him about the epidemic situation and asked him to pay attention.
Prefect Zhou was also surprised when he heard this, "Wei Chen will send people to ask the Medical Department every day about the epidemic situation and ask the officials of the Medical Department to report. The situation they report every day has always been relatively normal. Although the epidemic has occurred, it is not more serious than in previous years. The medicinal materials
It’s also sufficient, how could it suddenly become serious?”
"Just because it occurs every year and has not become popular on a large scale, it has not been taken seriously in time."
Yuan Qing Lingdao.
"Weichen immediately called Mr. Li from the Medical Department to ask about the situation."
Magistrate Zhou stood up with support.
"I went to him yesterday and asked him to count the number of sick people and deaths, but he didn't know where to find us. You'd better send someone there and ask them to report the situation directly to the government office."
"Yes, I obey your orders!"
Prefect Zhou immediately sent someone out.
The man in blue was in charge of the yamen, and in less than half an hour he had already counted the number of sick people in the yamen.
Eighteen people in the government office have symptoms of the epidemic, two of whom are in serious condition and are already resting in bed at home.
The prefect Zhou didn't know that so many people in the government office were sick. He was shocked when he heard the situation reported by the steward.
Mr. Li from the Medical Department has been running around for a whole day and a night without daring to rest. Mr. Li from the Medical Department came in person and had to give an explanation no matter what.
Moreover, he has always believed that the epidemic is not serious, just like previous years.
But when he took people from the medical department to various towns and medical clinics to learn about the situation, he found that this common cold was much more serious than he thought.
At first it was to give an explanation to the department, but when he found out that his condition was serious, he became anxious.
But it is impossible to count the number of people in such a short period of time. We can only get a general understanding of the situation.
When he returned to the medical office, he found people from the government office waiting, saying that the prefect asked him to go there immediately and report the situation.
Mr. Li thought that he should inform the magistrate of the arrival of the official at Wugui Mansion, so he immediately rode to the government office.
When I arrived at the back office, I didn't expect that the official was already here, and the granddaughter of the official was even sitting on a chair in the room, while the prefect got up and sat in the guest seat next to him.
He was slightly startled, but first went to see Grandma Yuan and then went forward to bow to the magistrate.
Yuan Qing Ling said: "Don't be too polite, just tell me the situation!"
Mr. Li ignored her and just looked at the report from Magistrate Zhou, "Under the instructions of Mr. Li, from yesterday to now, I have visited all the towns and major medical clinics and found out that this year's epidemic..."
Seeing that his attitude was not right, Magistrate Zhou immediately put a straight face on his face and interrupted him, "It's the Queen who asked you something, you report it to the Queen!"
Mr. Li was startled, "Queen?"
He glanced at Yuan Qingling subconsciously, his head banged, and his face turned completely white.
In shock, he knelt down with a thud, his lips trembling, "Weichen, Weichen didn't know it was the Queen who arrived, and he offended the Queen. Weichen deserves to be punished, please forgive me!"
Yuan Qing Ling said: "Get up and talk, what's going on now?
Tell me what you found out."
Mr. Li said with a trembling voice: "Returning to your Majesty, Wei Chen's investigation shows that the epidemic this time is indeed much more serious than in previous years. People have died from the disease in every town. Among them, Huandong Town has the highest death toll, with twelve people already dead.
The individual died of a cold. As for the number of people who got sick, I'm afraid that we haven't counted them yet."
As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. The number of people hadn't been counted yet, so the Queen must be furious.
Unexpectedly, after Yuan Qingling heard this, he said: "If the number of sick people is not counted, continue to count it. It will be taken seriously. Your Majesty and Chief Leng should arrive at Wugui Mansion today. You must count the number of people and formulate anti-epidemic measures as soon as possible."