Hang Baiqiu, Meng Ruhu and Wu Sansheng were talking when they suddenly heard the sound of carriages and horses whistling outside.
Soon, Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun, and Yu Tie rushed into the Huichun Hall. The sudden formation startled many of the guests who were taking medicine.
When Hang Baiqiu saw them, he immediately stood up and walked over, asking, "Where is Chai Yan?"
Cheng Jiu replied: "Sir Hang, your Excellency asked us to come back first. He stayed in Beiying."
Guan Maochun was very anxious and wanted to tell him about the plague outbreak in Beiying Station. Fortunately, Cheng Jiu covered his mouth in time to stop his impulse.
Hang Baiqiu, Meng Ruhu and Wu Sansheng all saw something was wrong and hurriedly called the three of them to a room in the backyard.
In the room, Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun told each other about the plague in Beiying. Hang Baiqiu, Meng Ruhu, and Wu Sansheng were all shocked, even though they had made their best plans.
, but after hearing that it was definitely a plague, I was still shocked.
After both of them fell into silence, Hang Baiqiu took the lead and asked: "Cheng Jiu, what did Chai Yan say before you came here, and what did he want us to do?"
Cheng Jiu came back to his senses and said: "Your Excellency said that the roads should be blocked immediately and the Beiying epidemic area should be strictly isolated. No other people are allowed to come near to avoid the spread of the plague!"
"Your Excellency is right!" Wu Sansheng said immediately: "There are currently no cases of plague in the town, but the Beiying Station is too close to Hukou Town, and people there must not be allowed to enter or leave Hukou Town!"
Hang Baiqiu nodded, turned to look at Meng Ruhu and said: "Meng Lichang, please immediately arrange manpower to set up checkpoints at the entrances and exits of Beiying and Hukou Town, and do not allow people coming from the direction of Beiying to enter Hukou Town!"
Meng Ruhu immediately said: "Yes, Sir Hang, I will do it now."
With that said, Meng Ruhu prepared to leave.
"Wait..." Hang Baiqiu stopped Meng Ruhu, and then said to the railway: "You go with Meng Lichang. If anyone dares to break through the checkpoint without permission, you must not be polite!"
Yu Tie immediately nodded and responded: "Yes!"
Then, Yu Tie and Meng Ruhu hurried out of the room together.
Hang Baiqiu asked Guan Maochun and Cheng Jiu again: "Did Chai Yan say anything else?"
Guan Maochun said: "Your Excellency, the plague is rampant in the camp. Let us quickly send medicinal materials to treat the plague. This can stabilize the morale of the army!"
Cheng Jiu nodded, and then added: "Your Excellency also said that Mr. Kang and Mr. Liu are not enough in the Beiying garrison. He wants us to call on some doctors to come and help."
Hang Baiqiu turned around and asked, "Shopkeeper Wu, is that okay?"
Wu Sansheng said while thinking: "Sir Hang, don't worry about the medicinal materials. In addition to our Huichun Hall, there are many other drug stores in Hukou Town. I will contact you later and I should be able to get a lot of them!"
"That's great, Shopkeeper Wu!" Hang Baiqiu was overjoyed.
Wu Sansheng then added: "Just Sir Hang, the doctor's matter may not be easy to handle. The outbreak of plague is not a trivial matter. It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear death... Of course, I will go to the doctor in this town."
I tried to persuade them one by one, but if they don’t want to go, I can’t do anything.”
Hang Baiqiu said gratefully: "Shopkeeper Wu, as long as you have this intention, it has nothing to do with you whether those doctors are willing to go or not!"
Wu Sansheng nodded, then walked to the door and called a steward from the pharmacy, and ordered him to take Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun to prepare medicinal materials to treat the plague and send them to Beiying as quickly as possible.
The steward was shocked when he heard about the plague, and his feet and legs were trembling. However, Wu Sansheng managed to stabilize the steward with hard and soft words, and made it clear that after the epidemic was brought under control, he would be rewarded heavily.
As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, so the steward immediately plucked up the courage and took Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun to collect medicinal materials.
As a result, only Hang Baiqiu and Wu Sansheng were left.
Wu Sansheng said that he would go along the street to visit doctors and people with medical skills, and Hang Baiqiu immediately offered to go with him.
Wu Sansheng did not refuse, and readily agreed with Hang Baiqiu, taking her out of the Huichun Hall.
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As the chief of Hukou Town, Meng Ruhu had a strong appeal. Coupled with his strong financial resources, he quickly found manpower and set up checkpoints on the only road from Hukou Town to the Beiying garrison.
, all personnel are strictly prohibited from entering or exiting Hukou Town.
However, the sudden introduction of the card still made the people coming and going feel uncomfortable, especially a rich man from a nearby village. He was blocked from going to the town because of something urgent. He was very resentful.
Even though Meng Ruhu persuaded him repeatedly on the scene, the rich man refused to listen and insisted on going to the town with an extremely bad attitude.
One party blocked the other party from pushing through, and the two parties started to quarrel in front of the checkpoint, and even got into physical conflicts.
Just when the two sides were noisy and fighting, Yu Tie suddenly appeared, rushed over, grabbed the rich man's clothes, and lifted him up.
The rich man was so frightened that he lost his mind. He kept begging for mercy and ordered his people to retreat quickly. He had no more thoughts of trying to break through.
After the rich man and his servants retreated in despair, Meng Ruhu began to look for his son Meng Changjian, because he had not seen his son from the beginning.
Finally, Meng Ruhu found his unsatisfactory son behind a big tree by the roadside, and couldn't hold back his anger and gave him a good meal.
On the other side, the steward of Huichun Hall, Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun, were also collecting medicinal materials...
What Atractylodes, realgar; what Guanzhong, big green leaves; what Artemisia annua, Changshan...
Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun and his party collected all the medicinal materials that were useful against plague, as much as they needed, packed them one by one, and then prepared to send them to Beiying Station to meet their urgent needs!
The most difficult thing was mobilizing the doctors in the town to go to Beiying to diagnose and treat the plague.
Hang Baiqiu followed Wu Sansheng and visited several doctors in succession. No matter how rational and emotional they were, they all refused in the end because they were afraid of being infected by the plague.
Standing on the street, Hang Baiqiu was angry: "Shopkeeper Wu, your doctors in Hukou Town are too courageous. The plague has broken out in front of their eyes, and they still only want to escape. It's disgusting, it's really disgusting!"
Wu Sansheng also felt very embarrassed about this, but felt very helpless in his heart. He could only shake his head and sigh, with a frustrated look on his face.
At this moment, a woman's figure came to the front of the street, it was the butterfly dance girl from Rouxiangyuan.
"Shopkeeper Wu?" Die Wu was a little surprised.
Wu Sansheng was also surprised and asked: "Miss Diewu, where are you going?"
Die Wu held her forehead and replied: "I feel a little uncomfortable. I always feel nauseous and want to vomit. I just want to go to Mr. Zhou to check my pulse and get some medicine..."
Wu Sansheng was startled, thinking that Diewu was definitely infected with the plague, so he took the initiative and said: "Miss Diewu, can you let Wu check your pulse first?"
Diewu said in surprise: "Does Shopkeeper Wu also diagnose pulse?"
Wu Sansheng felt something, shook his head and said: "To be honest with Miss Diewu, Wu was also a medical student at first, but later... changed..."