in2ebook Chapter 334 Asking for information
Chapter 334 Asking for information
The man surnamed Shen sighed softly, "It's all fate. Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The food is here, let's eat! I heard that this restaurant recently got a new chef, and his cooking skills are very good. I must try it today."
"Hmm. Hey, this duck in soy sauce has a salty and sweet taste. I think it's delicious. You should try it too..."
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The two of them had deliberately lowered their voices when talking about the transfer of officers and soldiers, but it did not escape Lin Chuyi's ears.
At this moment, they finished the topic and the volume returned to normal speaking level, but Lin Chuyi didn't want to listen anymore. Her attention was now focused on the ceiling they were talking about just now.
Smallpox is an infectious disease that is highly contagious and has a very high mortality rate. The source of infection is smallpox patients. The virus is mainly transmitted through direct contact or droplets, and can also be transmitted indirectly through contaminated clothing, objects, etc.
People with smallpox will initially experience symptoms such as fever, malaise, headache, vomiting, etc. One to three days after the onset of the disease, blisters and pustules will appear all over the body, and finally scabs will form and fall off, leaving acne scars.
In the 21st century when Lin Chuyi originally lived, a smallpox vaccine had been developed that could effectively prevent smallpox.
In this fictional dynasty with backward technology, contracting smallpox basically meant death. Even if you survived by chance, you would be left with numerous acne scars all over your body.
In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the government and the court at that time usually chose to destroy the source directly and burn to death people infected with smallpox and those who might be infected with smallpox.
It can be said that if Lin Chuyi, who knew how to treat smallpox, did not take action at this time, the people in Yongning County and several villages under its jurisdiction would all be doomed.
Just as Lin Chuyi was deep in thought, she suddenly felt a heat on her wrist. Lin Chuyi did not check the condition of her wrist, but looked up towards the door of the store. Sure enough, she saw Ping An who had just stepped into the store and walked straight towards her.
Ping An saw Lin Chuyi looking at him, so he nodded at Lin Chuyi. After coming to Lin Chuyi's side, he pulled open the bench on Lin Chuyi's right and sat down.
"You came back much later than I expected. Did something happen on the way?" Lin Chuyi picked up the teapot and asked while pouring tea for Ping An.
"Brother Lin Wu told me that there is already a Lulutong station in Liuzhou City, and asked me to go directly to the Liuzhou Lulutong branch if I needed help. So after I arrived in Liuzhou City, I went to the Lulutong here first to get some information in advance." Ping An honestly explained his whereabouts.
"Oh? What kind of information did you hear?" Lin Chuyi couldn't help but feel curious.
"The overall public security in Liuzhou is pretty good. There are no large bandit forces entrenched in the surrounding area, and there are no treacherous or evil officials. Lulutong's business here is developing smoothly. I'm afraid we can't continue to take advantage of these two aspects this time. However, I learned another thing from them."
"According to the person in charge of Lulutong, they have recently lost contact with the Lulutong station in Yongning County under the jurisdiction of Liuzhou, and many delivery tasks have come to a standstill. In order to find out the reason, she even went to Yongning County in person. When she arrived there, she found that all entrances and exits of Yongning County were blocked."
"After spending some money, she learned from the soldiers guarding the entrance and exit that the fundamental reason for the closure of Yongning County was that someone in the county had smallpox. After learning this news, she returned directly to the capital."
"This matter concerns the lives and property of several Lulutong employees. She did not dare to act on her own, so she wrote a letter about it and asked her subordinates to take it to Lanzhou as soon as possible to give it to their boss. Now she is still waiting for a reply from Lanzhou."
"I thought it would be fine if we didn't know about this, but now that we know about it, we definitely can't just stand by and watch. What's more, there are people of ours in there, and it's not right to just ignore it. So I quickly came to find you to discuss what to do next."
As soon as Ping An finished speaking, the waiter came over with Lin Chu's order. Lin Chu waited for the waiter to leave before speaking: "I just heard a general idea of what you said from other people's conversations, but the information I got here was a few days ago. I don't know the specific situation over there yet."
Lin Chu paused, then told her his decision and the next arrangements.
"Since we have a way to cure this disease, there is no reason to ignore it. We haven't heard any other news yet, which means there is no new action over there for the time being. We still have time. The food has been delivered. Let's eat first. After eating, you go to the government office to see the attitude of the Liuzhou government office towards this matter and the subsequent handling methods. I will go to Yongning County first to see the specific situation there. We will meet in Yongning County later."
"Okay." Ping'an listened carefully and agreed immediately after listening.
The waiter went back and forth several times and finally served the dishes ordered by Lin Chuyi. Lin Chuyi and Ping'an were not slow people, and as they were preoccupied with things, they ate even faster. In a short while, they had finished all the dishes on the table. After Lin Chuyi paid the bill, he and Ping'an left the restaurant together.
After going out, the two of them acted separately. Lin Chuyi went directly to the city gate. After leaving the city, she used the "throwing stones to ask for directions" skill. After finding the specific location of Yongning County, she used Qinggong to speed up and soon arrived near Yongning City.
All the ordinary soldiers guarding the gate of Yongning County were no match for Lin Chuyi. Whether Lin Chuyi wanted to fight her way in or sneak in quietly, it was an easy task for her.
However, Lin Chuyi did not plan to go in directly. She stood not far from the city gate and turned on the "throwing stones to test the water" directional mode. The scene in the county town appeared in Lin Chuyi's mind from a bird's-eye view. Lin Chuyi focused her main attention on the West City District where a large number of people were lying down.
As his concentration increased, the situation in Xicheng District was gradually magnified until Lin Chuyi could clearly see the physical condition of each person.
By observing the external characteristics of their skin, Lin Chuyi could basically conclude that the disease these people were suffering from was indeed smallpox.
After confirming this, Lin Chuyi turned off the "Throwing a Stone to Test the Water" skill, sank part of his spirit into the game space, and only left part of his spirit to be on guard.
After the spirit body entered the small western-style building in the space, it went directly to the study, wrote out three prescriptions with a brush, and then asked the director of the pharmaceutical factory to make the corresponding ointments and pills according to the proportions of the prescriptions.