Chapter 283: Joint Efforts to Fight the Epidemic
The smile froze at the corner of his mouth and slowly melted into another twisted arc.
Gu Nan's mind went blank for a moment before he reacted and walked over to touch his forehead.
The temperature under the palm is scorching.
Gu Nan seemed to be burned, and his fingertips trembled, but he still restrained himself and slowly retracted them. He said in his calmest and most indifferent tone: "There is one thing. Didn't you cover yourself with the quilt well last night? Do you want me to bring you another one?"
De Zhao looked up, and the sunlight coming in through the door shone into his gray eyes, as bright as it was yesterday at the city gate.
Then he mercilessly exposed her self-deception, "Master Gu Nan, I am the most disciplined sleeper among all the disciples of my generation."
Gu Nan almost subconsciously retorted, "That's hard to say."
After she finished speaking, she gasped for breath.
He swallowed hard to prevent his voice from sounding abnormal. "Eat breakfast first. I'll bring you medicine later. Take it seriously and you'll get better."
Gu Nan put down today's breakfast for him.
A bowl of corn porridge, a sweet potato, a few pieces of fried tofu, and a small dish of pickles.
"Eat it all, don't leave any leftovers." Gu Nan warned sternly.
De Zhao responded with a "yes" obediently and saluted him with one hand, his eyes always on her.
Gu Nan didn't dare to look at him and fled.
As it turned out, she was too happy at the beginning. Dezhao's fever was just the beginning. After him, two more people developed fever.
A middle-aged man whose house was crushed by the snow and who had no relatives and had to live in a shelter.
A young man who was forced by poverty to work in the snow to support his parents, wife and children.
The former was silent, while the latter howled.
The second day after the quarantine area was put into use.
The epidemic situation in Kyoto City is contrary to Gu Nan's wishes.
She rushed to the clinic to get medicine. The most famous doctors in the city had worried looks on their faces, and there was a pile of ink-stained prescriptions on the table.
"Girl, there's no antidote for the plague. We don't know if this prescription will work."
Maybe it's useless, maybe it's useful, but not very useful.
Gu Nan didn't care. Now that he had the medicine, he had to use it. Maybe he could snatch one or two people back from the hands of the King of Hell.
In another period of history, more than a hundred years later, a great man led the people to defeat the plague.
Kyoto City has not yet reached its most difficult time, and there is still time for everything.
She couldn't understand the prescription that had been corrected many times, but she could only say with certainty, "It works."
"Thank you all for your hard work." Gu Nan bowed to the doctors who had been busy all night and said solemnly, "Fengcheng has fallen, and Jingdu is in imminent danger. I sincerely ask for your help in fighting the plague together."
The old doctors looked at this young and unfamiliar, yet extremely mature and steady girl, and gradually showed an expression of being moved.
They were all famous doctors in the city with extensive connections. They had long known that all the people in the yamen had fled, leaving only a few young and inexperienced yamen runners. However, to this day, the order in the city can still be described as well-organized.
The plague was a serious matter and any slight disturbance could cause panic among the people, but she suppressed the news.
They didn't know how a weak woman like Gu Nan did it, but they all saw how she built shelters, provided porridge, cleared snow, and stopped the Fengcheng refugees carrying the plague outside the city, thus preventing the tragic fall of Kyoto.
She is working hard for the people of Kyoto.
I don't seek fame or profit, I just want to help more people survive.
In the face of natural disasters, it is such a blessing to have such kind and righteous people working hard for the people.
With Gu Nan leading the way, why wouldn't it be a problem for them to give it a try?
When the nest is overturned, all the eggs will be broken. If we don’t work together to fight the epidemic now, will we wait until the whole city falls before fighting?
"Don't worry, girl. We will do our best."
One person stood up to express his opinion, and the second and third people followed suit to express their support for Gu Nan.
Gu Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief after finally getting a break from his tense nerves. "Please ask the medicine boy to boil the medicine. The potions and decoctions should be available for use whenever you need them."
There must have been more than one refugee group escaping Fengcheng, and perhaps more people were coming from other cities. There was a huge demand for masks and cotton wool soaking.
Gu Nan left the clinic and carried a mountain of cloth and cotton to find an embroiderer to make masks.
The requirements for disposable masks are very low. There are no requirements for stitching or patterns. As long as they are cut properly and fit the face, they are fine.
Gu Nan waited for the first batch of masks and gave them to Jiang Wanying, asking her to take the craftsmen to build a watchtower outside the city.
"Everyone must wear a mask. If you see refugees or have contact with them without supervision, you must change the isolation mask immediately. Burn it after use, check it before returning to the city, and do not bring it in." Gu Nan instructed carefully.
Jiang Wanying nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, there's no one I can't keep an eye on."
After saying this, she pointed to the two yamen runners who were waiting behind her and led the craftsmen away.
Gu Nan watched them walk away and felt relieved from the bottom of his heart.
Thanks to Jiang Wanying's help, otherwise she would be too busy to take care of everything, and there would always be places she couldn't see. Who knows how many people would be exposed to the risk of infection.
She stood in the cold wind, sorted out her thoughts, and went to the isolation area with the medicine.
Each person had a bowl of medicine. De Zhao and the other two drank the anti-epidemic medicine that the old doctors had discussed all night, while the others drank the prevention medicine.
After delivering the medicine, Gu Nan returned to the city and visited the big families in the city one by one.
These wealthy families who had accumulated huge wealth still lived a condescending life despite the natural disaster, abiding by strict and useless rules, and requiring their maids and servants to pass on the message when they met someone.
Gu Nan drove straight in as if he was in an empty space.
When she met someone who was easy to talk to, she would be friendly and discuss the details with them. When she met someone who was not easy to talk to, she would use force to intimidate them and threaten their food storage, and she could always control them and make them obedient, and finally they would honestly pay money and work for her.
Gu Nan brought everyone from each family to make masks.
Set a fixed amount and quantity every day. Don’t think about eating if you don’t finish it.
She relied on her advanced cultivation to watch over hundreds of people by herself, and no one could play tricks under her nose.
Today, the heavy snow finally seems to be stopping.
Pale sunlight shone through the thick clouds, and the sky, which had been dark for half a month, finally became bright.
The people who were bending down to make masks raised their heads one after another, smiled happily and said that the snow was finally going to stop.
They knew nothing about the plague and thought that once the snow stopped, transportation would be restored and food and charcoal could be transported in, so they would no longer have to suffer from hunger and cold.
Gu Nan felt the dull sunlight and closed his eyes deeply.
After the snow stopped, population movement accelerated.
After the snow melts, the humid environment will allow the virus to survive outside the body for a longer time, making the plague more difficult to control.
Another variable that is not a good thing.
This little bit of luxury of sunlight seemed to be just a blatant reminder. As dusk deepened, the snow stopped completely.
Gu Nan walked through the crowd, checking their masks. Those that passed the test were let go, while those that failed stayed to continue working and could only leave after they had finished.
After putting away the mask and taking down the restrictions, Gu Nan rushed to the city gate.
There was a brazier and a basin of lime water at the door. The craftsmen had to burn their masks in front of Gu Nan and Jiang Wanying and wash their hands before entering the city.
Jiang Wanying stood beside Gu Nan and said, "We've only built two of them, no matter how hard we try. It will take at least another three to five days to build the whole thing."
"We have to pay attention these days. Once the snow stops, the number of refugees will increase."
Jiang Wanying agreed, and after everyone entered the city, she took two basins to deal with it.
After a while, she brought dinner from the quarantine area to Gu Nan, who was guarding the city gate. "You go and deliver it. I saw that the situation at noon didn't seem to be very good."
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