Chapter 236

The head of the village paid attention to this matter in the future. Wangjia Village has a small population, so how could it be hidden if something happened.

On the way here, he asked his brother at home to smoke the ox cart he was riding in, but he was still worried.

When he entered the house, his eyes were already wet. When he saw Xu Yi and the other three, he hurriedly said: "Doctors, please save our Wangjia Village." There were

only a few dozen people in their village. If they were really infected with the epidemic, wouldn't everyone be affected by it? Villages lost their lives.

Yang Xiujin thought that he was already old here, so he quickly brought a chair for him to sit down, and said comfortingly: "Chief, don't worry, we are discussing countermeasures."

However, the next second, Pang Mincai gave the chief a heavy blow, without any hesitation. He said politely: "I don't think the manager knows that the same disease has appeared in Yangjiazhuang next door."

"Is it this serious?" The manager's voice was trembling.

"The situation is not clear at the moment. I am worried that there are only three of us, so the treatment may not be urgent." Xu Yi's usual gentleness has disappeared from his face, "Li Zhang, this is a fact, but it is beyond our ability. , I also need to ask the village chief to inform Qishui County Magistrate to take charge of the overall situation. "

"How...how can this be done..." the village chief sighed.

He looked helplessly at Xu Yi and the others and expressed his thoughts: "There are only these few cases now. If they are reported to the county magistrate, I am afraid that they will be held accountable. Furthermore, if the county magistrate really takes action, I am afraid that he will be held accountable." It is to directly blockade Wangjiacun and Yangjiazhuang."

At this point, Yang Xiujin's face tightened and he cried angrily: "Will the county magistrate be so unwilling to save them?"

Those are hundreds of people. If the plague really breaks out, don't worry. Speaking of Wangjiacun and Yangjiazhuang, other villages outside Qishui County are not immune.

Furthermore, when it is really his turn, how will the county magistrate explain to the court officials?

The head of the district hesitated, and after a while he said: "This is what the previous county magistrate did. It's just that this time, the new magistrate has been in office for one year, and I haven't seen him yet."

Pang Min narrowed his eyes: "Why not, Let's go and see him."

After hearing this, Xu Yi looked at him and asked, "Can we see the county magistrate?"

Pang Mincai shook his head with a smile: "You have to try to find out. If the county magistrate cares about the people, he will. He can treat patients."

The chief seemed not to hear what they said, and suddenly said, "It must be the disrespect of the mountain gods this spring that caused such a disaster."

Pang Min felt a little funny after hearing this: "This is obvious. The old Wang family is greedy for small things and loses big money. How can they pick up such carrion and eat it!"

"But in previous years, plagues only appeared in disaster years. Last autumn was a good year, and every household had food..." Elder Li burst into tears, with an honest and painful expression. Di said sadly, "It must be that we and other villagers were disrespectful, so God would impose such a punishment."

Others stopped talking: "..."

Xu Yi was silent for a moment, remembering the historical records he had read before. The prevention, control and treatment of epidemic diseases in the Song Dynasty were mostly reflected in official medical books.

Not only did they seek medical treatment, they also sought help from gods. Even the imperial hospital set up a forbidden book department, and the official medical books also recorded a large number of talismans, taboos and spells. These are extremely superstitious existences in modern times.

However, given the limited supplies at the time, this act of worshiping ghosts and gods was not intended to be the spiritual sustenance of the people.

The village chief undoubtedly had the same idea. He felt that it was because Wangjia Village did not respect the gods that they were punished like this.

"Epidemics make people sick." [Note 1]

If we delay any longer, this will only be the end.

They cannot put their hope in gods, but must choose their way out.

The three of them looked at each other in silence, each other's thoughts becoming more determined.

They all agreed with Pang Mincai's statement that they should go to the county magistrate. The county magistrate has great authority. With the help of the county magistrate, not only would they have manpower, but they could also block off Wangjiacun and Yangjiazhuang and establish an epidemic prevention area to prevent the spread of the disease. go out.

Xu Yi wiped the tears of the village chief with a handkerchief and said sincerely: "The chief of the village prays for God rather than himself. The situation is not serious now. If you can gather these families together in one place and distribute medicine to them, No one will die."

The village chief felt sad. He wanted money everywhere to save people and treat diseases. Where could he get the money?

After finally controlling his emotions, he returned home and saw his wife sitting in front of several couches. There was a pottery stove for lighting incense on the table, and she was eating tea. Suddenly, her anger and blood surged up. She quickly came over and turned over the table. Several.

The things on it were scattered all over the floor, which shocked Mr. Gao.

"Why did you get so crazy today? You got such a bad temper when you came back!" Mrs. Gao felt distressed and smashed the stove. She grabbed the hand of the director suddenly and asked with all her face, "Where did you get so crazy?

" You really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea are. Do you know how much this broken stove is worth?" After using it a few times, it's better for you to lose it like this!"

The mayor was scolded by her, and he knew that his anger was unreasonable.

Refusing to say those soft-hearted words to save face, Chi shouted anxiously: "Money, money, money, we need this kind of money now!"

"What money?" Gao was stunned and exclaimed, "Hurry up. Tell me clearly!"

The village chief fell down on the couch in frustration, covering his face and said, "Something happened in the village. The same patients appeared in Wangjiacun and Yangjiazhuang."

"Who said that, I will go out today. It's still fine."

Mrs. Gao obviously didn't believe it. She hadn't heard of the plague in Wangjiacun for decades.

If this disease really exists, how could it happen that it is here today?

Thinking about how her husband was frightened when he saw the three young doctors two days ago, Mrs. Gao privately thought that this stick could not come from somewhere.

"It's not a stick." The chief lamented, "That's Dr. Yang Xiujin from Yangjiazhuang. You've seen that doctor before. He has some tricks."

Hearing this, Mrs. Gao trembled all over. She suddenly grabbed the hand of the chief and held back. Crying: "Is this true? What should our family do? Escape? We have to escape!"

"Escape? Where can we escape to?" The mayor looked at Gao with an ugly expression.

He is the commander, where can he escape?

...

It was getting late, so Pang Min returned to Xishuinan in an ox cart.

He met Father Pang in the study. Father Pang only knew that he was going out of the city to treat patients in the past few days, but he didn't know what disease he was treating.

Seeing his sudden return, Father Pang asked him: "Is the patient cured?"

Pang Mincai described in detail what he, Yang Xiujin, and Xu Yi did in Wangjiacun, and their suspicion that the disease was an infectious disease.

Finally, Pang Mincai said: "At first glance, the disease looks like turbidity that disturbs the gastrointestinal tract, but it develops quickly and can infect others. We would like to seek help from the county magistrate."

Father Pang was shocked. He did not expect that his son would experience such a big thing. .

He hurriedly asked his son to stretch out his hand and check his pulse. No problem was found on him, and then he slowly breathed a sigh of relief and scolded: "You are doing this recklessly. How could you wait until now to say it?" "

Dad. How can you go through such trouble at such an old age?" Pang Mincai said bluntly, "Besides, Brother Xu, whom my junior brother and I met this time, is quite powerful, and the old Wang family and Wang Lezi took the prescription he prescribed. , The effect is very good, and it takes only two days to improve. "

As long as the condition does not worsen, cure is just a matter of time.

Father Pang solemnly said: "Doctors are supposed to practice medicine and save people. If it's true what you said, how can I ignore it?"

Pang Mincai tugged at the corner of his mouth and complained: "Then you have to use dad."

"What did you say!" Father Pang was so angry that he glared.

Pang Mincai said brightly: "Brother Xu is going to find a way to see the county magistrate. When the time comes, if dad also wants to go, I will ask Brother Xu if he can let you go."

Dad Pang: "..."

...

Half a day, A Xu I came back after hearing the news about the magistrate of Qishui County.

The current Qishui County Magistrate, whose surname is He, was a Jinshi in the third year of Xianping. He was later assigned to Qishui by the official family as the county magistrate. He was born into a farming family, and none of his ancestors had ever held an official position. After coming to Qishui County, he had always kept a low profile. In the past two years, Qishui County had not changed much.

From these information alone, it can be seen that this Magistrate He is a man who strives for progress while maintaining stability.

If they visited rashly and said there was a plague in Wangjiacun and Yangjiazhuang, they might be arrested and imprisoned on charges of "spreading rumors."

The next day, Xu Yi told Pang Mincai and Yang Xiujin the news.

Yang Xiujin sighed: "Is there nothing we can do?"

Xu Yi said: "A lot of things are not the government's inaction, but the situation is not serious enough. With our intervention in the past few days, the conditions of these patients have been under control. "

Then what you mean is..." Yang Xiujin stared slightly, "Brother Xu, are you going to do that kind of thing?"

Xu Yi couldn't laugh or cry: "If he really does such a thing, I won't rescue that guy from Yangjiazhuang."

Pang Mincai laughed: "Yes, how could Brother Xu act like this?" After

saying that, the smile on his face gradually faded, "But if this matter doesn't become a big deal, the government will still not do anything.

" It just takes time." Xu Yi couldn't help but take a deep breath when he thought of this.

Pang Mincai and Yang Xiujin also stopped talking.

"Let's put this matter aside for now. Let's buy the medicinal materials before the disease breaks out."

But Yang Xiujin was short of money and couldn't spend any extra money to buy medicinal materials.

Pang Mincai had a good idea. He kept some medicinal materials at home, and these medicinal materials could barely relieve the emergency.

The money matter can be collected slowly, and they solve the immediate difficulties first.

After the discussion, Xu Yi came out of Yang Xiujin's room, and Pang Min called him from behind.

"Brother Xu, do you have time to chat?"

After a while, the two came to the river. Under the starry night sky, the countryside was silent, and there were sounds of insects in the grass around them. The two of them walked side by side, and Pang Mincai sighed: "This happened because of me and my junior brother, but Brother Xu is worried about it. Brother Xu, don't worry about the money. I will find a way."

Xu Yixun glanced at him: "What do you want? What's the solution?"

Pang Mincai said: "My Pang family runs a medical clinic. We can't afford tens of thousands of taels, but we still have a few hundred guan."

"If it really breaks out, a few hundred guan will not be enough."

Xu Yi ruthlessly interrupted his fantasy.

Pang Mincai paused and felt a little discouraged. He had lived for more than twenty years and had never been so frustrated as this. It seemed that they had no medical skills, but they were helpless and couldn't do anything.

Xu Yi's eyes fell on the river reflecting the moonlight, and he suddenly asked: "Brother Pang, have you heard about the Pang family in Tongzhou?"

Pang Boyi is from Tongzhou, Huainan East Road, Jinghai County. Qishui County in Qizhou is on Huainan West Road, so there is a big difference between the two. Xu Yi had not confused the two families before. After all, there are people with the same surname. Even if they are from the same clan, they may have been the same family hundreds of years ago, and no one knows each other hundreds of years later.

But tonight, when he looked at Pang Mincai through the faint moonlight, for some reason, he suddenly remembered Pang Boyi from his face. They came to Qishui on this trip. Although they had already sent letters, they took time and they didn't know when they would be delivered.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Pang Min suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xu Yi intently: "Brother Xu has been to Tongzhou?"

"No." Xu Yi shook his head.

Pang Mincai said thoughtfully: "My family does have some connection with the Tongzhou Pang family, but it happened decades ago. I heard that this branch of my family came from a side branch and was a junior among the juniors of the Tongzhou Pang clan. Later, because my grandmother was unhappy, she sent us out of Tongzhou, and the old man came to Qizhou to settle down. He has never been back for so many years. "

Even when the old man died of illness, they did not send the news back.

More than ten years ago, the man who was an official in Tongzhou's family retired from office and began to travel around. He once came to his home to meet his father.

But at that time, he was traveling abroad and did not see Mr. Pang, who had been an official in the government for decades.

After saying this, Pang Min asked Xu Yi curiously: "Have you ever seen this Mr. Pang?"

Xu Yi said with emotion: "That Mr. Pang lived temporarily in Yanting, Zizhou ten years ago. I asked him to be his teacher."

Pang Mincai was stunned: "..."

That Mr. Pang has a very high seniority, even his father calls him uncle.

If that's the case, wouldn't he and Xu Yi be different in terms of seniority?