Tong Wenyao frowned and said, "If the people don't clean themselves, the plague will spread faster. General Guo should send someone to arrange for the people to clean themselves! Also, they should cover their mouths and noses with cloth like we do. This will reduce the transmission rate."
General Guo looked at the person beside him and said, "Go down and make arrangements." Tong Hong glanced at him and said, "How much food do we have in reserve in the city right now?" General Guo called out, "Lü Gu, come in."
After hearing the voice, a short man with shrewd eyes came in and saluted them, saying, "Greetings, gentlemen."
Guo Xin gestured for him to stand up and asked, "How much food and men are left in the city? Please report this to General Tong." Tong Hong hurriedly replied, "I don't hold any official position now, so please don't call me General."
Guo Xin uttered a sigh and said, "I've heard about your story too. You were acquitted by the Emperor in Yuguan County. Now, it's only a matter of time before I call you General." Tong Hong quickly said, "No, General Guo is still the first from now on."
After hearing this, Guo Xin's expression eased. The Tong family has always been very prestigious here. If the Tong family said that they did not have the token and the position of general, even if they raised their arms, there would still be many soldiers following them.
However, after Tong Hong expressed his opinion in front of his subordinates, he felt relieved.
After hearing this, Lu Gu hurriedly said, "There are about 60,000 dan of grain in the city now, and there are 40,000 soldiers in the city, which is enough to feed the soldiers in the city for three months." Three months later, the spring grain was just harvested, so the grain was still enough.
Lü Gu continued, "The surrounding counties still have some grain stored, about 40,000 dan. If a war breaks out, they will send the grain here."
Tong Hong nodded and said, "Don't touch the grain in other counties for now. Also, send more people to guard the city gates tonight." Guo Xin asked puzzledly, "Is something going to happen tonight?"
Tong Wenyao explained: "According to Second Uncle's understanding of the barbarians, they may launch a small-scale war in the next two days."
Guo Xin was not afraid after hearing this and said, "If you dare to come, I will be the one to make great achievements!"
Tong Hong said calmly after hearing this: "Brother Guo, don't get excited. We can't be sure right now, so it's better to prepare early. According to what you said, merchants infected the people in the city three days ago. Today is the fourth day. They might launch an attack tonight."
Epidemic fever usually occurs within 24 hours of exposure, and it starts as a low-grade fever, then becomes a high-grade fever, lymph nodes are swollen, and then skin changes occur.
It's best to treat the disease when the fever first appears, as the success rate is higher. Tong Hong took out the method Tong Wenyao had given him and said, "This is a method I stumbled upon to deal with the epidemic. When will Brother Guo send someone to carry it out?"
Guo Jia took it from him and read it. There were some methods for dealing with the plague. First, isolation measures were taken. The sick people were concentrated in one place for isolation and were prohibited from moving around.
Second, sanitation management, cleaning the areas affected by the epidemic and treating sewage, and third, burning the dead bodies...
After seeing this, Guo Xin instantly admired the Tong family and said, "Okay, thank you, Brother Hong. I will send someone to arrange it immediately."
In Changjiang Village, Tong Wen Yao fell asleep on the sofa after staying up all night. When He Chuan saw her, he took a blanket from the next room and covered her with it.
When Tong Wen Yao woke up, she found herself sleeping in bed and it was already bright outside.
"Xing'er, what time is it now?" Xing'er heard the young lady's voice outside, so she opened the door and went in and said, "Young lady, it's noon now, and lunch is ready."
She rubbed her brows and said, "Let's wash up."
After dinner, Tong Wenyao called Dongzi over and asked, "Did you find anything in the well?" Dongzi immediately said, "Boss, there are some rags. There were even some yellow stains in the bag when we fished it out. I guess it's feces."
Tong Wenyao rubbed her brows after hearing this. Their family's well had been through so many disasters! It had already been poisoned twice.
She poured the medicine into the well and said, "This well water needs to settle for two days before use. Also, everyone in the family had a fever yesterday. If you have a good rest today, let's clean up. Sprinkle lime around to disinfect and use sulfur to wash clothes."
Xing Er heard this and went to the backyard to make arrangements. She wondered if the paper production in the back mountain had finished yet. She might as well go check it out while she had some free time. She also wondered if Uncle Da Gen had finished the engraving.
Thinking that Uncle Da Gen had been in the back mountain, he took two bottles of pills with him.
The road on the back mountain is now paved with cement and is not as muddy as before. Tong Wen Yao walks up the cement road without feeling tired at all.
When they arrived at the stone gate, Tong Wen Yao knocked on the door, and soon someone came out to open it.
The one who opened the door was Xiao Huaizi, now seven years old. Tong Wenyao asked, "Xiao Huaizi, aren't you going to school today?"
Wu Huai was a little shy and whispered, "The teacher has a fever today, so we are not going to school."
Kong Ming has a fever? I'll have to go see him later. Luckily, I grabbed some pills on my way out. I'll leave some for Uncle Da Gen and give a few to Kong Ming.
After entering, Tong Wenyao discovered that there was another cave. Xiao Huaizi said, "Sister Yao, this newly opened cave is for paper. The quality of the paper we make is much better."
He took Tong Wen Yao to the newly dug cave, where layers of white paper were placed on the shelves. Tong Wen Yao walked over and took out a piece of paper and touched it. The touch was much better than last time. And this time it might be more broken into pieces, so it was not very rough and felt smoother. It was high-quality paper.
This one is much better than the last one. Tong Wenyao took out the one in her hand and went to the table next to her. Xiao Huaizi took the pen from the side and handed it to her.
Tong Wenyao smiled and touched his head and said, "Thank you!"
She wrote on a piece of white paper. When Xiao Huaizi saw it, he said excitedly, "Sister Yao's handwriting is as beautiful as the teacher's!" The beautiful words were written on the paper. Tong Wenyao couldn't help feeling proud when she heard Xiao Huaizi say that. In addition to relying on the original owner's physical memory, she also practiced for a period of time.
This time, after the ink touched the paper, it didn't spread like last time, which is better.
After writing, Tong Wen Yao put down the pen and went to find Wu Dagen. She wondered if the font she asked him to carve last time had been carved.
After passing through the kiln, he came to the place where he baked paper last time. Da Gen was carving at this time. When he saw a shadow coming in, he looked up and found that Tong Wen Yao was squatting next to him looking at the words he had carved on the ground.
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