Chapter 67 Chapter 67 The Troubled Times Are Coming
There are kangs and cotton-padded clothes to resist cold waves, and potatoes and sweet potatoes to fill the stomach when there is food shortage.
But only for this plague, Lin Si wrote down the symptoms in the book and gave it to Zhu Shixi, and only now did he finally make a judgment.
There were four kinds of plagues in ancient times: plague, typhoid, smallpox, and malaria.
The symptoms of each are different.
However, the author of "Fighting in Flames" obviously did not conduct careful research in this regard, resulting in the plague during the cold wave being similar to both typhoid and malaria.
Perhaps in order to make things logical, Zhu Shixi actually found the name of the disease.
Zhu Shixi called this disease "shangyi".
Zhu Shixi brought Tang Xing with him, holding the ancient medical books that he had bought at a high price at Wugengtian, and talked to Lin Si in a leisurely manner.
Not only were the words written densely packed, there weren't even any punctuation marks. Lin Si felt a little dizzy reading it.
Lin Si felt drowsy after listening to this. "What method should be used to treat it? Antibiotics? Or something else?"
Zhu Shixi then stopped and said, "Take Coptis chinensis and Pueraria root with aged vinegar. It can be cured. Diseases enter the body through the mouth, mainly through contaminated water and food."
This is true. The cold wave left the people with no harvest. They had to eat anything to survive, so they naturally wouldn't boil water to drink.
Although it was called a plague, most people did not die from the plague, but from malnutrition and were unable to survive.
Lin Si breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately it's controllable.
Once the cause of the disease and the treatment method are determined, the preparation work will be much easier.
We purchase large quantities of Pueraria root and Coptis chinensis from outside, burn some lime powder for disinfection, and make masks and gloves in the workshop.
Tang Xing followed Zhu Shixi. He thought for a long time and said cautiously, "Why is the county lady so sure it must be an epidemic? If it's something else, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"
Zhu Shixi turned his back to Tang Xing and said, "The county lady can't be wrong."
The potato and sweet potato harvest was very good. Lin Si bought them from the people at the price of one cent per pound, but was sternly rejected by the people.
After planting for more than half a year, they also realized that potatoes and sweet potatoes are easy to grow and the harvest is even better. They cannot be sold at a high price. Moreover, these things were given by the county lord. They can take as many as they want. How can they charge for it?
In response, the yamen runner Shen Tai said that the county lord had said to follow the rules, and one cent per catty was one cent per catty.
All the harvested potatoes and sweet potatoes are stored and distributed when a cold wave hits to win over the hearts of the people.
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When the winter snow drifted under the eaves of the county lady's mansion, Lin Si suddenly realized that she was about to turn sixteen.
In two months, once the New Year is over, chaos will begin in the world.
The girl was tall and dressed casually like she did when she was a child, with only a headband tied on her bun. Her deer eyes were clear, but upon closer inspection, she had a somewhat sharp look in them. When she looked at people intently, her eyes were filled with a sharpness that was not in line with her age.
Liang Nian looked at Lin Si without saying anything. After several seconds, he said, "The county lady has grown taller."
Almost as tall as her.
Lin Si curled the corners of his lips, a hint of pride in his tone, "I told you, I will definitely catch up with you in height."
Lin Si is very satisfied with her height. According to modern height data, she is now about 167 cm tall. She will continue to grow taller in the future and should be able to grow to 170 cm, which is about the same as her modern height.
Zhong Diyan came in with a stack of documents to discuss matters. Liang Nian turned his head and looked at him unconsciously.
The reason is simple, Zhong Diyan has grown so tall!
Zhong Diyan was now fourteen years old, with a slender figure. Wherever he stood, he looked like a growing bamboo. He was much taller than Guo Zi and Yang Yidong who came to discuss matters with him.
Liang Nian had just finished lamenting Lin Si's transformation, and now another one had arrived. She couldn't help but complain inwardly: Why are these two children so tall?
Liang Nian took a closer look and found that years of training had left no traces of weathering on his body. His skin was still as white as cold jade. His face had not become ugly, but had become more and more delicate. Such a handsome face did not look out of place on him at all.
Lin Si praised him in his heart: He is worthy of being the most handsome boy on the list of many people for several consecutive years, although this position was almost snatched away by Xu Chuo and Yin Sheng at one point.
The three Five-Watchmen Generals filled Lin Si's meeting table with information, which contained information on the prefects and county magistrates of the entire Xihe Road.
In the early days of the founding of the Dachen Kingdom, it failed to take back Nanzhao and instead lost Xiping. For a time, the territory was pitifully small.
Since it is not even enough to be called Seven Roads, we can only divide Xihe Road out, which sounds better.
The poor Xihe Road had jurisdiction over three prefectures and nine counties, and was not even a quarter the size of the Liangzhe Road.
Of course, Lin Si cannot be content with a small Li County forever. She needs to unlock a larger territory to gain more people's hearts and reputation.
Lin Si never thought that time travel was a good thing. Without wifi, air conditioning, watermelon, cola, mobile phones or animation, women here only had to deal with marriage.
She doesn't like such a boring life.
Xihe Road is her next destination.
After Zhong Diyan and the other two had arranged the materials, they stood aside very consciously. Yang Yidong, who was on duty to record the meeting, took up the charcoal pen and took notes.
Zhong Diyan said in a low voice, "The people in Xihe Road are full of resentment. The Lingzhou governor is taking heavy metal pills every day, and he is getting worse day by day."
There was still a trace of moisture in Guo Zi's hair. He had washed his hair and taken a shower before coming here. There was no other way. He had just managed to sneak into the residence of the Lingzhou governor last month. The Lingzhou governor was quite stingy with his servants. Guo Zi had to do some rough cleaning work all day long, so he really stunk all over.
Coincidentally, the birthday of the prefect of Lingzhou was only a few days away from Lin Si's. After the Chinese New Year, it would be his 40th birthday. He had prepared a grand banquet and invited all the officials of Xihe Road to attend.
Liang Nian was also among them.
Lin Si was planning to take over Xihe Road at this banquet. As for those officials, according to the information, those who committed serious crimes must not be spared, and there were only a few who performed mediocrely and had no merits or faults. If they were willing to obey her, she could consider sparing their lives.
I wonder if when the world is in chaos and the refugee chiefs divide up half of Dachen's territory, will the cowardly royal family of Dachen be surprised that the Princess Anping, who has been forgotten by everyone, can achieve such an achievement.
What kind of expressions will they show? Should I say it, Lin Si is still a little looking forward to it.
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