Hunting system, and I ended up becoming the empress!

Chapter 278: Resumption of Work and Production

"Little kid, are you willing to learn medicine from me?" Wuxu asked behind Bai Su.

Bai Su was busy feeling someone's pulse, and said helplessly: "Old Immortal, I'm not in the mood to think about this right now. How about I wait until this epidemic is over, and then I'll reply to you?"

Wuxu shook his sleeves and snorted, "It must be your master. You wouldn't dare to do it without her permission, right?"

Bai Su sighed, "If you say so, I can't agree to you. My master is very kind to me, so he is not so unreasonable. The main reason is that I really don't have time to study with you."

Please, the prince might see this, how could she dare to say anything else.

And I really can't just become a disciple casually, I have to ask the prince first.

Wuxu threw his Taoist robe and said, "Okay, I will go and tell her in person that I will accept you as my disciple."

Bai Su ignored him.

Xiao Zhixing thought to himself, this is a good opportunity, she will definitely uncover all his secrets this time.

As soon as the recipe came out, Dasheng Daily immediately reported the good news on the front page in large print.

Finally, the dark clouds over the South and Dasheng have been dispelled.

Taoist Wuxu became famous again, and Bai Su became officially famous throughout the world.

The people of Xiaoyongli cried with joy after surviving the disaster.

With Xiao Zhixing's full support, the growth trend of the number of infected people in Xiaoyongli was successfully curbed, and more and more patients were saved and only needed further treatment.

Especially for Li Jun, her condition was brought under control after she took the medicine immediately.

His newlywed wife Li Weining boldly went to his side and accompanied him through the difficult times.

Where there is good news, there is bad news.

"People infected with the plague have also appeared in other places."

Feng Zhen'er's voice became hoarse from working so hard. "The news just came in that there are confirmed cases in four places."

Perhaps seeing hope, various places actively investigated similar illnesses and reported them quickly once they were discovered. The members of the Junziyuan each stayed in a certain area and delivered the news as soon as possible.

The flood is over, the temperature has risen, and it is summer again. This hot and humid weather is most likely to breed plague.

Even though large-scale disinfection with lime and wormwood has been carried out, the effect is not high and the environment is extremely harsh, so there is no way to prevent the outbreak of new epidemics.

A large-scale plague began to break out.

Xiao Zhixing gulped down a cup of herbal tea to keep his mind clear. "I will collect medicinal materials from all over Dasheng and report to His Majesty. Ask him to order drug dealers from all over the country to support Huzhou."

"We will purchase the relevant herbs at a price 20% higher than usual, but we warn them not to take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price. If anyone dares to profit from the national crisis, I will definitely trouble them later and publish their bad name in the Dasheng Daily, so that they will be infamous forever."

Li Wenxiu immediately wrote down the order and passed it down word for word.

"Xiaozhen, if you contact them again, please be careful about your own safety. We came out in one piece and we must go back in one piece."

Feng Zhen'er sighed and rubbed his eyes, "I understand."

"In addition to herbs, there is also grain. The stocks of the eight states south of Huzhou are basically 70% destroyed. The seven states in the north want to protect themselves and cannot give out too much. Recently, His Majesty and grain merchants from all over the country have successively sent 200,000 dan of grain."

“It’s still a drop in the bucket.”

In order to maintain order and maintain public stability, food is essential.

With so many people to feed, the number of people needed to sustain themselves until work and production resume would be astronomical.

Xiao Zhixing frowned and thought, "The subsequent batches will total less than 500,000 dan, and there is still a shortage of about 200,000 dan."

One dan of grain weighs about 100 jin. If each person guarantees half a jin to one jin of grain per day, for a million people, to ensure supply for 70 days, 700,000 dan would be needed.

This is just a rough estimate, and the food gap will only get bigger.

Even if you had silver you couldn't buy food because the country's production was limited.

In ancient times, the biggest shortage every year was food.

Therefore, once a natural disaster occurs, there will be starving people everywhere.

The rapid transportation of 500,000 dan of rice was largely due to the three years of military farming in the four northern states.

Xiao Zhixing thought of a way, "Send a message to all the troops and the North to buy a large amount of dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato flour, sweet potato rice, corn flour, etc., even if it is bran rice, and ship it to the king."

We can’t let people starve to death.

These crops were first promoted in the north. Last year was a bumper harvest time and people had a lot of them stored at home.

In order to promote them, Xiao Zhixing did not include those crops in the tax grain list.

The people in the north know how to cherish and will definitely keep them well.

This time it is estimated that the lives of the people of Huzhou can be saved.

In fact, we can also buy it from the Southern Yi. They grow rice for three seasons, and the Southern Yi noble grain merchants definitely have a lot of grain.

However, it is impossible for Xiao Zhixing to purchase it in a high-profile manner, as that would definitely give Nanyi an opportunity to blackmail him.

However, normal transactions between private merchants are still possible.

Speaking of this, Zhao Xianyin reported, "Indeed, there are grain merchants from the Southern Yi who secretly transported grain here to sell."

They make money by selling at high prices during disasters.

"As long as the price increase is not too excessive, we will just ignore it."

She also asked Ning Jin to send people under several different identities to buy a lot of them, as much as possible.

After these things are arranged, there is also the issue of resuming work and production.

"The fertile farmland throughout the south has been destroyed, 70% of the houses are gone, a season's crops have all been wasted, countless mountains have collapsed, and the mountains and rivers are devastated." Lin Rushu's tired and thin face was full of bitterness.

Mu Wan went to check nearby on behalf of Xiao Zhixing and nodded, "It's shocking, I don't know where to start."

Huzhou Governor Mao Zhishan Huzi Baza, who had just returned from an inspection, had a sad look on his face. "The area around Yuansha City is still good, as the flood receded quickly. But the rest of the land is in ruins."

Xiao Zhixing rubbed his temple vigorously and said slowly: "There is no other way. We must destroy and then rebuild. I believe that our people will be able to rebuild new hope from the ruins."

She made arrangements one by one, "Organize all the young and strong to clean up the fields that can be cleaned up, and prepare for the late-season rice as soon as possible. For those that can no longer be cleaned up, encourage them to reclaim the land. The more the better. I will ask His Majesty to exempt taxes for three years."

"As for housing, the Northern State Commercial Bank will bring in a large amount of cement and provide a fixed amount to each household for free, so that they can rebuild their homes as soon as possible."

I can’t say how good my living environment is now, but I’m lucky to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The Beizhou Cement Factory cannot provide free cement in large quantities at will. Each family should be given a little to lay a solid foundation, and then they can build the top part on their own.

The disaster in Huzhou wiped out most of her assets. It was so heartbreaking.

No, I have to ask Zhao Yunqi for compensation. The things in his private vault are all treasures, and I have to get some of them over.

Thinking this way made her feel better.

Once the food and accommodation issues are resolved, the subsequent resettlement problem after the Huzhou flood will not be a big issue.

At this time, Wuxu finally arrived at Yuansha City.

The old Taoist came to the county government office to see her, his Taoist robe was dirty. If Bai Mei hadn't known him, he would have been asked to leave by the guards.

Xiao Zhixing raised his eyebrows, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Please invite the old immortal in, how can you neglect him?"

She stood up and went out to greet them personally, with a gentle smile and a friendly look on her face.

Wuxu felt an inexplicable chill on his back and didn't dare to move forward: No, old Taoist, why do I feel like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?

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