At the foot of Beishan, two rows of simple thatched cottages rise from the ground.

Li Yue didn't know how to cure the plague, but he knew how to effectively contain it.

"Every day's clothes must be washed, everyone's veil must not be taken off, they must not talk directly to the refugees, they must live in the house, and they must smoke mugwort every two days..." Li Yue took care of every detail.

Decades of chaos have made everyone crave order.

This is true for men, and even more so for women.

The women in the women's camp were more obedient than the soldiers and scouts, and strictly implemented Li Yue's various preventive measures.

The refugees are satisfied if they can have a sip of porridge and a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Those who could reach Heiyun Mountain were basically only the young and strong, while the old, weak, women and children had already died on the way.

It wasn't just the plague that hurt them.

Looking at the skeletal figures, lying powerlessly in the thatched hut, their eyes are empty and numb, some have festering wounds left by swords, and some have shocking beast bite marks on their hands and feet...

People die every day, not from the plague, but from infected wounds.

Yue Ji wanted to take people to treat them, but Li Yue stopped her, "No, they must be quarantined for five days!"

The heart must be hardened when it needs to be hardened.

If the plague spreads, it will be a disaster for Black Cloud Mountain.

No one dared to disobey Li Yue's order.

This set of isolation methods has been around for a long time. "Zhou Li Tianguan" records: All people who have diseases should be divided and cured. After death, each person will write down the reason, just like a doctor.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were "disease houses" specially designed to accommodate patients. Whenever there was a major epidemic, the imperial court would send imperial doctors to diagnose and treat the diseases.

Starting from the third day, more than ten people started to have vomiting and diarrhea, and had high fevers. For two consecutive days, they died.

There were still six or seven people who had no symptoms and were jumping around. Then they spurted out a mouthful of black blood, fell down suddenly, and never got up again.

The plague came extremely violently.

The various treatment methods Li Yue expected were of no use at all.

There are a few prescriptions in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases", but they require too many herbs, and Heiyunshan simply cannot supply them all.

Li Yue cannot control the infected people for the time being, he can only control the living people.

The body was burned in a pit and then buried.

Those who are asymptomatic will be moved to the second row of thatched cottages and continue to be isolated.

Li Yue then allowed Yue Ji to bring people to treat their wounds, but the injured people were already terminally ill and only had their last breath left.

During this period, Li Yue followed the prescriptions in "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" and tried to substitute existing herbal medicines with the same properties. He boiled the medicine and fed it to the patient, but it had no effect.

It is of course useless to stick to the surface and follow the script.

Li Yue worked hard and read the "Emperor's Internal Classic" and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases". If he didn't understand anything, he discussed it with Yue Ji.

Yue Ji's medical attainments are far higher than her own.

Many theories that were both plausible and unclear became extremely clear under her explanation.

Nothing is unachievable.

In addition, Li Yue already had some foundation, and he felt like he was gradually reaching the threshold.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to prescribing the right medicine, treating diseases based on the dialectics of yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, and deficiency and excess. The symptoms of the same disease are different in different people.

Li Yue and Yue Ji used the few herbs on the mountain to make a big pot of Qinglong soup.

After feeding it to three patients with no sweat and tight pulse for three days, two of them miraculously alleviated their symptoms.

This undoubtedly enhanced Li Yue's confidence.

After groping, he made Guizhi Decoction and Ephedra Decoction, and fed them to different patients according to their pulse conditions and superficial symptoms.

Although people are still dying every day, the number of people being saved is also gradually increasing.

Li Yue would cook a pot of bone soup for them every two days, sprinkle it with wild vegetables to increase their physical strength, and force-fed them if they couldn't drink it...

Coupled with the careful care, isolation and other measures taken by the women's camp, 472 people died in half a month.

A group of 3,000 refugees was reduced by one-seventh. Fortunately, the vast majority of people survived.

Li Yue also had some experience in treating epidemic diseases.

Plagues are divided into epidemics, seasonal diseases, seasonal diseases, miasma, injections, malaria, typhoid fever, etc. Malaria is more common in the south and typhoid fever is more common in the north.

Although the word "typhoid fever" is not scary, in fact, the fatality rate is extremely high. Zhang Zhongjing recorded in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases": Sudden exposure to evil winds will cause infants to become extremely ill, and when the disaster strikes, they will tremble.

..Two out of three died, and seven out of ten suffered from typhoid fever.

Xingyang is in the north, so Li Yue naturally treats all typhoid fever. As for other strange diseases, Li Yue has nothing to do...

"My parents gave birth to me, and the general gave me life!" The refugees knelt in front of Li Yue, with tears streaming down their faces.

These days, whenever people hear about being infected with the plague, they stay away, leaving the infected to perish on their own.

They all saw Li Yue's efforts, "As long as there are people who stutter in our Heiyun Mountain, I will never let you go hungry!"

"Thank you, General!"

The crowd began to cry, and their eyes became a little more angry.

From the moment they took them in, they became Li Yue's loyal supporters.

"Now the world is corrupt and the people are in hardship. My brother is a great hero. He should save more people." Yue Ji looked at Li Yue with admiration.

"You girl, do you know what a hero is?" A sentence suddenly came to Li Yue's mind. A hero has great ambitions, a good plan, the opportunity to hide the universe, and the aspirations of heaven and earth...

"Those who are like brothers are heroes!" Yue Ji said with determination.

"Nonsense." Li Yue waved his hand.

In fact, even if she didn't say anything, Li Yue planned to do the same.

First, if you want to rise, the more than 10,000 people in Heiyun Mountain will definitely not be enough, you will need more people of your own ethnic group.

Secondly, things harm their own kind. After all, they are their own clansmen. If you can do your part, you can do your part. If you can save one more person, you can save one more person.

The rise of a force cannot rely solely on power and military strength, but there should also be some spiritual aspects.

Liu Bei, the lord of Shu, was in ruins, and he did not establish his own foothold until he was fifty years old.

During the revolution of the Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties, the small and weak Shu Kingdom became a gleam of light. If Liu Bei was a sophisticated egoist, would people like Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei follow him so wholeheartedly?

In troubled times, there is not so much pretentiousness.

Li Yue was not polite, and all the refugees he took in were mobilized, building wooden houses, digging wasteland, harvesting thatch, weaving straw shoes, straw mats, digging wild vegetables, hunting, fishing...

Everyone who wants to survive in this troubled world must do their best.

Li Yue shamelessly sent people to Fangtou to ask for medicinal materials and food.

The most worthless thing these days is face.

Bo Wu sent people to Chen Liu and Guang Zong to get whatever they could get.

"Report to the general, there are a large number of refugees coming from the northwest." The scout came to report in a panic.

"How much is a large amount? As scouts, you must be more detailed." Li Yue had already been mentally prepared.

The scout looked ashamed and said, "I estimate it to be around ten thousand."

If there are a few thousand people, Heiyunshan can digest it, but if there are more than 10,000 people, Heiyunshan may not be able to eat it.

Grain and herbs are second to none, and even salt has bottomed out.
Chapter completed!