That night, the Internal Affairs Hall issued 13 emergency orders. The first was to mobilize one million masks from the warehouse. After the epidemic broke out in Caizhou and Chenzhou five years ago, Chen Qing specially ordered the production and preparation of the masks. They were made of nine layers of fine mesh.
Sewn from linen, with ropes hanging from the ears on both sides, the millions of masks in the warehouse were all sent to Yanshan Road, and then shipped from Juma River to Liaodong.
Secondly, there is the transportation of a large amount of medicinal materials, tents and other materials. The tents and other materials are mainly used to deal with immigrants from Liaodong.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Qingshan rushed to Yanshan Road with hundreds of officials. He was solely responsible for resettlement.
At the same time, the Internal Affairs Hall also approved the princess's emergency plan. The princess mobilized 6,000 soldiers and two hundred 2,000-stone vehicles and ships to transport masks, isatis root and other medicines to Liaodong for emergency transportation. Each vehicle and ship was equipped with 30 soldiers, divided into three shifts.
Cycling and boating around the clock.
Xinzhou is located to the north of Hanzhou, and its area is not large. It is only equivalent to a county in the Central Plains region. The population here is also relatively sparse. On the one hand, the population of the Jin Kingdom is unevenly distributed, with a large number of people concentrated between Jinzhou and Liaoyang.
Even in the north near Shangjing, other areas are vast and sparsely populated, and the land has not been developed much and remains in its original state.
In fact, the Jurchen population has dropped to less than one million people, and the other Khitan and Xi people have even smaller populations. They were massacred by the Jin people, and their young men were forcibly recruited by the Jin soldiers. The Khitan and Xi people almost only had old, weak, women and children left.
This is also the reason that since the rise of Chen Qinghe and the Yong Kingdom, a large number of young and strong Jurchen men have been killed in battle. In addition, the life span of the Jurchens is generally low. In the past ten years, the Jurchen population has continued to decline sharply.
In addition, in other places almost only the old, weak, women and children are left, and there are even fewer pregnant women.
That morning, a Western Army scout team consisting of thirty people appeared in the south of Xinzhou. The leader of this Western Army scout team was a deputy commander named Xu Changzhou, who was from Luoyang.
This scout team actually consisted of thirty soldiers, a medic, and a guide.
The guide's name is Zhang Dai, a Han Chinese and native of Liaoyang Prefecture, and a subordinate of Pang Guangji, the intelligence chief. He is very familiar with the Liaodong area.
Zhang Dai pointed to a large mountain in the distance and said: "That is Mao'er Mountain. The Jueyuan Temple where the plague first broke out is there, but there is no one in the temple, and no one dares to go."
"Is there a village near us?" leader Xu Changzhou asked.
"There should be. Walk along the river. Villages are usually built along the river."
Xu Changzhou nodded, "Let's go and have a look."
A group of cavalry rode north along the river.
Chen Qing sent more than a dozen scout teams to various places in the north to check the epidemic and military situation. Xu Changzhou's team was responsible for investigating Xinzhou. Several of their teams came from Hanzhou, and the other three teams were already in Shenzhou, Xianping Prefecture, and Hanzhou.
The epidemic was discovered, and concentrated deaths occurred in several villages.
However, Xu Changzhou and the others have not encountered an epidemic yet. The main reason is that they went north from Liaoyang Prefecture and took Xiguan Road. There were no epidemics in the dozen or so villages they met along the way.
After walking for a few miles, a village appeared in front of it, with about twenty households. Almost all villages in the Jin Kingdom were not big. White flags were faintly seen at the entrance of the village, which was a sign that someone had died.
At this time, military doctor Yang Rong had something to say, and leader Xu Changzhou quickly summoned everyone.
Yang Rong said solemnly: "Everyone put on your masks first, and I will reiterate a few words to you!"
Everyone took out their masks and put them on, and Yang Rong added: "Based on the current situation, this plague can be transmitted through talking at close range, as well as through food and feces. So I ask everyone to remember three things. The first is.
First, not only the water and food in this village cannot be touched, but also anything else; second, you cannot get close to people in the village. As I said, stay about one foot away, but you must wear a mask; third, do not send hair.
We have good intentions and want to save people. Once infected, you will definitely die. We can only tell those who are not infected to stay away from the village as much as possible."
Xu Changzhou thought for a while and said: "Mr. Yang, we don't have to all go in!"
Yang Rong nodded, "Just go with a few people. Everyone else is waiting here. Try not to feed the horses with water from the river. If you want to feed the horses, you must boil the water before feeding the horses, and you have to leave the official road."
A Dutou took everyone away, leader Xu Changzhou, military doctor Yang Rong, guide Zhang Dai and two soldiers. A total of five people rode to the village, each holding a spear and a shield. After all, this was the Kingdom of Jin, and they were also worried about encountering
To the Jurchen Sentinel, on the other hand, the spear can also push people away and prevent people from getting close to them.
Walking to the entrance of the village, Xu Changzhou took a closer look at the white flags. They were not newly installed. They should have been there for some time. The five people entered the village directly. The village was very quiet, a bit scary. They opened the door with spears and opened the room.
All empty.
After walking around for a while, they didn't find any residents. Military doctor Yang Rong said to Xu Changzhou: "It's very possible that they were forced to go to Shangjing before and never came back!"
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Xu Changzhou shook his head, "The daily necessities are all there, and I also saw a few bags of food. He must have returned from Shangjing!"
At this time, the guide Zhang Dai shouted: "General Xu, Military Doctor Yang!"
They must have discovered something. Xu Changzhou and Yang Rong quickly galloped over.
One of his subordinates pointed to a broken wall, "General, that's inside!"
Xu Changzhou urged his horse forward, and his eyes suddenly narrowed. There were dozens of corpses wrapped in mats inside. They were not buried, but were piled randomly inside. It was probably the living people who brought the corpses here and wanted to burn them.
But why wasn't it burned? Could it be that they hid when they saw themselves and their men?
Yang Rong shook his head, "It can't be such a coincidence that we came just after moving the corpses. We should have left a few days ago."
"No matter what, burn them!"
They took out the kerosene bags and sprayed five bags of kerosene. They also found a pile of wheat straw not far away, bundled in bundles. They used their spears to pick up dozens of bundles and covered them all, then threw away a bunch of straw.
A fire was passed over, and it burned with a "Boom!", and the wheat straw and kerosene burned.
Xu Changzhou and others immediately used torches to set fire to all the houses. The houses had thatched roofs and were easy to ignite. Soon, the entire village was plunged into a sea of flames.
Everyone continued to go north again.
It has been nearly half a month since the large-scale migration of people. Almost all the people south of Shenzhou have been cleared out. Whether they are Jurchens, Khitans, Bohai people or Han people, they have all moved away.
Because the epidemic was discovered in Shenzhou, the people of Shenzhou were observed for a few days. Those who were not sick were sent to the Liaoxi Corridor for another ten days of isolation to ensure that there was no disease before going to Yanshan Road. Those who were sick were isolated for treatment.
Of course, the migration was not smooth, and it was not smooth. Three large-scale Jurchen riots broke out. Chen Qing was hard-hearted and suppressed them hard. All the men who participated in the riots, young and old, were killed. More than 30,000 people were killed in the three riots. Then they forcibly drove the women and children away from their hometown and transported them to Yanshan Road by boat.
By mid-March, there were almost no civilians left in the entire Liaodong land and Liaodong Peninsula, with only a hundred thousand troops and Korean prisoners of war who were mining lime mines left.
At this time, emergency defense medicines and masks from Jingzhao were also sent to Liaodong. Chen Qing immediately distributed the masks and medicinal materials to the soldiers and prepared medicine for them to prevent diseases.
At this time, the scout teams sent to the north also came back one after another. They brought shocking news. Plague broke out all over the northern part of the Jin Kingdom, causing heavy deaths and a large number of people unable to escape. However, the situation in Beijing was unknown.
Chen Qing responded urgently. The army blocked all official roads and built an isolation camp in Shenzhou, an observation camp and a transfer camp. It was necessary to ensure that all people did not get sick for half a month before being transferred to Yanshan Road.
Groups of people from the Kingdom of Jin, supporting the elderly and the young, fled from the north in carts. They were led by Western Army soldiers to Shenzhou City, which is the observation camp. Everyone was given a mask and must wear one. , to prevent the spread of saliva, and also use quicklime for disinfection.
It is also easy to identify those who are sick. Almost all those who are sick are unable to walk. They either lie on carts or are carried on people's backs. They go to the isolation camp and the whole family goes together. There are medicinal soups there to treat their illnesses. The isolation camp is not far away from Wangping County.
The city of Shenzhou was deserted, and everything had been disinfected with quicklime. The entire city was filled with the choking smell of quicklime.
Each family lived in a small courtyard. They were not allowed to go out, visit each other, or gather to talk. There were cavalry patrolling the city. Each family was given food, stoves, and briquettes. The water was required to be boiled before it could be drunk. If someone got sick, they were immediately treated. The whole family was sent to Wangping County.
In just five days, more than 200,000 people fled from the north. With Shenzhou unable to accommodate themselves, Chen Qing had to use the empty Liaoyang City as his second observation camp.
Chen Qing also accepted the suggestion of Chief Military Doctor Zhou Mian and shortened the fifteen-day observation period to ten days. As long as the whole family did not get sick within ten days, he would be transferred by boat to the Liaoxi Corridor, where the transfer camp was, and then follow the government regulations Distributed and then sent to various counties on Shandong Road for resettlement by large ships.
Compared with the resistance of the Jurchens in the southern Jin Kingdom, the Jurchen people from the northern Jin Kingdom accepted migration more easily. They really saw the cruelty of the plague and were frightened.
