Because they still had to wait, Man Bao and the others simply chatted with the yamen servants and asked about the current situation in the city.
It's just that the yamen servant was very cautious and refused to say too much, so the three of them could only step aside and look up at the city.
Xiazhou City is the only way for the Turks to go south. Half of its jurisdiction is grassland. About three hundred miles to the north is Shanyu Duhufu, with large grasslands and forests in the middle.
Therefore, Xiazhou City is a towering city with a thick gate. It is an important town for garrisoning troops. It is obviously not a border gate, but there are a lot of garrison troops.
After looking carefully, they found that there were many soldiers walking on the city wall, but they were not facing outside, but facing inside the city.
It seems that the situation in the city is not very good.
Just as he was thinking, the small door under the city wall opened, and three horses galloped out. They were attracted by the noise and looked over.
Seeing someone coming, Man Bao, who was leaning on the horse, immediately stood up straight, and the man also jumped off the horse and rushed over, "Miss Man, you are here—"
Man Bao stretched out his hand to support Wan Tian who was about to kneel down, and asked, "How are Brother Yang and the others?"
Wan Tian wiped his tears and said, "Master is fine, it's Madam..."
Before he finished speaking, he turned sideways and said, "Miss Man, hurry up and enter the city, the master and all the adults are waiting in the county government office."
Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other, turned around and got on the horse without asking any more questions.
With Wan Tian leading the way, they entered the city smoothly all the way. When they entered the city, they found that there was no one on the road, but there were many checkpoints on the road, guarded by soldiers.
Wan Tian took the time to check his identity and said to Man Baobai: "The master has vacated several houses in the city for the purpose of taking in patients, and some who cannot be accommodated will temporarily live in wooden sheds. Anyone who is infected with smallpox People are not allowed to go outside."
"If someone in the city's residents is sick, they have to be isolated in the house alone, and doctors come to see them regularly, but there are only thirteen doctors in the city, too few, and there is no way to take care of so many people." Wan Tian Almost in tears, he said: "So most of the sick people have to be sent to the unified house, ma'am, madam was also sent this morning."
Man Bao was startled and asked, "Sister-in-law infected?"
Wan Tian nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Those people are too evil. We have taken every precaution, but we never thought that someone would take advantage of them."
The group of people passed through three intersections before arriving at the county government office. Perhaps it was because Wan Tian was with them, so the guarding soldiers just took a look at them and let them go, which is why the speed was so fast.
There were a lot of people in the county government office, and there were many officials coming and going. Only a few people approached the lobby when they heard Yang Heshu's voice. It seemed a little hoarse, but they still gave orders one by one in an orderly manner.
As soon as Man Bao and the others appeared at the door, Yang Heshu raised his head to look at them. He couldn't help but smile, put down the official document in his hand and got up, but perhaps because he had been sitting for too long, his eyes blurred for a while, and the smile on his face No change, still supporting the table, but paused for a while.
In just a short while, the three of Bai Shan had already rushed up to support him, "Brother Yang?"
The person in front of him gradually became clearer, and his voice became clearer. He smiled and said, "Are you here?"
The officials waiting in the hall looked at them curiously.
Yang Heshu pressed Zhou Man's hand touching his veins, and introduced to everyone: "This is the Imperial Doctor Zhou from the Imperial Hospital."
Pointing to Bai Shan and Bai Erlang again, he said: "These two are students of Chongwenguan, they will work with us in the future, let's meet and greet."
The officials in the hall were startled, then overjoyed, they stepped forward to salute one after another, especially towards Zhou Man who was extremely enthusiastic.
During this time, they had heard a lot about Zhou Man's deeds. They heard that she was a famous miracle doctor in the capital. Although they had known that she was young before, only now did they know that she was so young.
Man Bao saw that Yang Heshu was overtired, and most of them were hungry now, so he withdrew his hand and politely returned the salute to everyone.
Yang Heshu saw them greeted with a smile, and then let everyone retreat to eat, while he led Manbao and the others to the backyard.
Once in the backyard, Yang Heshu put away the smile that had been on his face all the time, and he said to Wan Tian, "Take Daji and the others to settle down."
Wan Tian responded, and asked Daji and the others to go down.
Bai Shan nodded to Daji, and Daji went down with two guards, and asked for medical assistance by the way.
The doctor's assistant thought for a while and followed suit.
Their relationship is good at first glance, and they probably have something private to say, so he still doesn't hang around here anymore.
Yang and Shu sat on the chairs and ordered the servants to prepare lunch, Bai Shan and the other three untied the cloak and handed it to them to take it down.
Yang Heshu said: "You are temporarily staying in the county government. You arrived early? When will the convoy from Taitai Hospital arrive?"
Man Bao said: "If there is no accident, they will arrive in three days."
Yang Heshu breathed a sigh of relief, and said to them, "There are not many medicinal materials in the county town. I have tried to find a way to get them from other places, but there is also smallpox outside Xiazhou City, so I can't get enough."
Man Bao asked, "How many people in the city are sick now?"
Yang Heshu sighed deeply and said, "There are 1,859 people on the register."
That is to say, there are still those who are not on the list.
He said: "There are a lot of people who are not on the list, especially those in the villages outside the city. Since the city was completely sealed off, my control over the villages outside the city has weakened. In some villages, the entire village has smallpox. Can close the village and send them some medicine, but... "
He paused and said sadly: "There are too few doctors..."
It was really too few, and he couldn't force doctors to come to the epidemic area. Half of the thirteen doctors who were willing to stay in the city came from other places.
Half of the doctors in the city ran away, let alone recruited from other places.
Man Bao said: "There are so many patients, how can only so few doctors take care of them?"
"So many people have died in the past few days." Yang Heshu rubbed his forehead wearily, and said, "It has been fifteen days since the city was closed, and counting the earliest case I know, it is already the thirty-eighth day , Many patients today are at the end of the day."
"I asked people to classify cases according to severity, and asked doctors to give priority to treating patients with mild and moderate symptoms..." Yang Heshu talked to them about the current situation in the county.
When the food was delivered, they went to wash their hands and eat together. Then he mentioned Cui Shi, "Your sister-in-law also contracted smallpox, and now she has been moved to the house. Will you follow me to visit her later? Or do you want to rest for a while? "
Seeing that his eyes were a little red, Man Bao said, "We'll go after dinner."
Yang Heshu nodded.
It's been five days, and it's the first time I've eaten such a delicious and appetizing meal. Man Bao ate two bowls of rice in a row, and then asked after finishing, "Where's Brother Qi?"
Yang Heshu asked someone to carry Brother Qi out.
He was two years old, probably because his mother was not around, his eyes were red from crying, and he was still twitching when he was carried out by the nurse.
Man Bao stretched out his hand to hug him, but he stretched out his hand towards his father.
Yang Heshu held him in his arms and asked Man Bao to examine him.
Man Bao just felt his pulse and touched his forehead. Seeing that there was no problem, he took out the medicine bottle, poured out a pill, put it in his mouth, and asked with a smile, "Is it sweet?"
Brother Qi was so happy that he forgot about his mother, and responded crisply, "Sweet!"