Sun Ce believed that Guo Jia was not sensational. Yuan Shao was still fighting with beasts. If he had the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, he would never let it go.

As for Zhang Ze, Liu Bei, and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, they cannot count too much. There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. If Yuan Shao is willing to cut his flesh and temporarily satisfy their wishes, they do not mind sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger fight or even making accomplices for the tiger. Yuan Shao's southward travel is beneficial to Youzhou. If Yuan Shao has the possibility of a great victory, it is not too late for them to take action to restrain him.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness and killing you. This is a plot that everyone likes, but you will be unhappy if you become a patient.

To be honest, the south is really at a disadvantage. Not only does there not have war horses, but it is also a high-incidence area. The humid and heat environment is conducive to the spread of bacteria. In summer, there are even more mosquitoes than in the north. Most of the major epidemics in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period were in the Central Plains and the Yangtze River Basin. Relatively speaking, the probability of a major epidemic in Jizhou, north of the Yellow River, is much smaller. In the past two years, Jizhou has been surrounded on all sides, with no external population entering, and no large-scale wars occurring within. There is indeed little possibility of a large-scale epidemic.

However, Guo Jia is right. Instead of complaining about the world, it is better to prepare early. Cao Cao lost the Red Cliff because of the epidemic and lost the best opportunity to unify China. He seized his opportunity and drove him to Yizhou. It is expected that he will suffer from the epidemic. The occurrence and spread of the epidemic are inherently inseparable from the geographical environment, but whether you are a time traveler or not.

"Make the worst plan and make the best preparations." Sun Ce sighed. If there is a serious epidemic, I will probably have to wait for the matter of seizing Qingzhou. "Fengxiao, go back and rest, pay attention to rest, and take medicine in time."

"It's okay." Guo Jia smiled and said, "Don't say that I've been much stronger in the past few years. Even in the past few years, I've been safe and sound. I haven't had contact with refugees these days, so there's little chance of infection. I just listened to the gods preaching too late yesterday and got cold."

"This is the best." Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly feeling a little tired, indescribable fatigue.

The Mu Academy and Workshop were quickly investigated, and many people had headaches and fever. Yuan Quan and Zhang Fen isolated them and mobilized doctors and medicine to respond. The treatment was quite timely. Although more than a dozen people's condition worsened rapidly, most of them slowly recovered after being punished for a few days.

Zhang Zhao encountered some trouble. The people recruited to farm in the military were scattered everywhere. Zhang Zhao delayed for several days to confirm the situation. The epidemic had spread and infected many local residents. Because the medicine was not timely enough, the number of deaths was rapidly increasing, from a few to dozens, and then to more than one hundred. It took less than two days, and bad news came almost every hour.

The biggest troubles are those who were picked. They still live in the camp, and nearly a thousand people gather together. They are not as disciplined as soldiers in the camp, and their physical fitness is generally poor. The condition spreads very quickly. Perhaps because they were so hungry before, but now they finally have the opportunity to have enough food. They don’t know how to control themselves. As a result, some people have a stomachache, and the pits in the camp are overcrowded, and some have dysentery and vomit and ejaculation.

The panic spread further, and Yu Ji had to put down his work and rushed to the camp to treat the people. With gods in charge, the emotions of these people were controlled. Sun Ce promptly drew doctors from the camp and allocated medicines, barely controlling the situation.

Three days later, the number of people suffering from illness and deaths continued to rise, but the curve has begun to slow down.

Looking at the line chart, although Sun Ce was still very nervous, he felt a little relieved. The slowing curve means that the situation is controlled and the change in a positive direction, and there is little possibility of large-scale transmission. After investigation, most of the people who are sick have headaches and fevers. The diagnosis results of the doctor's craftsman are similar to that of Guo Jia's estimate. They are seasonal changes. People sleep in the wild, suffer from cold, and their diet is not very good. They have poor physical fitness and weak resistance. Judging from various symptoms, most people should have common colds. Only a small number of them have acute fever, high fever does not subside, and their condition deteriorates rapidly or even dies, which is very similar to the symptoms of influenza.

Sun Ce did not dare to take it lightly. He had seen the power of influenza. Once it spreads, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Guo Jia had a day off and was faster than expected. His mentality was better than Sun Ce, but he didn't dare to take it lightly. He told Sun Ce that in the forty years since Huan Ling, there have been seven consecutive epidemics, and it will take an average of six or seven years. The last time was the second year of Zhongping. The possibility of a major epidemic in the past two years is indeed relatively high, so you can't be careless.

Sun Ce disagreed with Guo Jia's theory of mechanical laws, but he was shocked by the seven major epidemics between Huan Ling. Guo Jia said that the major epidemics were not nationwide, at least it covered the capital. He had read historical books and knew that there was a major epidemic in the late Han Dynasty. In addition to the Battle of Red Cliff in the 13th year of Jian'an, there was also the major epidemic in the 22nd year of Jian'an. Several of the seven sons of Jian'an died. Apart from this, they didn't know much about it. Even if they read it, they could just scan it and had no impression.

This time, he was standing on the verge of a major epidemic, and was at the command center, and felt more profound than when he experienced SARS. He knew very well how much harm it would have to him if this major epidemic broke out. On the one hand, the economic blow was one. Maybe someone would have taken some new policies to attack him. The Han people talked about the unity of man and nature, and the combination of personnel and politics was normal. To put it into consideration, we can tell how anxious Emperor Huan was at that time.

"There has not been a major epidemic in the past two years, which may be related to the relocation of the capital. Dong Zhuo forced the ruler and ministers of Luoyang to move westward. Luoyang was empty and sparsely populated, and even if there is an epidemic, it would not be easy to spread. If not, a major epidemic would be possible around the first year of Chuping." Guo Jia shook his feather fan and looked at the epidemic map hanging on the wall. "General, this is a warning. Although it seems that it may be a false alarm at the moment, the danger has not really passed. Qingxu's hidden dangers have not been truly eliminated, and Yanzhou also has the possibility of a major epidemic. Now, only Yuzhou is stable in the Central Plains. Once an epidemic occurs, refugees will enter Yuzhou in large numbers, and we cannot stop it. After the army, there will be a major epidemic. The place where military strategists must fight is often the source of the major epidemic."

Sun Ce smiled bitterly and said, "Fengxiao, I only now understand your insistence at the beginning. It's just that things have come to this point, and it's impossible to retreat. I can only grit my teeth and persevere."

"General, don't say that. My strategy is more secure, but it is not the best result. To be honest, I didn't expect that the general's new policy would have such amazing results. If I implement it according to my plan and give up Yan Yu, the general would have no chance to dominate the Central Plains for several years." Guo Jia turned around, his eyes flashing. "It's just that it's not necessarily a good thing to be too fast. We may have to slow down, prepare more well, and accumulate some money and food. If it's so difficult in the decisive battle, it would be bad."

Sun Ce thought for a long time. "Working with filial piety, what we need to prepare may not only be money, food, but also medical skills and medicine. Everything is planned, and if it is not planned, it will be abandoned. In the next step, we must turn our focus to medicine. Not only should there be Bencao tangs in Nanyang, but Bencao tangs in Pingyu and Wujun. We not only need great craftsmen, but also great doctors. Otherwise, we can avoid the first day of the first day and the fifteenth day of the year, and we will suffer sooner or later."
Chapter completed!