Bai Erlang said: "Smallpox was introduced to the Central Plains from foreign countries. If they are afraid of getting smallpox, they should not go to the west. The further west, the more people there will get smallpox, right?"

Nie Canjun had little education and only knew that smallpox was terrible. He really didn't know where it came from. He couldn't help but tilted his head and asked, "Did smallpox spread to the Central Plains from the Western Regions?"

Because Man Bao is a doctor, Bai Erlang followed them to search for some medical books, and she and Bai Shan discussed it, so he knew more. He nodded and said: "Yes, it is said that it was the war between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. On the battlefield

Too many people died, and epidemics were rampant. Some soldiers contracted the disease, and after they recovered, their faces were pockmarked, which is why the name smallpox was given."

"This disease was spread back to the Central Plains with the soldiers. Later, for some reason, the disease never ceased to exist." Bai Erlang paused and then said, "I heard Man Bao talk about it. It is so powerful that even one grain of it is alive."

If the acne slurry falls on the ground, even if it is buried in dust, exposed to the sun, or washed away by rain, it may still live for a year or even longer."

Nie Canjun and others were shocked.

"And it can also live in other animals, so smallpox will break out at any time. Unless everyone has smallpox seeds in their body, the disease will basically not be eradicated."

Nie Canjun and others began to think deeply. Never before had they felt that the cowpox prescription was so important.

So Nie Canjun inquired carefully, and although there was still very little information, he still found some information.

While recording, he wondered, "Did General Guo not pay attention at first? Although it is a bit difficult to find out, it's not like he really couldn't hear any news, right?"

Mr. Zhuang lowered his eyes and said: "The Western Region is not stable. General Guo is so busy, I'm afraid his energy is not focused on this."

Nie Canjun thought about the busy Anxi Protectorate during this period and felt that Mr. Zhuang was right, but he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart.

I feel that General Guo did not take His Majesty's will to heart, otherwise why would they need to make this trip?

Although they were not at a loss this time.

But before Nie Canjun could express any dissatisfaction, General Guo personally led the troops to the expedition.

Of course, these had little to do with their mission. The Protectorate only sent people to remind them not to go to the west or south if they had nothing to do recently.

They are about to attack Kucha. If the members of the mission are accidentally injured while running there, they will have no choice but to be loyal to the country.

Mr. Zhuang responded, and after sending the person out, he looked back at Bai Erlang and the others, "Did you hear that?"

Before Bai Erlang could say anything, Nie Canjun snorted rudely: "Master Zhuang, General Guo is too arrogant."

Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "He also has good intentions."

During this time, they were fighting in the ring from a distance, basically repaying Liu Huan for what he had done to Liu Huan some time ago. The only ones who showed up were Bai Erlang and the four young men, which made General Guo unable to use many methods, but his son did not

On his side, even if he wants them to have a conflict with "young people".

Under such circumstances, it was rare for General Guo to send someone to remind them.

But General Guo was obviously not so kind. After being reminded by his son, he had to send someone to inform the delegation. He snorted and said to Guo Zhao: "We told them, but they may not appreciate it."

Guo Zhao said, "Father, whether they appreciate it or not is their business, but we, the Protectorate, have fulfilled our responsibilities, so that's fine."

He didn't want his father to dwell on old grudges, so he changed the subject and said, "Father, the passage has been opened, and the letter has been sent out for more than half a month. We should have arrived at Yumen Pass by now. I wonder if the imperial court will send troops to assist."

General Guo said: "Your Majesty is ambitious. The Western Turks have always been enemies of the imperial court. These small countries in the Western Regions are swaying around. They take our grain and silk from the Jin Dynasty, but they beg for mercy from the Western Turks. This time it is just a plague in Xiazhou, but it turns out that

He has become rebellious, and your Majesty will not tolerate it. Don’t worry, as long as the document comes to Beijing, your Majesty will definitely send reinforcements."

There are many people in Qiuci, many soldiers and horses, and there are Western Turks behind them, so it is really difficult to defeat them all with just the thousands of soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate.

But they can eat some first, and General Meng is watching over the Tubo side, so it won't be a big problem.

Guo Zhao agreed and headed towards Qiuci with his father.

When the war started, General Guo had no time to deal with Liu Huan, and the old grudges were temporarily put aside.

Bai Shan and the others were in the wilderness at this time, far away from Xizhou as well as from Qiuci, so they naturally didn't know about this.

They have passed through a desert, which is a grassland. They asked people in nearby villages yesterday and they also saw fireballs falling, and one of them was farther forward.

In their words, “There was a loud noise first, and we ran out to see a huge fireball falling from above our heads. Fortunately, it streaked to the desert over there and did not hit our village, otherwise we would have died.

"

When Bai Shan heard this, he immediately told Man Bao, "It shouldn't be far."

Man Bao also felt that it was not far away. They had been out for so long and finally got some good news. Just as he was about to rejoice, Teacher Mo, who had been busy, was also online.

He contacted Man Bao urgently, knowing that it was daytime there and it was difficult to talk to her, so he sent her an email directly and told her, "The main system has agreed and will upgrade system 0531 to a new level, which will be jointly borne by the alliance and the encyclopedia."

.”

Man Bao's eyes lit up, and Ke Ke also made a sound and informed: "It is being upgraded and will be temporarily shut down. Please inform the host."

After saying that, the voice disappeared.

Manbao can only see the system space, and even the mall is currently offline.

But Man Bao was very happy. He reached out and took Bai Shan's hand, shook it, and said happily: "Shall we stop and rest for a day?"

Bai Shan turned to her and asked, "Are you tired?"

Man Bao shook his head and whispered to him, "We can wait for good news."

Bai Shan didn't ask what the good news was. He nodded and said to Daji: "Find a place to camp nearby and stop. Let's rest for a day and leave tomorrow."

Daji agreed and asked people to find water sources. It would be more convenient to camp near the water.

Manbao climbed up a small slope, looked into the distance and said, "I don't know if there is any news about the other team."

After coming out, Bai Shan perfected the direction map after inquiring about information from some nearby villages.

Then after they entered the desert, they diverged in front of the known sinkhole. They only took two villagers as guides, and the rest formed another team and headed in the other direction.

It's the direction Bai Shan calculated, but they don't know if they can find it.

But if they can't, they should be able to turn around in a few days.

Man Bao was awakened in the early hours of the morning. She noticed the familiar chirping sound, and immediately got up from the blanket, closing her eyes slightly to communicate with Keke.

Keke updated the system and greeted the host on the tablet, "Host, the upgrade is complete and the scanning program is being restarted..."
Chapter completed!