Daming Super Daddy

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Zhu Song waved his hands and walked away gracefully.

Chapter 5 Xiahe Village

Back at the palace, Zhu Song didn't dare to delay at all, ordered his servants to prepare the necessary salutes and money, ordered a hundred guards of the palace, led by Han Qingshan, and galloped towards Anxi County.

It is more than 3000 miles from Nanjing City to Anxi County. Even if Zhu Song and the others traveled non-stop, it took them a full five days.

Because of the raging malaria, in order to prevent and control malaria in time, Zhu Song ordered people to go to Fujian. Jiancheng announced the political envoy and Quanzhou government office in advance, and notified Fujian.

The billowing smoke and dust was like an earth dragon, heading straight for the gate of Anxi County.

"Quickly, go to the left and right sides of the Qing Dynasty, the chief minister, the magistrate, and the grandpa. The superiors of the imperial court are here." At the gate of Anxi County, a team of Quanzhou guards guarding the city saw the earth dragon and shouted.

While saying this, the Quanzhou guards straightened their clothes and greeted them.

Da da da!

But Li Xu's distance, the earth dragon arrived in an instant.

Surprisingly, it was led by Zhu Song, with a brigade of about 120 people. Look at them wearing black cloaks, starting from the head, covering the whole body. Will not know who they are.

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up and go directly to the city!"

Zhu Song, the leader, ignored the guards and threw them a red command arrow, and the army rushed straight to the Anxi county government office.

At this moment, Fu Jiancheng announced that the political envoys Wang Cheng and Zuo Fengming, the governors of Quanzhou, Yin Qiang, the governors of Lin Wenshu, and the governors of Anxi County, Li Kun, had just left the gate of the county government and were about to head towards the city gate. rush.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried hooves, and a group of men in black robes came on horseback and stopped in front of the county government office.

"This king is Zhu Song!" Zhu Song, who was at the front, got off his horse, put down his hat, and revealed an identity token to Wang Cheng and the others.

"Xiaguan Fu. Jian Zuo Buzheng Wang Cheng, You Buzheng Zuo Fengming, Quanzhou Zhifu Yin Qiang, Quanzhou Zhizhou Lin Wenshu, Anxi County Magistrate Li Kun, have met His Highness King Han!"

Fu Jiancheng announced that the left and right political envoys of the Political Envoy Division had met Zhu Song in Nanjing, and with the identity token in Zhu Song's hand, they naturally confirmed Zhu Song's identity.

Therefore, all the senior officials of Anxi County bowed to Zhu Song in unison.

"Excuse me, everyone." Zhu Song said with a flat face: "Two days ago, the king sent someone thousands of miles to send a message urgently, asking you to prepare a large amount of Artemisia annua and wormwood, how are you preparing? "

"Returning to Your Highness, I have mobilized the entire force of Fujian to collect Artemisia annua and Artemisia argyi. As of this morning, I have collected [-] stones each, and have sent all of them to Xiahe Village according to your instructions. There will be more in the future." They sent a lot." Zuo Fengming straightened his body and said, "My lord, why don't we go in and talk?"

"No need!" Zhu Song shook his head and said directly: "Human life is at stake, let's go to Xiahe Village now."

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Xiahe Village is located in the southeast of Anxi County, near the sea, and what is commendable is that there is a small river in Xiahe Village. The small river is not big, but it is running water. The fresh water for the villagers is even directly drawn from the small river. from.

After more than half an hour, Zhu Song and others rushed to the outside of Xiahe Village.

Far away, I saw some heavily armed Quanzhou guards standing at the bottom of a mountain road.

"Xiahe Village is just behind that small ridge, and this road is the only way out." Li Kun, the magistrate of Anxi County, got off his horse and introduced this path to Zhu Song.

"En." Zhu Song nodded, looked at the road on the small mountain, and said, "Let's continue walking in."

"My lord, you, do you really want to go in?" Wang Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, he pulled Zhu Song directly, and persuaded him: "My lord, you should talk about the prevention and control plan, and let the lower officials enter the village to implement the specifics! "

"I didn't come here to have fun with you!" Zhu Song glanced at Wang Cheng, shook his head and said, "Since you've come to Xiahe Village, how can you let me in to see the excitement?"

Having said that, Zhu Song waved his hand and said, "Okay, I still need to prepare before entering the village!"

While saying this, Zhu Song stretched out his hand towards the back, and suddenly a soldier took out some cloth bag bags from the horses. Both sides of the bag bags were empty, and they didn't know what they were for.

"Go, divide all the bag bags on the horse into two halves, and then fill the empty bags with wormwood, and let the brothers wrap them around their waists." Zhu Song ordered the royal guards who were holding bag bags.

The guards of the Han Palace are all down-to-earth masters who do practical things. After hearing Zhu Song's order, they immediately came to the back of the unoccupied horses, unloaded the five sacks on them, and grabbed them from inside. I bought the wormwood that I brought all the way from Nanjing City, stuffed it directly into the bag, and then distributed it to my brothers.

Zhu Song, Zuo Fengming, and Wang Cheng also got one.

With so many wormwood tied to his body, the mosquitoes would have escaped from a distance.

"I remember asking you to make some muslin hats, right?" Zhu Song suddenly remembered something, and said, "Where are they? Don't tell me, you didn't bring them here."

"Well, my lord, you asked us to make those thin gauze masks, should they be worn on the head?" Zuo Fengming said a little strangely, "Although Quanzhou has been hot for a while now, it's only June, and there are no masks yet. It’s so hot, shouldn’t you be able to wear a hood?”

"I remember that the letter clearly stated that malaria is mainly transmitted and infected by mosquitoes, right?" Zhu Song glanced at Zuo Fengming, and his brows frowned suddenly, "You guys, didn't make it?"

To be honest, they still couldn't believe what Zhu Song wrote in the letter.

However, as the lower officials, they naturally have to obey the orders of the superiors.

"It's done, it's done." Wang Cheng smiled a little awkwardly, and said, "It's just that those hoods are still in the Anxi County Government, and they haven't been sent over."

"Wasting other people's time is murder!" Zhu Song's face turned cold, "I'll give you six quarters of an hour, and all the spun caps that have been made must be delivered as soon as possible."

"Yes, I'll do it right now!" From Zhu Song's tone, Li Kun heard that the master was angry, and he dared to be negligent, so he hurriedly arranged the matter.

After waiting for an hour or so, some yamen servants finally rushed back with some supplies.

"Hmph, how fast are you guys?" Zhu Song snorted coldly, and said, "Come on, put on the muslin hood, and fasten all the cuffs, trouser legs, and collars for me. The exposed skin is all covered, and there is no opportunity for mosquitoes to bite!"

"Yes, my lord!" Zhu Song made it clear that he didn't speak to Wang Cheng and the others, but they were the ones who answered, there was nothing they could do, they were right!

A hundred or so people, all of them hidden behind thin gauze tents, crossed Lingzi and headed straight for Xiahe Village.

In fact, there is no need for those muslin hats at all. Everyone wears a cloth bag filled with wormwood, and the strong smell of wormwood exudes from their bodies, which makes them choke, not to mention mosquitoes.

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After crossing Lingzi, a village appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Compared with the village in Nanjing, this village is obviously much larger. The houses in it are built with the characteristics of southern Fujian, and each of them looks like a well-built place.

But when Zhu Song and the others actually entered the village, they realized that although the village appeared to be quite large-scale and grand, it was a bit bleak, and the main road of the village was almost deserted.

You know, it is daytime right now. In the past, the common people set up big pots by the side of the street, facing the intersection, frying tea and making tea shoulder to shoulder. The common people in the village walked with satisfied faces. smile.

But now?The doors of every house are closed, and there is no one on the road. It is extremely depressed.

"It seems that everyone in the village is in danger because of the malaria!"

Walking in the village, looking at the empty village, Zhu Song had a look of worry on his face: "By the way, where are the wormwood? After a while, you ask the soldiers guarding outside to clear all the roads surrounding the village, Dry it in the sun, and when it is dry, burn the wormwood around the village and outside the village, and smoke it well to fumigate the inside and outside of the village!"

"Yes, my lord, I will order you now." Yin Qiang, the prefect of Quanzhou, nodded and trotted out.

In fact, those wormwoods have already been sun-dried by Quanzhou guards in a concentrated amount. Given the weather in Anxi, those wormwoods that have been in the sun for only three or four days can even be burned directly.

After walking straight along the village for half an hour, just turning to another road, an old woman with gray beard and hair and slightly old face suddenly popped out from a nearby house.