Chapter 52: Thousand-Mile Rescue, Deep into the Epidemic Area

"Uh... Young Master, have you already thought about how to deal with the Wa Country people?" Er Hu asked with a frown.

"Hehe... This matter is not urgent. The most important thing right now is the epidemic in Shandong and other places. After the epidemic is over, I will definitely settle this account properly!!" Su Liang said with a ferocious smile.

"Er Hu, if this matter were handed over to you to handle, what method would you use to deal with Wa Country?"

There was nothing to do right now, so Su Liang chatted with Er Hu...

"If it were handed over to me to handle..."

"Use their own way to treat them!"

"The suffering endured by our Great Tang citizens must be repaid a thousand times by those Wa Country barbarians!!" Er Hu said through gritted teeth. Although he hadn't seen the miserable state of the Shandong people with his own eyes, he had learned about it from history books before.

"Use their own way to treat them... use their own way to treat them..." Su Liang muttered to himself upon hearing this, then began to ponder...

This method was a bit cruel, but it was not impossible to do.

If Su Liang were not in the Great Tang at this time, it would inevitably be a large-scale epidemic event that shocked the whole country. I don't know how many Great Tang citizens would have died in the end.

But the deeper he thought, the more Su Liang felt that he was to blame. After all, it was he who killed the Wa Country envoy first. If this matter didn't exist, whether the smallpox event would happen was still an unknown.

After thinking for a long time, Su Liang was too lazy to think anymore. Before this, it was true that Wa Country invaded Silla on a large scale, and it was also a bloody fact that they invaded China in later generations.

For a nation like the Yamato race that bullies the weak and fears the strong, as long as you beat them until they are afraid, they will naturally be honest.

In less than an hour, they had already driven to the vicinity of Luoyang.

"Young Master, do you want to leave some medicine for treating smallpox in Luoyang and other places?" Er Hu asked.

"No need, I have already left enough medicine in Changancheng. If there is a change in the Capital Region, there is still time, we will go directly to Shandong."

Before Su Liang set off, not only did he leave enough medicine, but he also briefly discussed with Li Er and the others about how to deal with the smallpox event later.

Two hours later, they had entered the territory of Licheng in Qizhou.

"Stop... stop!" A guard in front, covering his mouth and nose, shouted at Su Liang and the two.

Su Liang saw that there was a group of guards setting up a checkpoint in front of the car, checking passersby, so Su Liang and Er Hu also got out of the car to ask about the situation.

"Who are you? Don't you know that the front is an epidemic area? And you are riding such an alternative car." The leading guard scolded Su Liang and Er Hu.

Su Liang was too lazy to talk nonsense upon hearing this and handed his fish talisman directly to the leading guard.

"Gold... gold inlaid with jade..." The guard muttered to himself, never daring to believe his eyes. He saw that the front and back of the fish talisman were engraved with "Su" and "Chu."

Ever since Li Er listened to Su Liang's suggestion last time, now everyone in the Great Tang possessed a carp talisman representing their identity, but the materials were different. The Crown Prince used a jade fish talisman, Princes used a gold fish talisman, ordinary officials used a copper fish talisman, and ordinary common people used a steel fish talisman.

And the only person who could possess a fish talisman of such material was the Prince of Chu of the Great Tang, Su Liang!

When Li Er sent the fish talisman to Su Liang, Su Liang was startled. According to the etiquette system, Su Liang could only use a gold fish talisman.

Not only that, what Li Er gave Su Liang was a complete fish talisman, not half and half, which meant that Su Liang could mobilize any army of the Great Tang except the Qianniu Guard without Li Er's consent.

This made Su Liang flattered. Li Er smiled at this: "Sigh... Virtuous son-in-law, if I weren't forced by the etiquette system, I would definitely have made a jade carp talisman for you, to fulfill your name as Ziyu!"

In an instant, the leading guard bowed deeply to Su Liang: "Your subordinate pays respects to the Prince of Chu! I offended the Prince of Chu, I hope the Prince of Chu will forgive me!"

As the words fell, the surrounding guards also bowed deeply to Su Liang following the sound.

"Alright, alright, no need for courtesy," Su Liang waved his hand.

"I don't know why the Prince of Chu came here?" The guard asked respectfully, and then simply explained the severity of the epidemic: "Now thousands of common people in Shandong have been infected with smallpox, the Prince of Chu really shouldn't have come."

"Hehe... Naturally, I came to help," Su Liang smiled slightly.

Everyone suddenly realized upon hearing this. Last year, Divine Physician Sun Simiao couldn't cure Empress Zhangsun's illness, and later it was Su Liang who treated it. Now that Su Liang had come, there must be a corresponding treatment method.

In an instant, these guards who set up checkpoints and roadblocks knelt down in front of Su Liang...

"Prince of Chu, save the people of Shandong."

"Prince of Chu, save the people of Shandong."

Su Liang, seeing this, hurriedly stepped forward to help them up and guaranteed: "Everyone get up. Since I have come, I will definitely not let the people of Shandong sacrifice in vain. You can rest assured."

After the guards got up, Su Liang asked: "Where is the epidemic most severe in Shandong now?"

"Report to the Prince of Chu, the epidemic is currently most severe in Dengzhou, followed by Laizhou; the epidemic in Qizhou, Zizhou, and Qingzhou has been controlled," the leading guard answered respectfully.

"Then Yanzhou, Yizhou, and Mizhou, these few places haven't had smallpox?" Su Liang asked suspiciously.

"Report to the Prince of Chu, no smallpox patients have been found in these three prefectures yet," the guard answered.

"Then where is your Prince of Qi now?" Su Liang asked.

"He should be in Wendeng, Dengzhou now. The epidemic in Dengzhou is particularly severe," the guard said without hesitation.

Wendeng... Wendeng, wasn't that the city closest to the east coast?

The epidemic in Dengzhou was the most severe, followed by Laizhou. Now the epidemic in Qizhou, Zizhou, and Qingzhou had been controlled, and Yanzhou, Yizhou, and Mizhou had not had smallpox patients. At this moment, Su Liang was 100% sure that the smallpox virus was brought by Wa Country people.

Then Su Liang left some medicine for treating smallpox and explained the method of taking the medicine thoroughly.

"Take these medicines to the isolated patients." Then he took out the "Cowpox Vaccination Method" he had prepared from his arms and handed it to the leading guard, urging: "In addition, vaccinate the common people who have not been infected with smallpox according to this method. After vaccination, they will never get smallpox again."

"This... this..."

The guard looked at the booklet in his hand carefully, never daring to believe what Su Liang said. Su Liang actually wanted to extract pus from the cowpox of a dairy cow and vaccinate it into the human body, so that the vaccinated person would gain immunity to smallpox.

"How, not at ease?" Su Liang smiled.

"No... no... no... I am naturally at ease, but the common people are afraid..." The leading guard expressed his worry at this moment.

Facing the Prince of Chu, Su Liang, who was standing in front of him, the dignified Great Tang General of Heaven's Strategy, even if he were to die, he would be willing, but he really couldn't persuade the common people who hadn't been infected with smallpox.

"Hehe... That doesn't matter, there is no need to rush this matter. If there are common people willing to be vaccinated, vaccinate them according to this method first. If they are not willing, don't force them. The most important thing right now is to cure the common people suffering from smallpox."

Su Liang said calmly, then drove the car toward Wendeng in the admiring eyes of the guards. ===== CHAPTER 53 =====