diskusbooks Chapter 341 Partition Management
Chapter 341 Partition Management
Li Wu suddenly had an ominous feeling in his heart, "How are they going to solve this problem?"
Meng Heshan's expression suddenly became a little unnatural. He coughed lightly and said, "They want to use their medical skills to make the leader, General Li, fall into a coma. In this way, even if you object, you will not be able to stop our actions."
"We will wake you up after we cure the people of smallpox. By then, the people will have recovered and the smallpox epidemic will have been resolved. Naturally, there will be no need for soldiers to besiege the city and burn the people."
"If the smallpox epidemic has not improved, and you, General Li, were attacked and seriously injured, and you are unaware of what I have done, the court will only blame me and not you, General Li, if they investigate."
Li Wu was stunned at first, but when he realized what was happening, he was so angry that he laughed out loud, "Execute first and report later, and cheat, this is really a brilliant idea!"
After saying this, Li Wu frowned and fell into deep thought. Meng Heshan knew that he was in the wrong, so he did not disturb the other party. He just sat quietly, waiting for the other party to make the final decision.
Time passed by little by little. After a long time, Li Wu finally spoke again: "At first glance, what you said just now really seemed to be for my benefit, and even to have avoided all possible risks for me in advance. But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that this is not the case."
"If I follow your orders, I will not make any mistakes. But if I follow your ideas, no matter what the result is, it will be extremely disadvantageous to me."
"Although the court will not punish me for this due to your arrangement, the people in the court will definitely have the impression that I am incompetent, which is not good for my future promotion. I will not do anything that has no benefit."
Hearing this, Meng Heshan frowned tightly, thinking to himself: I have been too busy recently, so I am no longer as meticulous as before when handling affairs, and I am no longer as thorough as before when thinking about problems. If Li Wu hadn't pointed it out himself, he really wouldn't have realized this.
From this incident, we can see that Li Wu is not a rough and reckless man who only has muscles but no brains. On the contrary, he has a quick mind and quick reactions. From his words, we can even detect a bit of profiteering.
Could it be that I really made a mistake this time? I actually mistook the wolf for a sheep. I had originally intended to win him over to my side, so I was open with him and spoke freely. However, now it seems that all the efforts I made before have been in vain.
Not only that, he also took the initiative to expose his weakness to the other party. If Li Wu was really a villain who put profit above all else as he thought, then he would probably write a memorial to the court as soon as he left and impeach him. Thinking of this, Meng Heshan suddenly felt something was wrong.
No! He couldn't just sit there and wait for death. After he got out of here, he had to immediately go find Old Man Chen and ask him to take the initiative to knock the man unconscious to prevent this from happening.
After all, the smallpox issue has not yet been resolved. It would be too unfair to lose this life at this critical moment.
The more Meng Heshan thought about it, the more frightened he became. He couldn't help but bead up a layer of sweat on his back. However, before the sweat condensed into sweat and flowed down his cheeks, he heard Li Wu speak again.
"Therefore, I am opposed to the method you proposed. However, since there is a possibility of solving the problem, I really can't bear to watch so many innocent people die tragically in front of me. So, I plan to take a gamble."
Meng Heshan's heart beat violently when he heard this, and he subconsciously asked, "What does General Li mean by this?"
Li Wu raised his lips slightly, revealing a faint smile: "It is just as your Excellency wishes. I am willing to lead the 20,000 soldiers I brought with me to fully assist your Excellency in launching the rescue operation. After all, the mission we received was to fight in coordination with you. Doing so does not count as violating the emperor's will."
Li Wu paused here before continuing, "According to what you just said, it takes seven days to treat a critically ill patient. So, I will give you seven days."
"If the smallpox epidemic has not improved after seven days, even if you insist on continuing to rescue, we can only act according to the instructions of the higher-ups. Otherwise, we will have a hard time reporting to the court."
"If we can successfully cure this smallpox, it will be a happy thing for everyone. Not only will the people of the whole county be spared from the pain of death, but we soldiers will also not have to point our knives at innocent people and commit murder."
"We can even take this opportunity to go one step further and gain a higher status and merit. For the sake of the people and ourselves, I am willing to take this risk and give it a try."
Meng Heshan didn't expect that after many twists and turns, things would eventually usher in the most ideal result. The pressure in his heart suddenly decreased, and he relaxed completely.
"That's great! With the cooperation of 20,000 soldiers, both the speed of drug preparation and the manpower for maintaining order can be fully guaranteed. In this way, the progress of treatment will definitely be greatly accelerated." Meng Heshan could not hide his excitement.
"If seven days pass and there is still no good news of recovery from mild symptoms, even if you, General Li, don't mention it, I, Meng Heshan, will destroy the city according to the court's wishes to prevent the epidemic from spreading again and endangering more people."
"At the same time, I will personally write a letter of apology and confess to His Majesty that all of this was my own idea, and it was only because I used my official power to put pressure on you that you had to compromise. No matter what, I will not let General Li suffer any implicated or punishment in this incident." Meng Heshan solemnly promised Li Wu.
In fact, Meng Heshan was not as selfless as he appeared. Lin Chuyi had told him that mild cases would take three days, and severe cases would take five to seven days. However, Meng Heshan had never seen it with his own eyes, so he was not sure. When he reported the time to Li Wu, he delayed it for a few days. If there was any accident, there would be time to turn around.
Li Wu naturally had no idea of what was going on in Meng Heshan's mind, but as a governor of a state, Meng Heshan was willing to make such a promise to him, a general in an outer city. Li Wu was deeply touched and his impression of Meng Heshan improved a lot.
Li Wu is a military general who always acts decisively. Since he has already promised Meng Heshan to cooperate, he will not continue to waste time talking to the other party.
So, he bowed to Meng Heshan and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency's promise is enough. There is no time to lose. If you need us to do anything, just tell us."
"Okay." Seeing Li Wu's straightforwardness, Meng Heshan swallowed back the words he had prepared, went straight to the point, and began to explain his next plans.
Li Wu listened very carefully and his execution was excellent. With the full cooperation of him and the 20,000 soldiers he led, both the residents of Yongning County and the villagers in its subordinate villages were quickly resettled in different areas under the arrangement of the soldiers.
Those patients with severe smallpox were concentrated in the isolation area on the left for centralized treatment and real-time monitoring, while smallpox patients with milder symptoms were properly placed in the right part of the isolation area.
In addition to providing the necessary pills to patients with severe smallpox every day, the remaining pills will be distributed to patients with mild smallpox in various regions according to a certain ratio.
If patients with mild smallpox have not recovered after five days of treatment, they will be transferred to the isolation area for severe smallpox patients for further treatment. Conversely, if they have recovered, they will be sent to a safe area for temporary residence and observation.
Although smallpox is highly contagious, people who survive a bout of smallpox will produce antibodies in their bodies. In most cases, a person will only get smallpox once in his or her lifetime. From this perspective, these recovered people are the safest.
The safe zone is a temporary residence specially prepared for them. After three days of resettlement, the number of people in the safe zone has doubled every day.