Dugu Jiu's journey was very fast, and he had already found out in the middle of the night. Early in the morning, Hou Junji and Dugu Jiu came together. Although Hou Junji is now the Minister of War, his character as the Minister of War is obviously not as good as Li Jing's Minister of War. Li Shimin would promote him, largely because of his loyalty.

The older generation of generals were older, and the Tang Dynasty needed a leading figure. In contrast, Li Ji was obviously more suitable. However, when Li Ji was in the Xuanwu Gate incident, he chose neutrality, which made Li Shimin doubt his loyalty. As Li Shimin's "guard captain", Hou Junji trusted him in terms of loyalty, so Li Shimin promoted him to the Minister of War. He was the general of Tiance and the best general in the world. He naturally knew Hou Junji's flaws, but he thought that this flaw could be compensated. Therefore, he not only often discussed the way of using troops with Hou Junji, but even asked Li Jing to teach Hou Junji's military tactics himself.

But unfortunately, the facts proved that Li Shimin may have missed this time. Hou Junji is a powerful general, but he is really not a handsome man. Li Jing taught him the art of war, but he felt that Li Jing did not teach him sincerely, but instead went to Li Shimin to make a report. When Li Shimin discussed the way of using military forces with him, he didn't think there was anything strange about it. He thought that he could do it, so he might not be so serious when listening.

Li Shimin chose him as the Minister of War, which was originally a cultivation idea. But he misunderstood Li Shimin's meaning and regarded the Minister of War as a kind of affirmation. He believed that it was his own excellence that he obtained the position of Minister of War.

When leading the army, there was no progress compared to before, and he still looked and acted like he was when he was a "guard captain" next to Li Shimin.

If Dugu Jiu hadn't come to him, he wouldn't have noticed that the big belly disease in the camp had quietly spread. After hearing Dugu Jiu's speech, he realized the seriousness of the problem. He would stop thinking about sleeping, so he hurried to Li Mu and discuss the solution.

Li Mu didn't sleep much all night. This was too big and involved too much. In addition to various factors, Li Mu couldn't help but ignore the lives of 20,000 soldiers.

Hou Junji originally wanted to complain about the barracks, but when he saw Li Mu's eyes full of blood, he couldn't say anything to his mouth. The two looked at each other, and Li Mu said, "General, let's solve the problem first. How many patients are there in the camp?"

"After checking overnight, there were about fifty or sixty people." Hou Junji was a little embarrassed. As a general, fifty or sixty people in the army had already been ill. He didn't know at all. He had made a mistake in his misunderstanding and did not feel wronged at all.

Li Mu did not mention this, but said, "The first thing now is to separate these sick people from those who are not. In addition, this disease is caused by water sources. You cannot get water from the ditches. Don't think it's troublesome. Just dig a well. Before the well is well, transport water to drink, or boil the water before drinking. You must not drink the raw water in the river."

Hou Junji listened blankly, and found that he could not remember so many, and repeatedly said, "I'll write it down, I'll go back and do what you said. You said so quickly, I'm afraid I can't remember it."

Li Mu was ready, so he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, saying, "I wrote it last night. The general can refer to it to see if there are any missing parts."

"I have anything to worry about doing things, just do it." Hou Junji took it and put it in his arms. He also had his own mind. This was the constitution given by Li Mu. He followed it all. If something went wrong, Li Mu would take care of it. Although he had the responsibility, he still took the lead.

Li Mu knew his thoughts very well, but he didn't care. He just needed to get things done now. After yesterday's thinking, he had sorted out his thoughts. Big belly disease is not uncontrollable, and there is nothing scary.

"In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading, I decided to stop the Mingzhou Port project first, mobilize all the materials and build a hospital."

"Hospital?" Hou Junji was a little confused. He had never heard of this word. Suddenly, a light of inspiration flashed in his head and said, "Is it similar to the clinic in Liu Shenwei in Chang'an City? Last year, my child was ill and was treated in his clinic."

"It's almost the same, but there are also differences. The hospital faces more people and more doctors than the clinic. Please ask the general to allocate two thousand strong soldiers to help. I will supervise the work myself and strive to build the hospital within half a month."

When Hou Junji heard Li Mu say that he was supervising the work, he completely realized the importance. He knew how long it took Li Mu to personally supervise the construction of the project. His ability to make an exception is enough to show that this matter is imminent and very important.

Hou Junji also said seriously: "Don't worry, two thousand people, when I return to the camp, I will prepare it for you immediately."

Li Mu said to Dugu Jiu again: "Go to find Wang Rui and ask him to transport the cement produced to me immediately, and no bag is allowed to be left. All other places will be placed first, and all resources will be placed on the hospital. In addition, I will post a notice to me in the name of the Jiangnan Governor's Office and recruit all famous doctors in Jiangnan. Those who see the notice will be punished for delaying military aircraft. No one should be merciful to me. When using thunder means, don't say that you are not prepared."

Dugu Jiu took the order and left, Hou Junji also stood up, and Li Mu sent the two to the door. He wrote a letter from Fei Ge to Luoyang, and transferred Gongsun Kang, who was building the road. Although he said he would supervise the work himself, he had to deal with other things after all, and could not stay at the construction site in detail. He also needed an experienced, mature and persistent person. The most important thing was to stay in charge of the hospital. Only when the hospital was built was safe.

...

On the evening of that day, two thousand soldiers took office.

On the second day, two thousand soldiers entered the mountain to log wood. Li Mu set the address of the Jiangnan First Hospital between Mingzhou Port and Yangzhou Port. Wang Tong and more than 20 doctors in Yangzhou City were urgently requisitioned by Li Mu, responsible for preparing medicines to prevent big belly disease and distributing them to the soldiers of the camp.

The resettlement villages that did not have any illness also sent doctors to settle in. According to the regulations stipulated by him, the resettlement villages began to wipe out the snails.

On the third day, the cement transportation was in place. Wang Rui also brought twenty bricklayers to support Li Mu's construction project. The rest of the families were also preparing. Every prominent family would raise some craftsmen at home. This time, seeing that Li Mu was supervising the work, he didn't dare to hide his own secrets. Under Wang Rui's leadership, ten of these families rushed to the construction site to report.

On the fourth day, the wood was gradually transported from the mountain, and all the blacksmith shops in Yangzhou City were requisitioned to build pipelines that they didn't know what to do.

On the fifth day, Li Mu finally finished drawing the hospital's drawings and the construction project officially began.

At the beginning of the project, all the craftsmen involved were a little confused. What they were confused about was that this project was different from the buildings they had participated in before. There was a big difference when laying the foundation. In addition to normal pile driving, ground beams, etc., various pipes that were not known to be built. Moreover, for most people, using cement to build houses is the first time in their lives, so when they first started working, the progress was a bit slow.

Although Li Mu was anxious, he also knew that this was not an urgent matter. Moreover, there was another disadvantage in building cement that once the cement construction was formed, if it was wrong, the cost of rebuilding was very high. After the cement solidified, it would be very difficult to shake it with manpower without heavy machinery. So you can't be anxious, as it means something wrong.

Li Mu patiently explained to all the foremen how to construct the construction. After two or three days, his patience was basically wiped out. Fortunately, just when Li Mu almost broke out, Gongsun Kang finally arrived. As one of the few people in the world who could understand Li Mu's drawings, Gongsun Kang took over the work of supervising the work, which liberated Li Mu.

Li Mu spent a lot of money on the construction of Jiangnan First Hospital this time. In addition to the cement brick houses that are very different from traditional wooden structures, Jiangnan First Hospital also used easy-to-rinse cement floors and strictly separated water supply, drainage and sewage systems. The various pre-buried pipes consumed countless iron. It made Hou Junji feel hurt when he saw it. Wang Rui's steel factory had all the production capacity had been filled before he could open to the outside world.

In addition to these pre-buried pipes, a boiler system that supplies hot water all day is also expensive. In order to conduct heat faster, Li Mu even used copper, and countless copper coins were melted and made into pipes and warmers, which made people worry whether these things would be stolen directly by people who were jealous of money after they were put into use.

After Gongsun Kang took over Li Mu's baton, Li Mu finally had time to deal with it, and the doctors who were recruited were recruited.

No matter what era, doctors are respected. After all, nothing is more important than life. Li Mu's rough conscript order caused collective dissatisfaction among the doctors, but Li Mu was in power. Unless Li Shimin issued an order, Li Mu's words would be like an imperial edict on the territory of Jiangnan. If he was disobedient, he would really be beheaded.

Li Mu screened the doctors who were recruited. He mercilessly drove out the people who sold dog meat in sheepskin. The rest were those who had real skills. According to the different medical skills that each person is good at, he assigned different departments, including surgery, internal medicine, orthopedics, etc., infectious departments used to treat infectious patients, and special epidemic prevention departments.

These doctors, whether they are willing or not, have been forced to sign a one-year contract by Li Mu. If they really don’t want to, they can take the money and leave one year later, but in this first year, whether you are willing or not, they have to work at Jiangnan First Hospital.

Such a coercion will naturally arouse dissatisfaction, but after seeing the reward given by Li Mu, these dissatisfactions are almost gone. There is nothing else, and I have given too much.

Everyone's salary is different. But there is one thing that is unified, that is, the price offered by Li Mu is basically about three times their original annual income. Unless you are determined to do the right thing, there is no reason to refuse this price.

Li Mu is powerful and there are very few people who are determined to go against him. If there is, he doesn't mind crushing it. He doesn't care if he laughs or laughs. When he is doing serious business, whoever dares to drag him down is definitely a thorn in his eyes.

Human life is at stake, how can we be joked about?

Facts have proved that Li Mu's huge moves were definitely not alarmist. Just halfway through the construction of the hospital, with Yangzhou as the center, nearby counties and counties began to report cases of big belly disease. Although not many, the cumulative number was more than a thousand.

In the place where there were case reports, Li Mu clicked a point on the map. After all the points were clicked, he suddenly discovered that almost all the villages and towns connected to the water system were not spared.

If they were not prepared, these stars and dots would probably have become even fragments. During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, similar things had happened in Jiangnan. However, the tragic situation of that year was covered by the tragic situation brought by the war. Now the world is peaceful, and if hundreds of people die suddenly, it will cause a sensation that will cause.

Without further ado, when Jiangnan First Hospital only built one conference room, Li Mu summoned all the doctors in the internal medicine department to tell them the cause of big belly disease.

Yes, all the famous doctors in Jiangnan gathered together to listen to Li Mu, a layman, talk about the cause of the disease.

How ridiculous it is, but no one dares to say it. Who can make the Marquis, the Grand Governor of Jiangnan, hold the Shangfang Sword? If your neck is hard enough and you can surpass the Shangfang Sword, of course you can ignore it or even laugh at it. But if you don’t have any confidence in your neck, it’s better to listen honestly.

I thought Li Mu was just making a few words, and it would be fine if he could endure it. But they still underestimated it, especially when they saw Li Mu wearing a mask and holding a small tool called "tweezers", he picked up a snail from the glassware when he was facing a big enemy, and then told them that it was when this thing was contagious with a big belly disease, and everyone smiled politely and helplessly.

You are the Marquis, you are right.

You are the Grand Governor of Jiangnan, you are right.

You give a lot of money, you eat people short, and you get people short...

Everyone's expressions were different, and some of them were not well trained enough, but they had no expression on their faces and tried not to express the word "disbelief".

The atmosphere is a bit awkward...

Li Mu was annoyed and said, "Why don't you talk? Do you think this marquis is farting?"

"Mr. Marquis, the little people dare not." Only Wang Tong knew Li Mu the earliest, and everyone looked at him, so he had to bite the bullet and talk: "Mr. Marquis means that if people eat snails, they will get big belly disease?"

"It's not because he got a big belly disease after taking snails, but because of the larvae of Schistosoma schistosomiasis parasitic in the snails!" Li Mu wore a big mask, but he could tell from his tone that he was very unhappy at this time and his patience had reached its limit.

"And snails are the only intermediate host of schistosomiasis. So as long as you eliminate snails, you can eliminate big belly disease!"
Chapter completed!