In times of chaos and famine, I traded one pound of rice for two royal flushes.

In the Great Wei Dynasty, medical skills were divided into many schools, each with its own expertise in treating certain ailments and its own theories, and none of them could convince the others.

Chu Wu had only heard a little about this. He himself did not care about medical skills. He only knew that if he could determine the school of Qin Shaolang's medical skills, he could recommend Qin Shaolang to the Great Wei Border Army if there was a real crisis here in the future!

A doctor who has mastered the art of treating illnesses can make a living no matter where he is.

If placed in the military, they would be the most important core members.

Under Chu Wu's expectant gaze, Qin Shaolang began to explain his medical knowledge in detail.

"Let's start with the plague, since you've experienced it too."

Chu Wu nodded hurriedly, recalling the details of the time in his mind, trying to explain the patient's symptoms in order to help Qin Shaolang figure out the cause of that plague.

Little did he know that Qin Shaolang's words would exceed his comprehension.

"In your current understanding, the smallest thing should be something like dust, which requires careful observation to see. But in reality, there are things even smaller than dust in this world, and they are ubiquitous in the world."

Upon hearing this, Chu Wu's eyes widened immediately, and he quickly stood up.

"Brother Qin, this can't be right. How could something smaller than a speck of dust exist?"

Just one sentence was enough to make Chu Wu jump up.

He found it hard to imagine how something smaller than a speck of dust could survive.

What do they eat? How do they move?

If I were to step on them every day, wouldn't I kill a huge number of them? With so many people in the world, how could they possibly reproduce?

Seeing Chu Wu's resolute expression, Qin Shaolang simply laughed.

Sure enough, without a solid foundation of basic knowledge, these things were still too advanced for Chu Wu.

However, if we were to start talking about bacteria, viruses, and microorganisms, it would be far too troublesome, and the knowledge would be too complicated and trivial. What's worse, there are some things that are simply impossible to verify with the current technology of the Great Wei!

In other words, if Chu Wu gets bogged down in any particular detail within the vast knowledge system he describes, the conversation will be unable to continue.

Qin Shaolang pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at Chu Wu and uttered three words.

"quicklime."

Chu Wu looked at Qin Shaolang with suspicion.

"Wh-what?"

Qin Shaolang smiled confidently.

"Given the current industrial level of the Great Wei, quicklime is the only thing I can think of that can effectively stop its spread. During that plague, you must have scattered a large amount of quicklime around the edge of the camp and heavily guarded it, preventing people from leaving, in order to contain the plague."

Chu Wu's eyes widened suddenly, staring at Qin Shaolang as if he had seen a ghost.

goooo...

After a long while, Chu Wu swallowed hard.

"This decision was made, but it was based on the experience of other places in dealing with plagues, and I don't know the specific reasons."

Qin Shaolang smiled slightly.

"I've already explained it to you clearly. The plague was caused by a virus, and quicklime blocked its spread, so it was contained."

Chu Wu suddenly looked at Qin Shaolang with a wary expression.

Qin Shaolang's words were too bizarre; he simply couldn't imagine what Qin Shaolang was talking about.

But from Qin Shaolang's confident expression and the series of theories he presented, one could sense that these words were not just rhetoric he had just put together.

It's more like he's stating existing knowledge!

At that moment, a sense of unfamiliarity suddenly washed over him, as if a demon was about to be released from the body of Qin Shaolang, who was sitting next to him.

An indescribable fear immediately filled his mind.

If he hadn't spent the last few days with Qin Shaolang and realized that he wasn't a bad person, he would have run away on the spot!

Before Chu Wu could recover from his fear, Qin Shaolang continued.

"Actually, the thing that caused the plague can be transmitted through the air, so the winds at that time shouldn't have been strong, and it didn't spread afterward. You must have sent people to bury all the bodies. However, you probably buried the people who were responsible for dragging the bodies along with them as well. Otherwise, with such close contact and no knowledge of protective measures, there would definitely have been some virus carried out."

Upon hearing this, Chu Wu's legs suddenly went weak, and he almost knelt on the ground.

Having mustered up my courage, I finally dared to ask.

"Brother Qin, are you even human? How do you know so much?"

Qin Shaolang suddenly smiled slightly.

"Of course I'm human. Let me put it this way: since you come from a military background, you must be able to make some deductions based on the traces left on the battlefield. For example, if someone has stab wounds, it means the opponent was armed with a spear. That shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

Chu Wu nodded vigorously.

"Yes, I can definitely do that."

Qin Shaolang immediately smiled, placed his hands on his knees, and said confidently.

"For a doctor, the patient's body is the remaining battlefield. It's reasonable for me to make relatively accurate inferences based on the information I have, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Wu suddenly understood.

Qin Shaolang was able to deduce their methods of dealing with the plague because of his extremely high level of medical expertise!

This level of skill is so high that it would be considered heresy even within the entire Great Wei Dynasty!

No one could understand what Qin Shaolang meant by those unseen creatures, but things would unfold as he predicted.

Isn't this just a heretical and evil god?

It took Chu Wu a long time to recover.

"Brother Qin, I think I understand now. These things you mentioned exist, and they are the cause of the disease."

Seeing Chu Wu's behavior, Qin Shaolang knew he couldn't say anything more. Chu Wu needed time to accept it and needed to try again and again to prove that what he had just said was correct.

After all, traditional Chinese medicine is based on experience, and its theories may be wrong, but its results must be useful.

It values ​​conclusions highly; as long as its conclusions can cure diseases, its theories will naturally be accepted by people.

"Alright, just remember this: frequent washing can prevent most diseases."

Chu Wu nodded immediately.

"Yes, I'll emphasize that to them tomorrow, and tell them to wash up more and spend more time tidying up."

Qin Shaolang suddenly smiled.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Next, we need to discuss how to deal with that white-browed tiger. I'm really tempted by the bounty on its head."

The magistrate has already offered an exorbitant price of six hundred taels of silver. This large sum of money will be able to solve many problems for Qin Shaolang.

For example, these thirty people will consume a huge amount of food throughout the entire winter.

The stone needed to reinforce this place also needs to be purchased with money, and at the very least, some basic quarrying tools should be bought.

In the past, there were three people living together, so resources were naturally the priority.

But now he has thirty-three people with him!

The biggest hidden danger is not having money for emergencies.