I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister!

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease that is widespread and extremely harmful.

Anyone who is infected will have symptoms such as fever, headache, diarrhea, coughing and asthma.

And it is very easy to transmit, mainly through water. As long as a person drinks water contaminated with schistosomiasis, or comes into contact with the skin, he or she is very likely to be infected.

Even if the feces is excreted, other livestock may be infected.

After people eat livestock, they will be infected again, which is very troublesome.

If this is really schistosomiasis, it means there may be a problem with the river water here.

If it is not dealt with in time, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will become infected, and the consequences will be too serious.

Lin Beifan walked up to the patient and asked with a majestic look:"I am asking you a question. This matter involves your illness and the safety of the people in the city. You must answer truthfully!"

"Who are you……"the patient asked weakly.

The local magistrate immediately stood up and introduced:"Don't be unreasonable! This is the current Prime Minister of the Imperial Court, the Grand Marshal of the Army, and His Royal Highness King Zhongyong! Whatever questions he wants to ask, you must answer them truthfully and do not hide them!"

Everyone present was shocked. The young man in front of me is actually the prime minister?

He immediately saluted in a panic:"The common people pay homage to the Prime Minister!"

Lin Beifan waved his hand:"You are sick, so you don't need to salute! Whatever I ask next, you have to answer!"

"Yes, Prime Minister, we will answer truthfully!"The patients said weakly.

Lin Beifan asked:"What kind of work do you do?"

"I would like to inform you, Prime Minister, that the grassroots are local farmers who make a living by farming!"

"Prime Minister, grassroots people are also farmers!"

……

Lin Beifan asked again:"Where does the water you usually drink come from?"

"Prime Minister, our water is brought from Jinsha River!"

"Yes, it’s Jinsha River!"

……

The empress and everyone around her looked puzzled, but they didn't bother them.

In this way, after a round of questioning, Lin Beifan was 90% sure that they had schistosomiasis.

Their occupations are varied, but they live very close to each other, near the Jinsha River. There was a deep pool there, which they called the Jade Dragon Pool. The water was relatively clear, and they drew water from there.

Since nothing had happened before and the river looked clear, they didn't think about it.

The empress looked at the words and asked:"Ai Qing, did you see something?"

"Your Majesty, I'm not sure yet, just go to Jade Dragon Pond and have a look!"

"Okay, I'll go and have a look with you!"

Lin Beifan and others soon arrived at Jade Dragon Pond.

The river fruits here are really very clear. You can see the bottom of the river from top to bottom, and some river fish are swimming leisurely in the river.

Lin Beifan's eyes were like a torch, and he spotted him from the Jade Dragon Pond. looking for something

"Snail!"

Snails are the intermediate host of schistosomiasis.

Where there are snails, there are usually schistosomiasis.

Finding the snails is enough to prove that the people in Xiuhua Village are suffering from schistosomiasis.

"Come on, dig out that piece of soil in the Jade Dragon Pond!"Lin Beifan shouted

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Immediately, two officials took off their clothes, dived into the river, dug out the piece of soil Lin Beifan pointed to, and piled it by the river.

Lin Beifan picked up a piece of wood and pulled it from the river. Snails were picked out from the soil.

The empress was puzzled by the whole process:"Ai Qing, what are you doing? Did you discover something? Can you tell me something?"

"Your Majesty, they are indeed suffering from worm disease! Lin Beifan said with a serious face.

"Gu disease?"The empress frowned and her face became solemn.

Just now, through the science popularization of the doctors, she had learned that worm disease is a disease prevalent in the south of the Yangtze River. A large-scale epidemic occurs every few years, usually in summer and autumn. Two seasons.

Each time it appeared, hundreds of thousands of people were infected.

After being infected, mild cases include headache, diarrhea, coughing and asthma, and severe cases have a belly as big as a drum, as if you are pregnant, but you are as skinny as a stick and often vomit blood.

As long as you get sick It will greatly affect your work, and it is also very difficult to treat.

"My dear, are you telling the truth?"The Empress asked.

Lin Beifan nodded seriously:"It's absolutely true! However, Wei Chen prefers to call them schistosomiasis!"

"Schistosomiasis? What a weird name……"The empress frowned again

"The reason why this disease is called schistosomiasis is because it is caused by schistosomiasis! This schistosomiasis is what the doctor calls a poisonous insect, a very tiny but very harmful insect!"

"This insect is pervasive and likes to live in the bodies of people and domestic animals. It grows and grows by sucking blood and semen and devouring the internal organs, hence its name!

The empress nodded:"That's it!" My dear, can the disease be cured by killing this insect?"

"Theoretically yes, but it’s very difficult to operate! Lin

Beifan smiled bitterly and said:"Your Majesty, do you know that the doctors have discovered this disease a long time ago and know how to treat it, so why are they still helpless?" Are the epidemics still recurring?

The empress asked puzzledly:"My dear, why?" Lin

Beifan pointed to the river next to him and said:"Because it is impossible for people not to drink water, and our water source mainly comes from the surrounding river water. This insect lives in the river water. Your Majesty, do you know the harm it does?""

The empress' face changed. It's impossible for people not to drink water. If you don't drink water, you will die.

But there are insects in the water, and you may get sick if you drink it. If you don't drink water, you will die in a few days.

If you drink water, even if you get sick, But it will take a few months, or even a few years, for him to die.

Finally, I want to ask you, do you drink or not?

"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true, this disease is so difficult to treat! Even if we cure the patients, they will still get sick because there is a problem with the water! Unless you can stop drinking water, but how is this possible?"The old doctor next to him smiled bitterly.

"Yes, this disease is really difficult to treat! Cao Min once cured a person, but after not seeing him for a month, he relapsed again because he wanted to drink water and drank the bugs in. It was really helpless!"

"In the end, those patients all died of illness and could not be saved at all!"

"Even if you are alive, you are still suffering!"

"Some people don’t get the disease through water! This disease is really pervasive and very difficult to prevent!"

……

Everyone shook their heads and sighed.

The empress also felt that it was difficult. This disease was really difficult to cure.

If it goes wrong and it becomes popular on a large scale, hundreds of thousands of people will suffer.

Finally, the empress looked at Lin Beifan, who often brought him hope:"Ai Qing, what you said is very clear, and you obviously know a lot about this disease. What can you do?"

"Of course there is a way! Lin Beifan snapped his fingers.

The empress perked up and said,"My beloved, please tell me!" Lin

Beifan smiled and said:"This disease is caused by schistosomiasis, and bugs always have a source, so as long as we eliminate the source of the bugs, we can eliminate the disease and prevent it from spreading!""

"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true, but where the source of the insect is, it can’t be found at all!"

"Yes, those bugs are so small that they are invisible to the naked eye. How can we find them?"

"If we can't find it, we can't cure the disease!"

……

Lin Beifan pointed to the snails at his feet and said with a smile:"The source of the insects is right here!"

"River snail?"Everyone is a little confused.

"That's right, this harmful schistosomiasis usually lives in this kind of river snail! Since it looks like a nail, I call it a snail! Therefore, as long as the snail is found and eliminated, schistosomiasis can be eradicated!"

"Fortunately, it was discovered in time. If we wait until summer and autumn, the snails and schistosomiasis will fully multiply, causing greater harm and making them more troublesome to deal with!"

Everyone blinked and looked at each other.

Although Lin Beifan's words were true, everyone still couldn't believe it.

The poison that killed people actually lived in this little snail. It felt like a fantasy..

At this time, a villager who was leading the way couldn't help but said:"Maybe the Prime Minister is right! Grass people often come here to swim, so they know the conditions of the water here very well!"

"People remember that there was no such snail before! I only discovered it recently, but the common people don’t care much! When this snail appeared, our village became infected, so it is very likely that our disease was caused by this snail!"

Everyone finally believed it.

The empress was silent for a moment and said:"Ai Qing, since you have encountered this disease, you must know a lot about this disease, so you should be responsible for this matter! If this is done, it can be promoted to Jiangnan, or even to the whole country, so that everyone will no longer be harmed by poisonous insects!"

"I obey the order! Lin

Beifan immediately gave an order:"From today on, we will immediately send people along the river bank to search for snails!" Once a snail is found, immediately remove the snail and the surrounding soil and burn it!"

"Yes, Prime Minister! Your Majesty, please order someone to do it now!"The local magistrate immediately accepted the order.

Lin Beifan added:"No one is allowed to approach this river, especially the Yulongtan water, before checking the river course twice! The prefect was a little confused:"

But Prime Minister, how can we do this without relying on you? Everyone needs to drink water!""

"The situation is urgent now and this is the only way to deal with it! As for the water issue, everyone can still drink, but only boiled water. Boil the water for everyone to drink. Only in this way can the poisonous insects in the water be eliminated and the occurrence of diseases reduced!"

"At this point, our court has no shirk of responsibility! After we have completely dealt with the snails here, we will release the river channel!"

"Yes, Prime Minister, I know what to do!"

Then, Lin Beifan issued several more orders in succession, which seemed to be thorough and comprehensive.

The empress and the doctors around her were all confused!

Isn't this guy too professional?

Who is the doctor?