You are my golden finger

Chapter 144 Disaster Relief in Progress (3)

Just after midnight, Qiuyan came knocking on the door and said that the convoy from Shiziwo had arrived, and now Ye Jinlin, An Yi, General Wu and others were helping to unload the goods with the personal guards and the vanguard battalion.

Lin Xijin hurried over to check, and Murongxu followed. The two saw that the motorcade and Qingyuan Medical College's Sun Hong, Xue Qiren, Banxia and others had arrived, and the adopted boys over twelve years old also followed.

Seeing that everyone was eating, Lin Xijin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It would be easier to get things done with the help of their own people.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Eat a full meal and have a good rest, and you don't have to get up too early tomorrow. The tents outside haven't been set up yet, and the conditions are difficult, so please make do with them. Do you all have bedding?" Lin Xijin asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, Princess. We all have them."

The cargo was mainly food and medicinal materials, as well as some liquor, ginger, garlic and salt. The cargo was unloaded quickly, and Lin Xijin asked everyone to go back and rest.

She asked Murong Xu to guard the door while she went into the warehouse and filled all the space inside with food and medicinal materials before stopping.

Murong Xu instructed his personal guards to guard the warehouse. All stock materials could only be moved with his and Lin Xijin's orders, and they had to be registered.

The two of them came to the open space by the river before dawn. Lin Xijin released five assault boats and ten fishing boats, as well as many planks, tarpaulins, water purification equipment, etc., to facilitate the search and rescue of disaster victims, the construction of shacks, and the purification of drinking water tomorrow.

The next day, although the rain had weakened, the sky was still gloomy, like a huge curtain covered with thick clouds. It seemed that the rain would continue, and Lin Xijin sighed as if resigned to her fate.

She met with Murong Xu, General Wu, and the governor of Chai County to assign tasks and decided to split the troops into two groups. Murong Xu led his personal guards and some of the vanguard camp soldiers and yamen runners who could row boats to search and rescue the victims.

Murong Xu asked the soldiers and runners of the vanguard camp to put on life jackets and row along the predetermined route. Murong Xu personally taught several members of the personal guard how to drive the assault boat and replenish diesel.

The guards were stunned by this magical speedboat, but also indescribably excited, and everyone wanted to try it out.

After a few people had learned it, Murong Xu asked them to set out to search and rescue the victims everywhere, while he stayed in the tent temporarily set up by An Yi and others to command the troops.

Lin Xijin had a lot of things to do. She asked everyone to collect masks and other protective equipment, and then assigned tasks to everyone.

The tasks of distributing porridge and cleaning the victims' homes were assigned to the governor of Chai County, while the task of building shacks was assigned to General Wu. They were also asked to boldly recruit healthy and strong victims, register them, and then pay them.

"Princess, does the court have this expense?" asked County Magistrate Chai anxiously.

"The major families in Beijing and the heroes of Huanghu will help raise this fund, so the county magistrate does not need to worry." Lin Xijin dispelled his concerns and took the opportunity to reassure General Wu.

"Well, well, well! The princess and everyone else are so righteous." Magistrate Chai praised with some embarrassment.

I took Mu Jin, Ban Xia and others to inspect the patients who were admitted to the city yesterday. I saw that their conditions were improving and there were no more critically ill patients.

The boy who was admitted yesterday has his fever gone, and his mother is overwhelmed with gratitude.

Lin Xijin left Banxia and a few others to see these patients, and went out of the city with Mujin and some members of the medical team.

"Jinlin, Xihui, Xinfeng, the three of you and the kids from your families will be responsible for distributing disaster relief clothing and purifying drinking water. I have told you the method of purifying drinking water before, so if you don't understand, just ask again." Lin Xijin instructed.

"Okay, sister, we all remember it." Xihui replied.

Each person was given a set of disaster relief clothing, a straw mat and a bed sheet. Because it was already late April, as long as there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain, it wouldn't be too cold at night, and a bed sheet would be enough.

Of course, it is summer now and mosquitoes are rampant. Lin Xijin distributes mosquito coils to each shack and sprays mosquito and insect repellents around the shacks. This will prevent mosquito bites and the spread of diseases.

The large iron boxes and charcoal used to purify drinking water were placed on the river bank with the boats last night, and Murong Xu sent soldiers to deliver them early in the morning. There were also a large number of planks and oilcloths on the river bank, and Murong Xu notified the governor of Chai County to organize people to deliver them.

These large iron boxes appear to be made of iron sheets, but they are actually the military supplies from Lin Xijin’s space, all of which are made of alloys that will not rust.

Xihui, Xinfeng and others had already learned how to purify drinking water from Lin Xijin's usual teachings. As soon as the iron box arrived, they got busy.

A group of people found a place to place the iron boxes. They placed the iron boxes at three different heights and installed hollow bamboo tubes in the hole between the first and second iron boxes.

Another group of people dug and sifted sand. Coarse sand was placed in the lower part of the first iron box, a layer of charcoal was placed in the middle, and another layer of coarse sand was placed on top. Water was then injected and allowed to flow from the bamboo pipe into the second iron box.

The second iron box is filled with fine sand and some crushed charcoal, and the processing method is the same as the first iron box.

The turbid water flows through the first iron box, enters the second iron box, and then the flowing water enters the third iron box, where it becomes very clear.

However, Lin Xijin instructed that the victims must not be allowed to drink raw water to prevent infection with dysentery, and the water must be boiled before being given to the victims.

Another group of disaster victims arrived last night. We also did a registration process and allowed them to receive food and clothing using their number tags.

Today's breakfast is a bowl of thick porridge and a big steamed bun. After breakfast, some strong men signed up to cut trees and build huts.

Some women also came to find work. Lin Xijin asked them to help in the kitchen or clean, dig drainage ditches, and pick up some sand and stones to pave the road. If so many people gathered together and the hygiene was not well maintained, the subsequent epidemic would be more troublesome.

There are also some women with dexterous hands who were asked to sew masks. Although there are plenty of masks in her space, she still has to let these people have a way to make a living, right?

The boiling of the medicine was still going on. Since all the medicinal materials were available, Lin Xijin only wrote a prescription and asked Mu Jin to bring the doctor sent by the Magistrate of Chai County and some women to boil the medicine, while she went to treat the sick victims.

Anyone who is not afraid of the bitter taste of the decoction can drink a bowl of it. Based on the principle of treating illnesses and preventing illnesses, the decoction will be continuously applied in the next few days. After all, the bodies of the disaster victims have been damaged to varying degrees during this period of time.

There is strength in numbers. By the evening, rows of shacks were neatly built in four areas. In order to make the shacks more wind-resistant and stable, two rows were built back to back, so that they have independent space and can take care of each other.

The shacks are allocated in a room with eight people, and men and women are separated. They are assigned according to serial numbers, and people can adjust them as needed.

There are four beds in the shack, two people per bed, the middle space is covered with wooden boards, and the top and sides are covered with tarpaulins. Although the conditions are simple, the victims finally have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.