The Rise of the European Emperor

France's population of 15 million is not a joke. There are more than two million people in the Mediterranean region, but nearly half of them are infected with smallpox. It is foreseeable that many people will die. The mortality rate of smallpox is as high as 30% even in the later generations with advanced medicine, but in this era of backward medicine, it is not surprising that more than half of the patients died. Therefore, people are extremely afraid of this infectious disease.

At this time, Paris, France was in a panic, and the French ruling and opposition parties felt helpless against the smallpox in the south. Not to mention France, even Marin, who is in Beihai, panicked. This is smallpox! If he contracted it himself, he might die, and his son's resistance would be even weaker...

Therefore, in line with the idea of ​​eradicating smallpox, Marin ordered to suspend all contact with foreign countries, including trade, to prevent the smallpox virus from being introduced into the North Sea country.

Then, spread masks and quicklime disinfection across the country. In addition, Marin ordered the implementation of the method of "drawing one out of ten" across the country. Brave men were drawn from various manors across the country, armed with simple weapons such as sticks, and went to the border of the North Sea to garrison, drive away or even kill anyone who tried to cross the border. foreigners.

Because of the nationwide mobilization, this time the Beihai State actually dispatched 50,000 strong men to serve. In other words, the total number of strong men in Beihai State is now more than 500,000, accounting for a quarter of the population. Of course, this is because the Beihai Kingdom has never lost a battle, and did not die too many strong men. If they fought for years, the total number of strong men would not be so high.

Moreover, the North Sea State originally had the first, second, third, and sixth legions with a total of 40,000 people. The 50,000 strong men were actually used to help the 40,000 main force, mainly to fill in the loopholes in the border and avoid the possibility of smallpox spreading in. Aside from the 10,000 people who need to guard the capital, this time Beihai has dispatched a total of 80,000 people to guard the border, resisting or even killing all unknown people trying to enter the country, so as not to mix in smallpox patients.

What Marin did was not aimless. After all, he has many enemies, and it is not guaranteed that someone will send smallpox patients into Beihai. Therefore, it is very safe to fill soldiers on the border or even the coastline.

Not to mention, Charles, the current Earl of Nantes in France, and Charles II, the former Duke of Geddes, hated Marin extremely. After all, he lost a huge principality because of Marin. However, at this time, he accompanied Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, to guard the city of Naples, so he could not handle this matter. Otherwise, he would definitely find a way to send a few smallpox patients to Beihai.

Although the defense work has been done, Marin is still worried, for fear that the smallpox virus will spread from France. So, after gritted his teeth, Marin sent someone to release a carrier pigeon to inform John Lafite, who was far away in Paris, to give advice to François I...

On the second day after the secret letter arrived, John Lafite entered the palace to offer advice to the devastated King François I...

"Order to stop the flow of people and disinfect with quicklime? Can this work?" Francois I didn't understand, and was a little skeptical of John Lafite's suggestion.

John Lafite said calmly:

"Your Majesty, I am from Münster City. I was originally a businessman. My former fellow countryman told me that the North Sea Kingdom has prevented many diseases by relying on this method that is said to have been passed down from 'The Great Sage Einstein'. One fact is—— Since the establishment of the North Sea State, there has never been an outbreak of disease. It is not that it has not appeared, but it was immediately wiped out. It is said that this method is also known in Italy. The Dalmatian Governor Toleni, who used to have a relationship with the North Sea State People have been in contact with it, and they have used this method to control the spread of smallpox in Dalmatia..."

Francois I heard that this method was used,

It still works, and immediately said happily:

"Then order it! Strictly order the movement of people across the country, especially those merchants. If they see people coming from the south, they will be locked up. If they run around during the ban, they will be killed!"

As a result, the whole of France also moved. In order to keep the most elite northern plains in France, François I dispatched 15,000 troops who had just assembled to recover Calais, went south to the central region, blocked all roads, and strictly prohibited southerners from going north. If you encounter those who do not listen to the advice, you will be shot to death!

In fact, the spread of smallpox in southern France was related to the fleeing of the people in the affected areas. For example, smallpox broke out in the city of Marseille, causing those citizens who had not had smallpox to flee one after another. However, among them, some people have actually contracted smallpox, but only in the incubation period. As they fled, smallpox spread throughout France's Mediterranean coast.

Therefore, if you want to control the spread of smallpox, you must first limit the flow of people. Especially those refugees who thought they hadn't gotten it yet, but were actually infected with the virus.

At this time, we must not be soft on these refugees. They should not be allowed to pass because of their begging, and they should not even be allowed to come close. Once there is a sign of approaching, one should draw a knife, or even use a musket, bow and arrow...

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These are all the experiences of Marin's later generations. Marin still remembers the accident in 2003. At that time, all those who came back from other places would be sent to the designated isolation point for observation for a period of time before they could be released. Especially those who came back from places such as Beiping and Xiangjiang, the control was extremely strict. It was precisely because of these strict measures that the terrible epidemic was quickly extinguished.

Of course, smallpox is much more serious than that epidemic, and it cannot be overemphasized. The best way to control the spread of smallpox is to expel or even kill anyone who dares to leave the infected area.

It seemed ruthless to do so, but it saved more people. Otherwise, if the whole country is infected, it will be miserable. In ancient China, there were actually similar treatment methods. What they did was terrific - once a plague broke out in a certain city, they would immediately block the city and kill anyone who came out. There is a shortage of food in the city, and they are not allowed to leave the city, and the whole city starves to death...

There are similar isolation methods in Europe, but European monarchs dare not do so. Because the strength of European countries is not as strong as that of the Chinese feudal dynasty, and their execution is also very poor, so they cannot blockade a city. Of course, a powerful country like France can still do it. For example, this time, under the suggestion of John Lafite, France deployed troops on various roads along the Lyon-Bordeau line in the south of the center to stop all southerners who tried to escape to the north, so as to prevent smallpox from spreading to the north.

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Of course, it was not enough to remind France, and it still could not prevent the spread of smallpox to the north. For example, if smallpox patients from southern France enter the German region and then spread northward in the German region, the North Sea country is also in danger.

Fortunately, however, the area closest to the south of France happened to be the territory of the Habsburg family of Emperor Maximilian I.

Therefore, Marin sent a letter to Maximilian I, asking Maximilian I to also block the border between Switzerland and Franche-Comté to completely prevent the entry of smallpox.

Even Marin wrote a letter to Zieger, the leader of the Swiss Resistance Army he had dealt with, asking him to cooperate in blocking the western border of Switzerland to prevent smallpox from being introduced into Switzerland and further spread to the German region.

Of course, Marin did not leave the Duchy of Milan, and also wrote to the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, warning him to block the border and prevent anyone from France from entering northern Italy. After all, northern Italy and Switzerland to the south of Germany are close together. Once the Duchy of Milan falls, smallpox can easily enter the German region.

Moreover, Marin also wrote to Carlo III, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy, who is directly close to France in the west of northern Italy, asking him to sever ties with France. The Principality of Savoy borders southeastern France, but it is the most dangerous area.

However, fortunately, the Principality of Savoy and France are separated by the Alps, so it is very difficult to travel across the border. The main traffic between the two places came from the sea, but during this time the Spanish fleet blocked the coast of France, but no smallpox patients arrived at the Principality of Savoy from the south of France by sea. However, we should also be wary of a small number of smallpox patients in southern France who crossed the Alps into the Savoy region. After all, a smallpox patient would do anything to survive.

Therefore, Marin wrote to Carlo III to ask him to send troops to block all mountain trails connecting southern France to prevent the smallpox virus from entering Italy and then into the German region.

People cherish their lives, and they are not far away from the death of the people under their own rule. Otherwise, who would those big nobles exploit? Therefore, whether it is Emperor Maximilian I, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Carlo III, Duke of Savoy, or Zieger, the leader of the Swiss Resistance Army, they all accepted Marin's suggestion and began to fight at their respective borders. Deploy troops, block roads, stop all people in southern France who might want to cross the border, and prevent the spread of smallpox...

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