Chapter 247: A New Year's Eve Epidemic Eradication
The herbal prescriptions arrived first, even before Song You reached the city.
However, the pharmacies in Hansu had long been depleted. Only the wealthiest families still had leftover supplies, which they naturally used first to save their own.
A few days later, a small batch of medicinal herbs finally arrived, but it was merely a drop in the bucket.
Several more days passed before a complete treatment protocol was delivered from the county seat, accompanied by a few doctors dispatched from Pu Commandery. It wasn’t until ten days later that the first substantial batch of medicine arrived—barely enough to last a few days.
The reason it could last even that long was simply because the population of Hansu had already dwindled significantly. It was said that the news of Doctor Cai’s breakthrough had been urgently sent to the capital by Hezhou, requesting aid from Angzhou.
Gradually, those with milder symptoms began to recover.
At this point, some changes started to occur in the quarantine ward—
When there was a chance for a cure, naturally everyone hoped that they would be the first to receive it. If everyone could be cured, they still hoped to be treated first.
Some people claimed that the Daoist and the monk prioritized saving the wealthy and the influential in the city. Others argued that they avoided helping the rich and powerful altogether. There were even rumors that they could have helped more people each day but demanded bribes to do so.