Chapter 785 Black Death
"Is the investigation clear? Is it possible to put the blame on the anti-Turkish alliance?" Prime Minister Gladstone asked eagerly
In the face of the enemy's blackmail, the British government will naturally not sit still. If they did not immediately launch a counterattack, it was a sudden incident, and they had no preparations.
Foreign Minister George shook his head: "We have sent experts to the scene to check on the spot. Judging from the time, the Ottoman Empire is indeed suspected of man-made plague.
We cannot defend the Ottomans in the face of the facts. Russia and Austria are urging the international joint investigation team to come to a conclusion, and it is estimated that the conclusion can be seen on the news in London tomorrow. "
The British government does not have the ability to influence the results of the international investigation team, and it is simply impossible to reverse right and wrong in front of the anti-Turkish alliance.
The prestige of the "Black Death" is too great, even if it is just "suspected" enough to be scary.
Now European countries are also counting on Russia and Austria's effective epidemic prevention work to keep the virus in the Near East so as not to harm itself.
It is obvious that public opinion will take sides, and no one cares about whether the Ottoman government was forced. The European world absolutely resists this kind of violation of human morality.
The harsh reality shattered Gladstone's final fantasy. This time, the Ottoman government has made them miserable. It is inevitable that the London government will support the Ottoman materials and be angered by the European people.
Perhaps in a few days, the newspapers will publish: The London government has contributed money and efforts to buy time for the man-made "Black Death" of the Ottoman Empire.
It doesn't matter whether the virus created is the "Black Death". Anyway, the London government's support for the Ottoman Empire increased the resistance time of the Sudanese government, and indeed created conditions for the man-made virus.
All they would say is: the war in the Near East ended months early without the supplies from the British. By breaking through Ankara in advance, the Russian army will have the ability to prevent the Ottoman government's perverse actions.
Gladstone knew that something had to be done now, otherwise the situation might get out of control later.
"Immediately organize a medical volunteer team to go to the Near East to control the epidemic, and then purchase a batch of supplies in the name of the government and send them there.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has contacted the Austrians, and the Royal Navy is willing to send a fleet to cooperate with the blockade of the Near East to show the outside world our determination to fight the epidemic. "
After hesitating for a while, Gladstone added: "On the charge of causing the Black Death, arrest the Ottomans who have been exiled to the country, regardless of their status."
Now that the matter has been determined, Gladstone will naturally not be polite to the Ottomans who pitted them.
This is not the relationship between the younger brother and the boss, but the relationship between the human and the anti-human. When it comes to the "Black Death", no one dares to take it lightly.
Foreign Secretary George reminded: "Prime Minister, the medical community has not yet determined whether it is the Black Death, and it is still doubtful."
Gladstone waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, the Ottoman government artificially created plagues is always a fact.
Now all we want is an attitude. It is estimated that in a few days, there will be a wave of anti-Turkish movements in the European world. Don't let us be affected.
The Ministry of Finance settled the accounts as soon as possible. The people who gave the Ottomans supplies were evil capitalists who had nothing to do with the government. We never had any contact with the Ottomans. "
From now on, the British government is at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic. Collusion with the Ottoman Empire, that does not exist.
It is nonsense to provide supplies to the Ottoman Empire, and the supplies are obviously exported to Persia. Anglo-Turkish trade ended when the Anti-Turkish Alliance blocked the Near East coastline.
Why did the materials flow to the Ottoman Empire, it was all sold to the Ottoman Empire by unscrupulous merchants for the sake of huge profits.
Who exactly?
That's why we have to ask the Persian government. The materials flowed in from Persia and have no connection with the London government.
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Looking at the wonderful performance of the British, Franz wanted to say very much: This is completely overthinking, and now they are busy controlling the plague, who has the time to argue?
Just based on this non-existent matter, there is nothing that can be done except to add a little block to the British government and to smear their international image by the way.
If you really want to defeat Britain, it is not a simple matter of spreading rumors, it can be done.
The world is never short of smart people, and when you calm down, you will find that the "British Conspiracy" is untenable.
There is no other reason, the main reason is that the "plague" is uncontrollable, and when killing people, there is no distinction between enemy and me, high and low.
The European world is unlucky, and Britain cannot be alone.
Although the current international situation is somewhat disharmonious to the British, it is only a small problem, far from the point where they need to die together.
If they were looted, it is estimated that the Russians would suffer the least losses. The country of ice and snow is just a little bit of a benefit, and the speed of virus growth and spread is slower.
For details, please refer to: The little mouse that froze to death halfway across the road.
When the Black Death ravaged the European continent, more than 200,000 people died in the Russian Empire, but compared with the 25 million in the European world, one out of every three Europeans saw God because of illness, and this ratio was still insignificant.
If they really want to frame the British, unless Austria can reconcile the contradictions between European countries and show enough interest to lure everyone into thinking that the British did it.
This is much more difficult than making everyone talk nonsense with their eyes open. Whether it is to eliminate the contradictions between countries, or to provide enough benefits, it is not what Franz can do.
If you can't kill it, then don't
Ready to go. Find something for the London government to do, and let them cooperate obediently to control the epidemic.
Facts have proved that it is not without reason that the plague is known as the most lethal plague.
Even though the Vienna government took the strictest anti-epidemic measures, the plague still came, and the Austrian soldiers stationed in the Near East were the first to be affected.
From the discovery of the first infected person, in just one week, three hundred soldiers were infected, and it swelled to two thousand in the next week.
This is still the result of finding that the epidemic was quarantined in time, and rat poison was spread around the barracks.
War Minister Feslav: "This plague is very contagious, and we have not yet had a large number of infected people.
The Russian army who first discovered the epidemic is different. The number of infected people has reached 35,000. This is only diagnosed, and the actual number should be even more.
The explosive power and lethality of the plague are also very amazing. It usually takes less than a week from the onset of the disease to the death. After the resistance is over, it is only a temporary death, and it may still recur in the future.
The symptoms shown are not much different from those of the common plague, all of which are nausea, retching, and fever.
The epidemic has just appeared on our side, and the mortality rate cannot be determined for the time being, but the mortality rate of infected people in the Russian army is as high as 13.2%!
At present, there is no particularly good treatment method, and the use of the best antibiotics can only reduce the mortality rate, and the efficacy cannot be guaranteed.
The War Department has ordered all units to be dispersed in battalions to reduce the chance of infection as much as possible. "
The ratio of 13.2% made Franz feel heavy.
Although this is the result of no effective treatment, the death rate is still too high.
You must know that the Russian soldiers are young and strong, and the resistance itself is the strongest. If it is replaced by the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, it is estimated that the mortality rate will be even more brutal.
After thinking for a while, Franz said slowly: "By reporting this mortality rate, artistic processing can be performed, and the lethality of the plague on other age groups can be appropriately exaggerated.
Note to European countries and tell them that we have determined that the source of the Black Death was rats.
In order to curb the spread of the Black Death, we plan to put rodenticide on a large scale in the Near East, requiring at least 400,000 tons of rodenticide. "
There is no need to say that such a high death rate is not the "Black Death", and it must be insisted that it is the "Black Death".
Only when everyone is frightened will European countries make all-out efforts to produce rat poison and contribute to the epidemic prevention work together.
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St. Petersburg, as the biggest victim of this plague, Alexander III is now crying without tears.
If he had known that a plague would break out in the Near East, he would have ordered it in advance... oh, there is no way to leave, the Aegis still has to be earned.
There is no doubt that in order to evade responsibility, the top Russian military tacitly concealed the number of early infections. When the plague was first discovered on official documents, the number of Russian soldiers infected was only 28.
The concealed number of infected people is only a temporary measure. So it was added at the back. Aren't the Austrians shouting "Black Death"? In order to reduce responsibility, the top Russian army naturally followed suit.
Since it is the Black Death, it is normal for the infection to be fast and the death rate to be high, and it is definitely not caused by everyone's malfeasance.
The embellished data, in the hands of Alexander III, greatly increased the severity of the problem.
The detection time of the epidemic has been cut in half from the artificial one.
In just over 20 days, more than 3,000 Russian soldiers died due to the plague, and more than 50,000 were infected.
Anyone who sees such data will be horrified. To make matters worse, the epidemic is likely to be brought into the country because of the migrating people.
Now Alexander III can only hope that Siberia is cold enough to freeze the virus to death, otherwise it will be miserable if it spreads to the western part of the empire.
"What do the Austrians say, we are settling migrants for them, and the Vienna government can't help but say something?"
Foreign Secretary Oscar Jimenez replied: "The Vienna government informed us about the progress of the virus research and they have come up with a way to reduce the mortality rate of infected people.
Antibiotics developed by the Royal Austrian Academy of Sciences can inhibit the virus to a certain extent.
The rush is currently underway, and the Vienna government has promised to provide us with 20,000 doses within the next month. "
Alexander III frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "How can it be enough with only so much?
Can't the Austrians offer a little more? It's not possible, we can buy it ourselves! "
Oscar Jiménez explained: "Your Majesty, this drug is not yet available for industrial production, it can only be artificially produced in the laboratory.
The output is very small, and the supply has always been in short supply, and the price is higher than the same amount of gold. 20,000 doses are already a lot.
In fact, there are also laboratories in our country that have obtained patent authorization, but unfortunately the production technology is too difficult and can only produce more than 1,000 doses per month. "
The technical difficulty of making penicillin in the laboratory is not difficult. As long as the product appears on the market, the technology will soon be deciphered.
In order to maximize profits, Franz started patent licensing a few years ago and established a monopoly alliance.
Those who have been authorized are big figures from various countries, and they have also joined the party protecting patents after obtaining the technology.
In line with the principle of rarity, everyone tacitly exaggerated the technical difficulty and deliberately limited production.
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Of course, the Russian Empire is not necessarily limiting capacity. After all, this thing is simple to say. If it is true that a qualified product is made in the laboratory, it is not something that anyone can do.
Generally speaking, those who undertake this work are science and engineering college students with strong hands-on ability. This talent, the Russian Empire itself is seriously lacking.
The Vienna government promised to provide 20,000 doses, not all of which were artificially made. Otherwise, all the products made are given to the Russians, and they will be useless at home.
The inability to carry out industrial production was a thing before. After so many years, science and technology have made great progress.
Austria has been able to achieve mechanized production, but the products produced are flawed, not only the defective rate is high, but also the efficacy of drugs will be reduced.
In order to ensure the selling price of medicines, the news of industrial production is naturally kept strictly confidential.
Even if someone finds out that the effect of the drug is insufficient, they will only think that the production staff was not careful and the operation made a mistake.
The news that people in the industry don't know, even the layman doesn't know. Hearing this explanation, Alexander III was moved badly.
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