C1898 Black Flag of Plague

The construction of the Suez Canal, contracted by a French company, was carried out under the special authority of the Egyptian Governor of the Ottoman Empire, Pasha. In this era, Egypt was not an independent country, it was actually part of the Ottoman Empire's territory, under the system of governor.

Ottoman Empire, who had completely different religious beliefs, had always been against the West. Both sides had been fighting for hundreds of years, and even Vienna, who had been under the threat of the Ottoman army, had been fighting for hundreds of years.

But when the European Industrial Revolution began, the strong empire in the Middle East immediately showed signs of fatigue, especially when facing the old enemy of the North, Shao Ao.

The Crimea region was taken away by the Sha Empire, and in the end, the Sha Empire still wanted to fight for the Black Sea to enter the Mediterranean Sea Strait.

The glory of the empire had already faded, reality could only accept it. The Ottoman Empire began a long road of reconciliation with Europe, this was the background of France's era where they could obtain the right to exploit the kingdom.

When the Ottoman Empire was at its peak, he would never have dug such a waterway to allow Europe to communicate more easily with Asia.

However, the moment was different. When Ottoman Empire was beaten up by Sha Ao to the point where he couldn't find his bearings, he could only lower his head to assist the European side.

It is worth mentioning that the outbreak of the Crimean War ended in 1856, and that France was granted the right to open the canal in 1854, when it applied for the concession in 1856.

This was how France used Crimean War to threaten the Ottoman Empire. If they did not give the canal to the Ottoman Empire, they would not help you fight, who cares if your capital would be occupied by Russia.

"All the great powers are scheming like ghosts, plotting against the enemy and even plotting against the allies. It's not over until the last drop of oil is squeezed out … How could there be any true friendship between countries? "It's all bullshit …"

Xiao Letian recalled the history of the canal and muttered to himself softly, but these words were heard by Zai Chun and Shang Tai who were beside him.

"Master, what are you talking about?" What happened to the French? What happened to the governor of Egypt? "

"Oh? Did I say that... Ha ha, I am trying to recall the history of the canal! Do you know how many bones are buried under this canal? "

Xiao Letian sighed and pointed towards the river in front of them. "In 1859, the French began to hire a large number of Egyptian labourers with extremely low wages to enter the uninhabited depths of the desert to dig out the river.

"The work is extremely arduous and the climate in the desert is very harsh. There is not even enough fresh water and not enough food... A large number of labourers starved to death of thirst, but the French never took pity on the lives of these indigenous people! "

"If a dead batch of people is tricked into coming here to replenish, then aren't the colonists just going to waste their resources! "There is also disease. There is no medical insurance at all. Lung disease, dysentery, and heat stroke are the most prevalent diseases on the site. There have even been a few outbreaks of plague …"

"Just how many people died? I heard that one typhoid could take the lives of tens of thousands of laborers, but what about a cholera epidemic? "It's probably even more numerous …"

"No one cares about their lives. The French aren't even willing to count them, but Egypt is a semi-colonial country. The Ottoman Empire and the Governor govern this place. After searching for information, our diplomats finally got a rough estimate of the numbers …"

"How much?" Zai Chun and Shang Tai asked anxiously.

"Around 120,000 …" Xiao Letian said coldly.

"Hiss …" The two of them sucked in a breath of cold air, "So many died?" 120 thousand people died in a 190km canal? "

"Haha …" What do you think? This is the real world. The number of corpses in the sea of sand is only a little more than this, but not less than this! "

"Shang Tai, when you enter Egypt, you must remember to be careful of the French! "Remember …"

Just at this time, the fleet had already gradually approached the Suez's port. This was the southern entrance of the canal, but they did not expect that lookout hand would shout the moment they got close to the shallow water region.

"Black Flag... Many black flags appeared on the pier! "Most of the jetties are empty, and the merchant ships are anchored at sea …"

The people on the deck all rushed up to cover their eyes with their hands. As expected, at the end of their line of sight, they could faintly see a strange black flag fluttering.

"There is a serious plague in Suez Port, local officials are asking us to stay away from the Port …"

Xiao Letian was stunned "Really say what you want! I just talked about the plague in the desert, and now there's a plague right in front of me? "

"Have Dr. Ba Ke and Evil Doctor Huang Gu Li, who were with us, prepare to boil some medicine for our soldiers to prevent it … I was counting on my good lads to go on a killing spree, but I can't afford to lose people here for no reason! "

Dr. Ba Ke was already an old friend of the Chinese clan. He had brought along the Evil Doctor Huang to research on the topic of communication between Chinese and Western medicine. Over the years, the Chinese clan had already solved the problem of blood type matching.

's dream was for the Chinese race to be the first to find out the secret of penicillin. This was a heaven-defying high technology, if anyone were to master it, not to mention how much money they could earn, their military prowess would be raised by several folds.

Doctor Ba Ke and Evil Doctor Huang were not on the Zhiyuan Warship, but on another supply ship accompanying them. Along the way, they gave medical treatment to many soldiers who were sick from the heat of the sea, and they also brought a small group of nearly eighty people, half of them were female soldiers.

Life was boring all along the way. There was no war, so there were not many wounded that needed treatment. Evil Doctor Huang and the others were so bored that their bones were itchy.

Waiting until Dr. Ba Ke on the Zhiyuan Warship strongly declared, "I must go ashore! I don't know what kind of plague this is if I don't see the patient in person... And it won't be able to provide an effective medicinal formula! "

"No no no, I'm worried about your health! You are all future treasures of the Chinese medical community, I cannot let you take the risk! " Xiao Letian said resolutely.

Evil Doctor Huang laughed sinisterly: "Leader is overthinking it. To doctors, it is always a battlefield … "Especially after I started studying bacterial virology, I realized that we had so many killers around us!"

"We have our own set of protection measures. Please believe in our profession! This is also a great opportunity for us to accumulate actual combat experience.