Wales is a place where magic and wizard legends are passed down.
In theory, Alan is also a wizard.
Wizards have had a staff since childhood, and each wizard's staff has a different length and style.
Some wizards are gifted with extraordinary talents and abilities, and their wands also appear in strange shapes.
Based on the difference in staff styles and the differences in wizards' abilities, different tendencies can be distinguished, and Alan's staff tends to be more offensive.
He has strong offensive capabilities.
Li Zhi can testify for him on this point.
After an in-depth study of Allen's magical abilities, the two discovered that Allen's abilities can be mainly manifested in two aspects: water and spirit.
Alan can use magic through his staff to take away a large amount of water from the human body. He can also give people continuous mental damage, causing short-term dizziness, fear, trembling and other effects.
As an ordinary person, Li Zhi had basically no resistance to magic. He was hit by a spell from Master Allen, causing him to lose a lot of water and suffer huge damage. With the continuous impact of magic, he also suffered great mental damage.
Although Alan is gifted, using magic too much can backfire on him.
Letting go of Li Zhi who was lying in a frog-like position, Alan wanted to drink some water, but when he had picked up the cup, he remembered that he had to have his blood drawn tomorrow morning. It was already past twelve o'clock and he couldn't drink water yet. He could only lick his lips, endure the thirst, and put down the cup.
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For a long time, some people who are ignorant of the truth like to brag about how good the medical systems here and there are.
yes……
The medical care in some places appears to be very good if you only look at the surface.
Just like Wales, the healthcare system is basically the same as that in England and is said to be free.
But the wool comes from the sheep. If you don’t buy insurance and pay the money, who will provide you with free medical care?
Even if you pay insurance honestly, free medical care?
This is not very friendly to ordinary people.
Anyone who is still able to breathe and needs to go to the hospital for any reason must make an appointment in advance.
I want to achieve the state where when I am sick or feel uncomfortable, I go to the hospital to make an appointment, then pay for various examinations, see a doctor when I am sick, and take medicine after the treatment...
This level of medical care is unattainable in Britain today, especially for most ordinary people.
In the past... Alan had some criticisms about the medical procedures in a certain place. At that time, when he got sick or something, he went to the hospital for treatment. The doctor would prescribe a lot of tests for him. Even though he didn't feel too serious, there were still a lot of tests that required money. At that time, he speculated very maliciously, was this a scam?
But now…
He had absolutely no such idea.
Take the average person in Wales.
If you are sick, go to the hospital...
Make an appointment first. The doctor will ask you to come back in three to five days, and then go home and wait.
Three or five days later, they saw the doctor again. The doctor asked about the patient's condition and gave them a prescription to go for a check-up.
And then you think that's it?
No, no, no…the checkup requires an appointment and cannot be done on the same day. It takes at least a week.
Then after waiting for a week, you go to the hospital for a check-up. Do you think you can get the results and proceed to the next step?
No no no…
I have to wait another week for the results and then continue with my doctor’s appointment.
If the doctor is not satisfied with the examination results or the pathology is not clear, he will prescribe other examination items again.
This requires continuing the above process, and one cycle of these processes takes half a month or even a month.
The doctor will not prescribe multiple examination items at a time. An appointment is required for each examination!
Make an appointment, wait, make another appointment, and continue waiting.
Some people, just waiting and waiting, they disappear...
If you are lucky, after waiting for the results, you want to continue the surgery?
In most people's minds, it's time for surgery, which is extremely urgent, right?
No no no…
You still have to make an appointment, there are many people waiting in line for surgery.
You are anxious, and others are anxious too. When facing life issues, who can cut in line?
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Unless you are very rich or high class, then...
As long as the gas is not broken, you have to make an appointment, wait in line or go to a private hospital.
Some people never got their chance, while others were lucky enough to get it.
Therefore, under the British medical system, it is not a question of whether this or that system is perfect or not, what matters is whether ordinary people are strong enough and whether they can wait.
If you can wait, you can survive; if you can’t, you will die. So sometimes, it is good to keep fit, at least it can help you endure the waiting time.
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But for someone like Allen, he doesn't need to wait.
If Alan has any problem, he can just cut in line or invite a doctor to his home. This is the benefit of being a privileged class.
In front of him, the one who needed to wait was the doctor. They needed to wait until Alan was free so that they could come to the manor to treat or examine him.
To ordinary people, this is something they would never dare to imagine in their entire lives.
This is also the reason why Allen has continued to give preferential treatment to the hospital in Carmarthen.
At the beginning of every year, Allen has to have a physical examination, and his physical examination is bound to affect ordinary people.
Some people may have been waiting for a long time, waiting in line for surgery...
Sorry, he cut in line. No matter how urgent the ordinary person's condition is, the hospital has the right to give priority. Even if they make up a reason, they have to make time to examine Master Allen first.
Even if he just wanted to check the health of his body, it was not urgent.
The life of a noble lord is precious!
The hospital in Carmarthen would never take anything lightly as long as it was related to Allen. At the beginning of every year, it would have to close for nearly half a month and dispatch a large number of staff to cooperate.
Not only Alan needs a physical examination, but other servants in the manor also need a physical examination.
This is the benefit of following a noble. He can enjoy many privileges. Depending on the temperament of each noble, the servants in his family will also be able to enjoy a small part of them to varying degrees.
And Alan is obviously a noble lord who treats his servants more favorably. The servants can enjoy free physical examinations every year.
In this way, there is no need to worry about suddenly getting a serious illness. Even if you really have an illness and need treatment, you can benefit from Alan and enjoy treatment that exceeds that of other civilians.
This privilege may seem insignificant, and even the outside world may not know about it. It may also seem very cruel. Maybe when the hospital is busy giving them physical examinations, some people outside who are in urgent need of treatment may die because of this time delay.
But the reality is so cruel. People of their class can enjoy privileges that ordinary people can never imagine in their lifetime.
For ordinary people, it is already very good to have such protection!
If you want to change this unfair situation, you can make money. Only when you become richer and have stronger social connections can you enjoy corresponding treatment.
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Alan stretched out his arms and looked at Xiao Shitou, who was watching the doctor's operation closely, lost in thought.
He plans to continue to increase his efforts to provide more support to the hospital in Carmarthen, such as recruiting good doctors from other places.
He built the hospital in Carmarthen town more complete and treated it as his own private hospital.
Anyway, it's right next to his home, so there is basically no difference between public and private schools to him.
He is young now, but people will grow old eventually, right?
It is inevitable that he has some minor ailments at ordinary times. Allen attaches great importance to his health, otherwise he would not have been so diligent in having physical examinations every year.
He still has a long life ahead of him.
As long as the hospital in Carmarthen is well managed, it can be used to do favors at critical moments. If we can gather a few famous doctors with medical expertise here, just imagine the scene.
However, some things need to be done slowly, such as some large medical examination equipment. After all, the hospital in Carmarthen is not too large, and it is hard to say if the higher-ups ask for too much. We have to continuously apply for some funds every year to slowly add equipment.
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In just a few days, Boss Cha received a reply.
Alan looked at the letter with a smile. Although Boss Cha's words were still calm, the speed of his reply was very telling!
As Allen expected, Boss Cha sent him Allen's old friend, the old acquaintance in the security department, Hughes!
With this professional, Alan can do his work more conveniently.
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In early March 1991, the Gulf War officially ended with the armistice agreement in February.
"Operation Desert Farewell" officially began, and the United States announced the withdrawal of 540,000 troops from the Persian Gulf.
Alan looked at the newspaper in his hand. All kinds of American boasting about this war were going on. The war lasted for just over a month, from the outbreak of the war in January to the armistice at the end of February.
Iraq went from being arrogant before the war to being unable to stand steadily after the war, with bruises all over its face, after just over a month of beatings.
All of this happened in just over a month.
The newspapers boasted that this war was America’s “War of the Gods.” From that moment on, the whole world seemed to have a new understanding of this upstart country.
Those who used to mock them for having only money but no real background gradually decreased from that moment on.
The hard power is indeed too strong, so strong that the Gulf War was said to have lasted for more than a month, but in fact, the actual ground troops engaged in the battle only took a few days before everything collapsed.
This war not only shocked Iraq, but also shocked most of the countries and regions that were previously arrogant, and even awakened some countries.
For example...
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When Alan read the contents in the newspaper, he felt unhappy for some reason. He hated the media supported by Americans, which boasted about them in newspapers and on TV. He hated the arrogant attitude of Americans even more.
But the reality is that, being strong can smooth out many things, and some things cannot be solved by just being unhappy...
Through these things, Alan also understood the purpose of some of Britain's other actions.
For example, when America can obviously solve the problem on its own, why does Britain always follow suit and get involved, and even spare no effort to publicize its own achievements?
To outsiders, this seems like a very servile behavior.
But now that he is in the middle of it, Alan can see that this will increase Britain's presence and influence in this area.
Britain participated in this military operation, and the media is still bragging about America.
If their presence is not as strong as that of Britain, how will they brag about it, or how will they view the next America?
And because of the lasting impact of this war, the boasting about America in many places can severely change a group of people, or even a generation's traditional views of America.
In an era when the Internet and information were not well developed, people's perception of the outside world was limited to media propaganda.
For example, this is a place where the media helps to hype or talk about it in a short period of time.
In a short period of time, America, to use a popular Internet term, suddenly became a hot topic and then dominated the list for decades. Just imagine the influence this has.
For example, yearning for America, studying abroad in America, etc.
And the more publicity there is, the longer the influence of this war will last.
Allen could neither change nor stop this large-scale conspiracy.
But he was just very unhappy!
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Although Allen was very unhappy, it would not be a good idea to openly criticize America at this time. It would be too eye-catching. He was not crazy and could not do that.
The fingers of my left hand gently tapped on the desk. Is there any way to not be so obvious, but still be able to get some heat on this hot topic, to cool down the heat of America, and at the same time "get some traffic" for myself?
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As we all know, nobles and politicians naturally don't get along well with each other.
Otherwise, Britain would not have the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Since World War II, the British aristocracy has basically had no influence on foreign wars.
Although this was also due to the heavy casualties in previous wars, the bigger reason was that the rights of the nobility had been greatly weakened.
On the surface, most of the nobles no longer have a say, but politicians often like to continue to fabricate stories about the nobles, describing them as lazy, greedy and inactive vampires.
Although what they said is in line with the situation, this method is not good...
From the perspective of the aristocratic class, going against politicians is their "political correctness". For example, when Alan scolded Thatcher before, no one said anything about him. Many old aristocrats even thought that although Alan was young, this kid had a promising future and was a good-looking guy!
For example, the Duke of Kent is a representative of these people.
Alan was thinking quietly in the study. He had been resting for a while, and he was thinking about something new. He hadn't made a movie this year, so he had to wait and see who would show off in the film market with his "Terminator 2".
Can I make an anti-war movie to disgust the America which has just won the war and is full of complacency?
I'm not happy with you, and there's nothing I can do about you, but it's okay for me to make you feel disgusted, right?
No, no…
Just disgust them directly, their purpose is too strong, we should be more ruthless. Since Daying is also involved this time, let's use Daying as a target.
I've even killed "my own country", this should be okay, right?
I don't criticize outsiders, I reflect on myself!
right……
Alan's eyes suddenly lit up and he had some ideas and goals.
That’s it. This time I want to further establish my own personal image. As I get older, I need to have a corresponding personality that suits my age.