Chapter 731: No Hope, Send to Blood Harbor
Old Vance was injured while moving railroad tracks.
He and the other hired workers stood in two rows, two people each carrying a stick with the rails suspended from below by straps.
His partner lost his balance while walking and slipped.
He happened to be at the very end of the track, and the track immediately fell to the side, pulling him to the ground.
As Vance fell, he let out a sharp wail. People gathered around him and saw a terrifying scene:
He lay down on the foundation of the platform next to him, and a steel bar pierced his ribs and came out from his back.
The workers stood there in a daze for a moment, and then looked sad.
They came together and knew each other, and the injured person was their good friend.
With injuries like this, there's no way the person can be saved.
The security guard who was supervising nearby rushed over and asked people to saw off the steel bars and lift Vance into the car.
The doctor who came after hearing the news observed the situation for a long time but could not find any good solution. He just did a simple blood-stopping and wound-cleaning.
The steel bar pierced through him directly, but fortunately no important internal organs were damaged and he died on the spot. However, with the medical conditions here, there is no solution.
If the steel bar is pulled out forcibly, it is easy to injure the internal organs. Coupled with the inevitable heavy bleeding from the open wound, the person will definitely die.
But leaving it like this is not an option, as sooner or later the patient will die from wound infection and complications.
This place was not far from the town, and soon Vance's wife and daughter came over.
The two of them sobbed quietly around Vance. Vance was still conscious and was comforting his wife and daughter in a low voice, but his words were filled with uncontrollable sadness.
He was originally a stonemason in the city. He heard that he could earn a lot of money by working as a laborer on the construction site here, so he came here to earn some extra money to supplement the family income.
Who knew that he would even lose his life.
Everyone saw what just happened. It was purely an accident and no one can do anything about it.
Generally speaking, in this situation, a kind-hearted lord might give some money to get rid of the person, or it is normal to just drive the person away.
As for the expeditionary forces building the railway outside the city, the hired workers always assumed that they were a group of bandits. Looking at the long guns carried by the soldiers next to them, no one dared to ask them for compensation.
Vance was rambling about his funeral arrangements when the doctor suddenly pushed through the crowd and came over.
"Move aside, move aside, I'm a doctor!"
"Doctor!" Vance's wife and daughter immediately stood up upon hearing this: "Doctor, can you save him?"
"Yes! We, we have Leo's!" This was said by Vance's daughter.
Upon hearing this, Vance wanted to stop him - he had not saved up many Leos in his entire life, and if he wanted to cure his injury, he would probably have to spend all his money and might even owe some money.
It’s okay for him, but his daughter is still young. It’s not worth it, not worth it.
His wife, the woman, reached out to hold her daughter, then looked back at Vance, her eyes full of reluctance. The two were entangled and finally turned into pain and sorrow.
The doctor who arrived was stunned: "The conditions here are too bad. There is nothing I can do."
Vance's daughter was stunned.
The woman sighed, her expression changing and gradually becoming numb.
Vance breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to say something, but it agitated the wound and made him grimace in pain.
"But I've requested a return train so I can take him to Blood Harbor for treatment."
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene suddenly became quiet.
People looked at each other with a confused look on their faces.
What is a "returning train"? And where is Blood Harbor?
It was Vance's daughter who spoke first. Although she didn't understand any of this, she at least understood one word - treatment.
"Well, that means there's still hope, right?"
"I can't guarantee it. This situation is indeed quite complicated, but looking at the current situation, at least sending it there shouldn't be a problem."
Although Vance looked intimidating, the steel bar inserted into his body blocked the wound. The doctor applied medicine and bandaged it in time, and now the bleeding has basically stopped.
Of course, if there is a foreign object in the body, wound infection is almost inevitable, which is another matter.
"Doctor, I'm in this condition, so I'm not worth being treated." People looked back and saw Vance trying to raise his head, speaking weakly.
"Why not cure it? There is still hope for your condition." The doctor blinked, and seeing Vance's hesitant look and the woman's conflicted expression, he suddenly understood.
"Don't worry, the treatment is free. We won't charge you until you are cured."
"Okay, come here, some young men, help me carry him into the carriage. Vance, don't move, let them carry you away!" The doctor immediately ordered people to lift Vance up.
Vance wanted to say something, but people had already started to move him onto the train. This train did not have any carriages, only a locomotive.
The doctor found a soft seat for Vance. In his current condition, he couldn't lie down or lie down, so he could only sit.
"Are you all his friends? Come along."
The hired hands looked at each other and nodded.
They were all from the same town and knew each other. A few of them were left to deliver the letter, and the rest decided to follow Vance.
"How do we get there? Is Blood Harbor that far? Vance can't hold out for long like this, right?"
The doctor shrugged: "It's okay, it will be fine soon."
A whistle sounded, and the armored vehicle's head started. The roaring steam engine startled people, and they stared with wide eyes at the steel machine spewing steam.
When they saw this thing on fire, they thought it was a blacksmith's forge. After all, the roads paved by these expeditionary forces were made of steel, so they thought there must be a blacksmith following them.
Why is this forge so noisy?
The flywheel of the steam engine rotates, and the drive shaft brings the thrust to the wheels. With a clanging sound, the train slowly starts moving.
"What happened?!"
"Oh my god, there's an earthquake, the house is shaking!"
"Look outside! Everything outside is moving backwards!"
"No, it's our house that's moving forward!"
It was then that people were shocked to discover that this was not a temporary resting house, but a huge steel car.
Just now people were wondering how to send Vance away, and they all agreed that it should be in some kind of carriage.
I didn’t expect these outsiders to be able to open a house!
The expeditionary force had been building the road, and the train had never been running in front of them. People had no idea that the huge armored locomotive could actually move!
They just thought it was a unique hobby of these outsiders, using steel to build houses and pave roads.
Everyone was terrified at once. Some people were so scared that they lay on the ground, not daring to move. Some were so scared that they knelt on the ground and prayed. Some even wanted to climb out of the window - but were pinned to the ground by the soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
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