Chapter 55: Terrifying Treatment (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 55: Terrifying Treatment
It turns out that the reason why the Earl was trying so hard to claim the territory south of the Sauron River was to build a fortress...
No wonder he wanted serfs instead of gold coins. It turned out that the Earl had planned this long ago! Damn it! If Old Ford knew this in advance, he would never argue with Earl Soran! After all, now that Soran's army has been wiped out, what's the point of building a fortress? At least for now, it's nothing more than a waste of money.
Thinking of this, Old Ford's heart twitched. It seemed that the treasury of Idar was about to bleed heavily again...
"Master, Idar is busy building roads right now. If we build a fortress, I'm afraid... Idar's finances won't be able to afford it..." Old Ford immediately cried poor to Bruno.
No, no, if I don’t stop it, the gold coins that Idar has won will really be wasted by the master...
"Isn't the Hanging Garden completed? All the funds allocated to the construction of the Hanging Garden every month have been allocated to the Namur Fortress some time ago."
"But...but we still have to build roads. Including the new road connecting the fortress and the city of Idar, a total of five roads need to be built!" Old Ford gestured with his hands in grievance.
"We are not building all five roads at the same time... Besides, when the road to the south connecting to Fort Mann is completed, Idar City will become the only way for merchants to travel to various places in the Norman Empire and the Kingdom of Basel. Are you still worried that you won't be able to collect gold coins?"
"What if they don't leave Idar City?" Old Ford insisted with his neck stiff.
In his opinion, this was simply a sin. Was it necessary to build a large fortress just to guard against three or five hundred people?
And just by looking at the construction drawings, one could tell that this was a wonder whose construction difficulty and gold coin expenditure were no less than those of the Sky Gardens.
"They have to leave even if they don't want to! As you know, the military strength of our Idar Territory is relatively limited, so it is understandable that there are places that we cannot take care of. After the new road is built, any road that bypasses Idar City and directly enters Stranglethorn Vale will most likely be infested with bandits. If the goods and treasures are robbed, we can only blame ourselves for our bad luck!"
"As for the construction of Fort Namur... it's settled. If there are difficulties, we must find ways to solve them. In short, the captured Solomons and the 300 serfs mentioned in the agreement must be reorganized as soon as possible, and the construction of Fort Namur must start within a week!" Bruno said this in a decisive tone, leaving no room for negotiation.
Seeing this, old Ford could only nod in agreement.
Although the war has ended, the aftermath is still ongoing.
The bodies of the three fallen soldiers have been found, and their families need to be contacted to collect the bodies and pay compensation.
More than a dozen wounded soldiers also urgently needed treatment from military doctors.
Speaking of treatment…
The medical skills and treatment methods of doctors in this world are extremely primitive! The level of nonsense is no different from that of the Western Middle Ages.
This was also the important reason why Bruno had people collect feces and clean up the sanitary environment in Idar City.
If Bruno got sick, he would never dare to see a doctor.
No matter whether it is a serious illness or a minor one, it may be able to heal on its own without seeing a doctor, but if you see a doctor... hehe, you may die directly.
The most commonly used treatment method by doctors is the world-famous "bloodletting therapy".
If you have a headache, don't worry, just let some blood...
If your legs hurt, it's okay, just let some blood out...
If your kidney hurts, don't get excited, just let some blood...
Of course, if there is no effect after bleeding, don't worry, it's because you didn't bleed enough. Just take a basin and continue bleeding...
No matter what condition you have, the core of the treatment can be summed up in two words - bloodletting.
You can choose not to eat the herbs, but you cannot choose not to drink the blood!
Bruno felt that Count Soren probably bled too much on a daily basis, otherwise he might have lived longer.
But if you think that bloodletting is the only treatment available to doctors, you are naive.
For example, doctors in this world believe that anything painful or unpleasant can be used as medicine, so it would be helpful for the doctor to treat a patient by letting him enjoy the stench next to a pile of feces.
For example, using all kinds of strange materials to mix various strange "herbs" to induce vomiting or enema is also a treatment method that doctors in this world like very much.
There were also practices like burning the skin with a branding iron, smearing the soles of the feet with pigeon droppings, drinking liquid from the skulls of criminals, and even drilling holes in the head and sprinkling salt on the brain.
All in all, the doctors in this world are extremely scary.
Therefore, based on the principle of mutual assistance, Bruno did not hesitate to lend Count Idar's personal physician to Count Soren during the negotiations.
As for whether Earl Soren dares to use it, that is another matter.
As for Lord Idar's military doctor, he was naturally a good man... After observing the process of the military doctor treating the wounded and witnessing his miraculous medical skills, Bruno did not hesitate to have the doctor imprisoned in the dungeon of the lord's castle.
When the doctor saw Bruno was watching his treatment, he was so excited that he bled the soldier with all his might, almost turning the slightly injured soldier into a seriously injured one.
Quacks are harmful to people! ...
Return to the castle.
Bruno spent twenty brilliant points to exchange for the brewing method of distilled liquor in the system mall.
Twenty points, overall it’s not expensive!
But Bruno only had sixty-one points left in total. After exchanging the brewing method of distilled liquor, he only had forty-one points left.
However, Bruno insisted on redeeming it.
Nowadays, the alcohol drunk by the nobles of the Norman Empire is almost entirely wine, and highly distilled liquor has not yet appeared in this world.
The brewing method of exchanging distilled liquor has three major meanings.
First, it can supply wine for consumption in the lord's castle, thus reducing the high expense of purchasing wine from other nobles.
Secondly, high-concentration alcohol can also be produced while making distilled liquor. These high-concentration alcohols can be used to disinfect soldiers' wounds to avoid infection and inflammation.
After all, the doctors in this world are really unreliable. Instead of hoping that the doctors will suddenly come to their senses, it is better to train a group of reliable military doctors from scratch.
Under current conditions, once a soldier suffers severe external injuries, he can basically be considered dead.
But to be honest, if disinfection and bandaging could be carried out immediately, many unnecessary casualties could be avoided.
As for the third point, it is that distilled liquor can be sold as a specialty product of Idar Territory, providing a new source of income for Idar Territory. The sale of liquor can bring huge profits, and the Moutai technology in the previous life is the best proof of this.
Not only can wonders strengthen a country, but so can liquor! …
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Oh, oh, oh~ Love you guys~ Regarding the treatment methods in the Middle Ages, you can refer to the tragic case of King Charles II of England...
(End of this chapter)
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