Chapter 150: Going and Returning
As the first batch of felled trees were sent back, both Perfectcott and Foster could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
Although these freshly cut trees contain a lot of water and are not easy to burn, and forced ignition will produce a lot of smoke, it is always better than nothing.
And they still have some coal and dry firewood reserves. They can light the fire first, and then put the wet wood next to it to dry and burn. It can still be burned.
For the current fjord camp, having firewood is the most important thing, and other things can be considered later.
"Grandpa Afu, you can organize people to further process the wood. It is best to dry it before using it, or build a charcoal kiln to make charcoal." Purficott explained to Foster, and she herself planned to Follow the airship to Xinshak City: "I want to follow the airship to Xinshak City. I am not sure about the medical conditions there. I will take half of the maids in the warehouse with me. Beifa I'll take Mikhail and Mikhail away too. You can keep a closer eye on this."
"Don't worry, Miss. The situation now is much better than when I fought with the master. As long as there is enough. There will be no problem with the firewood and food." After seeing a steady stream of wood being returned to the camp, Foster felt relieved: "On the other hand, there are no steam knights or big knights guarding Miss You. It’s really too dangerous.”
In Foster’s view, the assassination of Perficott in New Shaker City last time was enough to illustrate the danger of the New World colonies.
Even though she carried out a large-scale purge of Xinxiak City, it still did not reduce the danger level of this city in Foster's heart, so he was not worried about Perficott going to Xinxiak without guards. Gram City.
“Now all the steam riders have their tasks. Only they can quickly open the railway line in this weather condition and cut down trees to provide firewood. If I take them away, it will affect the camp. It's working." Purficott didn't care too much about this, and she was not without protection: "And Samantha will protect me with the knights, plus Befa, my safety will not be compromised. Problem.
Compared to this, I feel like even the hospital in Longton is taking human life lightly, let alone the New World.
If I didn't go there personally and send these seriously ill wounded and sick people there, I'm afraid none of them would survive. "
"Well, since you insist, Miss, I won't say anything else, but please be sure to pay attention to your safety! "When Foster heard that Purficott said that he would bring the guard knights with him, he did not continue to stop him.
Perficott nodded when he saw this, and then said: "The things here are as follows: Please, Grandpa Afu, please pay more attention to not only the fjord camp, but also the Eagle Beak Cliff Base and the coal mine. I don’t want anyone to die again. ”
The death of people is something that has been expected for Purficott, but although she does not care about individual sacrifices, she does not want her precious life to be consumed like this. This is not her Want to see.
Purficott did not really take her own safety seriously. While she had people transferring the seriously injured and sick patients to the airship, she also moved those in the warehouse that were shut down due to lack of fuel. The maid puppets have been rebooted, and a few of them have been given some tweaks.
Then, she took these maid dolls to the warehouse where the steam knight armor parts were placed, assembled five more sets of the remaining twenty sets of armor parts, and wore them on the ones she had adjusted. On the maid doll.
For Purficott, the maid puppet and the steam knight are both her works, and it is not too difficult to make temporary adjustments to the two.
And the maid doll she uses herself can exert the combat effectiveness of a formal knight. After a few adjustments, it is not a problem to temporarily replace the wearer of the steam knight armor.
It's just that the mechanical logic of ordinary maid puppets is a bit sluggish, and she didn't write a set of instructions for them on how to control the steam knight. It's too late to write it now, so she can only improvise. Fortunately, she was familiar enough with both, so she could let the maid put on the Steam Knight armor to show off, just for fun.
As for more, Purficott has no time to think about it for the time being, and now is not the time to think about it.
Back on the airship, Purficott checked the sick and wounded who were brought on board and saw that they were all well placed, and then ordered the captain to take off again.
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The airship flew on the road for nearly a day and night, and arrived in Xinshak City in the evening of the next day .
Purficott's departure and return shocked many people. This eldest lady was a big trouble in the eyes of some people. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was a living ancestor. Her departure and return made these people People couldn't help but curse in their hearts, thinking that she was just looking for trouble.
But they cursed in their hearts. Faced with the Lord of the North and the Earl of Pioneer, who was still accompanied by several steam knights, they still had no choice but to respectfully meet all her demands.
Even if Purficott requested that the largest hospital in New Shaker City free up a floor to accommodate the sick and wounded she brought, the hospital could only comply.
To this world, hospitals are a new thing that only appeared after the invention of the steam engine.
Although the empire has established a relatively professional medical system with clear division of labor in the past few decades, it needs to be pointed out that most of the hospitals in this era are not operated by professional doctors. Establish.
Take the original five hospitals in Langton City as an example. One of them was built with royal donations, and the other two hospitals were founded by bankers and nobles, neither of whom were medical practitioners with professional knowledge.
Although these early hospitals were equipped with relatively strong medical teams and relatively advanced medical care conditions, it must be pointed out that before the concepts of anesthesia and disinfection were proposed, the hospital was not so much a treatment center The place of disease is rather like a giant petri dish of bacteria.
After all, these early hospitals mostly followed the functions of the "hospitals" established by the church before the steam era. They were mainly responsible for admitting and caring for patients. They did not have much treatment capabilities, and even Doctors are not full-time professionals.
But even Purficott had to admit that the establishment of these early hospitals did greatly promote the development of the medical field. At least some hospitals in Langton cooperated with the medical school, and the clinical teaching of doctors began appeared, which greatly promoted the development of medicine.
But without the concept of disinfection, the hygienic situation in the hospital is very bad. Cross-infection and various inflammations are rampant. In many cases, the hospital worsens the patient's condition.
Beginning in the 18th century, the emergence of hospitals in the modern sense has indeed greatly promoted the development of medicine. This must be admitted, but without the concept of disinfection, hospitals are really dangerous. I remember that the mortality rate of newborns and pregnant women in British hospitals remained high because of infection problems.
(End of this chapter)