Chapter 139: The Doctor

As we approached the aristocratic quarter, we could already see a low wall far from being completed.

William had nothing to say about the efficiency of the ruling class in the Kingdom of Navia, and William did not obstruct the construction of the city walls from beginning to end, but the pace of construction was still as slow as a snail.

A group of princes and nobles, high-ranking officials and dignitaries were constantly greedy for ink, which led to slow and procrastination in the construction period, and because the tax was added to the heads of the commoners, the longer the construction period was extended, the greater the tax burden of the commoners, and the recent expansion of the slums led to the fact that the ruling class had to rely more on William and his troops to maintain law and order.

William has been thinking about a question more than once in confusion over the past year:

Is this all a bunch of brain-dead?

But when I think of the history of the previous life, there were not only soldiers coming to the city, but they were not willing to try their best to defend the city, but they were desperately trying to make money, but in the end they were slaughtered like fat sheep by the enemy, and there were all kinds of feudal rulers who were about to destroy the country and extinct the species, and they were also greedy for military salaries and looting the people's fat and cream, the ruling class of the Navia Kingdom was actually not so outrageous.

Although there is a suspicion of rebellion, at least, William has always regarded himself as a member of the ruling class of the Kingdom of Navia.

There may be one or two sober ruling classes, but in the face of a situation where most of the princes and nobles are lying on the city walls and sucking their blood, what is the use of their weak appeals?

The most important thing is that this group of vampires also includes the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alcatio, the Prohibition Police led by Chloe has taken shape, Norton I is angry that the ban he issued is ignored, Alcatio took advantage of this, began to use the power of this department, exclude dissidents, and fight political opponents, and Chloe also deliberately intensified when he implemented it, resulting in this nominal police agency, more and more like a secret service organization, with a very bad reputation.

The actual policing of the city was in William's hands, and when the Prohibition Police was not fully established, Alcatio needed William's assistance, so he would not allow William to be attacked at will, even if there was no question of the interest of the wall tax.

When William and Aramis rushed back to the manor, they found that Sherlock and Dampier were also there, and now William's high-level leaders are mostly fierce generals who are good at fighting, and Sherlock and Dampier are really two of them.

Sherlock was in charge of the trading companies and finances, while Danbiel managed weapons research and development and advised William on strategy.

Shylock is currently in charge of the situation in Kalmar City, but usually does not come to the aristocratic quarter, so as not to be noticed by Alcatio.

The recent focus of the Four Seas Trading Company has been on the slums of Kalmar City, and the census of the Kingdom of Navia is a piece of shit, with weak grassroots control, and it is difficult to even supervise a place like the slum with high population mobility and complex environment.

The city of Kalmar has a population of about two million, which may or may not be more, as this is a rough figure from eight years ago.

This level is not low in William's previous life, but most of them are helpless paupers, and it can be seen from the sky that the dense illegal buildings almost surround the civilian and aristocratic areas, no wonder when a group of nobles find out that Andre may be killed by the people in the slums, they will be so panicked, if the slums are really chaotic, most of them will not be pleased.

It's just that these people really don't remember to eat, and after William led the team to sweep away many criminals in the slums, they saw that the riots in the slums seemed to be suppressed, and they relapsed.

William wanted to conduct a census so that he could formulate future educational, medical, and employment policies, but he had no administrative basis, so he could only rely on the power of the Four Seas Trading Company, hoping to survey the population in the name of disease prevention in the spring, on the grounds of free medical treatment for people in the slums, and the distribution of medicines.

It would take a lot of money, but the most important thing was that there was no manpower, and Sherlock was here for this purpose.

After William entered the manor, before he could say anything about himself, he was first stumped by Sherlock's question.

There are not enough doctors.

William had already planned to open a special school, focusing on training his own ship doctors and navigators, and intended to make the high-tech troops indispensable on these ships become a political commissar-like existence, so as to help him better control the loyalty of the grassroots soldiers and deepen the cohesion of the army when he has more ships under his command in the future.

So he had already instructed Sherlock to recruit people in this area, but for the poor population measured in 100,000 units, these people were still a drop in the bucket.

"Try it, gather these people, write a teaching material, specifically for the medical conditions in the slums, try to use concise and simple language to explain and popularize the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases, and then recruit a group of literate students, concentrate training, and educate a group of people with some primary medical knowledge in a short period of time."

Sherlock was stunned: "Wouldn't this be a quack?" ”

"Let's settle it first, and then talk about whether it's good or not," William said disapprerovingly, "Not to mention that after the census is done, they can continue their studies." ”

Sherlock counted the accounts in his mind with a sad face, and wanted to leave, but was stopped by William: "I haven't said anything yet, you try not to show up in the noble district again during this time." ”

"How?"

"I'm going to do something to Roy, I'm worried about startling the snake and arousing Alcatio's vigilance, if you are found out by him, he will definitely figure out the cause and effect."

When Sherlock heard this, the sadness and exhaustion on his face suddenly disappeared, and he asked with a twinkle in his eyes, "Then when will you do it to Alcatio?" ”

"When everybody wants him dead," William reassured, looking at Sherlock, "don't worry, he'll soon be cocooned to himself." ”

After Sherlock's complicated face left, William looked at Danpier.

Unlike Sherlock, a genius in business, Danbier was an all-rounder, with a wide range of subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and history.

However, it may be that his hobbies are too extensive, and he has been in the environment of the East China Sea, so that he has not been able to make any great achievements that have never been made before, but this kind of erudition is exactly what William needs, as a time-traveler, he does not know enough about this world, and sometimes some ideas and strategies need to be corrected by people like Danpier and put forward practical suggestions.

It was Danpier who suggested to William that he should first do a census of the slums, and then carry out other plans, originally William wanted to do what he wanted to do first was to promote education, but after listening to it, Danpier directly told him that it would not work, even if William provided free education, there would not be many students, and compulsory education must be implemented to achieve the goal, but this not only requires administrative power, but also has a certain understanding of the population of the slums.