Chapter 300 Development of London's New Business District
The doctor from the East, having figured out what Edward I meant, smiled, arched his hand lightly, and said:
"The medical skills under him are far from being skillful, where can he be qualified for the position of the royal physician of the royal palace of England?!
The hospital opened in Xia is in the new business district, and if he has something to do in the future, he can directly summon Xia ......"
He thought to himself that if he lived in this dilapidated palace for a long time in the future, it would be extremely embarrassing!
Where in the City of London is there a new business district to be comfortable?!
Edward I, the long-legged, also quickly figured out what he meant, nodded his head, and agreed with him.
Yes, this oriental miracle doctor has opened a hospital in the new business district, and he can find it directly when he needs it.
Not long after he drank the strange medicinal soup, he felt much more relaxed in his body, and his heart felt extremely cool.
Long-legged Edward thought for a moment and said, "I'll give you five boys...... Let them serve you, and then learn from you the art of Oriental medicine...... I can afford to pay for it. ”
The Oriental medicine agreed without thinking...... He's worried about the lack of an assistant.
Why not take five apprentices to earn tuition and let them help them do things for themselves?!
Edward I the long-legged gave him a good sum of three hundred silver coins.
The doctor from the East was not polite and accepted it directly.
O king, how can they be compared with the commoners in healing.
After a few days, Edward I the long-legged was completely cured...... The fame of that Oriental doctor began to flourish throughout the kingdom of England!
That Oriental doctor found himself too busy at all!!
He had to set up a registration system, and only saw 20 patients who had registered in advance every day...... As a result, the patient was able to wait for the next month...... It seems that all the nobles and great merchants of England have come.
Perhaps curing the king's illness is the best in the world.
He immediately wrote several letters for his apprentices to drop into the cast-iron mailbox in the new business district...... As long as there is a fixed place for development, as long as there is a certain amount of commercial development, the post office of the Federal Empire will certainly be equipped later.
In the beginning, it may only be possible to rely on merchant ships, but once it is large, the postal service of the Federal Empire will definitely be equipped with a special flying scissor communication ship to speed up communication.
In fact, this space-time is accustomed to communication in terms of years and months.
The doctor from the East wrote a letter to some colleagues who were not doing very well in the Great Song Dynasty, and the main content of the letter was that the Kingdom of England was a place where people were stupid and had a lot of silver coins.
Anyone who knows a little medical skills can make a fortune!
The distance is a little farther, it takes nearly a year, but all the way to the sea boat, there is no need to be tired, all the time is to play...... With the naval protection of the Federal Empire along the way, there is nothing to worry about.
Of course, in the letter, he also half-concealed and half-boasted about his deeds of curing the king, and in the process he wrote a little fantasy...... He also denounced the so-called doctors here as completely incompetent and ridiculous, and they were simply murdering patients.
The five boys given to him by the Kingdom of England still have to learn the Great Song characters and learn the Great Song dialect, and they will have to wait a long time to borrow their help...... So it's better to have someone to help him.
The new business district in the London area had a big impact on the English aristocracy in the London area!
The public bathing centres and expensive privately run bathing centres in the new business district became the highlight of the English aristocracy.
For a technician or merchant of the Federal Empire, it was a terrible thing not to take a bath for a day or two, and even on a ship, there was always a way to take a bath.
Public bathing centers are for such people...... The second governor also made a special inquiry, he wanted the technicians to stay with peace of mind, and he wanted the merchants who came here to set up shops to stay with peace of mind, he didn't care about such living facilities.
Of course, there are also businessmen who run their own bathing centers, but that's their own business...... This is already a highly lucrative industry.
Gradually, some of the English labourers who were close to them were brought into the public bathing centres, where fees were low.
No one likes the people around them to stink all day long...... The labor work here is quite good, but it stinks...... Of course, they can't afford soap, let alone expensive perfume, so letting them take a hot shower and rub their bodies with soap may be the best way to keep them from smelling.
From the very beginning, the construction of the new business district attracted the attention of some aristocrats, who rode in horse-drawn carriages and came there from time to time to observe the strange way of building the Orientals.
Gradually, some people fully agreed with the rumor that those Orientals were the descendants of the noble ancient Romans...... At that time, there must have been a group of Guluo people who developed towards the east.
Their reasoning is simple: only the ancient Romans built houses with water and sewer channels in the streets...... And only the ancient Romans would have built such a large bathhouse and used hot water for bathing!
But don't you get sick by taking a hot bath?!
At first, no nobleman dared to try...... But the English labourers who had tasted the sweetness got into the habit of it.
Taking a hot shower is very comfortable, and who doesn't like to be clean and smellless?!
Only those aristocrats had the money to afford soap and perfume, which they used to mask the smell.
Later, all the English labourers who worked in the new business districts became in the habit of going to the public bathing centres to take hot baths, and a considerable number of technicians and merchants had to go to the privately built bathing centres.
The price there is expensive, but the service is good and the environment is better...... On the second floor, they can also relax with a cup of tea or coffee in a bathrobe.
The coffee shops and teahouses in the new business district had a strong attraction to the nobility of England!
English labourers were reluctant to drink the expensive tea and coffee...... If the weather is too hot, the laborers will be given a kind of sweet and salty water as they work, which is really delicious, and many people have drunk sweet water for the first time...... They wouldn't understand, of course, that was one of the measures of the Federal Reich to prevent heat stroke among laborers.
The water was 0.9 percent saline with a little sugar.
But the price of tea and coffee was nothing to the aristocracy, and of course they dared to try it...... As a result, they quickly became hooked on both drinks.
Tea and coffee, as well as sugar, soon became as popular as silk and porcelain.
Some aristocrats spray their bodies with aroma, and then they go to the teahouse to drink tea, which seriously affects the sense of smell of others, and will make people drink tea with a peculiar smell...... As a result, many technicians and merchants had to shift positions again...... They might as well drink tea and coffee in their own homes!
It is rare for people in the Federal Empire not to brew their own tea or coffee.
As the new business district gradually took shape, not only merchants from the Federal Empire, but also merchants from the Great Song, Goryeo, and Japanese came...... Of course, the merchants of England were landholders, and they still had the largest number of shops.
The new business district is bustling with people day by day, day and evening, and the streets are always full of people.
The road leading to the new business district in the City of London is constantly being repaired to be flatter and wider.
After King Edward the long-legged and his queen personally inspected the new business district, the development of London's new business district may have entered a climax.