Chapter 26: Grace, the Medic
Before that, I had never felt much about foreign beauties, and that majestic and high-spirited skeleton could not be as small and delicate as an Oriental woman. However, this military doctor Grace made me refresh my perception of Western beauties, although she has a slender figure, she must not match the five big and three thick, her skin is smooth and her face is good, except for the obvious difference between the bridge of her nose and eyes from that of Oriental women, and the rest are a classical beauty in a cheongsam.
I think this Grace looks good, not as arrogant as the previous red-clad officer, so while idling, I try to cover her words.
Grace was not guarded against it, and basically answered my questions with a relatively calm mind.
I asked Grace: "Like your British Empire, you are the king of enclosure everywhere, and if you plant a flag, it is your territory, and the whole world will be occupied by you in three or two?" ”
Grace said, "How could the world be so big that it was occupied by the British Empire?" While the overall strength of the empire is one of the best, some of the other big empires are not so easy to deal with. There are thousands of islands on the entire planet, and not every island has the meaning of conquering. ”
Thousands of islands? I heard the officer in red say that the British Empire is composed of an archipelago, if you think about it carefully, if this British Empire and the British Empire in our perception are the same concept, it makes sense to barely say that it is an archipelago country, but if the whole earth is composed of thousands of islands, it is difficult to understand.
I asked Grace, "Does Eurasia, America or anything still exist?" ”
Grace shook her head, "According to the records of historical data, in the month of A.D., the earth's geological movement suddenly accelerated, and various continental plates underwent violent shifts and collisions, this catastrophe had a huge impact on the entire earth, the population plummeted, species became extinct, the original continental plates no longer existed, and the whole world was cut into islands, scattered in the oceans and seas. ”
Doomsday? I was shocked by Grace's words, and I began to wonder again, could it be that all those rumors were true? In fact, we have long since ceased to exist in the legendary Mayan prophecy of the apocalypse, and the current me is not the same as before?
But it doesn't seem right to think about it again, even if the earth has suffered a catastrophic catastrophe and the geological landscape has undergone earth-shaking changes, the course of human history will not change because of this, what has happened is what has happened, and the past scientific and technological achievements and civilization products may be destroyed and may be stagnant, but it is impossible to completely disappear from people's memories silently, as if those never existed.
For the next period of time, in addition to eating, drinking, and sleeping, the rest of our time was to help the so-called British Empire soldiers build shelters and build new docks, and my back injury gradually improved under the care of Grace.
During this time, our group of shipwreck survivors discussed the current situation more than once, and everyone analyzed and analyzed, and in the end, there was no result except for headaches and brain splits.
Fortunately, after our unremitting fancy touting, especially the big bear, the soldiers of the advance unit gradually developed a good impression of us, and from time to time they brought some canned cigarettes and other things to share with us, and our living standards have steadily improved.
Probably because my innate personality charm is too strong, the military doctor Grace took the initiative to invite me to the island to investigate after my injuries recovered, according to the normal planning of the empire, the island needs to build a clinic in the later period, and most of the medicinal materials need to be self-sufficient on the island except for the transportation from the mainland.
With the invitation of the beautiful woman, I naturally was respectful rather than obeying, and under the gaze of Su Yuliu and the others, Grace and I entered the depths of the island with Grace and the other two military doctors who accompanied the army.
Maybe it's because of her own hard work, or maybe it's because of the island's experience, Grace is particularly sensitive to those inconspicuous herbs, basically looking for an accurate one, and the description of the functional effect is not much different from the notebook description of the Japanese military doctor we found before.
When she saw the wine grapes, Grace was very excited, she told me that you can make rum with wine grapes, and I said, "This rum is not a distilled spirit made from sugar cane molasses, and this fruit is not sugar cane?" ”
Before Grace could speak, another big-nosed military doctor on the side said proudly: "After years of hard work, our scientists in the British Empire have mastered the technology of making rum from this grape, and the wine produced has a sweeter taste, and it is a hot commodity in the market." ”
Grace added: "The advance force will only help you build the necessary infrastructure in the early stage, and the reclamation and production of the island will depend on you later, and the advance force will only be responsible for the defense of the island." In addition to meeting your own living needs, you also need to pay national taxes to the Empire. ”
"Still have to pay taxes?" I was puzzled and asked, "We don't have anything on this island, so what do we have to pay taxes?" ”
"It is the duty of every citizen of the Empire to pay taxes to the Empire." The big-nosed military doctor said again: "The empire has spent so much manpower and material resources to help you get out of the primitive and backward living environment, give you the hope of rebirth, and let you move from ignorance to modern civilization, shouldn't you pay taxes to the empire?" ”
I thought to myself, how the hell did you talk about colonial aggression as lofty as all living beings, and let us move from ignorance to modern civilization, I really want to throw the little remaining modern medicine in our medicine box in his face, and let him see what industrial civilization is.
Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't dare to say that, the big-nosed military doctor was tall and fat, and the big bear had a little birdlike feeling in front of him, and if I provoked him, he estimated that he could sit me to death with one ass.
Seeing my thoughts, Grace thought that I was worried about paying taxes, and she advised: "You don't have to worry too much, the empire generally does not levy too high taxes on newly expanded islands, and most of the time they can be replaced with goods." Besides, you can now apply for technical support from the Imperial, and then apply for a loan from the Imperial Bank to build a distillery, and once the distillery is up and running, the income will be enough for you to pay your taxes. ”
I almost want to say why your empire is so shameless, not to mention that you occupy our islands, and you want us to pay taxes on the fruits of our labor, but think about it, since ancient times, most of the colonial aggressions have not been this routine, pretending to exchange the lowest non-equivalent materials in exchange, and then squeezing the cheap labor and upper resources of the colony in a stinky and shameless manner.
At this moment, a familiar black shadow flashed from the forest not far away, and I was shocked that grandson is still ghostly, Lao Tzu's back injury is just right, and I am worried that there is no place to settle accounts with it.
Grace and the other two medics also noticed the dark shadow, but they didn't mean to be scared at all, but looked incredulous and excited, Grace suddenly grabbed my hand, and then asked me incoherently, "Did you see that?" Just now, that one was, oh God, that's the spotted tiger! Didn't they go extinct hundreds of years ago? How did it end up here! ”
The big-nosed military doctor also said excitedly, "It's a spotted tiger, its appearance is so impressive, if you capture it and dedicate it to Her Majesty, at least you can be named a baron." ”