Chapter 14: Cross-Time and Space Cat Rescue Action (II)

“…… Successfully spread the new influenza virus of the 21st century in medieval Europe with 26 reward points ......"

Looking at this line of prompts that appeared on the "Book of Traveling", Wang Qiu, a cold patient, suddenly became inherent.

Poor Europeans, the old plague is not gone, and the new plague is coming—is this the rhythm of wanting me to be the Great Demon King of the World?

For example, the Spanish flu that spread throughout the world at the beginning of the twentieth century and at the end of World War I was no worse than the Black Death in the Middle Ages

Of course, even if Wang Qiu felt that at this time, his heart seemed to be run over by 10,000 grass and mud horses, 10,000 Wang Xingren, and then 10,000 cats, and finally 10,000 squeaky Xingren, and others would not be able to experience such a fierce psychological entanglement with him.

But then again, since Wang Qiu is still alive and kicking at the moment, it means that this cold virus is not too dangerous - because of the high mutation of the influenza virus, even for a well-tested modern person, every cold virus infected is a new first contact. Therefore, in the face of the cold virus, the immunity of the ancients and modern people is almost the same, at best, the nutritional conditions of the ancient people are a little worse, and the hygiene habits and immune knowledge are relatively lacking.

But in any case, the outbreak of the Black Death has not yet eased, and there is a new plague...... It really made Wang Qiu feel like he was possessed by auspiciousness.

In short, he did not voluntarily confess about the flu to anyone, but quietly concealed the bad news.

At the same time, Knight Levi, who knew nothing about the crisis, was still talking with Professor Guo Jingguo, whom he had met for the first time, about how to start a trade between medieval Europe and the modern world, and at the same time patted his chest and promised to try to facilitate the government exploration team that might arrive in the future.

In many novels, the trans-temporal trade is a big business, and its profiteering is comparable to that of the new Big 6 trade in the Age of Discovery, when many unscrupulous European adventurers were able to trick a group of Native American chieftains with just a few worthless garbage.

In the novel, those eight immortals who crossed the sea and showed their magical powers can also use mobile phones, computers, mechanical watches, and even simple banknotes to coax the uninformed ancients into a daze, so as to get the first pot of gold for themselves, which can be called a million profits.

Although the Middle Ages in Europe was barren in terms of goods, scarce precious metals, limited purchasing power, and terrible transportation and logistics, it was also a huge market of 70 or 80 million people anyway, and if it was managed well, it should still have a very promising future

To take a simple example, the modern world is not a valuable pepper, but in Europe in this era, it can be used as a substitute for gold and silver, and can be used directly as a currency in circulation. For example, in the Middle Ages, the taxes paid to the English crown by the counties of England often included pounds of pepper. This custom continued for a long time, until 1973, when Prince Charles crossed the Tyma River to receive a fiefdom of the duke, the fief tribute still included a pound of pepper - as a symbolic rent, and the "pepper coin" was used in Europe until the last century.

In the distant Middle Ages, these peppers offered to the royal family were of course not symbolic tributes, but hard currency that everyone loved - in a sense, medieval pepper was the most popular "international currency" just like the modern dollar.

Therefore, a time-traveler from later generations will immediately become a popular wealthy person as long as he spends a little money to buy a bag of pepper and carry it with him. Every time you take out a pepper or two when you pay the bill, it is even more face-saving than the platinum P credit card of later generations, and if you sell some high-tech products that pretend to be ghosts, with the help of Levi, the head snake, the time-travelers will definitely be able to squeeze the last coin of the rich people of this time and space

But the problem is that Wang Qiu's journey through the Middle Ages chose the most unsuitable time for trade.

“…… In normal times, I would have a hundred ways to sell modern goods all over Europe, but now I can't."

Looking at the map of Europe spread out in front of him, Knight Levi sighed in anguish, "...... As soon as the Black Death came, the trade routes were immediately cut off. Many cities have been locked down and closed to outsiders. Most of the rich guys have fled into the wilderness, and God knows where to go to sell them. Those who stay in the city will also have no tomorrow after today, and they will no longer be able to care about their style. In short, business across Europe will gradually shut down and collapse during the current period. Except for medicines to cure the plague, no luxury is very much to sell......"

But in any case, it is necessary to have some modern goods ready for sale at this base - who knows when customers will come to their doors? So, Wang Qiutong went home with Guò Doraemon Pocket and brought all kinds of porcelain from rice bowls to teacups, especially those delicately decorated vases. In addition, there is a silk shirt and a few silk scarves, plus soap, matches, lighters, and so on.

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After a pleasant conversation, Levi took them on a tour of the Knights Hospitaller's Charity Hospital.

By modern standards, the hospital is at best the standard of a refugee camp or a concentration camp, and the patients do not even have beds, only a huge bunk, and let the patients lie on the dirty wheat straw and grass, while watching the rats and cockroaches crawl around on the ground, while stubbornly fighting the disease. In addition to the vinegar sterilization, the main means of treatment provided here were still prayer and chanting, and it was God who acted as a doctor—at least until Lord Levi received the sulfonamide powder and antibiotics provided by the Travelers.

Yet, even with sulfonamides and antibiotics, the conditions in the hospital room are still terrible by all accounts. Most of the patients were coughing incessantly, and some were trying to hold back, but the half-muffled cough sounded even more uncomfortable. Some people lie in bed and have a terrible fever, which has reached the point of talking nonsense, even if they take antipyretics. Others, who had just recovered, had to hold on to their still very weak bodies to take care of the dying seriously ill and feed them some gruel.

However, despite the poor living conditions in the hospital (by modern standards, the same conditions were found in the common dwellings of medieval Europe), and the tragic deaths of people in recent times, many of them have finally begun to recover, which has brought great encouragement and confidence to the remaining patients, who, having survived the indescribable despair and numbness of the previous days, finally see hope for overcoming the disease.

In addition to his own steadfast faith and the mercy of God Almighty, it was all thanks to the drugs sent by Sir Levi that had an incredible effect...... Therefore, when Levi walked into the hospital with a group of travelers who had changed into medieval costumes, both the sick and the nuns and servants who cared for the sick greeted the lord in the most respectful tone. After listening to Levi's introduction and learning that it was these guests who brought the elixir to cure the plague, the attitude of the nuns and the patients towards the traversers was also solemn and grateful.

- To add that in order to prevent Doraemon from going berserk after seeing the mouse, the travelers deliberately did not bring him this time.

However, in the face of another group of special visitors brought by Lord Li Wei, the attitude of everyone in the hospital was very stubborn.

“…… Meow-meow-meow-"

“…… It's all ...... Cat? God, where did you get so many cats? I've never seen so many cats in my life...... Dear Sir, what do you want to do with so many cats? A middle-aged nun looked at the big cats and kittens, black cats, white cats, flower cats and yellow cats meowing all over the yard in confusion, and her face was very strange for a while, and she turned her head to Lord Li Wei with puzzled eyes and asked.

“…… Of course, it's for them to catch mice, dear mamma, I think I said the other day that this damn plague is caused by rats. If the source of the disease cannot be cut off, it is not enough to cure the sick, because they will be infected again...... In the past, I could see rats walking in this hospital every day, and I felt that the hygienic environment was really worrisome. That's why I got these cats to get rid of rats......"

Lord Levi pointed to the cats in the yard and said with great interest. But she didn't notice that in the eyes of the middle-aged nun looking at these cats, she did not reveal her love and fascination for cute and cute things like most modern women, but was full of some indescribable resistance and entanglement, and even a faint disgust and fear, as if she had seen a Godzilla monster or a three-headed dog of hell.

What Knight Levi didn't expect was that just a few hours later, a sneaky figure slipped out of his family's manor and galloped all the way to the city of Marseille, and walked down the streets and alleys, finally knocking on the door of the Apothecary Guild of Marseille......

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