Chapter 47 Chinese Medicine and Railways

"Yo, they're all here!"

Just when Huo Shan and his teacher were talking about the first five-year education plan, a large number of his newly appointed ministers of various departments walked in outside the door.

"We went to the prime minister's office just now, but we didn't see anyone! As soon as we guessed, we knew that Brother Gongshi must have come to the young master's place, and then I happened to meet them who also came to the prime minister to report their work plans! So, everyone came over together!" Huang Kuan said with a smile.

I don't know if it's because of Huo Shan's crossing, this medical talent who died of Xiang Gangrene in 78 years in history is still very healthy! And he is friends with Huang Sheng and Rong Hong, and this time he also added the new zhèngfǔ of the Huoshan organization and served as the Minister of Health!

Huo Shan has a lot of respect for this doctor of medicine from the University of Edinburgh, and in this era, those who can get a doctorate are rare top talents!

"Jiechen (Huang Kuanzi) You're here too, let's all sit down! It just so happens that we are taking advantage of Xiaoshan's study today to hold a short office meeting here! Also, you can take out all the five-year plans formulated by your respective departments, so that everyone can refer to them!" Huang Sheng said with a smile.

"Okay, let me start first!" Huang Kuan said unyieldingly, here except for Huang Sheng is his oldest! Moreover, if you calculate carefully, he can also be regarded as Huo Shan's uncle! Therefore, regardless of status or relationship, it is most appropriate for him to be the first to speak!

Huang Kuan opened the folder in his hand and sent a copy of the five-year development plan formulated by the Ministry of Health! After letting everyone read it first, he said with a smile: "At present, our national situation is that there are many traditional Chinese medicines, but there are very few people with real medical skills, and of course compared with the lack of Western medicine, it is already much better! It is based on this situation that our Ministry of Health plans to establish three Western medical schools and ten Chinese medical schools within five years, and concentrate on cultivating medical talents that we are in short supply now!" In addition to the above, we will also build a state-level hospital in Taiwan with 500 resident doctors, 50 county hospitals with 50 permanent doctors, 100 state hospitals with 100 resident doctors, and 10 provincial hospitals with 300 resident doctors! In addition to the above, we will also build a state-level hospital in Taiwan with 500 resident doctors! Of course, more than 80 percent of these hospitals will be traditional Chinese medicine hospitals! Of course, Western medicine also has a lot to offer! Therefore, we plan to wait for our Western medical students to graduate, and then replenish these hospitals, and gradually improve our entire medical system! Also, our Ministry of Health has roughly calculated that at least 60,000 doctors and 10 million taels of silver will be needed to complete this plan!"

After listening to this, Huo Shan smiled and asked: "Elder Huang, the plan of your Ministry of Health is very ambitious, and it also makes me very tempted to listen to, and if it can be realized, I believe it will also be able to greatly alleviate our current dilemma of poor medical conditions! But what I want to know is where do the qualified doctors in so many of our hospitals come from? Although we have a lot of Chinese traditional Chinese medicine, most of them can only treat some minor diseases and disasters such as headache and brain fever!" Such a doctor may be able to be a doctor in a town or village, but it is not enough to be a doctor at the middle and county levels!"

For example, in view of the shortage of middle and senior doctors, we want to improve the medical level of these relatively low-level doctors by conducting short-term training from time to time. In the past, the reason why they were mediocre was that most of China's traditional Chinese medicine practitioners cherished themselves and regarded many prescriptions developed by jīng as treasures, and passed them on to men but not women, and not to outsiders, thus hindering the improvement of China's medical level! However, the independent intellectual property rights and patent laws that our People's Army has just prepared to implement have guaranteed their research results, and I believe that after they make money through prescriptions, this kind of problem will be solved! When the time comes, with these prescriptions, doctors who are familiar with pharmacology only need to grasp the medicine according to the prescription! After all, what we need more than medical masters is what we need! I believe that after five years of uninterrupted training, the current situation of our shortage of doctors will be greatly alleviated. Of course, it may be more difficult to deal with Western medicine, but retired military medical personnel in the army will help us solve a big problem! In addition to our own training! The number of doctors in five years can still be guaranteed!" Huang Kuan said confidently.

Listening to his words, Huo Shan didn't expect that he, like his teacher Huang Sheng, would hit his own ideas on the retired personnel of the military!

"In that case, let's do it! But I still have more requirements for the Ministry of Health, that is, before every doctor can go to work to treat diseases and save people, he must pass the doctor's grade certificate issued by us, and we must be responsible for the lives of our own people! After all, the harm of quacks is too great!" Huo Shan said solemnly.

"Got it, young master!"

Because, in the current reform within the Huo Jiajun, Huo Shan did not arrange any position for himself! Therefore, everyone who understood that his status was irreplaceable called him young master to show respect, even an old man like Huang Kuan, who was close to fifty years old! Although, because of his special relationship with his teacher, Huo Shan had specially explained that he did not need to be so polite! However, this old man was very stubborn, and in the end, Huo Shan had no choice but to let him go!

"In addition, we have a large number of Chinese, and the work of health and epidemic prevention must also be carried out! This is the most important work of the Ministry of Health in the past few years! Moreover, you must strictly monitor the prices of medicine in various places so that the people can afford it!" Huo Shan finally explained.

Shen Sè solemnly agreed, and after carefully recording Huo Shan's opinions, Huang Kuan closed the folder in his hand and sat down reflexively.

"Then let me tell you!" Luo Fenglu stood up with a smile, he was the first batch of students of the Maweihou Academy, and Liu Buyun and Yan Fu were all classmates! However, unlike others, he did not study at the Greenwich Naval Academy in the United Kingdom, but chose to become a foreign teacher within the Qing Dynasty, and the experience of studying in Europe many times made him the first generation of diplomats in the Qing Dynasty in China.

Originally, according to the original history, after returning from Europe, he would become a staff member of Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, but unfortunately he was robbed by Huo Shan, who had already been targeted! Now, he is the new minister of foreign affairs and minister of railways!

Moreover, talents are rare now, because of the current situation of Huo Jiajun, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now very idle! Therefore, the busy Ministry of Railways is more suitable for him!

"According to the young master's plan, our Ministry of Railways will build 30,000 kilometers of railways in the next five years, including Borneo Island Ring Railway and Railway Network, Sulawesi Island Ring Island Railway and Railway Network, Papua Island Ring Island Railway and Railway Network, Hainan Island Ring Island Railway, and Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces Railway Network Construction Plan! In addition to the two domestic provinces and Hainan Island, the other three islands are all located in the tropics, with dense rainforests and rivers, and the cost of railway construction is very high! According to the current steel price and labor costs, the average cost of each meter of railway is about 15 taels of silver, so the 30,000-kilometer railway will cost 450 million taels of silver!"

As soon as Luo Fenglu's words fell, the people in the study couldn't help but gasp, this figure is really amazing! 450 million taels of silver, but it is several times higher than the total financial income of the Qing Dynasty!

These islands in the South Seas are not only very rich in ore resources such as iron ore, coal mine, copper ore, and petroleum, but also all kinds of resources needed for the development of modern industry can be found here! However, only when the railways are repaired can these resources be developed and the development of all walks of life within our country be promoted! Moreover, there are many plains here, and it is completely possible to grow rice three times a year, and there is no problem in feeding our population of three or four billion! If this kind of place is occupied, it will definitely not be allowed out!" Huo Shan said categorically. The strong tone made one feel his unquestionable determination!

"Huo Long, your army stationed on the island should raise its level, from now on, there will be no entry and exit from the islands, no matter what country he is, no matter whether he is white or black, don't think about coming out again if he enters! Minimize the danger of our news being exposed!" Huo Shan then turned his head and said to Huo Long, who had just become the head of the military department.

"Yes, young master!"

"Minister Luo, are we enough railway workers and engineers?" Huo Shan continued to ask.

"Enough! We have trained a large number of railway workers through the Taiwan Ring Island Railway, which is currently under construction! Moreover, the construction workers of the major railroads in the United States are basically Chinese, and now our Ministry of Railways plans to take them back to China to help us repair the railway, so we have enough engineering personnel!"

Hearing his words, Huo Shan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly said, "If we use those natives to build railways in Nanyang, will we save a little?"

Hearing the young master's words, Luo Fenglu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, thinking of those rumors circulating in the army, and a cold sweat involuntarily broke out on his head! However, he still quickly replied: "Yes, young master! Our own iron and steel plant can produce qualified steel rails, and if we save the wages of the workers, then we only need to spend 300 million taels of silver to complete the 30,000 miles of railway! After all, the domestic railway is not too difficult to repair!"

Just because of his words, nearly five million indigenous men in Borneo, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, New Guinea, and Palawan were completely buried! Five years later, after the railways, highways, ports, docks, cities, and farmlands on these islands were built, there was no longer a single indigenous man to be found on these islands controlled by the Huo Jiajun! Moreover, Chinese on the islands became the only language! Of course, what is recorded in the history books is that all the natives admired the advanced Chinese culture and the developed industry and agriculture automatically integrated into the great Han nation!

"Since we can save so much money, why don't we use it? There will be an army to cooperate with you then!" Huo Shan said with a smile.

"Yes, young master!

The current Western colonizers are all playing like this in their own colonies! Therefore, after Huo Shan said these words, everyone did not feel much strange, and no one felt any unbearable! Because Huo Shan has long engraved the suffering of the Chinese in Nanyang for hundreds of years into everyone's psychology through continuous propaganda, and no one pities these accomplices who have helped foreigners to kill the Chinese!