It's not that hard to open a hospital in another world, right?

Chapter 255 There are many problems besides scurvy

Improve crew health?
Gretel almost blurted out "lemons, bean sprouts, well I'm going to make penicillin".However, after thinking for a moment, he still accepted the task:

One has no right to speak without investigation, and any solution must be tried to be sure;
Furthermore, what if there are other diseases in this world that affect the health of seafarers?

It is wrong to jump to conclusions hastily!
Of course, Gretel couldn't deny that the task rewards were still good.Even if it's just for the reward, he must at least take a look...

"Very good." Archmage Carlisle smiled with satisfaction:

"Since you picked it up, someone will come to visit you tomorrow. A fleet of the parliament has returned and is currently resting in the port. The one who will come over tomorrow should be their fleet commander, James Deloch, or the chief of logistics. Oh , Have you tidied up your house yet?"

Gretel: "..." So, the purpose of allocating me a house is to support this scene for me?
No matter how busy Gretel was in tidying up the house, when the guests came to the door the next day, he still showed a proper etiquette that would never drop the price:
A level 7 warrior opened the gate, took the carriage away by the way, and took care of the horses for the guests;

There is a cook (borrowed from Aurora’s family) who is constantly busy, boiling water, making tea, and baking plates of delicious biscuits;
There are invisible servants who open the door, move chairs, serve tea and water (congratulations, this is the first-level magic of the conjuration system, and Gretel can finally start to work);
A personal disciple of the archmage, the fifth-level mage Aurora Wharton, accompanied him to welcome the guests...

The two visitors looked at each other, lowered their eyes silently, hiding the surprise in their eyes.Before they came, they had already received news that the little mage sent by the council to solve the problem was from a town in Newster County—it was a small town they had never heard of anyway.He was selected to study at the headquarters and came to Nevis just a year ago.

All in all a country boy.

Of course, the level of the four-ringed Arcanist, coupled with the identity of the special council, is enough to be on an equal footing with them.

But, a country boy, the place to entertain them is a villa in the garden area of ​​the city.Although the etiquette is a bit eccentric, it is by no means shabby.It seems that this year, the council has paid more attention to this little mage than they imagined.

The smiles of the two guests were immediately sincere.The leader bowed slightly, and stretched out his hand to Gretel:

"Hello. I am the commander of the Third Fleet of the Parliament, James Deloch, a knight of the ninth rank. If you take the liberty to visit, please do not take offense."

"Hello, I'm the Chief of Logistics of the Squadron, William Gunson." Beside Derlock, a middle-aged man with a very high hairline and a pointed chin extended his hand.Gretel reached out to shake hands with them one by one:
"Great Nordmark, four-ring arcanist, third-level mage, nice to meet you."

Everyone sat down in the living room.The invisible servant brought out a silver tray, served fragrant and warm black tea to the guests, and put down two polished small silver pots.One jar was filled with pure white sugar cubes, and the other was filled with fresh milk, apparently for the guests to add by themselves.

Another invisible servant floated out of the kitchen, and put down a plate of light yellow, a plate of brown, two kinds of freshly baked biscuits.Each biscuit has a twisted pattern on it, and the aroma penetrates into the nostrils one after another as it is served all the way.

In the fireplace, the firewood was beeping and beeping, and the whole living room was smoky and warm.

James DeLocker still had a straight waist, sitting on the sofa like a long sword, full of military style.The chief logistics officer beside him has already relaxed, reached out and picked up a piece of brown biscuit, chewed it, and his eyes lit up:
"Coffee flavored?"

Gretel nodded with a smile.William Gunson praised: "The cook in the house is really good. The coffee beans are also good—if I'm not mistaken, are the beans from Taras?"

Gretel didn't answer directly.He didn't know about coffee in his previous life, he only knew about Blue Mountain coffee, cat poop coffee, etc. He couldn't even drink it in front of him.After crossing over, I don't understand even more.

Fortunately, in this world, as long as a magician has a high level of magic, it is not a big deal if they don't know anything else.Gretel just smiled slightly:
"Mr. Gunson is the logistics chief of the fleet, and he must be an expert. If you say yes, you must be."

"It's a pity that our fleet doesn't run that line." Gunson suddenly sighed: "Not only we don't run, but the fleets of the parliament and the kingdom, and even merchant ships, don't run to Talas. Sir, bring some high-quality goods."

This is to introduce the topic.Gretel put down his teacup and focused slightly: "Oh? Why?"

"The Church of Radiance is too powerful." William Gunson sighed: "The Storm Islands, and the south of the Storm Islands, are all occupied by them. We went late, and there were few ships, so we could only occupy some places in the north. The south specialties, either the boat sneaks past, or buys them at a high price—”

Gretel listened attentively and did not speak.The Derlock knight silently drank half a cup of black tea, then interrupted:

"Two months ago, we had a good opportunity. We encountered a fleet of them in the north of the Storm Islands. It should have been blown by a hurricane. But at that time, we also sailed for two months, and the crew was in large numbers. Sick and afraid to fight, we can only avoid it from a distance. If we can keep them at sea for three months, we can eat them at that time!"

"Oh, is there a healer on board?"

"Yes—" the two guests smiled wryly at each other.The Derlock knight explained to Gretel in detail:

"Healers do exist, but they are very rare. In the fleet of the council, only the flagship will be equipped with a healer, usually a level 3 to 4 war priest, and occasionally a level 500. Other ships - like our fleet, except In addition to the flagship, there are three ships, large and small, more than [-] sailors-then it is up to fate.

Even when individual crew members fell ill, or healed a few seriously wounded after a major battle, the priest could still hold on.But a large number of crew members fell ill, and the priest had nothing to do.For example, the priest of our fleet is already a level 7 powerhouse, and with all his strength, he can only support the fleet for 10 more days. "

ten days?

Delay the onset of scurvy for ten days?
Gretel immediately cast a look of admiration.A fleet, four ships, nearly a thousand people, ten days of delay? !How did you do it dude!
"Then—what disease are they suffering from?"

The logistics chief silently took out a large leather-bound book.Spread it out, push it in front of Gretel, point to the book and explain to him:

"11 people died in battle; 3 people fell into the sea by accident; 7 people died of unknown high fever; 8 people died of diarrhea; [-] people died of plague at sea—"

"Plague at sea?"

"Yes, after a long time at sea, the crew members will have bleeding teeth, weakness in limbs, muscle pain, and gradually become bedridden. There is no good way for the priest, even [remove the disease], it can only relieve it for a while..."

Gretel began to rub his forehead.Scurvy is easy to deal with, but the number of deaths from scurvy is less than half of the total number of deaths.It seems that there are many things to do to solve the health problems of the crew!

"Can I see your ship and crew?"

That afternoon, Gretel boarded the flagship of the fleet, the Pelican, as he wished.

"It's so big..." Gretel sighed while climbing the ladder.It is said that this flagship "only" has a weight of 500 tons. In the previous life, in the impression that a thousand-ton boat was counted as a small boat and 500 tons were fishing boats, 500 tons is really nothing.However, I didn't know until I climbed it myself that a [-]-ton ship still has to climb for a long time.

When I climbed up, I felt tall, but when I got on the deck, I suddenly felt small.Gretel looked around and measured with his arms. The main deck was less than two operating rooms wide, and the length was much shorter than the corridors of their hospital—and the corridors of the old building were only more than 50 meters long.Gretel looked left and right, and turned to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet:
"Where do the sailors live? I need to see."

"Uh……"

The Derlock knight held his nose and led him down.After walking one floor, Gretel reflexively raised his hand to cast a spell, and cast a bubble spell on himself: It stinks!It really stinks!
He thought for a while, and then waved away the bubble technique.Understanding the situation correctly is the most important thing at the moment.Bear with it, woo, it stinks...

To say "the stench is tangy" is still an understatement.The air was filled with a strong smell of ammonia gas. After walking a few steps, Gretel was so smoked that tears flowed down his face, so he had to retreat and throw another bubble spell.This day can't be passed!

From the deck down, the air gets worse and worse from level to level.After walking down one flight of stairs, Gretel saw no fewer than ten mice, cockroaches and other bugs no less than the number of mice, behind the stairs, in the corner of the cabin, there were piles of unidentified garbage everywhere.

The rooms where senior sailors live are so narrow that they can only accommodate a bed, and they cannot even turn over.And sailors have no such thing as "rooms" at all, but make bunks on the lower deck, or hang up rope beds.Needless to say, it is normal for infectious diseases to appear in such a poor hygienic situation.

Gretel turned his head.A ninth-level knight, Commander Derlock followed behind him, holding his long sword in his hand, with an expression of "can you leave quickly?"Gretel grabbed the Commander, shook his fingers and asked:

"Where do they all go to the bathroom?"

"Everywhere..."

Worried about the safety of the boss, Bernard, who followed the cabin, said quietly.

Gretel insisted on going down one floor.As soon as his feet touched the ground, he immediately fled up:

The water pump in the bilge is pumping water!Even the bubble technique can't block that taste!
"Boss, I forgot to tell you that when the weather is bad, most of the sailors settle in the bilge..."

I went to the kitchen to take another look. The fresh water in the vat was basically used up, and the only little water left had obviously deteriorated.Not only was the bread moldy, but it was also full of maggots, and flies were buzzing everywhere.As for the other food, Gretel no longer dared to look at it.

"The sanitation conditions of this fleet need to be improved in an all-round way! Comprehensive! Otherwise, people will die one by one!"

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