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

Chapter 287 I, Gretel, a Technologist, Make Money
In this way Gretel got his first subordinates.

Number of people: 24 people.

Status: Master Apprentice, Priest Apprentice.

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Eight people from Black Crow Swamp.

School of conjuration, two medical branches.

Change school duo.

Four members of the God of Nature Sect.

Six people from the Temple of the God of War.

There are two people in the Temple of the Goddess of Spring.

Brackets, you have to be trained to use them...

Gretel threw the preparations before the training to Aurora.For example, the living facilities in the mage's tower, such as meat, eggs, rice noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, such as experimental consumables and experimental animals... Let him make an order and hand it over to Black Crow Swamp or any random family to find a way to purchase.

And Gretel himself took on an urgent task for the public health department:
give change.

In front of Gretel, a newly dialed middle-aged man had gray hair and a sad face.The left hand is counting chips, the right hand is an account book, the cuffs of the woolen coat have been worn white, obviously it is a new accountant who is not in a very good financial situation.Sitting down in the small conference room, sighing, he turned the ledger upside down to show Gretel:

"We don't need to worry about the construction cost of reservoirs and water pipes, and the construction cost of infectious disease hospitals. The parliament and the major temples have reached an agreement. The donations of various nobles and businessmen are used to offset this construction cost. bear.

But for the next operating costs, we have to find a way by ourselves..."

He flipped through the account book page by page:

"The price of bleaching powder, currently sold to us by the Evocation School, is 1 gold coin per kilogram. According to what you said, sir, to put bleaching powder in the drinking water of the whole city, you need..."

While he was talking, Gretel was calculating in his head.According to the amount of chlorine added to 3 mg/liter of water and the effective chlorine of bleaching powder to be 25%, it is necessary to add 12 grams of bleaching powder per cubic meter of drinking water.There are 50 people in the city, and 1000 tons of drinking water a day, that is 12 kilograms of bleaching powder—that’s all, and it has to be placed accurately, so that it can be done without wasting at all.

"12 gold coins." He announced the answer.The wrinkles on the middle-aged accountant's face deepened:
"365 days a year, that is 4380 gold coins. In addition, the salaries of priest apprentices and mage apprentices..."

"..." Gretel originally planned not to give anything.Just kidding, I came to him for training, and I still want to get paid?Does your own school not provide subsidies?

But thinking about it again, the apprentices were already poor.If he doesn't give it, if his own school doesn't give it—for example, the Church of the God of Nature, it really has nothing but food for you—wouldn't it be starving to death in this year?
Just like the interns and regular trainees in the hospital, it is impossible to get a regular doctor's salary, and there are still a few allowances...

"You press first..." Gretel thought for a while.Water quality testing must be done by full-time personnel, and we cannot count on the free labor of various companies every day.So here comes the question——

In this world, how much does it cost to hire an ordinary person who has received a normal education, or a mage apprentice who is 40 years old and can't advance to the next level?

"Let's start with a budget of 5 gold coins per month." He whispered.The middle-aged accountant bowed his head and made another note:
“5金币一个月，一年12个月，24人……1440金币……加起来就是5820……还有检测试剂费用……还有传染病医院的日常运作费用……

Although the emergency management department next door shares law enforcement forces, we have to give at least some subsidies every time they dispatch.Otherwise, people will find some excuses casually, and it's normal to be an hour late..."

Gretel: "..."

As the director of the Department of Public Health, my first year's salary, or rather, the half of the mage's tower, isn't it for nothing?In addition to creating a department, I also need to establish an effective mechanism to provide operating funds for the Department of Public Health?
No wonder the council promised such a high salary...

Gretel raised his head and sighed.I'm just a clinician. I was forced to take the post of director of the Department of Public Health. That's fine, after all, I'm taking care of the health of the whole people.But, why am I forced to become a businessman...

He stretched out his hand to press the center of his brows, rubbed them again, trying to smooth out the tangle.No, I still want to run away, want to flip the table, want to cry up to the sky...

"What advice do you have?"

He slumped down weakly, with his head turned sideways, flat on the table.The middle-aged accountant bowed his waist, tried his best to lower the height to the same level as him, and whispered:

"I heard that you said in the last meeting that you would provide technical guidance to some workshops...the rich one..."

"Huh? How do you know?"

"Listen, listen to what people say..."

The middle-aged accountant squeezed his pocket nervously.The wallet was solid, and there were dozens of gold coins, which were sent by three different guild leaders.This sum already exceeded half a year's salary, and the purpose of the gift was just to let him say a word in front of Gretel:

Come see their workshop!

"Emmmm..." Gretel became more energetic.He supported half of his head from the table and looked at the middle-aged accountant:
"How many companies have applied for technical guidance? How much can they pay? Is it a lump sum payment or continuous payment? Who will talk to them?"

"Well, the Slaughtering Guild, the Liquor Guild, the Salt Merchants Guild, the Metallurgical Guild..." The middle-aged accountants counted their hands one by one.At the hearing, it was Gretel who said casually about the workshops that could carry out technological transformation:

"Generally speaking, it is for dry stocks, and the dividends are settled every year or every quarter. The magician will discuss it by himself—" Seeing Gretel's face immediately darken, he quickly added:
"If the magician is really not good at negotiating, the magician management department will provide a negotiator to come forward on his behalf! Just pay a small fee! Many magicians hire them!"

Gretel's eyes lit up.

"Okay—let's start with the slaughter guild! Anyway, I have to practice dissection, and get some dissection materials by the way! Oro! Oro! Follow me up the mountain!"

They went straight to the top of Igor Peak.In the Thunder Tower, there is still a laboratory, which is tirelessly producing bleaching powder.The magician who presided over the production saw Gretel coming, as if seeing a savior from heaven, he almost jumped up and hugged his thigh:
"Little Gretel, when will this work end? It's so boring! And you see, the caustic soda solution produced is not easy to store, nor is it easy to pour. We have accumulated several pools here. Recently, the entire council The price of caustic soda is plummeting!

There is also that light air, if you are not careful, you will explode—”

Gretel: "Pfft..." No, you can only use chlorine gas here, and you can't industrialize other by-products?This is too miserable, no wonder the price of bleaching powder is so high, you want to sell me one gold coin per kilogram...

"That... still needs to be done, and more needs to be done. Recently, a public health center has been set up, and a large amount of bleach is required to purify drinking water, about 12 kilograms a day..."

"Ah—" the magician screamed.He dragged Gretel and ran out of the laboratory:
"Come here, come here, take a look for yourself! See what the Alchemy Guild pays for caustic soda!"

Gretel was dragged all the way, staggering, and went straight to the Alchemy Guild.A level 2 magician docked with him very skillfully:

"Caustic soda solution? One silver coin per liter, you send it over yourself!"

"What? The price has dropped again?" The Horn of Thunder screamed.The alchemist gave him a white look:
"Otherwise, what should I do? Tell me, tell me, how much have you sent over recently? The guild can't consume it at all! The amount of caustic soda is only so large, and when it is made into soda ash, the strange smell will fill the room. Don't dare to enter!
Moreover, the fuel for boiling alkaline water is free?The cauldron for storing alkaline water is free of charge?After boiling a few pots, the pot will be rotten!

—Or else you make them into soda ash yourself?We charge a high price! "

"This is so annoying—"

The magician from Thunderhorn screamed.

Gretel couldn't help holding his forehead beside him.It's too miserable, it's so miserable, do you make soda ash, oh, sodium carbonate, or heat sodium hydroxide solution?No wonder the production efficiency is so low...

"Do you charge soda ash? High price?" He stuck out his head.The alchemist quickly glanced at him, saw the three bronze stars and four white rings on the badge, and immediately turned serious:

"Accept! The amount of soda ash is large, we will accept as much as you want!"

Just have your words.Gretel dragged his family back with a smile. As soon as he returned to the laboratory, he immediately set up a set of glassware:
"The charcoal is ignited...the smoke after combustion is passed into the caustic soda solution...in excess, and after the reaction is saturated, an equal amount of caustic soda solution is added...finally heated and evaporated...

Look, soda ash is out?

——How do you mass-produce it and try it yourself!Sell ​​me cheap bleach!Soda ash sells me cheap too! "

"no problem!"

The magician's eyes lit up immediately.The amount of soda ash used in washing, printing and dyeing, tanning, soap making, etc. is too large. The entire city of Nevis swallows hundreds of kilograms a day without even hiccupping.According to Grete's method, the caustic soda solution accumulated every day can be turned into soda ash and sold!
There is a workshop in the Department of Change, which produces these things every day, and now the Horn of Thunder can also help!The price can be lower than them, crowd them to death!
"I'll organize people to try it right away! Don't worry, as long as you can really make soda ash on a large scale, I'll sell you half the bleaching powder you want! —— Broll! Davila! Brittney! You guys, hurry up Come out of the room! Customize the copper pipes, set up the stove, get the charcoal, and get ready!"

"That's up to you!"

Gretel was in a good mood.Hey, money is earned and saved. With such an improvement in craftsmanship, two thousand gold coins will be saved, right?Go to a few more companies and do a technical upgrade, and it is estimated that the Department of Public Health will save money...

Hey, in fact, the most costly part of the bleaching powder production process is the electrolysis of salt water—in other words, the laboratory in the Tower of Thunder is rented for electrolysis.It would be great if we can generate electricity by ourselves, build a small hydropower station, and set up a production line next to it, and other raw materials will not cost much.

However, the only way Gretel knows to generate electricity is to cut a coil with a magnetic field and generate alternating current.Electrolysis of salt water requires direct current.How to change AC to DC?
I'm sorry, Gretel, to say, he didn't know...

"Oro! — Oro!"

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