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Chapter 162 Conditions for Population Growth

Hungarian and Transylvanian troops faced off in Adelaide, 100 kilometers from Cluj.This small city was the first barrier to Cluj, the Transylvanian stronghold, and a siege began.

Hungary assembled an army of 1.2 to attack, while the defenders in the city plus the mobilized residents were less than 3000.However, the heroic resistance of the defenders caused heavy losses to Hungary.

Peter's reinforcements are already on the way, and Andrei will also call on the believers to take revenge. If they can't capture here in a short time, the Hungarian army will receive a more violent counterattack.

At this time, Mary needed more money than the army.It takes a lot of money to maintain an army. Mary turned the treasury of Transylvania upside down, seized every gold coin, and with the sponsorship of the Wallachia Chamber of Commerce, she barely managed to maintain it.

But now, the war has a long-term trend, and Mary must obtain more money in exchange for soldiers and supplies, so she turned to the Chamber of Commerce Bank in Wallachia.

"My lord, although the chamber of commerce expresses sympathy for you, the chamber of commerce cannot grant you a loan without suitable collateral."

Mary has shed her silly and sweet personality and started to move closer to a politician.She knew what it would be like to have no money to maintain an army, and she knew the current situation in Transylvania, but the local resources were abundant and could be traded.

"I can mortgage Brasov to the Chamber of Commerce, if not enough, there are Alba Iulia and Sibiu."

Taking out three towns as collateral in one breath, the other party couldn't react.I saw Mary said again.

"Hurry up and decide, if you don't help, then the person behind you will force you."

Seeing that Mary had seen the characters behind them, the representative of the chamber of commerce stated the conditions he had given.

"6000 unequipped soldiers, four months, with the three cities of Brasov, Alba Iulia, and Sibiu and nearby mines as collateral."

Mary nodded.

"Congratulations, you are about to become part of Transylvania."

The Chamber of Commerce reached an agreement with Mary, and then some mercenaries went to Adelaide to help out, and some gold coins were converted into supplies and shipped to the front.

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The war in Transylvania did not affect the lives of the people in Wallachia. People from all walks of life performed their duties. Compared with previous years, the people of Wallachia have changed a lot.

The tools used by most farmers have been replaced by iron farm tools, and wooden tools have been declining year by year. Moreover, due to the extensive application of curved plows and waterwheels, the agricultural output of Wallachia has doubled several times.

A large number of iron farm tools not only increased productivity, but also brought a large demand for iron.The iron smelting industry developed again. The blacksmiths Peter had persuaded from Western Europe brought their iron smelting facilities to Wallachia. With the addition of Peter's iron smelting plant, Wallachia's heavy industry began to catch up with Western Europe.

In addition to the advancement of tools, population growth is also a manifestation of Wallachia's national strength.The increase from 50 to more than 300 million, in addition to the population on the newly conquered land, also attracts immigrants and increases the fertility rate.

Because all walks of life in Wallachia are very prosperous, people's lives have improved, and with the promotion of religion, the birth rate has directly doubled.

Wallachia itself increased from 50 to 83, and Moldova increased from 22 to 48.The population growth approach is bearing fruit.

Wallachia also paid attention to medical skills. Peter collected a large number of medical books from the Golden Horde, Anatolia and Constantinople, and set up medical schools at Constanta University and Bukuryeshti University, and Unlike the West's respect for bloodletting therapy and emetics, Eastern medicine focuses on herbal medicine and living habits.The "Dietary Almanac" that Wallachia found from Constantinople was promoted, and other books, such as "Medical Compendium", "Medical Outline", "On the Structure of the Human Body", etc., are required books for medical students .After passing the examination, students can obtain the qualification to practice medicine. They can open their own clinics or join public hospitals.

Public hospitals can be traced back to the Eastern Roman Empire at the earliest, and they are original in many institutional establishments.The Roman medical institutions pioneered the concepts of "general hospitals" and "specialized hospitals" and put them into practice.Take the Christ the Redeemer Hospital in Constantinople as an example. When Emperor John II established the Christ the Redeemer Monastery in 1112, he also built the affiliated Christ the Redeemer Hospital, a home for the elderly and a leprosy hospital 4 miles away.The Christ the Savior Hospital is similar to the current general hospital, while the Leprosy Hospital is a specialized hospital, and the Home for the Elderly is a public charity with medical functions.In addition, the Roman Empire established various specialized and charitable medical institutions after the 5th century, such as relief stations for tourists, hospitals for foreigners, and orphanages.

East Rome Hospital pioneered the outpatient-inpatient system, through outpatient services, patients are graded and classified, and outpatients can leave the medical institution after treatment, while inpatients need round-the-clock care.This system helps to improve hospital efficiency, avoid waste of medical resources and excessive medical treatment, and enable patients to receive the most appropriate treatment.According to the charter of the Eastern Roman Monastery, the Christ the Savior Hospital has an outpatient department and an inpatient department, which are the same as modern hospitals.There are two doctors in the outpatient department, 50 beds in the inpatient department, 5 mobile beds, and medical staff.

Wallachia learned and promoted the hospital system of Rome, and established disciplines such as surgery, internal medicine, and gynecology.Constanta Hospital is the best hospital in Wallachia, with 40 doctors and 70 beds, and its reputation is also very good.

The hospital specifies the responsibilities of different staff in detail, with the aim of saving manpower and improving efficiency.The first is the completeness of the management and supervision system.The administrative staff consisted of abbots and monks, and the supervising staff consisted of hospital administrators and medical supervisors, all of whom were medical experts.The second is to implement the agent procurement system.The agent is responsible for the supply of food and medicine. Unlike ancient Greek and Roman doctors, doctors will not buy and sell medicines themselves, eliminating corruption such as drug kickbacks.And the scale of the Bukuryeshti Hospital under construction will far exceed that of Constanta, who makes it the capital.

Private clinics are regulated by the government, and the social status of doctors is very high.They will sell some potions and herbs, and sometimes treat some other diseases, but this is for a fee.

The improvement of medical conditions and the increase of food production have jointly promoted the increase of the population. Unfortunately, the population growth rate cannot be calculated at this time, otherwise the figures are very good.

(End of this chapter)