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Congressman, Live Again - Episode 474

Chapter 474

next day.

People crowded into the medical barracks again from dawn..

What my brother does is always the same..

Everyone scoops water together and boils it..

More people from the slums gathered together to draw water from the well than before..

Yesterday we went back and forth three times, but today we collected so much water that we only needed to go twice, and a lot of firewood was collected..

They had different shapes and were dry to varying degrees, but they were good enough to be used as firewood..

And boil the water again.

“In this day and age, boiling water is a precious resource. They sent us a lot of water and firewood, which saved us a lot of trouble, but it would still be a good idea to prepare more firewood. Because it's almost winter now.”

At dawn in Hangzhou, my breath was white..

Jin Cheon-hee gave detailed instructions to each of the escort warriors who came with him..

Cheonwoo also picked up the ax under his brother's instructions..

Tianyu's job is simple..

Cutting the firewood in half once more.

My older brother built a furnace with bricks in a strange shape, smeared mud on it, and then found a steel barrel to make a hole for the smoke to escape..

A furnace made in this way maintained fire for a longer period of time than an ordinary furnace, but doing so had a disadvantage..

Firewood needs to be cut into smaller pieces than usual..

‘King Gwon also ordered me to do a lot of ax cutting..’

Axing is good for strengthening upper body muscles..

Additionally, if the force distribution is incorrect, the spine will go out..

King Gwon said that if, while swinging with an ax, you get a dangerous feeling that it will break if you add more to your neck or back, you are swinging it in the wrong position, so you should correct it yourself..

Thanks to this, Cheonwoo has become a human firewood machine and is breaking firewood at an incredible speed..

“Wow, you're good at it?”

My brother gave me a thumbs up and praised me..

Seeing his brother happy made Cheonwoo proud..

how long has it been.

As the sun was just beginning to rise, the warrior guards appeared with their carriages and workers..

The smell of bitter herbs irritates my nose..

“Cheonwoo. Will you come here when you’re done chopping firewood??”

“yes yes. brother!”

Jin Cheon-hee and the council members quickly classified the medicinal ingredients, and among them, the frequently used medicinal ingredients were all divided into one place..

“I'm going to use my inner strength to grind these herbs. If you are a Taechung Shingong, you will be good enough. In this case, the finer the grind, the better, so you don't have to worry about how much you need to grind. Make it as powdery as possible.”

“yes!”

“kind. My little brother.”

Jin Cheon-hee patted Cheon-woo on the shoulder and then went back to treating the patient..

Cheonwoo sat down and received medicinal smoke..

It is a mortar for grinding medicine, a medicine mill, and a medicine ship..

‘Do this with Taecheong Shingong.?’

The weapons are too small compared to Cheonwoo’s body..

I was especially anxious about the ceramic mortar because it seemed like it would break if I applied too much force..

Looking around, I saw the warriors of Baekrin Uigak grinding their medicine with soulless eyes..

What Cheonwoo caught was a medicinal herb.

It was named so because it looks like a pear, and is used to grind medicine by rolling the wheel on top..

I tried it without putting any effort into it..

Come on-

It was not ground to the extent that the wheel rolled once..

This time, I carefully put in the Taechung shingong and grind it..

Grumbling-

The more you put in the effort, the better the grind will be..

However, there are so many things to pay attention to that I feel like my shoulder muscles are already straining..

‘My brother said that. If you exhaust your inner energy to its limit, fill it up, and then pour it out and fill it up again, you will inevitably train your dantian and eight vital forces..’

However, since I have the shaman's Taecheong Shingong, which uses yin and yang, I must use yin and yang evenly..

‘This… … . It has no choice but to become a trainee..’

Has your brother been training himself like this?.

Does it mean that the act of saving someone’s life is also disciplined through martial arts?.

It was amazing.

* * *

Cheonwoo finely ground the herbs, and the doctors dried them, made them into decoctions, or gave them to patients..

Since I am not a doctor, I cannot know which herb has what effect, but I did know how much Taecheong Shingong should be used to finely grind the herb..

‘Just because you use a lot of power doesn't mean you'll become better at it. this.’

Efficient release was important.

Druk, drool-

Sweat drips from Cheonwoo’s forehead..

However, as he concentrated, he even forgot about that and concentrated only on how to use the Tai Qing technique..

Then suddenly, he realized that someone was holding his shoulders..

“Let's eat.”

It was my brother.

“Ah, bro. How long has he been here?.”

“Just arrived. I was concentrating, so I was waiting until the flow stopped a bit..”

“okay.”

Only then does Cheon-woo take his hand off the medicine pot..

At that moment, both arms started shaking and did not move at all..

“Huh... … . omg!”

A round pill popped into Cheonwoo’s mouth as he was breathing heavily..

“Chew and swallow.”

At my brother's words, I forced saliva into my mouth, chewed the pill, and swallowed it as soon as it became lumpy like porridge..

I used it so much that the puke came out..

Jin Cheon-hee said.

“This is the first time that internal power has been released repeatedly for such a long period of time.?”

“yes.”

“are you okay. I did well for my first time. I cooked a meal for you, so you can wake up and eat it as soon as you recover. First, let’s have a fortune-telling breakfast..”

Cheonwoo forced himself to sit cross-legged with trembling legs and gave strength to Cheonwoo..

There is only one bet left in the empty danjeon..

In addition, since it was not a sacred mountain, Mt. Wudang, the speed at which internal power was accumulated was extremely slow..

In a place like this, why do we waste our energy and replenish it again and again?.

When I opened my eyes after finishing breakfast, my brother was still there looking at Cheonwoo..

It's completely night.

“I'm not building up my strength well.?”

“Taj is like that..”

“okay. But there is no need to accept pure deceit from a good mountain. Just as potatoes are tolerant of rainwater, having too little rather than too much is more helpful for growth..”

“……?”

“okay. It won't be easy to understand in words. are you okay. Because you just have to realize it with your body.”

Jin Cheon-hee patted Cheon-woo on the back..

At that time, Cheonwoo’s stomach growled without notice..

The older brother said while looking at his younger brother who was blushing..

“Let's eat. It's late, but the original fried chicken is delicious even when reheated. No, let’s cut it into pieces, cover it with egg, and eat it like a rice bowl. Chicken and Egg Soboro Rice Bowl!”

I don't know what it is, but I thought it must be delicious..

* * *

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province and has a large population..

However, from the perspective of Jin Cheon-hee, who worked as a doctor in South Korea, it was not that big of a deal..

According to what I found out before coming here, Hangzhou's population is about 500,000 people..

Based on my previous life, this would be the size of a small to medium city..

Seoul has a population of 10 million, and Busan, the second most populous city in Korea, has about 5 million..

Hangju is the same place as Busan in South Korea, and its population is probably one-tenth of Busan's..

Of course, it is only the registered population..

Considering the floating population moving for tourism and commerce and the population not accounted for by government offices, the number may be higher..

I figured that about half of them would be poor enough to not even go to a medical clinic and receive treatment..

The other half will be made up of the majority of people who are able to make a living, who have a decent home and a secure job, who work and earn enough to live on (of course, they are by no means wealthy), the middle class who use them as employees, and the rich who play and eat..

Like the children who followed Sima Xuan, Sima Hui, and Sima Xuan in the past, there will be many more children whose births cannot even be registered at the government office..

The children would rather get opium than see a doctor. Because opium is cheaper than you think..

‘Even if you do simple calculations, if you treat 100 people a day for 100 days, that means only 10,000 people. 100 days is roughly three months.’

After calculating the amount of money it would cost, I decided to just quit..

‘In the first place, charity work is pouring water into a bottomless pit..’

So I decided to develop my thoughts a little further..

Although half of the population does not receive proper treatment, the number of people with diseases that actually require treatment is decreasing again..

It is impossible to properly determine the population of this Wulin planet, which has no communication, recording devices, or statistics..

However, if we estimate from the statistical data that Baeklin Uigak has produced so far, at least 15% of people are suffering from major or minor illnesses but cannot receive treatment..

in other words.

Of the 250,000 people, about 37,500 would be sick… … That's Jin Cheon-hee's prediction..

Of course, since I did not learn proper statistics and it is just a messy hypothetical inference, the error will be large..

Even so, even with a simple rough calculation, it would take almost a year to treat them..

If it is a mild illness, it can still be treated, but if there is a patient with a serious illness, the period will continue to increase..

‘Is it the area of ​​welfare from here?.’

That's what politicians do..

So, how much can you do as a doctor?.

‘Charity work is pretty important, right? In order to protect their image as a Uigak that joined hands with political factions, Hwaju-gak also occasionally treated the poor and built relationships with local magnates based on its reputation..’

In a Confucian society, justification is very important..

Isn't this the world that slaughters people today, but hopes to follow the way of a gentleman tomorrow?.

‘Baekrin's angle can be done in the same way as Hwaju's angle. But I don't want to end up spending money just for show..’

The shipper's method is to spend the money as it is paid and everything goes back to normal the next week..

You may gain more popularity due to the fall, but reality does not change..

If I already spend the manpower and money, I want to be of practical help..

‘What would happen if Baeklin Medical Center were allowed to stay here for a certain period of time and treat patients consistently throughout the day?.’

It doesn’t have to be at the level of curing a serious illness..

The House of Representatives and the House of Representatives treat the disease, and if they cannot handle it on their own, they can send it to the Bunta where the Upper House is located..

Already, members of the House of Representatives and the House of Representatives do not have many opportunities for practical training..

People in Sedoga want their tops to do even simple dressing for them..

The patient Yuho kicked out in the past is by no means rare..

I want something special that goes beyond the bandages of the Upper House and the House of Representatives, but there is nothing like that..

wear the same bandage.

As a result, there are naturally fewer opportunities for the House of Representatives and the House of Representatives to step forward..

‘Moreover, although it may be a bit hard to say it myself, the members of the White House's House of Representatives surpass the level of the upper house members of other councils..’