The two consulting ladies took a long ti to regain their composure, but their faces still bore traces of lingering fear.
Ladi asked Paul, Count, Ive always been curious why Lakeheart Town has shops that specifically sell boiled water. I suppose this was your idea too?
Indeed! Paul, beaming with pride, patted his chest and said, Heating water to a certain degree effectively kills these microorganisms. I call this process disinfection, so I advocate that people in our territory drink boiled water.
In another tiline, the working people of The Celestial Empire (pre-PRC China lmao) only started the habit of drinking boiled water after 1949. In ancient tis, epidemics, parasites, and gastroenteritis were common, especially in rural areas, which were hotbeds for parasites and dysentery.
After the founding of New China, the benefits of drinking boiled water were heavily promoted and played a significant role in eradicating parasites and controlling various gastrointestinal infectious diseases.
However, for the lower-class people in the northwest, using precious fuel to boil water was still a bit of a luxury. Therefore, Paul funded the establishnt of boiled water shops where, for just a copper coin, one could buy a small bucket of boiled water.
He also planned to extend this model throughout the regions of Alda and Baylding.
But, was this microscope just created by you? Did you already know about the nurous microorganisms in water? Ladi suddenly asked, with Eileen also curiously looking at Paul.
I Paul was montarily at a loss for words.
After a brief hesitation, he hurriedly explained, Isnt it common knowledge that drinking raw water can cause diarrhea? I just combined this common knowledge with the new discovery made through the microscope.
Ladi still had her doubts, But the cause and effect of this
Paul imdiately interrupted her, Why bother with so many causes and effects? Ah I called you here for serious business. I am quite busy, you know.
Ladi, hiding a smile, said, Please give your orders, Count.
Powerful firearms, telescopes that could see for miles, exquisite porcelain, cheap paper, ti-saving reaping machines, full-sail warships, and now this sophisticated microscope all were inventions of this Count. If the inventor had been one of those scholars from the Imperial Academy, imrsed in knowledge their entire lives, it would be barely plausible. But this Count was just fifteen years old. Could there really be people born with innate knowledge?
Ladi increasingly believed that this lord harbored so secret, but she did not intend to delve too deeply. After all, who didnt have secrets? For instance, she had another identity herself.
Paul, slightly embarrassed, cleared his throat and said, The first thing is, I want to establish a Departnt of Health.
A Departnt of Health?
Yes, a Departnt of Health. The main task of this departnt will be to promote healthy living habits in Alda and Baylding, in addition to so dical affairs.
What do we need to do?
I need you two scholars to organize a team to compile a series of promotional booklets and textbooks, introducing good living habits from the upper class to the common people, and explaining their significance in detail. Youve seen the various microorganisms with your own eyes. Based on my observations of other objects, they exist not only in water. Our world is full of them, and in greater numbers than in clear water, like the nail dirt Ive deliberately left these past few days
Eileen, disgusted, said, Please, no more.
Haha, sorry. With this discovery, the causes of so diseases can be explained. Among the microorganisms we discovered, so can certainly cause illness. Lets collectively refer to them as pathogens. Of course, just as so known organisms have symbiotic relationships, its quite possible that so of these microorganisms are beneficial to our bodies.
Paul decided not to prematurely introduce terms like bacteria, viruses, or fungi, as explaining them would be too complicated.
He continued, So good habits, such as bathing regularly, washing hands before als, keeping the environnt clean, eating cooked food, and, as we just ntioned, drinking boiled water, can effectively reduce the number of pathogens, thereby greatly reducing the probability of disease occurrence.
Ladi nodded in agreent, That makes sense. Previously, we did these things for comfort, but now theres an added significance for health.
Paul, nodding, added, These habits should be adopted by the general populace, not just by the nobility and the wealthy.
Ladi comnted, Such care for ones subjects is rare among lords like you.
Eileen also looked at him with admiration.
Nonsense, the people in my territory are valuable labor. I dont want them dying from preventable diseases. Otherwise, who will work in my fields and factories?
The two advisors were taken aback, Count Grayman, I take back what I said.
Ignoring their disdain, Paul continued, Considering most people in the territory are illiterate, youll need to include many illustrations in the pamphlets. Choose so of the little bugs that you least want to see and exaggerate them as much as possible the more grotesque, the better, to scare them.
Ill have Morrisons propaganda team distribute your pamphlets throughout the territory and explain them, enhancing credibility by using microscopes.
Besides the propaganda team, he planned to gift a microscope to Father Anderson, who oversaw the church in Lakeheart Town. The priest, known for his interest in biology and his garden full of diverse plants, also enjoyed studying scriptures and practicing dicine.
He also wanted to provide several microscopes to Weiss Academy, encouraging students to learn more about biology. Education should start from a young age, after all.
Hmm, and knowledge about childbirth for pregnant won
This suddenly ca to his mind. He had already sent people to gather and compile data. In the past ten years, the infant mortality rate in the Northwestern Bay area the number of deaths of infants under one year per thousand live births was over two hundred per thousand.
This was a heart-wrenching statistic. If these infants had survived, his territory would have had a significant population increase, and his factories would have had many more workers.
Its essential to gather experienced midwives from all over, compile their birthing experiences into a book, and teach them about pathogens the disease-causing microorganisms we observed under the microscope and how to disinfect.
Practices like cutting the umbilical cord with a rusty scissor or cleaning with unboiled water must be strictly abandoned.
Paul, speaking as the ideas ca to him, seed a bit disorganized. The two female advisors diligently took notes.
We must declare war on ignorance and backward practices. Ive decided to launch a movent, which Ill call
The New Life Movent!
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