Chapter 428: A Great Country
"Corinna, take these application forms to the city hall and have them signed by someone from the Ministry of Health!"
"What? The purchase channels of Shadow Grass and Draman Bark have not been negotiated yet, and what does the purchasing department do to eat!"
"Medicine, what medicine? Oh, cold medicine, wait...... There are still 5,600 copies in stock, and the raw material channel has not yet been negotiated, so there are only so many for the time being. ”
"Adrian, are you ready for stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors, checklists, and medical records?"
In the empty hospital, the medical staff played a song called 'busy' with a mixed voice.
In nearly a year of training, every medical staff member was at least able to read and write, and every voice intertwined in the air, making the entire hospital chaotic and extremely harsh.
But if someone knew what these medical workers were going to do, they might not think so.
Wende City has been preparing for the establishment of a hospital for a long time, and even the hospital building has been built for an unknown amount of time, but due to the lack of medical staff, only one outpatient department has been opened for the time being, and the rest of the departments are still in a state of not being opened.
Because everything has just begun, and the medicine of the world of Assatom has just begun, the specific division of the departments is not so detailed, only divided into three departments: internal medicine, surgery, and traumatology.
Medicine in the world of Assatom is not just 'ordinary medicine', because in such a world full of magical powers, medicine continues to develop, and it is obviously impossible not to be hooked up with 'supernatural powers'.
If the development path on the other side of the earth is 'mechanical technology', then the development path on this side is 'magic technology' or 'magic technology'.
It may not have been a tendency before, or it was not obvious, but after the maid arrived, it was already very obvious!
On the question of productivity, even the old-fashioned aristocratic lords could not turn back the clock of history, and when this trend emerged, the general trend would be unstoppable.
But in any case, no matter what kind of technology, the purpose of development is to serve people, just like the hospital that Wende City is preparing to put into operation today.
In the shouts and actions of the medical staff, the chaos seemed to be orderly, and there was a bit of panic in the order, and everyone took action to prepare for the upcoming opening of the hospital.
Everyone in the hospital is busy preparing for the work, and the situation is not much different in the town hall.
"The hospital is ready to open and ready to operate. ”
After the debriefing, Edith looked up at the woman sitting behind her desk, a slight hesitation on her face.
To the head maid, her sister-in-law, her sister Serena, Edith had a longing, but she was always full of doubts about some of Serena's sister's decisions, but she didn't know how to speak.
Serena glanced up at Edith, put down the pen in her hand, and smiled: "Edith, if you have a question, if you want to ask, but it doesn't matter, I remember that I didn't teach you to hide the problem and then solve it by yourself." ”
Pursing her lips, Edith asked, "...... Sister Serena, I don't understand. If you add up the cost of medicine and labor, we don't make much money at the price we set, do we? If we see a lot of patients, we can only pay the salaries of the medical staff at most. Whether it's the hospital building or the medical supplies and equipment, we spend a lot of money, and if we do that, aren't we losing money?"
Edith was a little uneasy as she saw the smile on Serena's sister's face fade away, and she wondered if she had said something wrong.
"Edith...... Do you remember what I taught you?"
The maid suddenly spoke, and when she heard this, Edith was stunned.
Edith thought about it for a moment, struggling a little in her heart, but in the end she shook her head: "I'm sorry, Sister Serena, I don't know what you're referring to. ”
"We need money to develop the country and build the country, but we shouldn't be slaves to money!" the maid supported her chin with her hands and looked directly at her sister-in-law with calm and frightening eyes.
Edith blinked, still a little unsure of what the maid meant.
Seeing Edith's somewhat confused eyes, the maid sighed and said in a low voice: "Edith, you can be regarded as a leader now, what do you think we should use the money we earn, and what should we use it for?"
Edith hesitated, "Probably...... It will be used to build infrastructure and invest in the construction of new factories......"
When she saw the maid pursing her mouth, her heart suddenly tightened, and she hurriedly asked, "Sister Serena, is there anything wrong?"
"No, Edith, you're right......"
Serena stood up, walked around the desk to Edith, put her hands on her shoulders, and made her look into her eyes, "Edith, you are right, but not all of them, this is not the whole of a country! If we do this, then we can get a prosperous country, but this prosperity will not last long." ”
Of course, this prosperity is not an illusion, but a real one. However, it is difficult to satisfy the hearts of the people, and it is not enough to meet the material and spiritual needs of the people. ”
Listening to Serena's words, Edith was even more difficult to understand!
Do they, the rulers, have to meet the needs of the common people? If so, then aren't they being kidnapped by popular opinion?
This time Edith didn't hesitate, but asked the question bluntly, so the maid smiled again.
"I'm glad you thought that way, and asked the question, but Edith, you're wrong again this time. ”
The maid shook her head and smiled: "The prosperity of a country is inseparable from the people, if we force a person to work, then his attitude must be negative, and dealing with things is also his attitude towards us, which is why I want to free the slaves, the purpose is to liberate more productive forces." Of course, we're not talking about that now, I'm saying, what is the difference between enticing a person to work for us and forcing someone to work? The biggest difference is in the 'attitude' and the 'work efficiency'!"
"If the gap between a person's negative work and a person's enthusiasm for work is not big and can be made up by squeezing, then what if it is hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of people?"
Serena let go of her hands, straightened her waist, and said with a confident smile: "The long-term peace and stability of a country can never depend only on the oppression of the people, and the progress of a country requires the efforts of thousands of people. If we can create a good enough national image and establish a national spirit, then do we still need to worry about the people's disunity? Do we still need to worry about the people's lack of confidence in the country and themselves?"
"A strong country may only need a strong leadership class, but a great country is different!"
"We are moving towards the goal of 'a great nation,' not only for the prosperity of the country, but also for the people to live and work in peace," the maid said to Edith earnestly. For this, we need a lot of money, but we can't build our country by squeezing the money of the common people, we can't be slaves to money, otherwise, everything will be turned upside down!"
"That's what this hospital is, I set it up to protect people's health, and the goal of the hospital is to eliminate all kinds of diseases and give health back to people. This is also part of the infrastructure construction, a great country needs leaders and civilians to work together, even at the national level, civilians can play a very low role, but that is only a hundred, a thousand, 10,000 civilians, if it is 100,000, a million, even 10 million civilians?"
Edith's eyes were full of shock, she looked at 'Sister Serena' and patted her head, smiled and said: "The hospital will be built, the price of medicine will not change, even if it is a loss, we must do it, this is the people's livelihood, and it is also the foundation of the country! It can only break their knees, but not their backbones!"
"Even if the country is destroyed, as long as the people are still there, the spirit is still there, and the people still think that they are part of the Duchy of the Howling Winds, then no matter how many times the country is destroyed, the country will be rebuilt. Even though it may have changed its name and surname, that country, at its roots, is still our 'Principality of the Howling Winds'!"