I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

87 – Bourgeois (3)

“Ah, it’s already time like this. Then make sure you don’t forget the precautions and what not to do today.”

“You worked hard…”

Since His Majesty taught me directly, at first I was too nervous to listen to the words, but fortunately, the class was conducted while His Majesty wrote the contents on the blackboard, so I was able to keep up with the things I hadn’t heard.

They gave me paper and a pen to write on my own, and it was a bit strange to see both of them for the first time. The paper was stiff and rough on the outside, so it was as if I was touching a neatly cut cross-section of a stone, and the pen was not writing with ink, but with charcoal that had a long lead inside.

It seems that it is difficult to write on the existing paper with a charcoal pen, so he made a new paper. First of all, I like it because I don’t have to be careful with the ink so it doesn’t smudge.

[Bleeding is only for slaughter, and wind enema is useless, so get rid of it. This will be prohibited by law, so if you have a recipe like this in your head, forget it all. I don’t even eat human flesh, so why draw blood and put air in the back hole?

“Big…”

I’m reviewing the class in my head, but I’m about to burst out laughing.

I shouldn’t have been like this… The tone and the way he said it was so funny. An official in his rural hometown would be more gentle.

Above all, it is very surprising that there is a doctor who actually prescribes such a thing. It wasn’t for nothing that His Majesty asked me about things like drawing blood.

Ugh… I have to be patient. It’s not the time to laugh like this.

‘Things you shouldn’t do… Hmmm, most of them are easy to understand, but I still have to memorize them.’

I had never seen mercury in my life, so I thought mercury was a panacea until I took your Majesty’s class.

As such, there may be some parts I don’t know well, so I should just memorize them all without saying anything.

‘When meeting a patient, cover your nose and mouth with a cloth… Wash your hands with water before and after meeting a new patient… Boil the clothes and bedding worn by the patient for a long time…’

It is a very natural concept of hygiene in modern times, but it is not at all natural here where such a concept is not fully developed.

As a result, Claude’s words received a lot of questions from various doctors about why they had to do that, and Claude explained the reason using the keyword ‘smell’ he found in a conversation with Ellen.

Since doctors knew from many experiences that smelling is not good, they believed Claude’s words.

Of course, things that didn’t smell, such as bloodletting and enemas, couldn’t be explained by smell alone, but at that time, Claude chose to press down with authority instead of explaining. It takes a very long time to explain the scientifically superstitious four-liquid theory.

“Mmm… So…”

“Surgery tools should be soaked in boiling water before and after use…”

Not only Ellen, but everyone in the room groaned as they recalled what they had just heard in the lecture.

Since doctors from all over the world gathered in one place, it is natural to chat about each other’s medical experiences, but what they just heard was new knowledge, so it’s not like that.

Although they are doctors, the people here, except for Ellen, are closer to medical scientists than doctors, and of course, new knowledge is more valuable to scholars than chatter.

Of course, after a while, they roughly organize the new knowledge in their heads, and they talk about their views on the knowledge to each other.

…………

‘What if you suddenly do something like this…’

The reason can be vaguely guessed. It’s still an active discussion and unconfirmed, but given that rumors about the toll tax have already been dispelled in the city, it’s natural that this time they tried to keep it as confidential as possible.

But still, too much is too much. For whatever reason, having to plan digging without any preparation is a terrible thing for me.

If you go to work as usual and suddenly have decades of work to do as soon as you sit down, not only me but anyone else will think the same. Help me.

“Okay… Now that you’ve finished the work and you’ve heard all the shovels, let me explain what you’re going to do. Guys, see the white stone dust scattered on the ground? Now just follow the stone dust and dig the ground. . So… The depth is about the waist, and the width is about the waist. I’ll adjust it later anyway, so there’s no need to get it right.”

“There…”

At that time, the scruffy-looking guy raised his hand as if frightened.

If you look at his appearance, he is definitely a serf from a rural village, but the way he asks questions after the talk is over shows that he is a man of minimal culture.

Perhaps a citizen of Dijon who fell to the lowest level because things didn’t go well.

“Yes, ask questions.”

“That… How do you get the money? Is it daily wage? Or is it more depending on performance… Roughly something like that.”

“Oh, of course you’re curious about that. The salary will be given as a daily wage to use manpower flexibly. The performance is judged by supervisors like me walking around.”

Of course, it is not possible to check all of them.

It is said that the supervisor checks, but the number of supervisors is extremely small compared to the number of workers. You can’t keep an eye on them all, so why not work harder by grinding your teeth?

Of course you’ll be walking around looking around, and catching a few lazy guys and setting them as examples will suffice.

“Silver coin… One coin? Isn’t it too small…”

“Instead, we serve breakfast and lunch. For each meal, 2 loaves of bread are fixed, and the rest will change depending on the ingredient situation each day.”

“Ah, ah… I’m sorry. I presumptuously bothered you unnecessarily…”

“No, no. I was going to tell you anyway.”

It’s been a while.

Since His Majesty ascended the throne, I had always lived confined to a desk, so I forgot about it, but now that I think about it, I was in a moderately high position, enough to make a petit bourgeois stumble.

Umm… At that time, whenever I did something, people would cringe at me, so it was very burdensome. I never thought I would have something like this.

“And if you find a rock or bedrock while digging, tell the walking supervisor. In that case, Joe of the person who found it will have to take a pickaxe and break the stone, but as I said before, this is an achievement, so you get more pay. I will give you.”

I keep feeling, factory blacksmiths are really awesome.

As expected, the hard work I put into it is worthwhile. Not only shovels and pickaxes, but also tools such as hammers and nails, are being pulled out in such a short amount of time that we can supply the workers, and that too… Huh?

Wait a minute, even a factory cannot produce so many tools in an instant. If so, the only explanation is that it was made a long time ago, but seeing that these tools were made in advance, didn’t the factory know what was going to happen?

…You really do too much. Please let me know in advance about this.

Of course, the factories were just making the tools as they were ordered, and they probably haven’t heard anything about developments outside the walls, but I can’t help but feel bittersweet. There must have been a way to hide the development from bureaucrats like me and make them do related work.

Ehh… What are you doing if you lament? What to do if you want to.

“Finally… Any questions?”

No.

You can tell just by looking into his eyes. Everyone is clamoring with expressions on their faces that they have to go to work quickly.

If that’s enough, you’ll feel as excited as if you were looking for a gold nugget.

Well, for them, when a stone comes out, the salary goes up, so it’s not wrong.

“If you don’t have one, we’ll start working now. Each group should follow the supervisor.”

It should be over soon.

This is a project to install a sewage system under the newly built city in advance, so the later it is, the more the construction of all buildings will be pushed back. If possible, I would like to have the workers work all night, but even if all the workers are slaves, that is impossible.

I thought about hiring more workers, but the construction site is already saturated, so hiring more is a bit unreasonable.

Umm… I can’t have them work all night—- wait, then should I hire someone to work the night?

Hiring someone to work at sunrise and someone to work at sunset… The more I think about it, the more it looks really good. Alright, I’ll make a note of this so I don’t forget.

It’s winter, so the nights must be very cold, but I’m not the one working, so what’s the matter?

‘If I put this idea up to the top, I’ll be able to earn some points.’

Furthermore, if you complete the sewage infrastructure work perfectly with this idea, you will receive high performance evaluation from the superiors, and eventually you will be able to get a promotion easily.

Of course, there will be limitations as I am a commoner, but I am satisfied with that.

Okay, let’s try hard.

Seeing the idea of two shifts by this official, Claude was very satisfied and immediately issued an order to all the officials to implement it, which resulted in the two shifts being applied not only to the workers but also to the officials supervising them.

And since the manager who came up with the idea was also a field worker, it was naturally included in the second shift.

The official curses his past self for spouting nonsense.