"Ouch~ tap lightly!"
Allen frowned and kept shouting.
"Really, I can't even stand this little pain, and I brag all day long that I'm going to go sailing in the sea."
A girl held a cotton cloth dipped in medicinal wine and applied it on Allen's swollen ankle, while taunting the boy who cried out in pain.
This girl is Susan, the granddaughter of former town elder Peter. She is currently learning medical skills at Physician Wade's clinic and regards becoming a healer as her future life goal.
The little boy in front of him, and his group of companions who claimed to be midshipmen like him, often visited the clinic, either getting beaten for violating discipline or having accidents during training.
The reason why this boy named Allen came this time was because when he was coming down the rope ladder from the mast of the warship, he accidentally missed his footing and fell to the deck. Not only did he sprain his ankle, he also swollen his arm.
Hearing Susan teasing him like this, Allen blushed and retorted unconvincingly, "I'm just giving truthful feedback on my physical condition. Crying out in pain doesn't mean I'm cowardly. I won't refuse training because of my injury."
"Haha - you are so quarrelsome at such a young age!"
Susan suddenly increased the strength of his men, making the boy grin.
She was already very familiar with these midshipmen, and there was no need to be polite. As for the youngest Allen, he is treated like a younger brother.
After learning from other candidates that the boy's only relative was killed by pirates, Susan was full of sympathy for him. Presumably, his grandfather, his only relative, was also almost killed by pirates, but he was saved after all. Compared to Allen, he was very lucky.
"Our lord, it's true, he put you little brats in the army, what's the use?"
Susan I don't understand. Isn't it a burden for the navy to bring these ungrown children?
Allen said unconvinced again, "The lord has said that we are the seeds of the future of the navy, carrying the hope of opening up thousands of miles of sea territory for Arda. Any decision made by the lord is right."
Susan shook his head helplessly, what do these kids know about "development" and "sea frontier"?
However, she couldn't say anything. Remembering that she had spoken rudely to Earl Greiman in a hot head, but was not held accountable by the earl, she was secretly happy and grateful.
I hope the decision made by the lord is correct.
Susan suddenly thought of something and said, "I want to remind you, City Hall has come to inform you that Physician Wade and I are going to Lakeheart Town to participate in some kind of 'training'. It may last for several days. If you and your companions are so careless again or receive corporal punishment for violating discipline, no one will be able to treat you in those days."
Allen shrugged. "Really? Well, anyway, we will spend a few days..."
He suddenly fell silent, and Susan asked curiously, "What are you going to do in the next few days?"
Allen tried hard to recall in his mind, and confirmed that the departure of the Southern was not a confidential matter, and then continued, "In a few days, we will take the Southern and go south along the coastline. According to the lord, we will open up the Grand Route. Even if you and Physician Wade don't leave, we won't be able to find you."
"Ah, I know about this. It has already been spread in the town, especially among the merchants. Mentioning the Southern is like taking a shot of chicken blood, opening up new routes and shutting down ocean trade. Also, I have never heard of a ship that can sail to the southernmost point of the kingdom's coastline before."
"It's not just the southernmost point of the kingdom!"
Allen added excitedly, "If we have spare time, we will probably sail to the Horn Bay area."
Allen, who had not been in the army for a long time, actually had no idea how far away the Cape Bay was. He only knew that it was farther south in the kingdom. However, seeing the excitement among the officers when discussing this matter, he also regarded sailing to the Cape Bay as a great event.
Alas, I have to wander on the sea at a young age, following the adults to travel to such far places to explore the world. Susan's heart once again surged with deep sympathy for the boy who lost his mother.
"Extend your arm."
Susan dipped the cotton cloth in the medicinal wine again and wiped the bruises on the boy's arms.
While wiping, she warned, "You have to take good care of yourself on the ship and listen to your commander carefully. Don't be punished for violating discipline."
Allen was a little touched and responded with a smile, "Well, thank you, sister Susan."
"Everyone, this is a microscope. It can magnify the observed objects hundreds of times..."
"This part is Objective Lens. Aim at the object to be observed. This part is Eyepiece Lens. The human eye observes through Eyepiece Lens..."
In a classroom of Ves Institute, "Diaz Miss" is introducing new things that have just been assigned to the Academy to a group of students.
However, the students in this classroom are not children. They are obviously older than the children, and there are even women who look to be in their 30s.
These people are the health team that Government Affairs Council is training. The two consultant ladies compiled the first version of "Basic Medical Handbook". In view of the imminent arrival of a large number of refugees hosted by Hansel, Paul asked them to immediately start the construction of the medical and health system.
The students here come from various places in Arda and Bairdin. Most of the knowledgeable people are women. Some of them don't even know how to read. We can only teach them basic health knowledge through pictures and texts, and teach them words at the same time.
"Now, you will take turns to come to the podium and use this microscope to personally observe the microorganisms described in the Manual."
Starting from the front row, students walked onto the podium one by one and operated the microscope according to the steps Diaz Miss just explained.
"Oh - this is amazing!"
"Ugh - that's disgusting."
From time to time, sighs came from the podium.
While the students were experiencing the microscope, Irene came outside the classroom. While she was giving a lecture just now, she saw someone looking into the classroom through the window.
"Earl Greiman, why do you have time to come here?"
Paul clapped his hands vigorously, "Very good, Diaz Miss, you explained it very well. I came to see Morrison if I have something to do, so I stopped by to take a look."
Strange, he could send someone to summon Dean Morrison to the Lord's Manor, so why did he have to go there himself? But Irene didn't intend to go into details. Maybe this lord wanted to stretch his muscles.
"How many batches of people who are originally healers have come?"
"It's only the second batch. Even so, they only taught some microbiological knowledge, simple disinfection methods and principles. But fortunately, those doctors can read and learn quickly by referring to the manuals, and they have already used some disinfection measures, but they just don't know the principles."
"As for those pure newcomers who have a blank slate, they learn a bit slowly."
Paul comforted her, "Haste makes waste, take your time! We are also in the exploratory stage of many things. Once we discover something, we will popularize it and mobilize everyone to explore together."
Paul looked inside and found that there was a special group of women inside. They were obviously a bit "cliquey" and seemed to be out of tune with the people around them and did not communicate with other people.
He pursed his lips towards the classroom and asked the consultant, "How are they doing?"