episode_0042
by fnovelpiabang-!!
The golden throne shook with a loud noise.
Sitting on that throne was Melania’s rival, Ignis de Flamme.
Dragon Ignis was so angry that he had to pull his hair back from his horns to calm his mind.
“What the heck… why! Did I only find out about this now!!”
“Sorry, sorry!!”
Lord of the Kerens Estate.
Hern Kerens had no choice but to bow his head and apologize. He could make no excuses.
The Baron of Wellington, who was angry and resentful towards Melanie for her son’s death, sent her spies periodically… It was important that she knew about this information.
Even though the lord of the opposing territory is spying on you, you don’t even realize that this is happening!
It was a matter that no one would object to even if the heads of the intelligence agency members were cut off.
“What the heck! Why did I only find out now that washing with soap every day in the Viken Territory can prevent the Black Death!!”
“That, that… didn’t I report it to you before?”
But the intelligence service also had something to say.
The lord may not be able to make excuses, but the intelligence department definitely wrote a report on this matter.
Everyone just didn’t care.
You make soap in bulk?
So what?
Who would buy that expensive soap?
Oh, thieves are selling soap? I heard the economy of the Viken Territory is not good, so is it really necessary to spread such a false rumor?
At the meeting, everyone cursed at the evil of Dragon Melania, who was trying to make expensive soap and somehow squeeze more money out of the common people, but no one believed it to be true.
“Ha! Melania. I told you this bitch is really evil.”
Even the dragon Ignis laughed at Melania’s actions and laughed for a long time saying that dragons have no pride!!
That’s why the spy chief appealed his grievance.
“It’s not the job of the intelligence agency to find out if that rumor is true or not!!”
But of course, such excuses didn’t work. Who were the people who ignored the intelligence chief’s report at that time?
Dragon Ignis and Lord Hern.
If we are to judge right from wrong, we could say that these two are at fault.
But in what social life do people readily admit their mistakes and apologize when their superiors do something wrong?
That’s what I call an illusion, not a society.
“I can’t say sorry! But we need to reduce the budget for the intelligence agency!”
That’s why all departments attacked the intelligence department with the intent to tear it apart.
Because I couldn’t bring myself to touch Ignis and Hern.
“I’m sorry.”
The head of the intelligence department of Kerens Territory was truly wronged, but he had no choice but to apologize. He had to avoid having the intelligence department’s budget cut.
“Hoo… So how much of that soap was sold in our territory?”
“There are about 50,000 of them now… .”
“50,000? Then how much did the Viken Estate earn?”
“It’s probably about 10,000 gold.”
“1, 10,000! All, now!! Helen! Bring that girl. We’ll make a better deal than the Viken Estate. Tell them to bring her!!”
Ignis frowned.
Even when there was a famine, they bought it from other territories with a small amount of money, but they did not buy it from the Viken territories.
It was natural.
The relationship between the Viken Territory and the Kerens Territory was so bad that they even went to war.
If you buy something from the Viken Territory, it’s like arming an enemy nation.
That is why it was basic for the Kerens Estate not to buy anything produced in the Viken Estate.
However, in the face of the great fear of the Black Death, the people of the territory rushed to buy cheap soap made in the Viken territory.
What can I do?
Do the nobles care about the lives of their subjects?
The reason they pretended to care was because taxes would decrease if there were no more workers. The nobles had always lived without fear of contagious diseases because of the presence of priests.
“We will immediately find and punish the people who bought the soap!”
“Do it now!!”
That’s why the leaders of Kerens Territory decided to make an example of the fact that a huge sum of 10,000 gold had entered the Viken Territory.
In the eyes of the nobles, those who bought soap were like traitors.
You’re buying things from the Viken Territory, your lifelong enemy, just for something like the Black Death?
It was unforgivable.
Those who bought soap were hanged in the square. They cried out, but the executioners paid no attention.
“Look! These are the ones who helped buy the spears and swords that will be aimed at our children and parents! In the name of the Lord!”
After giving them a justifiable reason as to why they were being punished in this way, he immediately activated the device.
The ground beneath them disappeared and everyone died from the impact, their necks breaking.
It was a truly horrific sight.
But what was even more terrifying was that half of the ten people who were hung had not even bought any soap from the Viken Estate.
It was a natural thing.
In this day and age, without cards or CCTV, how would you know who bought soap made in the Viken Estate?
In other words, they were victims created by the performance-obsessed guard.
Most of them were orphans with no money or parents, but there were also those who hung on simply because they had a petty grudge against the guards.
And the people of Yeongji who were looking at this were not unaware of this fact.
Their eyes began to fill with fear and dread.
The guards who started investigating the person who bought the soap, even though they were also commoners, were of a different class. They could kill any commoner with a single finger at any time!
The guards did not hesitate to wield their suddenly acquired power, and it was clear that there would be many casualties as a result.
*
Inside the conference room of the Viken Estate.
Melania was smiling so happily that her large chest seemed to ripple.
I couldn’t help but feel that good.
“The incidence of the Black Death has now decreased by 30 percent, and the initial production run of 200,000 bars of soap has all been sold.”
The incidence of the Black Death was decreasing, which meant that it was getting closer to getting Melania’s money back.
Because humans were living money boxes.
The more numbers there are, the more pain there is.
In addition, he made a huge amount of money by selling soap.
Especially if the soap was sold to neighboring fiefdoms, especially to the Kerens fiefdom where their rival Ignis resided!
Now Melania was practically stealing money from Ignis’s treasury!
Of course, dopamine was bound to be released. Legal theft? It doesn’t exist, but it was thrilling because it didn’t exist.
“After causing such a fuss, 30 percent?”
But as Wellington said, the soap business would not last long. Even though the disease rate was reduced by 30 percent, it was difficult to say that it was because of the soap.
“Maybe it’s because the number of people who can be infected has decreased since everyone died!”
That’s why Melania smiled happily but didn’t stop Wellington from teasing.
This was a very reasonable statement. If the incidence of the Black Death did not decrease dramatically here, the territory might really be ruined.
“If the problem is that the incidence rate is still high, then if you give me a little more budget and time… ”
It’s Elisa’s job to announce various achievements.
Alpha is in charge of making regretful noises like now.
There was no choice.
In a world where social status is a given, it is impossible for Alpha to always put Elisa on the spot like she did to the Knights Templar and the Treasury in order to somehow increase the budget.
Now that he had enough money and time, Alpha decided to do the bowing himself.
It would also be a good look for Wellington and other leaders who now rule the territory.
‘stylish…’
Elisa, seeing that sight, fell in love with Alpha.
How dare you do such a difficult thing, bowing your head for the sake of a noble!
Since Alpha was the breeder, there would have been no problem even if Elisa had given the order, but she had already secretly visited the breeding room several times and wasn’t even thinking about such things.
Because I’m always ready to bow my head here for Alpha!!
Hehehee ❤︎
Elisa clenched her thighs as she felt a tingling sensation in her lower abdomen.
Kwaaak-!!
On the other hand, seeing the Alpha bowing its head to the other insignificant males, Leona looked as if she was going to draw her sword and cut them all down at any moment.
‘I guess you don’t like it.’
‘I messed with the Knights too much before. Tsk tsk.’
‘Isn’t that guy going to die soon?’
The knight commander’s murderous intent was enough to make people nervous. Even the finance minister, who couldn’t help but hold a grudge against Alpha, was worried.
It was obvious without me having to say how intense the murderous intent Leona was giving off was.
‘Hmm… is it really that good?’
On the other hand, Melania, who knew who Leona’s murderous intent was directed at, began to become more curious about Alpha.
This place is both the permanent residence and the temporary nest of the dragon Melania.
There was no dragon that did not know what was happening in its nest.
*
“… ”
Jemel couldn’t help but be shocked, like someone who had witnessed a miracle.
“How… ”
She is a wandering doctor.
He’s a pretty good doctor too.
Naturally, the problem he was working most intensively to solve was the Black Death.
Of course, the sudden increase in postpartum fever was also a matter of concern.
“How is this possible?”
Based on the statistics he had gathered so far, he was able to find out that after midwives began washing their hands, the incidence of puerperal fever dropped dramatically, and that as more people washed their bodies with soap every day, the incidence of the Black Death dropped by a whopping 30 percent.
Of course, since this information was confirmed only through his own cooperation with other doctors, it may not be accurate.
But the fact that outbreaks of the Black Death were reduced in such a densely populated area clearly meant that the soap was effective.
Jemel felt a burning thirst.
It was shocking. I studied medicine to save people.
Medicine is such a difficult discipline. Strictly speaking, it could be said to be on the same level as magic.
So, Jemel thought that diseases that were difficult to treat were also difficult to prevent.
But who knew there was such a simple solution!!
How could you not know that you were washing your sweaty body with soap every day while covering yourself in black clothes and wearing a large crow mask!
This way, you are no different from a blind person who has finally opened his eyes.
Jemel was embarrassed.
I heard that the one who found out about this was the breeder of the Viken Territory…
“There is no hierarchy in learning.”
Having witnessed the medical revolution that took place in the Viken Territory with his own eyes, he headed to the castle to learn.
As the most famous doctor among the commoners, Jemel, and one of the children of the Duke of Weiss.
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