Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 402 398. Where did Kavi go (3)

The big cities in Europe in the 19th century did not leave much living space for the huge lower class. Paris, where every glass window and every floor tile is full of artistic beauty, is one of the best.

In the office of former police chief Sebasto, there is a special map of Paris. 【1】

The plots on the map are all marked with colors, yellow, red, pink, dark red, light blue, dark blue, and black. The class status of a certain house or neighborhood is distinguished based on the color. For example, yellow represents the upper aristocracy and wealthy merchant class, red represents important security areas, and blue and black have become the colors of the "criminal class."

The place where Kavi was sent is on the edge of blue and is marked in light blue. Although it is far from gang violence and serious violence, crimes driven by desperation can be seen everywhere.

In addition to some debauchers of unknown origins, some scum of the bourgeoisie, and low-level workers working here and there, there are many buskers, third-rate writers, porters, rag pickers, knife sharpeners, pot menders, etc. living in the streets and alleys. Those who sell medicine and those who beg for food.

These people will inevitably be filled with blackmail-loving hooligans, unemployed veterans, criminals who have just been released from prison or just "released from prison", gamblers, prostitutes, liars, and pickpockets.

The two people who kidnapped Kawi and came here two weeks ago are permanent residents here.

Lex, a Maasai native, is a third-rate writer. Of course, the so-called "third" just sounds nice. His works have dry language, clichéd plots, and are full of strange fantasies that only low-level writers have. They cannot be put on the stage at all. Even the poor people around them can't get on the stage because they are illiterate.

If we really want to use the works to distinguish the writer's level, he may be slightly higher than the ninth-rate, eighth-rate, no more.

Another bohemian named Xiao Na is a typical pickpocket who is proficient in painting and music. Similarly, the so-called "proficiency" is also a self-proclaimed one. When he discovered that it was faster to put his hand into other people's pockets privately than to get money in front of others, he decisively gave up art.

Kawei didn't know that Morasso had come to Paris, otherwise he wouldn't have put his hope in a banker full of copper odor. After all, the relationship between him and Silang was purely business, with no correspondence and no personal relationship. If several kidnapping and ransom letters appeared out of thin air, he would definitely not take them seriously.

The two of them must have failed in their main business, and they didn't do well in their side business, so they got excited and took up the riskier kidnapping business.

If they can't pay next month's rent at the end of the month, they will have to sleep on the street.

So the original plan was to go back to my hometown of Marseille and stay there for a year, and then come to Paris to "struggle" after the Expo. Unexpectedly, they met a woman named Laura with strange scars on her body. After a night of passion, they pointed out the target-Kavi.

This time there was an element of whim, but more of it was financial pressure.

After a week of fighting, Slang left Paris as if nothing was wrong.

This was the case for the house where the two lived, with the price rising from 75 francs to 200 francs a quarter. The cheapest meal reservation at the small restaurant at the door has also increased by 2 francs.

In fact, they had done it in a desperate way a few years ago. As a result, either the meat ticket died unexpectedly, or they failed to communicate well with the funder, causing the transaction to fail, or they failed to hide their whereabouts and were wanted by the police.

Lex spent three days on his way back to Paris from his hometown in Marseille. In the end, except for the kidnapping itself, everything else was overturned by Kavi: "I personally wrote a letter to the deputy president of the Bank of Paris, and I didn't have much money. It will be delivered to you in the morning, saving time and effort.”

The skyrocketing prices caused by the World Expo not only affected the Longchamp Racecourse, but also affected the lower class population. A large amount of money and people are pouring into the city. Hotel rents have doubled by the beginning of May, and the rents of a large number of rented houses in the city have also increased.

At this time, the time had passed the deadline, and Si Lang looked doubtful and did not dare to make the decision privately. He asked his friend Leboeuf for help, and the two discussed it over and over again and found that the matter was probably true, but the date was not important, and the kidnapping was far from irreversible.

Leboeuf knew the pain of Nasan, and finally asked Silang to go to Nasan Emperor to find a solution.

Silang was very nervous, fearing that his negligence these days would cost Kavi his life.

In the 19th century, when communication capabilities were underdeveloped, kidnapping was a high-tech mental activity.

On the second day after he left Paris, through the newspapers, Carvey finally learned the news about the Morasso people in Paris. As a result, these guys searched for several days, but they couldn't find the hotel where Morazo was staying. There was no way, in the end they could only focus on Si Lang again.

Huangtian paid off. Before the opening ceremony began, Lex's "last letter" written with affectionate writing finally made Slang realize that Kawei might have really been lost. 【3】

Whether it was Kawei's personal letter or the several letters he drafted, whether it was sent by mail or delivered to his door in person, the letters seemed to be regarded as a vulgar joke. Regardless of whether they were read or not, they were probably thrown into the trash can. There was no response. 【2】

Lex and Xiaona were also very nervous. They had made no progress for two weeks in a row. The money they owed including principal and interest had already exceeded the amount they could bear, and the rent was about to expire. They can't get money, let alone the money, they can't even get money for food.

He did it anyway, because Kawei's method was indeed simple and effective, and it also avoided many risks. Then, after this perfect plan went through the first stage of "letting letters" safely, problems unexpectedly occurred in the "letter delivery" link.

You need to write a letter to finalize the amount, send a letter to inform the other party, receive the other party's response, then safely collect the money, and finally release the hostages safely.

Lex, who spends his days imagining twists and turns and bizarre plots, would not believe such nonsense: "It would be nice if it were that simple."

The other people who followed them to help were also very nervous. They had the same experience and needed money. These people are even more inexperienced and just want to help get a piece of the pie. Then rely on the money to start a small business and get rid of the current abject life.

They can't afford to pay the rent next quarter, and they can't quit their only job and leave Paris. Whether they live or die depends on how much money they can exchange for this meat ticket.

So when I first met Kawei, I didn't treat him as a human being, but only as an equal substitute waiting to be exchanged for money.

Kawei originally thought that the other party was a whole gang, maybe with a criminal background, so he would definitely be lying if he said he wasn't nervous. After chatting and getting acquainted, he realized that there were poor people everywhere in front of him, just like he had before.

These people who have jobs have to work at least 12 hours a day and take less than half a day off every week. Those who are unemployed may not even have enough food to eat. Coupled with the filthy living environment, their physical condition is very bad.

For them, a very ordinary wound may end up with amputation or systemic infection and death due to improper treatment or no treatment at all. Such trauma is not uncommon, ranking behind pneumonia, tuberculosis and enteritis. The most important thing is that the only trauma that Kawei can help deal with is trauma.

Within two days of arriving here, he tried to open a "private clinic". In the next two days, he also performed an abscess cavity incision and drainage and a very simple thumb ulcer amputation.

The incision of the abscess cavity was okay, only the pain during the final cleaning stage was unbearable. Amputation is different. Many procedures cannot be saved. No matter how fast it is, it will take about ten minutes. At least the final embedding and suturing must be done well, otherwise postoperative infection will not escape.

The person involved has neither money nor time. He has to go to work early the next morning after the operation, otherwise he will be replaced immediately.

If there is no painkiller, use the cheapest whiskey instead; if there is no sterilization, use cooking oil instead; if there is no gauze and purified water, then let people burn and wash it. The sutures were performed using needles and thread borrowed from a tailor shop, a chair, and sharp scissors.

Kawei didn't know whether the wound would heal after surgery, but he knew that without surgery, it would not be as simple as toes being amputated in the future.

The eyes of the poor are naturally sharp, and cheap doctors are a luxury, let alone free doctors.

While Lex and Xiaona were trying their best to earn kidnapping fees, Kawei became the busiest place in the area. The number of people visiting the clinic has increased from a few at the beginning, and their attitude has also changed from trying their luck to wanting to really solve their physical problems.

In the morning, he was responsible for receiving patients, and in the afternoon, it became a teaching room, mainly teaching some health knowledge, as well as problems encountered in daily life and how to deal with them.

Perhaps only a doctor like Kawei, who has worked in an environment without class concepts for decades, helped small counties, and even went to the countryside to stay in a rural health center, would make them think that they would exchange him for thousands of dollars. The franc is not necessarily a good thing.

So much so that those who had seen the doctor once felt that it would be better to let Kawi live here instead of letting him go.

During this process, Kawei not only helped see the doctor, but also hired two "trainee nurses" as assistants. After all, surgery is not a one-person game and requires teamwork.

Martha is a prostitute in her 40s who is still soliciting clients on the street.

Place Pierre is not too far from here, and her glorious experiences are recorded everywhere along the way. In the past, people of all ages and status would come to her residence, but now she can only attract some drunkards with makeup and luck. More often than not, she can only return empty-handed, and her stomach is naturally empty, with nothing but cheap alcohol hanging around in it.

Because she was hanging out one night with nothing to do, she was chosen by Kawei to do the maintenance and delivery of equipment (must wear gloves).

Fran is a laundress in her 50s.

She would get up early every morning and go to the market to collect customers. As soon as she received the laundry list, she would soak in river water and soap suds all day long. As she gets older and suffers from ailments, she is actively seeking transformation, but the money she earns every day has also shrunk by more than half.

When preparing for the amputation that day, she volunteered to help wash many clean strips of cloth. I was responsible for holding the lamp during the operation, and I also learned to suture before the end.

In her opinion, there is no technical barrier between sewing and ordinary needlework, which suits her perfectly.

With their help, the operation became easier, but it was definitely impossible to really do it to the level of the hospital. Those patients who cannot be treated in the basement, especially the bladder stones that almost every man has, can only wait until they leave here to make plans.

Silang brought the news that Kawei had been kidnapped, which shocked Emperor Nasan.

The kidnapper kidnapped Kavi, but the real pain was Acting Director Henry who was about to leave the office. No matter how much Nasan needs Kawei, he suffers a lot, and how deeply he realizes that the position of police chief, who is so close at hand, is about to slip through his fingers.

But in fact, Nathan knew very well that the security in Paris was not as good as others thought, and he didn't care much about who should take the position of police chief: "The kidnappers said they wanted to get money in China Street. Where is China Street?"

Silang quickly found the location on the city map on the wall: "Many Chinese workers and business people live here. There is a mix of good and bad, and everyone is here."

"Can you find out who did it?"

"It's been so long and the best time has been missed. And it's too messy and it's not easy to handle." Henry told the truth first, but then quickly and confidently took the task into his own hands, "I will try my best. , I will send someone to investigate now and try to give you a reply within 24 hours.”

"What I want is more than just a reply." Take San handed Henry the blackmail letter. "What I want is a person. Can I meet the person within 48 hours? Can I do it?"

"Here" Henry took the letter and looked down at it, "Okay, I understand."

"What about the money? The 5000 francs the kidnapper wanted were supposed to be delivered yesterday." Silang asked quickly, "Do you still need to prepare now?"

"Be prepared for it to be dark."

Nasan looked out the window with a heavy heart, fearing that something might happen to Kawi. This guy is Franz's treasure. It is not only related to his own health, but also to the diplomacy between France and Austria.

Now is the most important moment before the opening of the World Expo. If someone like Carvey really gets into trouble in Paris, the planned Franco-Austrian alliance may be empty talk, and it may even affect the World Expo: "Henry, what do you think?"

"They still have to send it." Henry explained, "They are after money, and they have failed so many times and are still sending letters to you, which shows that they really lack the money. For money, they will not do anything to Dr. Kawei. Kind of."

"What a bunch of hooligans!"

Na Sanan cursed and took another cigar from the drawer: "Henry, I only give you 48 hours. If you don't see anyone after 48 hours, you, the director, should stop working."

"I see"

"Silang, don't go back to the hotel. Ask the valet to take you to prepare 5000 francs. No, just prepare 20000 francs and wait at the door of the restaurant on China Street immediately. Leboeuf, you go to the security team to transfer people. If there is no one at both ends, News, then we can only turn the old city upside down.”

(End of this chapter)