Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

"It's only for conscience." She said, "Religious believers do good deeds in order to go to heaven. I can't say it's hypocrisy, but there are some utilitarian elements in it-this is why I asked you if you have religious beliefs."

"Everything I do comes from my heart and has nothing to do with demons, gods and Buddhas."

"So do we. People of the Fraternity School act according to their conscience. We are not nobler than others in life, and we return to dust after death, but we live a dignified life, and we can have a clear conscience when we die." Her voice was gentle and gentle. Firm, "So, my lord, I want to stay in Mustang Town."

"Then I welcome you." Haven said.

"I want to open a clinic in Mustang Town, and I am willing to serve you in the future." She bowed deeply as she said, "Chairman of the White Clothes Society—Laya, come for conscience and justice, and may the suffering in the world be eliminated."

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Geralte has found me a wonderful man indeed.Haiwen looked at the woman in front of him and thought that with her, the hospital affairs would be solved.Moreover, her noble personal demeanor can also increase my prestige and unite the hearts of the people.

In the afternoon, Haven tried to find a house for Miss Laya to use as a hospital.Fassnut was the first to propose the establishment of a hospital, so Haven called him and asked him about these things.Fassnut pointed to the north after listening, and said, "The former mayor's house is still empty."

yes!How did I forget this?Haiwen quickly said to Laya: "The mayor died last time, and the house was confiscated. The place is not small enough for you to open a hospital. And the remaining rooms can be used for your living and working."

However, Laya said to him: "It is enough for me to have a thatched house. Practitioners should not live in too extravagant houses."

Haiwen thought about it, and said to her: "Of course, the bigger the hospital, the better. The extra rooms can be freed up and turned into wards. We will hire more doctors and nurses in the future to hospitalize patients. Miss Laya, of course you You have excellent medical skills and noble medical ethics, but how many patients can you see yourself? I would like to ask you to recruit more disciples and train more doctors who can save lives. Only when there are too many doctors can the poor see patients, are you right?"

"You are right, my lord. Let it be as you say," said Raya.

Afterwards, Haiwen handed over the renovation of the hospital and the recruitment of manpower to Fasnat. Although the boy was young, he was very capable of handling affairs, and Haiwen trusted him.

Arrangements for the angel in white were finished, but Hai Wen still had a lot of things to do.

In the afternoon, he took Van Deli to the prison, where he was going to send his son in and take his father out.Fan Deli didn't have much to say about this, he pleaded guilty and was willing to atone for his crime.Haiwen always treats prisoners with such a good attitude lightly.

Haven and Van Derry came to the entrance of the prison and said to him: "Your father is inside, don't say anything after you go in for a while, I will take you in, bring him out, and then you two will talk about the old days."

"Why has to be this way?"

"There is no father in the world who would be willing to let his son go to jail in place of his father, so I have to get things done first, otherwise he might not want to come out."

Hearing this, Fan Deli bowed his head remorsefully and said, "I'm sorry for him."

"That's true, but the past is in the past. What you have to do now is to change your past, reform, and be a new person when you come out. After you go in, you can ask the jailer if you have any requirements. The current prison guards have changed. It’s not those wicked colleagues of yours back then. I know all of these people, and they are relatively well-behaved, so you can rest assured.” Haiwen thought about what else to confess, “Oh, there is a library in the prison, I I hope you can read more books so that you don’t waste yourself; moreover, actively participate in labor, which can reduce your sentence and exercise your body. Maybe you will become a healthy man after you get out of prison.”

"My lord, you are too kind to me. I don't deserve this." Van Deli said, looking at the ground.

"I treat every prisoner the same--well, let's go in."

As he spoke, he walked out of the prison with several jailers.Before the prison, Haiwen ordered people to renovate it, do a general cleaning, add ventilation holes, and dug a sewer.So the smell here is no longer so pungent, but it is still a little cold and damp.

It's going to get colder and colder here.Haven thought to himself.He couldn't light a stove for every cell, but at least he could add a few communal heaters and distribute more warm clothes.

They came to a sunny room with new thatch, a table and chairs, and many documents on the table; Old Garcia was sitting at the table and writing quickly.The warm afternoon sun shone through the prison window and shone on his back.

"Oh, my lord, I just finished this batch of accounts, and I'm planning to..." When he said this, Haiwen waved his hand, and the two jailers immediately understood, one opened the door, and the other broke in and dragged old Garcia out .The old man didn't understand what was going on, he kept yelling, and as soon as he got out of the cell, Fan Deli walked in by himself, and then the jailer locked the door.

At this time, the old Garcia exclaimed: "Fandry! It's you! You're back!"

Fan Deli nodded while standing in the cell, and said, "Yes, Dad, it's me. I'm an unfilial son, and I'm worrying you."

"You..." Old Garcia pointed at him and said a word, and then shouted loudly: "You shameful thing! I knew it, did you run away with the adults' money? Didn't you?"

Knowing a son is like a father.Hai Wen thought to himself, I don't even need to say anything, the old man has guessed the whole story.

Van Deli knelt in front of the iron railing, and said sadly: "Yes, I am sorry, my lord, I have shamed you."

"Okay! You don't live up to it, I don't have your son!" Then the old Garcia yelled at him, and then Haven had to stop him, saying: "Van Deli has sincerely repented, I I have taught him a lesson, so calm down."

Old Garcia stopped now, gasping for anger.At this moment, his expression changed, as if he had thought of something, he hesitated and asked Haiwen, "My lord, my son is in prison, but...but you let me out, this is..."

"Fan Deli is willing to go to prison for his father, and I have granted him. You will be free from now on, Kurit Garcia."

"This..." The old man's face turned red and white. He looked at Fan Deli and then at Haven. His old face was full of tears.At this time, Fan Deli said: "Father! I brought the blame on myself. Now my lord let me go to jail for you. I can't wish for it. And the lord said, I have lost one year because of my filial piety. Don't worry, the lord is very good to me. It's fine."

Old Garcia glared at him and said, "Who's worried about you anymore!" After saying this, he asked Haven in a low voice, "My lord, how many years in total?"

"Seven years." Haiwen said, "decrease as appropriate. Except that you can't move around, there are everything you need in the prison. You don't have to worry. In the future, Fan Deli will take over your work here. If there are too many jobs in the Yizheng Hall, you will Take it and give him some. If you do well, you can also reduce your sentence."

"My lord!" Old Garcia bowed, and then shouted at Fan Deli: "Damn it! Thank you, my lord! You bastard!" Then Fan Deli thanked again and again, "Thank you, my lord!"

"Well, let's go."

So Hai Wen took old Garcia out of the cage.The sunlight outside was very dazzling, and it was like two worlds from the prison.Old Garcia stopped at the door, his face was silent and sad, like a stone sculpture.

"You will work in the Yizheng Hall in the future, but you should go back and rest for a few days." Haiwen took out some money from his pocket and gave him some money. "Buy some food, and come and tell me if you need anything."

"My lord, I do have a need." Old Garcia said in a sad tone like a beggar begging for food.

"what?"

"My lord, I beg you to reward my son with a pillow that is a little taller." Kurit said here that he was already in tears, "My son can't sleep well without a pillow, and he will get sick after a long time——My lord, I Please!" After saying that, he saluted deeply.

"I promise you." After saying this, Haiwen's voice was a little choked up.He silently thought in his heart: Fan Deli, may you change your appearance and be a new person after seven years.

Chapter 110: The Alchemist's Trading

Chapter 110: The Alchemist's Trading

When returning home at night, the housekeeper told Hai Wen that he had found a good place that could be used as an alchemy laboratory for Hei Jin.The site was selected at the lower reaches of the "Spoon River" in the south of Yema Town, seven or eight miles away from here.

Hearing this, Hai Wen couldn't help asking: "Isn't the upper reaches of the Shaozi River quite close to our place? Why did you choose such a far downstream?"

The steward glared at him and said, "If it's upstream, what would he throw in it, and we'll die if we drink the water? In addition, I'll send two people to watch him, and if he acts privately, I'll take him. My lord, Let me tell you, this kid is not a good person."

In the past, Haiwen might say "you think too much, it's okay", and set up the FLAG with a bloody plot, but now after so many things-especially Fandry this time, Haiwen believes in the butler's vision .

"Then it's up to you." Hai Wen pulled out the FLAG himself, "But it's just a matter of one or two deals between me and him, and I'll send him away after we're done."

"It's better, my lord! It's very good of you to listen. Let me tell you, I talked to that guy when I was looking for a house, and I saw that this is a master who only has money in his eyes. He Unbelievably paranoid about gold, good business, but better stay away when not in business - who knows what's going on in the mind of this guy wrapped in a coat?"

"I will care about it." Hai Wen said to him again.

Haiwen asked the alchemist for two things. First, get out the disinfectant alcohol. With this thing, Haiwen can save countless lives. Second, get me unearthed pesticides and high-quality fertilizers. Fertilizers Haven't counted on chemical pesticides, but local methods can still be improved.After that, if you can use him, you can use it, and if you can't use it, send him away.

Afterwards, Hai Wen went to Hei Jin and told him about the laboratory. Hei Jin had no objection to the location of the laboratory, and said that it was enough to have a place to do things.

Haiwen was very curious about this person, because the housekeeper said he was obsessed with gold, but Haiwen saw that this person was dressed in plain clothes and had no material pursuits in life—in that case, what does this person want gold for?Is it just to look good?

In the afternoon, Hai Wen took Hei Jin to his laboratory in a carriage.Accompanied by three domestic servants and Fasnat as a bodyguard.The laboratory is located in Ginkgo Village, south of Yema Town, very close to Master Gustin's paddy field farm.Although Ginkgo Village is called "Ginkgo", there are no ginkgo trees, and Haiwen doesn't know where the village got its name from.

Regardless of the name, this place is a quiet and peaceful place.Lively and cheerful voices came from the Changfang Tavern, and the smoke filled the air; the surrounding houses were all wooden houses, one next to the other, clean and tidy, children were playing, and women were singing folk songs while washing clothes.People live and work in peace and contentment, and dogs and chickens hear each other.

The village head is an enthusiastic middle-aged fat man, he took Hai Wen and Hei Jin for a walk around the village.Haiwen came here for the first time, and he was full of curiosity about various things, but Hei Jin sneered at farming. In the eyes of alchemists, this is a humble job.

So he settled Heijin first, and then continued shopping with the village chief.Haiwen just wanted to know about the agricultural situation in the south, so he came to ask the village chief here.The village head probably told him what the farmers here grow, what everyone relies on for food and so on.It is said that farmers are cultivating black rice, water glutinous rice and mud rice, and a few people are cultivating soybeans and peanuts.

Rice is the main grain, and the rest of the soybeans and peanuts are incidental. No one is happy to grow soybeans, because this thing can’t be used as bread or as a staple food, just because the climate here is really suitable for soybeans and peanuts. It’s easy to grow soybeans. It was planted, so someone planted it.After being planted, most of them are fed to pigs and cattle, or cooked or pickled.

"Feed the pigs?" Haiwen asked in disbelief, "Don't you use soybeans and peanuts to extract oil?" There is also tofu, and they definitely don't know how to make tofu, so Haiwen simply didn't ask.

The village chief looked blank, "Press oil? What kind of oil? What are you doing?"

Obviously, this group of people has no awareness of cash crops, and Haiwen is also quite happy when he has no choice but to find another place where he can make money.

But although the village chief was confused, Fasnat heard the way. "My lord, do you want to refine oil to eat?"

"Yes." Haiwen and the blue-eyed boy said, "Both of these things can be refined, and the village chief said that soybeans and peanuts are growing very well. If oil can be refined here, there will be more wild horse fields. A way of making money."

After that, he bid farewell to the village chief and went to Heijin's laboratory.

Heijin's laboratory was built in the lower reaches of the stream, next to a paddy field, with a very ordinary stone house on the surface.When he walked in, the alchemist was still instructing the servants to arrange the bottles and jars. There were glass bottles, wide-mouth beakers, various bronze vessels of strange shapes, and jars of colored powders and sealing liquids. Haven didn't know what chemical it was.Now the alchemy in this place has not yet reached the level of "science", it is basically metaphysics like alchemy.

Although Hei Jin has a lot of things, he organizes it himself. This place is like the general manager's desk. It seems chaotic, but he (or the secretary) can find things wherever they are.Occasionally, a servant made a mistake, and Hei Jin, who had always been silent, would curse and accuse him sharply.It seems that although he doesn't care about anything else, he is very sensitive to work-related matters.

Haiwen didn't disturb him, just watched the servants carrying the utensils from behind.Among them, he saw the retort and related utensils, which was what he needed.After a while, Hai Wen went up and said to Hei Jin: "Master Hei Jin, you have worked hard. You can work here in the future. If there is something to do, we will fly the pigeons to pass on the letter. I will ask Ge Lite to get some pigeons when I come back."

Hei Jin nodded, "What do you want me to do? How much?"

Time to talk business.Haiwen smiled and said, "Let's talk about the first thing first, I want you to make some distilled wine for me."

Hei Jin glared at him and said, "The distiller is for extracting gold, not for drinking."

Haiwen remembers that in the Middle Ages, alchemists used to distill urine to extract gold—it was so coquettish! "I pay, you do the work, I need these things, you just get them for me." Haven said to him.

The alchemist was silent for a while, and said, "How much do you pay?"

"Let's make an offer first." Hai Wen thought it would be more beneficial to bid later during the negotiation.

Hei Jin pondered a little, and said, "You have to tell me what this thing is for, so I can decide whether to make it or not."

I want to say that this is a thing that saves tens of millions of lives. Do you have to ask me to leave a golden mountain? "Of course distilled wine is for drinking," Hai Wen said.

"Can this thing taste good when it's distilled?" Through the high collar, Hei Wen couldn't see Hei Jin's expression.

Haiwen said: "You don't have to worry about this matter."

Hei Jin nodded and said, "Well, how high concentration do you want? I told you in advance that high concentration will kill people."

"Alcohol is three to one to distilled water."

Hei Jin showed a surprised expression when he heard this, "You..." His eyes under the tall hat stared at Haiwen, "You also know alchemy?"

Haiwen thought for a while, and said that it was not appropriate for him to understand nothing, so why not... just use the plan!

"Yes, I understand." He said, "I have also learned a little bit of alchemy, but I am the mayor of Mustang Town now, so I don't have time to do these things by myself. I beg you, I hope you can take charge of the work, I will come to check and accept them one by one in the future." He finally said in a very serious tone.

Hei Jin nodded to him silently - the man in black always looked numb, and Haiwen didn't know if he was bluffed by himself.

"Five hundred gold coins." Hei Jin bid.

"I, the mayor, may not be worth five hundred gold coins." When Haiwen bought the official, the price was indeed five hundred, and he was not lying. "You want me five hundred for a distilled liquor? Thirty gold coins, you see. Let's do it."

Hei Jin said: "My lord, it's not difficult. But I think distilled liquor can sell for a lot of money. After I get this thing for you, you will definitely make a lot of money. So five hundred is not too much."

"Oh, not too much?" Haiwen continued to bargain with him, "Forty gold coins, if you don't make it, I will get it myself, and I can also make distilled wine."

Hei Jin said, "Four hundred."

"Fifty!"

"Alchemists are not beggars."

"Have you ever seen someone who gave fifty gold coins to beggars?" Hai Wen asked, "If you want to do it, do it, and if you don't, I will send you away. Out of hospitality, I will pay for the travel expenses, so that you don't have to run away in vain. one trip."

"One hundred." Hei Jin said.

"Only fifty."

Hei Jin touched the retort and said, "I need to replace a batch of equipment, and fifty gold coins are not enough. Eighty."

"Alchemy equipment doesn't cost that much money!" A broken beaker is worth dozens of gold coins?Are you kidding me?Do you really think I'm a stupid rich man?

"seventy."

Hai Wen stared at the beaker, thinking: I will have to trouble this guy to do a lot of things in the future. "Look at your friendship with Lady Gerritta, sixty."

"Sixty-five," he said, "last buy."

"to make!"

So the two shook hands, finally finalizing the matter.It was getting late now, Hai Wen hurriedly led the others back to the house.As soon as she entered the house, Isrit rushed out.Seeing that something was wrong, Hai Wen quickly got out of the carriage, walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Yisruite said anxiously: "My lord, something happened to Mr. Cat!"

"Ah? The smiling cat is lying on the bed, what can happen?"

Yisruite hesitated to speak, her face was very ugly, "Master Cat fell - you should go and see it!"

Chapter 110: The Agreement with Ranger

Chapter 110: The Agreement with Ranger

At night, the mansion was brightly lit, and there were quite a few people standing at the door.Zhe Lite and Laya were standing at the door talking, when seeing Haiwen coming, Laya bowed first, and said, "My lord, I'm sorry that this happened, I didn't take good care of the patient." When Lite saw this, she also said: "My lord, the forest witch said..."

Haiwen waved her hand to stop her, and said, "Okay, okay, tell me what's going on first! Isrit just told me that the smiling cat fell down? What's going on?"

The two looked at each other, and then Geralte said: "In the afternoon, there was a scream in Lord Spike's room. Later, the servant went to see him and saw him lying on the ground. It should be he... fell wrestle."

"Is it serious?" Haven asked.