Chapter 272: No one can beat me at my pace (updated update 2/5)
As soon as this question came out, Grete's heart, which was hanging in mid-air, dropped by half. The heart rate fluctuated, from a speed of 120 beats per minute, which was enough to be assessed as sinus tachycardia, to 70 or 80 beats——
After all, he finally brought the rhythm of the hearing under his own control.
Who wants to reconcile accounts with you! Who wants to worry about whether any of you have made a miscalculation, or where there are false accounts? Who wants to go with you one by one, to calculate whether the budget of the city hall is enough, and where can you find out?
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The Jury, and the Magic Council represented by the Jury, are the rulers of this city. To convince the Magic Council, you should look at the problem from the perspective of the Council! As for where the money will come from after convincing the Council...
Raise taxes, issue bonds, sell lottery tickets, sell patents, or even steal a few corrupt officials? As the largest violent organization in the local area, if the Congress wants to accomplish something, there is always a way.
Well, thank you for taking political classes and political economics courses since childhood, as well as listening to the news for so many years...
Grete calmed down and showed a confident smile. After all, the following discussion entered the field he was good at, and he became more and more confident!
"Thank you, Archmage, for your inquiry." Gretel bowed slightly and spoke calmly:
"The establishment of public health facilities is undoubtedly of great help to the lives and health of citizens. - To prove this, we can first look at a set of comparative data.
In 1165, a cholera outbreak occurred in Nevis, killing 15,237 people. Among them, 3,518 people died in rural areas, 8,115 people in low-income areas, 2,897 people in low- and middle-income areas, 639 people in middle- and high-income areas, and 68 people in high-income areas..."
The poorer you are, the more you will die. These naked numbers make people's hearts tremble. Even if everyone is equal before the sickle of death, more people who can't afford it will be cut down.
"Just looking at the number of people is not enough." In the silence, on the rostrum, the great magician of the protection department interrupted Gretel with a smile:
"The number of rich people is small, and the number of deaths is certainly small. If you want to show that it is not easy to die if the conditions are good, you have to get some other evidence."
"Yes." Grete nodded calmly. He didn't even need to turn over the manuscript in his hand, he just moved his fingers to reveal the following paragraph, and then continued:
"I divide the urban residential area into four parts according to the water supply method. The garden area uses magic arrays or magical arrays to collect water, the residential areas where there are dedicated people to deliver water, or there are specialized merchants who collect water from mountain springs, and the residential areas where water is collected from wells.
Areas that draw water from nearby rivers and ditches.
——It can be seen that these four areas basically overlap with the citizens’ high-income areas, middle-high-income areas, middle-low-income areas and low-income areas.”
He waved at the whiteboard again. Today, it was used as a projection screen, and a new chart was added to the whiteboard that had been erased N times:
“In 1165, the proportion of residents who died of cholera among residents in various areas of Nevis were: 35% in rural areas, 52% in low-income areas, 43% in low- and middle-income areas, 38% in upper-middle-income areas, and 12% in high-income areas.
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Expanding the time span to 20 years, the proportion of residents in each region who died of infectious diseases was 18% in rural areas, 31% in low-income areas, 32% in low- and middle-income areas, 21% in middle- and high-income areas, and 5% in high-income areas.
Among them, the proportions of people who died of intestinal infectious diseases such as dysentery and cholera were 7% in rural areas, 18% in low-income areas, 17% in middle- and low-income areas, 9% in middle- and high-income areas, and 2% in high-income areas."
Three clusters, five colors, and 15 rectangular columns are clearly visible on the whiteboard. Even those who cannot remember the data or have no time to do mental arithmetic can understand what Grete means by just looking at the comparison of column heights:
Even just providing clean drinking water can effectively reduce the mortality rate of infectious diseases and significantly reduce the number of deaths!
Among them, providing clean drinking water to slums, because slums are densely populated, although the total investment is larger, the per capita input-output ratio will be even more impressive!
"oh!"
The judges were all moved. Several great magicians exchanged glances. The black-robed mage coughed and knocked on the table:
"Please state what is meant by 'intestinal infectious disease'."
"Intestinal infectious diseases are infectious diseases in which pathogenic bacteria multiply in the human body and are excreted through the intestines, contaminating the surrounding environment and water sources, and then infecting healthy people through drinking water and food." Grete responded:
“The currently known intestinal infectious diseases include dysentery, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, cholera, etc.
I have written about dysentery in "On the Isolation and Treatment of Large-Scale Outbreaks of Dysentery" and "Records of Observing Shigella Shigella with a Homemade Microscope". As for typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever and cholera, I have written relevant papers and are waiting for review.
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"What about other types of infectious diseases?"
"Other types of infectious diseases do not spread through water bodies, and the chain of infection cannot be cut off by simply providing clean drinking water. However, special infectious disease hospitals should be built to isolate patients and close contacts in a timely manner, and the patient's environment should be disinfected in a timely manner.
Killing helps prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
Regarding this, I have related discussions and practices in my article "On Isolation and Treatment of Large-Scale Outbreaks of Dysentery."
"That……"
The black-robed mage wanted to continue asking. On the rostrum, several great magicians coughed at the same time, showing dissatisfaction. The black-robed mage glared back: Ask what's wrong! Ask what's wrong! I'm not from the plague branch!
Don't look at every Necromancer like a walking plague!
If you really want to talk about it, Little Gretel is more like the plague branch than me! Don't think I don't know, he has more than a dozen kinds of plague seeds in his laboratory!
Gretel almost snickered. He tried his best to keep a straight face, pretending to be serious and respectful, and waited for the question. Several great magicians glared at each other. Finally, the one from the transformation department got the right to speak and knocked on the table.
Opening:
"Mage Nordmark, do you have any plans for providing clean drinking water?"
Because of the relationship with the Alchemy Workshop, the Transmutation Department has always been one of the largest engineering teams in the Magic Council. Well, the other engineering team is the Conjuration Department, and they often work together.
However, the Conjuration system is good at gathering energy, and constructing various objects and buildings in the void, such as the mage's mansion, etc., which are the characteristics of the Conjuration system.
When it comes to cost control, profit improvement, and change, it is second to none.
The great magician asked out loud, obviously worried about the cost issue. You must know that public health investment is a large investment and slow to produce results. If you want to see a return on investment, you don't know if it will be enough in more than ten years.
As for urban water supply, the plan that Grete put forward before was to build a water plant and water supply pipe network...
So far, the bleaching powder used for water purification can only be produced by electrolysis in the Mage Tower on the top of Igor Peak. Your Majesty the Great Mage calculated the cost of building this facility, and the meditation environment almost collapsed.
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Counting the money spent on renting the laboratory, we have already spread the water-generating magic circle throughout the city!
Grete smiled. It was really his own fault. In order to avoid losing money, he had made a hasty plan when writing the plan without careful consideration. For example, in terms of water supply, he just wrote the water plant based on the impression of his previous life...
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I just discovered this problem a few days ago. By the way, what is the output of a water plant that can serve 500,000 people?
Grete had no idea. He rummaged through his memory, rummaged through countless random things, and finally found a piece of news in the corner:
A county whose name he had never heard of invested in the construction of a water plant with a total construction scale of 200,000 tons per day. 500,000 residents will drink safe water... The total investment is 289 million yuan...
Uh...excuse me.
Gretel silently crossed out the design of the water plant...
He really knows nothing about modern industry... Not to mention the amount of investment, 200,000 tons of tap water per day, do the combined flows of several rivers near Nevis City have that much volume?
Grete could only settle for the next best thing, and then settle for the next best thing. The plan was discounted and broken, and in the end, it became the most basic version of the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual":
"Uh... Regarding providing clean drinking water, I have two different plans. One is more dependent on magic. It will be molded in one go after construction, which saves subsequent labor. The second one does not require magic much, but is more labor-intensive... Don't worry,
No matter which one is used, it will save money than the water plant!"
He hurriedly added the last sentence. The great magician of the Department of Change opened his mouth to ask, but when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but laugh, and stretched out his hand to signal him to continue. Gretel breathed out, and he continued.
Turn a few pages:
"Plan one is to build a reservoir in a clean water source area, divert water through pipelines, and supply drinking water. Based on the calculation of 2 liters of drinking water per person per day, this reservoir only needs 1,000 tons of water supply per day.
By building a reservoir and laying pipelines on the mountainside, you can use the natural height of the reservoir to ensure the flow rate. As for engineering, you can rely on magic to build a reservoir, you can use magic to lay pipelines, or you can use natural magic to spawn hollow plants and divert water from a long distance.
Pipes do not need to be installed in homes, just ensure that a pool is built in each gathering area. The pool can be closed, and a manual water pump can be installed to allow residents to fetch water themselves. Of course, the Magic Council must send people to regularly check the water quality and put disinfectants in the pool...
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"cough!"
There was a loud cough in the auditorium. Gretel quickly turned around and saw Elder Wood smiling, not looking like he was trying to stop him. Gretel pretended not to see other people's faces, faced the rostrum, and continued to state the second plan:
"The second option is to set up large stoves in slums and provide boiled water for free. Based on the calculation of one stove for 1,000 people, a maximum of 500 large stoves can cover the entire city.
Because the water supplied is boiled water, the requirements for water source quality can be relaxed, and nearby rivers and water sources that are not seriously polluted can also be used. In addition, the water quality in the wells in the middle and lower income areas must be regularly tested and disinfectants must be put in.
Or you can let the servants of the God of Nature be responsible for testing. They are always sensitive to whether the water is drinkable..."
"Hmm!"
The coughing in the auditorium became louder. The member of the Change Department raised his hand to stop Grete from speaking. With a smile on his face, he extended his hand to the opposite side: