Chapter 308: Baifeng's Worries

Taking advantage of the little time while Yi was here, Baifeng set aside the work at hand and softly spoke to Yi about some of the matters that the Ministry of Health would need to pay the most attention to in the future. Yi was not very old, and serving as the Minister of a new department now was indeed quite strenuous. Moreover, he was a technical person by nature, and one could say he was completely clueless about management.

As his master, Baifeng naturally had to give his disciple some special care, so Baifeng explained the precautions to him, helped Yi select personnel for his department, and then Baifeng also explained the future plans for the Ministry of Health.

In the future, their nation would establish a National Hospital in the city, relying on the hospital operation model of later generations, with diagnosis and treatment divided by departments. Of course, they could only establish the four major departments of internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, and pediatrics, plus an Emergency Department. In wartime, the doctors in the hospital would have to serve as Military Doctors and also go to the front lines.

Currently, the total number of doctors developed across the entire Huaxia was just over twenty. Of course, the level of most of them was the same as those who had taken three years of online classes during a certain special period in later generations, or perhaps even worse.

However, this was of no great consequence, because the thinking of the people had not yet changed. They only thought of seeking medical treatment when they had external injuries. For ordinary minor illnesses, such as headaches or stomachaches, unless they were particularly severe, they basically just endured them themselves.

Added to this was the fact that their variety of medicinal herbs was very scarce. Many of the prescriptions Baifeng wrote down could not be used because there were not enough herbs, and even if some herbs were available, their effects were very poor due to the issue of their origin. Regarding this, Baifeng was still constantly thinking of ways to solve it. For example, every time he traded with other tribes and clans, he would require them to dig up various plants from their tribal territories, roots and all. As long as there was one that Baifeng needed, Baifeng would be willing to establish a long-term trading relationship.

Over these few years, the Baifeng tribe had enriched its collection by more than twenty types of medicinal herbs, but only a few were commonly used. Plus, now that the gathering place had been destroyed, the difficulty for Baifeng to increase the number of medicinal herbs would be even higher.

What Baifeng was also a bit panicked about now was that after so many years, because he had directly come into contact with medicinal herbs and used medicine, he had forgotten some things. He might not even be able to recognize what some medicinal herbs looked like, even if they were placed right in front of his eyes.

Regarding this, Baifeng felt some regret, because he had not written these things down into a book early on to record them. And now, when he reacted and wanted to write a book, his mind was already blank.

It was not just about medicinal herbs; other knowledge was also gradually being forgotten as time passed. And every little bit that Baifeng forgot was a great loss for this era.

The knowledge in Baifeng's mind had been taken from the head of a giant. If it were forgotten, in this era, it would need to be piled up slowly, one handful of soil at a time, until it reached the height of the giant; that would not know how many years it would take.

Baifeng wanted to write now, but there was not much time left for him. He was already crushed by Government Affairs Department work. After the government framework was set up, there would be the training of troops, followed by the construction of the New City, the development of new territories, and so on and so forth. Baifeng felt his head would explode just thinking about it. If only another person had transmigrated here with him, how good that would be.

After sending Yi away, Baifeng continued to draw seals, because their casting technology was now gradually maturing; even making a seal with a special shape was absolutely no problem.

For the seals of various departments, Baifeng chose to use gold to cast them. Baifeng had collected a lot of gold, basically all exchanged during trades with other tribes. To other tribes, gold was heavy and soft, and could not be used to make a Weapon, but it was a metal after all, so they all kept it; however, its value during trade was not high.

The original intention of Baifeng's collection was mainly to satisfy his own hobby of collecting. In this era, there was not a single thing that could go according to his wishes, so as the master of a tribe and the leader of ten thousand people, it was nothing to be willful occasionally. Later, it was for Baifeng to prepare for casting currency. Although currency would not be used for many years in the future, when it came time to cast it, he had to have sufficient materials.

Baifeng drew beast-knob seals of different styles, and the wax molds were to be carved by the carpenter. They were skillful with their hands. Baifeng's seal was a Great Seal, with a dragon on top, one claw holding the sun and one claw holding the moon. The seal script read: "Receiving the mandate from Heaven, may it last forever and flourish." This was originally something the old Qin did, but now Baifeng had done it. Perhaps in the future, when emperors fought over the State-Inheriting Jade Seal, they would no longer fight over that one made of Heshibi, wrapped in gold at one corner, but would fight over this State-Inheriting Golden Seal.

All department seals and his own Tiger Tally, which symbolized military power, were handed over to the Blacksmith to be forged. The Blacksmith was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works, but most of the time, Baifeng went to find them himself, because the people in the Ministry of Works each had their own field. The Minister of Works was a civil engineering guy, and the Vice Minister was a kiln burner. They were clueless about the affairs of the other workshops, so they upheld the principle of "if you don't understand it, don't meddle in it."

Approaching noon, Baifeng finally had time to drink a mouthful of water, then lay down to doze for a while to soothe his brain.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Baifeng opened a notebook with wooden slices as covers on the desk to check what unfinished items remained. Upon looking, they were all things he had recorded that needed to be built. Subsequently, Baifeng softly called out to the guard outside the door, telling him to go find Yu. If Yu was busy, then call Zhu over first.

After a while, the guard brought Zhu over and reported that Yu was still helping other departments organize work and could not get away.

Baifeng waved his hand to say he understood, then let him leave.

After Zhu bowed and saluted according to the rules, he asked Baifeng what matters needed to be arranged. Baifeng let him pull up a chair to sit down, then opened his notebook and began to arrange things.

First was that they needed a military camp, a real military camp, relatively independent, rather than the usual situation where even training was done on the plaza or the Threshing Ground.

Zhu immediately ran to the office desk nearby, took out his own notebook, and prepared to start recording. Baifeng opened his mouth to speak, but still let Zhu bring the notebook to him so he could draw it himself, otherwise, it would not be clear even if he explained it.

The location of the military camp was far from the residential area, in the middle of the center line between the city wall and their current office. The area was very large, and all the basic infrastructure inside had to be there, followed by a whole row of collective housing, an armory, and so on. The military camp had to have a surrounding wall, and inside there would be various training equipment, etc. Baifeng drew them out one by one.

This needed to be arranged for construction immediately, to be built before Winter completely arrived. With their construction speed, it was not a difficult task.