Chapter 274 Building Health Facilities? The Council Has No Money!

Gretel hesitated for a second, whether to remind the other party in public - as if this would turn into a mockery?

Before he could figure it out, a bell rang behind him. The great magician of the protection department who had been dealing with him raised his voice for everyone in the audience to hear:

"Please ask Master Gret Nordmark to submit a paper to the review committee."

...You did it yourself last time. What happened this time? Are you lazy?

Gretel cursed and quickly walked over to get it. The paper on the isolation and treatment of dysentery had already been submitted during the previous debate. The only one to be submitted this time was the one on microscopic observation of germs. Thanks to Aurora's speed, she just mentioned the topic of the paper two minutes ago. At this moment, eight papers have been copied...

Gretel handed them one by one with both hands. As soon as he handed it to the Archmage of the Protection Department, a majestic and somewhat urgent voice sounded from the direction of the auditorium behind him:

"The Temple of the God of War requires review of the paper!"

Huh? Grete slapped his hands. Almost immediately, a familiar, steady voice sounded:

"The Order of the God of Nature has requested a review of the paper."

Hey, elder, you are so helpful! Gretel sped up the delivery speed a little, preparing to send it to the auditorium after finishing it here. The last paper was delivered, and before turning around, a third voice sounded. In addition to being majestic and noble, there is also a bit of procrastination and unwillingness:

"The Temple of the Goddess of Spring also requires review of the paper——"

With his back to the Archbishop and Priest, Gretel saw the Archmage of the Protection System blinking at him and giving him a fleeting smile.

Hey, the Spring Water Temple also asked for papers?

Grete blinked and tried to smooth the corners of his mouth.

The Council encourages magicians to exchange knowledge and share knowledge. As long as you hold a magician badge, you can easily access the submitted papers - of course it is only an abstract. If you want to read the full text, you have to pay.

However, do people other than magicians, such as knights and priests, want to consult the literature? This...

Regardless of whether it is Elder Wood or others in the Order of the God of Nature, which paper they want to check, all they have to do is tell themselves. Are the God of War Church? If they asked me for a favor, Gretel would definitely not refuse. But, the Temple of the Fountain Goddess?

After coming to the parliament headquarters for so long, Gretel has never had any dealings with the Spring Water Temple. Among the familiar magicians around him, no one has ever heard of them...

Seeing the white-robed mage in front of him smiling like this, Grete estimated that they must give him some benefits.

At the signal of the white-robed mage, Gretel turned around, walked to the podium, and brought three stacks of new papers to the auditorium. The conference hall quickly fell silent. The big guys said nothing, and each lowered his head and turned over the paper.

Gretel: "..."

This big boss of Black Crow Swamp, you are acting so different! Why don't you turn over a few more pages? Although you should have read all my papers, remember that the one about plague treatment and isolation is the score given by the Necromancy School...

And Elder Wood, I remember when I first started studying bats, I gave you a copy of several papers on microscopy and infectious diseases!

The advantage of great magicians and high-level healers reading papers is that others are basically disqualified from speaking. As time passed, Elder Wood closed the paper first and said loudly:

"The Church of the God of Nature preliminarily approves the conclusion of the paper. Further research is needed on the source of the plague and... isolation and treatment methods."

With him taking the lead, the God of War Temple and the Spring Goddess Temple expressed preliminary approval. The speaker from the Emergency Management Department looked gloomy and lowered his head in silence. The clerk presiding over the hearing waited for a while, and when no one refuted, he rang the bell again:

“Now, let’s give the floor to the head of the City Hall Budget Committee!”

Grete sat upright instantly. He quickly flipped through the manuscript paper at hand, pulled out a stack, and held it tightly in his hand. The above are all medical issues. If it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't work. With his knowledge reserve, he can completely confuse the other party. However, next comes the economic issue——

Financial problems can be said to be the most helpless and powerless pain for all doctors. No matter how sincere your doctor is, no matter how wonderful your rejuvenation is, no matter how earnestly you explain that this disease is actually not difficult to cure, or that if you leave it alone, it will really kill people, it will not be enough for the patient and the patient's family to say these two words:

No money.

The pain of watching a patient who could obviously be cured was discharged from the hospital and left on his own. In Grete's previous life, he saw more than one young doctor secretly crying.

Even after traveling through time, the problem was not much better. In other words, because the level of productivity in this world is lower and the people are poorer, the word "no money" becomes more glaring. The city hall can't come up with the money, the council can't come up with the money, the state can't come up with the money -

No money, just no money.

Moreover, macroeconomic issues are not Grete’s strength as a doctor.

Grete gripped the manuscript paper tightly and stood ready. The person in charge of the budget committee is indeed an expert in economics. He can do calculations with one hand and a ledger with the other. His thin lips turn quickly, and a long list of numbers comes out from between those two lips. The mustache on his upper lip curled up and down, and for a full quarter of an hour, he didn't even hear him stumble.

Gretel only listened for half a minute and could no longer keep up with the other party's speed. As for whether there were any items missing from the accounts reported by the mustache and whether the added-up figures were correct, Grete said that he was completely unable to judge.

"...In short, due to last year's war against the Church of the Lord of Glory and the impact of repairing war-damaged armaments this year, Nevis City's finances will still be in debt for the next three years." After 20 minutes, the mustache tugged Pulling the tie around his neck, exhaling, he began his concluding remarks:

"What the review meeting asked before was to build new and larger water supply facilities, rebuild sewers, and build a new infectious disease hospital..."

He slowed down his speaking speed on the last half of the sentence, and his tone was difficult, as if he was unfamiliar with these new words. After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment before returning to his previous flexible and smooth rhythm:

"The budget committee's assessment is that there are not enough funds available to do this work that has no financial return until the fiscal situation is restored."

He bowed deeply around him. The conference hall was depressing. No one applauded or expressed gratitude. Only in the back rows of the committee and the auditorium, some richly dressed but not extraordinary people in the audience looked worried, as if they were afraid that someone would ask them to donate money on the spot.

"Have you found his flaw?"

"No, I didn't understand at all—"

Aurora Wharton touched Grete quickly and asked her boss with her eyes. Gretel shook his head silently. Before he could find a chance to speak, the long bell rang again. The clerk held up the wig on his head and turned to Gretel:

"Now, let's ask Master Nordmark to make a statement——"

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