Scientific Travel

"What happened?"

The man recognized Dr. Zhang, and upon seeing her arrive, he recounted the whole story.

Dr. Zhang examined the child carefully, then stood up and said, "She's right, it's not heatstroke, it's infantile convulsion."

Men might not understand this, so Dr. Zhang explained in detail: "The child's arms are stretching and contracting, fingers are opening and closing, shoulders are clenching, hands and feet are shaking and trembling, body is leaning backward, hands are like drawing a bow, eyes are staring straight ahead, and eyes are showing whites and not moving. These are all signs of infantile convulsion. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, so it is not very serious and not difficult to treat."

The girl had all the symptoms Dr. Zhang described, and the man quickly thanked him, saying, "Yes, yes, she has all the symptoms you mentioned. You're amazing; you could tell what was wrong with my daughter just by looking at her."

Dr. Zhang showed no delight at his praise. With a stern face, she asked Liu Ding, "What do you think should be done to treat this?"

The unexpected exam did not panic Liu Ding. She calmly replied, "She should be suffering from an attack on her heart and liver. First, use antelope horn, uncaria, silkworm, and chrysanthemum to calm the liver and extinguish wind. Then, use calamus, fritillaria, turmeric, and dragon bone to clear phlegm and calm the heart. Use bamboo shavings and coptis to clear phlegm and heat."

Dr. Zhang nodded in satisfaction. "Since you know, then go and get the medicine."

The man understood what Dr. Zhang meant, and he said unhappily, "What do you mean? Calling you Dr. Zhang is giving you face. You have treated the patient and saved lives, but I haven't shortchanged you a single penny."

"I'm too busy with so many patients right now, so I asked her to get the medicine. Is there a problem?"

The man was furious; this was clearly a slap in the face, but he had no reason to refute it.

The ground was full of sick people, many of whom looked more seriously ill than his daughter, and there were even two people with missing arms being bandaged.

“I don’t trust her to prepare the medicine. You prepare it yourself.” The man was unreasonable but also arrogant. “My wife works at the pharmacy. If you want to get medicine from the pharmacy again in the future, you’ll have to prepare it yourself.”

Pharmacies are places that specialize in selling medicine. Most of the medicines used in clinics are sourced from pharmacies. Now, the production of all medicines has been greatly reduced. To obtain medicines from pharmacies, one not only needs a medical practice certificate from the clinic, but also needs someone to act as a guarantor or to have saved more than 100 people in the past month.

Because of this recently enacted law, the status of pharmacy staff has risen significantly.

"Please."

Dr. Zhang was once threatened with a knife to his neck by a patient, but he wasn't afraid then, let alone now.

The man was furious. He didn't even want to take the child to the doctor anymore, and just picked up the child and left.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to utter a harsh threat: "I'll remember what happened today. Your clinic can forget about staying in business!"

Dr. Zhang wasn't afraid, but Liu Ding was.

She was just a worker, not even an apprentice. She had been learning from these doctors quite a bit these days, but they hadn't said anything. Sometimes they would even tell her about the patients' conditions and how to treat them.

There are many people around and things are busy right now, so Liu Ding plans to wait until after get off work in the evening to talk about it.

After witnessing this farce, Deng Yin knew that Liu Ding was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything more to her and left after a while.

In the following days, Deng Yin did not go to the clinic again. The things she had previously ordered had arrived, the hull had already been completed, and the next step was the engine.

How long an engine can last depends on the water resistance and the size of the ship. Since there wasn't a large enough sea area for Deng Yin to conduct experiments, she simply made as many engines as she could get her hands on.

These materials alone are not enough; they can only barely create an appearance. To achieve its actual effect, energy is also needed.

It is said that people used to use diesel fuel refined from petroleum as fuel. Deng Yin had seen it once and still had some recollection of the specific steps.

However, oil is hard to buy; it's strictly controlled by the higher-ups, and only the military can obtain it.

Deng Yin knew two people who had joined the army: Wei Wujiang and Mei Shengke.

It would be difficult to buy oil through these two people's channels. If you spoke to the emperor, he might be willing to sell some oil to Deng Yin.

However, this behavior seriously damages the image of the deity, even though Deng Yin himself doesn't have much of an image to begin with.

Since they couldn't buy oil, they decided to mine it themselves. Deng Yin had enough materials to make 13 engines, and she didn't start drilling for oil until she had finished making all the engines.

Although the word "metal" is in its name, a metal detector can actually detect oil. The "metal" part simply means the detector is made of metal. Furthermore, it has a wide-range scanning capability, able to detect everything stored underground within a 1000-mile radius.

This is the second time Deng Yin has used this function; the last time he used it was to mine for gold.

It's the end of April now, and May is just around the corner. Before leaving, Deng Yin suddenly remembered that he hadn't redeemed the one-point item for this month.

The egg beater almost went to waste last time, but it's worth it to exchange one point for one item. Adhering to the idea that it's a fool not to take advantage of a bargain, Deng Yin still exchanged it.

The task of digging drainage ditches is worth thirty points. After exchanging for this, you will have seventy-nine points left.

Dog Egg had permission to use the space, so instead of putting the items he had acquired in the yard, he put them directly into the space.

Looking at the palm-sized, bun-like object in front of him, Deng Yin asked, "What is this?"

"dynamo."

Wow... such ancient things...

Seeing that Deng Yin didn't recognize it, Gou Dan specially explained it to her in detail: "Just put the generator in water, and pour in enough water to just cover it, and it will be fully charged. A full charge can store watt-hours of electricity."

A watt-hour, a unit of measurement that sounds very ancient, was something Deng Yin didn't understand. After all, since birth, she had only been exposed to drawing energy from nature and had never heard of anything that could store electricity.

It's going to take a lot of time and effort.

"How long will this electricity last?" Deng Yin asked.

Dog Egg pondered how to put it, and after a long while, he finally spoke: "Take your egg beater for example. The generator can produce enough electricity to power the egg beater for 300 years on a single charge."

That's quite a storage capacity. Everything on Heze Star is energy-efficient, and Deng Yin never expected this little thing to be so spacious.

Half a lifetime has passed, and the electricity inside has only just run out.

Deng Yin, who had originally planned to go to drill for oil, decided not to go anymore. She disassembled the engines she had made and modified them. Now, they can run on electricity alone, without relying on oil.

The old problem of insufficient materials persists; this engine consumes a lot of electricity, extremely much.

However, since the generator can convert electricity into electricity as soon as it comes into contact with water, we can install it on the bottom of the ship and store it while it is being used up. The storage rate will always be faster than the consumption rate.

After selling cakes every day, Deng Yin still has to make cakes when she gets back. These past few days, Deng Yin hasn't cooked, and she's just letting Gou Dan heat up a few plates of canned food as her meals.

I can still make braised rice, even for a small dog like me.

Despite rushing to get it done, it still took Deng Yin more than a week to get the generator ready.