While Zhou Qingfeng was racking his brains to save Todd, the settlement was in full swing.
For human society to develop, division of labor is necessary. Voodoo Swamp has always been poor. A very important point is that people here do not trust each other and cannot carry out division of labor and cooperation. The already weak strength cannot be gathered and utilized.
It wasn't until Zhou Qingfeng appeared that there was a leader in the settlement who could give unified orders. Just arranging manpower to patrol and boil some hot water made a bunch of ignorant people realize that only cooperation can lead to a good life.
There is no shortage of wood in the forest, and the bonfires lit at night greatly enhance people's sense of security. Old Borg lent several large pots to boil water, and people bathed directly in the open air to cleanse themselves of the dead skin and dirt accumulated over the years.
After taking a bath, people went to the bonfire to bake their clothes. Every piece of rags was treated like a treasure, and the hot mist was filled with rare laughter.
Cleanliness is a very, very important thing - everyone knows the story of Nightingale. But few people know that before Nightingale, the British casualty rate in the Crimean War exceeded 100%
of forty.
Nightingale simply boiled and sterilized the gauze used by the wounded, which reduced the mortality rate of the wounded by an order of magnitude. Because of her effective and even pioneering work, she was called the "Goddess of the Lamp".
Zhou Qingfeng was used to being clean, so he subconsciously had such requirements for others. After finishing treating Todd, he felt stuffy in the shack and went outside for some fresh air.
But as soon as he came out, someone threw himself in front of Zhou Qingfeng and cried loudly: "Master Hugo, your mob robbed my warehouse."
There was a torch burning outside the witch doctor's shack, and Zhou Qingfeng turned his head to look at it under the light. Lying on the ground was Rubio, a profiteer from the settlement. It was this guy who encouraged him to kill the sludge monster, and he still owed him a reward.
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"What happened?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.
Old Borg was outside and helped explain: "Victor, your men robbed Rubio's warehouse."
"The people under me?" Zhou Qingfeng thought to himself that he had no one under him. Could it be that the people in the settlement are now his subordinates?
After asking carefully, I found out that this is really the case.
After killing the sludge monster, people in the settlement all supported Zhou Qingfeng. He was very happy at the time and promised that everyone who obeyed his orders would be well fed and drunk. He also said that if there was anything he needed, he could ask Lao Borg to borrow it at the expense of
his.
This is a simple tactic to win over. To put it bluntly, it is Zhou Qingfeng's instinctive behavior to win over his younger brother. After all, it is reasonable for him to be alone in another world and want to have a few servants.
But the residents of Voodoo Swamp are not good people. They use chicken feathers as arrows. They didn't dare to do anything to old Borg casually, but they used Zhou Qingfeng's signature to rob the warehouse of Rubio, a profiteer.
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Hahaha..., Zhou Qingfeng laughed when he learned the situation, "Rubio, are you willing to obey me?"
Is this...? The profiteer lying on the ground was a little confused and his eyes rolled around. Zhou Qingfeng then said: "If you want to recover the loss, just find a way on your own. Those who robbed you are not protected by me.
, let alone my subordinates."
Zhou Qingfeng waved his hand and dismissed Rubio. He remembered what the 'Shadow' said - most stupid people are selfish, it only takes a moment to support them, and it only takes a thought to abandon them.
After thinking for a long time, Zhou Qingfeng had no particular good way to improve the situation. He couldn't sleep, so he walked back and forth outside the shack. Before dawn, the old dwarf Borg suddenly ran over in surprise and shouted: "Victor, what are you doing to Thomas?"
What did De do?"
The dwarf witch doctor pulled Zhou Qingfeng into the shack. The latter thought he was too surprised to see the bottle, so he explained: "I used Todd's ax as a hanger to give him infusion. This is a kind of
Treatment methods hope to improve his condition."
Todd lost a lot of blood due to serious injuries. When blood transfusion is not possible, timely infusion is also an effective life-saving measure. Zhou Qingfeng has given the orc several bottles of continuous infusion. Judging from the current results...
"This thing is called 'infusion'?" Old Berg looked carefully at the hanging glass bottles and infusion tubes. He could see the liquid in the bottles dripping continuously, and entered Todd's veins with the infusion tubes and needles.
."This looks like a magical solution."
After a night of treatment, Todd's condition improved significantly. Although several of his wounds still existed, at least the most fatal poisoning effects were removed. The swelling of his body was greatly reduced, and the blood oozing from the wounds gradually returned to normal.
"Victor, you don't seem to be a priest." Old Borg asked.
"Of course I'm not." Zhou Qingfeng shrugged.
"But you used 'infusion' to achieve the effect of 'neutralizing toxins'. This is a fourth-level magic, which requires a seventh-level priest to master. And I am only a third-level witch doctor, and I am still far away from mastering the fourth-level magic.
Very far away.”
Lao Borg suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Qingfeng's hand, shouting excitedly: "Please teach me this 'infusion' skill."
Oops..., Zhou Qingfeng scratched his head - the infusion itself is not difficult, but the medicinal liquid used for infusion is the product of an extremely complex industrial system. Even a bottle of sodium chloride injection cannot be obtained at will.
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Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng remained silent, Old Borg continued to shout: "Victor, do you want to control the Voodoo Swamp? Those despicable guys must be giving you a headache. I'll help you deal with them. I guarantee they will be gone within three days.
They are obedient."
Old Borg was one of the first builders of Voodoo Swamp. Zhou Qingfeng was very sure that he had the ability to make the people in the settlement be honest. But he shook his head and pointed to the infusion bottle, "It's not difficult to use this thing. The difficulty is
I don’t know how to prepare the potions inside.”
Old Borg nodded, "If it's an ordinary poison, I can cure it by using 'Slow Down Poison'. But the sludge monster's toxin is extremely ferocious, and it's definitely not easy to prepare a potion that can neutralize its toxicity."
Hearing that the dwarf witch doctor had completely misunderstood the concept, Zhou Qingfeng could only smile bitterly. However, he was slightly interested in the old dwarf's proposal just now, so he said: "When Todd recovers from his injury, I can extract some medical knowledge for you."
The old dwarf was naturally overjoyed. The information dissemination in the other world was extremely inefficient and knowledge was extremely valuable. If you want to learn some useful skills, you need to pay a lot of money. It is great that Zhou Qingfeng is willing to teach him.
But Zhou Qingfeng frowned secretly. He used a common language in the other world. But he could only listen and listen, but couldn't read and write. Thinking about how easily he had learned the 'riding' skill before, he turned to the '
Shadow' asked: "Can you teach me Common?"
'Shadow' did not agree immediately, but instead said: "Can you tell me where your plane passage is going?"
"No." Zhou Qingfeng wouldn't say it. He thought the conversation would end there.
But......
‘Shadow’ continued: “I can teach you Common Language, and I can also teach you many languages. Orcish, Dwarf, Gnome, and even the partial Goblin language.
You usually hear those "Oke Oke" sounds that sound like random shouting, but in fact the changes in intonation and speed of speech have different meanings.
I can even teach you more advanced devil language, devil language, elven language, giant language, dragon language. Or the Netherese language that you humans have long lost. These are all languages with magical power.
For example, in Dragon Language, the orc named Todd said that you have encountered a red dragon. I wonder if you have seen the effect of casting spells in Dragon Language, which can give you great strength instantly."
'Shadow' wanted to continue talking, but Zhou Qingfeng interrupted: "Has anyone ever said that you are like a bad salesman? It sounds so nice and it is really heart-warming, but what do you really want?
Do you want to restore your mind? Origin? Consciousness? It seems that there is no need to promise, I have to help you, after all, I don’t know how to kick you out of my mind."
Hahaha...'Shadow' let out a refreshing laugh, "Because I'm curious, where are you from? I guess you are from other crystal wall planes.
Just like the dragons and elves in the main material world all come from other crystal wall systems. Even humans have migrated from other crystal wall systems. For example, the people of the Mulhorad divine system. Every visitor from the unknown plane will always bring some Different, I want to know what makes you unique.
Originally, my curiosity was limited to observation. But the method you used to save the orcs just now surprised me. As a god, I am a little surprised.
You obviously don’t know how valuable the knowledge I can give you is. It doesn’t matter, let’s make some small deals first. Don’t you want to master the common language? You just need to complete a simple task.”