Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Bai Ling was well aware of the difficulties of studying medicine and law.

After all, she was a genuine top student, one of the most highly educated intellectuals in Beijing.

She had learned some of the difficulties of studying medicine and law from her teachers and classmates.

But she never imagined that these two subjects could be this difficult!

Naturally, these two subjects are undoubtedly popular these days, and graduates can immediately become respectable people.
I wouldn't say I'm completely uninterested, but I would at least say I don't really admire it anymore.

Or rather, it's not as highly regarded as before.

Parents everywhere have the same heart, so they naturally felt more in agreement with what Ximen Lang said.

But upon closer reflection, Bai Ling immediately realized something was amiss.

As for exactly what's wrong...
"Of course, nothing about it is right! Yes, I admit that medicine and law are indeed two very difficult subjects, but even if they are difficult, they are not this difficult!"

"Take a good look at all the books you brought. Where can you find so many relevant books for students to study these days?"

"Even setting aside this, there are very few proper laws in any country these days! Environmental protection law? I've never even heard of it! Not to mention that it's divided into so many categories and so many laws." (my country's Environmental Protection Law was enacted in 1979. Although other countries also have laws targeting specific areas of protection, such as water protection laws, comprehensive protection laws were generally enacted around the 80s.)
"And the same goes for studying medicine. Where are there so many systematic medical techniques available for medical students to learn these days? Let's not even talk about traditional Chinese medicine, which has been systematically passed down for thousands of years. Let's just talk about Western medicine."

"You know what? Right now, absolutely right now, bloodletting therapy, which involves bleeding the patient regardless of their illness, still has a significant market! As for the tests and examinations you mentioned, those devices simply don't exist!"

"Even if they exist, they're ridiculously expensive, far beyond what ordinary people, or even most countries, can afford! Given this situation, how do these medical and law students manage such heavy academic workloads?"

Indeed, without the economic boom and rapid development of various industries in later generations, the relatively primitive present-day world meant that the lives of medical and law students were not as difficult as they were in later generations.

But what did he just hear?
"Bloodletting therapy? Is it the bloodletting therapy I know? The one that bled the American president, the founding father, Washington to death?"

When it comes to this once-popular bloodletting therapy, which was touted as a cure-all in foreign countries, and the fact that it bled George Washington, the first president of the United States, to death, we really have to discuss it in detail.

"Around the end of 1799, Washington suffered from a sore throat and difficulty breathing due to a cold, and his condition rapidly deteriorated. At that time, bloodletting was at its peak and was incredibly effective!"

"So his doctors immediately used the legendary bloodletting therapy, which is said to cure all diseases. In just one day, those heartless doctors bled him four times!"

"The amount of blood drawn was so much that it could fill a basin! The total amount of blood drawn even reached 2500 milliliters! 2500 milliliters! Do you know what that means?"

"Hao Pingchuan, who's so big, only has about 5000 milliliters of blood. Ling'er, an adult woman like you only has 3600 to 4200 milliliters! But they drained 2500 milliliters from him in one day, which is half the total blood volume of an adult male!"

"You have to understand that Washington was seriously ill at that time! Even an ordinary person would feel noticeably uncomfortable if more than 400 milliliters of blood were drawn at once, but he had 2500 milliliters of blood drained from him!"

Seeing that there were such outrageous and magical things in the world, Hao Pingchuan immediately came over with his eyes shining and asked questions.

"Drawing so much blood? Enough to fill a basin? Wouldn't that just bleed someone to death?!"

"What do you think? It was just a bad cold, maybe a bit severe, but if treated properly, even with limited medical resources at the time, there was still a chance of survival."

"As a result, because of these people messing around, before his severe cold even had a chance to kill him, these people took his life! Such a great president, gone just like that, isn't that outrageous?"

Even today, Ximen Lang is still deeply shocked whenever this matter is mentioned!

If Ximen Lang was like this, then Hao Pingchuan and Lao Luo were even more so.

Even they, who had just fought a real war with the Americans, felt that Washington's departure was far too hasty.

Especially when they learned that Washington had suffered greatly during the last period of his life and died in great unease because of this bizarre bloodletting therapy.

Suddenly, I don't know how to evaluate this matter.

Thinking about the bloodletting therapy that Bai Ling just mentioned, it's clear that it still has a considerable number of followers.

Hao Pingchuan was completely dumbfounded.

"Washington, the founding father of the United States! He was literally killed by this bloodletting therapy! How can this damn bloodletting therapy still have a market?! Are these people all idiots? How can they believe in this?! Even I, a layman, think this stuff is completely unreliable. What are they thinking? How can they be so bizarre?!"

It's not that those people are weird, nor that they're stupid or bad.

Rather, they lacked the support of modern medical theories, the availability of numerous drugs produced by modern pharmacology, and sufficient testing equipment to help them quickly identify the causes of their illnesses. Consequently, they had no means of dealing with the many complex diseases they were capable of treating.

"Even now, if it weren't for the advent of truly universal antibiotics, what would they use to treat so many complex and intractable diseases?"

"If you're not careful, you could end up killing someone with this treatment. It's better to use bloodletting. At least there are real cases where bloodletting has cured people."

"Of course, it is also possible that the patient was in good physical condition and managed to pull through by sheer physical strength."

"Even so, you can't deny that bloodletting therapy is indeed convenient. No matter what disease you have, just let it out."

"As long as they don't act as recklessly as Washington, letting people die on the spot. As long as the person isn't dead at the time, they can just say they did their best and then conveniently shift the blame. That's much easier."

If they recover, it's because of their excellent medical skills; if they don't, they've still done their best.

Don't say it, you really don't say it.

If we look at it this way, it's not without reason that bloodletting therapy still has a good market today.

Thinking of this, Ximen Lang quickly took out his phone and searched for it.

It's true, bloodletting, such a simple and brutal treatment method, has only recently gradually faded from routine medical practice.

Ximen Lang fell silent.

After the silence came even greater determination.

It is precisely because quack doctors are now rampant.
"So our children should definitely not study medicine or law in the future! What if they end up like these scumbags, learning only half-baked skills and becoming complete quacks? Wouldn't that be harmful to people?! I can accept mediocrity, but I absolutely cannot let them go out and harm people! What do you think?"

What else could she think? Ximen Lang had already put it this way, so what could Bai Ling possibly say?

Anyway, it's just that I don't study medicine or law, so what?

Even if they don't learn these two things, they can still learn others.

They have a variety of majors to choose from!

In addition, studying medicine and law well is indeed extremely demanding.

If you don't want to learn, then you don't have to; it's not a big deal.

However, her belly still hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy, which makes Bai Ling extremely melancholy and conflicted.

She and Ximen Lang had tried their best, but there was no progress. How could Bai Ling, who was eager to have more descendants for the Ximen family and to bring Ximen Lang closer to the world of Beijing, not be distressed?
But what if it were available right now?

That's not good either.

After all, they're not married yet.

Not to mention getting married, they haven't even had time to receive the wedding certificate because it's been delayed so much.

She has nothing here. If she accidentally gets pregnant, she'll have to go through with the wedding with Ximen Lang while heavily pregnant.

Then she'll really be too ashamed to face anyone!
No matter what, it's all trouble; no matter what, it's all tangled up.

So, after giving Ximen Lang a few perfunctory replies, Bai Ling's thoughts quickly drifted off into the distance.

Having overcome numerous obstacles, they arrived in the future.

Just as Bai Ling was beginning to struggle with whether or not to try harder, lest Xia Yi beat her to it and leave an heir for Ximen Lang before her,

After such a long delay, the group was finally about to set off for the open space that Lao Luo had specially arranged for Ximen Lang from the local area before they came, specifically for storing their belongings.

Yes, it's an open space, not a ready-made large warehouse.

As for why not use an existing warehouse
Nonsense, we do have a warehouse, but it needs to be big enough to hold all this stuff!

Ximen Lang would often bring tens of thousands of vehicles, dozens or even hundreds of sets of large equipment from later generations, and even several refrigerated ships.

There were also countless cans of oil and grains piled up like mountains.
With so many things, what kind of warehouse, how big, would it take to store all of them?
Besides, there are plenty of places to shelter from the wind and rain in open areas.

Therefore, instead of going through all the trouble of finding so many warehouses for Simon Lang, it would be better to simply grant him a plot of land and let him use it as he pleases.

This decision is undoubtedly the right one!

Especially after everyone arrived at this open area with Ximen Lang and saw the endless supply of goods.

Luo really thought his idea was brilliant!

Otherwise this...
"How many cars are there? It seems even more spectacular than the last time you brought over 3 cars at once!"

"Of course it's even more spectacular than last time, because there are far more vehicles this time! I've managed to get you 5 vehicles of all kinds in one go!"

"Look at all these big machines! They're either large container trucks or all sorts of large construction vehicles! I even got a few of those medium-to-large tower cranes that you treasured so much last time, just to support the construction of our factory here!"

"Seriously, it's just that our railway system is really too complicated to describe. Otherwise, I would like to bring over a few more locomotives and build hundreds of refrigerated carriages in one go! If we actually brought these things over, they would really take up a lot of space!"

"However, despite taking up space, you have to admit one thing: for inland transportation, trains are far more convenient and faster than cars! And the difference in transport volume is like night and day!"

"No matter how powerful a car is, it can only haul about one large container. Even if you train all the drivers to be superhuman, its transport capacity is still limited. But what about trains? A single locomotive can easily pull a dozen or even dozens of carriages of goods!"

"This is so much more efficient! Unlike now, we can only use these refrigerated container trucks to tide us over, which is not enough. But there's nothing we can do. We don't have the resources for that. We'll just have to make do for now."

"But we still need to pay attention to the railway system. Otherwise, when production increases and domestic demand grows, it will be difficult to transport goods between the north and south."

Bai Ling and Lao Luo knew perfectly well that things couldn't continue like this.
But what can they do when they're poor?
This huge mess has already kept them incredibly busy and overwhelmed.

If we were to add another mega-project like building a railway network to the agenda...
Even with help from later generations, it will still be difficult!

Putting everything else aside, just the steel used to lay the railway is a major problem that cannot be avoided!

We can't import everything from later generations, can we?

How much money would that cost? And how much would future generations benefit from it?

This is something that Bai Ling and the rest of the world in Beijing absolutely cannot accept!
But if they don't accept help from later generations, they won't be able to manage on their own.
After much deliberation, Lao Luo finally decided...
"Since I'm too busy anyway, I might as well stop thinking about it for now. I'll deal with it later, when our steel production increases enough to support the costs of building the railway network."

"And then there are the construction teams that are currently traveling around, patching up and repairing bridges and roads. As their construction experience gradually improves, we will be able to start trying to build our own railway network."

Luo Yonghao's idea is absolutely in line with the current national conditions of Beijing.

His attitude—his willingness to lie down when he should and his refusal to worry about unnecessary things—was also something that Ximen Lang greatly admired.

Therefore, it seems that Lao Luo is becoming more and more to my liking.

First, he gave a very positive evaluation of Lao Luo's attitude.

"Excellent, truly excellent! It's wonderful that you have this understanding!"

Then, without further ado, Ximen Lang stated his position directly.

"It's just a railway, no big deal! The pressure isn't too great right now, we can take it slow. Once you've freed up your resources and the railway is built, my locomotives and carriages will follow immediately! That way, all the problems will be solved, right?" (End of Chapter)