Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 136



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Episode 136. A Strong Country, a Weak People, and Endless Evil 5

Mainilan Castle Laurent is the number two man in Datang.

First of all, Manum Lapin, who can be said to be the third in command, does not engage in much external activity, but thanks to his outstanding intellect and the wisdom he gained from living a long life, he is still considered the ‘smartest Daton’, so to speak, and is thus able to serve as the Prime Minister.

Despite handing over a significant amount of authority to Medakbo, he is still the number two man. Medakbo is equivalent to Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.

But the most important work of Castel Laurent is not politics, but pure science. It has always been in charge of the area of ​​progress, pioneers, distinguished by improvement, reform, innovation, and revolution.

The metaphysical part is the work of Mana School, and the engineering part is all the work of Paldin Koa, so at first glance, the area that Castle Loran is in charge of seems very narrow.

A politically ambiguous advisor.

As for academics, he is not in charge of mathematics or philosophy.

It does not cover practical scientific and industrial fields either.

Kass Laurent was and still is a museologist by nature, someone who knows the world in detail and classifies living things.

And now he is a medical doctor. After the recession, Castel Laurent’s achievements remain almost exclusively in the medical field.

He may seem to be a man of few emotions, but he is not a cold-blooded, emotionless person, just a weirdo.

It’s a story that happened over ten thousand years ago, but that terrible disease, Hanjutamal, left a terrible scar on the mind of Castle Laurent, a museum scholar and a man who imagined the world would progress infinitely, and as a result, Castle Laurent, who was still ‘the smartest Daton’, changed his hobby of museum research into a more meaningful role.

He is the founder of the so-called Datang traditional medicine. From the knowledge of the primitive shamans a long time ago to the characteristics, efficacy, and properties of the creatures that were discovered later, he organized the medicinal effects and toxicity of tens of thousands of creatures, and elucidated the physiology and mechanisms of life activities of the human body.

“We must save at least one more person. Knowledge that cannot save people is meaningless.”

This is overtechnology. Even though technology does not develop linearly, the knowledge of biology, medicine, pharmacy, surgery, etc. established by Castel Laurent is equivalent to the 1800s on Earth. The modern era is full of things that were properly established.

Since the mythical age, Datang has possessed all the knowledge of hygiene, germs, the causes of disease, essential nutrients, changes in life activities according to magical pressure, and literally all ten thousand medical knowledge.

This is also an overwhelming point compared to the ‘army’ of the time. If Daton and Baekkan fight and half of them suffer serious injuries, most of Daton’s serious injuries survive, but Baekkan’s light injuries also die one by one from infection.

Kass Laurent had been building his medical knowledge to an almost paranoid degree, lamenting the inability of his science to prevent the spread of the disease in the old days.

First of all, with the knowledge of nutrition and anatomy of the body’s organs, all internal and surgical treatments are possible. Since it does not discriminate between mystical matters such as spiritism, magical martial arts, and sorcery, most known diseases can be treated. Even if that is not the case, basic quarantine and symptom relief are possible.

In fact, Hanjutamal is not the only disease. Hanjutamal is a truly abnormal, transcendent disaster, and although it is not as severe as that, diseases on the level of ‘measles’, ‘black plague’, and ‘smallpox’ are also abundant.

Yes, there are diseases like smallpox, but they didn’t mention the spread of such diseases because they are nothing compared to Hanjutamal.

More than that, there was no need to mention it.

“This disease is strong, but people who have had a similar disease will never get it again. That disease is a disease that affects cows, and if you squeeze the pus from the cows to make it weak and inoculate people, you can prevent it by only experiencing mild symptoms.”

“Oh… … !”

Ancient-Vaccine was also created. Is it Ancient-Vaccine? Castle Laurent destroys too much of the progress of biology.

Castel Laurent went beyond advancing medicine to integrating it.

This is the so-called ‘datang medicine’. It is a traditional medicine that corresponds to oriental medicine and Ayurveda when it comes to the Earth.

It is a comprehensive collection of general prescriptions for almost all the symptoms known at that time, as well as treatments and surgical procedures for special cases, using herbs, minerals, and animal resources from Datang.

“As much has been revealed, we would like to publish the latest revised edition of Datang Medicine.”

“It doesn’t matter. Make it your top priority.”

It has been revised and revised repeatedly for almost ten thousand years. Now, books are produced by cartloads, even if they are made of paper rather than clay tablets.

The written text is nearly ten million characters long, with thousands of illustrations. It is constantly being revised and expanded.

Considering that the characters of Datang are ideographic characters that contain multiple meanings in a single character, it seems that the amount is comparable to that of modern medical books, but what will it be like in later generations?

“You. You only ate fruit like your Nono friends, right?”

“yes.”

“If Daton only eats fruit, he will get diabetes and die.”

“What is diabetes?”

“A disease that causes urine to run cold.”

“Why would you do such a perverted thing?”

“That’s not it. Nono originally lived on trees and ate only fruit, so he doesn’t get diabetes. If Nono got diabetes, his body would already be in a state of death. However, Daton lived on the grasslands and ate bugs and grass, so if he lived only eating fruit, he would die. From now on, eat mostly meat and bugs.”

“yes.”

The patient will get better soon. What about other places in the same period?

“I’m feeling empty these days.”

“I see, that’s because there isn’t enough blood. You can just add cow’s blood.”

Naturally, the patient dies. Unfortunately, they think it is because the qi deficiency has worsened, so they decide to inject pig blood next.

What about 500 years from now?

“It looks like a mixed race, about 20% Daton, 20% Bark, and 60% Erin… … .”

“Can it get better?”

“Just wait a minute… …. According to your constitution, this doesn’t work, that doesn’t work. This medicine might make you feel a little sick, but it’ll get better. It’s effective on mixed-blood Erin.”

The patient said that he was in pain, but the chest pain, which was the most severe, was better. He was leaving, grateful to the medical team.

“The patient complains of abdominal pain.”

“Let us pray to God!”

“Oh my! God, please save this little lamb!”

It’s faith healing. It really uses divine power.

But, unfortunately, it was not a physical injury, but a urinary stone, and the stone continued to hurt him, causing endless pain, and while treating and growing the stone, he eventually died.

To put it simply, neither Datangdo nor other countries have made significant progress in Datang medicine and mystical faith healing and superstition.

The scientists and medical doctors that came after weren’t stupid. But… … There are too many races in this world. Races literally mean different species.

Although apes share a common ancestor, lurmo and tocha are biologically very distant from each other.

In any case, the human race on Earth is a single species of Homo sapiens, and the difference between blacks and whites is only 0.001% genetic difference, but the genetic differences in this world are too great.

In particular, mixed races are not just different races, but completely different species whose descendants have the ability to reproduce, so many mixed races are often stillborn or suffer from biological defects. Just like in the case of the Daton-Bark mixed race, all men are born as inferior species.

And of course, the effects of medicine will be different for different species. Medicine for dogs cannot be used on humans. The opposite is also true. Medicine for monkeys may work well for humans, and medicine for chimpanzees may work much better… … .

However, it is biology and medicine that Asian women can suffer from side effects when taking medication that is safe for white men. Even when people of the same country, age, and gender take medication, some people collapse from side effects.

The human gene pool of all species in the world is wider than the narrow gene pool of Homo sapiens, which is narrower than that of the endangered gorilla.

But how on earth does modern medicine develop? Even if we work hard to develop new medicines or good chemicals for certain diseases, there are many cases where they do not work not only on certain races, but also on relatives of the same race, gender, or even ethnicity.

So, in the case of modern medicine, there is very little progress until the distant future when we reach the molecular biology level and complete the genome map of each race and figure out how all the genes work. We leave it to each race’s traditional medicine.

In that sense, the ‘Datang Medicine’ of Kass Lorran is a veritable bible of medicine. It was written on the fire of Datang Oram and printed many times as a physical book, and was distributed to doctors, wise men, Tatununs, etc. in various places, so that they could receive ‘at least universal treatment’.

The only despair that later doctors experienced while studying Datang medicine was that more than a third of the contents of those numerous medical books explained medicine and treatments that worked well for ‘pure-blooded Datons’, and then based on pure-blooded Datons, they described what could happen if this medicine was used for mixed-bloods of other races and Datons, treating mixed-bloods as exceptional circumstances in a world where pure-bloods had all died out.

It’s not that Castle Laurent had a sense of superiority, but rather that there were too many exceptions for mixed blood, so there was no way around it.

As a result, the medical level of this world remains miserable compared to that of Earth. It is one of the few exceptions in a world where all civilizations and civilizations develop rapidly due to mysterious powers.

However, traditional medicine is still a doctor. Whether it is herbal medicine or medicine made by a pharmaceutical company… … As long as it is effective and can treat people, there is no need to be picky.

In the Age of Faith, Datang possesses more advanced medical knowledge than any other region and fights against the ‘disease demons’ that appear at the end of the era.

In the case of All Chaun, I felt familiar with the differences between pure-blood and mixed-blood, centered around Mainnirun, and the differences between the provinces and the frontier.

“Isn’t this like seeing my relatives from the Dark Ages?”

This is why Ol Chaun pays more attention to the pilgrimage. Originally, the pilgrimage of fire was Ol Chaun’s duty. He reminded himself of his duty to spread the culture of the center to the frontier, and decided to spread the culture of the center of Datang to his blood relatives in the frontier.

Together with the entourage of Ol Chaun, called Niroran Datun, they make a pilgrimage to every village in each region. Ol Chaun’s palanquin moves, but in addition, they form dozens or hundreds of other pilgrimage groups to spread culture, in an attempt to narrow the gap between the center and the outskirts even a little.

The time spent in one village is at most three days. However, there is a fire spirit that stores memories, so it passes on knowledge that has not yet been passed down to the remote areas to the local Dutan, spreads donum, performs, makes love, and then quickly makes a pilgrimage to the next village.

From the southern Shujor to the northern Daesurim, they make endless pilgrimages and spread their cultural treasures. They spread the flame to our poor distant relatives.

All Chaun was not a genius, but rather an ordinary person who had a bit of luck. Even at the most favorable level, he was above average… …but his political career spanned 18,000 years.

Even an ordinary person can show the ability of a true political god if he accumulates this much experience. He doesn’t simply engage in corruption, but rather, he starts from the bottom and asks what the people lack, what they want more, and as time goes by, instead of becoming arrogant, he becomes humble, and by truly peeking into the memories of the people, he finds out their true anxiety and real problems and solves them.

He is truly the god of internal medicine.

???: “All of this is a god in domestic affairs, but a idiot in foreign affairs! Whether it’s war, diplomacy, or negotiation, he’s never done anything right!”

Oh, where is the perfect leader? In the 18,000 years since then, diplomacy has never been important.

Anyway, this year’s politics are great. If there are no major accidents, it could continue… … .

Meanwhile, Manum Lapang didn’t have much to do.

The original class called Raphi is somewhat ambiguous. First, they are artists, and then they are priests who serve the moon and use celestial magic to heal. However, when it comes to the influence of religion on society, the social norms are handled by the norms of Ol Chaun and Medakbobeop, and the philosophy is handled by the atheistic worldview of Castel Laurent.

In the old days, there was a crude belief system about the cycle of elements and the birth of life, but now it’s not like that at all.

The work of Manum Lapang, then and now, is to expand Mainilun, record history, and evaluate works of art.

Nevertheless, she is the third-ranking member of the Datang faction, and in a sense, she is a moderate who controls the violent Olleh Chaun. In a sense, you could say she plays the role of a queen or empress.

But something different happened in this era.

“Manum Lapang. Did the moon really create all living things?”

“Do you really go to heaven when you die?”

“They say there are demons in the sky. What are they?”

As the regular curriculum was replaced by moral tales, children who truly believed in superstitions appeared. After some thought, Manum Lapang decided to deal with it simply.

“Of course. The original Datons were descendants of the moon… … .”

Just. At that time, I started to gather the stories that were spread around and actually spread them. This was, so to speak, Datan’s ‘mother’, who edited childcare materials for children. She collected fairy tales and gave Daton peace of mind… … .

At some point, the story you were telling becomes scripture.

The moral of the story becomes doctrine.

What was once mere philosophy becomes a truth that permeates the world.

Manum Lapang, who originally had the title of religious leader, may in some sense have become a real religious leader at this point.

Age of Faith. The Crescent Moon Faith spreads throughout Datang due to the truth that runs through the world, the interest of Castel Laurent in medicine rather than physics, the Anliers who are too busy with their own work, the stories that replace the curriculum, and above all, the fact that All Chaun neglected it because he thought, ‘Surely you wouldn’t really believe in such nonsense and superstition.’

And then, they collide.

“The only great being is the Moon of Life! We should serve the Moon, the mother of all life in the world, but let’s punish Baekkan and Erin who believe in gods that are not the same!”

“Waaaaaaaaaah!”

Fanaticism breeds hostility. In the age of faith, faith and ideology, born of the absurdity and inequality of the Datang, finally clash with foreign religions.

As mentioned earlier, the contact begins with Marech’s relief team.