Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Emergency Situation

Clearly Miss Edith's board game that shocking so.

I also slightly played a trick there.

Ideas like introducing a small hand-flip scoreboard that can flip with hands to help convenience etc.

Miss Edith also understood well soon.

Because an item already used in sports events where scores important like cricket or tennis.

But using that in board games correct a fresh and bold application even by current era standards.

There also advised to trim the board design a bit neatly, raise the visibility of letters, and fix illustrations too. And cut out a few rules looking complex or unnecessary.

Since directly saw the improved Edward Game v1.1 version like that, how surprised?

"Jean, Jean-Paul Durand Teacher! What on earth is that game?! No, more than that please mass produce that quickly! That game must be distributed in London... Hmm?!"

"Wait a moment. This side matter more important."

I raised the hand and blocked Mr. Doyle's mouth.

No time to deal with him now.

No, rather the studio matter ambitiously trying to push seemed blocked!

Because of another uninvited guest who panted and ran into my office a few tens of seconds earlier than Mr. Doyle.

He was Mr. Salvatore of the East End Luca Family. He ran into my office and poured out a shocking story.

A feeling that if by any chance today's evening newspaper headline will be plastered with this talk!

"...Smell from the water? From when?"

"That not even a few days... Even trying to endure a mess! Can't somehow?! The high person in the country I know only you Jean so came like this disregarding shame! Reporting to the police station side only saying simply wait that!"

"Hmm."

I crossed arms and briefly inhaled.

No abnormality in the water here yet.

Although a field I don't know well, somehow a problem arose in the East End side water supply facilities no doubt.

I pondered carefully.

Most of London's water supply currently privatized and all operated divided by private companies, by any chance a problem arose there?

"Did you protest to the company?"

"Hmm, a few East End residents gathered and seemed visited, seemed chased out! Seeing mounted police gathered nearby the company side also seems knowing the problem. But the reaction gradually becoming serious... If like this a riot might occur!"

Riot?! That absolutely can't!

If a riot occurs once the East End manpower recruitment plan of the Nutella industrial complex just starting construction also together ruined!

That is no way Chairman Balfour will just watch employing unstable manpower enough to cause a riot with national money.

What crisis this as soon as taking office as chairman?!

I decided to look into the situation a bit more in detail.

"On earth what smell from the water?"

"That, in fact our side area okay. But the outskirts area water very serious. I directly smelled, so bad couldn't even drink! Seems the water spoiled."

"Water won't spoil that quickly...?"

"Yes, I also thought so, but hearing the talk seems not a one or two day problem. Became serious only now. Seemed a disease circulated once too."

Disease?! Disease?

I cut the words and asked.

"Disease, what disease...?"

"Well, seemed people who suffered scary diseases like dysentery or cholera. No money so couldn't call a doctor so foolishly just lying sick in place so rumors didn't spread until now!"

"Dysentery?! Cholera?!"

Those waterborne diseases, right?!

At this point not a problem to dismiss as simple bad smell degree.

Clearly a problem arose in the water quality there no doubt.

No, honestly speaking a matter of having to look around all London water.

All water used in the lower region of the British Isles including London hard water.

What is hard water means mineral water with plenty of calcium and magnesium etc. entered. This no choice. Because the geology of the British Isles mainly composed of limestone and chalk. Britain a serious hard water country even in Europe.

Meaning surroundings all limestone fields.

For reference Korea's water is soft water. Korea mostly granite areas so water cleanly filtered. Similarly Scotland also mostly granite or metamorphic rock so soft water came out.

Of course even drinking hard water a lifetime no health abnormalities arise. If so Britons should have all died long ago.

Just water taste a bit astringent, when cooking taste a bit less, high ion concentration interferes so salt or other seasonings don't dissolve properly, vegetables become tough when boiling, leaves dirty water stains on tableware or pots etc. degree?

I also because of that disliked at the restaurant not one or two times.

Ah, for reference if boiling green tea with hard water the taste becomes strange. Just all tea boiled with hard water basically becomes astringent that see. Britons drinking black tea with milk also in fact because of that. Have to pay a bit more attention than when boiling with soft water.

I also if no experience of the previous life hard to realize this difference. Now used to so not particularly relation, but realized one aspect of why British cooking not delicious.

If water wrong food also ruined. Half of food taste is water taste.

Mr. Doyle who was watching our conversation intervened.

"But London water supply thoroughly managing. There's also the warning of the 1858 Great Stink incident, right?"

"Great Stink incident...?"

"Yes, in the past heard sent Thames River water as is to the water supply without purifying like now. There sewage water mixed so water with tremendous bad smell supplied that heard. Because the Thames River flow speed very slow. Of course I also didn't experience. Heard from mother."

I slightly counterargued to him.

"Hmm, but if hard water no choice, right? Originally such water. Because hard water natural."

"Hard water... Suddenly why hard water... Is hard water becoming a problem?"

"No way not a problem, right? Hard water."

"Really hard water was becoming a problem?!"

Why so surprised?!

Don't know well the difference between hard water and soft water?

Well lived drinking only hard water a lifetime so natural not knowing well.

I decided to inform these people the problems of hard water.

"When purifying river water make water stagnate a certain part, right?"

"So."

"Then the lime mixed in hard water will precipitate on the bottom, right?"

"Well, heard so in principle."

"That's the problem. Because of the precipitated lime a fine rough surface is made on the bottom. Then organic matter also easy to accumulate. But because of purification the water will continuously stagnate in one place, and if not cleaning in time can rot. That probably the cause of the bad smell. Don't know but the degree can't drink correct."

"I-really?! Indeed thinking about it seems so. How on earth does Teacher know that...?"

Oops, this too future knowledge?!

Thought already universalized content with the common sense I know, but seemed not so at the current point.

If explaining deeper for nothing might receive strange gazes.

I didn't say more particularly, and decided to naturally turn the topic.

"Ah, knowledge obtained while researching cooking. In the kitchen always have to wipe cleanly so lime doesn't accumulate on tableware. If even a bit neglecting cleaning the smell comes out quickly."

"T-that so. Haha, hahaha."

"Ha, haha, right. So purify water supply water with chlorine, right. Even just pouring chlorine a bit better. Probably a problem arose in that process."

"C-come a moment. Chlorine...?"

"Yes, chlorine."

"Chlorine?! Pouring chlorine in water and purifying?! Talking about the chemical chlorine correct? That medicine with the strange smell!"

"Uh... Not, not pouring chlorine in water?"

"Teacher seems mistaken something. Haven't heard the talk of using chlorine at London waterworks? If putting such chemical medicine in water all London will flip."

This time conversely I was surprised.

No, not disinfecting water supply with chlorine that talk?!

Then the water I've been eating drinking and cooking until now...?

I was just drinking the dirty water of the Thames River?!

This clearly a gap that arose because I was a modern person in the previous life.

I naturally thought the water supply doing even disinfection.

No, London water supply comes out well from any house and no smell so believed already thoroughly purifying water!

Moreover when going to St. Louis Hospital remembered seeing the appearance of disinfecting sheets with chlorine dilution. So thought chlorine disinfection naturally universalized common sense.

No way not using chlorine!

Somehow that subtle swimming pool smell not coming from the water!

I briefly sighed and organized thoughts. First soothing and sending Mr. Salvatore the urgent matter.

"That problem I'll somehow solve within a few days. So please well soothe the people of the East End. There will definitely be a solution method."

"Really?! Among what you guaranteed no wrong so will believe. Please."

After Mr. Salvatore returned, Mr. Doyle looked at me with worried eyes.

"Teacher Durand, how planning to solve? Surely not really thinking of putting chlorine in water..."

"Surely is surely. There will be effect. Saw disinfecting with chlorine at the hospital last time, right? Hospitals also use chlorine for sterilization or bleaching purposes. The words a verified method."

"Hmm. So? I missed that scene."

"Otherwise how hospital sheets so white? All thanks to chlorine."

"Indeed... Teacher Durand always rich in knowledge from unexpected places. Amazing."

I shrugged the shoulders and lifted the telephone.

In this situation putting my name and urging countermeasures to the Department of Food Innovation or police station, Board of Trade not a particularly good method.

Rather for me just pretending not to know better.

If Jean-Paul Durand even solves the London water problem? That really an achievement that will be greatly reported in the newspaper, right?!

Seeing Mr. Doyle's reaction clearly not yet introduced chlorine disinfection method to the water supply.

But since already using chlorine at hospitals ultimately introduction a matter of time that saw.

Well hesitating the decision due to problems like smell or stability tests, right.

Then my role simple.

No need for me to step forward directly. Instead giving a hint so someone influential presents the solution to this problem.

Poke the butt with a needle.

Who is there?!

First a person who accurately knows the fact that chlorine plays a powerful disinfectant role chemically, and can present that as a direct solution to the government.

Among my acquaintances exactly one such person.

The founder of aseptic method, and the promoter of our welfare foundation.

Dean of King's College Medical School, Sir Joseph Lister.

I called Sir Lister through the operator.

Fortunately he was sitting in the dean's office.

"This is Jean-Paul Durand."

- Aah, Sir Durand! Long time since seeing at the investiture! Really enjoyed fun that day! That cooking you proposed, really delicious that talk! Okay to visit your restaurant? In the middle of stomping feet wanting to taste again!

"Ah, come anytime. That well, if Sir Lister always welcome."

- Really! No taking back! But what matter? First time calling like this.

I briefly explained the situation to him.

A problem arose in the East End water, so can't solve that with chlorine disinfection.

Also added the story of receiving deep impression from Sir Lister's aseptic method about the chlorine disinfection method.

And in this part better if the super expert Sir Lister rather than me a non-expert first strongly proposes the opinion.

"In fact, because a field I don't know well. But if Sir Lister directly speaks as an expert more trust, right?"

At my request he didn't particularly harbor suspicion.

Probably because knowing I'm already actively active at the Board of Trade or Department of Food Innovation, seemed accepted this call simply as a request for countermeasure discussion degree.

- Sterilization disinfection through chlorine! Heard the content. About 7 or 8 years ago did the same content experiment in Hamburg Germany, and heard succeeded! Looking with a microscope the microorganisms in the water cleanly disappeared that! Chlorine! A good solution, right! Moreover nowadays can simply produce chlorine with electrolysis. Meaning easy to secure!

Ah, already someone did the experiment first?!

Then an unparalleled good situation.

The talk of possibility of solving even without Jean-Paul Durand specially intervening!

So I also mood became comfortable.

- If the problem occurred only in the East End, probably high possibility a problem arose in the Lea River. In case will tell our university's research team to confirm. Only one problem...

Problem?! Now what problem?!

- If putting chlorine a severe smell comes from the water. If not solving that will call greater opposition. Because many citizens will regard the chlorine smell as nasty.

Ah, that swimming pool smell. That exactly an easy and simple solution.

"How about using activated carbon? Clump activated carbon and lay as a filter under the purification tank."

- Activated carbon...?

"Uh, not called so? High heat treated charcoal, adsorption power strong so probably will suck even the smell of chlorine all. Even simply trying probably will work?"

- T-that thought didn't have! Indeed, seems will have effect! Will make experiment right away! Charcoal! Indeed, there was a record of using charcoal for water purification even in ancient Rome. Clearly might have effect!

This much clearly remembered. Did various experiments with chlorine and activated carbon saying will test the taste of Seoul water supply water.

Chlorine purifies the water. And activated carbon reacts with the settled chlorine and reduces chlorine to chloride ions. Then the chlorine smell disappears.

The basic principle of modern water supply systems. Already knew this intuitively even in ancient Rome.

Then problem solved. Profit, right?

- C-come a moment. One more problem! I'll propose, but probably won't be able to persuade!

"Why, why?!"

- Confirmed chlorine no problem to physical health, but the science community hasn't yet confirmed the exact amount! If a water source problem, that rather a bigger problem. Whether okay to drink drinking water with chlorine put, if okay how much to put, haven't decided the standard for that yet that talk! No matter how testing about that part no correct answer! That much someone has to make a political decision!