Chapter 160: Infectious Diseases and Hygiene (1)
A crisis can sometimes be a turning point in life for those who are prepared.
For instance, when a pandemic struck, causing middle-class and working-class Americans to dive into the Hudson River en masse in despair, billionaires doubled their fortunes. Similarly, during the IMF crisis, those who foresaw the signs and hoarded cash to buy up real estate ended up sitting on mountains of wealth.
“A crisis is a blessing for some,” they say.
Those who profited back then probably couldn’t understand the lamentations of those devastated by the pandemic or the IMF crisis.
It’s reminiscent of how the British Empire, in its glory days, starved millions to death in Ireland by forcing them to grow only potatoes for "efficient management" (exploitation) and carried out heinous acts through the East India Company—yet for the British, these remain as “glorious accomplishments of their ancestors.”
“No matter how corrupt I might be, I wouldn’t stoop to spreading a plague in my own country for profit...”
But some fools, acting on their own whims, have disrupted my plans and spread a plague.
And I can't miss the opportunity to turn this to my advantage.
No, perhaps this is my chance to send all those bastards to meet Deus himself—it would be the proper way of the Jianghu.
“Chloe, I have something I’d like you to do.”
Hearing my words, Chloe smiled slightly, as if intrigued. But upon seeing my extremely serious expression, she responded earnestly.
“Yes, Master.”