Chapter 2 Acquisitions
"The noodles are ready, the noodles are ready."
As Li Ang closed and locked the wooden box containing all the money, Chai Cuiqiao also came out of the kitchen holding two bowls of hot egg noodles.
The master and the servant ate noodles, probably because they were poor and afraid when they were young. Chai Cuiqiao had a great appetite, and even if it was just light noodles without oil, she was full of joy and squeaked.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
Li Ang reminded with a smile, Chai Cuiqiao continued to scoop up the noodles with a "huh", mouthful of noodles and vegetables, until there was only a whole poached egg and a small amount of soup left in the bowl, and then reluctantly bit off The crispy edge of the poached egg is finished with the soup.
"Boom, boom."
The knock on the door interrupted the tranquility at the moment, Li Ang frowned slightly, and looked at the door of the security hall.
The filial piety period has just passed, who will visit?
He turned his head and glanced at Chai Cuiqiao, who immediately understood, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up, lifted the wooden box full of coins from the ground, and walked to the backyard.
After Chai Cuiqiao left, Li Ang cleared his throat, walked to the door, and asked, "Who is it?"
"Is the gentleman of the Li family here? This is Yu Jie, a man from the Qing'an Hall in the east of the city. Brother Li can call me Yu Liu."
The voice outside the door said: "My lord sent me to bring you the gift box that was distributed at the Xinglin meeting a few days ago."
"Your husband? Qing'an Hall?"
Li Ang narrowed his eyes, Qing'an hall in the east of the city, like Bao'an hall, is a pharmacy and medical center. The owner's surname is Yu, and his first name is Miaoshui. He is a very popular "Fu doctor" in Weizhou city.
Fuyi does not mean that he is from Fuzhou, or a person who is blessed, but a doctor who is "blessed".
Li Ang grew up in a medical clinic and has a deep understanding of the medical system of this era.
Yu State medical resources can be divided into official and non-governmental categories as a whole.
The official ones are headed by the Chang'an Imperial Medical Office, Dianzhong Provincial Shangyao Bureau, and Yaozang Bureau. The Shangyao Bureau and Yaozang Bureau served the emperor and the prince respectively, and sometimes obeyed the emperor's arrangement to treat diseases for princes, ministers and harem concubines.
The Imperial Medical Administration is in charge of national medical administration and medical education.
These three central institutions are well-organized and have concentrated medical elites. The medical level is second to none in the world, but correspondingly, the local medical level in Yu State is backward.
In the former Sui Dynasty, "Yan's Family Instructions" Volume 5 "Saving Trouble" describes people who are "expert but not skilled" in this way-"Divination and shooting are six to three, medicine is ten to five, music is under dozens of people, and bows and arrows are under thousands of people. middle"
Sun Simiao, the medical sage of the dynasty, also said bluntly in "Prescriptions for Prescriptions for Prescriptions for Preparing Thousands of Gold Original Preface": "Today's doctors only know the prescriptions for pulse diagnosis and don't ignore the seasons for picking herbs. It is because of this that ten people cannot cure five or six people.”
Treat ten but not five or six, that is to say, the cure rate of most doctors is below 50%.
You must know that the medical system in this era lacks sufficient and detailed data references, such as the patient's constitution, age, physical condition, specific disease types, severity of symptoms before seeking medical treatment, and length of disease course.
Many diseases can be healed by patients with their own body resistance, and this part of the population is also counted in the cases of successful cures. That is to say, the true cure rate of most doctors will continue to be underestimated.
The mediocrity of physicians as a whole severely dampens the enthusiasm of the public to seek medical advice, so that a large number of classics criticize and ridicule this.
"Hanshu·Yiwenzhi": ". and those who lose their properness, use heat to benefit heat, use cold to increase cold, and the internal damage of essence and qi cannot be seen outside. This is the only loss. Therefore, the proverb says, "If you are sick and can't be cured, you often get Chinese medicine .'"
This folk proverb has been passed down for a long time, which refers to the fact that if you die of a disease, you can get a moderate level of treatment. No matter what, it is better than being misdiagnosed by a quack doctor and killing you.
"Although minor illnesses cannot be completely cured, it is wise to take evil medicine by mistake."
In essence, it is out of distrust and ridicule of quack doctors - as for the so-called "persuading people not to take medicine indiscriminately, pay attention to the unity of nature and man, and heal naturally", it is a misinterpretation of this sarcastic statement, and it is a compliment .
In short, the overall level of medical treatment in Yu State is backward, which has led to all kinds of chaos. When many civilians get sick, they copy the "New Bodhisattva Sutra" and "Exhortation to Good Sutra" at home, hoping to get rid of diseases by copying Buddhist scriptures and doing good deeds.
Copying Buddhist scriptures without going to see a doctor is naturally waiting for death, but it is not easy to go there if you believe in medical books. prescription.
For example, the "Supplements to Materia Medica" compiled in the early days of this dynasty claimed that "human flesh can cure diseases (probably referring to tuberculosis, which led to "the folks used their parents' diseases to shave their buttocks", and killed countless filial sons and daughters. A benevolent mother and benevolent father.
All of the above situations have given birth to the emergence of "blessed doctors", that is, "blessed doctors".
This kind of doctor has no medical skills at all, but because of a coincidence, he "cured" several patients (probably relying on the patient's own constitution to heal himself), and has since become popular and sought after by all. There are thousands of people rushing to buy it, regardless of whether it is symptomatic or not.
If the patient takes the medicine and the disease is cured, it is the doctor's blessing. The medicine is transmitted to the patient and the patient is cured.
And if the patient does not get better after taking the medicine, it is fate.
Even if the patient dies, he can't blame others.
Arguing otherwise, Fuzhou Medical is invincible.
Yu Miaoshui is a typical Fu doctor.
Six years ago, he was just a wandering doctor who was so poor that he couldn't even afford twenty cents. He was living in the city of Yunzhou in ragged clothes. He cured hundreds of patients, and since then he has become famous and made a lot of money every day.
And his so-called magic medicine is mung bean soup.
That's right, Yu Miaoshui only prescribed one blind prescription at the beginning, mung bean soup.
Abdominal pain in children? Drink mung bean soup.
Have a headache? Drink mung bean soup.
Uneven Qi and blood? Drink mung bean soup.
Gynecological diseases? Drink mung bean soup.
In the city of Yizhou, there is the Xinglin Society (a guild formed spontaneously by folk doctors).
Facing Yu Miaoshui who came from out of town and who was unruly and blatantly cheated foolish men and women, the doctors of Xinglin Society were naturally resentful at first, and wanted to teach him a lesson.
However, with the passage of time, there are more and more people who claim to drink mung bean soup all day long and feel that their physique is getting better and better. The doctors of the Xinglin Society couldn't help muttering.
Physicians with low skills are skeptical, thinking that Yu Miaoshui may be a truly blessed "Fu Yi".
And a doctor with a higher level, even though he knows that Yu Miaoshui is deceiving the world, can't stop the fanaticism of foolish men and women-patients will produce evidence for Yu Miaoshui to prove it. It is said in ancient books that mung beans are sweet and cool, boiled Food clears the gallbladder and nourishes the stomach, relieves summer heat and quenches thirst, facilitates urination, relieves dysentery, thickens the stomach, improves eyesight, cures head wind and headache, relieves vomiting, treats acne and swelling, relieves swelling
If eating mung bean soup is not good, it is not eating enough.
Yu Miaoshui knew how to seize the opportunity. After becoming a "Fu doctor" by selling mung bean soup, he accepted it as soon as it was good. With the first bucket of money, he bought a store in Weizhou City, opened a pharmacy and medical center, and really hired a doctor. Dr. Langzhong is in the clinic, and he himself is not usually in the clinic, or he talks about the theory that "mung bean soup cures all diseases".
Li Ang quickly went through the background of Yu Miaoshui in his mind, and silently "tsk" in his heart, reached out to remove the latch, and opened the door.
He didn't have any affection for this kind of charlatan who deceived the world, but it was beyond his expectation that Xinglin Club let Yu Miaoshui join.
During the four months of mourning, what happened outside?
"Yu Liulang, right?"
Li Ang nodded to the boy in gray clothes outside the door, "Something from the Xinglin Club."
"At this."
Yu Liu smiled and offered a wooden box with a corner inlaid with copper with both hands.
Li Ang took the wooden box and opened it, glanced at it, and found that it was the same as the gift box given out at every regular meeting of the Xinglin Club in the past, containing small gifts such as saltpeter and Codonopsis ginseng.
"Thank you very much."
Li Ang closed the wooden box, glanced at Yu Liu who was standing still, and frowned, "Is there anything else?"
"Cough, it is like this."
Yu Liu arched his hands, pretending to be hesitant and said: "My lord wants me to ask you, recently. Is there any willingness to sell the Baoantang store?"
"What?"
Li Ang narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand to pinch the door frame, and said coldly: "No, walk slowly, I won't see you off."
Seeing that Li Ang was about to close the door, Yu Liu hurriedly said: "My husband is willing to pay 180,000 yuan to buy Baoantang!"
180,000, or 180 guan, is enough to buy 40 to 50 acres of medium-sized farmland outside the city, or to buy two houses of the same size in a slightly remote location in Yunzhou City.
boom!
The door was closed directly, Yu Liu gritted his teeth and stamped his feet outside the door, "180,000 yuan, plus a house in the city."
"I won't sell it for as much as I can,"
Li Ang said indifferently, "Go back."
"you"
Yu Liu took a deep breath, calmed down, cupped his hands outside the door, and said, "Then my lord will come to visit later today, let him have an interview with you in person."
After finishing speaking, he pursed his lips tightly, shook his sleeves and left, throwing a cold "wait and see" into the wind.
Li Ang heard the sound of footsteps gradually moving away from outside, turned around with a cold expression, and put the gift box on the counter.
"gone?"
Chai Cuiqiao's little head popped out from behind the bead curtain, "What's the matter, Yu Miaoshui wants to buy our house?"
"It's probably because of this facade."
Li Ang waved his hand and said, "This street along the river is near the Weishui Bridge, and is very popular. If Yu Miaoshui wants to go further, he has to move here from the east of the city."
"That"
"Of course you can't sell it to him."
Li Ang sneered and said: "As soon as the mourning period was over, the servants were sent to inquire about the price. It is clear that I have not reached the championship and have no ability to earn a living.
They all run medical centers and pharmacies, and the turnover and net income can be known by a little calculation of the traffic.
I’m afraid he thought we didn’t have much savings, and he would sell it to him without hesitation, right?
Hmph, Yu Miaoshui has business acumen, but no medical heart and ethics. If he finds a good land, he will only help the evildoers. "
"Yeah. This guy is too bad"
Chai Chai nodded in agreement, and swung his small fist into the air a few times, as if trying to hammer Yu Miaoshui to death from the air.
'not to mention'
Li Ang walked to the table, picked up the cold tea, stared at it for a moment, drank it in one gulp, and said silently in his heart: 'There is still a secret in this security hall. '
Li Ang remembered very clearly that the first time he awakened the memory of the other world was after drinking the water from the well in the backyard four months ago.
Although it is not clear whether there is really any connection between the two, it is related to my biggest secret, and I cannot take this risk anyway.
(end of this chapter)