Chapter 52 The Doctor
After Liu Yanzhi said this, no one was embarrassed to go to dinner. Lei Meng went downstairs to find the shopkeeper and took a photo on the counter, asking him to find the best doctor in the city.
When the shopkeeper saw Yin Yang's excellent appearance, his eyes lit up. He hurriedly called the waiter and sent him to find the doctor.
"Guest, what disease should I see?" the shopkeeper asked.
"My master fell down his head."
"There is a doctor Ding who can treat any disease, but the diagnosis fee is too expensive..."
"I'm rich!"
Half an hour later, the best doctor in Orie Mansion was invited to Gaosheng Inn. He wore a blue shirt, three long beards, and looked like a fairy-like bone. He first took Zhou Jiarui's pulse and diagnosed it, then asked when the accident happened, calculated his fingers, nodded, took out a silver needle and stabbed the injured person's head several times.
"Doctor, wake up my master, I will give you one hundred silver dollars." Lei Meng saw his calm look and thought he was saved, so he quickly promised a large sum of money.
Ding Langzhong stroked his beard and said calmly: "The trauma is easy to treat. I am afraid that the symptoms in the brain are not cured. I will prescribe another prescription for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Please take it and take it for a look." Then he picked up the brush and wrote a few lines of words such as Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dance.
After prescribing the prescription, the doctor left with a clear idea. He treated the dead horse as a living horse. Teacher Zhou's life may not be saved.
Lei Meng went to the medicine shop to grab the medicine according to the prescription, came to the medicine shop and handed the prescription over to the medicine shop. He sat in the hall and asked him who prescribed the prescription. He replied to Dr. Ding, and the other party nodded: "It's him who dares to prescribe such strong medicine."
"What is it written on it?" Lei Meng asked. Although he could recognize some words, he didn't understand what it meant.
The pharmacy shops are usually doctors who are proficient in the art of Ching. They briefly explained it to him, and they were all plant rhizomes that they had never heard of, as well as dried leeches.
After collecting a few medicines, I spent three silver dollars. Lei Meng took the medicine and left and entrusted it to the shopkeeper for the torture. Even if I took medicine, I spent less than five silver dollars in total. I also found a lot of copper coins, including Tongbao during the Xianfeng period of Daoguang, which had a square hole in the middle, and also had a mechanism to be the Ten-Men Guangxu copper coins.
The shopkeeper saw that the customers were generous and took the initiative to take on the job. He helped them ask for a meal at the nearby Tianxiangju Restaurant. Eight were hot and eight were cold, and even wine, rice was only one silver dollar. It was really cheap.
After the Chinese medicine was boiled, Liu Yan pried open Teacher Zhou's teeth and forced him to pour it. After the injection, he was still unconscious. Everyone took turns to take care of the work. It was already late and there were few pedestrians outside. Lei Meng and others had no interest in wandering, so they simply went back to their room to sleep.
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In the back house of the prefect's yamen, Prefect Lin sat in front of the table, twisted the pinion gears on the kerosene lamp, adjusted the length of the wick, and the flames in the glass cover became brighter. This was a Meifu brand foreign oil lamp, exquisite as a handicraft, and it was given for free by a foreign company. It didn't cost a penny, just buy their foreign oil.
Foreigners' things are good. Not only are foreign guns and cannons extremely sharp, but even foreign cloth is not as strong and cheap as Chinese local cloth, let alone industrial products such as foreign oil lamps. Prefect Lin was a knowledgeable man and understood the harm of foreign goods dumping to the Qing Dynasty. If this continues, the people will only become poorer and poorer, and the court's taxes will be less and less, and the Qing Dynasty will have a hard time.
Today, my baby daughter Lin Su came from the capital. Because his wife died early, Lin Huaiyuan loved this only daughter the most and had never reunited. He just married two concubines to serve the pillow. The capital was not peaceful, and Jiangdong was not peaceful. Boxers rampant all over the country. According to the old housekeeper, if the heroes on the road were not blocked, they would probably have had a big problem.
There was a letter on the table, which was sent by my father-in-law, who was a Jinshi from the age of Xianfeng. He was a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was implicated in the Reform Movement of 1898 and was demoted. Now his family is unemployed. He is very accurate in grasping the situation. The boxing people are rampant and lesson plans are frequent. This is the rhythm of storms, so he resolutely decided to tell his granddaughter to come from the capital to Ori.
The father-in-law also revealed a shocking news in his letter that Empress Dowager Cialis, Lord Empress Dowager, planned to depose Lord Guangxu and let Pu Jun, the son of King Duan Zaiyi, inherit the throne. The ministers from all countries expressed opposition. According to the temper of Empress Dowager Cialis, they were afraid that they would give foreigners some color.
Lin Huaiyuan stood up and walked a few steps, looked at the "Current Map" hanging on the wall, and couldn't help feeling sad. He was fed around the enemy, and China became fish on the chopping board. Even Japan, a small country in the east, could bully the Qing Dynasty. During the Sino-Japanese War, Taiwan was ceded and the compensation was huge. As a Qing official, he was heartbroken, but he was powerless.
If the reform of 1898 was successful, then the Qing Dynasty would be another scene. The emperor was young and strong, worked hard to govern and followed the Meiji Restoration in Japan. The Qing Dynasty was vast and wealthy. As long as the top and bottom were united, it would not take many years to surpass Japan and become one of the most powerful people.
Unfortunately, the emperor was imprisoned in Yingtai, and these ideas can only be the water moon mirror flower.
"Dad, you haven't rested yet, it's already the second update." The daughter's coquettish voice came. Lin Huaiyuan looked over and saw Lin Su standing at the door wearing clothes, with concern on her face.
"Dad still has some official documents to be approved. You can go to bed quickly." Lin Huaiyuan said.
"No, I want to accompany my father." Lin Su walked over and helped his father make tea. After thinking about it, he said, "Father, I want to practice martial arts."
"Okay, let Zhao Yuchen find a female escort from his escort agency to teach you how to practice martial arts." Lin Huaiyuan spoiled his daughter, and as long as it was a reasonable request, he would never spare any effort to satisfy her.
Lin Su blinked and said, "Dad, today I encountered a dangerous situation on the road. Thanks to the help of a hero I didn't know, otherwise my daughter would not see you. You have always taught your daughter to be grateful for your kindness and repay your kindness with a drop of water, let alone the kindness of saving your life. You must not thank others."
Lin Huaiyuan smiled and said, "It's okay. Tomorrow, I'll send someone to them, have a banquet, and give me some silver."
Lin Su wanted to speak but stopped. She wanted to invite "Zhao Zilong" to be her martial arts teacher, but men and women were very defensive and could not speak.
The daughter's little thoughts cannot be hidden from being a father. Lin Huaiyuan has heard from the butler that the young man named Liu is very skilled in martial arts and can be called Zhao Zilong's rebirth. He has some ideas. If he is a knowledgeable person, he might as well give him a background and be an official in the government office.
Lin Su is eighteen years old and it’s time to find a family in the family. There are several young men from the local area who are of equal status, so it’s time to consider their daughter’s marriage.
"Go to bed quickly." Lin Huaiyuan patted his daughter's head and looked at her lovingly.
Lin Su went to bed obediently. Prefect Lin took the sword from the wall, walked to the atrium, danced his sword under the moonlight, and his ambition to serve the country was all transformed into this sword shadow.
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Early in the morning, Liu Yan sat down beside Teacher Zhou's bed and dozed off. Suddenly, he noticed that the wounded on the bed seemed to have moved. When he looked closely, Zhou Jiarui's fingers were moving slightly and his lips were moving, as if he wanted to speak.
"Master, are you awake?" Liu Yanzhi leaned forward and asked.
"Qing Dynasty, I'm here, here..." Zhou Jiarui's mind was not very clear, but being able to speak proved that his injury had improved a lot.
Liu Yanzhi woke Lei Meng and others up and came to the window together. Everyone was very excited, but the efforts to completely awaken Zhou Jiarui were vain. The injured man seemed to be confused and in a state of chaos.
Lei Meng slapped his thigh: "The Chinese medicine has come into effect, let's find the doctor yesterday!"
A quarter of an hour later, the doctor was brought from home by Lei Meng. After seeing Zhou Jiarui's condition, he gave him a few injections and said, "It's been a big improvement. Take some decoctions and acupuncture every day. It may be better in three or five years."
Three or five years! Lei Meng widened his eyes, thought about opening the cabinet, and took out a string of pearls.
"Miscellaneous Doctor, please think of a solution. Can it be cured in a month? You can take this string of beads first, don't be polite."
Dr. Ding refused to accept it. The inn shopkeeper who was watching the fun at the door was straightened. He was a string of big Dongzhu! They were all round and full, and even money could not buy them.
"Doctors are parents. I will not keep any help if they can cure him. I will come again tomorrow." Dr. Ding left and waited for Lei Meng to send someone back. The shopkeeper stopped him and smiled with a smile on his face: "Guest, I will introduce you to a good doctor."
"you say."
"The witch Wang in the east of the city is more magnificent than the genius doctor Ding. He drank her talisman water to cure all diseases."
"Tsk, go there." Lei Meng brushed his sleeves upstairs, walked to the halfway stairs, turned his head and said, "Shopkeeper, please help me find a few people to take care of our master, the price is easy to discuss."
"Okay, I'll cover it with me." The shopkeeper smiled happily again.
Within three minutes, the shopkeeper found three people, two idle men, and a woman in her thirties. The man could take care of Mr. Zhou, turning over and peeing and shit, and the woman could decoct medicine and cook, and each person's daily wage was a hanging of money.
A hanging coin is one thousand copper coins. Usually one tael of silver can be exchanged for seven or eight hundred to one thousand two or three copper coins. The exchange rate is not fixed. Silver dollars are stronger than silver ingots, and one can be exchanged for one hanging coin.
Lei Meng thought that when his elders were hospitalized, the price of nursing care was not low. These three people only had to give three silver dollars a day, which was so cheap that he agreed immediately. He didn't see the shopkeeper's face, and he didn't know that he had been fooled.
The cheapest thing these days is manpower. It is only three taels of silver for a month to hire a servant. The shopkeeper saw that they were so rich that they were stupid and generous. The lion asked for a sky-high price. Unexpectedly, he agreed immediately. Most of the three silver dollars this day belonged to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was ecstatic, and went downstairs to hum a little song and pluck the abacus. Suddenly, the curtain was raised, and the yamen runner who was wearing a cold hat and a zither suit, and holding a knife in his hand.
"It's the third master, why are you free?" The shopkeeper said hello quickly. Zhang Laosan, the head of the soap team of the government office, came. Who doesn't know him on the street?
Zhang Laosan put the official knife on the counter and asked, "Did four people come to stay in the hotel last night? They came from another country with a Beijing accent."
The shopkeeper changed his face and whispered: "I've seen it a long time ago that they are big thieves, the third master, right upstairs, be careful and make a big move."
Zhang Laosan said: "Don't you go, what a big thief, that's our Lord Lin's distinguished guest. I'm here to send invitations. The prefect prepared a banquet at Yuejiang Tower and wanted to invite some masters to have a drink."
Chapter completed!