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Chapter 53
This middle-aged doctor's surname is Zhen, and he has taken in many apprentices before, and those apprentices were sent away when something happened to his family.
Some came from the village and went home to join their biological parents.
Some of those who were in the city and had parents and relatives also went home. Even if Dr. Zhen didn't let them go out to avoid the disaster, they didn't want to be implicated by Dr. Zhen.
But there are two little apprentices who are orphans and have nowhere to go after the accident. He wants to send these two little apprentices to other medical centers as apprentices. Other medical centers don't want to cause trouble, so they don't accept them.
Now they are doing coolies carrying sacks and can earn hard money a day. They say they will come back to help Master after earning money.
Dr. Zhen interceded with Boss Cheng: "My two little apprentices are sixteen and seventeen years old this year. They were adopted by me. They were only six years old before I adopted them. I saw their two brothers begging on the road and felt pitiful.I took them back to be apprentices, they are clever, although they are young, but they have already learned six or seven points of my skills, can Boss Cheng take pity on them, find them, and take them away together?"
When Boss Cheng heard this, he was ecstatic. This time, the concubine asked him to bring at least four doctors back.
He asked Dr. Zhen, "Can your son be good at medicine?"
Dr. Zhen nodded repeatedly and pulled his son and daughter to the front. The son is seventeen years old and the daughter is twelve years old.sharp."
Speaking of this, he sighed. Their family used to be a master of medical skills, but there was an uncle who played money in his father's generation. That uncle lost nearly half of the family business. His father separated from the family in a fit of anger, and his father took care of him.Parents, his uncle shared some money and was kicked out of the house, but it didn't take long for him to hear that his uncle had been cut off and bled to death.
Who knew that it was his turn to meet another prodigal son, and he suspected that his uncle had reincarnated as his son to collect debts.
Boss Cheng was a little worried, and asked him whether this son or the two apprentices had ever gambled, right?Boss Cheng didn't want to cause trouble for the princess.
"No betting, they don't gamble." Dr. Zhen waved his hands quickly, hearing the word bet, the three of them couldn't help but shiver.
Seeing them like this, Boss Cheng felt relieved, asked the location of their apprentices, and asked him to write a hand letter to bring them over. He secretly brought the two apprentices here and asked them to hide together in a carriage.
Every time he came to the store before, he didn't bring this kind of carriage that could sit people. They were all mule carts and horse carts for goods, without sheds, and people could sit directly on the carriages.
This time he came here to help the concubine invite the Langzhong back, so he specially drove a better carriage to show his sincerity.
At first I thought the carriage would be useless, but now it is full of people, and the task has been overfulfilled, maybe the princess will still praise him.
He went back to the city happily, as if he was returning home in good clothes.
After he entered the city, he didn't even return home, and asked his subordinates to bring back the goods. He drove Dr. Zhen's family to the palace to look for Luo Zining in a carriage.
It just so happened that Luo Zining was at home during this period. On the one hand, he was giving lessons to those few people, on the other hand, he wanted to see the workers repairing the palace, and on the other hand, he asked the family servants to help grow vegetables under his command.
Corn, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, he grows six kinds of vegetables at a time, all of which are not available locally or even in the whole country.
The rest of the varieties here are the same when bought from outside.
He couldn't get away, so he didn't run out. When Boss Cheng came, he was trying to grow potatoes with his trousers rolled up. Huo Lingzhi sat aside and looked at his snow-white calf with dissatisfaction on his face, thinkingRemind him that there are still so many people watching, how decent is it to show your calf?
The weather has been hot recently, although it is not as hot as in summer, but it is still hot at noon and people are sweating. Some of the teenagers who were sent to farm the fields even took off their shoes and rolled up their sleeves.
But Huo Lingzhi no matter what other people are, his eyes are all Luo Zining, Luo Zining is so beautiful, his skin is so white, if exposed to others, it will definitely make people think about it, he wants to remind but thinks that Luo ZiningWill get angry, feel that he is deliberately finding fault and quarreling with him, so he has been patient.
In fact, he was the only one who was thinking about it, and those straight boys next to him didn't take it seriously at all.
When Luo Zining heard that Boss Cheng was back and brought the doctor back, he excitedly washed the dirt off his feet with water and quickly ran over.
Going to the living room outside, he saw Boss Cheng leading several people back, and he was very happy. There are too few local doctors, and now so many doctors came at once, which saved a lot of trouble.
When Dr. Zhen's family saw Luo Zining's attire, coarse linen clothes, splashes of mud and dust all over his body, they were a little unsure who Luo Zining was.
Looking at the clothes, could it be a servant of the palace doing chores?However, his looks and demeanor were not the same, no matter how he looked and demeanor he looked like a young master from a scholarly family.
Is it like them, down and out?So can only come to the palace to be a servant?
Although he was wearing coarse linen clothes, he looked very good, his face was rosy, and he looked very happy. It seemed that the life in the palace was quite nourishing.
They were thinking about it when they saw Boss Cheng stepping forward to salute, "Princess, why are you dressed like this?"
Luo Zining patted the soil on his body, "I built a vegetable garden in the mansion, and it's interesting to see them plant it, so I couldn't help but plant a few."
As he said, he rubbed his red palms, "Who knows how many blisters appeared in my hands in just a while."
"You are precious, don't do that kind of rough work." Boss Cheng hurriedly called Dr. Zhen over, "This is the doctor I invited for you, let him show you."
Dr. Zhen and his family were dumbfounded. This is the princess?
The princess turned out to be a man?!I heard before that the prince killed eight people in one go for the princess, and even killed Chu Liu in their city. At that time, he always heard people speculate about what kind of peerless beauty the princess must be. When saw him today, he was indeedPeerless, just a man.
Dr. Zhen and his family quickly saluted the princess, and then hurried forward to help look at the blisters in Luo Zining's hands.
When he was treating Luo Zining, Luo Zining heard what Boss Cheng said about Dr. Zhen's experience, and the more he heard it, the more familiar he became. Why is this Dr. Zhen so similar to the doctor who treated Huo Lingzhi's leg in the original text?
He remembered that it was mentioned in the original text that there was an imperial doctor in Dr. Zhen's ancestors, and then the family gradually became lonely. In Dr. Zhen's generation, because his son gambled, he lost all his family money and got into trouble. Later, the family hid in the countryside.Later, there was a natural disaster over there, and their family fled here again. Huo Lingzhi's subordinates rescued Dr. Zhen's family, and Dr. Zhen treated Huo Lingzhi's leg.
However, the book said that although Dr. Zhen was dressed poorly, he looked like a tall man. Looking at it now, he looks like an ordinary middle-aged man, and he doesn't look like a tall man. At least a tall man must be an old man with a white beard.
Luo Zining tentatively asked about the situation of Dr. Zhen's family. He didn't directly ask Dr. Zhen if he could heal his legs, and whether there was a doctor in his family.Big, later your uncle lost half of his family property in gambling, and your family’s medical clinic was so big before, there must have been some kind of genius doctor?"
When Dr. Zhen heard this, he said proudly: "My ancestors gave birth to an imperial doctor. Later, when the dynasties changed, my ancestors escaped from the palace in order to avoid disaster, and opened a medical clinic here..."
He told a very long story, Luo Zining listened carefully, and felt that it was this person!He can heal Huo Lingzhi's leg!
He was ecstatic, if Huo Ling's leg healed, why would he be afraid of the emperor?
However, although he was excited, he didn't ask Dr. Zhen to treat the prince's leg injury right away. The first time we met, it wasn't like the book said that he was saving Dr. Zhen's life. What if he treated the prince's leg?It's not good if it gets out.
"You stay in the palace for the time being. Dr. Zhen will treat the people in the mansion. Both of your apprentices and your son can see the doctor. Then one will go to Boss Cheng's winery, one to my brick factory, and one to my brick factory.Go to the textile factory, and your daughter should be trained well. In a few years, when she is older, go to the textile factory to replace your son. After all, there are all female workers there. It will be more convenient for your daughter to see a doctor for them in the past.I will also open other factories, and your son and daughter can't be short of jobs."
Luo Zining arranged it like this, and called Uncle Chen, "Arrange a larger courtyard for them first, and then send two maids to take care of their family. They must be entertained properly."
"It can't be done. We can take care of ourselves. We have already been taken care of by the princess, so we don't dare to ask for more." Dr. Zhen originally thought that it would be nice to beg for a bite of food under the hands of the nobleman, but how could he think that the princess would just come up?They were going to be assigned a yard to live in, and they said they would allocate a larger yard, and they were assigned maids.
"The palace couldn't find a doctor, and finally a powerful doctor came. Don't you have to take care of him, don't make you feel uncomfortable, and then leave." Luo Zining said sincerely.
Boss Cheng said in his heart, Wangfei, you are too sincere, what should you do if the other party hears that you insist on him, if you become arrogant in the future?
Who knew that Dr. Zhen was so sincere, his eyes were so moved that his eyes were red, "To be favored by the concubine is a blessing I have cultivated in my life, and our family will definitely do our best to serve you."
Luo Zining told them about the salary and treatment, "Now we are very poor here, and the salary we pay is not enough to make as much as you did before opening the medical clinic. Those workers don't count overtime pay, and their monthly salary is 100 yuan.Fifty cents, I will give you two taels of silver a month, and your apprentices and sons one tael of silver a month. Occasionally, there will be workers in the brick factory who bump into it. It’s impossible without a doctor.Less, we can discuss it again."
Dr. Zhen nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes."
During this period of time, he went to set up a stall to see a doctor, and he couldn't make a few pennies a day. When he made money, he immediately opened the stall to collect debts.
The two apprentices were very excited, one tael of silver a month, and they could barely save one tael of silver after working as coolies for a year.
"Okay, let Uncle Chen take you to rest. You have been exhausted all the way, eat a full meal, rest, and start working in a few days." After Luo Zining finished speaking, he asked Uncle Chen to wait for them to leave.
Uncle Chen took them to the back, "It's time for you to feel good. The palace has just repaired a batch of courtyards these days, and I will choose a courtyard for you that is close to the main courtyard of the prince and others. If the prince is sick in the future, you go faster."
"Hey." Dr. Zhen lowered his head, not daring to look anywhere. He had seen some wealthy families before, and those wealthy families didn't like them looking around. This is the palace, so the rules must be stricter.
Seeing his rules, Uncle Chen was satisfied: "Don't think that the princess is easy to talk, just want to fool her. There is a prince in this house. If you dare to fool, be careful."
"How dare you fool me, thanks to the prince and concubine who gave us a lucrative job, how could we fool you." After all, they have nowhere else to go except the palace.
"It's good to know." After scaring them, Uncle Chen told them the benefits, "Working in this mansion not only takes care of three meals a day, but also makes a set of clothes for you every season., If you work as a doctor in the mansion, you can eat in the palace. If you go to the factory infirmary to see a doctor, you can eat in the factory cafeteria. If you find it inconvenient in the future, there is also a small kitchen in the yard. If you want to buy vegetables at home, you can cook and eat."
Uncle Chen glanced at them as he spoke, and they came here in a hurry, their clothes were dirty and torn, and their bodies were also dirty, but Uncle Chen hated it, "Grooming and grooming in a while, I will ask my mother-in-lawYou measure the size, and quickly make you a new set of clothes to wear, don't embarrass the palace."
If they were in the past, they would naturally not be used to hearing Uncle Chen's tone, but recently they were being chased by creditors, and after being beaten and scolded, listening to Uncle Chen's tone was like a spring breeze.Moreover, although Chen Bo's tone was not good, his words were all good. Now that he made clothes for them, not only were they not angry, but they also felt like a pie fell from the sky.
The little girl next to Dr. Zhen couldn't help asking: "Can I choose the style I like?"
She has been pampered since she was a child, and she wears good clothes, but now she is down and out, and she wears it like a beggar every day. She wants to wear bright and beautiful dresses.
Uncle Chen: "Yes, depending on your preference, but the material can't be too expensive, and the cloth shop here doesn't have any good materials to choose from."
"Don't choose, just wear what you have." Dr. Zhen hurriedly pulled her daughter over, and said in a low voice, "Don't push yourself too hard."
The youngest daughter pouted her mouth aggrieved, but she also knew that they were dependent on others now, so she could only say to Uncle Chen in an apologetic tone: "Uncle, don't be angry with me, I won't be picky anymore."
Uncle Chen saw that the little girl was cute and sensible, so he didn't get angry with her, and his tone was a bit gentle, "I'll ask someone to try to pick the color you like."
The little girl jumped up and down happily, "Thank you Uncle!"
They were taken to a large courtyard, which was allocated to one of the sons by the previous prince, and it was very grand.
When Luo Zining said that he wanted a big yard, he meant to want this kind of yard where his master lived. Uncle Chen didn't dare to neglect them. After all, the palace doesn't have a trustworthy doctor. Nothing is as important as their prince's body., so for the prince, he must treat these doctors well.
Dr. Zhen's family entered the courtyard and were shocked again. They thought it was an ordinary small courtyard, but they didn't expect this courtyard to be more luxurious than their previous house, so they dared not go in and live there.
"The rooms on this side are just enough to live in. One main house and one study room can be converted into a room, and there are two rooms at the other end. You can make do with it." Chen Bo said.
"Is this still called making a living? This is simply a fairy day." The little girl next to Dr. Zhen couldn't help but admire.
Dr. Zhen thought the same way, but it was hard to say it in front of outsiders. He smiled awkwardly at Uncle Chen, "My little girl doesn't know etiquette, forgive me, forgive me."
"It's okay, you guys rest. I'll call the servant girl over in a while, and I'll boil water for you, deliver meals and bedding. If you need anything, just ask the servant girl to come and call me." Uncle Chen explained to them and left.
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After Dr. Zhen and the others left, Luo Zining glanced at Boss Cheng again. Seeing Boss Cheng's expectant expression, he knew that Boss Cheng was asking for praise. Boss Cheng did help him solve a big problem this time., is a hero and must be rewarded.
He said to Boss Cheng: "You wait here for a while, I have something for you."
Boss Cheng was very happy. Is the princess going to give him a reward?What will the princess give him?However, heard that the palace is quite poor, so there are probably no good things, but as long as it is a gift from the princess, no matter what it is, he regards it as a treasure.
The creases on his face were all smiles, but he pretended to be polite and said: "No, no, no, these are what I should do, no rewards are needed."
"I reward you for trying our winery's new products." He said and asked the maid to help him fetch a jar of wine from the cellar.
Boss Cheng: "? Another new product? Our Yuye wine is already the best in the world. What new product can you make? Does it shine when you open it?"
Luo Zining did not speak, and put the wine jar on the table. When he opened the wine jar, a scent wafted out. This smell was the smell of white wine, but it was slightly different.
"My lord hasn't even had a drink yet, so I'll sing you a sip first." Luo Zining brought a cup as he spoke.
Boss Cheng was greedy just now when he smelled the smell, and wanted to stretch his neck over to take a look, but when he heard Luo Zining say that the prince hadn't even had a drink, he felt a chill in his neck instantly, "This, this is not good, if the prince knowsAre you going to be mad at me?"
"..." Luo Zining really wanted to hit him on the head, "Look at what's in this wine?"
Boss Cheng stretched his neck and leaned over to look inside the wine jar, "There's something in it! Yes, it's ginseng?"
"Yes, didn't you give me some ginseng during the Chinese New Year? I picked one to make wine. After all, the prince is a patient. I'm afraid the wine is too tonic. I'll give it to him. I'll let you taste it first."Try something new." Luo Zining asked him to pour the wine for a taste.
Boss Cheng said that you are the test product, but this wine is too fragrant, and the ginseng is ten years old wild ginseng, which is usually used as medicinal materials or stewed in ginseng soup.liquor?
This method of making wine was found by Luo Zining on the Internet, don't know if it is useful, anyway, such a big ginseng soaked in it, it looks expensive.
Boss Cheng quickly took a sip, and the taste was really different, and his whole body was so hot that it was really nourishing, "You said just now that this is a new product, shall we make ginseng wine in the future? We have a lot of ginseng in the mountains.The thing is, there used to be a lot of people digging, but later the magistrate was like a robber. The ginseng diggers spent a long time and finally made wedding dresses for others, but no one went digging anymore. Now with the support of the palace, the magistrate is not afraid of robbing things., I will ask someone to dig it when I go back, but if the price is still so cheap, it won’t be worth it.”
"The price must be more expensive than the previous single baijiu, and the longer the wine is kept, the more expensive it will be. You take this jar of wine back, and record the changes in taste and texture every once in a while, and increase the price according to the age.This is considered to be a high-end wine from the winery, not only ginseng, but also bear bile, velvet antler, and tiger bone will be added in the future, all of which are great supplements." When Luo Zining first came here, he still had a little bit of protection for wild animals in his heartThoughts, but later I learned that there are more wild animals on this mountain than people.
He walked around the streets, and the streets were full of animals such as tigers, leopards, bears and deer, all of which were sold out and destroyed, and they did not go hunting. These large beasts might break into villages or even cities to eat people.He feels that in this era, people are protecting animals.
"Also, the liquor produced before is the same. The longer the age, the better it tastes, and the more expensive it should be sold. After a batch of liquor is produced in the future, some of the liquor will be kept, and the production time will be marked. It can be sold later.Double the sale." Luo Zining said.
"Okay, okay." Boss Cheng nodded excitedly in agreement, as if they were already billionaires now.
"Okay, you go back first." Luo Zining said: "What I just said, you go back and prepare the materials."
"Hey." Boss Cheng walked away proudly holding the jar of wine.
Luo Zining was also happy, because Boss Cheng told him just now that Boss Li had negotiated with him, and they will be transported in wooden barrels, one hundred barrels at a time, and one hundred barrels are worth thirty thousand taels of silver.One hundred barrels can be transported a month, and three hundred thousand taels a year.
The 300,000 taels is far from the one million taels a year he imagined. These wines are all sold on behalf of Boss Li, and after selling them, they will collect the money back. It may not be possible this year.I got 300,000 taels back.
Even if he earned 300,000 taels, he still had to share it with Boss Cheng. In the end, he might only get 170,000 taels.
However, the hundreds of thousands of taels was an astronomical figure for them now, and it was enough for him to open another paper mill.
They don’t have a paper mill here, so they have to buy paper from surrounding cities, which is a huge expense, and the straw paper sold outside is too rough, and it will wear out his dermatitis, although he can use it secretlyThe toilet paper in the supermarket, but it has to be taken out secretly, it is hard to explain, why not build a paper mill and make some soft paper instead of toilet paper.
He was thinking about it in his heart, and when he turned his head, he happened to meet Huo Lingzhi behind him.
Huo Lingzhi's face seemed to be in a bad mood, and Luo Zining was full of question marks.
"My lord, why are you here?" Luo Zining ran over to help him push the wheelchair, "Let's go back and have some snacks and rest."
Huo Lingzhi: "If I don't come here, how do you know that you gave him the wine that I haven't even had?"
Luo Zining twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, "Isn't this a discussion with him about new products? This is for making money, and it's all for making money. There is no emotion other than money, so don't think too much about it."
"You're afraid that I won't be filled, so you won't give me a drink?" Huo Lingzhi raised his head and looked at him, "Do you think this king is false?"
"I didn't say that you don't need to be supplemented." Luo Zining hesitated, "Did I say that? I seem to say that you are a sick person and can't just drink medicine?"
"This king just can't control his legs, and his body is not weak." Huo Lingzhi didn't want Luo Zining to be misunderstood, and his tone of explanation was a little more urgent than usual.
"Your body is definitely not weak. You can pick up such a heavy sword as soon as you say, can you be weak? You..." Luo Zining paused suddenly when he said this, and looked down at Huo Lingzhi, "You are not rightXu, wouldn’t it be true in that respect? But the rumors don’t say that…”
"What rumor?" Huo Lingzhi frowned and asked him.
"It's just..." Luo Zining said in his heart, didn't the rumors say that Huo Lingzhi was not good at it?Later, the miracle doctor cured him before he could use it.
It may not be possible to use it, because he has never seen the use of Huo Ling in the original text.
Could it be that it has never been cured?That's too bad!
It's better for him not to mention this topic, so as not to cause Huo Lingzhi's sadness, he quickly waved his hands: "It's nothing, don't think too much about it."
Huo Lingzhi: "..." With your expression, it's hard not to think about it.
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