077 Expanded Fleet

Sun Sicheng fell into deep thought.

We are preparing to leave tomorrow, but it may be too late to find Blacksmith Li.

He also wants to revise this picture.

No, I can only wait until the end of the year and go to Beijing to find someone. He has fine iron, so I don’t have to worry about quality issues if I make two sets.

But deep down he couldn't wait any longer and was eager to see what the finished products would look like.

After much deliberation, Sun Sicheng decided to edit the photos on the way and find someone to do it overnight.

Blacksmith Li can rest assured without worrying about the information being leaked out. Until the plan is successful, this set of surgical tools must not be made known to outsiders.

There are still too many risks in the capital.

When I looked up, I saw the little apprentice was still touching the little golden peanuts. He was indeed a child.

"Ping An, put that stuff away quickly. The master will prepare a bag for you for the New Year." Sun Sicheng took out paper, pen and ink from the stool cabinet. "Ping An, the master is still repairing the car. Go find the blacksmith tonight. You have to leave tomorrow. It's really too late."

"Master, how can I give it to you after the blacksmith is done?"

"Silly, what does Lao Ge do? Our Baicaotang is all over the Great Zhou, but we can't bring it to the master?"

Ping An also felt that he was a little stupid. It was such an ordinary question, but he didn't even think about it.

Does it mean that as age shrinks, the brain also shrinks?

As for what his master said about surgical operations having to be done slowly, he agreed. So far in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there had never been anyone who could save a living person by cutting open the stomach.

Especially when women have difficulty in giving birth, he heard from his master once that many people are suffocated to death in the womb because they are young and their bodies have not fully grown, and the fetus is large. The midwife usually relies only on experience and has no medical skills.

Therefore, the master assigned a female doctor, Tong Miao, to him that time, and he always had a female doctor by his side, just to make it easier to treat female patients.

Some things are not just about convenience, such as difficult labor, which can be done by caesarean section, which is not difficult.

But he cannot tell these things, not even to his master or his parents.

Some skills really need to wait until you grow up, and after studying medicine for more than ten years, you can slowly develop them bit by bit.

It’s not that I don’t want to tell the master, it’s that I can’t.

As for what I have already told the master, such as the two prescriptions for quick-acting heart-saving pills, the two first aid methods, the surgical tools, and the abdominal band, this is all I can tell you for now. If I tell you more, the master will become suspicious.

This is not what he wants.

He wanted to live a good life, take care of his mother and stepfather, accompany his master, educate the people around him, and live a prosperous life.

When we arrived at the city, it was almost dusk.

Sun Sicheng didn't even go home. He took Ping An to look for Master Li, but he was not at home. He had gone to a relative's house in the suburbs to attend a wedding. He had no choice but to ask his family to tell him to come early the next morning.

In this case, I won’t be able to leave tomorrow.

Well, let’s hurry up on the road.

This time he found ten more people, so there were ten people around Ping An, plus Sun Wen's two people. These people all needed to be equipped with some supplies, which would be inconvenient once they were on the road.

The next morning, he ordered Madam Wu to take people to measure the sizes of these people, and buy two sets of summer and autumn clothes for each person, including shoes, from the clothing store.

Everyone carries with them weapons, and if any are insufficient, they can ask Jixiang and Ruyi to make up for it.

These are all indispensable.

There are so many people, and there are so many things to prepare, so it seems possible to finish them in one day.

Master Li is in his thirties, with a muscular body and shiny dark skin. He exactly meets Ping An's imagination of a master blacksmith.

He looked at the cutting tools on the drawing carefully and asked Sun Sicheng questions from time to time. When Sun Sicheng couldn't answer, he asked about Ping An.

Seeing that Master Li was puzzled, Sun Sicheng hurriedly said that he was asking an elder to help the child.

This makes sense. Master Li filled in the blanks on his own. It must have been the elders who told the child, and the child told the master.

In the end, Sun Sicheng sat on the side and listened, while Ping An told Master Li everything in detail. Master Li took notes from time to time. There were more than a dozen scattered drawings, and it was an hour later when Master Li took on the job.

All were ordered in duplicate. Sun Sicheng promised to have the fine iron delivered in the afternoon, and Wu Qi would come to pick it up a month later.

But all these drawings cannot be seen by anyone, and they cannot be made for anyone without his permission.

Master Li rolled his eyes, "When did you ever break your word?"

Sun Sicheng said seriously: "Of course I trust you, otherwise I wouldn't have made all the things in your house. These are very important to me. You are not alone here, so you'd better be careful."

Master Li nodded: "Don't worry."

Sun Sicheng left the deposit and prepared to leave.

"My dear, my father has been feeling unwell these days and is feeling a bit suffocated. Can you please..."

"Okay, bring it over later. I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

"Hey, thank you, young master." The dark and strong man grinned with two small canine teeth. My God, it was such an indescribable feeling.

Peace and happiness.

Sun Sicheng was puzzled: "Ping An, Master didn't say anything wrong, why are you so happy?"

Ping An whispered his discovery.

Sun Sicheng laughed out loud. You know what, it’s true.

The day passed in a flash.

When the convoy slowly left the city gate, Ping An looked back and saw Mr. Sun's carriage in front, followed by his own and his master's carriage, and four more carriages and two horses behind.

The team was expanded to six carriages and thirty-two people, including Ping'an, who had six children of his own.

There are ten safe people, now Da Wu is the captain and Xiao Wu is the deputy captain.

Although Da Wu and Xiao Wu did not quite understand the young master's appointment, they still accepted it.

There are ten people, five big and five small. The oldest, Dawu, is twenty years old, and the youngest is eight years old. They are the two brothers who are the best in kung fu. Then there are Tonglin and Tongmiao. Zhang Dashan has never learned martial arts, but even though he is eighteen years old, Ping An still lets him learn with the children.

I don't ask for too much, as long as I can protect myself, I have achieved my goal.

Lin Feng is not good at speaking. After leaving the familiar temple, he seemed a little out of place and not sociable at all.

Ping An directly handed him over to Erqiang. Among the five little guys, Erqiang became the team leader.

Erqiang also didn't understand what position a team leader held, but that didn't stop him from understanding that he was already the leader of the five friends.

Ping An told him that if he could solve the problems himself, he should solve them himself. If he couldn't solve the problems, he should ask the captain or deputy captain. If he couldn't solve the problems either, he should ask himself.

If you do a good job as a team leader, you will get a red envelope of two taels of silver at the end of the year.

This made Erqiang feel like he was injected with chicken blood. Not only could he satisfy his desire to be a boss, but he could also have an income. Two taels of silver was not a small amount. In five years, he could earn enough to buy a wife.

Sun Sicheng watched his apprentice authorize him the whole time. It turned out that this made things simpler, as there were people in charge at every level. His apprentice was really smart.

All the expenses for ten people were paid with the public account, and Ping An did not refuse. He could say that he had no income at all now. The only things he had in his hand, apart from the money given by his master, were red envelopes given by others.

However, there was one thing his master said when he advised him, which made him feel more at ease. He thought that he was not a person who had made no contribution to Baicaotang.

After two years when you have your own income, it won’t be too late to bear the cost yourself.

Ping An is unwilling to do things that make him suffer for the sake of saving face.