666 In short supply In short supply
Mr. Huo lay on the kang in shock.
Mrs. Huo and Mrs. Huo were also frightened.
Nothing can happen to Huo Zhi, the family still depends on him.
If an epidemic breaks out, people may die within two or three days.
They looked at Ping An and thought, if this person was not around, would their family have to hold a funeral?
Mrs. Huo bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Ping An, for saving my son's life."
"Mrs. Huo, there is no need to bow. Mr. Huo, do you want me to see you? If not, you can ask my master to come over when he is free."
Ping'an's voice was no longer as gentle as before. He really had no good feelings towards these people, not even Huo Zhi's parents.
Mrs. Huo bowed repeatedly: "No, no, we naturally believe in Master Ping An, and we ask you to help my master cure his illness."
His attitude improved a lot.
A quarter of an hour later.
Ping An took the needle and handed Uncle Xi a prescription: "Go to your own clinic to get the medicine. I will come back in two days and see if I need to change the prescription."
Uncle Xi took the prescription and said, "Master Ping'an, I'll go get the medicine right away. I won't keep the prescription."
Ping An nodded.
In fact, he doesn't really care whether the prescription is kept or not. The condition of the disease is ever-changing and the prescription may be changed at any time.
But people at that time were very cautious about Fang Zi, so he could only follow the local customs.
Ping An came out of the inner room and found Huo Zhi's mother and his sister-in-law standing in the small hall waiting for him.
"Master Ping'an, please stay for dinner?" Mrs. Huo said respectfully.
"You're welcome. I have to go back now. I'll come back the day after tomorrow."
Mrs. Huo was a little hesitant: "Master Ping'an, is Ah Zhi really okay now?"
"Madam Huo, I can't give you a definite answer right now. There are several types of diseases this time, some are milder, and some are more aggressive. The one that Huo Zhi contracted is more dangerous. Although he is fine for the time being, if it is not cured, it will recur at any time. Madam Huo, please stay. I'm leaving now."
As soon as Ping'an left Songtao Courtyard, he saw Mrs. Huo Zhi and her two children standing on the road waiting for him.
"Master Ping An, these are some things I brought for my husband. I hope you can help me bring them to him and tell him that everything is fine at home and the children are fine, and ask him to take good care of his illness.
These are gifts for you and the eldest son. They are not worth much, just a token of my appreciation. Please accept them."
The girl beside him hurriedly handed three packages to Xiao Wu.
"Thank you, Mrs. Huo, for being safe."
"I should thank you."
The boy next to him hurriedly took his sister to pay his respects to Ping An.
These two children are as well-behaved as Wang Qing’s children.
Ping An smiled and talked to them one by one.
As we walked out of the Huo Mansion’s gate, Lin Feng’s carriage had just arrived.
"Master, can we go take a look at the new house?"
"Forget it, let's go back to the inn first and come with the master in the evening. I have to go see Brother Wang later."
Today I have vented some of my anger for Huo Zhi, so he is in a good mood now.
But when he thought of Huo Zhi and Wang Qing, his good mood disappeared in an instant.
There was not only Wang Qing but also a patient in his villa. Two of his guards were also infected. Fortunately, the illness of the three was not as severe as Huo Zhi's previous attack.
The other imperial physicians who came with them, including Zhu Yuanzheng, were all scared and did not dare to give acupuncture to the patients up close. At most, they only examined the patients from a distance and tried not to examine them if possible. All the sick people were separated and isolated, and the decoctions were boiled in a large pot and could be swallowed as soon as they were slightly warm.
The ones who did this were the yamen runners and the palace soldiers.
The 3,000 people brought by General Hao, including dozens of doctors, all went to the areas that were once the hardest-hit areas.
The government office has already recruited civilian workers to clear the silt, as such a large area cannot be cleared by just 3,000 soldiers from Beijing.
Uncle Zhang and Bai Jiaxuan had no rest either. After the grain and silver arrived, they stayed in the yamen all day and night, and followed the local officials to prepare for the distribution of supplies. More supplies were distributed to areas with severe disasters, and less to areas with minor disasters. It was impossible to generalize, and it was very complicated.
Ping'an looked at the gift sent by Mrs. Huo Zhi. It was the same as his master's, a wild ginseng and a ganoderma lucidum. They were of good quality and not easy to buy in the clinic. If you really want to buy them, you can't get them without six or seven hundred taels.
He handed the things to Lin Feng: "Keep them safe, put my portion in the medical box later, and give the master's portion to Ruyi."
After returning to the inn, he saw his master, the dean and the imperial doctors discussing the use of medicine.
"Ping'an, you're back just in time. According to the statistics from the government office, there is a huge shortage of medicinal materials for Ma Huang Decoction. Please help me think of a solution." Doctor Huang said.
Ping An frowned and said, "Master Yuanzheng, didn't you report this to Master Huang? One way is for the government to raise funds and buy from local medical experts, and another way is for the government to directly raise funds from these people."
He had already donated a lot of medicine when he came with the master. Even if he donated more, he had to do it willingly. He would be happy if someone asked him to donate, but he would be unhappy if someone asked him to donate.
Zhu Yuanzheng smiled bitterly: "I just sent someone to the government office. Now not only these medicines, but also Master Shi San's preventive prescriptions require a lot of medicine.
We just discussed that these preventive medicines are as important as Ma Huang Tang. Otherwise, if we cure some people while more people get infected, wouldn’t that be redundant?”
Sun Sicheng whispered, "The doctors here have been here for two months. Some of the doctors we brought with us went to various places to treat common diseases for the people, and some followed the general. There are only forty or fifty people left.
So we have to prepare these medicines in the shortest possible time, and we have to stay up late at night."
Ping'an felt so distressed when he saw his master's tired face.
"Master Yuanzheng, can I take the amount that my master and I have? I have Doctor Wang and Xiaoshan under my command, so we can take more herbs without any delay."
Zhu Yuanzheng was stunned: "Ping An, are you going to move out?"
"Yes, my master can't sleep well because there are too many people here. You can also live with us. If you have anything, just come over during the day."
Zhu Yuanzheng hesitated for just a moment and then agreed immediately.
There are too many people in the inn. Even now there are still about seventy or eighty people. The noise is a small problem, but it is also easy to spread diseases.
He is an old man and still wants to go back alive.
"Master, it's safe. Can you take us doctors with you? There are only eleven of us. If there is no room for our servants, they can stay here."
When they came, each person was allowed to bring one personal guard or servant. If they brought more than one, they had to prepare their own vehicle.
Therefore, these ten people usually only brought one or two guards. After all, this trip to Jiangnan was a group action, and there was no need for them, who were imperial doctors, to bring more people.
Sun Sicheng looked at Ping An.
Ping An knew that the master was willing to take them along, so there was no need to offend these people.
"Okay, but I haven't seen the house yet. It's said to be a three-story house. If there aren't enough rooms, please squeeze in."
Doctor Liao smiled and said, "That's good, Master Yuanzheng, then we can use the car to bring the medicinal materials we need to prepare over there, and we can let others live here."
He wished he could leave here right away.
Many of the doctors downstairs are from the countryside and do not pay much attention to personal hygiene. He always feels that there is a strange smell in the inn. Now it’s good, he can finally move out.
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