667 Master Shi San takes action
The house that Huo Zhi bought for him was quite nice.
Although there are three entrances, each entrance is very large, with more than a dozen rooms of various sizes, and the side rooms on both sides are arranged in rows.
Ping'an discussed with the master and decided to keep a dozen people in the front yard to prepare medicine. The main room was big enough so they could discuss things together, and occasionally when Lord Huang and others came over, there would be a place to sit.
The second entrance is for the doctors to live in, on the condition that they take good care of the house. It's a brand new house with beautiful decoration. The owner hasn't actually moved in yet, so don't make it dirty.
Ping'an lives with his master and Mr. Shi Sanye in the east room of the backyard, while Lord Yuanzheng, Zhang Jinping and Bai Jiaxuan live in the west room. General Hao cannot come for a while.
This house is usually looked after by only a couple. The man is the doorman and does the cleaning, while the woman does the cleaning and can also cook, but one person is not enough.
Sun Sicheng said: "Everyone, we will not take care of the three meals a day for the ten of you. Let's see if the people you bring can cook. If not, go hire a cook.
The government offices are in charge of food and other things, so you don't need to buy these.
We have as many people in the backyard as you do, and we also arrange our own meals."
Of course these imperial doctors are willing to do so.
Add to that Mr. Shi Sanye and his five men, as well as Doctor Wang. In addition, the eldest son and Ping An already had a lot of people, so all together they were more than double the number of people like them.
As soon as the yard was divided, Mr. Shi Sanye and his four men hurried over.
"Ping An, why did you move out when I was away? You didn't want to leave me behind, did you?"
"Master Shi, you came here very quickly, didn't you? As far as I know, your Shi family's house here is bigger and more comfortable than mine, so why do you have to squeeze in with us?"
Shi Wei was not embarrassed at all: "I like to squeeze in with you. How about this, I'll ask Da Hu to bring the cook over. The cook my second brother found is really good. If you like his cooking, I can give him to you. After all, I'm going to the capital with you."
"Da Hu, come in."
He whispered to Dahu for a while, and soon Dahu went out.
The four guards around Master Shi San are also known as the "Four Tigers", namely Shi Dahu, Shi Erhu, Shi Sanhu and Shi Sihu.
They are all about the same age as Master Shi Sanye. It is said that the names of the four were given by Master Shi Sanye, who was only five years old at the time. They are said to be guards, who grew up together and practiced skills together, and are almost like real brothers.
In less than half an hour, Da Hu brought people over, including a cook and an apprentice, and a full cart of ingredients.
That night, Sun Sicheng finally had a good sleep, and when he woke up the next morning, he felt refreshed.
But this good mood only lasted for five days.
Five days later.
Some of the 3,000 officers and soldiers brought from the capital actually developed epidemic diseases, and many of the conscripted laborers were infected.
Mr. Huang was originally happy because Ma Huang Tang had a good therapeutic effect, and the medicinal materials he bought and donated from major medical companies were barely enough.
As a result, there is not enough medicinal materials, and it may be too late to transfer them from other places.
The court's second batch of disaster relief food and medicine is already on the way, but it will take at least half a month to arrive here. Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.
The Shi family's preventive medicine needs to be prepared in large quantities and distributed to people who are not sick as soon as possible.
Huo Zhi, who had just returned to the city after recovering from his illness, brought a lot of medicine with his colleagues. It can be said that all the medicines that were needed were basically sold out, and the only ones left were for their own people.
When the yamen officials were getting anxious and angry, Wanli came back with his men.
"My Lord, the income of the medicine store here has been reduced by more than half this year. Many second- and third-year medicines have been ruined this year and cannot be counted on for next year. This is a huge loss.
Fortunately, Jiangnan Medicine Valley didn't suffer much loss, and we have enough inventory, so we don't have to worry about anything."
"Is everyone okay?"
"Master, a medicine store in Qinglin County was flooded. Six people died and all the things were destroyed. I have arranged for the others to be relocated to the Medicine Valley."
"Wanli, how many of these seven or eight kinds of medicine can we possibly spare? In addition to those reserved for emergency use, try to deliver them within three days. Mahuang Decoction is useful temporarily, but there are too many people infected. The same goes for the safe stock of medicine."
"Master, we don't have many of these medicines. I'm afraid Master Ping'an's medicine shop doesn't have many either. We've basically used up all the medicines we had before. Normally, it's impossible for us to have a lot of medicines in stock. Hey, where's Master Ping'an?"
Wanli didn't see Master Ping'an for a long time.
"He went outside the city. The people in Fangjia Village are basically fine. Hujia Village and the two neighboring villages are in great trouble. He brought two doctors with him."
"My Lord."
Sun Sicheng looked up and said, "Master Shi San."
Shi Wei said, "I know you are in a hurry to use the medicine. Young Master, please give me the list immediately. I will ask the Shi family caravan to prepare it. We should be able to gather some of it within three days."
Sun Sicheng was delighted: "That's great. Your Shi family has many connections, and with what Ping An and I have, we won't be short of much."
He did not hesitate for a moment and immediately started writing a list. Without enough medicinal herbs, who knows how many people would die in a day.
Shi Wei quickly gave the list to Erhu and Sanhu, as it was a bit tight for the goods to arrive within three days.
"Mr. Shi San's actions have been of great merit. I will have Zhu Yuanzheng report this to the court."
"No, no, if you want to report it, just report Ping An's name. I'll give this medicine to Ping An as a gift to him."
Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "Master Shi, let's put things in perspective. Ping An and I will donate medicine again. Saving lives is like putting out a fire."
Ping An was in a dilemma at this moment.
The family of Master Hu is recovering, but some people in Hujia Village are still suffering from worsening conditions even after taking medicine, and they need acupuncture to detoxify.
Ping An didn't want to have close contact with patients anymore.
To some extent, he had to do it with Master Hu in order to help himself, Xiao Wu and Lin Feng escape the disaster.
If you ask me how noble he is, I'm not saying that. After all, anyone can be infected, and he wants to return home safely.
He wanted to walk away, but the rows of villagers kneeling and kowtowing on the opposite side of the village stopped him.
Lin Feng, Xiao Wu and Xiao Ming were unable to control the young master and could only boil more water with red eyes. After the young master finished giving acupuncture to these people, they could take a good bath with the medicine in the tent and drink a bowl of preventive medicine.
Ping'an was busy from morning to mid-afternoon. He basically saw all the critically ill patients in the village and gave acupuncture to all those who needed it.
This took up too much of his energy.
Seeing that the young master was staggering as he walked, Lin Feng hurried over to help him.
"Don't come over here. Prepare the bath water, get your clothes ready, and wait for me in the carriage."
Ping'an took off his outer clothes outside the tent, and put all his mask and shoe covers together and burned them. He had come into contact with too many patients today, and he didn't feel comfortable wearing these things even if they were boiled and washed.
After doing all this, he went into the tent and soaked in a medicinal bath for half an hour, then rinsed himself again with hot water, then put on his clothes and left the tent.
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