Chapter 105: Traveling back to ancient times to open a clinic 19: Selecting a pharmacist...
When Wu Hen learned that she was imprisoned that day, he sneaked into the prison and told her something: "Miss Shen, you don't have to worry about your safety. This county magistrate's complacency won't last long. The people arranged by the lord will be here soon."
Chen Qian had never seen him, but before she parted with Gu Jingxing, he had said that he had always arranged people to protect her, so this must be one of them.
Sure enough, less than an hour after Wu Hen left, the judge arrived and she was released from prison soon.
After finishing the affairs of Jimin Hall, Shen Qian asked Ling Yuan to invite Wu Hen. After some questioning, Shen Qian realized that Wu Hen's identity was not simple.
"General Wu was once a capable and capable general to General Gu, but now he's been confined to this tiny Anrong City because of me. I'm truly uneasy. How about I write a letter to General Gu and ask you all to return? As for Ling Yuan, I'll ask her if she's willing to follow me."
Wu Hen immediately said, "Miss, protecting you in Anrong is my most important mission right now. I won't leave until I complete this mission. Besides, the people the lord has arranged to develop the herbal garden in Anrong are coming soon, and I can help with that."
Shen Qian was a little surprised: "Your lord also arranged people to open a medicine garden?"
"Well, the lord has instructed that this matter be entrusted to you, young lady. However, we need manpower to build the medicine garden. During his previous campaigns, the lord adopted many orphans. Some of them were trained as secret guards, while others were not suitable for martial arts, and the lord was worried about what to do with them. This time, a group of orphans were sent to build the medicine garden. They are between ten and fifteen years old. Young lady, after you have seen them, you can try to train them to grow herbs and make medicine. If they are useful, you can keep them and train them to become pharmacists in the future."
“If they can’t become pharmacists, where else can they go?”
Wu Hen said, "Some of these children are the children of fallen generals and soldiers. Even if they can't become pharmacists, the lord will arrange other jobs for them, at least to keep them alive. However, if it weren't for this relationship, pharmacists would be their last chance. The lord never keeps idle people. If they don't do a good job, they will be sent away."
In this world, what will happen if you have no home, no one to rely on, and wander around outside?
During this time, Chen Qian also saw many refugees from famine in Suchuan. Those who were able to arrive in Suchuan safely and wait for the emperor to send people to provide disaster relief were the lucky ones. A large number of people died of starvation, disease, or freezing on the way.
Shen Qian nodded: "Okay, I understand."
Her mission in this world was to change the fate of as many children as possible. Now, by treating some pregnant women and children, she has already completed a lot of tasks. Recently, she was so busy treating colds that she had no time to count how many children she had treated.
Now that we have built a medicine garden, we can accept a group of half-grown children. As long as we train them to become qualified pharmacists, they will have a future.
This can be considered as changing their destiny.
With Wu Hen's help, Shen Qian didn't have to worry about the preliminary construction work of the medicine garden. She only needed to make some specific requests.
"The best location for the herb garden is near a water source, but not too humid. It's best to be near the foot of the mountain so there's enough sunlight and ventilation. I usually need a group of people to go up the mountain to collect herbs, so being near the foot of the mountain makes it easier to get up there."
"The soil in the medicinal garden must be fertile and suitable for the growth of various medicinal herbs. If the fertility is not enough, the soil quality needs to be improved first."
Wu Hen just listened, but he didn't know how to improve the fertility of the soil. He just wanted to memorize the girl's words word for word. Even if he didn't understand, he could report to his lord and ask, and then find a solution.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qian's next sentence was: "If you don't know how to improve your fertility, don't worry, I have a way."
Wu Hen nodded quickly: "Young lady is really a rare intelligent person in the world."
"Now that we have chosen the site and the soil, the next step is to divide the area. We need to keep a part as the nursery area and another part for planting. Another very important point is that we need to reserve enough drying areas. This area needs to build sheds and drying platforms. I will draw a blueprint for you. This will ensure that the medicine garden can dry the herbs at any time. Finally, there is the medicine making area. There must be houses here, which are divided into grinding, decoction, preparation, and storage. The remaining parts of the medicine workers' food and daily life also need to build houses."
"I see. I've got it all down."
Wu Hen originally thought that his lord took so much care of Miss Shen Qian because of her previous identity, but now he has completely dispelled such an idea.
Even if the girl was the wife of the lord's second brother before, it would not be enough for the lord to pay so much attention to her. Now think about it, the girl has a lot of skills, she can cure diseases and save lives, and she can grow and make medicine. She is simply a genius sent from heaven!
The lord is a general who usually leads troops in battles. He values talents the most. I guess he has long seen the girl's abilities, so he values her so much.
At this time, Wu Hen felt quite confident in his mission of staying in Anrong and protecting Chen Qian.
As long as he can protect Shen Qian and cooperate with her work, Wu Hen believes that he can help his lord better in Anrong than staying with him!
After Shen Qian finished his explanation, he wrote down some details and drew a lot of drawings, explaining the things he thought were important as simply and clearly as possible.
This also brought great convenience to Wu Hen's subsequent work. He quickly found a suitable piece of land at the foot of the mountain outside Anrong City according to Shen Qian's requirements.
The last time the Tongpan came to Anrong, he went back and reported Xu Jingyong for his poor response to the epidemic. The higher-ups sent people to investigate and found evidence of Xu Jingyong's perfunctory handling of government affairs. Although they also found out about the collusion between Xu Jingyong and Qingyutang, they could not touch Qingyutang because of its strong backing, so the case had to be hastily closed, and the higher-ups sent a new person to replace the Anrong County Magistrate.
The new county magistrate was very supportive of what Jimintang wanted to do, and tried his best to provide convenience for her to build a medicine garden.
So the medicine garden was built quickly.
Chen Qian was usually busy with the affairs of the clinic and had no time to go over and take a look. That day, she heard that the people arranged by Gu Jingxing had arrived, so she got on a carriage accompanied by Ling Yuan and headed to the medicine garden outside the city.
In order to conceal its true identity, the medicine garden adopted the name of Jimin Hall and was called Jimin Garden. Some villagers nearby were curious about what was inside the wall and generously admitted that this was the medicinal material cultivation plantation set up by Jimin Hall in the city. Due to the preciousness of the medicinal materials and the complexity of management, it was not open to the public.
It was noon when Chen Qian arrived at Jimin Medicine Garden by carriage. The spring sunshine shone through the clouds in this newly built medicine garden, making the blue-gray tiles on the courtyard wall glow.
Shen Qian lifted the curtain and got out of the car. Wu Hen had been waiting at the door. Seeing her coming, he hurried forward respectfully to welcome her into the medicine garden.
Shen Qian looked up and saw that although this place was newly built, it was already in good order.
There is a small courtyard at the entrance, and then the main hall, where visitors can be received and bypass the main hall. The corridor and simple garden at the back separate some houses from the main hall.
"The left side is the medicine storage area, the right side is the medicine production area, and the outermost areas on both sides are where the pharmacists live." Wu Hen introduced.
This layout was built completely according to her requirements and the drawings she provided, with the addition of a courtyard and a main hall.
Shen Qian nodded: "Manager Wu is very thoughtful, you have done your best."
Wu Hen was praised and quickly lowered his head: "Miss, I have done my best to fulfill my orders. Miss, would you like to take a tour first, or take a look at the alternative pharmacists first?"
"Let's check on the people first and bring them to the main hall."
Chen Qian returned to the main hall, and Wu Hen went downstairs to bring people over.
Soon, twenty or thirty half-grown children filed in. Shen Qian frowned slightly. Although he knew that they were a group of underage children, the feeling was completely different when he actually saw them.
They were all thin and small, wearing thin clothes. They were brought to the main hall and stood in a large crowd in the room, all looking at her timidly.
Wu Hen said, "Girl, take a look. Do you want to choose now, or test them?"
When the children heard this, they lowered their heads nervously, fearing that they would be eliminated.
The child standing at the edge looked the shortest, but he didn't lower his head. He was looking at the woman sitting in the main seat with curiosity.
Shen Qian met his eyes and waved at him: "Come here, what's your name?"
"My name is A-Ying, the Ying of dandelion. That's what my mother calls me."
The child was wearing boy's clothes, and they obviously didn't fit him well. They were a little too big for him. But when Ah Ying, who looked like a boy, spoke, Shen Qian asked in surprise, "Are you a girl?"
Ah Ying nodded, but she was a little worried: "Sister, although I am a girl, I can work. I can already help my mother with a lot of work at home!"
"Which of you are girls?" Shen Qian looked at everyone and asked.
Six more children stepped forward, all dressed like boys.
Wu Hen said somewhat awkwardly: "It's my fault. I didn't check with them clearly. Girl, do you think you should eliminate these seven people directly?"
Shen Qian shook her head: "No need, there are many things in the medicine garden that girls can do. For example, raising seedlings, sorting medicinal materials, managing the medicine warehouse, etc. Girls are meticulous and dexterous, and if they are trained well, they can become capable people."
Wu Hen felt relieved after hearing her say that.
"So, are we going to have screening today?" Wu Hen asked.
The twenty-six children standing in the lobby were all very nervous. They originally thought that their chances of being selected were slim, but the sister in charge seemed to have a very tolerant personality, and those girls had the opportunity to stay, so they should have a better chance.
Then some children begged bravely: "Sister, please let me stay. As long as you give me food, I will work hard."
"Me too, sister, please choose me. I can do anything. Let me do the dirtiest and heaviest work!"
"I...I know some medicinal herbs. You can test me!"
"Sister, I want to stay too!"
The children looked at Chen Qian with expectant eyes and said words of pleading, hoping that they could stay.
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