72 Chapter 72
Stone
Seeing that the man was about to leave, the young man panicked and fell to his knees, begging: "Sir, please stay. I am willing to tell you the truth."
In fact, the matter is simple. When the people went out to sea to fish privately, they encountered pirates in the open sea. Unfortunately, they were injured and fell into the water during the conflict between the two sides. They could only rush back to the village for treatment, but because their injuries were too serious and they needed medical treatment urgently, they wanted to ask two people who owned horses to help go to the county to invite a big man over.
Jiang Jingyun looked at the only person who could ride a horse. Xiao Muyan did not refuse: "Wait here for a while, I will be back soon."
"Well," Jiang Jingyun smiled and waved to him, "Be careful on the road."
Xiao Muyan nodded slightly, then rode away quickly.
After watching him leave, Jiang Jingyun turned around and asked the young man, "I haven't asked you yet, what's your name?"
"Sir, my surname is Shi and my given name is Yong." Brother Shi replied respectfully.
Jiang Jingyun nodded and said, "Let's go back and check the situation first."
Although he is not a doctor, he has treated Xiao Muyan's wound before and has the experience of handling a little white mouse. With the help of first aid, it should be no problem for him to hold on until the doctor arrives.
The young man's elder brother is called Shi Meng. He was wounded on the arm by a pirate's machete. The wound was so deep that the bone was visible. Because he had been soaked in the sea for a long time, the wound was now swollen and white, and bleeding continuously.
When the two of them returned to the village, the man had already fainted from blood loss. After examining his injuries, Jiang Jingyun did not rashly suture the wound. Instead, he rinsed the wound with clean water and directly covered it with a clean cotton cloth to apply pressure to stop the bleeding.
After a simple treatment, Jiang Jingyun asked Brother Shi to give his brother a bowl of salt and sugar water. "This is all we can do for now. Shihai Village is not far from the county, and the doctor should be here soon."
Seeing his brother's breathing gradually stabilize, Brother Shi burst into tears of gratitude and knelt down again with a plop: "Master, I will remember your kindness. If you need me in the future, just let me know."
"Okay, stop kneeling," Jiang Jingyun waved his hand, "You stay here, I'm going to go outside for a walk and get some fresh air."
The whole house smelled like salted fish, and he couldn't stand it any more.
There was nothing interesting to see in the village, so after wandering around for a while, Jiang Jingyun saw the tall banyan tree again and decided to go there and wait for Xiao Muyan to come back.
When I got closer, I found a few children squatting under the banyan tree, playing games in a circle.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Jiang Jingyun was attracted by the things in their hands. He leaned over and asked, "What are you playing with? Can you show me what you have in your hands?"
The children all looked up and saw a stranger in beautiful clothes. They asked curiously, "Who are you and why are you in our village?"
"I'm a customer who came to your village to buy something," Jiang Jingyun replied with a smile, and took out a few candies from his sleeves, and negotiated with the children in a gentle voice, "I'll use these candies to exchange for the things in your hands, okay?"
Seeing that there was candy to eat, the children handed it over without hesitation: "Here you go."
They are just a few rounded stones. If you like, you can pick them up later.
The stone, which seemed common to others, surprised Jiang Jingyun greatly, not for any other reason, but because it was the raw material for cement that he had been longing for for a long time, limestone.
With a look of delight on his face, he squatted down and asked the child, "Where did you pick up this stone?"
“They are everywhere on the roadside.”
“There are plenty on that hill, too.”
"There are some on the beach, but they are all in large pieces."
Since the candy was already in their mouths, the children were not afraid that the adults would change their minds and take it back, so they told each other everything they knew.
Every time a location was reported, the smile on Jiang Jingyun's face became brighter.
When Xiao Muyan came to look for him, he saw Jiang Jingyun standing under a tree, holding a few stones and smiling stupidly. He walked over puzzledly and asked, "Why are you so happy? What good thing happened to you?"
Seeing that it was him, Jiang Jing happily shared the master with him and said, "Look at this!"
Xiao Muyan took the stone and examined it carefully, but apart from the fact that the edges and corners were polished to be extra round, he did not find anything special. He looked at Jiang Jingyun puzzledly: "What's so special about this stone?"
"It's very useful. It can be used in building roads, bridges, houses, etc." Jiang Jingyun listed a series of uses for cement, and became more and more excited as he talked. "It's simply an essential raw material for infrastructure construction!"
Since they met, Xiao Muyan could hear some new words and various strange ideas from Jiang Jingyun from time to time. To this, Xiao Muyan had long been accustomed. He just regarded it as a gift from God to those who had passed through the gates of hell, and did not delve into it deeply.
For him, the person he loves is the one who woke up again after falling into the water, and this is enough.
Xiao Muyan smiled and said, "That's great. It's worth our extra trip today."
Jiang Jingyun put the stone in his pocket and held Xiao Muyan's hand. "Let's go and check on Shi Meng. If there is no major problem, we will go back today."
I ran away secretly in the first place, and if I don't go back, my family will be worried soon.
The doctor who was invited over was the one who had treated his cold before and knew Jiang Jingyun's true identity.
Seeing someone coming in, the doctor didn't care about what he was doing and stood up to greet him. Jiang Jingyun stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stop him: "Just do your thing, no need to be polite."
Shi Meng's wounds have been treated. Surprisingly, the doctor used the same method that Jiang Jingyun used to suture the wounds. Unexpectedly, the method has spread to this remote county.
"Did this method come from Qing County next door?" Jiang Jingyun asked.
"I don't know, I only know that it was passed down from an old doctor who saves people." The doctor put down the brush in his hand and handed him the written prescription, "along with this prescription."
Most of the medicinal herbs listed on the white paper were the same as those used by Xiao Muyan at the beginning. "That must be it. The old doctor is so upright and noble. I admire him."
The doctor nodded in agreement, "You are a role model for our generation, with a kind heart and compassionate medical skills."
By making this recipe public, I don't know how many lives can be saved. This kind of heroic act is not something that ordinary people can do.
After chatting for a while, watching the sky gradually darken outside, and seeing that Shi Meng's condition had stabilized after proper treatment and medication, Jiang Jingyun asked the doctor: "Will you go with us, or go back later?"
The magistrate personally invited the doctor to go with him. The doctor was terrified, but he still declined, saying, "The injured person may suddenly develop a high fever later. I need to stay here so that I can treat him in time."
Jiang Jingyun thought so too, so he didn't force it. After paying the consultation fee, he said, "Then I will leave the carriage here and let the servants take you back."
When Xiao Muyan arrived at the county town, he went back to the mansion to ask Qingzhu to drive another carriage over, and Qingzhu was already waiting outside the door.
Since the doctor is not going back, then just leave the carriage behind and the two of them can go back on horseback.
Brother Shi went out to see them off, thanking them profusely: "Thank you both for your help today, I will definitely repay you double the money after the consultation."
"No need for money. Next time you have fresh seafood, just remember to send it to my house first." Jiang Jingyun said indifferently. Money is only external things and is not as practical as the delicious food in your mouth.
He loves seafood!
When she returned home that night, a plate of crispy and spicy dried fish and a pot of delicious clam soup successfully silenced the two mouths that had been resentful all day because Jiang Jingyun had sneaked away to play without her.
Foodie people, foodie souls, foodies always stand on the side of delicious food.
——The simple life of the Jiang family.
After having a good meal and a good drink, Jiang Jingyun leaned back in his chair and stretched out his hand lazily, "Third brother, where is your homework? Show it to me."
Just now Jiang Jingfeng was there with his little sister, shouting that if he didn't finish his homework, he would be punished.
Fortunately, despite all the fun, Jiang Jingfeng did not fall behind in his homework. When asked, he immediately went back to his room and took out the policy paper he had already written.
After carefully reading what was written above, Jiang Jingyun looked up at him and said, "Save money to enrich the country and improve people's livelihood, reduce or exempt land taxes, is this the solution you came up with?"
"Yes," Jiang Jingfeng looked at him eagerly, hoping to get his elder brother's approval, "What do you think?"
"It's a good idea." Jiang Jingyun affirmed.
Jiang Jingfeng didn't have time to be happy when his elder brother said, "It's just not practical."
He asked anxiously, "What's impractical about it?"
Seeing that he looked unconvinced, Jiang Jingyun asked, "You mentioned in your article, 'I have heard that a country is based on its people, and people depend on food for their survival. Therefore, the reason why we have a country is to improve people's livelihood and value people's lives' [1]. Therefore, you advocated saving money for the country and facilitating people's livelihood; reducing taxes and keeping wealth in the hands of the people. Is that correct?"
Jiang Jingfeng nodded, "What's the problem?"
"This is a big problem." Jiang Jingyun rolled up the paper in his hand and knocked him on the head heavily. "Reduce taxes, save money. Tell me, whose wallet do you want to reduce, whose expenses do you want to cut?"
"Of course it is..." Touching his head which didn't hurt, Jiang Jingfeng's voice became smaller and smaller, "Those scholars, wealthy gentry..."
"Hmph, you're quite capable if you can get a penny out of those people." He didn't even consider why he was sent to this poor and desolate place. It was because he had taken advantage of other people's interests.
His younger brother is even braver! Good guy, he just wants to reach into someone else’s pocket!
"Oh, then what should we do?" Although he looked frustrated, Jiang Jingfeng still wanted a solution.
"Increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, no one is happy to reduce expenditure, but increasing revenue..." Jiang Jingyun raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of unconcealed high spirits, "People are flocking to it."
"How to open source?" Jiang Jingfeng asked again.
This time, Jiang Jingyun was unwilling to say anything more. "Think about it yourself. Ask me about your own homework."
"If you fail the homework, take it back and redo it. Or hand it in three days later." Jiang Jingyun threw the paper tube back to his brother and ignored his painful look as he scratched his head. He felt relaxed and went back to his room to rest while humming a little tune.
He took a break from his busy schedule today, as there are still many things piled up in the yamen that are waiting for him to deal with tomorrow. How could he have so much free time to take care of the children?
Be worried, be in pain, then struggle hard and shout out loud!
Young man, this is youth.
Jiang Jingyun, a middle school student but without conscience, said so.
【Author’s words】
[1] From the Imperial Edict on the Exemption of Autumn Grain from the Five Prefectures of Yingtian, Taiping, Zhenjiang, Ningguo, Guangde, and the Other Cities in the Fifth Year of the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty
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