Chapter 1695 Bargaining (January Monthly Ticket Plus 10)
Man Bao immediately said, "I definitely can't do it alone, Xiao Yuanzheng. Patients may feel embarrassed in front of male doctors, but why should female medical students feel embarrassed? You can teach me boldly. I once had a teacher who said that doctors have no gender."
Xiao Yuanzheng glanced at her without saying a word, then turned and left.
Manbao immediately chased after him, "We haven't even discussed it yet, why are you leaving?"
"It's already been decided. The price isn't something we can just say. Let's work out a rough estimate first. Tomorrow I'll go see the Queen and discuss this matter further."
Manbao followed him and said, "Xiao Yuanzheng, let's discuss something else."
Xiao Yuanzheng stopped and asked, "What else?"
Manbao sighed and said, "Can this spot be reserved for the Li family in Yongzhou?"
"Oh, it was the Li family from Yongzhou who wanted to use your backdoor?"
Manbao: ...It’s not good to be too stupid, and it’s not good to be too smart either.
Xiao Yuanzheng understood what was going on and waved his hand, saying, "I don't care. The money is the same anyway, so it doesn't matter who I give it to."
So he walked away with his hands behind his back.
Manbao scratched her head, thinking it was okay for her to go back to Chongwen Hall. She wanted to turn around and go back to her room, but after walking about ten steps, Xiao Yuanzheng suddenly remembered something and turned around and called her, "Aren't you going to help me? It's just right. I have to go to Lord Yang to discuss this matter first. Please go back and help me write out the list."
Manbao: ...
Xiao Yuanzheng really walked away with his hands behind his back this time, but he couldn't help but recall what Zhou Man said about the fire. He sighed. Regardless of whether things like heavenly fire and drilling wood to make fire were true, the logic did make some sense.
But how many people in this world can figure this out?
Manbao passively accepted the job and could only return to Chongwenguan silently.
Xiao Yuanzheng and Manbao have no experience and cannot understand the thoughts of those adults in their families, but Yang Heshu can.
He was from an aristocratic family. As for paying the Imperial Hospital to train a female doctor for his family, he just thought about it and said, "Just quote a hundred taels. If they don't agree, they will naturally lower the price."
Xiao Yuanzheng didn't expect that Yang Heshu was more daring than them in bidding. One hundred taels a year, could the noble family really afford so much money?
Even if you enter a better academy, the annual tuition fee is only around fifty taels. The tuition fee in most academies is around five taels, right?
They are just a medical student in the Imperial Medical Bureau, how can they charge such high fees?
Of course that was impossible. The next day, Xiao Yuanzheng just opened his mouth and the ladies who came to pay their respects to the empress started to scold him without even needing the help of the adults from the previous dynasty.
One hundred taels a year, they are being taken advantage of.
The ladies looked at each other and cut the price in half, fifty taels a year. Are you asking for such a high price from the Imperial Medical Bureau? Are you trying to make money from them?
Xiao Yuanzheng was no pushover either. At first, he was so angry that his face turned red. Later, he couldn't get a word in and slowly calmed down.
Then he thought for a moment and immediately said, "Ladies, as far as I know, every time you invite Imperial Physician Zhou to your home, the consultation fee is no less than five taels. One hundred taels a year may seem like a lot, but it's not much when you spread it out."
"The doctor we train will be the family's personal physician in the future. Even after five or eight years, there will still be many decades to come."
But the ladies were not stupid. They settled the accounts with Xiao Yuanzheng in front of the Queen. "We are not just hiring people without paying them. Even if this female doctor is only used by the family, the monthly donation is not small. Not to mention that their medical skills may not be as good as the imperial physician last week."
"That's right. After five or eight years, how good will the female doctors you trained be able to be compared to the imperial physicians last week?" They wanted to keep a female doctor at home for convenience, but if they really had a serious illness, wouldn't they still have to ask the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital to see them?
Therefore, it was impossible for the Imperial Medical Bureau to take advantage of them. Of course, since they had come to the Queen for help, they would not let it go so easily.
So everyone bargained back and forth, and the ladies began to care about how the course would be taught and what you all planned to teach.
Xiao Yuanzheng said directly, "Add one more place in each class, and they will learn whatever the students from the Imperial Medical Bureau are studying."
Xiao Yuan was worried that they still didn't understand, so he said, "You should first learn "Mai Jue", "Ben Cao", "Ming Tang" and "Su Wen". After you have learned these four books, you can study their special courses."
The noble ladies exchanged glances, and Lady Zhao, after glancing at the Queen, said, "No, if we do that, they'll all be learning different things."
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "Although the specialties are different, many medical skills are common, and the prices are also different."
The ladies who had been bargaining asked, "Do we look like people who are short of money?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: ...
"Besides, what they learn this way may not be what we want. I think it would be better to let them form a separate class and hire a group of teachers to teach them. Besides, ten places are too few."
"That's right. It wouldn't be good to give it to some families and not others. If you ask me, we should just give out 30 or 40 places."
"As for the sir, Doctor Zhou is a must. She is always considerate and will definitely know what to teach the female doctors."
"By the way, where is Doctor Zhou? Why isn't she here?"
Xiao Yuanzheng had reached the back and was unable to get a word in. Lady Zhao and the Queen also said with a smile, "Your Majesty, why not ask Imperial Physician Zhou to come and ask what she can teach those girls? After all, they are distant nieces, and the family should be somewhat concerned about their future."
The main thing is that there are many things that cannot be said to Xiao Yuanzheng's old face, so there are not too many concerns about Zhou Man. As for a female doctor, it is naturally best to communicate with a female doctor.
Xiao Yuanzheng: ...
The Queen was also at her wit's end. Mainly because she could see that the ladies had concerns and were reluctant to speak out, while Xiao Yuanzheng didn't dare to say some things directly. How many days would it take for the situation to be resolved after this tug of war?
This was not what the Queen wanted, so she nodded slightly to Xiao Yuanzheng and said to him, "Xiao Yuanzheng, please ask Doctor Zhou to come over."
Xiao Yuanzheng had no choice but to withdraw, fearing that Zhou Man would be tricked by the noble ladies in the room. He didn't want to let the maid go alone to fetch people, so he walked back to Chongwen Hall with the maid. After finding Manbao, he asked the maid to step back while walking with Manbao and whispered, "Remember, regarding the quota, I can only put them in one class at most. There's no room for one more."
Manbao: "Twenty people?"
Xiao Yuanzheng nodded and said, "Think about it yourself. Acupuncture is definitely under your charge, and the female doctor they sent in must also be under your charge. This is unavoidable. Calculate how much time you have."
Manbao shuddered and immediately said, "Don't worry, I won't bring too many people."
Xiao Yuanzheng was satisfied and said, "There's still money. I was thinking fifty taels a year would be enough, but they're too difficult to deal with. Raise the price for me. If it's less than sixty taels a year, don't come back to see me."
Manbao: ...
Xiao Yuanzheng was still a little angry. "Also, the warden didn't build a place for them in the first place. If they want to move in, they have to pay extra. Anyway, if they pester you about the quota, you pester them about the money. Even though they are ladies, they are very stingy with money."
Manbao: ...
Manbao was still a little dazed when she stepped into the hall. As soon as she entered, she saluted the queen in a daze. When she heard the queen excuse herself from the formalities, she stood up and turned around to meet the kind smiles of several ladies. Most of them looked familiar to her. She had seen them all before, and had even treated many of them.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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