Chapter 952 Five More Years (Part 5) Don't be afraid! Mother is here for you!
After holding Lu Zhu'er's engagement banquet, Li San Niang still had to go to work as usual. Recently, she has been busy with the establishment of maternity clinics in various prefectures and cities of the Tang Dynasty.
Since Sun Chunlan was sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to open a branch of the obstetrics and gynecology clinic, over the past few years, several of the larger prefectures of the Tang Dynasty have successively sent out older female students who had graduated from the Ping'an Women's Medical College.
However, most of the students who were sent out were people with family connections and knowledge of medical principles.
They came to Ping An Women's Medical College simply to take a proper path so that they could pass the imperial medical examination and become legitimate female doctors for the government.
As for young girls like Hui Niang, the daughter of Lady Qiu, in Ping An Women's Medical College, they can't be qualified after three to five years of study. They need at least six, seven, or eight years before they can be released to serve.
Aside from matters concerning the maternity ward branch, Wang Shuzheng, who was about to retire from the Imperial Medical Academy, convened a meeting of influential people within the academy to discuss whether or not to establish the Second Chang'an Physicians Exchange Conference.
If Li San Niang were to say that the first one was a great success, then of course the second one should be held!
This project will not only allow physicians from all prefectures and cities of the Tang Dynasty to gather together and exchange medical skills, but it will also promote the common people's prepared medicines and the rich people's tonics sponsored by the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Moreover, any large-scale event is bound to stimulate economic activity.
Back then, the first Physicians' Exchange Conference was a real spectacle in Chang'an City, lasting for over a month.
Once people come, they need to eat, drink, relieve themselves, and have food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, right?
Consumption not only stimulates domestic demand, but it also provides a huge boost to the economy.
Li San Niang directly expressed her opinion on the spot; she's becoming increasingly adept at making empty promises.
However, the reason why everyone was willing to listen to her empty promises was because the business of "commoner's medicine and rich man's tonic" in recent years had really made the Imperial Medical Academy a lot of money.
The tonics that were auctioned off by major pharmaceutical companies have been sold all over the Tang Dynasty in recent years. Not only that, but they have also been shipped out of the Tang Dynasty to the south and transported to the Arab world to the west.
To put it dramatically, this business made everyone in the Imperial Medical Bureau, from top to bottom, incredibly wealthy.
So, when Li Sanniang was passionately talking about how much revenue the exchange meeting would bring to the Imperial Medical Academy, Wang Shuzheng, sitting at the head of the table, was already tempted.
"...In my opinion, this second exchange conference should not only be held, but should be held on a larger scale, preferably as a grand event!"
Let our Imperial Medical Academy host a grand event every five years!
In this way, why should we doctors worry about not having enough patients?
Just think, how many medical practitioners and apprentices from various prefectures and cities must have come to participate in this grand event?
Let's arrange a competition. The winner can go directly to the Imperial Medical Academy or into our library and read books for free for a month.
Did we lose money?
How could there possibly be a loss!
If you ask me…
Li San Niang started talking for quite a while, and not only was Wang Shuzheng tempted, but everyone in the Imperial Medical Bureau was also tempted.
After all, who can turn down money?
Even if you are a saint who lives a life of poverty and dew, the more doctors come to you, the more you can exchange information about illnesses from all over the country, which is a good thing.
In this way, physicians can make progress, and the "Medical Canon" currently being compiled can be supplemented with content, right?
In other words, regardless of your purpose, as long as this exchange meeting is held, it will benefit everyone's goals!
During lunch break, just as Li San Niang was about to sit down and have a good cup of tea, Qiu Xiang suddenly entered the room with a serious and nervous expression.
Seeing this, Song Fuling was also somewhat surprised, "Sister Qiuxiang, what's wrong?"
Qiu Xiang walked to Li San Niang's side, bent down and whispered something in Li San Niang's ear.
Li San Niang's eyes widened suddenly. She turned to look at Qiu Xiang in disbelief and asked her again, as if to confirm, "Really? He's dead?"
Seeing Qiu Xiang nod, Li San Niang finally accepted the news.
Where is the dew?
Did they send a message to Dewdrop?
"Xiao Qi has already taken Zhu'er back to the Li family."
Li San Niang immediately said to Song Fu Ling, who was standing next to her, "Fu Ling, Wang Ziheng is dead. The Wang family has come to report the death!"
You can submit the report I wrote to the directors during the afternoon meeting.
Qiu Xiang and I will go back to check on Lu Zhu'er first. You will attend the meeting this afternoon in my place. You are well aware of my principles, and I trust you!
After explaining these things to Song Fuling, Li Sanniang went to Wang Shuzheng to explain the reasons and arrangements, asked for leave, and then kept going back to the Li family with Qiuxiang.
Sitting inside the carriage, Li San Niang felt a little restless. She lifted the curtain and looked at the bustling street outside. A wisp of wind blew into the carriage, and after a while, her heart calmed down a bit.
When Lu Zhu'er got engaged, she knew that Wang Ziheng was going to die the moment she first saw him.
Even for those with strong wills, who have been exposed to opium, death is only a matter of time.
But Li San Niang never expected this day to come so soon!
Just over a month after Dewdrop's engagement banquet, Prince Heng died.
The suddenness of his death made Li Sanniang, who had been in officialdom for a long time, wonder if someone had given him a push or done something in secret to make Wang Ziheng die early.
Keep in mind that Wang Ziheng is only thirty years old.
Li San Niang looked up at Qiu Xiang. The two had been together for over ten years, practically inseparable. With just a glance from Li San Niang, Qiu Xiang understood her meaning.
Qiu Xiang shook her head at Li San Niang: "I don't know what happened, there's been no news from the alliance."
"No news is good news."
The tenth prince's carriage was moving very fast. He pulled on the reins and stopped the horse. Li San Niang, still wearing her official robes, got off the carriage and went straight to the Li family home.
Some of the neighbors saw the female official in her official robes, and just by looking at her back, they guessed that it must be the daughter of the Li family who was an official, returning home.
At this moment, Li San Niang no longer cared about the stares and whispers of others. She ran into the main hall, but did not see anyone there. Turning her head, she saw five or six people sitting in the side hall.
Meanwhile, Dewdrop was being flanked by Li's mother and sister-in-law.
"Pearl!"
Upon hearing her mother's voice, Dewdrop suddenly looked up and saw Li Sanniang in an official robe.
"Mother!"
Li San Niang ran over in a few steps and hugged her little girl tightly. She gently stroked Lu Zhu'er's back, just like she had when Lu Zhu'er was a child, coaxing her and saying, "Zhu'er, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mother is here! Mother is here! Mother is here!"
From the moment she heard the news of her biological father's death until now, Lu Zhu'er was still feeling a bit unreal. But as Li San Niang called out to her, she finally came to her senses and burst into tears.
After letting Lu Zhu'er cry for a while, Li San Niang took out a cloth to wipe Lu Zhu'er's tears.
Dewdrop felt a little embarrassed when she saw that part of Li Sanniang's official robe was soaked with her tears.
"Alright, alright, Mother's back, don't be afraid! Mother's here for you!"
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