In the afternoon, Su Lan looked after the children in the courtyard, while Yin and his wife sat in the study. Su Zhu stood beside them, reporting on what they had found in the rooms of the twins and Songkelierha.
Those little things are harmless to adults, but they can be very harmful to children's development.
Yin felt even more disheartened upon hearing this, as some of those medicines had come from the capital.
"Fourth brother, did the ones inside come from over there?" Yin asked, puzzled.
He hadn't expected to find such high-quality medicinal herbs here. They weren't purchased from outside the Great Wall. As far as he knew, those herbs were mainly bought by wealthy families; ordinary people simply didn't have the financial means to support them.
"I don't know if they were bribed or if it was the Imperial Household Department!" Yin was somewhat surprised. Kangxi had notified them in advance to be careful of the child.
"We must find out whichever it is. We might not be able to return in six months." Yin discovered that the training at the naval port couldn't be completed as planned, and their return might have to be delayed. "Little Darling, is it alright to let Doctor Lu take a position at the naval port?"
Qingyan was stunned. Doctor Lu was working at the Yuelai Inn; there was no need for him.
"Well... let Doctor Lu choose. If he takes up a post here, the medicinal cuisine at Yuelai Inn must also be prepared!" Qingyan proposed a condition.
She was too far away to directly order the medicinal diet menu from here, so Doctor Lu accepted it directly.
“Okay!” Yin felt that there was no big problem.
"Sulan, summon Doctor Lu," Qingyan instructed Sulan to do.
Yin inquired about Doctor Lu's situation, and he even planned to bring all of Doctor Lu's family members over. However, Qingyan informed him that Doctor Lu's previous family members had been killed, and his current family members were all working at the Yuelai Inn.
"What... is going on?" Doctor Lu didn't even want to see Yin and Yin, they wanted to know the proper boundaries.
Qingyan sighed and said, "Doctor Lu's medical skills are excellent. He wanted to take the imperial physician exam, but he was targeted by the Hesheli clan. At that time, Empress Yuan was still alive and hoped that Doctor Lu could enter the Imperial Hospital and become the exclusive physician of the Hesheli clan. Doctor Lu disagreed. He wanted to avoid any connection with any family. Sony discovered that his medical skills were excellent and directly had his family arrested, hoping to force Doctor Lu to compromise. When Suo'etu found that he would not compromise, he directly killed his family members."
What? !
Yin and Yin were both stunned. It turned out that Doctor Lu had some trouble with Yuqing Palace.
"How did you find him?" Yin asked.
"It was at the temple. At that time, he was quite poor and believed that his family would still be alive if he didn't have this medical skill, so he didn't make any house calls for several years. Father talked to him for half an hour before he came out to help. However, every seven days, he would lead the doctors from Minsheng Pharmacy to conduct free clinics." Qingyan gave a brief introduction. "However, it is said that Doctor Lu is already married, and Father even found him a wife. They have a son who is three years old!"
The people that Fei Yanggu has chosen must be quite good, which puts them at ease.
"Little darling, since we're at the Yuelai Inn, it's fine to go back and forth every day." Yin considered it briefly. Doctor Lu was wary of them, so they could bypass Doctor Lu once.
Qingyan's eyes lit up. Yin's suggestion was excellent. Not only could Doctor Lu go back to see his family every day, but he would no longer have to worry about his family suffering the same fate as before.
Doctor Lu is very wary of Yin and Yin, but perhaps as time goes by, Doctor Lu will be able to let down his guard.
"Yes, I think this decision is acceptable!" Yin nodded in agreement.
Yin's suggestion was excellent. The best way for them to recruit Doctor Lu was to put him at ease.
"Let's set a time for Dr. Lu to go to and from get off work," Qingyan asked, agreeing.
After discussing it, Yin and Yin decided on the time for their shifts. They would only be on duty for four hours each day, and by the time they returned to the Yuelai Inn, they would still be able to make it in time for dinner.
“I think this timing is good,” Yingenjueluo agreed. “Within the naval port, Doctor Lu doesn’t have to be on night duty, and the two imperial physicians can take turns working the night shift.”
Qingyan nodded. With improved medical conditions at the naval port, the casualty rate should be significantly reduced.
When they landed on the warship, Yin roughly calculated that the casualty rate was the highest, with all the generals who participated in the training suffering from seasickness, heatstroke, and other symptoms.
Due to a shortage of manpower, the two imperial physicians suffered heavy losses among the soldiers. The herbs were mainly supplied from the Minsheng Pharmacy. Su Zhu personally inspected them and found that half of the herbs from the pharmacy were of good quality.
"Brother, we must restock the medicinal herbs, and they must all be new!" Yin brought this up. "Su Zhu personally inspected them, and this batch only has half the medicinal properties of the best ones; the remaining ones probably have less than 10% of the medicinal properties."
What? !
Yin was stunned. Those people actually tampered with the life-saving herbs. The naval soldiers would likely lose their lives due to the delay in treatment.
Inside the naval port, the generals began to doubt the medical skills of the imperial physicians, who were able to kill people with seemingly minor ailments.
"Where will the money come from?" Yin also understood that the medicinal properties of the herbs had been completely lost, preventing the soldiers from receiving treatment. Ultimately, many soldiers died because they could not get treatment.
"We must report the truth to Father Emperor. Of course, the medicinal herbs used as evidence must be transported by a trustworthy person to prevent them from being switched," Yin mentioned.
The henchmen of the Imperial Household Department are very capable, and some of them can even infiltrate the Imperial Guard. Therefore, Yin would remind him to use the Dragon Guards as much as possible.
"Alright, I will send my most capable people to do it, and they will definitely hand it over to Father Emperor intact," Yin assured him repeatedly.
"Hmm, little darling, can we get the medicinal herbs directly from you?" Yin remembered that Qingyan had previously opened the Minsheng Pharmacy, so he should have a channel to sell medicinal herbs.
"I think we should use the Imperial Hospital's medicine!" Qingyan didn't want to stop this matter. There were more and more medicinal herbs in the military camp. Herbs were delivered once every quarter. If the risk factor of the training was too high, the medicinal herbs would be consumed even more.
“No, brother, I remember when you were in the army, you brought in medicinal herbs from outside the Great Wall.” Yin recalled that his Xishan camp handled its own medicinal herbs.
"Yes, I have a good relationship with those medicinal herb merchants. They transport them from outside the pass, so the shipping cost is probably even higher!" Yin was able to buy them himself back then because he had plenty of money.
The situation at the naval port was different. There was a shortage of medicine, and even the money was being used to pay military salaries first.
“I will submit a memorial to Father Emperor, asking Doctor Lu to prescribe the medicine directly, and then have him check the properties of the herbs to see if they all need to be replaced!” What Su Zhu said could not serve as evidence for the secret memorial, but Doctor Lu’s could.
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