Chapter 641: A Half-Baked Doctor (8)
Funing City was in chaos for several days. At first, when the local people learned that the refugees outside the city had occupied the city and killed all the officials, they were terrified and did not even dare to go out. But when they learned that these refugees not only had no intention of robbing them, but instead took out all the official grain in the granary to help the people, they immediately had a better impression of the refugees and were no longer afraid of them.
Bao Daqiang actually didn't really want to give the food to the local people. After all, there were a lot of refugees there, and as a refugee, he certainly wanted to keep all the food for his own people. But his companions remembered Li Shichu's words and persuaded him again and again, so he didn't do anything stupid.
After Li Shichu entered the city, she no longer cared about Bao Daqiang and his gang. They wanted to occupy the land and become the king or something, and Li Shichu had no interest in joining them, so she just found a shop on the street, bought it, and converted it into a clinic and her own residence.
Bao Daqiang seemed to have forgotten about her as an outsider and never came to see her. Li Shichu actually hoped that they would forget about her.
The news that Funing City was occupied by refugees spread after a few days. Naturally, nearby cities were very alert, fearing that after Bao Daqiang and his men occupied Funing City, they would attack other surrounding cities, just like the peasants who revolted in other places.
However, Bao Daqiang, who had suddenly become rich from a poor man, did not have such a great ideal. Now that he had a city, he had jumped from a hungry and naked refugee to a wealthy man with many people around him and no worries about food and drink. He did not even have time to enjoy himself, so how could he have such a great ambition to continue expanding his territory?
Moreover, this group of people were really just a mob, not even roving soldiers and stragglers. It was only because the corrupt officials in Funing City were too incompetent and had no preparation at all that they were so easily captured by Bao Daqiang and his group of refugees.
After all, Li Shichu's pharmacy was newly opened, and some medicinal materials could not be purchased so quickly, so sometimes she had to go out of the city and go up the mountain to collect herbs in person.
This time, shortly after she left the city, she met a group of people who seemed to be a caravan.
A red-faced man at the head called out to Li Shichu, "Hey, little brother, are you from Funing City?"
Li Shichu looked at the caravan that was not very successfully disguised and nodded to the red-faced man: "Yes, I am a doctor from Funing City, and I am out here to collect herbs. Is this warrior going to Funing City?"
The red-faced man heard this and said quickly, "Yes, yes, it's great that you are from Funing City! I originally planned to ship all the goods in my caravan to Funing City to sell, but when I got here, I heard that Funing City seemed to have fallen and was occupied by refugees from nowhere... I don't know anything about the situation, so I don't dare to go directly. If I run into unreasonable people, it doesn't matter if I lose the goods, but it would be too unfair if I lose my life. So, little brother, I want to ask you about the situation."
Li Shichu pretended to be confused, smiling and saying kindly, "Sure, big brother, what do you want to know?"
"Is Funing City really occupied by refugees? Were all the officials sent by the court killed?" the red-faced sturdy man asked in a low voice.
"Really? They were all killed. Those corrupt officials were killed. They exploited the people and embezzled so much money. They deserved to be killed." Li Shichu said bluntly.
The red-faced man choked and looked unhappy. He couldn't help but ask, "Are those refugees better than corrupt officials?"
Li Shichu nodded. "Those refugees probably were hungry, so they took out all the food from the granary and distributed it to the people on the first day they occupied Funing City. So people didn't hate them, but were grateful to them instead."
The red-faced man asked in disbelief, "Those reckless people, no, those refugees actually distributed the food to the people? Don't they want to take it for themselves?"
Li Shichu glanced at him calmly, and he realized that his behavior was a little inappropriate. He quickly smiled and said, "What I mean is that those refugees are quite righteous and selfless!"
"I don't know whether it's righteous or not, but everyone doesn't hate it." Li Shichu said.
"Well, little brother, do you know how many refugees there are?" The red-faced man thought Li Shichu was a young person with little experience in the world and asked her so directly.
Li Shichu shook his head confidently, "I don't know. I'm just a small doctor. How can I know how many refugees there are? But there should be quite a lot. After all, the officials before refused to let them into the city for refuge because there were too many refugees. They even drove them away, which forced the refugees to rebel."
The red-faced man wanted to ask something, but Li Shichu was not interested in being a spy, so he shook his head and said to him, "My dear brother, I'm sorry, it's getting late. I have to go up the mountain, otherwise I won't be able to collect any herbs today. If you want to know the situation in Funing City, why don't you send a few people to take a look first?"
The red-faced man thought it was the right thing to do. He thought they could just send someone to inquire, so he said goodbye to Li Shichu.
After Li Shichu climbed up the mountain, he looked back and found that the "caravan" was still staying at the place where he had met it before, and several people seemed to be discussing something outside.
Her look was somewhat meaningful. These people were either sent by the government from other nearby cities to gather information, or sent by other rebel forces to understand the situation of their "fellow" enemies. It was really interesting. I just didn't know how Bao Daqiang would deal with them.
But none of this has anything to do with her, a little doctor.
Li Shichu spent most of a month collecting herbs and another half a month preparing them. After the purchased herbs were ready, he opened a clinic and became a doctor.
But after all, she looks young and thin, so not many patients come to see her. After all, people trust older doctors more.
Li Shichu was not in a hurry. She did not expect to make a living by running a pharmacy. It was just a pastime. So if there were patients coming to her, she would treat them. If not, she would write some medical books or read some books. She was very comfortable.
Although Funing City gradually settled down and there were no major disturbances, there were always minor disturbances. After all, without the officials sent by the court, the city was left with only Bao Daqiang and a group of people who were forced to do things without any knowledge of governance. It would be strange if Funing City had good public security, so there were always sneaky things happening.
Unfortunately, Li Shichu, who had just opened a new clinic and was the only one there, young and looked easy to bully, became the prey of someone with ulterior motives.
When Li Shichu was lying comfortably in the backyard and preparing to fall asleep, he suddenly realized that the small mechanism he had set up at the entrance of the clinic had been tampered with.
The place where she lived was right in the backyard of the clinic, so any movement in the clinic would escape her eyes and ears.
(End of this chapter)
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