Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Watching them walk away, Master Qi stepped aside and showed the two elderly men behind him: "These are the two doctors I mentioned to you, Your Excellency. One is Weng Danian and the other is Yuan He."

Both of them were barefoot doctors who traveled around the villages and had not seen many important people. Although the Seventh Master assured them that Chen Shao was different from other bureaucrats, they were still quite frightened when they suddenly saw her and could only bow their hands and speak without saying a word.

Chen Shao noticed the two were reserved, nodded in response, and asked kindly, "I've heard Seventh Master recommend you many times. Anyone who is valued by Seventh Master must be good. When you treated the people in the past, did you go to their homes to treat them, or did the people come to your homes?"

The older Weng Danian replied, "If the illness is serious, they will come to you. If the illness is mild, they will come to you."

"The same goes for Huimin Pharmacy." Chen Shao said casually, "Huimin Pharmacy is also a pharmacy that treats the people. The only difference from your previous pharmacy is that you used your home as a pharmacy before, but now it is an independent pharmacy. Of course, although it is an independent pharmacy now, you can also treat this place as your own home. Just treat the people the same way you treated them before. In addition, I have entrusted the Huimin Pharmacy to Master Qi. If you have any questions, you can discuss them with him."

The two of them said yes and went to the back to help.

As soon as they left, Xu Shifang came over with ten medical students to pay her respects.

Chen Shao saw that he looked very tense, and couldn't help but ask with a smile: "It's been a night, Master Xu still doesn't agree to come here to treat people before they finish their studies?"

Xu Shifang was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't agree with them treating patients before they finish their studies, but they have never treated patients before, and I am worried..."

"Everything has a first time." Chen Shao looked at the ten medical students standing behind him obediently, and said slowly and firmly, "Master Xu is really worried, so let them work in front of a few doctors for two days first, and then start consulting on the third day. The prescriptions for the consultation will also be confirmed by Master Xu or the doctors before the medicine is dispensed. How about that?"

Xu Shifang couldn't help but said, "That's great!"

Medicine is not Confucianism. It is not enough to just recite from a book or apply it flexibly. Medicine must have solid and steady techniques. Xu Shifang was naturally happy to have such a great opportunity for his students to hone their skills.

The ten medical students were also very happy, especially the two students whose families did not have a legacy. Although the other eight students' families only had a small medical clinic, they still had a backup. If they failed to pass the medical officer exam after completing their studies, they would have to look for a medicine shop or medical clinic to rely on. If they still couldn't find one, they would have to become barefoot doctors like Weng Danian and Yuan He. But now with the Huimin Medicine Shop, it's different. Not only can they learn more medical skills, but what if they perform well and can be retained? Even if they can't stay, they can build good relationships with the doctors in other medicine shops, which may give them another way out in the future.

The other eight people were similar. They had a clinic at home but they wanted to go to the Imperial College. Aren't they just trying to move up? Huimin Pharmacy was an official pharmacy, so if they performed well here, they might be promoted.

Thinking of this, everyone started to get excited, and when Xu Shifang and Chen Shao finished their socializing, they couldn't wait to surround him and go to the back.

After watching them disappear, Chen Shao found Zhao Liangzhu and asked, "Are there not enough medicinal materials?"

Zhao Liangzhu was supervising Zhao Qiang and others to count the number of medicinal materials. When he heard her question, he took a break from his busy schedule and replied, "The commonly used medicinal materials should not be enough."

Chen Shao stepped forward and looked at the number of herbs he had recorded, and asked, "Which herbs are missing?"

Zhao Liangzhu listed more than 30 commonly used medicinal herbs. After that, he said, "I have arranged for people to go to the village to collect them, but the herbs need to be dried and ground after they are collected, so I am afraid it will be too late."

Chen Shao instructed Fu Jiu: "Take Uncle Liang Zhu to Feng Long Trading Company and get all the herbs they need."

Zhao Liangzhu called a few more people. After Fu Jiu took them away, Chen Shao found Qiye again and said, "Yesterday I gave them several pharmacies dozens of prescriptions and asked them to prepare the medicines and send them over. Have they sent them over?"

"It was delivered last night. It's in the backyard." Master Qi said as he ordered someone to move it out.

"No need to move." After Chen Shao stopped them, she arranged for Chan Yi to check the quality of the herbs while waving to the twenty students who were rushing into the medicine shop. When they came closer, she pointed at five of them and said, "You guys go to the village we visited a few days ago and bring the villagers' medicine over. Remember to deliver it to their homes."

The students were quite fond of those villages, and when they heard that they were going there again, they immediately agreed. After the five of them went, they arranged for the remaining fifteen people to see where they needed help. Chen Shao then asked: "I see that there are nearly twenty doctors in several pharmacies, and this shop should not be able to accommodate them."

Master Qi pointed outside and said, "We have arranged for someone to build a straw hut outside."

Chen Shao looked in the direction of his finger. When she entered the medicine shop, there was nothing outside. While she was talking to people from all sides, six straw sheds had been built outside, and another six were about to be built. Chen Shao walked out of the medicine shop and saw that several straw sheds had been built in front of the original Shiweizhai and Changshun shoe shops. She couldn't help but smile and said, "That's good. Several shops are in one place, so there's no shortage of space."

Master Qi followed with a smile and said, "We were originally planning to take the train along the alley next to us, but Shopkeeper Wang and Shopkeeper Luo took the initiative to ask us to take the train in front of their shop."

Chen Shao walked towards Shiweizhai and said, "Their shop hasn't opened yet, so it would be great if they could lend it to us for a few days."

Luo Shurong's family was cleaning up Shiweizhai. When he saw her coming, Luo Shurong immediately came out to greet her. After a grateful bow, he hurriedly said, "My Lord, Master Qi, please come here for lunch at noon. I've already asked someone to buy some food."

"Shopkeeper Luo hasn't opened yet, so there's no need to compete with me, right?" Shopkeeper Zhou's voice sounded behind him. It was Shopkeeper Zhou of Juxianlou.

Chen Shao turned around, and Shopkeeper Zhou came forward to greet him and said, "It's so early in the morning, you probably haven't had breakfast yet, right? I've asked someone to send breakfast to Huimin Pharmacy, would you like to go over and have some while it's still hot?"

Chen Shao was indeed a little hungry, so he said "OK" and said to Luo Shurong, "You clean up here first, and we'll talk after you're done. Huimin Pharmacy is right across from you, and I'll trouble you a lot in the future. I'll have to trouble Manager Zhou for the next few days, and let him take care of the meals for the people in the pharmacy."

Since she said so, Luo Shurong had no choice but to agree.

It was already bright outside and the sun was shining down.

The news that Huimin Pharmacy would provide free medical treatment for half a month had already spread yesterday.

There was still more than half an hour before noon, and people had already gathered around to watch.

The Seventh Master was a pragmatic man. After dinner, he came out and saw that there were already many people waiting and watching, so he immediately arranged for Weng Danian and Yuan He to see patients in the straw hut that had been built.

Weng Danian and Yuan He may not be as skilled as the doctors in the pharmacies, but they are very famous in the village, especially in the northwest. Among the people who were watching, there were also people who lived in the northwest. When they saw them, they immediately surrounded them as if they were seeing their relatives: "Second Master Weng, Third Uncle Yuan, why are you here too?"

Weng Danian and Yuan He were a little restrained when they saw so many people gathered around them. But when they heard the familiar voice, they smiled and said, "Seventh Master invited us here. We will be here to see patients from now on. If you have any problems in the future, come and find us here."

The person asking the question was a middle-aged woman in her forties. After hearing his words, she tilted her head and looked inside the Huimin Pharmacy for a few times. She couldn't help but curiously inquire, "I heard that this pharmacy was opened by Mr. Chen?"

Yuan He took the opportunity to publicize: "Yes, it was opened by Mr. Chen specifically for us common people, and it is still managed by the Seventh Master of Changning Village."

Weng Danian also cooperated and said, "Don't worry, the price for medical treatment will remain the same as before, and we won't charge you a penny more."

Not only did the Seventh Master have prestige in Changning Village, but people from all over the village praised him. It was said that he was in charge of the medicine shop, and that the price of medicine was the same as before. Someone else muttered, "How can the medicine shop make money?"

Weng Danian pretended not to care and said, "It's their business to make money, we just focus on treating patients!"

"Then Mr. Weng, let me take a look," a young man in his thirties immediately came over and skillfully stretched his arm in front of him, saying, "I'm still the same as before, always coughing day and night."

Weng Danian felt his pulse and found that it was the same as before, so he asked about his medication. The young man said, "You asked me to make the medicine myself, but my family was barely making ends meet, so where would I get the money to buy the medicine? I followed the prescription you gave me and went to the mountain to dig some herbs and cooked them. I thought that if I was short of a few herbs, I would take them for a while longer to make up for it, but I didn't know that I've been taking them for almost two months and they're useless."

Many common people have this problem. Weng Danian did not blame him. He wrote a new prescription for him and said, "Go get the medicine. It's free. Go back and chop it up. Boil it in three bowls of water to get one bowl. Take it three times. Drink it for ten days or half a month, and you will be cured."

The young man took the prescription and looked inside the shop, then asked nervously, "Is it really free?"

"It's really free." Several medical students who were chased out by Xu Shifang came forward and surrounded him as they walked into the shop. They took away his prescription and said, "Come on, we'll get you some medicine."

The young man looked at the prescription that was taken away and entered the shop half-believingly. The medical students did not immediately prescribe medicine for him. Instead, they passed the prescription around and looked at it, then asked attentively, "Um, can we take your pulse?"

Facing their eager gazes, the young man reluctantly stretched out his hand, "Master Weng's medical skills are very good, he will never make mistakes. Many people in our village are sick..."

Several medical students didn't bother to listen to him. After taking his pulse again and again, they said: "The pulse is weak and floating, the cough does not stop day and night, and the eyes are bulging. That's right, we should prescribe this Baibugen decoction to clear the lungs and stop the cough."

Xu Shifang overheard this and took the opportunity to teach him: "Next time, don't look at the prescription first. You should check the patient's condition first, then try to prescribe a prescription yourself, and finally compare it with the doctor's prescription to see where you are lacking."

After several medical students responded in unison, they surrounded the young man and took him to the counter while he was confused. After asking him to wait for a moment, they quickly went inside the counter, cooperated with him tacitly, prepared the medicine for him, explained the process of decocting the medicine again, and then left him and hurried out.

Looking at the medicine bag stuffed in his arms, the young man glanced left and right and said carefully, "It really doesn't cost money?"

The Seventh Master was at the door, making arrangements and supervising everyone. When he heard what he said, he asked in a moment of leisure: "Do you have money?"

The young man hugged the medicine bag tightly and said nervously, "I don't have any money."

"If you don't have money, then what do you need money for? Hurry up and leave, don't waste time here." Master Qi chased him away, "Go back and fry it and eat it quickly. If it doesn't get better, take advantage of the fact that it doesn't cost money these days and come back to have a look."

The young man said yes and walked away quickly. After walking a little further, he saw that many people were still hesitant, so he held up the medicine bag and shouted loudly, "It's free, go and see!"

There was already a long queue in front of Weng Danian and Yuan He's stalls. When they heard his shouts, people immediately swarmed over.

Seeing this situation, Master Qi took it upon himself to tell the doctors from the pharmacies who were waiting anxiously, "Go ahead."

There were seven doctors in Kangle Hall, six doctors in Wanhe Hall, and only three doctors each in Sizhen Hall and Anrentang. After hearing his order, they all rushed out. Two people shared a straw hut, and they soon sat down and shouted, "We are all doctors from Huimin Medical Shop, and we are all free. Come over here and line up."

In a moment, long queues formed in front of each of them. Adhering to the principle of not being outdone by two barefoot doctors, the doctors at Kangle Hall, Wanhe Hall, Sizhen Hall and Anrentang all put aside their usual high-handed attitudes and worked hard to diagnose patients.

As they got busy, the pharmacy started to become lively.

At first, the ten medical students were able to follow the first young man to see the patient, taking the pulse and discussing the condition, then handing the prescription to the counter and asking the clerks from the drugstores to dispense the medicine. As more and more people came in, the ten medical students began to get flustered, wanting to treat every patient but not having the ability to do so. Xu Shifang scolded them many times, but failed to stop them.

Chen Shao advised him, "Don't be angry. Wait for an hour or two and they will naturally calm down."

Xu Shifang scolded her because he was afraid that she would blame him, but when he saw that she didn't care at all and even let them busy themselves, he gradually stopped caring.

After the ten medical students were busy and saw that it was really free, the lines in front of the doctors were getting longer and longer, and the old man at the breakfast stall also came with his grandson.