ask sword 2

Chapter 1
Yu Guozai worked for three years, Jiangnan Road, Wuzhou City.

A morning rain in early summer washed away the turbid heat between heaven and earth.

On the Kuangzhou Bridge, there are many pedestrians and chariots and horses.

The wide and deep river under the bridge flows quietly from south to north, carrying boats full of salt, tea, grain and other goods.

The huge ships of Hongge, thousands of ships, are either pulled by trackers or swayed by boatmen, and there is no time to stop.

The Yu Empire inherited the water transportation system of the former Sui Dynasty, and the city of Wuzhou was one of the important nodes on the water transportation route of the Yu State.

The so-called "Wumen turn millet and silk, Panhailing Penglai."

"Yunfan turns to Liaohai, and japonica comes to Soochow."

Ships and goods traveling from south to north have brought a large number of floating population and business opportunities to this city on Jiangnan Road.

The shops along the street along the Qiaotou River in Kuangzhou were ready to open long before the rising sun.

Whether it is a tea house, a restaurant, a restaurant, or a rouge shop, a pawn shop, or a rice shop, all the storefronts are large and grand, and they are very popular.However, among the many shops, there is one door that is closed and has no intention of opening at all.

It was a pharmacy with a plaque of "Security Hall" hanging there.

"Snapped."

The rag that wiped the countertop of the drugstore was thrown aside,
A palm belonging to a young man first swiped across the antique paulownia tabletop, and then brought it under his eyes to check whether there was any dust left on his fingertips.

"It's clean."

The teenager blew into the palm of his hand, threw the rag into the wooden basin filled with water, stretched out, and sat in the chair behind the counter.

He was about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a gray t-shirt with a short scarlet and white shirt, a hooded head, and long boots. He had an ordinary appearance and an exceptionally calm expression.

Li Ang, this is his name.

Or rather, his name in this world.

Four months ago, Li Hanquan, the former owner of Bao'an Tang and Li Ang's father, and his wife, Cui Yi, passed away one after another due to illness.And Li Ang himself, who was confused during the period of filial piety, also had an accident——

In his mind, messy and fragmented memory fragments began to appear continuously.

A bustling city full of skyscrapers, steel vehicles galloping down the streets, mobile phones, computers, internet
And the existence of the same name Li Ang who lives in that world.

The source of the broken memory has the same name and surname as him, and even looks exactly the same.Is this Zhuang Zhou Meng Die, or Die Meng Zhuang Zhou?

Or, is it the legendary "traversal"?
Li Ang shook his head, put his messy thoughts behind him, and glanced at the familiar Baoantang pharmacy in front of him.

The storefront of the drugstore is quite spacious. The floor is covered with bluestone slabs, and the four pillars are cushioned with boulders. Three thin ropes are hung from the beams of the house, and a thin wooden stick is tied. Below the thin wooden stick hangs a packet of medicinal fragrance. The patent medicine, and the small wooden sign with nourishment such as "Xiaoqinglong Soup", "Ephedra Soup", "Rehmannia glutinosa" and so on.

Above the counter, there are flat bamboo baskets, medicine scales, pounding mortars and other sundries.

On the wooden shelf behind the counter, there are wooden boxes and ceramic jars filled with ephedra, kudzu root, black medicine, salvia and other medicines.

"Master. Our family is running out of money."

A soft female voice interrupted his thinking, Li Ang turned his head to look, and saw a girl in a blue maid's uniform sitting in the corner of the shop.

She was about the same age as Li Ang, with a cute oval face, frowning slightly, and tying a lot of coins on the table.

Chai Cuiqiao, the maid of the Li Ang family.

Eight years ago, a rebellion broke out in Zhou State in the south of Yu State. The rebels attacked ten prefectures one after another like a raging fire. People in the northern part of Zhou State, facing the disaster of war, fled their homeland and poured into Yu State.

At that time, the situation was turbulent, and there were not many people selling daughters and daughters. Li Ang's mother, Cui Yi, took the lead and bought Chai Cuiqiao as Li Ang's maid.

As a major country in the world, Yu country has a vast territory and strong national strength, and it also claims to be the most civilized country.
So it's a maid.

"Well how much more?"

Li Ang sighed, got up from the chair, and walked towards the maid.

Although there is an episode of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, and there are countless fragments of memories, Li Ang's mental awareness has not changed.

After the sudden death of his parents, Chai Cuiqiao, a childhood sweetheart, is the closest and trusted person in the world.

By the way, Yu folk servants should call their male masters "Alang", "Master", or "Dalang", "Erlang", "Sanlang" according to the ranking of the master in the family.

However, Li Ang, who had awakened the fragments of modern memory, always felt that the title of "Dalang" was strange.

There is a sense of sight that I will get up and drink medicine in the next second.

So instead, he asked Chai Cuiqiao to call him Young Master or just his first name when there were no outsiders.

"Plain money is three thousand 280 four, two coins are 710 five, three coins are 770 nine, five coins are 420 one, ten coins are 220, broken silver is 13 taels, and flying coins are twenty guan"

Chai Cuiqiao's slender, onion-like fingers hovering in mid-air pointed to and fro, tilted her head, her expression a little tangled, "It adds up."

"31 strings and 350 six essays,"

Li Ang went to the table and sat down, "Add another 13 taels of silver."

The state of Yu used copper coins as the base currency. The so-called flat money is a penny, which is the smallest currency unit in the copper coin system.

At present, the flat money with the largest circulation among the people is Kaiyuan Tongbao, which has an outer circle and an inner square, a diameter of eight minutes, and is composed of copper, tin, and lead, and has a star and moon pattern on the back.

Others include Qianyuan Chongbao, Dali Yuanbao, etc., which belong to the era money issued by the previous emperor.

As the name implies, the value of two coins, three coins, five coins, and ten coins are respectively two coins, three coins, five coins, and ten coins.Further up, there are twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, and even a hundred, and a thousand dollars.If the face value is enough for every thousand yuan, it is consistent.

As for Feiqian, it was Yu Guo's paper exchange ticket - because copper coins were small in face value, heavy and inconvenient to transport, paper money orders (similar to bank checks) were born.

This piece of flying money now placed on the table of the Baoantang is a circle larger than a palm. It is made of high-quality Xuanzhou hard yellow paper, which is tough and not easy to break.In the middle of the paper is written the words "Two Ten Guan", and the time and place of depositing the money as well as the bank and responsible person for the relevant procedures are marked below. The edge of the paper is a circle of complicated and exquisite anti-counterfeiting patterns.

"Recently, the price of silver is about two to eight hundred yuan, and 13 taels of silver is ten pennies and four hundred pennies. Add them all up, and there are 41 pennies and 750 six pennies."

Looking at the coins stacked on the table, the master and servant did not speak, and fell silent for a while.

In front of them is Li Hanquan and Cui Yi husband and wife, who have operated Baoantang pharmacy for more than ten years, and all the available funds left after the funeral.

41 puns, say more, say less, say less.

Li Ang sighed, "The prices in the city haven't changed much recently, have they?"

"should not."

Chai Cuiqiao pointed his fingers and said: "White rice is 70 cents per bucket (one bucket is about 1 kilograms, 6 buckets is 10 stone), pork is 1 cents per catty, grass carp is 42 cents per catty, Hu cake is 30 cents, sour stuffing (that is, vegetable buns) 2 cents for one, 3 cents for 1 pear, and 3 cents per catty of salt.”

"If only food is counted in daily life, two people are 50 yuan per person and 100 yuan per day. But this only includes rice, salt, fuelwood, seasonings, oil, meat, vegetables, etc. If you want to make one or two more dishes and soups, the cost About 130 texts per day.

There is also money to buy clothes, coal, stationery, books and publications, fruits and snacks, and candles.”

Li Ang slightly calculated that he and Chai Cuiqiao would have a daily living cost of 150 yuan.

If you want to maintain the previous well-off life, it is 170 to 200 wen a day.

"Without any income, 41 passes would only be enough to live for about half a year."

Li Ang rubbed his brows. He didn't expect that the first problem that Chuan faced was not a fatal disease, nor a corrupt official, but the most realistic crisis of bankruptcy for a well-off family.

"Master, that, actually."

Chai Cuiqiao rubbed the corners of the maid's clothes, hesitated for a long time, and said in a voice like a gnat, "I still have some private money."

Li Ang didn't hear much, "What?"

"Ten, ten."

Chai Cuiqiao's face was slightly red, and she said, "Mrs. every month will give me monthly bills to buy what I want. Except for the usual melon and fruit snacks, I have been saving up."

"What are you thinking about?"

Li Ang smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand and lightly flicked his head on Chai Cuiqiao's forehead, "You can keep the money yourself, I'm not going to rely on maids to support me."

Chai Cuiqiao covered her forehead with her hands and pouted in silent protest.

"Cough cough."

Li Ang coughed lightly, patted his thigh, and said sternly, "I plan to reopen the hospital."

"Eh?"

Chai Cuiqiao put down her hands and looked shocked, "Hey!"

"Hey what, I have to think of a way, can't just sit back and eat."

"But."

Chai Cuiqiao opened his mouth and hesitated.

Li Ang glanced at her, took a cup of tea from the table and took a sip of tea, "Afraid that I'm too young, no one will believe me? Or that I'm not good at medicine and accidentally kill someone?"

"Uh"

Chai Cui raised her eyes to the sky and stared at the beam of the house.

"Hey, you girl."

Li Ang pretended to be annoyed, reached out and ruffled Chai Cuiqiao's hair a little, and in the latter's protest, he said seriously: "The Treatise on the Origin and Symptoms of Various Diseases," "Qian Jin Fang," "Qian Jin Yi Fang," "Materia Medica Supplements," I have read all the books "Elbow Reserve Emergency Recipe", and there is absolutely no problem in treating people.

I'm sure about this, don't worry.

By the way, what's left at home? "

"Young master, are you hungry? There are two bunches of vermicelli in the kitchen, seven or eight eggs, two small jars of sauerkraut and pickles."

"Then let's get two bowls of fried egg noodles. I'll make do with a meal first, and then I'll go out. After the filial piety period is over, it's time to greet the teacher and ask about the state exam. If you can pass the provincial exam, With the status of judiciary, various things, including opening a medical center, can be much more convenient."

"oh oh."

Chai Cuiqiao nodded in understanding, turned around and lifted the bead curtain, and went to the kitchen, but there was still a little worry on her face.

Li Ang watched her back disappear into the corner and sighed softly.

She knows her own family affairs, and Chai Cuiqiao, as Cui Yi's appointed half-daughter and future daughter-in-law, can be said to be the person who knows Li Ang best in the world.

Even she was worried about Li Ang's reopening of the hospital, so there was no need to say more about the thoughts of outsiders.

Li Ang's fingers lightly brushed through the messy hair, and the eyes under the fingers became brighter.

No matter how you look at it, it's a fantasy to build a hospital and pharmacy at this age, but
Li Ang stood up from the chair, closed his eyes, held his breath, and under the faint sunlight shining through the thin window paper, his hands were hanging in front of him, and his palms were empty, as if he was holding something.

Scalpel, cut open the skin.

Retractor to expose the abdominal cavity.

Aspirator to remove blood.

Li Ang's hands were like a conductor on the stage, soft and steady.

Incision, hemostasis, ligation, drainage.

Excision, Reconstruction, Reconnection, Transplantation.

In front of his eyes, there seemed to be a lying virtual humanoid image, with eyes, nose, mouth, ears, heart, liver, spleen, and lungs.As Li Ang cut the skin with a scalpel, the blood vessels, bundles of muscles, and nerves of the virtual human figure were all exposed in the field of vision, and every detail was visible.

The faint sunlight through the window paper was like a shadowless lamp, the sound of slippers dragging on the floor of the sterile operating room seemed to be heard in my ears, and various smells gushed out of the memory fragments.

Disinfectant soapy water smell when washing hands.

The smell of high-frequency electric knife burning flesh.

Even the sour smell of various lesions.

Li Ang's arm hung in the air for a while, he still couldn't remember his specific life experience in another world.

Whenever I think hard, I can only find clear materials neatly arranged like a library shelf in the ocean of memory.

Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Pathophysiology, Pathological Anatomy, Medical Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Specimen, Diagnosis, Ultrasound, Imaging, ECG.
Vague and profound emotions flooded into my heart, the hardships of studying, the apprehension and fear when holding a scalpel for the first time, and the fatigue and satisfaction when completing the operation.
Li Ang slowly lowered his arms, opened his eyes, and his eyes were shining.

myself, a surgeon.

(End of this chapter)