The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 85
Sanyuan County, Yongzhou.

In the early morning of this day, doctor Chang Dan did not go to sit in his pharmacy as usual, but told his son to keep an eye on the store, while he hurried to the bookstore in the east of the city.

Just halfway there, someone stopped him: "Brother Chang, where are you going in such a hurry?"

He knew who it was just by hearing the voice, and he thought inwardly, but with a smile on his face, he said, "So it's Brother Cheng, are you going to make a doctor's visit?"

The visitor was Cheng Hetai, another well-known doctor in Sanyuan County.The so-called peers are enemies, both of them are well-known medical skills but they are on par, the competition is especially fierce.

Cheng and Taipi smiled and said: "Where is it? My small shop is so empty that there is rarely a patient. How can I compare with Brother Chang? How about Brother Chang give me some of your patients?"

Not to be outdone, Chang Dan said: "Brother Cheng was joking, who doesn't know that your Hetaitang is the number one medical clinic in our Sanyuan County, and I was just about to ask Brother Cheng for a meal."

"I don't want too much, I just need to give up that old gentleman from the Zhu family. Brother Chang won't be reluctant, will he?"

Cheng Hetai was at a loss for words for a while, and said resentfully: "Patients will go to see a doctor and get medicine from whomever they trust. How can we hand them over as goods. It's too disrespectful."

This old Mr. Zhu is a big patron, he spends a lot of money in his shop every year, how could he let it go.Chang Dan also knew this, saying this matter was to squeeze him.

That old Mr. Zhu's health is actually fine, it's just old age and frailty.Most of the medicines he prescribes are nourishing medicines, and the so-called placebo has more components.

Ordinary people don't understand, how could Chang Dan, who is also a doctor, not understand.

He was afraid that Chang Dan would poke him out, and every time the two sides ran against each other, as long as the other party mentioned this old Mr. Zhu, he would be defeated.

In fact, he was not the only one who did this, many doctors including Chang Dan had done it.It's just that other people are not as lucky as him to meet such a big taker.

However, this matter involves the unspoken rules of the industry, and the two sides dare not disclose it if they are not deadly enemies. Chang Dan is just trying to take advantage of it.

So seeing that Cheng and Tai were intimidated, he accepted it as well, saying, "Are you going to the bookstore to buy Sun Zhenren's "Theory of Plagues and Pests?"

Cheng Hetai did not continue to express his anger, but said in an admiring tone: "Yes, Sun Zhenzhen is really a master, and he is willing to publicly teach his medical skills to the world."

Chang Dan thought deeply and said: "Sun Zhenren has high virtue and prestige, and he is the person I admire the most. I wish I could listen to his teachings in person."

While speaking, the two arrived at the location of the bookstore, but when they looked up, their expressions changed drastically. They saw that the three floors inside and outside the door of the bookstore were crowded with people.

They panicked immediately.

According to the gossip, the imperial court only distributed [-] copies of "On Plague and Pests" to Sanyuan County.

Except for those that were taken away by related people through internal channels, there are not many copies distributed below.

Originally, they thought they had come early enough, but they didn't expect that there were so many people earlier than them.

Although there will definitely be pirated copies and manuscripts in the future, I don't know when they will go. As doctors, they all want to see this book as soon as possible.

At this moment, the two of them didn't care about their demeanor anymore, they hurried forward and shouted as they squeezed: "You are not doctors, what's the use of grabbing medical books."

Finally someone couldn't stand the two of them, and said: "Whoever wants to rob your medical books, the bookstore has just arrived with a batch of Nine Classics annotated by Hongwen Library, and everyone is here to buy the Nine Classics."

The two looked carefully, and they did see a few familiar faces, all of whom were well-known scholars in Sanyuan County.

Only then did they realize that they had made an own mistake in their impatience.

But the matter has come to this point, they simply hesitated, and said loudly: "The medical book was written by Sun Simiao and Sun Zhenzhen, there are not many copies in Sanyuan County, please let us go in and have a look first, thank you."

While talking, squeeze in.

Those scholars took their face into consideration, and while scolding 'disgraceful', they had to make way for them.

The two of them didn't care about this at all, and they squeezed to the door and shouted: "Master Zhou, quickly bring Sun Zhenren's "Theory of Plagues and Pests", we bought them all."

Shopkeeper Zhou obviously knew them too, and said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, I only have the last copy left here. I don't know who to sell it to?"

"Give it to me, I'll pay double." Chang Dan and Cheng Hetai shouted at the same time.

Shopkeeper Zhou shook his head and laughed, and said: "The two of you are really... Let me make a suggestion, why don't you jointly fund the purchase and make a copy after you go back?"

"..." Both of them were ashamed and embarrassed to argue, so they planned to jointly pay for it.

They were surprised again when they asked the price, and asked, "Why is it so cheap?"

Shopkeeper Zhou said while picking up the book: "Sun Zhenren improved the printing technique... he can print thousands of copies a day, and the price will naturally come down, so that even ordinary people can afford it."

"The sage built a huge printing house in Chang'an, specializing in the printing of various books. I heard that the first batch of printed books was the Nine Classics annotated by the Hongwen Library."

"The imperial court has decreed that in three years' time, the Imperial Examination of Mingjing will be based on the Nine Classics annotated by the Hongwen Museum. That's why so many gentlemen come to buy books."

Chang Dan and Cheng Hetai were surprised and said excitedly: "In addition to medical skills, Sun Zhenren also knows how to learn organs? He really is a living god."

Shopkeeper Zhou opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say what was on his lips, but just shook his head.

These two are doctors, and they don't know what kind of disturbance the imperial court will bring about.He is a book seller and also a scholar, so he naturally knows that this move is simply digging the roots of the gentry.

At this time, some scholars were unwilling, and shouted: "Hurry up, can you, don't you see so many people waiting?"

Chang Dan and Cheng Hetai didn't dare to offend these scholars, so they hurriedly paid and left with the books.

Finding a secluded place, the two couldn't wait to open the book and read it.

Sure enough, this book introduces germs, bacteria and trace elements in detail. In order to facilitate everyone's understanding, some common examples are also given to illustrate.

For example, beriberi and night blindness are caused by the lack of trace elements, and can be cured without medicine by eating certain foods.

This complete set of theories completely shocked the two of them.In fact, they were not the only ones who were shocked, there were also countless doctors.

But medical skills are only a minority after all, and generally only doctors will pay attention to them.

What really shocked the world was the release of the annotated version of the Nine Classics by Hongwenguan and the imperial edict issued by the imperial court. Three years later, the Mingjing Division took this version as the standard.

These two things combined had the effect of a magnitude [-] earthquake.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the real purpose of the court's move is to compete with the gentry for the right to speak.

(End of this chapter)