Chapter 358: Many ledgers
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said, "I am indeed very busy. After Qin An gave you the manual, what are your thoughts on the surgery? How much has the success rate increased?"
Xia Wuji said: "Your Majesty, it can be increased to 60%. Now with Sir's alcohol, it can be increased to 70% or even 80%.
As for 100%, my husband has said that even if it is a minor surgery, there is no such thing as 100%.
You must never tell a patient that there is a 100% successful operation. If a doctor dares to say this, he will bear legal responsibility if a mistake is made.
You clearly said it would be successful, but the patient died during the operation. Will the family members think that the doctor who performed the operation deliberately murdered the patient? "
Ying Zheng and others nodded slightly.
"I didn't expect Qin An to be so careful and even consider this." Li Si said, "Generally speaking, if a doctor wants to be famous, he will try his best to tell others how powerful his medical skills are.
In this way, more and more patients will come here because of the reputation. Whether they are those who love fame or those who love money, they can achieve both fame and fortune. "
Xia Wuji said: "Li Xiang, a doctor's duty is to treat illnesses and save people. A good doctor will save even his own enemies, because in the eyes of doctors, there are only patients and no enemies."
"Then are you such a doctor?" Li Si asked.
Xia Wuji shook his head and said: "No, I am just a mortal. I will treat ordinary people, but I will not treat my enemies."
"It's good that you can't." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "This is the normal behavior of people. If you say you can, then I will have to think about whether to keep you by my side."
"We are afraid." Xia Wuji bowed his head.
"Okay, tell me about brown sugar." Ying Zheng asked.
He just heard the word brown sugar and wanted to ask.
"Your Majesty, this is a kind of sugar. Sir, he said it is extracted from sugar cane. Unlike maltose, brown sugar can relieve women's menstrual pain when taken during menstruation.
It’s just that this sugar cane is in the land of Baiyue. There should be many around South Vietnam.
According to what Mr. Wang said, sugar cane may only be wild and not cultivated artificially.
The main reason is that brown sugar was not produced in Da Qin's era, and there may be people who don't know what sugar cane is.
Wei Chen suggested that your Majesty send someone to investigate. Maybe some mountain people in Baiyue knew about it and even planted it. This is also a type of fruit that is full of water and particularly sweet. "
"Is there such a thing in the world? Is it sweeter than a cherry tomato?"
"It's sweeter," Xia Wuji said.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Li Si, remember this and ask someone to investigate the sugar cane matter when you get back."
"No." Li Si responded.
He knew that the current sugar was made from malt, also called maltose. The production was extremely rare and only nobles could eat it.
Nowadays, new sugar has emerged, which is another business opportunity. As long as you seize it first, you can make a lot of money.
It seems that people have to be stationed in Baiyue Land.
Li Si wondered whether he should have more sons, or let his sons have more grandchildren, so that the Li family could completely expand.
Originally, staying in Xianyang City would allow the Li family to flourish, but now it seems that my vision is still too short-sighted, and the Li family should be scattered around.
This is called true blooming.
Just when Li Si was thinking about it, Ying Zheng said again: "Since Qin An is so busy, let's not go looking for him and go to the village for a walk. I haven't been here for a few months. How is the development of the village?"
This village of ten thousand people is very rare, no, it may not be seen for thousands of years. "
Feng Quji smiled and said: "Your Majesty, we should go and see how much tax the village collects. This will show how rich the village is."
"That makes sense." Ying Zheng said, "Let's go to the Yamen and have a look."
The village also has a government office, and the person in charge is Ying Zheng. Because Ying Zheng has been away for a long time, a person was appointed as the acting village chief.
This acting village chief is actually the real village chief. He has two helpers, one is an official who specializes in arresting people, and the other is a scribe who takes notes.
Officials not only arrest people, but also collect taxes.
Every time taxes were collected, the clerk and the village chief came together, and the villagers were very cooperative.
Because in addition to these three people, there is also a group of thugs and guards.
This group of thugs and guards usually maintain law and order in the village and protect Qin An, and rarely care about other things.
They will only help when the tax is being escorted.
The village tax is collected at the end of each month, which has already passed. Now the three people in the Yamen have nothing to be busy with.
No one expected that while the three of them were doing nothing, bragging and chatting, Ying Zheng and the others arrived, which frightened them and they immediately knelt on the ground to greet them.
"See His Majesty the First Emperor." The three said at the same time.
After Ying Zheng walked to his seat and sat down, he said, "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The three acting village chiefs stood up at the same time.
Ying Zheng said: "Bring over the tax account book."
"promise."
The acting village chief ran to the desk, took a thick stack of account books, and then turned around to get them again.
Ying Zheng and others looked at the acting village chief who had come and gone five times, and thought to themselves: Good guy, how much tax revenue is this?
Li Si said directly: "You don't need to bring them all, just give the latest ones to Your Majesty."
The acting village chief said in embarrassment: "Reporting to Prime Minister Li, these are the tax books from last month. How much each person earns and how much tax they pay are recorded in great detail."
"So many?" Feng Quji was also very shocked.
Li Si frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this is too much. There are so many ledgers in one Zhaojia Village."
The acting village chief said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's not that the villain deliberately adjusted so many accounts, it is actually the village that is getting richer and richer under the leadership of Mr.
Whose village has shops everywhere on its streets? In whose village are the villagers not farming, but working everywhere, or even doing business?
There are also night markets, bazaars, and now there is a square. Your Majesty, you don’t know, Mr. has built a new square, with a place for play and rest in the middle, and shops all around.
Behind the shops are houses, and below the houses are various small shops selling food.
The three villains went to collect taxes. It took fifteen days to collect all the taxes, and this was with everyone's cooperation. "
Ying Zheng twitched his face and said, "Don't you know how to recruit people?"
"We have hired some villains, but the wages are too little, so they are unwilling to come." The acting village chief said with some bitterness.
Who would have thought that a group of common people would be unwilling to work in the government, which is too disrespectful to the government.
Some people died, but not completely...
