The imperial hospital of Hou Jin Dynasty is different from that of Ming Dynasty. The latter has a strict hierarchical system. Military doctors are military doctors and are doctors who accompany the army, while imperial doctors specialize in serving the palace and ministers.
Not long after the Jin regime was established, the Imperial Hospital did not have so many rules. When there was no war, the doctors were imperial doctors, and during war they became military doctors.
Therefore, Batu was both an imperial doctor and a military doctor. He felt that Lin Ping'an only learned a little bit from his father, a doctor. As for the medicine god's appearance, he only taught him the art of blood transfusion.
So he was very worried about Lin Ping'an's medical skills.
So the next day, he brought several colleagues and told Lin Ping'an that whenever he was not on duty in the future, he and these colleagues would come here to help Lin Ping'an with consultations.
In response, Lin Ping'an expressed his 100% welcome and gratitude, and promised a consultation commission of ten taels per person per month.
Batu and several colleagues were naturally very happy, and no fool would refuse to get double wages.
The clinic on the street soon opened, and Batu and his colleagues conscientiously bought various medicinal materials.
The clinic was also specially named "Ping An Tang."
On the fourth day, Batu took Lin Pingan and Lin Waner to the market in the city that specialized in selling slaves.
"Look, this is the biggest market in Shengjing City."
Batu said, pointing to the sea of people in front of him.
Lin Ping'an looked up and saw a crowd of people. Countless Han men and women stood there like commodities. Everyone's feet were tied with a rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to a carriage. Once Once the transaction is concluded, the owner of the carriage will untie the rope and hand the end of the rope to the buyer.
Lin Ping'an remembered his mother's appearance. He held Lin Wan'er and shuttled through the crowd, looking for her all the way, but he never saw her mother's shadow.
Batu knew that Lin Ping'an was looking for his mother, so he couldn't help but ask: "What's your mother's name?"
"Wu Yuexiang."
Lin Pingan replied.
Batu nodded and asked Lin Pingan to wait for him where he was, while he asked around in Manchu.
An hour passed and Batu came back. He shook his head in disappointment at Lin Ping'an.
Lin Ping'an showed a wry smile and said to Batu: "Forget it, I'll just come here often from now on. Let's settle the family matters first today."
Batu nodded in agreement and led Lin Pingan into the crowd again.
"Peace! Lin Ping'an!"
Suddenly, a voice came from Lin Ping'an's ear, which seemed to be calling his name.
So he followed the sound and looked around, and was shocked when he saw a disheveled, unkempt middle-aged man waving and yelling at him.
"Sweat pig, what are you barking at?"
The owner of the carriage on the side waved the whip in his hand, with a look of disgust on his face.
Lin Ping'an took a closer look and couldn't help shouting: "Uncle Wang, why is it you?"
The person in front of him was Wang Youheng, a teacher from a village in Linpingan. At this moment, he looked surprised, but his face was already haggard.
Lin Waner obviously recognized Wang Youheng and shouted loudly: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, I am Waner."
A guy with a sinister face jumped out of the carriage. When he saw that Lin Ping'an knew Wang Youheng, his eyes immediately rolled. The price that was originally sold for five taels of silver doubled.
"Ten taels of silver."
He said to Lin Pingan.
Without saying a word, Lin Ping'an took out a ten-tael silver note and stuffed it into the guy's hand, then squatted down and untied the rope from Wang Youheng's feet.
"Ping An, what are you doing?"
Wang Youheng looked at the neatly dressed brother and sister Lin Pingan and asked hesitantly.
Lin Pingan did not answer the question, but asked in an urgent voice: "Uncle Wang, have you seen my mother?"
Wang Youheng shook his head and sighed: "The dead are dead and scattered. The living are all taken back to camps in various places by the Tatar army. I didn't see your mother."
The hope rising in Lin Ping'an's heart fell instantly. He nodded, hugged Lin Wan'er and walked forward silently.
"Brother Goudan!"
Lin Wan'er in her arms stretched out her little hand and pointed at the group of people in front of her while shouting.
Following Lin Wan'er's hand, Lin Ping'an suddenly showed surprise. He saw a dark-faced boy in the crowd squatting on the ground, his buried head raised from time to time, with a look of confusion on his face.
Lin Ping'an stepped forward quickly, pulled up Goudan, and shouted: "Liu Cheng, it's really you!"
Liu Chenggong is a Goudan, he is five years older than Lin Pingan, and he is from the same village as Lin Pingan. When he suddenly saw Lin Pingan, his face suddenly became dull.
He glanced at Lin Ping'an, then at Wang Youheng behind Lin Ping'an, and then he suddenly seemed to wake up and shouted:
"Peace, Uncle Wang, I'm a bitch!"
He shouted while digging through the crowd, and in an instant he pulled out a young man and shouted: "Zhao Sheng, Zhao Sheng is here too!"
A moment later, Liu Cheng and Zhao Sheng also followed Lin Pingan.
Batu approached Lin Ping'an and whispered: "Sir, we are here to buy servants, not to save people."
"I can't just ignore death."
Lin Ping'an said: "Forget it, just buy two more women and go back."
He actually knew that the Han people in these markets were miserable, but there was nothing he could do. Even if he spent all his money, it would only be a drop in the bucket and would not make any difference.
There were also many Han women in the market, but most of them were unkempt, with messy hair, and their faces could not be seen clearly. Lin Pingan walked for a while, and suddenly saw two women hugging each other in the crowd, with their heads lowered and trembling all over.
So he got closer and found that the two women were very young, probably eleven or twelve years old, but their faces were covered with dust and their eyes were filled with fear.
"Just the two of them."
Lin Pingan said to Batu beside him.
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The group of people returned to the mansion, and Batu took his leave.
Lin Ping'an asked everyone to wash up and put on newly bought clothes before meeting everyone in the lobby.
Wang Youheng, Zhao Sheng and Liu Cheng all came from the same village as Lin Pingan, so they were naturally familiar with each other. However, when Lin Pingan saw the two girls after washing up, his eyes lit up.
The older girl is very pretty, with an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, almond eyes and peach cheeks, and a straight nose. She looks like a weak willow supporting the wind wherever she stands, and she has a ladylike demeanor.
The younger girl has delicate features and a pair of big, lively eyes.
"Slave Ye Yunshu has met the master."
The older girl bowed slightly towards Lin Ping'an and saluted. The girl behind her opened her mouth, seeming a little aggrieved, and shouted: "My slave, Xiu'er, has met the master."
After the words fell, Sylvia Lin turned around and glared at Xiu'er, and shouted to Xiu'er in a low voice: "What slave girl? We are all the master's slaves here!"
Lin Pingan smiled. He could see at a glance that the relationship between the two must be master and servant, so he smiled and said:
"Now that we are here, we are a family. There are so many rules."
As he spoke, he pointed to Lin Wan'er beside him and said again: "I invite you two to come. The main thing is to take care of my girl. You don't need to worry about the rest."
Sylvia Lin's eyes swept over Lin Ping'an, and he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, thinking to himself:
"Is this young master the master of this place?"
"But he looks obviously about the same size as me!"
She was the daughter of Ye Shirong, the largest cloth shop owner in Guangning City. In the Battle of Guangning, the Ming army was defeated. Later, the Jin army broke through the city and then burned, killed, and looted. Ye Shirong's family was not spared.
The whole family died and dispersed. Sylvia Yunshu and Xiuer's master and servant were kidnapped by Hou Jin's army and brought to Shengjing. It may be that they were young and unkempt, so they were not noticed by others. Taken to the market to sell.
Sylvia Lin has been well-educated and well-versed in female celebrities since she was a child. She is a famous talented woman in Guangning City. Although she is in trouble now, her speech and behavior are elegant and graceful, without losing the ladylike demeanor of everyone.
She had been very nervous along the way, thinking that if she was bought, she would be destined to be a concubine or a maid, but she didn't expect that Lin Pingan would just ask her to look after a little girl.
So at this moment, she couldn't help but feel a sense of disbelief, staring blankly at everything in front of her.
Lin Wan'er was the most obedient. She immediately ran forward and took Sylvia Lin's and Xiu'er's hands and shouted:
"The two sisters are so beautiful. My name is Lin Wan'er."
Sylvia suddenly woke up and said hurriedly: "Miss is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can you call me two like this?"
Lin Wan'er opened her big eyes and said with a confused expression: "You are older than Wan'er, shouldn't I call you sister?"
Sylvia Lin smiled bitterly to himself. He didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he could only look at Lin Pingan in embarrassment.
Lin Ping'an is a modern person. There is so much awareness of the superiority of master and servant. He waved his hand and said with a smile:
"Miss Ye, you don't have to be like this. We also fled from Guangning City. We should treat each other as brothers and sisters."
Escape? Is there anyone who has escaped like you?
...Sylvan Lin complained in his heart, but he had an inexplicable liking for Lin Ping'an.
"Uncle Wang, please worry more about family matters."
Lin Ping'an said to Wang Youheng that the other party was a teacher, and it was most appropriate to leave the housekeeping job to him.
Wang Youheng was an adult. Although he didn't know why Lin Ping'an was in such a situation, he knew at this moment that he was bought by someone, so he respectfully replied: "But it depends on the young master's orders."
Zhao Sheng and Liu Cheng looked at each other and thought to themselves that Lin Ping'an would become a young master at some point. Wasn't this boy just a child from an ordinary family before?
But seeing Wang Youheng being so respectful to Lin Ping'an, and thinking about his miserable appearance in the market, he followed Wang Youheng's example and asked respectfully:
"Master, what should we two do?"
Lin Ping'an scratched his head and then said: "I don't know, anyway, you can do whatever you need to do."
Zhao Sheng and Liu Cheng yelled, but Sylvia Yunshu on the side made a sound in his heart, thinking to himself: "It seems that this young master of mine must be the first master of the family, and he doesn't even know what the servants should do."
