Since the salt production from the Blind Mountain Salt Farm, Anxian Post Road has become the busiest post road in Dahua. Official escorts, civilian escorts, and merchants travel from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, from the beginning to the end of the month, and from sunrise to sunset. .. ...
In less than two years, Jinzhou has become a gathering place for merchants in Dahua, second only to the capital city. The number of newly built teahouses, restaurants, and inns in the city has more than doubled than before, and there are thousands more traveling merchants. This is something that has never happened in Jinzhou in the past hundreds of years.
The danger of salt shortage spreads throughout the country. In order to maintain stability, the imperial court had already claimed that the salt reserves in the Blind Mountain Salt Fields were enough to meet the needs of China for a hundred years.
This means that within the next hundred years, Jinzhou will be the largest salt production area in the world. For merchants and traders, this place is a cornucopia.
"Haitang, what else do you want to buy?" Mei Yuanchen followed her and asked with a smile.
"I remember there is a Xinglin Tang on Lanting Street, let's go and have a look." Haitang held Mei Yuanchen's arm with one hand and pointed to the south with the other.
In the past few months since she came to the capital, when Granny Yun went out to buy daily necessities, she usually asked her two daughters-in-law, Bai Ze and Xiao Xue, to help out. Haitang was bored staying at the house, so she would go shopping with him from time to time. She vaguely remembered seeing a pharmacy called Xinglintang on Lanting Street.
Mei Siyuan was injured in the battle with Shatuo's army outside Jinzhou City. His waist, back, arms, and legs were all injured. Although the wounds were healed at this time, he still felt pain from time to time because his vitality had been drained. Haitang heard Bai Lisi say it twice and kept it in her mind. She was about to find a time to go out to buy medicine. Unexpectedly, after lunch, Mei Yuanchen found her and insisted on taking her out shopping. Done.
The two of them turned a fork in the road and saw a large shop. There was a strong smell of medicine coming from inside. Looking at the plaque, it was "Xinglin Hall".
"Sure enough, I remembered correctly, it's right here." After finding this pharmacy, Haitang laughed happily, her smile as bright as a pear blossom in February.
After finishing speaking, he left Mei Yuanchen behind and walked to the palm hall in a few steps.
"Shopkeeper, I would like to grab some good medicine for healing wounds." Haitang asked the old man with a goatee in the shop.
The old man with a gray beard lowered his chin slightly and asked, "Little girl, what kind of injury is it? How old is the injured person?"
"My husband was injured by a knife or a gunshot three months ago. Now the wound has healed, but he still feels pain from time to time. Could you please get me some good medicine. But I hope that the root cause of the disease can be eradicated. It won't cost more money. It's important." Haitang replied seriously.
"Where are the injuries?" the old man with the goatee asked again.
"She was shot once and twice in the leg, once in the left arm, and there were five stab wounds on the back. The gunshot wound in the abdomen was the most serious." Mei Yuanchen answered for her. When he said this, there were no tears in his eyes.
After listening to this, the old man with the goatee's face looked a little ugly. He rubbed his chin with his right hand and shook his head in a deep voice: "You... Tsk, tsk... You, it's not easy to handle! Logically speaking, It’s not easy to recover from such a serious injury in three months.”
Mei Yuanchen's face tightened after hearing this, and he hurriedly asked: "Old man, what can't be done?"
In the past two years, he has learned a lot of martial arts and some healing techniques. However, when it comes to medical science, he knows very little. Although he has always been concerned about his father's injury, he doesn't know how to proceed.
"Hmm... This is called breaking the body and hurting the yuan, which means that the vitality is damaged. Well... the vitality is where the human essence is. If the luck is damaged and the energy is not nourished and consolidated in time, it will fall. The root cause of the disease is unhealable." The old shopkeeper replied in a deep voice.
"How to nourish Qi? How to strengthen Yuan?" Mei Yuanchen asked anxiously.
At this moment, a masked woman in plain clothes walked over from the back hall and asked softly: "May I ask if the patient was injured in the Suzhou War?"
"Master!" The old shopkeeper with a gray beard bowed slightly and greeted the masked woman. The woman just nodded slightly in return.
Mei Yuanchen was quite surprised and forgot to reply for a moment.
"Sir, may I ask if the patient was injured in the Suzhou war?" the woman in plain clothes asked again.
"Yes! Yes! My father was injured by the enemy during the battle with Shatuo's army in Suzhou more than three months ago." Mei Yuanchen came to his senses and replied quickly.
Haitang looked at him and then at the masked woman. Her face was a little unhappy and her nose was slightly wrinkled.
The woman in plain clothes nodded, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty's injury is indeed a physical injury. However, I am afraid it will not be easy to heal by taking medicine alone. If you can use golden needles to guide the energy, you can get twice the result with half the effort."
Mei Yuanchen was shocked and said happily: "You think this girl is good at this?"
"That's natural. Our hall master's golden needle skills are not only the best in the world, but he is at least the top three in the world." The white-bearded old shopkeeper said proudly to Mei Yuanchen and Haitang Dao, with a hint of "we are proud of them."
"Ah?" Mei Yuanchen was startled, and he knelt down on the ground. He said seriously to the masked woman: "I beg you, girl, to come with me and perform acupuncture to treat my father's injuries!"
It is said that "a man has gold at his knees." However, Mei Yuanchen did not feel ashamed to kneel down for his father.
Although the woman's face was covered, her figure was obviously that of a young woman. Originally, Haitang felt a little jealous when she saw Mei Yuanchen looking at her. Now she heard the old man say that she was one of the best golden needle masters in the world. How could she dare to have any idea? Seeing Mei Yuanchen kneeling on the ground, he hurriedly followed suit and knelt down.
"Young lady, you don't have to be polite." The masked woman stopped her in time and said to Mei Yuanchen who was kneeling aside, "Sir, please rise. Medical skills are used to save the world and save people. If I can help your father, I will naturally Don’t dare to say goodbye.”
"Okay! Okay!" Mei Yuanchen stood up, bowed deeply, and said to the woman in a clear voice, "May I ask if you are cheap at this moment? Can you condescend to come with me?"
Seeing his sincere expression, the woman nodded lightly and said to the old man with the goatee: "Shopkeeper Liu, go get my medical box."
"Yes, Hall Master!" The old shopkeeper respectfully accepted the order, went to the back hall, fetched a trunk and delivered it to her.
Mei Yuanchen had always been very curious when he saw the old shopkeeper respecting the masked woman so much. I also thought that if I had something to ask for, it would be better to interfere less with other people's affairs to avoid unnecessary complications. Therefore, not much was said. Seeing that the woman seemed to have all the necessary things ready, she hurriedly took the things Haitang had bought from the counter and walked in front to lead the way.
Lanting Street is not far from the Salt Transport Government Office, about three or four miles, and after walking for less than half a quarter of an hour, we finally arrived.
"I'm really sorry for troublesome girl to travel such a long distance!" Mei Yuanchen stood in front of the house, bowed and said to the woman.
"Is your father a member of the Salt Government?" Mei Yuanchen stopped here just now. The woman looked shocked. After hearing Mei Yuanchen's words, her face became more strange.
Mei Yuanchen replied in a clear voice: "My father is the chief official of the house."
