The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 962: From Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou

Chapter 962: From Liangzhou → Ganzhou → Suzhou

It took Li Sanniang and her companions seven days to reach Liangzhou, a strategic point in the Hexi Corridor (now Wuwei, Gansu).
This place is a key hub on the Silk Road, so trade is prosperous and foreigners with braided hair and colorful clothes can be seen everywhere.

Brother Shaoyang was very interested in the camels that carried goods on the caravan. "In the past, my master took me mostly to the south, where more cattle were used. I only saw a few camels in the West Market of Chang'an.

I have never seen so many camels coming in such large groups."

"Brother, the further west we go, the more caravans there will be using camels to carry goods."

A few people got off their horses and entered the official post station, where a postman came up to ask why they were there.
Li Sanniang took out the business trip certificate and the badge of the Imperial Medical Bureau hanging around her waist to show the postman.

"Disrespectful, I am a female official on a business trip!
Come in quickly, come in quickly, I will call the postmaster to come and see Dr. Li!"

At this time, people who had arrived at the post station a long time ago and were drinking tea and eating cakes at two tables looked at Li Sanniang. After all, it was really rare to see an official from the capital in Liangzhou, and a female official at that!

Why would Li Sanniang be afraid of being seen?
She generously bowed to the two tables of people who were looking at her as a greeting, and the people at the two tables returned the bow.

After a while, the postmaster came trotting over.

The postmaster was a man in his forties with a moustache. After carefully checking the return letter from Li Sanniang and her friends, he bowed his head and greeted Li Sanniang.

"We have been riding fast all the way from Chang'an. Please ask the postmaster to change some good horses for us. We will rest here for one night and we will set off tomorrow morning.

The mission is very important, thank you very much, Postmaster!"

After saying this, Qiuxiang put a silver ingot on the table right after Li Sanniang finished speaking.

"Don't worry, Doctor Li. I will select the best horses for you."

Li Sanniang directly picked up the silver ingot on the table and stuffed it into the postmaster's hand. The postmaster's eyes were glued to the silver spoon, but he didn't reach out to take it.

"Here, I know this job is hard, you can use this money to have some tea."

"Then I would like to thank you for your reward, hehe."

The postmaster quickly put the silver ingot into his sleeve pocket. He thought that if someone could come from Chang'an, how could he be short of money?

However, the postmaster took the money and actually did the work for you.

We were served four dishes and one soup, which tasted quite good. We were also given two upper rooms for the four of us, which was quite good.

Li Sanniang had suffered a lot from traveling these days. The next day, her thighs were rubbed so badly that they were unrecognizable. She endured the pain and let Qiuxiang help her apply medicine.

Over the past few days, I have gotten used to the speed of this galloping horse.

I'm only staying for one night and have to rush to the next station tomorrow morning. I can't take a shower, but I can still soak my feet in hot water.

When she soaked her feet in the basin of hot water, Li Sanniang sighed with comfort.

"I have stayed in Chang'an for too long. I have had too many good days. My body cannot endure hardship anymore.

There is a horse-drawn carriage every time I go out, and I don’t even have to walk a few steps. My feet must have degenerated and I can’t walk anymore.

I’ve only been riding for a few days, and I’m already feeling uncomfortable all over.”

Qiuxiang took out the ointment from the medical box. She turned around and said to Li Sanniang with a smile, "Sanniang is right. We still need to use this medicine. We have to bear the pain for a while."

"Qiu Xiang, to be honest, when I have time, I will try this medicine carefully and develop an ointment that doesn't hurt when applied."

After resting for a night at the post station, the next morning, before dawn, Li Sanniang and her companions had already packed up and were waiting outside the post station.

The postmaster and the postman led out five horses. Lao Shi went forward to check them one by one. After confirming that there was no problem, he nodded to Li Sanniang.

Several people quickly put their bags back on the horses. Seeing that everything was ready, Li Sanniang took out two medicine bags and a bottle of ointment and handed them over to the postmaster and the postman.

"This medicine pack is for your knee pain, and I have written the prescription on it.

Use one pack every three days for three times in a row until you feel lighter.

Change to one dose every five days, and use it three times in a row;
Just change it to one dose every ten days, and use it three times in a row, and it should be much easier.

The ointment is for him. Yesterday I saw blisters on his hands, probably from a burn. Today I saw that they had been pricked. If he applies this ointment for a few days, it should be almost healed.

Thank you very much. ”

The postmaster and the postman looked at Li Sanniang in disbelief. Li Sanniang had only seen them once yesterday, but she had already diagnosed their illness and given them medicine the next day.

"Doctor Li, this..."

Li Sanniang, who had already mounted her horse, bowed to the postmaster and said, "When I finish my mission and return to Chang'an, I will write to the emperor and ask him to assign a doctor to the post station. I don't need to treat the most serious diseases, but I think the common diseases and injuries should be treated.

You work for the government, and this illness and injury is also caused by working for the government, so I should take care of you."

Seeing Li Sanniang and the others riding their horses up the official road and walking away, the postmaster holding the medicine bag and the postmaster holding the ointment said, "You are leading the horse for someone else?"

"Uncle! I'm riding top-quality horses. Did you forget that it was Old Ding who put the horseshoes on a few days ago? We didn't take the silver ingot for nothing."

The postman lowered his head and took a look at the medicine bottle in his hand, "And this medicine."

The postmaster nodded and said, "Li Mingfang, the female official of the Imperial Medical Bureau, what happened in Shule? Why did Chang'an send a female official there?"

After Li Sanniang and her companions got on the official road, the horses started running and it only took them a day and a half to reach Ganzhou (now Zhangye, Gansu).

They did not stop at the Ganzhou official post station, but changed horses and headed towards Suzhou (now Jiuquan area, Gansu).

But the weather was not good. The weather was extremely dry throughout their journey and it didn't look like it would rain at all.

As a result, they encountered rain in the evening.

It's not impossible to go forward in the rain, but Li Sanniang still told Lao Shi that they should find a place to shelter from the rain first.

After all, if she and Senior Brother Shaoyang got sick after getting caught in the rain, their trip would be delayed even more.

A few people got off their horses and led their horses towards the fork in the road, wondering if there were any houses near the official road. Even if it was just a tea stall, they would always have a place to shelter from the rain.

Who would have thought that after walking for more than a quarter of an hour, we only found a dilapidated temple with its roof exposed.

It was dark, and Li Sanniang couldn't tell which god was enshrined in the temple.

However, none of this mattered. The rain was getting heavier, so several people quickly led their horses into the dilapidated temple. Fortunately, the broken roof was only a small area. Except for the fact that there was more dust in the temple, it was still a good place to shelter from the wind and rain.

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