Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 24 Do it yourself
Zhang Luan raised his head and took a look. In a flash he had already figured out the other party's identity and intentions.

In this regard, Zhang Yanling always felt that this unreliable father in front of him still had some ability, that is, he had the ability to judge people.

The most important quality of a person with a speculative mentality and repeated success is the ability to read people's expressions.

Zhang Luan said, "I understand. Do your thing."

Li Weishao came forward and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, you have worked hard. We have a few special guests today and would like to ask you to plant some medicine. Is it convenient for you?"

Zhang Luan stood up to greet him: "What brings you here, Mr. Li? Who is...?"

Chen Yun bowed and said, "Please treat me as an ordinary villager who comes to grow herbs. Please show me how."

Afterwards, Chen Yun sat down, and Li Weishao and other accompanying officials could only stand behind him, which clearly told the Zhang father and son that this gentleman's identity was not simple.

Zhang Luan couldn't help but look at Chen Yan a few more times. He could clearly feel that the other party had an extraordinary temperament and was not an ordinary person.

But he did not ask any more questions, and just said calmly: "In this case, please ask this... gentleman to stretch out his arm."

Chen Yun did as he was told, then rolled up his sleeves, revealing his smooth arms.

Zhang Luan opened the medicine box, took out a porcelain bottle and a silver needle, and skillfully implanted the medicine on Chen Yun's arm. The whole process was smooth and every move was extremely natural, without any element of performance, just like implanting medicine for people normally.

Li Weishao and the Jinyiwei were observing carefully, trying to find any actions from Zhang Luan that would be disadvantageous to Chen Yan, but Zhang Luan had practiced this set of medicine planting process thousands of times in recent times, and it can be said that there was no flaw.

Chen Yun had also been observing Zhang Luan's actions carefully, and he already had a vague answer in his mind.

After planting the medicine, Zhang Luan took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to Chen Yan: "When you go back, apply this medicine three times a day. Don't touch it with water within seven days."

"I wonder if this is...?"

Chen Yun looked over curiously.

Zhang Luan couldn't help but glance at Li Weishao. Of course he couldn't mention it. This was what the government asked him to do.

If they only grow medicinal herbs and all of them are provided by Zhang Luan, how can the government profit from it?

Of course you have to come up with a pretext!
Anyway, the medicine has to pierce the skin, so the county government allocated funds to purchase a batch of so-called drugs to promote wound healing from local pharmacies. Anyway, it is hard to say whether they are effective or not, so it is fine as long as the county government can allocate the funds reasonably and legally.

Zhang Luan said: "This is to speed up the effect of the medicine planted in the body and make the wound heal quickly."

"I see."

After all, Chen Yun had never studied medicine, so he didn't know the trick and nodded.

Zhang Luan saw that all the herbs had been planted, and looked around: "Does anyone still have herbs to plant? Here..."

What I mean is, you are getting in the way of my work, so if you don't want to grow the medicine, get out of here.

Li Weishao was quite embarrassed. After all, Zhang Luan was too disrespectful to him. He told you that the man in front of you was of great importance, yet you were still so neglectful?

However, when Li Weishao looked at Chen Yan's expression again, he found that he was not annoyed at all. He seemed to have an attitude of, "The worse your attitude is, the more I appreciate you."

Li Weishao suddenly realized that this was what the censors liked.

Chen Yu said, "Sir, I don't understand one thing. What is the basis of your method of growing medicine? I heard that it comes from your family tradition, but your ancestors already have this method of curing diseases?"

"Well..."

Zhang Luan seemed very hesitant for a moment.

The person in front of him was too straightforward. He was trying to dig up his past. He had originally hoped to rely on this to travel the world and become a famous miracle doctor.

Zhang Luan said: "Sir, are you asking this in a personal capacity, or..."

He pointed at Li Weishao behind Chen Yun, meaning, are you questioning me as an official?

Chen Yu said, "To be honest, I am Chen Yu, the inspector of Guizhou Province. I heard that you are practicing medicine in Xingji and treating the people, so I came here to find out. There are many rumors that you are a scammer, but in my opinion, you really have the heart to save the world and bring peace to the people."

"It turns out to be Censor Chen. I apologize for my rudeness."

Zhang Luan quickly stood up and saluted.

"It doesn't have to be this way."

Chen Yun waved his hand and said, "Just discuss the matter at hand."

Zhang Luan sighed, "Some things really shouldn't be kept secret. This method comes from a medical book, not a family tradition."

Li Weishao almost jumped up when he heard this, and stammered, "Master Zhang...Master Zhang, don't say anything careless. You...you...you are trying to fool the government, aren't you?"

Chen Yan said: "Don't mind it, but you can say it."

Then Li Weishao quickly ordered the government officials to drive out all the people who were still queuing in the yard, as if he was afraid that the secret would be known to others.

Zhang Luan said bluntly: "What was injected into the human body was not some magical medicine, but just the pustules produced by the sores of the cow after it got smallpox."

"what?"

When the people present heard this, they were shocked. The Jinyiwei next to them almost drew his sword and was ready to chop Zhang Luan to death if he disagreed with him.

Chen Yan stretched out his hand to interrupt the questioning that was about to happen, and asked seriously, "Why is this happening?"

Zhang Luan said, "That's right. Humans can get smallpox, and so can cows. But when cows get smallpox, they get sick for a few days and then recover, while humans get a serious illness, and often a 50-50 chance of survival or death. This is really a punishment from heaven, and it cannot be changed by human power, and medicine is useless." "That's right."

Chen Yun seemed to recall the tragic scene when he was a child when an epidemic spread within his family and he himself was infected with smallpox and could only lie in bed waiting to die.

With his hands and feet tied, his life and death were entirely at the mercy of fate.

Saying this to someone who has had acne, I can relate best.

Zhang Luan continued, "If a person has had smallpox, once he recovers, he will never get the disease again in his life."

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded again.

Zhang Luan said, "So, since ancient times, people have been using smallpox from humans to infect ordinary people, in exchange for mild symptoms to resist the disease. But smallpox is often difficult to cure, making vaccination too risky. I wonder, if we use cow smallpox to infect humans, since the symptoms are mild and can be cured within a few days, then can we resist the smallpox disease that has been spreading for thousands of years?"

Chen Yun frowned: "No one has ever made a similar attempt. Sir...did you really see this from a medical book?"

Zhang Luan smiled with shame. He couldn't explain the extra words.

Because he himself didn't know where this trick came from. His son said that he read it in a medical book, but now it seemed as if everything was discovered by him.

The key point is... I have never seen this book before.

If so, why has no one used this trick before, so why has it become my turn to use it?
Li Weishao was so angry that he stamped his feet and said, "Master Zhang, I thought you were using some magical medicine, but you actually transferred the disease of cattle to humans? If something goes wrong, can you take the responsibility? At least half of the people in the city have taken your medicine. You can't be..."

Zhang Luan said, "Censor Chen, I was not willing to speak out about this before because I was worried about this. If people knew that I was transferring the disease from cattle to humans, I'm afraid most people would not want to use the medicine. I'm not worried about people misunderstanding me, but I'm afraid that no one would come to plant the medicine, which would delay the plan of curing diseases and preventing disasters."

"Ah."

Chen Yan nodded, "Your concerns are not unreasonable."

As he spoke, Chen Yan couldn't help but look at Li Weishao who was standing beside him with an excited expression.

From Li Weishao's reaction, Chen Yan knew how the world would react after the matter was made public, and he immediately said, "So this matter should not be made public. Even you must not leak the inside story."

Li Weishao was a little surprised, and hurried over to ask in a low voice: "Censor Chen, you know all the details, and you still let him do whatever he wants?"

Chen Yu said, "Isn't this the person specially hired by County Magistrate Song to prevent and treat the plague? My duty is to go to a place and understand the people's sentiments. Now I have personally verified that there is no fraud. Although what he said is a little strange, it is generally self-consistent. Why not wait for some time to verify whether this method is effective?"

"Uh……"

Li Weishao was dumbfounded.

Previously, the local government of Xingji had been vigorously promoting the cultivation of medicine to prevent and treat smallpox, but Chen Yun came to blame and cause trouble.

But now the situation has reversed, and Chen Yun insists on pushing this matter forward.

Zhang Luan saw that Censor Chen had a good impression of him, so he quickly bowed and said, "Censor Chen understands the people's feelings and has a heart that cares about the country and the people. I am an old and humble scholar, and I do not seek wealth and honor, but I hope to do my best to work for the welfare of the people of the world with the remaining strength of my life."

This sounded empty, but in this situation, Chen Yu agreed deeply and nodded, saying, "I will not disturb you from curing illnesses and saving lives. I want to talk to you in detail in the inn after I finish planting the medicine."

"it is good."

Zhang Luan suddenly felt his face brighten.

Although the Inspector-General and the magistrate were of the same rank, Zhang Luan was well aware that the Inspector-General had much more power than a magistrate. What he did was likely known to the court, and he might be able to rise to the top and become a phoenix.

……

……

After Chen Yun finished planting the medicine, he led Li Weishao and others out of the yard.

Li Weishao couldn't help but persuade again at this time: "Chen Yushi, this matter needs to be discussed. He concealed this matter from the county government before. Who would have thought that he would use this method to treat the disease? It's really..."

Chen Yun said, "The medicine has already been planted. Didn't you say that half of the people in Xingji have already planted the medicine? Isn't it too late to stop it now? Besides, the dosage is so low that it won't have much impact as long as it doesn't make people bedridden after getting sick."

The Jinyiwei at the side said: "That's right. It's just a little thing on that person's silver needle. It won't kill him, right?"

Chen Yun asked again: "He has been growing herbs for some time. Has anyone died of illness after growing herbs?"

"It seems... not."

Li Weishao paused and had to tell the truth.

"Isn't that it? Let's wait and see." Chen Yun was a little impatient.

Obviously, his focus now has shifted to the issue of water warehouses and food, and Zhang Luan's epidemic prevention matters can be put aside for the time being.

As they were talking, another group of people came jogging over. Each of them looked terrified, as if a disaster was about to happen, but they obediently lined up to plant the medicine.

"What happened to them?"

Chen Yun pointed and asked.

Then the Jinyiwei went to investigate and came back to explain the situation in detail to Chen Yan: "It is said that several people in the city have contracted smallpox again. None of them had taken medicine before. However, those who were close to them did not get smallpox because they had taken medicine earlier. The villagers were all amazed. Those who were unwilling to take medicine before are now rushing to get it."

Li Weishao looked quite embarrassed after hearing this.

Chen Yun sighed, "Whether such things are effective or not, the people have their own measure in their hearts. They will make their own choices without the need for the court to teach them."

(End of this chapter)