Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 51 The Spirit of a Miraculous Doctor
In the afternoon, Zhang Luan had not yet returned from the Imperial College. Jin was washing clothes and hanging them to dry in the yard when Shen Lu came to visit.

Jin quickly packed up and went out to greet him: "Uncle, since you are here, please go to the main room and sit down. I think my master will be back soon."

Shen Lu said with a smile: "Sorry to bother you, sister-in-law. I am here to give something to Brother Lai Zhan. You don't have to be so polite."

When Jin heard this, her eyes lit up: "Thank you for taking care of me before, why do I need you to spend money again?"

"It's not me this time, it's Minister Li in the court. He learned that Lai Zhan had just arrived in Beijing and had not yet settled down, so he asked me to send some things over and also sealed five taels of silver. If you encounter any difficulties in the capital in the future, just give me a heads up." Shen Lu said as he handed a wooden box to Jin.

If it were Zhang Luan, he might have pretended to refuse, but when it was given to Jin, Jin accepted it after just a few polite words.

Then Shen Lu was invited to the main hall to wait.

Since Zhang Luan was not around, Jin asked Zhang Yanling to greet the guests. Now even Jin felt that the second child in the family was at least a "normal person", and the eldest child should stay wherever he was comfortable.

"Yanling, your father said that he would hire a teacher for you... How is your academic level? Can you recite all the classics by heart?" Shen Lu chatted with Zhang Yanling.

Zhang Yanling nodded and said, "Okay."

Shen Lu said, "Then recite a passage for me. Let's recite it from the Annotated Analects of Confucius."

Zhang Yanling recited a passage casually.

In addition to the original consciousness of Zhang Yanling in his mind, there are also memories of his past life. Because his ancestor was an old Chinese medicine practitioner, he has been dabbling in ancient Chinese literature since he was a child. It is probably impossible for him to take the imperial examination, but it is not a problem for him to just memorize a dead article, right?

Shen Lu listened for a while and interrupted Zhang Yanling: "You are young, but you have learned a lot. With a teacher to teach you, you will make faster progress... You must study hard!"

Zhang Yanling said, "My father said that the teachers in the capital are not easy to get along with, and it is difficult to find a school suitable for me."

"hehe."

Shen Lu smiled and said, "That's true, but with your father's status as a student, it won't be difficult for him to find a teacher to teach you. By the way, Yanling, where did your father learn his medical skills? I asked your aunt, and she didn't know if the Zhang family had any medical heritage. She said that no one in your family had studied medicine for several generations."

Zhang Yanling smiled.

You old fox, you knew my father hadn't come back yet, so you came to my house early to get information out of me?
Zhang Yanling blinked his eyes and pretended to be ignorant. "I don't know where my father's medical skills came from. It seems that he got them from folk prescriptions in ancient books... I have followed my father to see patients. It seems that preventing and treating acne does not require too advanced medical skills. Once you understand the principles, you can just apply them according to the law... My father also knew that his skills were limited, so he didn't dare to open a medicine shop. When someone in the family was sick, we basically asked the doctor to come back to treat them."

"Oh."

Shen Lu was skeptical.

It doesn't sound very reliable that a person who has never studied medicine could suddenly come up with a remedy that shocks the world and can even solve the plagues that have plagued China for thousands of years.

Zhang Yanling added: "Some things don't necessarily need to be done by professionals. There are so many capable doctors in the world, but I haven't seen any of them capable of treating smallpox.

"My father had met with famous doctors in Xingji before, and they were also surprised by my father's methods of preventing and treating epidemics. Oh, and there was also a famous doctor from Huizhou who came to visit my father and discussed with him, but he didn't seem to be optimistic about my father's methods of preventing and treating epidemics, and he never came to our house again after they separated."

Shen Lu smiled and asked, "Is he the famous doctor named Wang?"

Zhang Yanling thought, you even know about Wang Ji?
Or did you come here specifically for Wang Ji?

Zhang Yanling said, "I don't know the details of the person my father personally received... If you have any questions, please ask my father."

"it is good."

Shen Lu didn't get the answer he wanted from Zhang Yanling, but fortunately he didn't gain nothing.

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Soon, Zhang Luan returned home and heard that Shen Lu was visiting, so he hurried over to greet him. "Ruxue, is there any news about the earthquake?"

Zhang Luan looked as if he was ready to be punished. Even though Shen Lu was smiling, he felt that the other party was using courtesy before force, and was just short of apologizing and admitting his mistake.

Shen Lu smiled and said, "Isn't today the Bingzi Day? You said the earthquake would happen at night. Even if there was an earthquake in Ningxia, it would take six or seven days for the news to reach the capital. It's not that fast..."

When Zhang Luan heard this, he closed his eyes, not disguising his hopeless look at all.

Shen Lu said, "Let's put aside the earthquake for now. I came here to tell you about growing medicine in Beijing... I asked you to prepare the medicine, have you prepared it?"

"did not find……"

Zhang Luan shook his head.

Shen Lu asked curiously, "Didn't you find anything?"

Zhang Luan said: "Sick cows! That is, cows with pox... My method of preventing and treating pox is to use the pus fluid of sick cows and apply it on people's arms, so that people will be infected with the cattle disease... Because cattle diseases usually have mild symptoms, it won't be a big deal for people to be infected. After being infected, you can prevent diseases."

Shen Lu was shocked: "This...is this your magic medicine?"

Zhang Luan asked curiously, "I have explained this matter in detail to Censor Chen. Didn't he give a detailed explanation when he reported it to the court?"

"you you……"

Shen Lu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Zhang Luan said, "The people in Xingji all use this method to prevent diseases. I was not very confident at first, but later I heard that anyone who has planted medicine in and outside the city can isolate themselves from the sick even if they are surrounded by sick people. This trick learned from ancient books is really effective."

"Ancient book? Which one?"

Shen Lu asked hurriedly.

Zhang Luan shook his head: "I saw it by accident, I forgot the name."

Shen Lu was speechless again.

Zhang Luan said, "You said earlier that the Imperial Hospital would come to supervise the planting of the medicine. I'll tell them the prescription, and they can do it, okay?"

Shen Lu said helplessly, "Laizhan, the people from the Imperial Hospital are actually here to review your treatment methods, to see if your prescriptions are toxic or contain 18 counter-acting herbs, so as to determine whether your diagnosis and treatment methods are feasible... You started by using the diseased fluid from the cow, the people from the Imperial Hospital can impeach you immediately."

Zhang Luan frowned and said, "Why are you complaining to me? I have clearly explained the methods I used when I was growing medicine in Xingji... Besides, even if the abscess fluid from sick cows is used to treat the disease, the effect on humans is extremely limited, just a tiny bit. Even Censor Chen said that even arsenic would not kill people."

Shen Lu said, "Why don't you understand? Even if your medicine is effective, it has to be injected into the bodies of princes and nobles, or even members of the royal family. Are you sure there won't be any...adverse consequences in the future if you use this stuff?"

Zhang Luan suddenly realized, "You mean, if the people who planted the herbs grow cow hair on their bodies and even learn to moo like cows at night, it will be my fault?"

"This……"

Shen Lu could see that Zhang Luan was getting stubborn and was arguing with him.

Shen Lu shook his head helplessly: "Why don't you try another medicine and give it to people."

Zhang Luan was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Shen Lu sighed, "Anyway, smallpox has been incurable since ancient times. Your medicine may work temporarily, but it will never work forever. If you do this, I will go talk to Minister Li and ask the Imperial Hospital to help you agree."

Zhang Luan stood up and refused righteously: "I never deceive people! If the medicine that works in Xingji is ineffective in the capital, wouldn't I be a liar? I will never do such a thing!"

(End of this chapter)