Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 167 Mountain Lacquer
Hearing what Wang Pingan said, Feng Ningrong hurriedly turned his head and looked at the small bag. He saw a dozen small things in the small bag, but he didn't know what they were.This little thing looks round or not, and has bumps all over its body. It looks very strange, and it has never been seen before.

He asked: "Nephew Ping'an, what is this that surprised you so much?"

Wang Pingan hurriedly said: "This is a kind of medicinal material, which is extremely precious. It is called... what is it called?" He wrapped the small bag again, put it directly in his arms, accepted it with an honest smile, and lowered his head to ask Nianku old monk.

Thought of suffering, he was also very surprised, he wanted to show off, but Wang Ping'an saw at a glance that it was an extremely precious medicinal material.He said: "This thing is called mountain lacquer. It really tastes good, but it can't be seen in the Central Plains. Only Lao Na knows where it grows!"

Wang Ping'an said, of course he recognizes the medicine in the small bag, and he knows its name even more, but he doesn't know what people in the Tang Dynasty called it, and he knows very well that there must be no record in the medicine book at this time, so it is not easy to call it by name directly !

He snorted again, and said: "Sure enough, it is delicious medicine. Since you gave it to me, host, then I don't care about 21, just accept it. How much do you have, give it to me together!"

This medicine is nothing else, it is the wonderful medicine famous in modern medicine, Panax notoginseng!As the medicine of Panax notoginseng is too delicate, the area where it grows is remote, and the transportation is inconvenient. In addition, the local residents did not spread the usage of Sanqi to outsiders. Therefore, it was not until the Ming Dynasty that medical scientists gradually understood the efficacy of this medicine. and how to use it.

Panax notoginseng mainly grows in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places.In the Tang Dynasty, these places were quite remote, not to mention ordinary people in the Central Plains, even if officials went to such places, it was tantamount to being assigned.The growth of Panax notoginseng has extremely high requirements on the environment. Unlike other medicinal materials, it is easy to be cultivated artificially, so as to be mass-produced and sold. In the Tang Dynasty, it could only rely on wild.

In the Central Plains, it is not uncommon to go up the mountain to collect herbs, and it is not uncommon to find other medicines, but it is really quite rare to get Sanqi, and Sanqi is an extremely useful medicinal material.

In "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplements", there is a clear record: "Ginseng is the first in nourishing qi, and Sanqi is the first in nourishing blood. It tastes the same and has the same effect, so it is called ginseng and notoginseng, which is the most precious of traditional Chinese medicine." In the Ming Dynasty capital So precious, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

Nianku's face was full of joy, he was still quite unwilling to give up on Wang Ping'an, otherwise he would not have rushed to offer medicine.He said with a smile: "It's not Sanqi 21, but the mountain of mountains and rivers, the paint of paint!" medicine?"

Wang Pingan smiled and said, "I read it in a miscellaneous book. You picked this medicine in a very far away place, right in the south of the colorful clouds?"

Nianku groaned, and the happy expression on his face collapsed in an instant. He originally thought that Wang Pingan didn't know, and was trying to sell it, but he didn't sell it when he didn't think so.He nodded slowly, and said: "It was indeed picked there, but it was not picked by Lao Na, but given to Lao Na by another eminent monk. He traveled around and occasionally saw local people using this medicine. To stop the bleeding, so I picked some and offered them to my White Horse Temple!"

Feng Ningrong asked Wang Ping'an, "Is this medicine really precious? It's just a hemostatic medicine. There are so many kinds of medicine, so it may not be able to show it. If it was really precious, wouldn't everyone know it by now?" Already!"

Wang Pingan smiled slightly and said, "How can other medicinal materials compare to it. Uncle Feng Shi, is ginseng valuable? It is more valuable than ginseng, and it is the number one medicinal material for nourishing blood. With this alone, how can it be compared?"

What he said was not wrong. Although ginseng is expensive, it has become popular and anyone with money can buy it in the market.But the medicine of Panax notoginseng has not spread widely, and it is impossible to buy it even if you have money. Rare things are more expensive. At least in the Tang Dynasty, it was indeed more expensive than ginseng!
Wang Pingan got off his horse, came to Nianku, and said: "The White Horse Temple is the ancestral court of Buddhism. There are many monks who travel around the world to practice virtue, but it is a coincidence that you can get this good medicine. You can Give me the medicine, just based on this alone, I am very grateful, and I can promise you a request!"

After a pause, he added: "It is definitely not acceptable to become a monk, and I will not take over your mantle as the abbot of the White Horse Temple. You don't need to mention this point!"

Nianku took a step back, clasped his palms together, recited Amitabha, and said: "You can't force anything, Lao Na naturally understands, and he has figured it out these days. I have a heartless request, and I ask the little benefactor of Ping An to agree!"

Wang Pingan hadn't said anything yet, but Ouyang Li said impatiently from behind: "Don't be wordy, just speak up, if you don't speak well...Hmph, don't care if you are from the court or not. , provoked grandpa to get angry, and set it on fire!"

Trembling after thinking about it, he was afraid of nothing but encountering unreasonable people, although he himself was a little unreasonable, he insisted on Wang Ping'an becoming a monk.After chanting Amitabha again, he said: "Lao Na wants to accept disciples for the former master, and accept the little benefactor of Ping An as a disciple of lay people, okay?"

Wang Pingan frowned, lay disciple?This is not impossible. There are a lot of people who practice cultivation in this era, and I haven’t seen any of them really recite Amitabha Buddha all day long. Fasting once a month is a sign of sincerity. Clear the greasy in the stomach.

He said: "What am I going to do? If you become a lay disciple but have to abide by a lot of rules, then forget it!"

Listening to Wang Ping'an let go, he was overjoyed, his old face was smiling brightly like a flower, and he hurriedly said: "You don't have to follow any rules, but every time you meet a Buddhist temple, no matter what sect or sect, if someone asks, You only need to answer that you are a lay disciple in the White Horse Temple, where you were inspired by the Buddha, and that's it!"

Oh, it turns out that monks are also divided into sects, and he even asked me to advertise for him. The old monk is really good at calculating, no worse than Wei Zhenyuan!He said: "If others don't ask, I won't take the initiative to answer!"

Nian wryly smiled and said: "Of course you can, there is absolutely no problem with this, Lao Na can also give you a certificate to show your identity, so that you can have board and lodging in any temple in the world, even if you go west to Tianzhu, you can Go to the monastery for food and lodging."

Feng Ningrong laughed loudly when he heard it from behind, and said: "If you say that, Nephew Ping'an, you can promise him, the host of Nianku has given you a great opportunity to eat and drink for nothing. If it were me, I would rather Immediately agree!"

Wang Pingan also smiled, and said, "If you had said that earlier, I would have agreed to it long ago. Well, I had agreed to it long ago, but I wouldn't have gotten this good medicine!"

He got back on his horse and said: "Tomorrow, I will go to your temple, let's talk about what we have to say then!"

Nianku was ecstatic, and shouted: "You, you are not the old man?"

Wang Pingan didn't answer, and rode forward on his horse, and everyone went far away where the dust was flying.From a distance, Ouyang Li shouted: "Even if my master wants to deceive someone, the worst thing is to deceive a beautiful nun. What's the fun of deceive you, an old monk!"

Wang Pingan immediately turned his head and glared at Ouyang Li. If he wanted to say that he was a monk, he wouldn't know, but he couldn't involve the nun either. Then Wu Zetian would also be a nun in the future, so don't let it be a prophecy!
Everyone rode back to the city, Wang Ping'an went to Liushou Mansion first, and then took care of Mrs. Feng, seeing that she was still recovering steadily, so he left and did not stay overnight in the mansion.

After returning to the inn, it was already dark, he ordered someone to deliver dinner, and at the same time sent Ouyang Li to invite Zhao Bi, although he didn't like Zhao Bi very much, but now he had something to ask for.

Hearing his call, Zhao Bi came immediately, and smiled as soon as he entered the room: "Brother Wang, it's been a long time since we had a night of drinking, what do you want to do with me tonight?"

Wang Pingan thought to himself: "What is it for a long time? I have never had a night of drinking with you!" He stood up and said with a smile: "That's right, but it's been a while. Come on, Brother Zhao, please sit down, I I have business to tell you!"

Zhao Bi sat down at the table, he had actually already had dinner, but he pretended to be very hungry, and after sitting down, he shouted: "Come here, quickly add a pair of bowls and chopsticks, my young master is very hungry! "

Wang Pingan ignored his pretentiousness, took out the bag of notoginseng, took out one from it, put it on the table, and said: "Brother Zhao, your family is in the business of medicinal materials, have you ever seen this thing?"

Zhao Bi only took one look, then shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before, what is this thing? It looks really ugly."

Wang Pingan pointed at the Panax notoginseng and said, "I have a big fortune for you, are you willing to accept it?"

Zhao Bi's heart fluttered, and he thought: "As expected, it is beneficial to make friends with him. The great wealth he said will definitely not be small!" He was surprised and delighted and said: "There is such a good thing, thank you in advance, brother. Brother Wang Xian!"

Wang Pingan picked up Panax notoginseng, put it in his hand, and said, "This is 100 taels of gold, you can accept it!"

"What, what is this?" Zhao Bi was taken aback.

Seeing that Wang Ping'an only talked about money, he immediately made Zhao Bi's eyes shine, knowing in his heart that this matter would definitely happen.He laughed and said: "This medicine is called Panax notoginseng, and it is more precious than gold, but it only grows in remote places in the south, and has not been widely spread. It is a new medicine!"

Zhao Bi groaned, picked up the panax notoginseng, looked at it carefully, and said in a low voice: "The new medicinal material is delivered to my Zhao family's door. Isn't this an exclusive sale, and I can set the price at will!"

Wang Pingan nodded and said, "Its price will not drop for quite a long time in the future, and one of its functions is to stop bleeding, so it can be made into a good medicine for knife wounds. Think about it, if this medicine is taken by the government soldiers Adoption, how big a business is that?"

Zhao Bisi took a deep breath and thought to himself: "You don't keep this kind of good business, but you find it on my head. It is conceivable that this medicine is quite difficult to purchase, and you can't do it yourself. Only then did I think of using my family’s purchasing channels!”

Wang Pingan told him directly without his wild thinking: "This medicine may grow in Laojun Mountain in Yunnan..."

"That's too far away, the freight alone will cost a lot, and there are hot flashes and miasma in the south. It's quite difficult to find a new medicine!" Zhao Bi shouted. He said again: "Yes, yes, it's not difficult, why are you looking for me!"

Wang Pingan hummed, as long as you understand, he said: "I will repair a book, give it to your old man, and send a sample, and let your family do the rest, but how does this business work? , How to distribute the profits, we still need to discuss it!"

Zhao Bi nodded and said, "That's exactly what it should be!"

(End of this chapter)