Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 189 The Opening Ceremony of the Tang Dynasty

In the next few days, Wang Ping'an started to get busy. He had to give advice to Mrs. Wu, help her improve the wine making method, and sort out the medicinal recipes. He was busy from morning to night every day. Although it was hard work, his life was fulfilling!

Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi also came here twice to tell some anecdotes about Chang'an. Although they are not very knowledgeable, they have made a lot of friends. In just a few days, they have met dozens of scholars in Beijing. Eating, drinking and having fun every day, reciting poems and making love, life is more fulfilling than that of Wang Ping'an!

Zhao Bi specifically told Wang Ping'an that for some reason, poetry writing has become very popular in Beijing these past few days, and when he went to the Ministry of Rites to report to the Ministry of Rites, he was asked to submit a poem on the spot.

However, Mr. Zhao had more wine than ink in his belly, so he couldn't do it on the spot if he was asked to compose a poem.

The same is true for Lu Xiuzhi, they both went to the Ministry of Rites, escaped at the same time, and then found a down-and-out literati together, spent money to compose two poems, and then dared to go to the Ministry of Rites again.

The Ministry of Rites played such a trick, and it was said that it was the crown prince's instruction. Although they couldn't figure out the reason, there were suddenly more poetry clubs in Chang'an City.Zhao Lu and Zhao Lu are not literati, but they can definitely be regarded as poets, so they join in the fun, anyway, they have plenty of money, and spent money to buy dozens of poems for backup, and they would present treasures at banquets, which were quite well received !

Wang Pingan heard it was funny, but he couldn't express any opinions. He asked Zhao Bi about Panax notoginseng. Zhao Bi said that Xuzhou hadn't sent back the news yet, so he didn't know if he had found the medicine, and he couldn't find where it grew. It is also impossible to purchase in large quantities.

Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi came twice, but Qiu Tingxuan didn't come, I don't know what he was busy with, and Li Zhi in the palace didn't send anyone to summon him again, maybe he was reading the poems sent by the candidates, or he was busy. For anything else, Wang Pingan couldn't ask, so he had to endure it.

It's funny to say that the two little girls saw him waiting anxiously, and they started to chant Buddha at the same time, hoping that someone in the palace would get sick, so that the young master could enter the palace and show his abilities!

A few days later, although the spirits hadn't been brewed yet, preparations for the Herbal Food Workshop were almost ready.

At midnight that day, Hamiti and Aydin came running, together with Yin Jiucheng. The three of them picked up Wang Pingan who was sleeping, asked him to put on his clothes, and went to Dongshi with them. Today is the big day for the opening of the Medicinal Food Shop, so we have to make preparations in advance.

Wang Pingan had no choice but to get up, and called Di Renjie, Ouyang Li and others, and everyone left the Inspiration Temple and rushed to Dongshi.As soon as I went out, okay, I saw seven or eight carriages parked outside, and they drove out in a row.

Hamidi smiled and said: "No disease, today is the opening day of the medicinal food shop, this business is to sell medicines, for good luck, I specially bought five carts of explosive poles, let's celebrate and make some Make a big noise so that all the guests can come!"

Wang Pingan was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "The explosive pole, is it firecrackers?" He came to a large car behind, opened the door, and looked inside.I saw a lot of bamboo tubes as tall as half a person in the car, bundled in bundles, neatly stacked in the car!
Hamidi said: "It's okay to call it a firecracker. Anyway, it's just a bamboo tube with saltpeter in it. It's very loud. When it's lit, it's bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bong bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bong bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bong After hearing this, everyone has to run to our medicinal food shop!"

Wang Pingan snorted, thinking: "There were firecrackers in the early Tang Dynasty, and saltpeter was added!"

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there were already gunpowder firecrackers, but they were still called explosive poles.Firecrackers were not used to listen to the sound at first, but as a medicine for curing diseases, let's understand it that way!

Because once a plague broke out and the miasma from the mountains made people sick, the people put saltpeter in bamboo tubes and ignited them to burst, making a loud noise and thick smoke. This method was used to disperse the miasma from the mountains and stop the disease. Popularity.Seeing that this kind of thing is very useful, people spread it, thus forming the earliest prototype of firecrackers.

It can be seen from this that the Chinese people invented gunpowder to cure diseases and save lives, not to kill people like in the West. This is the difference between civilization and barbarism!
I got on the carriage and rushed all the way to Dongshi, but Dongshi hadn't opened yet.This was the largest market in the world at that time, and it was similar to a city within a city. The doors were not allowed to open before the time limit!

When they came to the gate of Dongshi, everyone got out of the car, and Hamidi directed the servants to remove some of the explosive poles from the car, and lined up along the streets near Dongshi, all the way!

Wang Ping'an understood what they were going to do at a glance, and shouted: "I said, Master Ha, what are you doing in the middle of the night, you, this is disturbing the people, be careful someone will arrest you!"
Hamidi laughed and said, "It's not a time of war. There is no curfew in Chang'an City, and there is no law stating that setting off explosive poles in the middle of the night is not allowed! Disturbing the people, we spend so much money on explosive poles for the sake of What is it, isn't it just to disturb the people!" With a wave of his hand, he ordered the servants to light the fire!
Good guy, there are four to five hundred explosive poles on display. Once they are put together, it is really shocking!Hearing bang bang bang bang bang bang, the street became lively!
All the soldiers guarding the gate of Dongshi jumped up, what's the matter?They flocked to the wall and looked down!The common people also jumped up from the bed in shock, opened the doors of their houses, and came out to watch!
Well, the whole street is filled with thick smoke, which makes people cough!

"Who has money but nowhere to spend it? Buy bamboo tubes and burn it. It's late at night, so people can't sleep!" Some people were unwilling and shouted.

There were even people who were drowsy, and after being awakened by the sound of explosions, they ran barefoot into the street and shouted: "Help, it's on fire!"

Wang Pingan covered his ears and shouted: "Master Ha, be careful to cause public anger, block us, and beat us up hard!"

Hamidi laughed loudly, and said: "No, no, they are too happy!" With a wave of his hand, one servant took out a bucket of copper coins, while the other grabbed the copper coins and threw them into the street. go!

The copper coins were all brand new, shiny yellow, and after they were thrown into the street, the servants shouted, "I'll live in peace if I'm sick, I'll be safe if I'm sick!"

The people who were awakened were stunned. They were very angry at first, and they were about to argue with the person who set the explosive pole in the middle of the night, but suddenly found that the other party threw money on the ground!

I've heard of pies falling from the sky, but I haven't seen them before, but copper coins are dropped on the street in the middle of the night. This kind of good thing happened tonight!

The people were overjoyed, and they didn't care about the theory or not. They all shouted and rushed out, picking up money all over the street!
But there is not a lot of money, the street is so long, and people are scrambling to pick up money. If you are lucky, you can pick up a handful, but if you are unlucky, you can't even pick up one or two!

The street was in chaos, Di Renjie stared dumbfounded, shook his head and said, "Master Ha, you are really rich, it's the first time I've met you who don't take money as money when I grow up, and how you throw it away like this!"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "It's really temperamental, a nouveau riche...ah, that's not how the term came about. First let's set off the explosive pole, and then distribute the copper coins!"

The street was in chaos for a long time, and the common people came one after another, shouting: "Will you still throw it away? Hurry up and throw it away, we are all waiting!"

Hamidi smiled and said: "Listen everyone, when the market opens at dawn, we will throw it again, everyone go back to sleep first, please be early at dawn!"

But who among the people is willing to go back?Throughout the year...through the end of ten years, such a good thing will never come across. Who would want to go back to sleep if they can get money for nothing!They were all waiting in the street, but no one came home again.There were more and more people, and even the people in other neighborhoods heard the noise, and came to see it one after another. They heard that there was money to pick it up, but they refused to leave!
After waiting like this for most of the night, the sky was getting brighter, and it was time for the gate of Dongshi to open.Sure enough, Hamidi asked someone to place explosive poles again, this time they were piled up at the gate of Dongshi, and they were released in a big way, covering the gate of Dongshi in a haze of gunpowder smoke. The gatekeepers yelled at them, but they couldn't find a reason to arrest them!

Take out another bucket of money and throw it at the gate of the city. When will you throw it for the third time!

The gate of the East Market was opened, and Wang Pingan and others drove a carriage into the market. They traveled eastward and came to a big restaurant after a while. Big, as high as eight layers, formerly known as Yachongtian, which means it is only one layer less than Jiuchongtian!
Arriving at the open space at the entrance of the restaurant, Hamidi waved his hand and said, "Let's play again!"

The servants unloaded another load of explosive poles and piled them on the open space. Ding Tong misplaced them again, but this time they did not pay any more money!
The East Market is very big, as big as two squares, and there are eight market gates alone. If you want to gather people in one place at this scale, the movement must be super loud!
People from other shops were far away, but they all heard the voice, and they all wondered, what happened, why such a big commotion?Unable to bear the curiosity, one after another came to watch!
Wang Pingan and others went to the restaurant. At this time, the huge plaque upstairs was still covered with red silk, and the name of the restaurant was not shown to the world!They went up to the second floor and stood on the plaque!
Looking down, I saw the rising sun and countless spectators on the nearby streets.Although the East Market is not as prosperous as the West Market, it cannot reach a daily flow of [-] people. This record has never been broken in the East City, but it can still reach a daily flow of about [-] people!
At this time, there were seven to eight thousand people on the street outside the restaurant. This was the highest number of customers that could be attracted when the market opened in the morning!

Hamiti smiled at Wang Ping'an, and said: "No disease, you have to take off this lottery. If you don't take off the hijab of our medicinal food workshop, others will not dare to do it!"

A servant presented an exquisite bamboo pole to Wang Ping'an!

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "This is the first time for me to get on the bridal sedan chair!" Taking a deep breath, he picked up the bamboo pole and picked it up vigorously, and the red silk covering the plaque fell off the pole!

The people below raised their heads and watched the excitement, and came out in unison!
Under the sun, I saw gold letters on a blue background on the plaque, with five large characters written on it: No disease and long peace!

(End of this chapter)