Chapter 365: Visiting Sun Simiao (Part 2)
There were many patients waiting for medical treatment in front of the medicine garden, and the queues were several miles long. However, Zhang Zong and others did not see the doctor, so they did not wait. Instead, they sent someone to send their own famous posts to express their identity and ask for a meeting with Sun Simiao.
Sure enough, someone came out soon and led Zhang Zong and the others around the medicine garden. At this time, Zhang Zong discovered that the entire medicine garden was divided into two parts, front and back. The front should be specially used for treating people, and the back was a small courtyard built along the mountain, which looked very quiet.
The guide came forward and knocked on the door. After a while, he saw only one door. Then a middle-aged man with crutches on both hands opened the door. The guide handed Zhang Zong's famous post to the other party, and then he bowed and turned around and left.
The middle-aged man opened the famous post and looked at Zhang Zong in surprise. He seemed to be very surprised by Zhang Zong's identity. Then he bowed to Zhang Zong with his hands and said, "I didn't expect that it was Zhang Zong, the famous scholar Zhang Zong, who was so famous all over the world, and I was rude!"
"Brother, you are polite. I don't know what you call me. Is the old miracle Doctor Sun at home?" Zhang Zong also asked very politely at this time. Although the other party had inconvenient legs and feet, he was elegant and had a sense of gentleness all over his body. It made people feel that this middle-aged man was quite extraordinary at first sight.
"Lu Zhaolin is a disciple of his mentor. Now his mentor is resting in the room. How about the scholar Zhang waiting in the living room first?" The middle-aged man also signed up for himself and said enthusiastically. Although he lived in seclusion in the mountains, he had heard of Zhang Zong's name for a long time, especially the fact that the growth of cowpox has long been spread to them, so they admire Zhang Zong, who invented cowpox.
"Lu...Lu Zhaolin?" Zhang Zong was stunned when he heard this familiar name, but then he suddenly remembered that Lu Zhaolin seemed to be Sun Simiao's disciple. Because he was extremely ill, he turned to Sun Simiao for help, and later he even became a disciple. However, Sun Simiao had no choice but to Lu Zhaolin's illness. Finally, Lu Zhaolin threw himself into the water and committed suicide in despair the same year after Sun Simiao's death.
"Why, Master Zhang has heard of my name?" Lu Zhaolin couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw Zhang Zong's surprised look.
"Of course, Brother Zi'an and my tourist brother are good friends, and they all admire you very much!" Zhang Zong immediately replied with a smile. Zi'an is Wang Bo's name, while tourist is Luo Binwang. Both of them knew Lu Zhaolin. When Zhang Zong was dating them, he did hear them mention Lu Zhaolin's name.
"So that's it. I only know that Brother Tourism is now in good luck, but I don't know how Brother Zi'an is now?" Lu Zhaolin heard that Zhang Zong knew his friends Wang Bo and Luo Binwang, and immediately asked again enthusiastically. At the same time, he also invited Zhang Zong and others to enter the living room.
Zhang Zong and Taiping entered the living room to sit down, but Zhang Zong did not introduce Taiping's identity. After all, the fewer people know about Taiping's identity, the better. Moreover, this time when he went out, Taiping and Wan'er also changed into men's clothes, and they followed Zhang Zong just now and didn't speak.
Of course, Lu Zhaolin could see at a glance that Taiping and Wan'er were dressed as a man, and Taiping was noble, and sat side by side with Zhang Zong. Obviously, his status was not lower than that of Zhang Zong. In addition, he thought that Zhang Zong had just been recruited as the prince consort recently, so Lu Zhaolin also vaguely guessed her identity, and of course he was even more afraid to ask.
After sitting down, a boy immediately served them tea. At this time, Zhang Zong looked around and then asked: "Brother Lu, I don't know where the old doctor Sun is. We are here to discuss important matters this time!"
"This..." Lu Zhaolin looked puzzled at this moment, and then he explained after a while, "To be honest, Mr. Zhang, the teacher is still asleep and still not awake. According to his usual habits, I'm afraid you will have to wait for about half an hour."
"It's so late, how could Old Doctor Sun have not gotten up yet?" Taiping next to him asked in surprise when he heard this. It's already midday now, and it's not far from noon. Even if the lazy person is, it's time to get up at this time.
Regarding Taiping's inquiry, Lu Zhaolin also showed a helpless smile and said, "You don't know that the family teacher is good at health preservation and lives according to the four seasons. As the saying goes, planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, weeding in summer, hiding in winter, so when it is cold in winter, the family teacher will sleep very long. Generally, they will wake up until noon and go to bed early at night. They can't wake up no matter how they call each other. Others say that this is also one of the reasons why the family teacher lives long."
Zhang Zong and Taiping were also surprised after hearing Lu Zhaolin's explanation. However, they thought that Sun Simiao was now over 100 years old. Although they were not as good as Peng Zu, who lived to be 800 years old, they were also a rare old birthday star in the world, so some strange living habits were normal.
"Since that's the case, let's wait for Dr. Sun to wake up before talking about it!" Zhang Zong immediately spoke, not disturbing Dr. Sun's life rules just because of his arrival.
When Lu Zhaolin saw Zhang Zong so easy to talk, he was immediately very happy, and then asked him about the recent situation of Luo Binwang and Wang Bo.
Speaking of which, among the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zong had already met three, only one Yang Jiong was apart. In fact, it was easy for him to see Yang Jiong. Now Yang Jiong should be an unknown small official in the Secretariat, but Zhang Zong did not like Yang Jiong very much, so he had never specially met the other party.
Speaking of Luo Binwang, he is now considered a prosperous official career. Since being attracted by Liu Rengui, Luo Binwang has been transferred to the three provinces. He has now entered the Shangshu Province and became a minister. Although his rank is not very high, he is close to the core of power in the Tang Dynasty. However, Luo Binwang is not young and may be promoted to another level in the future, but it will be difficult to go up further.
As for Wang Bo, he is still in Jiaozhi and helps his father promote the high-yield Chameng rice. Although the Tang Dynasty had high-yield corn and potatoes, wheat and rice were the staple foods of the people of the Tang Dynasty, which could not be changed in a short period of time. Therefore, the promotion of Chameng rice is still in progress. In recent years, the rice yield in the Tang Dynasty has nearly doubled because of the promotion of Chameng rice.
The climate in Jiaozhi is suitable for the growth of rice. With the efforts of Wang Bo and his son, Jiaozhi's rice yield is very high now. Zhang Zong also helped Wang Bo to act and planned to find an opportunity to recall Wang Bo back to the capital to become an official in a few years.
Chapter completed!