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Chapter 15 The road ahead

After hearing Yang Baiqiu's words, Zhang was overjoyed and smiled: "The magistrate of Wu County is generous. Besides, he didn't pay the capital for his own money. He would do it naturally. Otherwise, his young wife would get sick again in the future and our son would not treat him. What should he do!"

Yang Ze hurriedly said, "Mom, you're okay to say this at home, don't tell anyone else. If it spreads, you will offend the county magistrate."

Zhang smiled and said, "Silly son, do you need to remind you of your mother? No matter how confused she is, she knows that disaster comes from her mouth, so how can she tell outsiders this?"

Zhang was very happy to be able to buy Luther Hall at a low price, but compared to her son's future, it would be nothing. She pulled Yang Baiqiu, pulled him to a chair and sat down, and said with a smile: "Master, you are so sure, I want to tell you something. Guess, we mother and I went to Shengping Temple today, who did we meet?"

Yang Baiqiu said, remembering what his wife said when she entered the door just now, and asked, "Who have you met? Who else can be found in Shengping Temple? Aren't you just a group of old Taoists? Have you met a monk?"

Zhang took a photo of him and said, "It's not surprising to meet monks in the Taoist temple. They are all monks anyway! The people we both met are rare. They are a first-class grandma and General Han's mother. Don't you know who General Han is?"

Yang Baiqiu was shocked and said, "It's not that General Fuyuan named Han, right? He is the largest official in northern Xinjiang. Have you met his mother?"

Zhang said proudly: "Not only did he meet her, he also cured her illness. Look at the new clothes on her son, she gave her, and she also gave her a jade gourd. It's a matter in the palace, so valuable!"

As she said that, she stretched out her palm and asked Yang Baiqiu to see the jade gourd. When she was on the road, she asked for the jade gourd and held it in her hand to play with it. She liked it so much that the more she looked, the more she loved it.

Yang Baiqiu took the jade gourd, and he didn't know much about jade, but this jade gourd is indeed very outstanding. Just from the quality, even people who don't understand jade can tell the difference.

Yang Baiqiu exclaimed, "Is this given by that lady? Oh, this is a valuable thing. I think that just such a piece of jade can buy our Zhirentang!"

Seeing that they were happy to speak, Yang Ze smiled, and sat down, called Mugen and asked him to make tea, but Mugen stretched out his head and looked at the jade gourd, reluctant to leave.

Yang Ze patted his head and said, "Why don't you go to pour tea? Could it be that you still want me to go there yourself? Why do you want you?" He said that and pushed Mu Gen.

But Mu Gen said, "Isn't it just a stone gourd that can you buy our Zhirentang? Then can you buy Ludetang?" He couldn't see what was good about the jade gourd, so he shook his head and went to make tea behind.

At this time, Zhang had already told Yang Baiqiu what happened today in Shengping Temple, and added three points to her importance in the whole thing, and boasted hard.

After finishing his speech, Zhang said, "Master, do you say that after Mrs. Han went to the capital, if she saw the current queen, would she cure her son's illness and tell the queen?"

Yang Baiqiu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know. The biggest official I have ever met in my life is that little marquis, and even our county magistrate, it is not as good as you. At least you have seen a first-class imperial edict. Will the lady tell the queen about our son? How could I know, I don't even know what the queen looks like!"

"Nonsense, can I know that if I want to see what the queen looks like, I will call Mu Tianyan. My brothers said that it must be because my ancestors have accumulated great virtues to look at the queen!" Zhang said.

Yang Ze smiled and said, "That may not be true!"

Zhang said, "Why may not be. Look at the lady Han looked at the queen, and then her son became a general. If Mom could take a look at the queen, no matter how bad our son was, we could become a county magistrate!" She began to fantasize.

Yang Baiqiu said with a silence and said, "It's nothing to look at the queen, but the queen must be in the mood to look at you!" He turned his head and said to Yang Ze: "Can the queen know you? This fact is too ethereal. We small families cannot have such extravagant expectations. We should do the things in front of us well."

Yang Ze nodded and said, "Dad, are you talking about Qiu Lude? My second uncle is right. He really ran away. The property was confiscated and sold. The magistrate of Wu County only notified us. That means we want to be cheaper, but the price has to be estimated. Don't let Wu County Magistrate say a price. If we can't afford it, no matter how cheap it is, it will be in vain!"

Yang Baiqiu and Zhang calmed down and nodded together. Yang Ze said that, no matter how big the big one in Baoan County is, it is not as great as the county magistrate. As the county magistrate, he naturally has a high vision. He thinks that the price is very cheap, for the Yang family, it may not be cheap, and the Yang family can't afford much cash. If it is a few hundred trump cards, it will be very difficult.

Yang Ze said: "We bet with Qiu Lude that our Zhirentang price is 100 cents, which is the extremely cheap price. Ludetang is several times larger than Zhirentang. It is the largest pharmaceutical shop in our Baoan County. It is definitely not low than this price. But the magistrate of Wu is intentionally asking us to be cheaper, so I think this price should be 100 cents."

Yang Baiqiu was silent for a while and said, "One hundred guan bought Lu Detang, our family has taken a big advantage, but even if it is one hundred guan, our family has to embezzle the money for medicinal materials, which is afraid it will delay our family's time to import medicinal materials!"

Zhang took a heavy shot of the back of Yang Baiqiu's head and said in anger and amused: "You are confused, you are buying a pharmacy shop, are you still worried about not having any herbs? We Zhirentang didn't have time to get the herbs. What's the matter? Just take it directly from Luthertang!"

Yang Baiqiu whispered, touched the back of his head, and smiled, "I'm so confused, too petty. Fortunately, I was slapped by you. We bought a pharmacy shop, are you still worried about not having any herbs!"

Yang Ze said, "What if it is higher than 100 guan? For example, 200 guan is a lot in our eyes, but in the eyes of the Wu County Magistrate, it may be a small amount of money. What is the highest price that our family can accept? If it is higher than this price, we can't ask for it!"

This is a very realistic problem. Yang Baiqiu and Zhang were silent again. After a while, Zhang did not say anything. Yang Baiqiu took a long breath and said, "Then let's get together again, five hundred jin. So much cash is the highest number that our family can take out. No matter how high it is, it will be damaged. Even if you buy Luther Hall, such a big hole will not be easy to fill in in the future."

Yang Ze said: "Okay, it's only five hundred jin. Actually, this is not cheap. I guess the magistrate of Wu County would not offer such a high price."

Both Yang Baiqiu and Zhang also believed that they would not pay such a high price, but they still had to prepare everything in advance, and the money they should prepare must be prepared in advance.

According to Yang Baiqiu's intention, Zhirentang would be closed early today, and the family would have a happy meal. After all, the Yang family's life is developing in a good direction. But Zhang's family is not so early, but she doesn't want to close the door so silently. That's too in line with the saying that you must shout when doing business.

Zhang personally wrote a notice, of course, the kind that can only be posted on his own door. When posted on other people's doors, others must be anxious with her. The notice is written in vernacular, and the rough meaning is: Today, my son Yang Ze was too tired. He went to Shengpingguan to go to the hospital and cured General Fuyuan's mother. Because he was too busy, he closed for a day.

Yang Ze was so amused and laughed when he saw the notice. He said, "Mom, the shop owner posted a notice on the door of the store. It was all about the owner who was happy and closed for a day. You can't post such a notice, and it's dark, and if you post it, others won't see it, let alone a day off."

Zhang said, "This is posted, let the neighbors see tomorrow. Our house should open the door and open it. Then my mother will sit in the shop. As long as someone comes to ask, my mother will say you have to go to the county magistrate and go to discuss business. After hearing this, the neighbors will be sure to come to our Zhirentang in the future."

Yang Ze and Yang Baiqiu laughed, and no one stopped him. Zhang was willing to show off. As long as she could make her happy, she would show off. But both of them thought to themselves: "If the neighbors are sick in the future, all of us will come here, and other doctors will hate Zhirentang to death. Isn't this a smashing of other people's jobs?"

After posting the notice, Zhang cooked and prepared a table of good dishes. The family of three had a good meal with Mugen. After eating, they chatted for a while before they went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, Yang Ze got up, washed up, and after using breakfast, he went to the county government office to meet Wu Yourong and talk about buying Lu Detang.

Wu Yourong still met Yang Ze in the flower hall. The Wu County Magistrate was very polite to Yang Ze and poured a cup of tea for Yang Ze himself. He smiled and said, "Doctor Yang, I asked you to come today, mainly to talk about Luther Hall. Qiu Luther was extremely guilty and had already escaped from his family. There is no rush to arrest him. His Luther Hall was confiscated and I plan to sell it. Do you intend to sell it?"

Isn’t it just a matter of talking about this? Yang Ze didn’t beat around the bush and said, “The grass people are willing to take the lead, but they just don’t know what the price is?”

Wu Yourong picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then smiled and said, "Five hundred jin, how about it?"

Yang Ze only felt a toothache and really offered a price of 500 guan. This is not cheaper than the Yang family. It seems that he has no face in the eyes of the Wu County Magistrate! Five hundred guan, but the highest number that the Yang family can produce.

Yang Ze said: "Five hundred stakes... It's half a while. It's really hard for the grass-roots people to get all the money. I'd like to ask the county magistrate to give up a few days to wait for the grass-roots people to get together, or can the adults keep the price down?"

Wu Yourong looked at Yang Ze and said word by word: "Friends are given to everyone, but business is not spared. I only talk to your Yang family about the sale of Ludetang, that is, I only hope that your Yang family will buy it. You understand what I mean!"

Yang Ze felt a little uncomfortable. Although the price was acceptable to the Yang family, Wu Yourong seemed a little unfavorable in this matter. Fortunately, if you bought Lu Detang for 500 kilns, you would have more or less profitable.

Yang Ze nodded and said, "According to the county magistrate's wish, our Yang family has bought Ludetang for 500 cents!"

Wu Yourong clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it's good to be happy. By the way, there is another thing, about Qiu Luther's where Qiu Luther is?"

Yang Ze uttered, thought for a while, and then said: "Before yesterday, Cao Min knew about it, Qiu Lude was naturally in Luther Hall. Today, since he escaped, he was naturally outside the Baoan County. As for now, he should have left the territory of Baoan County!"

What he said was actually nonsense, nonsense that everyone knows. Before yesterday, Na Qiu Luther was of course at his own home, but now he has escaped and has been running away for so long. How can he not leave the territory of Baoan County?

After saying this nonsense, Yang Ze himself felt a little embarrassed. Isn’t this a waste of time for the county magistrate?

However, after hearing this nonsense, Wu Yourong clapped his hands and smiled and said, "It's great. Fortunately, Dr. Yang told me the whereabouts of Qiu Luther. I will send someone to chase him. As for whether he can chase him or not, it has nothing to do with Dr. Yang. You don't have to be responsible for this!"

Yang Ze was stunned. What did this mean? I didn’t understand it!

I saw Wu Yourong taking out a piece of paper and it turned out to be a notice, but this notice was different from the notice written by Zhang. This was a formal notice with a large seal, and such notices were to be recorded.

Wu Yourong said: "Come and see what is written on this notice!"

Yang Ze took it and saw that the notice roughly meant: If anyone knows the whereabouts of Qiu Lude, the fugitive who wanted to conspire to assassinate the eldest son of Wei, he would inform the government, and the government would offer a reward of 500 trump cards for this!

"This..." Yang Ze understood that this notice was where Wu Yourong really wanted to get cheaper in the Yang family.

Wu Yourong smiled and said, "The Lude Hall, you bought it for 500 guan. Because you told me that the whereabouts of Qiu Lude, you received a bounty of 500 guan. One expedition and one entry, two items offset it! Didn't this official just say that favors are given to horses, and business is not allowed to be given to the needles, so you have to buy it for 500 guan. You can't let the government pay you a lot of money!"

Yang Ze also smiled. The bounty of 500 stags must be so high, otherwise it would not show the importance of the eldest son of Marquis of Wei!

The eldest son of Marquis of Wei was cured in Zhirentang. Qiu Luther came to the door to make a big fuss and insisted that he wanted to seek harm, but he could barely get involved. However, Qiu Luther was just a despicable villain who took advantage of the situation, but he did not do anything serious. So letting him run away and not arresting him was not considered harming him. He could only be considered as taking responsibility for himself.

As for selling the property of a fugitive and giving the Yang family a bounty, the government did not pay a penny. Even if another official came here to be a county magistrate in the future, he would not pursue the matter. Besides, it was related to the son of the Marquis of Wei. Even if the official saw this record, he would pretend to be invisible. No one would cause trouble. Once this matter was over, it would be over without any future troubles.

Wu Yourong took the notice back and said, "This notice will not be posted, it's just a formality, so as not to think that it is your secret, which will damage your Yang family's reputation!"

Even this happened to me. This county magistrate is really interesting. Yang Ze was happy and thanked him repeatedly!

This was considered as a small business, but Wu Yourong did not let Yang Ze leave. Instead, he made a gesture of inviting Yang Ze to have tea and raised his glasses together.

After taking a sip of tea, Wu Yourong said, "Doctor Yang, with your medical skills and close relationship with the little marquis, you will not stay in this small security county in the future. I have not been able to meet you before, so I can't say that I can help you in time, but I can still do the icing on the cake." As he said that, he smiled slightly at Yang Ze.

Yang Ze also smiled back. It was obvious that Wu Yourong wanted to give him a favor, which was also a common practice in the officialdom. People's relationships and relationships in the officialdom are often formed in this way. However, he is not an official now, but Wu Yourong shows his kindness to him. This is not called icing on the cake, but a real timely help.

Wu Yourong took out two envelopes from his sleeve, handed one to Yang Ze first, and said with a smile: "This is the official document that I waived your boy exam. You can go directly to the state to take the exam. If you pass the exam, you will be a scholar."

Yang Ze was immediately happy and thanked him for taking the envelope. He was worried about the exam. The exam was a headache. Wu Yourong saved him an exam. This was a great thing, a favor.

Wu Yourong handed another envelope to Yang Ze and said, "This is a letter of recommendation written by me to the Guazhou Medical Center. I recommend you to enter the Guazhou Medical Center. Although you won't get any grade, you can gain more experience and get more people there, which will be of great benefit to your future!"

Yang Ze took the envelope and thanked him again. Wu Yourong seemed rude, but in fact he was quite good at being an official and was very smart in dealing with people. These two favors were what Yang Ze needed the most. Moreover, even if Yang Ze became successful in the future, he had to remember that the first step to enter the officialdom was the magistrate of Wu who pushed him up.

It would be bad if you say too much about giving favors. Wu Yourong instructed Yang Ze a few more words and asked Yang Ze to leave earlier to Guazhou Medical Center, so he asked him to leave.

Yang Ze put two letters into his arms and left the county government. As soon as he left the county government gate, he saw Master Wu lowering his head and entering the door. Yang Ze wanted to say hello to him, but he saw Master Wu not knowing what he was thinking, so he didn't say anything anymore, a little afraid that Master Wu would discuss the martial arts affairs with him again.

When he returned to Zhirentang, he saw Zhang moving a chair, sitting at the door, talking to a large group of neighbors, saying exactly what he was doing in Shengping Temple. Zhang talked so much that the neighbors were intoxicated by the neighbors.

Seeing that his son was back, Zhang shouted: "Son, you are back. How are you talking to the county magistrate?"

The neighbors turned to look at him together, greeted him and said hello and said hello. The attitude towards Yang Ze was no longer the same as before. He used to turn a blind eye to Yang Ze, but now he was afraid that he would be too late to say hello and was not intimate enough.

Yang Ze nodded and smiled at everyone, and said to Zhang again: "I'll have an agreement, mom, please think of a new name for Ludetang!"
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