Chapter 14: What is Competence?
Fang Ling moved over a stone bench and placed Tang Wan's feet on it.
Under the sun, the snow-white little feet seem to be carved from a piece of beautiful jade, but the red, swollen and black blood really spoils the beauty, otherwise it must be a peerless beautiful foot.
It's just that Fang Ling has no time to appreciate it, and the treatment can't tolerate the slightest negligence, he reached out and held it in the red and swollen place, feeling the instant release of heat energy in his body and the lines on his palm.
The strange thread of lines, like life, rushed into the jade foot, shuttling inside.
Fang Ling once again entered that realm of selflessness, and the fire energy entered the body, came to the palm, continued into the lines, and a part of it flowed into the body.
The whole body is like roasting on a fire, not only is it hot, but it feels full of vitality.
At this time, he also "saw" the situation in the foot more clearly, and the lines rotated in the injured foot, as if stitching up the damaged meridians one by one.
Under the influence of the sun's fire, the surface of the blood began to melt gradually.
The people outside the courtyard watched Fang Ling's treatment with bated breath, and some people were suspicious: "This young doctor is really strange, just pressing it like this, can he cure the eldest lady's foot?"
An elderly subordinate said: "You don't understand, other doctors have said that this treatment is taken internally and externally, and the real effect is the bowl of 'medicine', and this massage 'acupoint' is to let the 'medicine' spread evenly in the wound, but it is not as simple as holding it." ”
Another subordinate also said thoughtfully: "Yes, yes, I heard that there are a lot of 'acupoints' on the feet, and this massage must be very complicated, I'm afraid I may not be proficient in it after a few years." ”
"That's not it, look at the doctor, the sweat on his forehead is there. ”
Everyone whispered, but they persuaded themselves, thinking that this massage must be an unusually advanced knowledge, plus the unknown "medicine", it must have an effect.
Half an hour passed quickly, and almost all the strength of Fang Ling's body was used up, and as the lines were retracted, the absorbed solar fire energy also returned to his body, and he lost his trace in an instant.
Feeling that the hot feeling on her feet was gradually lost, Tang Wan also opened her eyes, looked at her feet again, and suddenly became happy: "Dad, mother, look at my feet!"
Tang Zihaofu walked into the courtyard, and when she saw Tang Wan's feet, she was relieved and happy, just by the naked eye, the redness and swelling on the feet disappeared significantly, and even the black blood streaks were missing.
The subordinates watched from the side, and they were even more amazed, and they forgot to bring water to wipe the sweat of the young lady.
Mrs. Tang hugged her daughter and said in a trembling voice: "Fang Gongzi is really a miracle doctor, it's only been two days, and his feet are so much better." ”
Fang Ling wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said modestly: "Madame has won the award, this is still Miss Tang's good physique, I can only be handy in this treatment, Madame will accompany Miss back to rest first, it will take some time for this foot to be completely good, so I have to be a good soldier recently, and it is best not to go down to the ground with this foot." ”
Mrs. Tang nodded hurriedly, and said to her daughter, "Thank you Fang Gongzi for not yet." ”
Tang Wan pursed the corners of her mouth and said, "Thank you, Young Master Fang." ”
Fang Ling smiled slightly, but couldn't help but look at her a few more times, this woman was indeed too beautiful, she looked beautiful yesterday, and she looked a lot more beautiful today.
Tang Zihao instructed his subordinates to accompany his wife and daughter down, and said to Fang Ling: "Master Fang, please go to the hall with me and sit down." ”
Fang Ling nodded, followed Tang Zihao to the hall, and after the tea was served, Steward Xu had already brought a plate.
Tang Zihao motioned for him to bring it to Fang Ling, and said with a smile: "Although I don't know how much Fang Gongzi is asking, this silver is just a slight expression of his heart, to see if it is appropriate to be used as yesterday's and today's medical fees?"
Steward Xu opened the cloth and saw two ingots of yellow gold on the plate.
If you only see two days of illness, you will be given two hundred taels, and if you have to see it for ten days, isn't it a thousand taels?
You must know that the salary of the third-grade master is only four hundred taels a year, and Tang Zihao is so generous, in addition to knowing the way of officialdom, I am afraid that he really loves his daughter.
To be honest, it was already very good to be able to come up with this amount, but Fang Ling shook his head slightly.
Tang Zihao thought that he was too little, and the smile on his face did not change, so he waved his hand very boldly and said: "Xu Lian, ask the tent to pay two more ingots of gold!"
Fang Ling smiled and said, "Lord Tang, I'm not too little, it's just that I don't want gold." ”
Tang Zihao smiled and said, "It's okay, what do you need, just ask." ”
Fang Ling smiled and said, "I just want a favor." ”
"Human favor?" Tang Zihao frowned slightly.
Fang Ling asked, "Lord Tang should know what I do, right?"
Tang Zihao nodded and said, "I heard that Shopkeeper Hu said that Fang Gongzi is in the 'medicine' material business, and there is an owner behind him. ”
Fang Ling smiled slightly: "Exactly." Lord Tang should also know that he is just a commoner, unofficial and powerless, and may encounter trouble one day. ”
Tang Zihao came to his senses and said heartily: "Even if Gongzi Fang received the money and you saved my daughter, how could I, Tang Zihao, forget? ”
Fang Ling smiled and said, "But if I accept the money, how can I be embarrassed to ask Lord Tang for help? So, Lord Tang, you still owe me a favor, so that I can do business with a more solid heart." ”
Tang Zihao was slightly stunned, seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he couldn't help laughing and said: "I've seen a lot of young people, but it's the first time I've seen someone as interesting as Fang Gongzi, so I look for a tent before the rain, and since Fang Gongzi said so, then I, Tang Zihao, owe you a favor." In the future, as long as it is not illegal to 'mess' with oneself and does not harm heaven and reason, as long as Fang Gongzi is in need, he can come to me!"
"Thank you, Lord Tang. Fang Ling breathed a sigh of relief, he also inquired with Dong Canghai yesterday, Tang Zihao has a good reputation among officials, especially he is very righteous and has some connections in the court. Although I don't know if I can use it, this personal debt is difficult to buy.
Tang Zihao suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, when I asked Shopkeeper Hu yesterday, he said that the 'medicine' materials sold by Fang Gongzi were all high-grade and precious, and the two 50-year-old high-grade ginseng I received yesterday were from Fang Gongzi's hands. ”
"Yes. Fang Ling nodded.
Tang Zihao asked with interest: "Then I don't know if your owner has a century-old ginseng there, it doesn't matter what the quality is, the key is that there are goods." ”
"Hundred-year-old ginseng?" Fang Ling groaned, now he has more than 900 taels of silver in his hand, and 50-year-old ginseng can be sold for three or four hundred taels outside, if he takes it from Lin Mowen, it is estimated that he can get it for 200 taels, so he asked, "I don't know how many adults Tang wants?"
"How many?" Tang Zihao said with great interest, "Could it be that your owner still has a lot of them?"
Fang Ling naturally wouldn't say that he could get it at any time, after all, a hundred years of ginseng is expensive and rare, if he gets a dozen a day, it will be his own price, so he said: "There are only two in the owner's house, but if Lord Tang wants more, he can get it every once in a while, of course, this amount must be limited." ”
"It seems that your owner does have some skills. Lord Tang bowed his head and said, "I naturally only need one ginseng for this century-old ginseng, and you also know that now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to get married, and those of us who are courtiers also have to give gifts, and this century-old ginseng is only a little weighty." ”
"That'...... Wouldn't many officials need this kind of more valuable 'medicine' materials?" Fang Ling said in his heart.
"Of course, although there is a lot of gold and silver, old ginseng is hard to find, and hundred-year-old 'medicine' materials are not something that can be seen everywhere, just look at the 'medicine' shops in the entire imperial city, and these hundred-year-old ginseng is only twenty or thirty a year. And as soon as there is a stock, it will be immediately divided up by those big players. Tang Zihao said, "So for this hundred years of ginseng, I can give 1,100 taels of silver, which is 100 taels more than the market price." ”
Fang Ling smiled slightly: "No problem, I can bring it to Lord Tang tomorrow." However, if Lord Tang is willing to help pull the strings, then the owner's other century-old ginseng will also be marketable. ”
Tang Zihao said happily: "This is no problem, in fact, there are officials who want this kind of 'medicine' materials, if your family can get more before the prince's wedding, I guarantee that there will be no one left." In addition to the hundred-year-old ginseng, what hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, hundred-year-old snow lotus and the like, are all handy goods. ”
Fang Ling was overjoyed, as long as he controlled the quantity sold, first, he would not destroy the market, and secondly, he could raise three thousand taels of silver as soon as possible, so why not? He said: "Then I can't let Lord Tang pull the strings in vain, my external price is 1,100 taels, of which this hundred taels is even the cost to adults." ”
Tang Zihao smiled: "Does Fang Gongzi know what is the most important thing in this officialdom?"
Fang Ling shook his head slightly, it can't be said to be money, right? Although money can be spiritual, it may not be able to run rampant in officialdom.
Tang Zihao said: "The most important thing is two - ability!"
"Ability?" Fang Ling said in surprise.
Tang Zihao said with a smile: "What is ability, it is what capable people can't." If you have the ability, people will pay attention to you, will they slap you, and will respect you. Take the century-old ginseng as an example, people can't get it, but you Fang Gongzi can get it, this is called ability. As for me, I can help those officials who can't buy ginseng find this ginseng, and it's too late for them to thank me, and it's easy to talk to them if they want to do something in the future. Therefore, I can't accept this money, because I can just borrow flowers to offer Buddha, so that they can owe me a favor, if I take favors and Fang Gongzi's money, won't people say that I am not kind?"
Fang Ling couldn't help laughing when he heard this, so he made an appointment to send two hundred-year-old ginseng over the next day.