Chapter 127: Seclusion in the capital
"That's a good idea!" Pang Yuqin stroked his palms and turned his head to look at Du Wenhao: "Sir, is this okay?" β
Du Wenhao smiled: "Of course you say yes!" So be it. β
Lin Qingdai hurriedly said: "No, no, I alone account for half of it, this is not good!" β
Du Wenhao said: "Okay, don't fight, the vote of the three shopkeepers of our two decides, we have two votes, you have one vote, two to one, the minority obeys the majority, listen to us!" β
Lin Qingdai smiled: "That's good, but I can't divide it all, in addition to the money for buying the medicine shop's residence, I also have to set aside some money as liquidity." The rest will be divided, so let's take out 10,000 dividends in addition to the money from buying a pharmacy house, and the rest will be used as liquidity. All right? β
Du Wenhao and Pang Yuqin glanced at each other and nodded yes.
Only then did Du Wenhao call Jia Wanglong, Hu Yanzhong and Xin Jiuniang to meet with everyone and continue to move forward.
Since the entire epidemic area has been blocked and isolated by the army, their ox cart has passed through countless checkpoints along the way, with Hu Yanzhong's waist plate, and the road is unimpeded, but the vehicles have been sprayed with medicine and strictly disinfected.
Since the main medicine needed to make Qibao San, Panax notoginseng powder, had not been used in the Song Dynasty, and no one knew and there was no place to buy it, so Du Wenhao stopped on the road, took everyone up the mountain to dig some, and handed it to Steward Jia as it was, so that he could send someone to the medicine store inside the forbidden army in the capital and let the medicine store send someone to be responsible for the digging. In order to prevent leakage, Du Wenhao also dug up dozens of medicinal materials that were not commonly used in the Song Dynasty and sent them together.
There was nothing to say all the way, and within a day, I came to the capital Kaifeng Mansion.
Enter the city from the Caihe Water Gate in the south of the capital, pass through Baokangmen Street, pass the Daxiangguo Temple, pass through the bustling Sweet Water Lane, and come to the front of a pharmacy on the lively and prosperous East Cross Street in the east city.
The faΓ§ade of this pharmacy is larger than the Wuweitang in the county, but in the bustling capital, it is only a small faΓ§ade. There is a plaque on the door of the pharmacy, which reads "Fuyuntang", the plaque is a little old, and it seems that this pharmacy has been around for a long time. However, this name is quite in line with their current identity, like floating clouds, drifting in the capital.
Jia Wanglong, the new butler assigned to Du Wenhao by General Gao, had already agreed with the shopkeeper of this pharmacy in advance, and bid 26,000 yuan to buy this pharmacy and the mansion behind it.
Due to the need to be incognito, Du Wenhao removed his surname, demolished his name, and changed his name to "Wenshui Notice", and Lin Qingdai and their names were also changed.
Steward Jia found a guarantee in the street, and Du Wenhao signed a deed of sale with the shopkeeper of this pharmacy, and the deed was cleared on the spot, and the guarantor signed and painted as a guarantee.
After completing the formalities and paying the honorarium to send Li Zheng away, Steward Jia took Du Wenhao and them to check the entire pharmacy and the back house. This mansion is only average in the capital, but it is much larger than in the county seat.
In addition to being accessible from the pharmacy, there is also a main entrance to the lively Sweetwater Alley. Two mighty stone lions, more than two zhang high blue brick high walls enclose the entire house, three entrances, the wide courtyard behind the wall, the periphery is for servants and guards to live, as well as the concoction room and medicinal materials warehouse for concocting medicinal materials. The entire interior is separated by a high wall.
There were originally a number of small courtyards in the inner house, but for the convenience of guarding, everyone thought that it was too deserted to live in one courtyard, so they all crowded into Du Wenhao's main courtyard to live together. The master bedroom is Du Wenhao's, Lin Qingdai and Yingzi live in the left wing, and Pang Yuqin and Xue Feier live in the right wing. Hu Yanzhong and Xin Jiuniang also lived in the main courtyard as their entourage, and the rest of the guards lived outside the main courtyard to guard.
The maids and maids in the house, the old mother and the servant Steward Jia, have all been matched, and they have all been strictly examined. The pharmacy in the house has been cleaned up neatly and cleanly, and they don't need to worry about it.
The accessories and raw materials for making isolation gowns, gas masks and disinfectant potions, including the porcelain vase containing Qibaosan, Du Wenhao had already written it down on the way and handed it to Steward Jia, asking him to send someone to take the lead and order it in the capital. After they came to the capital to buy the house pharmacy, the ordered accessories and raw materials, including the medicinal materials sent by the forbidden army medicine store, were immediately and secretly transported to Du Wenhao's house.
A lot of time spent making equipment and configuring disinfectant potions is on ordering accessories and raw materials, Du Wenhao and their work is not much, the assembly process is mainly completed by the guards who pretend to be shop guys, Du Wenhao and they only control the most critical links - the preparation of potions and disinfectant potions for gas masks to filter small mud pills for soaking.
Since the preparation of the disinfectant potion has to be transported to the front line, if the potion is decocted and then transported to the front line for a long distance, it is time-consuming and laborious, so Du Wenhao will crush the medicine and grind it into powder with a stone mill, and after transporting it to the front line, it can be used after decoction with a certain amount of water. In this way, it is impossible to guess the medication and the dosage of compatibility backwards, and it is also convenient to transport, and because it is a full drug, it also increases the efficacy.
Although General Gao told him not to use laparotomy to heal wounds, so as not to attract the attention of the enemy's spies too ostentatious, Du Wenhao immediately arranged and ordered all the instruments, surgical dressings, various disinfectant solutions, anesthetics, clothing, gloves, and surgical towels needed for the operation, and also ordered a pressure cooker for disinfection (the sealing problem is a ring made of animal leather, which can meet the sealing requirements after being soaked in green oil). A special operating room was prepared. In order to cope with the emergency surgery at night, a simple surgical shadowless lamp device that can spray fireworks with high brightness as a light source for a long time and fix the reflection of copper mirrors on several sides is designed and specially customized.
On the way, Du Wenhao had already told Steward Jia that he was going to marry Pang Yuqin, so when he arrived in the capital, Steward Jia began to handle this matter.
Steward Jia is very familiar with the capital, because everything is low-key, so only in accordance with the provisions of the six rites, he invited a matchmaker to be a matchmaker, and escorted the sedan chair to welcome relatives in red. Chose an auspicious day for the zodiac to get married.
Lin Qingdai said that she didn't need a maid to serve, anyway, Yingzi took care of Du Wenhao during this time, and she took care of Du Wenhao very well, so she officially gave Yingzi to Du Wenhao and his wife as personal maids.
In the capital these days, except for Du Wenhao sitting in the hall for consultation, they are not out of the door, there is this good in ancient times, there is no photography, television, newspapers, and the Internet, so except for neighbors, no one knows anyone. Therefore, it is possible for the emperor to visit the country in micro-service, and modern state leaders cannot do it, and they will be recognized as soon as they go out. Although Du Wenhao has become famous in Dongda County, only a few people have seen him, and others only know his name, even if they see him in person. Moreover, the business of this Fuyuntang pharmacy is also relatively light, and it is rare for a few patients to come to the door a day. Therefore, Du Wenhao changed his name and sat in the hall for consultation, and the wind and waves were calm, and no one recognized him as the famous doctor who was good at Hua Tuo's magic skills. Fortunately, they don't have to worry about money at all.
The matchmaker's chosen day of marriage has finally arrived.
Only Lin Qingdai and the housekeepers, guards, and servants attended the wedding, and only the Wen commander of the backyard Royal Forest Army Xiao Cavalry Battalion attended with two deputy commanders.
Pang Yuqin wore a phoenix crown and a xia veil, and in the commotion of everyone, Du Wenhao, who was dressed in red and hung colors, carried her into the house and came to the lobby. The master of ceremonies sang the salute, and the two pulled the red silk and worshiped heaven and earth. And when they worship their parents, the two can only kowtow in the direction of the county seat.
After the banquet, Commander Wen left with the two deputy commanders drunk.
In the commotion of the women, Du Wenhao unveiled Pang Yuqin's red hijab, and Xue Fei'er and Yingzi shouted to make trouble in the cave room. Du Wenhao was also a little drunk, and said with a smile: "It's still early at the moment, it's too inhumane to force us to go to bed so early, right?" It's my first time in Beijing, and I heard that the capital is very prosperous, and we haven't been anywhere in the house these days, so why don't we go out to the night market tonight to see the lanterns? The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we haven't purchased the New Year's goods yet. What do you think? β
Pang Yuqin stroked his palm and said, "Okay, good!" It's the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, it's time to write pairs, why don't we go to the night market, buy a few pairs and come back and post the excitement? β
Yingzi also said: "Yes! And artillery battles! It's not like the New Year without a cannon fight. β
Lin Qingdai said: "Yes, we should also buy some New Year's goods, it's still early, so let's go shopping, just don't be too late, so as not to delay the flowers and candles in the cave room." β
Pang Yuqin blushed and glanced at Du Wenhao.
Although Hu Yanzhong, the leader of the guards, felt that this was not very safe, General Gao had already explained that as long as Du Wenhao did not leave the capital, he would be free to move. But a few beauties are too eye-catching, so it is recommended to change to men's clothing.
This suggestion was approved by all the women, and it was more open to change to men's clothes to go shopping, so they all changed their clothes and followed Du Wenhao out of the door. Hu Yanzhong and Xin Jiuniang brought a few guards, and they also followed in civilian clothes. Led by Steward Jia, a group of people went out and walked along the East Cross Street to the most lively royal street at the south gate of the imperial city.
The capital is really prosperous, far from being comparable to the small county town of Dongda, it is already dark at the moment, and there are red lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, illuminating the bright road. Pedestrians on the street are like shuttles, coming and going, wearing brocade clothes, in groups of three or five, talking and laughing is very lively.
Passing by a jewelry shop, Du Wenhao took Pang Yuqin into the shop and bought a string of expensive pearl necklaces for Pang Yuqin to wear.
Du Wenhao bought Xue Fei'er a bracelet of Lantian jade, which was also expensive, and helped her wear it on her hand as a token of her brother and sister's worship, so happy that Xue Fei'er couldn't close her mouth.
Lanterns are hung on both sides of the street, and despite the biting cold wind of the cold winter month, it is still very lively with tourists.
There are many word stalls on the street to write Spring Festival couplets. I found a gentleman with good calligraphy and wrote a few pairs and held them. Xue Fei'er shouted for snacks from the roadside stalls, so she picked a family to sit down.
Before he could order anything to eat, an old man pushing a swill cart behind him said to the stall owner: "Big brother, is there any swill?" β
"Yes, yes! Wait! He brought a large bucket of swill from the side of the food stall and poured it into the big iron bucket of the old man's swill truck.