Wan Mi Zhai "tsk tsk." Sansheng, shook his head and said, "Sir, are you confused?" When did you tell Lao Sheng that you were in the capital? Didn't you go to Ganzhou Wei to take office? ”

Chu Fan couldn't help but be embarrassed, patted his head and said: "Alas, it's my fault, when I returned to Beijing, I was in a hurry, and I didn't stop passing by Chang'an, so I didn't say goodbye to Mr. Hahaha came just in time, I must come to my heaven and earth tonight to play. ”

"The old man is so old, I'm afraid I can't stand it when I go to that place again."

"Don't worry, don't make a move tonight, let's play soft tonight."

As he spoke, Chu Fan took Wan Mizhai's hand and walked out of the door, and said to the family before going out: "Go quickly, let Qiao Feng arrange a position for me, I will entertain Dr. Wan tonight." ”

The family at the door also shook his head with a wry smile, speaking of which, this lord, the major shareholder of Yingtian Company, the husband of the general manager of the Royal Company, the former deputy assistant of the cabinet, and the secretary of the household department, why is there no stable appearance at all? All day long, smiling, you can't see the slightest bit of righteousness.

In heaven and earth, on the first row of the main seats, Chu Fan and Wan Mizhai sat side by side, watching the performance, there were all kinds of white wine, red wine and beer on the table, and a large pot was placed in the middle of the table, which was overflowing with red soup and cooking various ingredients.

Chu Fan and Wan Mizhai chatted about Wan Mizhai's business while eating hot pot and drinking wine.

Since Chu Fan passed through Chang'an last time, Wan Mizhai learned the laparotomy technique by chance, and since then he has become famous in the Chang'an generation, and it is said that he started to open the door from a rich man. In ancient times, a woman's hand could not be touched by other men, and caesarean section was basically impossible.

But the concubine of a wealthy businessman invited Wan Mi Zhai due to difficult childbirth, and Wan Mi Zhai did not hide it anymore, and directly said that only a caesarean section could save the woman and the child.

Although the rich merchant's wife is dead, this concubine has not been promoted to become the main room because of her humble background, but it does not affect the rich merchant's love for her.

The operation went very smoothly, it was completed in only two hours, and the baby and mother were safe and sound.

Of course, this is also inseparable from Dr. Wan's insistence on practicing surgical skills on rabbits every day.

Wan Mi Zhai is really a talent in this area, the first time he really used the knife on a person, it was completely successful, the maternal blood was not too much, and it had no effect on the body, and after the stitches were removed on the fifth day, he could go to the ground to move.

This move made Dr. Wan famous, and everyone in a radius of 100 miles knew that Dr. Wan had miraculous skills, which could save people with difficult births and keep children safe.

In ancient times, there was basically no way to survive dystocia, and the child could be removed by cutting the mother's body, and women basically died of massive hemorrhage or amniotic fluid embolism.

Medicine, when you have never seen it, you must say that it is the devil and cannot be touched.

What's more, you cut a knife on a person's stomach, which made the ancients understand that you are killing someone.

But everything that is false cannot stand the test of practice, and everything that is real is not afraid of the test of practice.

Therefore, when the mother and son of the concubine of a wealthy merchant were safe, the people who did not believe in Wan Mi Zhai chose to believe that the women who were originally hindered by red tape and three obedience and four virtues chose Wan Mi Zhai for the sake of life.

Dr. Wan's fame in Chang'an is getting bigger and bigger, so that the Chinese medicine hall is overcrowded every day, so Dr. Wan specially taught his own nephew successfully, learned to caesarean section, and since then his nephew took him to practice medicine, and Dr. Wan himself came to the capital to open a branch again.

Speaking of which, Chang'an is also the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, and its prosperity and population are already very large.

However, because Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Beijing, it has already surpassed Chang'an for hundreds of years, and even several times Chang'an.

However, Dr. Wan opened a medical clinic here, not entirely to make money.

He is a doctor with pursuit, has a very big ambition for medicine, after learning to have a caesarean section, he thinks that he decided to come to the capital to open a medical center, demand more cases, give full play to the expertise of caesarean section, and benefit the people.

In the past few days, Dr. Wan has just arrived in the capital and is choosing a site for the medical center, but he meets Zhang Yutong, who is taking Chu Pingping shopping.

Speaking of this, Chu Fan slapped his thigh: "You are right, I was about to tell you how to treat other diseases." ”

Although Chu Fan is not very skilled in modern medicine, he is also a graduate of a serious medical school, and the general internal structure of human beings can still be explained clearly to Dr. Wan.

The two of them chatted all night on this heaven and earth, and they were not tired at all.

Chu Fan really wanted to leave modern medicine in this world, but he was too busy, the country was in trouble at home and abroad, there were constant wars, and the dream of an industrial power had just begun, so how could he have time to develop medicine?

Even if there is time, without a right-hand man, who will carry it out?

Wan Mi Zhai is nothing more than the best choice, today I came to the capital, and I was touched by Zhang Yutong, this kind of fate can not be said to be used well.

This night, Chu Fan gave Wan Mizhai a good lecture on the human organs, especially highlighting the three useless things of the gallbladder, appendix, and tonsils.

Speaking of which, these three removable human organs are the most inflamed organs that are prone to inflammation, and modern people believe that they can be removed without affecting human health after hundreds of years of medical research.

But in ancient times, once these three things were inflamed, they would hurt people to death at least and kill people at worst.

So Chu Fan knows very well that at this time, it is not meaningful for you to teach other surgeries to Wan Mi Zhai, without advanced scientific support, it is impossible to change a kidney or a heart, but to cut a few non-important organs, you can save a life, which is more effective and practical.

Wan Mizhai listened very fascinated, nodded frequently, and recorded in detail.

At the end, he said to Chu Fan: "Official, with this magic skill, you should really save the world and help people, Wan Mou is only shallow in learning, if you can have twelve out of ten officials, it will be enough to save how many people in the world." ”

"No, no, no, doctors save people, it's a small part, and what I'm doing now is to save a bigger part."

"Qiao Feng, you're coming!"

Qiao Feng trotted all the way: "My lord, what are your orders?" ”

"Help Dr. Wan find a shop in a good market, a bigger one, and open a medical center."

"My lord, then you don't need to look for it, the North Gate Life Hall will open soon, why don't you leave a room for Dr. Wan inside?"

"Oh? So fast? Shen Wei, this girl is really a business wizard, and she started it so quickly. ”

Chu Fan hasn't asked about business matters for a long time, the family is all taken care of by Shen Wei, thinking that this girl is really economically minded, not only is the joint-stock company running very well, but her own various businesses are also advancing very quickly.

For more than a year, she has opened three comprehensive living halls in the capital, all kinds of eating, drinking and playing, everything, and the most commendable thing is that she actually created a clothing brand.

In ancient times, the sales of ready-to-wear were relatively small, and the brand was nothing more than known to the locals, and Shen Wei had created a nationally renowned clothing brand "cornucopia". It may be to commemorate his ancestor Shen Wansan.

The three newly opened living halls are all from the Royal Joint-Stock Company, and the money earned is owned by the state, but all kinds of clothing, cloth, and carriages in it are produced by Yingtian Joint-Stock Company, which is equivalent to the state helping Chu Fan's family sell goods.

"Okay, then you and Dr. Wan will discuss and arrange a shop with free rent."

Wan Mizhai never dreamed that he could get a free shop in the capital, so he suddenly smiled, hugged Chu Fan and said: "If I am a Ming Dynasty and the people are safe, and the people are healthy, I will definitely have a great contribution to your Chu Gong." ”

Chu Fan smiled: "Didn't I come to this world for this?" ”

This sentence was a pun, and Wan Mizhai nodded as if he didn't understand.

After settling down in Wanmizhai, Chu Fan came to the Forbidden City and applied to meet Emperor Wanli.

"Chen Chufan, long live knock, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Get up." Wanli was watching the folds, picked his eyes and glanced at Chu Fan, and said lightly.

Chu Fan knows very well that in Wanli's situation, when he ignores his love, he is in a good mood.

It was with a smile and said: "Your Majesty, after the minister traveled to Ganzhou, it was the first time to meet alone, there was no good gift, I had been to Tibet before, and met a Christian missionary, this is the pocket watch he gave me, the minister did not dare to hide it privately, and he specially offered to play with His Majesty." ”

As he spoke, he presented a brass-colored pocket watch in both hands.

Wanli took the watch and looked at it carefully: "Christianity? But what about the Franciscan? ”

"The emperor is wise, it is true, Francois believes in Christianity."

"Those red-haired devils, why did they come to my Daming? DID YOU KNOW? ”

Chu Fan moved his knees, Xu hadn't knelt and spoken like this for a long time, and he was a little uncomfortable.

Wanli saw the clue, waved his hand and said: "Okay, stand up, when there are only you and me in the future, you don't have to kneel, go and sit on that chair." ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen." As he spoke, he retreated to the chair behind him and sat down, and continued: "Your Majesty, there are actually a lot of people on the other side of the sea, and they are not a country or tribe, and they are also calling back and forth, and the reason why they all want to trade with us is that they currently lack a lot of materials from our Ming Dynasty. ”

"Then why should I give them to them? I'm vast and rich, and I don't lack their stuff. ”

"Your Majesty, although my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and abundant products, but now in terms of science and technology, it is not ahead of the Francophile, do you remember the Francophone gun?"

"Of course, it's the same thing you used to defeat the Japanese slaves."

Chu Fan arched his hand and said: "Exactly, Your Majesty, isn't that what the Franco machine researched, and we copied and improved it?" ”

Wanli picked up the tea, choked on a sip of tea, and disagreed: "But a cannon is not convenient to carry, and it is not very useful to say." ”

"Your Majesty, now they actually have more technology, but we don't know it, and many things are very useful to us."

"Tell me, then, what are they?"

"For example, we can't make this pocket watch you have."

"That's it?"

Chu Fan nodded: "Your Majesty, the outside of this watch is made of brass, of course we can also make it, but if the brass of my dynasty is made into a case, it will rust over time, and you have seen the green rust on the bronze, right?" ”

Wanli was thoughtful, but did not answer.

"Also, look at this transparent shell above, this is not crystal, this is glass, I have mined natural crystals to achieve such translucent, and artificially cannot make such translucent objects."

Emperor Wanli is really smart, and his ability to see the essence through questions is very strong, and he immediately retorted: "But what is the use of such a gadget? We light incense and can also calculate the hour

Yes. ”

"Your Majesty, incense can naturally calculate the hour, but first, it is inconvenient to carry, it is inconvenient to use, and second, the accuracy is not high, think about it, if I make an appointment with another artillery team to open the cannon at the same time in the third watch, in case there is an error in the speed of the two incense burning, isn't it that one party opens first, but the other party has not moved? Missed a plane? ”

"Well, it makes sense, is this thing accurate?" Wanli shook the pocket watch in his hand.

"Accurately, I have several pieces of this pocket watch, I have tried them all, the error is very small, much more accurate than burning incense."

"Yo, the missionary treated you well, and gave you a few pieces?"

"That's not true, you took what the missionaries gave me, and my own was copied by someone in Ganzhouwei."

"Imitation? Didn't you say you couldn't imitate it? ”

"Your Majesty, I can't imitate the exact same, but I excavated a mineral called nickel-iron alloy north of Ganzhou Wei, which is lighter in quality than copper and harder in strength than copper, so I imitated this."

As he spoke, Chu Fan took out a pocket watch, which looked the same, but the color was different, and the one in Chu Fan's hand was silver.

Wanli looked at it and shook his head: "Chu Fan, Chu Fan, I said that Gao Huai went to invite you, but you didn't come back, and you dared to go to Ganzhou to make pocket watches?" ”

"Your Majesty, the pocket watch is only one of them, and the use of this nickel-iron alloy will be great after that."

"Okay, I don't care about you anymore, you can toss as much as you want, now the Royal Joint Stock Company is doing well, speaking of which, you also have a little credit."

Chu Fan secretly scolded in his heart: A little credit? You're shameless, aren't you? With your old man sitting on the dragon chair, Erlang's legs are bent, and the company makes money? Isn't it me and my daughter-in-law taking care of your business?

Of course, the emperor, all the credit in the world has his share, what can you say?

Wanli continued: "I pondered, you also have some credit for going to Tibet to quell the rebellion, so let you go back to Beijing on an errand, of course, in order for those officials not to stare at you, you should go to the military department to be a squire first." "Well, that's a long time. Completely treat Chu Fan as a screw, and go wherever you need it.

This is not a lice on the monk's head, obviously, the most important thing now is that Liaodong is in an emergency, let you Chu Fan go to the military department, obviously, it is for you to go to war. Of course, Chu Fan had already figured it out before he came, and he was mentally prepared.

"Then you talk about it, what about Liaodong?" Wanli still threw out the most important question.

"Your Majesty, I have met with Yang Shangshu the day before yesterday, to tell you the truth, Liaodong is really helpless."

I obviously felt that Wanli's movements stopped, and his body shook slightly.

He has long been accustomed to Chu Fan's omnipotence, everything that Wanli can't do, just hand it over to Chu Fan, get used to Chu Fan can accomplish anything, Chu Fan suddenly said I can't, which really shocked Wanli's heart.

Chu Fan saw Mr. Emperor's uneasiness, and added: "Of course, it's not that it can't be at all, it's that it can't now." ”

"Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty, Lord Yang should have reported to you, at present, except for tens of thousands of people from the Qi family's army fighting in Liaodong and the Japanese slaves, the rest of the country really can't transfer troops, the southwest has been quelling the rebellion, and in the northwest, except for the thousands of people from Suzhou Wei can be transferred back, the rest have no troops, Datong Mansion has troops, but they can't move, and they must prevent Nurhachi from bypassing Mongolia.

Chu Fan paused and continued: "What do you think, how can I deal with Nurhachi with my two empty hands? ”

Of course, Wanli knows the current situation better than Chu Fan, but it's not like he has no way to find you Chu Fan, you have to find a way, of course, Wanli can't say this as the emperor, he can only wait for Chu Fan to open his mouth, and he has to endure it.

Chu Fan was still quite clever, and quickly picked up the words: "However, if you give the minister a while, maybe you can think of a way." ”

I heard Chu Fan say, "But what." Wanli was already relieved in his heart, and secretly scolded, bastard, sell me again, and definitely have to put forward conditions.

"Your Majesty, can you agree to open the ports of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Liangguang to trade with foreigners?"

Good guy, why is it that you Chu Fan opened his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth?

The problem of restricting trade with foreigners is not a rule set by Wanli, it is a legacy left by ancestors from generation to generation, since Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West, the Ming Dynasty knew the status quo of less than half of the world, no one can fight, weigh the pros and cons, those small countries produced garbage, the Ming Dynasty does not need it at all, the Ming Dynasty is the center of the world, the master of mankind. Outsiders just want to take advantage of us, when the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, just give them a reward, trade? What's the point?

Therefore, for more than 100 years from Zhu Di downward, there has never been formal trade with foreign countries, and in order to prevent smuggling by foreigners, a large number of troops must be deployed to defend the coastline and prevent the outflow of goods from the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to do business, it's not completely impossible, that is, you have to write an edict, which was originally a trade license, but it was turned into a reward from the Ming court to foreign countries.

The rules of almost two hundred years, you Chu Fan said that if you are open, you will be open?

Hearing Chu Fan's unreasonable request, Wanli was also shocked, but he quickly calmed down and asked, "Why did Aiqing say this?" ”

"Your Majesty, in the past, we forbade the sea to prevent the products of the Celestial Empire from flowing into foreign countries, yes or no?"

Wanli nodded.

"Therefore, Huguang, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang have set up a large number of health centers to prevent smuggling."

Wanli nodded again.