Chapter 15: Free Clinics (2)
After walking out of the Renxin Pavilion, the genius had just dawned. Shi Cheng did not go back to Baifu, but first went to a carriage dealer, and after negotiating the rent of the car and horses and agreeing on the time to pick up the car, Shi Cheng went straight to a teahouse.
"The carriage rent in this southern wilderness is really not cheap." Shi Cheng said in his heart.
When he arrived at the teahouse, Shi Cheng ordered a cup of brown bean drink, a plate of mixed three shreds and a drawer of small pies, picked a place with more people, and sat down to eat quietly.
At this time, the dawn has passed, there are more and more people on the street, Shi Cheng's teahouse is quite famous in the city, and soon the teahouse lobby is crowded with guests who come to eat breakfast, and everyone sits at the tables in groups of three or five, chatting with great interest.
Shi Cheng's lonely figure looked a little out of place in the crowd, but he didn't feel bored, but pricked up his ears and quietly listened to the conversation of the diners in the lobby. Shi Cheng's internal skills are profound, and his ears are excellent, and he listens to the conversations on every table.
"Have you heard that the Bai family, which has been closed for the past few days, was lit up in front of the house yesterday evening, and I don't know what happened?"
"I heard that the eldest prince of the Bai family talked about a big business outside, didn't you see the big cars parked in front of the Bai Mansion yesterday evening, I heard that they are all fine silk, those goods were parked in the Bai family overnight, it is estimated that they can be shipped out of the port in batches today and tomorrow. The Bai family is the big owner of the port, and their goods can definitely be given priority on board. ”
"Alas, I really envy the people of the Bai family. I can't even imagine such a large client. And although the Bai family is now an eventful time, the cronies of Old Man Bai will never abandon the Bai family. Needless to say, the chief housekeeper Bai Gui, even people like Mu Tian, who had just joined the Bai family in the past few years, would visit Old Man Bai in person from time to time. ”
"The people trained by Old Man Bai are really good, and their wrists are really old, but the Bai family has been able to flourish in recent years, and I think it is thanks to the young master of the Bai family's communication skills, everyone has friends in Wangcheng, and the local government has to buy the face of the Bai family, and this time the customer seems to have been introduced by that friend."
"Let's sort out our own one-third of an acre first."
"By the way, did you hear another big news from the city yesterday? Li Zhutou was dismissed! ”
"What! Why is that? Li Yan has always been upright, jealous and hateful, and he doesn't know how many cases he has solved, why was he dismissed? Didn't you offend someone? ”
"It's not because of the corpse robbery that has been getting worse and worse lately. In the past three months, I don't know if anyone has poked the nest of tomb robbers, the ancestral graves of the people in the villages and counties around Redwood City, and the mass graves in the suburbs have been dug up every day. Now those thieves don't even let go of the ancestral tombs of the residents in the city outside the city, and even the ancestral tombs of the Bai family outside the north gate a few days ago. Some villages have organized strong men to keep vigils, but they haven't even seen the shadows of those thieves. Li Zhutou investigated this case for several months, but found nothing, and the government was not without his opponents, so some people took advantage of this to make things bigger and gave him a charge of ineffective handling of the case, and then Li Zhutou was dismissed. ”
"Damn, these dog thieves, Li Zhutou has been conscientious and conscientious all these years, protecting the safety of the city, but in the end it ended up like this."
"Good people don't have good rewards, I heard that Li Zhutou's daughter is also seriously ill, and it is the time to use the money, and now he has been dismissed again. Alas, I really don't know where this family is going. ”
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Shi Cheng sat quietly at the table, listening to the conversation of everyone in the teahouse, and the teapot in front of him continued one pot after another. Seeing that the sun was gradually rising, he finally patted the table, "Shopkeeper, know how to make money!" ”
Before leaving, Shi Cheng deliberately asked the person at the table who was talking about Li Yan's head and asked about the address of the Li family, and after asking the address, Shi Cheng left the teahouse.
Out of the teahouse, Shi Cheng went straight to the car rental dealer he had been to in the morning, and the car dealer had already prepared the car and horses according to Shi Cheng's instructions. Several carts were in two columns, and the six tall horses were also divided into two columns, and the reins were set.
"It's all done as you ordered, but I don't know where your driver is?" The dealer asked.
"I can do it alone, and I don't need the help of other drivers." Shi Cheng smiled, and after paying the rent, he jumped on the front of the car he was headed by, waved a long horsewhip, and drove the car away.
On the street, regardless of the surprised looks of the pedestrians on the side of the road, Shi Cheng drove with ease. I saw him swing a whip left and a whip right from time to time, seemingly random, but the six tall horses in front of him were not chaotic at all. After a while, one person and six horses had already arrived outside the Renxin Pavilion.
Shi Cheng got out of the car and walked towards the gate of the Renxin Pavilion, the guy who received Shi Cheng in the morning heard the sound of horses outside the door, and had already rushed to the door, Shi Cheng had not yet entered the door, and the guy had already greeted him with a smile.
"Shi Gongzi, you are here, the medicinal materials are ready on our side. However, we can only make up more than half of the medicinal herbs on your list at most, so please forgive me. ”
"It's okay, you just transport the prepared medicinal herbs to my car parked outside the door." Shi Cheng said.
"Okay, Shi Gongzi, how about you go to the living room to rest first?"
"No, I still made an appointment with someone else, so I have to go back quickly."
"Okay, I'll call the guys in the back hall to move." The man said respectfully, then took out a bill from his pocket, handed it to Shi Cheng with both hands, and said, "Shi Gongzi, this is the official seal certificate that was negotiated with you before." You can use this voucher to pick up 60 Tongbao worth of herbs at other branches of our Renxin Pavilion. ”
Shi took the voucher, glanced at it, and nodded. The man hurriedly bowed and left, hurried to the back hall. Soon, strong men came out of the back hall with the packaged medicinal herbs, and neatly stacked boxes of medicinal herbs on the cart that Shi Cheng parked outside the door. After about two quarters of an hour, all the herbs were loaded into the car.
Shi Cheng said goodbye to the guy, and was about to go out, but as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned to the guy and asked, "By the way, why didn't you see your shopkeeper Yu and the old Mr. Wei this morning, are they busy?" ”
"Shi Gongzi, my shopkeeper set off to discuss the replenishment with the caravan outside the city, isn't it that a lot of the inventory in our shop has been bought by you. After arranging the affairs of the son this morning, Wei Lao went to Baifu. The man replied.
"Went to the White Mansion?" Shi Cheng was a little surprised, "What is he doing in Baifu?" ”
"Childe doesn't know, our Renxin Pavilion and Baifu have always had some cooperative relations, and Wei Lao was hired by Bai Mansion as Baifu's nominal pharmacist when he first came to Redwood City four years ago, because Wei Lao not only has a high level of identification, but his level of refining medicine is also top in this Western Desert Country. In the past few years, he has been going to Baifu regularly, and recently it seems that the old master of Bai's family is in poor health, so he has been going more often. The guy said with a smile.
"I see." Shi Cheng nodded.
The herbs were already in hand, and the sun was gradually climbing to the highest place in the sky. Shi Cheng thought about the agreement with Wu Tianshi last night, so he didn't delay any longer, he bought lunch on the side of the road, hurriedly ate and left, and drove back to Baifu.
When he arrived at the gate of Baifu, Shi Cheng saw that the front of Baifu was crowded with people and carriages, and many laborers went in and out, moving the big boxes that were tightly tied to the carriage. Bai Gui, the chief housekeeper of the Bai Mansion, stood in front of the door, seemingly talking to the people around him, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the workers who were moving goods. Seeing this, Shi Cheng hurriedly waved a few whips and parked his carriage on the side of the road opposite the gate of Baifu.
Bai Gui had already seen Shi Cheng, and after a few hurried explanations to the people around him, he immediately walked over to Shi Cheng's side.
"I heard that Mr. Shi and my young master's night conversation broke up unhappily last night, Bai Gui hereby apologizes to Mr., my young master is a little impatient, please forgive me." Bai Gui bowed, with a deep apology on his face.
"I can understand some of Bai Gongzi's thoughts, and Butler Bai doesn't need to apologize to me. After all, Bai Gongzi's parents died because of the four-year war in the Southern Wilderness, and the Alliance Khanate was also a party to the war at that time, so it is reasonable for him to hate us people from the Northern Western Continent. Shi Cheng said gently.
"Mr. is broad-minded, and Bai is grateful." Bai Gui complimented a few words, turned his head to look at the carriage behind Shi Cheng, and asked, "In the morning, I heard that Mr. Shi was going to hold a free clinic in the city, and these boxes were supposed to be medical appliances or medicinal materials purchased by Mr. Shi. I don't know if my Bai family can help Mr. ”
"I'm worried about this non-laborious mansion, I have already done everything that should be prepared." Shi Cheng replied.
"Gongzi Gaoyi, Bai is a native of this city, and he knows that it is not easy for the people in Redwood City, a small border city with poor traffic, to see a doctor. Mr. today is willing to solve problems for the people of this city, and Bai has thanked Mr. here. ”
"Butler Bai didn't need to thank him, he just did something insignificant. Anyway, why are there so many carriages and horses pulling goods in front of your mansion today, is your prince going out again? ”
"Not really, my young master will stay at home for a while. This is the goods brought by the big customer who came to my Bai family yesterday, and one of them will be shipped from the port to Donglu by sea today. ”
While the two were talking, a figure hurriedly walked out of the door, it was Wu Tianshi. He saw Shi Cheng and Bai Gui on the other side of the road, so he hurriedly rushed over.
"Shi Daoyou, I didn't expect you to wait here so early."
"I've just arrived, Wu Daoyou, are you ready, if you can, how about we leave now?"
Wu Tianshi nodded. Bai Gui on the side was a little surprised, and asked, "What, Heavenly Master, you also want to go to the free clinic for the people with Mr. Shi?" ”
"I met Shi Daoyou in the garden outside the wing room last night, and he told me about his plan to hold a free clinic today. This is a great good deed, and this Heavenly Master, as a member of the Xuanmen, should help Shi Daoyou. Wu Tianshi said with a smile.
Shi Cheng said goodbye to Bai Gui, he jumped into the carriage, and Wu Tianshi also got into the carriage and sat next to Shi Cheng. Only a crisp whip was heard, and six tall horses marched forward neatly, taking Shi and Wu and the two wagons behind them towards the other end of the long street.