novelhk Chapter 251
Chapter 251
"Everyone is equal..." Cai Yan lowered her head and thought.
What kind of county magistrate can make such an advocacy?
Could it be that the county magistrate is not from a prominent family?
How did he think of this?
Doubts spread in her heart, making Cai Yan more and more curious about Tanghai County Magistrate.
Taking his daughter into the courtyard, Cai Yong rushed into the room in two steps.
"Do you remember?"
Cai Yong asked eagerly, looking at the middle-aged Confucian scholar standing with his back to the room.
The person in the room turned around, and the confusion between his eyebrows disappeared, replaced by a different look.
Calm and elegant.
Cai Yong was not only stunned, the Confucian scholar picked up by the county magistrate must be extraordinary.
"Thank you for your help." The middle-aged Confucian scholar bowed his hands and saluted, respectful.
"I am from Nanyang. My surname is Zhang, my name is Ji, and my courtesy name is Zhongjing."
"I traveled around the country to learn medicine and collect herbs. I didn't expect that when I was climbing a mountain to collect herbs in Youbeiping County, I accidentally fell from a height."
"And got injured."
"Don't thank me." Cai Yong shook his head, "It wasn't me who saved you."
"It was our Tanghai County Magistrate who did it."
"Including the suture of the wound on your back and the anti-inflammatory capsule in your hand, they were all done by the county magistrate."
"Anti-inflammatory capsule?" Zhang Zhongjing frowned and raised his hand to look.
This is what he has been carrying with him since he woke up.
A small square sheet, I don't know what it is made of, it's soft but very strong.
There are rows of neat bulges on it, and there is one last blue and white thing left inside.
Very delicate.
He didn't know what it was before, but there was a voice in his heart that told him at any time: This thing in his hand is very, very important.
It must be kept intact, and the person who possesses this magical thing must be seen.
Now he knows that this is medicine.
Moreover, it is the magic medicine that saved him from a high fever!
Whether it is the exquisiteness of the medicine or the specific effect, it makes him curious.
"Then... where is the county magistrate?" Zhang Zhongjing asked expectantly.
"Can I see him?"
"Thank you for saving my life."
Cai Yong replied: "The county magistrate is leading the soldiers to the battle and is not in the city now."
"Going to the battle?" Not only Zhang Zhongjing was surprised, but Cai Yan was also very surprised.
The two people's questions were raised at the same time and overlapped.
"Yes." Cai Yong said proudly.
"Tanghai County Magistrate is very good at fighting."
"Relying on the court, he formed an army and went south to participate in the Yellow Turban Rebellion."
"I see." Zhang Zhongjing nodded.
It was the first time he heard that a county magistrate was valued by the court and led the troops to the battle.
It was amazing.
Cai Yan was also very curious, "Can the county magistrate lead the troops, can he be stronger than those famous generals in the court?"
Cai Yong smiled and said, "My daughter, you are a little short-sighted."
"When the county magistrate returns, you will know how powerful the Tanghai County soldiers are under his leadership."
"It will definitely make you look at them with new eyes!"
Cai Yan lowered her head and thought, unable to imagine what it would look like.
She had seen the elite imperial guards in Luoyang before.
Can it be stronger than that?
After all, even if Tanghai County has developed so well, it is impossible to surpass the imperial guards in Luoyang, right?
Cai Yan shook her head, probably because her father lived too comfortably here, and he loved Tanghai and said good things for him.
Under Zhang Zhongjing's questioning, Cai Yong roughly told the rescue process he knew.
Strong wine to clean the wound, flame to burn the knife, cut off the rotten flesh, needle and thread to sew, clean cloth to wrap, and magical pills.
Everything Cai Yong said made Zhang Zhongjing very interested.
He looked down at the magical pill in his hand.
This was what excited him the most.
If he could master the formula of this pill, wouldn't it give people all over the world a glimmer of hope from typhoid fever?
This was his lifelong pursuit.
Excited Zhang Zhongjing pleaded, "Can I wait in the county town for the return of the county magistrate?"
"Of course." Cai Yong nodded and said, "Don't say you want to stay. Even if you want to leave, you can't."
"Before the county magistrate went to war, he said that he would let you go when he returns."
"Even if you wake up and want to leave, I have to stop you first."
Zhang Zhongjing smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir, I won't leave even if you kill me now."
Raising the pill in his hand, he said firmly, "I have been looking for this magical medicine for many years, but I unexpectedly found it here."
"I won't leave until I figure out the formula."
"That's good." Cai Yong nodded, and then asked, "I wonder if Zhongjing will leave.Jing, can you handle internal affairs? "
"No." Zhang Zhongjing shook his head, "I have never done it."
"Then let's do this." Cai Yong said: "Don't be idle during the days of waiting."
"Follow me to the official school in Tanghai County and teach the children in the county to read and write."
"Save you from being bored while waiting for the county magistrate to return."
"Okay." Zhang Zhongjing replied, "I am very willing to make a contribution to saving my Tanghai County."
He bowed and said: "I will follow your orders."
"No, no, no." Cai Yong waved his hands repeatedly, "I am not a lord."
"Just a commoner in the mountains."
"From now on, you can call me Yang Lao."
"No need to be so polite."
"I am not an official in Tanghai County. ”
“I will take you to see the commander, Taishi Ziyi, later.”
“He is the official who really stayed in Tanghai.”
Zhang Zhongjing nodded.
Cai Yan watched silently from the side, and she saw all kinds of performances of her father.
The temperament of her father seemed to have changed dramatically.
He no longer had the arrogance of a scholar, but became approachable.
Even when dealing with ordinary people, he was not arrogant at all.
This made her very curious.
“Daddy.” She asked aloud, “What is Tanghai Official School?”
Zhang Zhongjing was also very curious.
Speaking of this, Cai Yong instantly became interested.
He held his head high and said proudly, “Tanghai Official School was founded by the order of the county magistrate.”
“A school established to enable all children in the county to read and write.”
“Regardless of gender or background, as long as they reach the age of four, they must enter and start studying. ”
“No distinction between men and women? No matter their background?” Cai Yan was surprised.
This was something she, who was born in an official family, could not imagine.
Zhang Zhongjing was also surprised, “All children can study? How much is the tuition?”
“Free.” Cai Yong said proudly, “It’s the rule set by the county magistrate.”
“All children who come to study will be provided with three meals a day by the government.”
“No need to spend a penny of silver or food.”
“Those with excellent grades will also receive scholarships from the official school.”
“To support their families.”
“Well!” Zhang Zhongjing was very moved, “Such an official school really opens up a wise path for the people of the world!”