choke element

As ships docked one after another, the originally open trestle gradually became crowded. The Koreans were very polite and asked several small boats at the end of the trestle to move quickly to make room. As a result, when the ships met, they bumped into each other on the waterway, several crew members fell into the water, and there was another commotion.

People who make a living at sea will probably become louder. At this moment, the bow of every ship was shouting loudly, and the merchants who boarded the ship also disembarked one after another, grabbing familiar and unfamiliar people to shout at, and there were local Korean brokers and guides surrounding them asking what services they could need.

The mixture of various accents made Chen Zixin and several doctors feel dizzy.

The group of people speeded up their pace slightly and walked along the plank road towards the mainland. On the way, they almost bumped into a group of shirtless laborers walking in an unsteady manner. When the two sides passed each other, Chen Zixin felt the smell of alcohol blowing into his face. It was obvious that these people were very drunk.

It was a bit annoying to look like this when working in broad daylight. Chen Zixin thought that his boss would soon come out to take control of him. As a result, many Korean officials wearing regimental collar shirts on the plank road stood aside and just watched.

When Dr. Ding saw Chen Zixin turning around from time to time, he stretched out his hand and pulled him: "Don't worry about them, they are all real girls from the northeastern hinterland. They are very wild."

"Ah? Jurchen?"

Chen Zixin was startled.

As a native of the Song Dynasty, Chen Zixin, like many others, had heard about the tragedy of the Jingkang period since childhood and knew how cruel and terrifying the Jurchens were. But this time he came north, he had never seen the rough and brutal Jurchens in the legend. Most of the Jurchens he came into contact with along the way were deeply Chinese.

For example, Chen Zixin once had a conversation with a shipyard official who was delivering food to Cangwu Mountain in Haizhou. It is clear that this gentleman is gentle and elegant, and occasionally quotes scriptures in his conversation, just like a Han scholar. The original surname was Wendy Han.

Dr. Ding said that this was because the unruly Jurchens had been tortured and killed several times by Da Zhou, and the remaining ones were all honest children. Just like the person named Wen Dihan, most of the next generation will only have a surname of "Wen", which is no different from Han'er.

The group in front of me at this moment is very rough and savage, and some of them have yellow hair and green eyes, and they look like ghosts. But it seems...

Chen Zixin couldn't help but look back. The war between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom broke out more than ten years ago. He was naturally afraid of the barbarians in the north, but when he saw them walking, they drank a few gulps from the wine bottle and then sang loudly. , he couldn't help but shook his head, he really couldn't match them with the terrifying images in the legend.

The group of young girls walked for a while, and when they were about to reach the end of the trestle, they came face to face with a well-dressed guard. The guard swore angrily and kicked the completely drunk man to the ground. He then ordered others to scoop out river water with wooden buckets and pour water on the Jurchen's head until they woke up, nodded and bowed.

Dr. Ding explained: "These people on the dock earn a lot of money, but they are strictly prohibited from drinking. God knows how much compensation will be required if a box of goods is damaged during transportation?"

"Then these people are still..."

"Girls are still unruly. They value drinking and eating meat more than money and future. However, they work really hard. Maritime merchants who have been to Liaodong are willing to hire a group. Go to the sea more often. On a long journey, the drunken cat who drank until he couldn't control himself drowned in the sea. Most of the survivors were honest. Occasionally they went drunkenly once or twice and just got a lesson!"

Dr. Ding explained a few words casually and urged Chen Zixin: "Let's go, let's go. There is a wine shop two miles away from the end of the pier. The crew members praised it earlier. Let's go and sit for a while."

Chen Zixin still couldn't make the connection between those dock workers who bowed their heads and were scolded and the Jurchens. After all, this was too subversive of the usual understanding. He shook his head, feeling this strange feeling

Chen Zixin was a little hesitant. He touched a pamphlet in his hand and said, "Master Yin's subordinates just handed out the booklet and asked us to read it thoroughly before arriving in Kaicheng! You and I should go for a short walk, why don't we go back to the ship?"

That booklet was issued just after the fleet docked. It wasn't until they got the book that everyone realized that Yin Chang had gone to such great lengths to gather people just to go to Kaesong to hold a polo competition.

Previously, everyone had many speculations about the purpose of going to Goryeo. They generally believed that with so many people on our side training intensively and people from several large ships arriving at the same time, they must do big business. Even if it doesn't work, they will have to take over a big trading house in Licheng Port. Who would have thought that this would be the result?

Isn't this just a team that runs the Washegoulan business?

The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were so capable of taking things up and letting them go. They were dismissed from their posts, but this is what they did behind the scenes?

How do you get this on the table?

Even if the business reaches Goryeo, it still won’t be successful!

There are so many literate people in the team, and most of them have practical experience. Otherwise, they would not have the courage to apply and come to the north to make money. It is not very difficult to describe the procedures that should be done as written in the book. Even if everyone has never seen the team of Kaifeng with their own eyes, they have also been exposed to the Goulan of Song Dynasty. Many of the things are very similar and it is easy to get started.

But no matter how unsatisfactory their life in the Song Dynasty was, they still looked down on those who were entertainers, and it was inevitable that they would have some complaints at this time.

Some people beat their chests and stamped their feet, saying that this time it was like dyeing soap in vain, and they would not be able to see their ancestors after they died. Many people suddenly realized, no wonder Mr. Yin didn't tell us before, and had to get to Goryeo before he could tell the truth... This was because he was afraid that we would refuse and deliberately deceived us into boarding the pirate ship.

Complaining like this, I made a fuss for a while, which was almost worthy of my status as a scholar, and I could still live a good life.

Everyone at least understands that although Mr. Yin Chang is a man who has lost his power, he still has connections in the Great Zhou Dynasty and still has fierce subordinates around him. He really took the polo match seriously, and if anyone did bad things... He would crush a few disobedient Southern Dynasty scholars to death, which would be no more difficult than crushing an ant to death.

Everyone also figured out that the affairs of the Goryeo Kingdom could not be spread to the Song Dynasty, and the rewards promised by Master Yin were really large. Everyone, just make a trip and get out as soon as you have enough money. As long as you don't talk too much, no one else will know.

Thinking like this, everyone calmed down and got off the boat one after another to stretch their muscles and prepare to get familiar with the process. Doctors are all scholars, and doctors cannot heal themselves, and their physiques are generally ordinary. After the sea journey, everyone was nervous. They thought about walking dozens of miles to Kaicheng, where everyone would have to work under the eyes of many chiefs of Korea. Many people did not dare to neglect, and most of their activities were not close to the trestle.

Only Dr. Ding was in high spirits.

He is not young anymore. He was too weak to withstand training in Haizhou, but he did not get seasick. After more than ten days at sea, he was the only one who seemed completely fine. He was so bored every day that he had to drag his companions to the port area behind the pier to see exotic scenery.

Everyone couldn't argue with his reputation, so they had no choice but to follow him. The group arrived at the wine shop and had a few drinks.

The wine shop is located on the outskirts of Licheng Port, quite far away from Bilan Pavilion where wealthy businessmen gather. It is obviously a place where ordinary people on the dock gather. The architectural pattern is no different from that of Han Dynasty.

There were a lot of people in the wine shop, including small traders, sailors, and officials from Korea wearing round collar robes. They gathered in small groups, bought some wine, asked the boss to prepare some side dishes and fruits, and talked about anecdotes and trivial matters. , killing time slowly.

The atmosphere was quite relaxed, and most of the voices that came to my ears were spoken in the Han language. Even though they had different accents, they could communicate with each other, and the Koreans were no exception.

After sitting around for a while, someone else mentioned that one of their elders had rheumatic paralysis, which caused difficulty in retracting the hands and feet and pain in the limbs and joints. The local village doctor followed the records in "Taiping Shenghui Prescription" and asked the patient to take a certain amount of Aconite and male black beans, respectively, with hot wine, but it didn't work for a long time. Not only was it ineffective, the patient's hands and feet were also swollen. Maybe the medical prescription has been circulated for many years and has been lost, so it is not accurate.

This "Taiping Shenghui Prescription" was a medical book specially given to Korea during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. Everyone who studies medicine knows this, not to mention that everyone is indeed a good doctor of the Song Dynasty?

At that moment, Dr. Ding came forward to inquire about the condition. After a few questions, he realized that the condition was not as simple as they thought. He immediately asked someone to bring the patient in and set up a quiet room in the back hall of the restaurant for diagnosis and treatment.

Several doctors discussed it with each other and re-prescribed the prescription. In addition to the "Wujin Jian" composed of aconite and male black beans, Phytolacca Pills are added and taken together with coix seed porridge and jujube kernel porridge. Finally, Chen Zixin told the patient's family that he would be cured as long as he persisted for two months.

The family members were overjoyed and hurriedly collected the medical fees and bought good wine to treat him to. Several people were surrounded by smiling faces, but they were not very welcoming, so they drank some each. While chatting and laughing, some drinkers nearby asked if they wanted to ask you for advice in the future, but they didn’t know where to go. Some people also praised and said that some of them were also famous doctors in the Song Dynasty. If they come to Goryeo this time, if they open a medical clinic or pharmacy, we will Must support.

Everyone hurriedly explained their identities, saying that they were just visiting Goryeo, and that the owner of the caravan they were following was named Yin, and it was up to him to decide when to leave. The drinkers continued to talk along the lines.

These doctors can handle the scene at the wine table. Under the flurry of tongues, one by one, their tongues were enlarged, their mouths were also enlarged, and words spewed out like water.

The wine shop was lively for a while, then suddenly quiet.

Chen Zixin was a bit picky and thought the local bad wine was too spicy. He didn't take a few sips, and his mind was always clear.

He asked in a low voice: "Have you ever felt that all the people wearing T-shirts in the wine shop left all of a sudden?"

Dr. Ding said lazily: "Just leave!"

Chen Zixin turned his head from left to right, then from right back to left: "The people who invited us to drink just now are also leaving. And...the few who came with patients are also leaving?"

He gasped, stood up suddenly, and went to the back hall of the wine shop.

After a while, he came back with a strange expression: "Old Ding, something is wrong. The one with rheumatic paralysis was also carried away."

"They have asked everything they should ask. You guys have said everything you should and shouldn't say. In that case, what are they still waiting for here? Do they really like the bad wine on the dock so much?"

Dr. Ding opened his mouth and burped, spitting out a breath of alcohol: "Let's go back!"

Chen Zixin felt something was even more wrong, but couldn't say anything. He frowned and thought for a long time, feeling that whether it was the trip to the wine shop, Ding Langzhong's strong suggestion, or the behavior of the drinkers, it was all weird. The drinkers seemed to be acting, while Ding Langzhong seemed to be acting. They are pushing Chen Zixin and others to show their stupidity.

What do we people deserve? What’s the use of being stupid?

What do these words we say prove?

Chen Zixin was about to speak but stopped.

Dr. Ding was vaguely the leader among their group of doctors. Chen Zixin even relied on Dr. Ding's recent guidance for his medical skills. It was difficult for him to get to the bottom of it.

Seeing Mr. Ding walking out of the wine shop, Chen Zixin helped up his companion and followed him.

After walking a few steps, a familiar guard hurriedly ran up ahead. The guard first cast a questioning look at Mr. Ding, and when he saw Mr. Ding nodded slightly, he said with relief: "Time is very tight. The master of the house has ordered us to pack our luggage and belongings as soon as possible and go to Kaicheng."