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Li Shimin did have high blood pressure, and his son Li Zhi later also had high blood pressure. The health of his family members was not very good, and he suffered from both wind and qi diseases.

The symptoms of Qi disease are very similar to those of high blood pressure. Although one belongs to the system of traditional Chinese medicine and the other belongs to the system of Western medicine, the two concepts of Qi disease and hypertension cannot be completely equated, but there is indeed a great overlap between them .

In the original history, after Li Shimin personally conquered Goguryeo, he has been in poor health since he came back. There is such a saying in Goguryeo that he was hit by a poisoned arrow when he was conquering Goguryeo.

"Old Tang Book" says that he died by eating pills, which is quite credible. Although Li Shimin didn't believe in pills when he was young, his health was not good when he was old. It is normal to go to the doctor in a hurry and put your hope on the elixir.

Due to poor health and taking pills, this ancient emperor only lived to be 50 years old in the end.

But in any case, it is better not to go to Goguryeo. Originally, there was no need for the emperor to go in person in this war, and if he went, it would only make the soldiers under his hands tied up.

Originally, he would not listen to anyone's persuasion, but when he was found to have high blood pressure, he felt a little shaken in his heart.

People at this time have no concept of high blood pressure. Seeing that their blood pressure is so much higher than others, it feels very bad, and people who have heard of this disease should not be excited...

Within a few days, the officials in court in Chang'an City, as well as the gentry who were not in court, all learned about this incident: I heard that the saint's blood pressure is very high!

While speculating on the situation in the DPRK and China, these people inevitably also worried about their blood pressure. So for a while, these people invited Sun Simiao's disciples to their homes to measure blood pressure for themselves and their families. Sometimes they couldn't invite them. People, there are also those who can't wait, and go to the market to roll up their sleeves and measure blood pressure with ordinary people in the city.

The overall lifestyle of people in this era is still much healthier than that of later generations, not to mention the common people, who work hard to make a living every day. If it is not for innate factors, there is basically no chance of getting three highs.

In addition to drinking and having fun, rich people also like to ride horses and hunt. Many noble men have practiced martial arts since childhood.In this general environment, there are people with high blood pressure, but generally speaking, there are not many people, and those as high as the emperor's old son are even rarer.

In the palace, those palace servants would often report these things to Li Shimin. Today, it was said that a certain minister also had his blood pressure measured yesterday, specifically how high it was.

Sometimes the emperor heard that this person's blood pressure was actually higher than his own, so he felt a little relieved.But most of the time, he feels more worried, because there are too few people who can comfort him.

In less than ten or twenty days, measuring blood pressure became very popular in Chang'an City. Almost everyone wanted to have it tested. Where Sun Simiao and his disciples set up free clinics, the team often had to line up outside the workshop.

There are also some people in Chang'an City who sneer at this, calling it a small way. High blood pressure is not so much a disease as a disease, and taking a disease as a disease is clearly a matter of giving up the basics and seeking the end.

However, the vast majority of people accepted this new method of disease testing with an open mind. In the past, when people were sick, they could only see some very superficial symptoms. It's hard to know what's wrong with your body.

Even if high blood pressure is a symptom rather than a disease, at least they can now clearly display the previously invisible symptoms to the world through the blood pressure measuring instrument. This is a huge improvement.

Li Shimin obviously thought so too, so he commended Sun Simiao at court, and invited him to see him in the palace.

This time, Sun Simiao was quite generous, and soon brought his two disciples and an upgraded blood pressure measuring instrument newly made by the disciples into the palace.

The sage asked about his condition, and Sun Simiao said that his blood pressure was indeed relatively high, and he needed to pay attention to a light diet, move around more and not sit for a long time, and be calm and less angry.

Knowing that Li Shimin is currently taking elixir, Sun Simiao also persuaded him a few words, saying that he himself does not make alchemy now, and some materials in the elixir seem to be harmful to the human body.

He also said that he is doing some research in this area recently, but there is no definite result yet.

Sun Simiao gave Li Shimin an injection, and prescribed a recuperation prescription with him. Before leaving, he left the newly made blood pressure measuring instrument in the palace for the medical officers to measure the emperor's blood pressure at any time.

Li Shimin didn't answer much about the elixir at that time, and he was somewhat repulsed by this topic in his heart.

In the evening of that day, when the palace people presented the elixir again, Li Shimin held the elixir in his hand and watched it silently for a long time, and then he asked the palace people to retreat. Whether it was eaten or not, no one knows.

At the beginning of November in the lunar calendar, the weather in the Central Plains was already relatively cold. On this day, several cloth merchants in Chang’an City formed a large caravan. They transported silk from Chang’an to Liangzhou, and then from Liangzhou Bring back the white folded flowers and white folded cloth.

There are a lot of white daisies produced in Liangzhou this year, and the same is true in Zhangye and other places to the west, so the price of white daisy over there is cheap now, and they can get at least [-] yuan in exchange for a cartload of silk to Liangzhou. When Beibai folds the cloth back, if it is some famous silk weaving, it will naturally be exchanged for more.

Although the profit is good, it is not easy to travel in this era, the mountains are high and the roads are long, but the money earned is hard money.

The Luo family sisters were doing business in Chang'an City and knew most of these people. This time they arranged for Wu Dalang and others to go to Liangzhou City with these cloth merchants.

After one or two months, they will meet Wu You's family in Liangzhou City, and then see if there is any caravan from the Zhao family going to Dunhuang, and then go west with them.

Wu Dalang's name was Wu Gao, and he lost his wife in his early years. He also had a brother named Wu Zhuang, who had both parents.

The Wu family is kind, and the brothers are also harmonious. Wu Gao has been working in the elder sister's restaurant in Chang'an City for these years, and only occasionally took the opportunity of delivering goods to go back with the team and see his two sons and daughters living at home. If you are doing well, you will feel at ease.

Wu Gao himself doesn't have much ability, but fortunately he is an honest person, he works very carefully, and he has been stable in the north and south groceries these years.

The reason why he was transferred to Changle County this time was firstly to cover Wu You, and secondly, there was something wrong with Wu Gao. If he is willing to go to Longxi, he will ask him to work in the needle workshop on Hedong Road.

Wu Gao is a dull person, he is not stupid after all, those needle workshops in Hexi have been running for so long, where can he still have a good position now, he is just helping others when he goes there.

It's better to go to Longxi, it's a bit far away, there are always more opportunities to develop by staying with Master.

As for why Wu Gao had to leave Chang'an City this time, it's not surprising, it was because of a woman.

That woman was from a brothel, and Wu Gao met her on the street by chance once, and she has been fascinated ever since.

Speaking of which, those brothel women are also hard-working women, and many of them are kind and righteous. If this woman is a good one, Xu Erlang and others will naturally not say much.

However, this Wu Gao is not good at meeting people, and that woman is good at calculating and telling lies. He made friends with Wu Gao earlier, and Wu Gao said that he would save money to redeem her and marry her as his wife. She and Wu Gao made a good promise , turned around, but was carried back home by a wealthy man in Chang'an City to be made a concubine.

During those days, Wu Gao seemed to have lost his soul. Regardless of the persuasion of Xu Erlang and others, he went to find her at the man's house, and was arranged by a maid beside her, and the two met secretly.

After the woman met, she cried to Wu Gao, saying that she was not willing to be a concubine, but was forced by the man. How could she resist as a brothel girl.

Wu Gao believed her words at that time, and almost didn't go to fight that man desperately, even Xu Erlang and others almost believed her words.

Later, when the gentleman heard about this incident, he felt dissatisfied and didn't want to have any trouble with the Luo family. In order to clarify this incident, he secretly invited Wu Gao and Xu Erlang to the house and hid them in a small compartment behind the main room. , let them listen to their conversation with the woman.

After hearing this, the truth came to light. It turned out that the woman was used to the bustling market and romantic men in Chang'an City, and she looked down on Wu Gao, an honest man from the countryside.

The reason why she lied to him like that is that she told the gentleman: Wu Gao is Luo Yong's disciple after all, and the Luo sisters also have business in Chang'an City, and she doesn't want to offend them.

After hearing this, the truth became clear. When Wu Gao came out of the cubicle, the scene in the room suddenly became ugly.

After returning, Xu Erlang told Wu Gao again that even though the woman said that to the man, she must have her own plan in private. She probably wanted to keep Wu Gao as a way out. If the Langjun's family is not going well, maybe he will come to look for him.

As a result, the word became a prophecy, the woman had spoiled her own image because of the matter of coaxing Wu Gao before, and the husband was really romantic, and within a short time, she began to spoil a newly bought one. maid.

After falling out of favor, the woman's life in that mansion became sad day by day. Recently, she really had Wu Gao's idea again, first she pretended to meet Wu Gao casually in the street, dressed very simply, obviously looking down and out, and then found Wu Gao again. Opportunity to talk to Wu Gao, low-pitched like a little daughter-in-law, and a bit ashamed and pitiful, soon, Wu Gao's heart softened and wavered again.

Xu Erlang wanted to send him back to Hedong earlier, but at that time he received a letter from Luo Yong, so he put it on hold for a while.

During this period of time, Xu Erlang also asked some senior brothers from Nanbei Grocery and Wu Gao to enlighten him, telling him not to follow the woman's way again, but the senior brothers tried to understand the reason with emotion, but often still It can't match the woman's hypocrisy.

Now that Wu Gao is sent away, Xu Erlang and the others are also relieved, the world is dangerous, the brothers and sisters of the Luo family and their disciples of Luo Yong are often on the cusp, that woman is so cunning No way, how dare Wu Gao really marry her back home.

I didn't see that something happened in Chang'an City before, and the Du family was involved. Even Du Gou, who sold canned food in Laizhou, was implicated. He was exiled to Lingnan, and almost lost his life there.

"It can be regarded as leaving." On the day of departure, Aunt Luo and Lin Wulang came out to see these people off together. When the team was far away, Aunt Luo couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

She is pregnant now, and she showed her pregnancy a month or two ago. In order to secure the pregnancy and support the fetus, the two of them are also careful in every way, for fear of bumping into each other.

Aunt Luo also heard about Wu Gao's matter earlier, and she even asked him to talk about it in detail.

That girl Wu Gaodao had a hard life, she was sold by Ye Niang to a Yaman since she was a child, and then went to a brothel again, she is a helpless woman, so it is common sense to make more plans for herself.

The aunt told him that there are so many miserable people in this world, there are good ones, and there are bad ones, how can we judge good and evil based on rich and poor?You think she is harmless because she is pitiful?

However, Wu Gao couldn't listen to it, he only thought that the aunt and others didn't know the helplessness and suffering of that woman, and they regarded her as a vicious person.

"Let's go, let's go to Qingjing. If that woman can travel thousands of miles to Changle County, I still admire her courage." Si Niang was obviously angry with Wu Gao these days.

"I'm afraid she can't bear to part with the hustle and bustle of Chang'an City." The aunt said with a smile, "Let's go and sit with me. Today, Wulang and the others are not here, so the two of us just happened to talk about things in the shop."

This time, Wu Gao and the others went to Liangzhou together, as well as several stewards from Aunt Luo's side.

Luo Erniang wrote to her early in the morning and told her that she planned to let go of the elder sister's restaurant in Liangzhou City, and asked her to arrange someone to take it over. Now Peng Er has also been transferred to Changle County by her, leaving Tian Chong alone. Tiger is in charge of the shop.

The elder sister’s restaurant in Chang’an City has been open for so long, Mrs. Luo managed it carefully, and recruited many talented women, pooling the talents of everyone, and constantly improving and upgrading. They are much better than the shop in Liangzhou City.

This time the stewards went to Liangzhou City, the first task was to divide the shop over there into two and open a new shop in Liangzhou City.

First of all, Liangzhou City is very lively and bustling now, and it is not too many to open two sister restaurants there.Secondly, since the shop in Liangzhou has been open for so long, there must be some experienced and qualified managers there. Splitting them into two shops and recruiting some new people will be relatively easier to manage.

"...I also told them that if there is something that can't be dealt with, I can coax her to come to Chang'an City." Sitting in the carriage, the aunt was joking with Si Niang.

Lin Wulang was driving ahead at this time, and there were no servants in their house, and they did everything by themselves. The two of them were used to it, and they were happy to be quiet.

"I heard that the women in Xinjiang over there are fierce, so I'm afraid you won't be able to subdue them when the time comes, sister." Si Niang laughed.

"What are you afraid of being fierce? Could it be that all the people born in Chang'an City are delicate and ladylike, and there are others who are more fierce than them." The aunt also laughed.

Everyone has their own temperament, so each has its own use. She has dealt with women and ladies all these years, and she has never seen such a person. As long as her heart is righteous, she is not afraid of anything else.

The two sisters talked all the way, and went to Aunt Luo's house. Lin Wulang settled the two of them, and said that he would go out to buy vegetables.

"If not, I'll go." Si Niang is now old and sensible, the two of them are sitting idle in the yard, but they ask their brother-in-law and a man to buy vegetables and cook, and they are also afraid of being gossiped.

"Leave him alone, tell him to go, he is now very familiar with the shops selling vegetables and butchers, tell him to go, with the same money, he can buy a lot more things than you."

The aunt stopped Si Niang with a smile, and told Wu Lang not to buy too much, lest he would not be able to finish eating today, and would have leftovers tomorrow, and Wu Lang would naturally eat more of the leftovers.

"My brother-in-law is the best, those vegetable sellers, even I can't beat them." Si Niang smiled and turned back.

"How can he say anything, but those women who sell vegetables say that he is a good man, and they still laugh at the blessings I cultivated in my previous life, and I married a brother-in-law like yours."

Auntie went into the house to get some walnuts and red dates, and then she and Siniang went back to sit on the porch. It was a bit cold outside this month, but fortunately it was bright and open, so the room was still a bit stuffy.

"If they can also earn that much money, they can also make their men dominate the inside and not the outside."

Si Niang, who followed her all the way, sat down on the porch at this moment, took the small hammer handed over by her elder sister, and smashed the walnuts one by one, the strike was fast and accurate, with moderate strength.

"Tsk, you don't know that even if a man in this world relies on a woman to support him, there are not many men in peace."

"That's right, there was someone who had a good time with me before..."

"He still has a score, you don't know..."

"...there are such brazen people in this world?"

"It's too much. When I was in Wu County earlier, on our street..."

"Wow……"

Aunt Luo has dealt with women all these years, and she has heard all kinds of gossip. Even Si Niang, who is fairly well-informed, has opened her eyes with her.

The aunt is now concentrating on raising the baby, so she doesn't go to the shop very often, Si Niang just stayed here all day today, to accompany her and listen to her gossip, and she listened with gusto.

When the evening drum was about to rise, Si Niang left Da Niang's yard, took her own carriage, and left Datongfang.

Although she bought the carriage by herself, Bai Yimao arranged for her the driver from the Baifu. The driver did nothing all day long and just drove the carriage for her alone. In the morning, she took this carriage to go out of the city Seeing off Wu Gao and the others, I met Aunt Luo and sat in the carriage of Aunt Luo. The carriage followed behind, and then waited outside the yard of Aunt Luo's house, and finally, before dark, carried Si Niang Go back to Baifu.

Siniang opened the car window and let the cold wind of early winter pour into the car.

In the direction of Miyagi, today's door-closing drums sounded one after another, urging those who were still walking outside to go home quickly.

Although it's winter now, the city of Chang'an doesn't seem deserted. They walked through the streets and squares, and saw many wealthy families and shops. A kind of thorium stone lantern, shining brightly everywhere.

Siniang naturally also knew that this kind of lantern was produced by Luo Yong's workshop. After a while, a large number of lampshades, face scarves, and cashmere sweaters would be transported to Chang'an City and sold in North and South groceries.

It must be very busy again by then, Si Niang thought in her heart.