The Ming Dynasty started with caution

When Yan Chengjin got off the sedan, the street in front of Huimin Pharmacy was crowded with people.

The common people and the gentry were crowded together, and the inns, restaurants and brothels next to Huimin Pharmacy were full of people.

With Wang Bushui's vigorous promotion, Wang Ji became a doctor who could revive the dead and was famous all over the world.

Wang Ji was naturally impossible to lose.

I just wanted to see this woman, with a veil on her face and a slim figure, she looked quite mysterious. I don't know where she came from.

How dare she challenge Wang Ji to a competition.

Zhou Yu, who came to see a doctor, saw the business opportunity and became a banker. The gentry placed bets one after another.

"I bet on Doctor Wang!"

"I bet on Doctor Wang too!"

Almost all of them were betting on Wang Ji. Tan Yunxian had a high odds, so few people bet on her.

This banker was giving away money for nothing!

People who originally lined up to see a doctor at Huimin Pharmacy, as long as they didn't have a disease that would kill them immediately, all came to watch the fun.

When the news reached Liangxiang, students from the medical department of the College of Science rushed to the capital to help Wang Ji.

The most excited ones were the doctors in the capital, who wanted to see Wang Ji's medical skills.

Tan Yunxian was alone and weak, and was afraid that Huimin Pharmacy would be unfair, so she decided to hold the competition on the street and let the people of the capital be witnesses.

Women should not show their faces in public, and Wang Ji admired her a little and agreed happily.

Yan Chengjin put on a muzzle and came to the medicine room on the second floor of Huimin Pharmacy facing the street. He opened the window and saw the competition site below.

It seemed that there were enough people who could be witnesses. Tan Yunxian raised her head slightly and looked at Wang Ji: "Let's start, how do you want to compete?"

Wang Ji bowed respectfully: "Miss, just set the questions, I have no complaints."

Tan Yunxian frowned slightly and shook her head: "This is not fair. You don't have to be humble to me because I am a woman."

"But..."

Wang Ji pursed his lips in embarrassment.

To find someone who can set questions and make decisions, the medical skills must be better than the two of them.

As far as he knows, the imperial doctors in the palace are not very good at medicine. There are many pharmacology that the imperial doctors may not understand. How can they make decisions?

The people and gentry around them were afraid that they would not be able to compete, and they were more nervous than the two of them.

At this moment, an abrupt but very pleasant voice sounded: "Let this president set questions for you and make decisions, fair and just."

Yan Chengjin would never let his own doctor go.

Their eyes fell on the windowsill of Huimin Pharmacy, and they saw a scholar wearing a muzzle.

Wang Ji raised his head slightly. Although he covered his mouth tightly, he knew that this was Lord Yan.

"Thank you, Lord."

"No problem, it's also my family business."

Wang Ji looked at Tan Yunxian as if asking, and asked: "How about letting this lord set questions and make decisions?"

Tan Yunxian frowned: "How do I know that he will preside over it fairly?"

The people around him followed suit and responded.

Wang Ji was a little embarrassed. He couldn't reveal Lord Yan's name and official position. How could he prove it?

"I am Xie Yu, the president of Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce. If Miss You beats Lord Wang, she can be the chief engineer of Liangxiang." Yan Chengjin said loudly.

Even the doctors of Huimin Pharmacy have rarely seen Xie Yu. Even if Xie Yu is here, they dare not beat him.

There were exclamations on Chang'an Street.

The people were boiling. To become the chief engineer of Liangxiang, he would receive 100 taels of silver every month for nothing.

How much land do you have to cultivate?

Even in the capital, an annual income of 1,200 taels is also a wealthy family in the upper class.

This is a sure-win business! It's like a pie in the sky that you can eat until you die.

The maid's eyes lit up, she jumped up and down, shaking Tan Yunxian's arm: "Miss, you must win."

Tan Yunxian didn't care at all, she just wanted to verify Wang Ji's medical skills: "I hope you can judge fairly."

"Then let's start. This president will refer to the imperial examination and divide the competition into three rounds, each of which is linked together.

The first round is to identify medicine!

Each of you will select five medicinal materials that are difficult to identify but can be used as medicine. The one who can identify and write more pharmacology will win!"

Although identifying medicine is boring, it is a necessary skill for advanced doctors.

People like Bian Que and Li Shizhen have strong ability to identify medicinal materials and are familiar with pharmacology.

Wang Ji sighed secretly, Lord Yan is indeed professional.

Tan Yunxian nodded slightly, agreeing with this person's test method.

"Half an hour is the limit, this president will send someone to supervise!"

Wang Ji rode a horse, as if he was going to leave the city, and Tan Yunxian turned and walked into the crowd.

Zhu Houzhao rode out of the palace, but saw that Chang'an Street was very lively, so he came to join in the fun.

Seeing Yan Chengjin standing by the window sill, he seemed to be having fun, so he turned his head and looked at the little eunuch: "I'm going to find Lao Gao, you go and find out what happened."

He rushed to the second floor of Huimin Pharmacy and came to the window sill.

"Lao Gao, what are you doing here? The people from the Five Cities Military Department are here."

"Your Highness, please make way, this is where the referee stands." Yan Chengjin pushed him away with disdain.

Zhu Houzhao blinked his eyes, but was amused: "It must be another trick, otherwise, why are you covering it so tightly?"

The little eunuch ran up: "I heard that a woman wants to learn medical skills from Wang Ji."

Hearing that there was something exciting to watch, Zhu Houzhao was even happier.

The people and gentry were looking forward to it.

After nearly half an hour, Wang Ji came back first, and the errand boy of the pharmacy brought the desk. He put down five kinds of medicinal materials, which looked like branches, dead leaves and white flour.

The doctors in the capital were surprised to find that they had no idea what the five herbs were.

Some herbs are used as medicine when cooked, and few doctors have seen them in their raw state.

Not long after, Tan Yunxian also came back and also put down five herbs.

"After identification, write down the pharmacology and hand it in."

Tan Yunxian took a look at Wang Ji's herbs, sniffed them gently, and wrote down the names and pharmacology of the herbs on a white paper.

"The five herbs that Doctor Wang took are Moonstone Pendant, Tongtian Eye, Sichuan Wood Rhizome, Pittosporum Cortex and Silkworm Feces."

"The five herbs that the young lady took are Xu Changqing, Ye Shangzhu, Vaccaria, Shandao Nianhe..."

Wang Ji's voice stopped abruptly.

There was only one herb that he couldn't identify.

There was a dead silence around, and the people didn't recognize any of them, as if they were listening to a book from heaven.

But seeing Wang Ji's thoughtful face, even a fool would know that he couldn't identify it.

The doctors in the capital were pounding with excitement. They had heard of the names of the herbs, so how could Doctor Wang not know it?

After a long time, Wang Ji bowed in shame: "Miss, the names of the medicines you said are all correct. I lost. May I ask what the last medicine is?"

The people held their breath, their eyes widened, and they couldn't believe their ears.

Wang Ji was a genius doctor in the capital. Even His Majesty wanted to see him, but he admitted defeat to a little girl.

The students of Liangxiang Medical Department seemed to be petrified.

Tan Yunxian looked normal. She couldn't go out to practice medicine, so she often identified medicines at home. This was what she was best at.

Pharmacology is an endless subject.

The world is so big that there are thousands of strange creatures. Even if you spend several generations of your life, you dare not say that you can find all the medicinal materials that can cure diseases in the world.

"This is a rarely recorded medicinal material called broken bowl flower, which can cure malaria."

The doctors exclaimed, as if there was an excited spring flowing to all parts of the body, and the whole body was numb, as if struck by thunder.

Malaria is like a ghost that can kill people, and many medicinal herbs may not be effective.

But this woman said that she can cure malaria.

Suddenly, the people on Chang'an Street seemed to have died, and there was a dead silence.

In this world, there are people who know more about pharmacology than Wang Ji!