northernbook Chapter 172 Medical Competition
Chapter 172 Medical Competition
Old Master Lin looked cautiously at Lin Fengzhi, then his eyes reddened, and he choked out, "Fengzhi..."
Since Lin Fengzhi is related to the Lin family by blood, the connection cannot be severed. As long as he appeals to their emotions, given Lin Fengzhi's personality, he doesn't deserve to be recognized.
Lin Fengzhi lowered his head, took a deep breath, looked up at Old Master Lin, then at Jiang Chi, and said, "General Jiang, let's go."
"You don't want to admit it?" Jiang Chi asked Lin Fengzhi deliberately.
Lin Fengzhi shook his head: "I have nothing to do with the Lin family of Anning Prefecture City anymore."
Jiang Chi nodded in satisfaction and left.
No sooner had Jiang Chi and Lin Feng left than Lin Chengzhi angrily roared at the door.
"Lin Fengzhi, you must have done this on purpose! Revealing the truth is just to make Grandpa regret his past actions!" Lin Chengzhi shouted, then looked at Old Master Lin.
The live stream in front of Lin Chengzhi taught him how to speak.
Lin Chengzhi looked at Old Master Lin, his eyes red, and said, "I'm jealous. I know you cherish me the most, but all I see are your interactions with him, how you cherish him, educate him, and are close to him..."
As expected, Old Master Lin trusted Lin Chengzhi, and after Lin Chengzhi said a few words, he chose to forgive him.
* * *
Three days later—
The largest villa in the suburbs of Anning Prefecture was packed with people.
There was also a row of registration desks, behind which sat scholars recording documents, and soldiers who stood up to maintain order.
The scene was well-organized and looked more professional and impressive than that of the traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
The number of doctors who signed up was so high that it filled the open space outside the manor! Even so, some doctors came from the city.
The prefect of Anning Prefecture also arrived, stood aside, and opened his mouth as he watched this scene.
Such a large-scale medical competition could probably only be organized by General Jiang under King Jiang.
The prefect knew that with Jiang Chi present, he had no authority over events like this.
It's funny, but the medicine competition was planned and prepared for three months since last year before it started. However, compared with the medical competition, it was utterly inferior in terms of momentum, number of participants, scale, and so on.
After today, who will remember the person who first made the move in the medicine competition? When people mention the medicine competition in Anning Prefecture, they will immediately think of the medical competition and will only recognize Jiang Chi, a subordinate of King Jiang.
The Lin family painstakingly spent over ten thousand taels of silver to organize a medicine competition, but now it's completely forgotten.
Outside the village, someone was shouting loudly—
"Hurry up and register!"
"Those registering should remember to bring their travel permit or household registration certificate; either one is sufficient to participate!"
"The medical competition was organized by General Jiang Chi..."
Xia Mo and Huangfu Qian, still disguised as medicine apprentices, followed Lin Fengzhi and registered along with the doctors.
Lin Fengzhi looked at the registration desk in front of him, then turned to look at the endless queue behind him, and felt a strange sense of nervousness in his heart.
"How could it be so grand in just three days?" Lin Fengzhi didn't dare to speak directly to Huangfu Qian, so he whispered to Xia Mo, who was disguised as a male medicine boy.
Xia Mo rolled her eyes and looked at Huangfu Qian, saying, "We started preparing after the medicine competition began."
Huangfu Qian, who was also disguised as a medicine boy, nodded, indicating that Xia Mo was right.
Lin Fengzhi asked in surprise, "Then it's only a little over a month, right?"
Such a grand competition, and it can be accomplished in just over a month? But then I think about Huangfu Qian's true identity, and it makes sense.
"Even if all the doctors from this prefecture were gathered here, it wouldn't be possible to create such a grand scene," Xia Mo exclaimed truthfully.
Huangfu Qian gave a low "hmm" and said nothing more, but his disguised eyes were fixed on Xia Mo without blinking.
Xia Mo nodded, understanding; he just wanted her to guess.
"Are there doctors coming from the capital as well?" Xia Mo whispered.
“Yes,” Huangfu Qian nodded.
"There are also military doctors, and people who want to join the army as military doctors, who have all come," Xia Mo shrugged at Huangfu Qian. With her divine sense, it was very easy for her to find out information.
Xia Mo nodded.
"There are 9,816 doctors here," Xia Mo reported the exact number after gathering the information.
"I don't know yet," Huangfu Qian replied in a low voice, not at all surprised, and then whispered, "Don't overwork yourself like before."
Xia Mo smiled slightly.
Huangfu Qian is worried about him.
It was Lin Fengzhi's turn to line up.
Although the medicine competition was overshadowed by the medical competition, the incident involving Lin Fengzhi was still being discussed in Anning Prefecture for more than three days, and people are still talking about it now!
As soon as Lin Fengzhi appeared, the doctors on the scene recognized him.
The prefect looked at Lin Fengzhi, thinking of Jiang Chi, and nodded to Lin Fengzhi as a sign of closeness.
Lin Fengzhi was flattered.
Even when there was a banquet at home, he would stand among the younger generation. As an elder, the prefect would not give them much attention. If he did, it was already a great favor.
It took nearly 10,000 doctors a whole day, and they even had to arrange for five people to work together, to complete the registration.
After registering the people, we arranged their accommodations.
Jiang Chi organized the medical competition, and naturally, he also made accommodation arrangements.
Besides the estate where the competition was held, Jiang Chi also temporarily leased several other estates nearby, and arranged their courtyards as residences.
Nearly 10,000 doctors, each accompanied by one or two apprentice doctors, were provided with two rooms in their houses for rest.
Besides arranging accommodations, soldiers were being deployed to transport boxes of medicinal herbs into a village about three kilometers away.
In that village, besides medicinal herbs, there were also poultry prepared for the medical competition, such as pigs, sheep, dogs, cats, and rabbits.
In addition to poultry, people were also arranged to promote the idea that anyone with bone injuries, external injuries, or cuts could participate in a medical competition as a patient, and their medical expenses would be waived.
Initially, Jiang Chi wanted to give the patients a nutrition allowance, but...
Huangfu Qian rejected it.
Most people cherish themselves, but there are also those who do not, harming themselves for a little money. Therefore, nutritional subsidies are not feasible.
Even without nutritional subsidies, the fact that injured people can receive free treatment is enough to tempt the villagers in the vicinity.
* * *
Early the next morning—
Competition venue——
"The first round of the medical competition has officially begun!"
The person announcing the news shouted and slammed the gong in his hand with a loud "bang".
In the first round, nearly 10,000 doctors were arranged in batches to sew up a piece of pork. The pork used was then used to make food, so nothing was wasted.
The first round of stitching the pork was completed, and the results, including the techniques used, were announced.
The suturing technique is secondary and won't be immediately eliminated. Next is the theoretical prescription.
The second round of prescriptions still didn't eliminate any candidates, and gradually, the nearly ten thousand doctors participating in the medical competition relaxed a bit.
Lin Chengzhi, who was mingling among nearly ten thousand doctors, had a system screen in front of him, where comments were rapidly scrolling by.
A comment from Jiang Chi: "Host, the medicine competition you spearheaded before is nothing compared to the medical competition. I'm so angry! Is Jiang Chi crazy? He gets involved in everything!"
The comments on the screen were all criticizing Jiang Chi's behavior.