Yingzhou, Qingshan City.

The low city walls are endless, and the walls are covered with scars left by war and time.

On the dirt road in the city, the three of them were walking slowly.

The person taking the lead was quite old, and the two people following him were much younger.

A small dirt road leads into the distance, with lush woods on both sides. Through the trees, you can see sheep foraging.

There are many houses in the distance, all of which are short mud houses. The small courtyard walls made of mud walls cannot block people, but they can block domestic livestock.

Along the road, there were children driving their sheep. They were a little surprised when they saw these strangers. They just stared at them. After walking for a long time, they would look back at them.

The three of them walked into this small village in the city. Soon, an old man, supported by his son, walked out of a side alley and stood in front of them.

This man was quite young, wearing tattered fur clothes, wearing a cane, and a messy beard. He stared at the three uninvited guests and asked curiously: "Where do the guests come from? What are your orders?"

The man walking among the three people slowly raised his head, revealing his clean face. He saluted the old man, "Old man, I am a general doctor. I come from Yecheng and travel all over the country.

Heal people’s illnesses.”

"I see!"

The father-in-law looked happy and hurriedly said to his son beside him: "Prepare some food and serve the guests."

"What's your guest's last name?"

"Excuse me, my surname is Yuan."

"It's Mr. Yuan. If Mr. Yuan doesn't mind, you can come and sit at my house."

"What's your last name, husband?"

"Hahaha, my surname is Kong, Mr. Yuan will call me Old Man Kong!"

Old Man Kong then took Dr. Yuan towards his home. As he walked on the road, Old Man Kong sighed again and again: "No doctor has been here for many years. How does Mr. Yuan charge?"

"We are all poor people here. If you want higher fees, you can go to the West Market where there are many rich people."

"I don't charge much."

Old Man Kong led the other party into an ordinary courtyard. The courtyard was dilapidated, with holes on the ground. There were three rooms, and a vegetable garden directly in front.

'Doctor Yuan' looked at the other party's yard, his expression becoming more serious.

Old Man Kong smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be offended. It's not that we are lazy. My children are all busy. My legs and feet are inconvenient. After cleaning it several times, I couldn't clean it up. It's a bit dirty."

"No problem, no problem."

Old Man Kong couldn't help but invite the other party into the house, so he spread a mat in the yard and entertained the other party here.

Old Man Kong's son took out some food, and they sat together eating and chatting.

Gradually, several more people walked in, all of whom knew that a doctor was coming and wanted to see a doctor.

Most of them are elderly, and there are also a few children, held in the arms of their parents.

Doctor Yuan didn't waste any time, and immediately began to feel the pulses of these people. He could identify some diseases and write down simple prescriptions, but there were also others that he couldn't do anything about.

"I heard that in a few days, a new group of doctors will arrive at the City's Hospital of Sorrow. You can go and have a look."

"Thank you, thank you very much."

People come and go, and Dr. Yuan's charges are indeed very low. The most expensive one charges only 70 yuan.

Old Man Kong was a little surprised.

The sky was getting dark, and Old Man Kong got a chicken from somewhere, used some seasonings, and prepared a luxurious meal.

Doctor Yuan looked at the feast and said, "This is too much."

"Don't say that. I was watching you just now. It's not like I've never seen a doctor before. It's my first time to see you for charging such a fee. For those medicines you just took, oh, I want to thank Yuan on behalf of the villagers.

Sir, we really can't afford the money, but we can still do it by killing a chicken to reward you."

Doctor Yuan didn't refuse any more, he immediately took a few bites and nodded with a smile, "It's delicious."

The two of them were eating when someone suddenly opened the door and walked in quickly.

The person who came was a young man, dressed in official uniform.

With thick eyebrows and sharp eyes, his eyes quickly locked on Doctor Yuan and walked straight towards this place.

The two followers immediately stood up. Doctor Yuan shook his head at them and then looked at the official.

When the official walked up to them, Old Man Kong stood up uneasily to greet them.

"Why didn't someone tell me when a stranger came to the village?"

"We went, but you weren't here."

"I'm over at Nanshi. You should send someone to find me."

"Remember, remember, Wang Jun, this is Dr. Yuan, who has been treating us just now."

The young official raised his head and looked at Doctor Yuan, looked him up and down, and said, "Please pass."

The follower hurriedly took out the relevant documents and transfer address. The official compared them again and again, made sure there were no problems, and gave a few more instructions before turning around and leaving.

Old Man Kong sighed and sat down again.

Doctor Yuan asked: "The officials here are not very good?"

"Ah, good. It's much better than before. Mr. Yuan doesn't know that this person is new here. Although he is a bit arrogant, he has never done harm to anyone. It's really good."

"Then why is my father-in-law so afraid?"

"Haha, can you not be afraid?"

“This man keeps pestering us, saying he wants to grant land to us.”

"It's a good thing to confer farmland."

The old man looked around and whispered: "What kind of good thing is this?"

"I don't know about other places, but here, it's freezing all year round. What can grow on the ground? Every household makes a living by herding sheep and horses."

"Suddenly, it's about granting farmland. Even if we work hard for a year on the forty acres of cultivated land here, we won't have to raise ten sheep in the end."

"Old man, there is no conflict between farming and grazing, right?"

"Well, you have to pay grain tax when granting land. It's not based on output. Everyone pays the same tax. Can the forty acres here be the same as the forty acres in the south? And you have to pay grain. This wool here.

Things like that have to be converted into food and then paid, and after such a conversion, we suffer a big loss."

"There are also the Xi and Khitan people outside the Great Wall. Now they have to pass along the road, and they don't dare to come at all."

"We used to trade with them. If we were not allowed to go out to the countryside without a place to live, what would happen to our livestock? We can't just keep our horses in one place, right? What if we run out of grass?"

Old Man Kong patted his head and said, "Officials in the past did harm to people, but today's officials don't do harm anymore, but I'm afraid these days will be even more miserable."

"We don't know what to do."

Doctor Yuan nodded slowly, "That's it."

He raised his head and looked at his father-in-law, "Don't worry. The Beidi is currently under the jurisdiction of the general. This general has always been kind and loving to the people. If he knew the situation here, he would definitely not condone it."

The old man laughed, "We hear a lot about generals and princes these days, but none of them work for us."

After saying that, he quickly closed his mouth again.

Doctor Yuan laughed and said, "You are right. Let's see what he does next. At least the officials under his command will not harm people. Maybe this will be different from the past."

"I hope so!"

"The official said no drinking, otherwise I will treat you to a few bites. My neighbor is a fruit seller, I asked him to get some fruit juice, and we can have a few bites!"

Under the night, Doctor Yuan was chatting and laughing with Old Man Kong and several of his neighbors.

These old men were well-informed and told many interesting stories without restraint at all.

"Mr. Yuan is from Yecheng, why would he come to a poor place like ours? We are the poorest in Daqi, so we don't have anything we want."

"I just came here to travel around and look for medicinal materials."

"Medicine?"

A neighbor quickly raised his head and said, "You told me earlier, although Yingzhou is poor, we have a lot of medicinal materials here. In the past, we went to the mountains to collect herbs and earned a lot of money. Many people specialized in this.

I didn’t care about the cattle and sheep and still made some money.”

"Oh? Are there really medicinal materials?"

"Yes! There is nothing in the poor and remote areas here, but the most medicinal herbs! Just tell me what herbs you want, and I will find a way to secretly get them for you."

Doctor Yuan frowned, "Why did you get it secretly?"

Several people looked at each other, and Old Man Kong said dullly: "About ten years ago, hospitals were set up in the state, and then people were not allowed to collect medicines. They collected and made their own medicines. Now there are still their people on the mountain.

Keep an eye on it, but something big happened this time. I heard that the hospital official was beheaded and the remaining guards didn’t dare to go out. At this time, we can secretly get some."

"Oh~oh~oh~~~"

The crow of a rooster tore through the darkness.

The sun slowly raised its head from the clouds, and the sunlight shone on this little corner that no one cares about.

Doctor Yuan got on the donkey cart and said goodbye to everyone with a smile.

He was in such a hurry to leave, which somewhat disappointed the people here. Old Man Kong waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Mr. Yuan!! Remember to send someone back!"
To be continued...