Wanbi Bookstore has suddenly become deserted in recent days. Two days ago, a piece of news that shocked the whole city came out, attracting the attention of everyone in the city.
A strange large sailing ship entered the Qiantang River from Biezimen. This time it was anchored on the Qiantang River outside Hangzhou City. Standing on the city wall, you can see this streamlined ship with its tall mast outside the city.
The white triangular sail attracted many people to watch. Some bored idlers climbed up the city wall or other high places to look at this strange ship, pointing and talking.[]
Those who have been to the sea, been to the coast of Guangdong and Fujian, and seen red-haired people's boats, or those who have read the rare "Gewu Pictorial" in Wanbi Bookstore, will recognize that this is a so-called "red-haired boat".
People even know that this is supposed to be an "Australian ship".
But it looks much more beautiful than the red boat. Although the red boat is huge, it does not have such beautiful lines, nor does it have a strange chimney that constantly emits smoke.
The ship was moored in the middle of the river, and several small boats were put down to tow up the river. Naturally, all the boat owners on the river had deserted, but the lords and idlers in the city, staying on the safe wall, were still interested.
The cannon pointed at the ship's rigging. There was a lot of talk about the matter in the city.
For the gentlemen of Hangzhou's first prefecture and two counties, the sudden appearance of the Haitian was a severe blow. Ever since the Japanese pirates broke out in the Jiajing period, nothing threatening had ever appeared outside Hangzhou. And this ship
The appearance of the ship seemed to announce that such peaceful days were gone forever.
They have received news that just two days ago, the officers and soldiers of the Haimen Guards and Xiang Yong suffered a defeat near Biezimen, leaving hundreds of people dead and injured. It was this strange ship that defeated the officers and soldiers. Although the news said that the pirates had "
"Thousands", but anyone who is not a fool can see that this ship cannot carry "thousands" of pirates in any case. There is news that the enemy actually only has twenty people, but they put more than a thousand officers and soldiers and local braves.
Beaten to pieces.
The officials vaguely knew that this was a new group of overseas barbarians from Guangdong, the "Kun Bandits". They had invaded Qiongzhou and Guangzhou last year. After killing and plundering, they failed to capture the city and retreated to the sea. No.
I thought it would appear in Zhejiang again! And it actually entered the Qiantang River in a big way, all the way to the outside of Hangzhou!
The big and small bureaucrats in the city were at a loss for ideas: Should they immediately dispatch their troops and generals to fight the ship to the death, or should they send a general to the ship to inquire about its purpose and try to persuade it to withdraw from the Qiantang River?
After some debate, the bureaucrats finally decided not to use weapons lightly to fight a war, which is just a waste of money, and the result of burning money may not be able to achieve the goal. If it is not done well, it will cause more trouble. The lesson of Guangdong officialdom still exists: they
I know a little bit about the Battle of Guangzhou. Since the Guangdong coastal defense generals suffered a huge defeat at the hands of this group of thieves, the Zhejiang navy may not be able to get anything good. Anyway, the other side has not done any armed actions so far.
All day long there were just a few small boats cruising back and forth on the river.
Although this matter concerns the whole of Zhejiang, the specific handling falls on the head of the Hangzhou magistrate. The Hangzhou magistrate knows that he pinches his nose and cares about the "safety of the people" in the two prefectures. However, whenever there is a disturbance, the people cannot calm down and panic, and
Heroes from all walks of life in the city and outside the city eagerly tried to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune; at the same time, they searched the city for people who could handle negotiations.
Li Damin moved his body and woke up from the groggy nightmare. He felt his body swaying, and he barely opened his eyes and saw the light black cabin. He found that his body was lying on a
In the net bag, it was shaking slowly and rhythmically.
Li Damin was so confused for a moment that he didn't know where he was. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He thought about the last moment when he was running for his life among the roaring crowd. He shouted loudly for his father, trying to escape from the crowd.
They were looking for Li Shanmin, but there were so many people, and the pirates' gunshots were as dense as popping beans. Someone kept falling down, and blood splashed all over his body and face. Finally, after a huge roar, his
He was knocked down and lost consciousness.
When he thought of this, he felt pain all over his body. He lifted up the coarse quilt on his body. The quilt was not thick, but it was very clean. He was shocked: he was lying naked in this net bag. There were bruises all over his body, tui
It was also wrapped with white strips of cloth. It looked terrible. It reminded him of a friend who was sent home after being beaten hundreds of times for "violating military law" a few years ago - this person died that night.
Already.
Looking around, this is a small cabin with twelve similar cloth mesh bags hanging inside, with a person sleeping in each mesh bag. The cabin is constantly rising and falling.
"Damin!"
Hearing someone greeting him, he looked closely and saw that it was his neighbor Wang Jiashan. He was standing next to his house before he was fired by the pirates' first volley of cannons.
"Uncle, where are we?" Li Damin asked quickly, "Where is my father?"
"I didn't see it..." Wang Jiashan didn't know where he was injured, and he was out of breath as he spoke, "But I saw that he ran very fast... I guess... he's fine."
"Where is this?"
"Yes..." Li Shanmin wanted to say that it was on a "pirate" ship, but it was not allowed to call others "thieves" on other people's territory. Besides, this "thief" had good intentions and saved himself from the dead.
Rescued, "On that boat..."
Li Damin was startled and trembled with fear. After all, he was a fifteen-year-old boy. He had just experienced a nightmare of massacre and rout, and found himself trapped on a "thief ship." How could he not be afraid?
As he was talking, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps on the deck above his head. The grid above his head opened and a young man came down from the ladder. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old. He had short hair like a monk and was dressed in gray.
Wearing a small cloth-breasted coat, he carried a leather box slung across his body.
Wang Jiashan quickly greeted: "Doctor Fu..." As he said that, he wanted to sit up.
The young man waved his hand: "Don't move, your injury is not healed yet." After saying that, he came over and asked a few questions, nothing more than how he felt, whether the wound was painful, etc., and then looked at his
The tongue coating touches the lower pulse.
"Your injury is probably out of the way. You'll be fine after just resting for a few days. After a while, I'll bring you some decoction and just take a few doses." The young man said and turned around again. He was none other than Liu San's apprentice Fu Wuben.
.This time I went with Liu San to the Haitian to serve as the ship's doctor.
Seeing that Li Damin had woken up, he asked about Li Damin's condition again. Li Damin knew a little Nanjing Mandarin and could barely understand Fu Wuben's Mandarin. Seeing that he looked kind, he gave him some soup and medicine, so he expected no harm. Then he spoke about his chest.
.Pain under the ribs.
"It doesn't matter, your rib was stepped on. You're lucky, it's not broken. It's just a little bruised." Fu Wuben said, "Drink the medicine for a while, and it will heal slowly."
"Master -" Li Damin saw that he spoke kindly and asked bravely, "Have you ever met a man named Li Shanmin?"
"Li Shanmin? I've never seen it." Fu Wuben shook his head, seeing the disappointed and worried expression on his face, and comforted him and said, "I heard that there was chaos and many people ran away, probably back? You don't have to worry.
, the leaders are not interested in killing people, don't think you will be injured and become a prisoner, in the future even if you are out of misery and no longer have to work for the government, you will still be angry. Just wait and live a good life."
Li Damin was confused when he heard what he said. He didn't know what "good life" he would have as a prisoner. It was already a great grace not to be killed by the pirates. Even though he was young, he could tell from Fu Wuben's words that the other party would not let him go.
Theirs was probably going to be taken overseas somewhere. The thought of leaving home and never seeing his parents, siblings again made his heart beat like a knife. But he did not dare to show such emotions in front of the "thief"
To avoid risking your life.
Fu Wuben inspected all the injured prisoners in the bottom cabin infirmary, distributed medicine, and changed the medicine for those with external injuries. He is now very skilled at all this. After a lot of training and practice in the past two years, Liu San's
The painstaking cultivation has borne fruit. Fu Wuben is now not only Liu San's disciple and assistant, but also one of the first batch of registered medical practitioners issued by the Ministry of Health. He visits Runshitang branches in various places in Lingao every week for medical treatment.
I have to take a day to follow Liu San in the general hospital to see a doctor.
Although Fu Wuben studied Chinese medicine, Liu San also continued to teach some modern medical theories and knowledge during the study process, and also allowed him to audit some courses and participate in anatomy observations, in an effort to enable him to "learn both Chinese and Western medicine."
Fu Wuben had a good understanding, was willing to study, and made rapid progress. Liu San valued him very much.
"You did a good job." Liu San read the cases and inspection records he filled out and thought there were no problems with his various diagnoses and treatments. "There are dozens of prisoners on the ship now. The personnel density is high, and the epidemic prevention and health work also needs to be done."
Watch out."
Liu San arranged things, walked out of the ship's infirmary, and went to the poop deck to get some air. The Haitian was moored in the Qiantang River, and the sailors were seizing this rare opportunity to use river water to clean the deck and wash clothes.
and hanging chuáng.
He was in a very bad mood. Liu San had no need to go north with the ship this time. He knew very well that the executive committee arranged for him to go to Shanghai to avoid the limelight.
The matter of Xuan Chun's pregnancy could no longer be dealt with. Originally, the maid who was a naturalized citizen was pregnant, and giving birth to a child was nothing new in Lingao. Tang Menglong came out on top: the maid gave birth to a son, and then there were more maids.
News of pregnancy spread, the Senate is ushering in a "baby boom"!.