Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

When Zhang Jiebin heard Jia Ke tell the price of "A Book of Arithmetic Learning", he immediately exclaimed. He originally thought that according to the market price, he could get it at most one tael, but he didn't expect it to be as high as two taels.

Nowadays, business in the Ming Dynasty is prosperous. Not only novels, anthologies and contemporary essays are popular, but business books and arithmetic are also sought after by merchants. These are reading materials that affect the success or failure of business.

Things are rare and expensive, so the price of books in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the lowest in history. Of course, the low price also caused the books to be shoddy, and there was nothing we could do about it.

Zhang Jiebin has been dealing with books for many years, so he naturally knows the market price. Arithmetic is different from astronomy. Astronomy is a banned book, so the price is normal, but arithmetic should not be this expensive.

"Book friends are also knowledgeable people, so don't lie to me. The guy doesn't know the material, so he got a good price from the book friend. Let's just say that this "Du Su Wen Chao", according to my opinion, is 80% the original manuscript of the miracle doctor Hua. Even if it is not, it is still

Handwritten by his son, nephew and disciple."

"If it's the former, three or five taels of silver is not expensive. Even if it's the latter, it's still worth more than one penny."

Jia Ke's words made Zhang Jiebin laugh endlessly. He had previously deceived the clerk into not knowing the goods and had fixed the price early. Although he was not sure whether this book was Hua Shou's handwriting, if it was true, it would be a unique copy and the only one in the world.

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This Hua Shou is remarkable. Not only was he a great master in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, but he was also said to be Liu Bowen's half-brother. And this "Reading Su Wen Chao" is his masterpiece. If it is really his manuscript, its value is not as high as that of Liu Bowen.

Two strategies.

"Besides, this book, "Seven Political Advances", was written by Bei Jianzheng, the Tianjian of Nanqin a hundred years ago. It is as famous as the "Tianshi Book". One "Tianshi Book" can establish the pattern of the Eight Great Masters. You should know that "The Seventh Book of Astronomy"

The value of "Zhengtuibu", if it weren't for chance, I wouldn't have been able to get this book, so you just took it away for two to five cents."

Jia Ke's words made the astronomy student feel embarrassed. He had not known that the book the clerk was talking about was this book, otherwise he would not have been able to offer only two taels, even if it was ten taels or twenty taels.

He will only feel that he has made a lot of money.

As long as he thoroughly understands this book, the next Baozhang will be in his pocket, with an annual salary of seventy-eight dan. Even though prices are low now, the salary he gets is only twenty-four taels. It takes half a year or a year's salary to exchange for generations.

The benefits from the official position are worth it no matter how you count.

Jia Ke said a few words, which made Zhang Jiebin and others feel ashamed. At this time, he mentioned "Baojian of Arithmetic Science": "I have read this book. There are indeed many errors and omissions in the manuscript, but this is a book that ordinary people can read? Can they understand it?"

How could I be misled? This is clearly my masterpiece of Ming Dynasty arithmetic, and the price of two taels is definitely not an exaggeration."

Zhang Jiebin could only laugh and said: "Hey, Jia Ke is really extraordinary, no wonder he dares to bring the book boat to the capital. How can this little trick of a boy escape your eyes? I will follow the old man's advice. Five taels and nine dollars, how much can you give me?"

Would you like a discount?"

Jia Ke pondered for a moment and said, "Then five taels and eight cents."

"Okay." Zhang Jiebin took out an ingot of five taels of official silver and an ingot of broken silver: "No more, no less, just right."

Jia Ke took it, weighed it in his hands, took a deep look at Zhang Jiebin, and said with a smile: "Book friends themselves."

After Zhang Jiebin and the others left, the clerk came out again and stretched out his hand. Jia Ke put the broken silver in his hand and praised: "There is progress."

Zhang Jiebin didn't know the relationship, let alone knew that the rare book he bought would be a high imitation. Maybe he knew it and wouldn't care. At their age, can the value of collection be higher than knowledge and ability?

This is a true portrayal of the book market in the Ming Dynasty, where piracy and counterfeiting flourished, giving rise to professional connoisseurs.

When the three of them came to the gate of Taiyuan Hospital, Zhang Jiebin asked: "By the way, I don't know Brother Ge's name yet. In Xiashanyin, Zhang Jiebin's nickname is Huiqing. This is Wanji, whose name is Guangzu."

"Nice to meet you. We are all neighbors in the Gobi Desert. Let's communicate more in the future. By the way, here is the book money. Please click on it." After Gobi Desert finished speaking, he handed the money to Zhang Jiebin.

Zhang Jiebin weighed it in his hands and knew that the difference was not big, so he stuffed it into his arms.

Everyone separated, Gobi Desert went to Qintian Prison, and Zhang Jiebin and Zhang Jiebin returned to Taiyuan Hospital.

After a while, Ma Shi and the others came back together, chatting and laughing, and their joy was beyond words.

Seeing that there were no books in their hands, Zhang Jiebin asked curiously: "What are these senior brothers so happy about? Please share with me."

Wu Kun laughed loudly and said: "Just now, Zhong Hua and I went to negotiate with Jia Ke. They are very optimistic about our books and are willing to help us contact Jiangnan booksellers to publish and sell them."

Ma Shi also looked proud. Medical books are different from other books and have a limited audience. Even Li Shizhen worked for nearly ten years on "Compendium of Materia Medica", but no bookseller was willing to publish it. This can be seen from this.

"It's gratifying and congratulatory. You two can't cheat on me when I treat you to a treat. You must treat me. Brother Chen will treat me the day after tomorrow. Do you think when is the best time to treat me?" Zhang Jiebin was also happy for the two of them, clapped his hands and laughed.

Chen Shigong, Yu Yaori, and Wan Ji looked at each other, and they were all envious. They were all leaders, but they were indeed one step behind in terms of writing books.

After everyone chatted for a while, they went to the dining hall to eat. Gong Dingguo was inside. Zhang Jiebin asked, "The book boat is here. Didn't Brother Dingguo go?"

Gong Dingguo had just finished cooking and turned around and said, "I've been a little out of shape lately and I'm biting off more than I can chew. I'd better polish the foundation first."

Ma Shi was delighted when he heard this and said nothing. Zhang Jiebin also knew that Gong Dingguo was originally an outstanding figure of his generation, but unfortunately he was overshadowed by his cousin at home. When he came to Tai Hospital, he was overshadowed by the four young doctors. In a nutshell:

There will never be a day to come forward!

Because of this, Gong Dingguo also knew the importance of foundation, so he turned pressure into motivation to hone his medical skills.

There was no words for a while, everyone ate quietly, and then a group of people came in surrounded by Zhou Zongyue. This time Zhou Zongyue won the second and fifth place in the medical examination. There is no doubt that he will compete in the world competition.

Zhang Jiebin invited: "Brother Zhou, sit over here. We brothers haven't been close to each other for many years."

Zhou Zongyue nodded when he heard this, said something to the other junior brothers, prepared the meal and came to their table.

For a time, the young leaders of Tai Hospital gathered here. Zhang Jiebin looked at Ma Shi, Wu Kun, Chen Shigong, Yu Yaori, Wan Ji, Gong Dingguo, Zhou Zongyue and others around him. He was very proud. This is what will happen ten days later. He faced off against his teammates who were young doctors all over the world.

Zhang Jiebin is very confident at the moment. With these partners by his side, the world is so big, where can he go?

No matter whether it is Nantai Hospital or Wuzhong, whether it is Xujiang or Xin'an, they are not as talented as Tai Hospital.

Shortly after the meal, Tang Xinglu, Yan Pingzhi, Yang Jian, and Chen Jisheng also came.

When Chen Jisheng saw Zhang Jiebin, he shouted: "Brother Zhang, I haven't seen you in the past two days. You don't know that Brother Yang and I made a great show, defeating the horse doctor of Taipu Temple and making our Tai hospital famous." name."

When everyone heard this, they all found it funny. Zhang Jiebin laughed and scolded: "Xiao Sheng, what kind of hospital are you?"

Chen Jisheng said with some embarrassment: "Hey, Brother Yang always talks about the Taiyuan Hospital. All the horse doctors in Taipu Temple regard us as Taiyin Hospital people. Besides, we have not embarrassed the Taiyuan Hospital!"

Yang Jian also said: "That guy is also my old enemy. When I was still in Taiyuan Hospital, he looked down on me because of his superior skills. Now, haha, didn't you see his black face? It’s like thunder and rain.”

Only then did Zhang Jiebin remember that Yang Jian had entered Tai Hospital by accident. He originally came here with the intention of studying veterinary medicine. Who knew that Tai Hospital did not teach veterinary medicine, so he had to compete with the grooms in the livestock stable. .

Later, at a gathering of young talents from various institutions, they met the horse doctor from Taipu Temple. Yang Jian wanted to have a competition, but was brutally tortured by the horse doctor.

Later, Zhang Jiebin left the Taiyuan Hospital after only one year. Now after listening to Yang Jian's words, I know that he is also a gentleman and it is not too late to take revenge after ten years.

"It's getting more and more lively, it's interesting." Zhang Jiebin said with a smile.

Before anyone could answer, the gong rang and everyone headed towards the lobby. The final list of the competition was about to be announced.