socalfunplaces Chapter 363
Chapter 363
More than 20 minutes later, Wang Xi arranged the wool and returned to the living room.
"Marquis Su, the matter has been settled. I need to return to the palace to report to His Majesty. I will take my leave now!"
Wang Defa bowed to Su Chen and others one by one, and then prepared to leave.
Su Chen hurriedly stood up and said, "Why are you going now? I will have lunch soon. It will not be too late to return to the palace after lunch."
"Well, to be honest, I beg Your Majesty to let me deliver wool to the manor this time, and I want to go to the school cafeteria to taste the school delicacies."
The old king was a little embarrassed and bowed.
"Is that so! How many people are there? Let Wang Xi prepare some copper coins for you."
When the old king heard that the school had to pay for meals, he was immediately embarrassed. He really didn't bring any money with him.
Li Shimin didn't tell him that the school cafeteria had to pay for meals.
"Reply to Marquis Su, there are seventeen people this time." The old king had to bite the bullet and tell the truth.
Without Su Chen's instructions, the housekeeper Wang Xi took out a bunch of copper coins from his sleeve.
He took out fifteen coins and gave the rest to Old Wang, reminding him: "General Manager, five coins per person is enough. Here are exactly eighty-five copper coins."
"Thank you, Lord Su!"
Wang Defa took the copper coins and bowed to everyone again, then walked out of the living room.
"Hehe, this old Wang is really interesting!"
"Brother-in-law, Qingque, I will go back to the palace with General Manager Wang later." Li Chengqian informed Su Chen and Li Tai.
Su Chen glanced at Li Chengqian casually, "You can leave now, I won't keep you."
Li Chengqian didn't care at all and nodded.
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The next day.
An announcement titled "Looking for patients with intestinal abscesses" made the headlines of Chang'an Daily.
The announcement clearly stated that the patient would be treated personally by the well-known genius doctor Sun Simiao.
At the same time, it was also stated that surgical treatment of intestinal abscesses has great risks, and the patient and his family must bear the risks of the surgery themselves.
This treatment fee is free of charge, and there are only three places available. Willing patients should bring their ID cards, accompanied by at least one family member, to the Zhenguan Book House in Chang'an City to register.
"Fatty, have you studied yellow mud water?"
Thinking of what Lao Wang said yesterday that some sugarcane would be paid as tribute to Chang'an at the end of the month, Su Chen asked Li Tai casually.
Li Tai and Princess Changle were reading today's Chang'an Daily in the study room. Su Chen rarely read newspapers.
Princess Changle heard Su Chen call Li Tai Fatty, and looked at Li Tai jokingly, wanting to see how her fourth brother would react.
But what surprised her was that Li Tai didn't seem to care much about Su Chen's name for him.
Li Tai looked up at Su Chen, "What yellow mud water? When did you tell me about this?" Li Tai felt puzzled. It was the first time he heard of yellow mud water.
He has been working on explosives recently. Yesterday, he told the paper mill to make some thick paper tubes.
"I didn't tell you? How is that possible? Did you forget about white sugar?" Su Chen recalled carefully. Li Tai should know!
Li Tai shook his head and said with certainty: "You never mentioned white sugar to me."
Su Chen frowned, "Really didn't tell you?"
Then, Su Chen didn't care anymore. He took out the instructions for refining white sugar from yellow mud water and handed it to Li Tai.
"Don't be idle all day. Study it these days." Su Chen remembered that he had talked about white sugar with Li Chengqian that time.
Li Tai really didn't know.
Li Tai stared at Su Chen angrily, unable to say a word. He thought it was not worth it to be angry with someone like Su Chen.
He took the instructions for refining white sugar and read them carefully from beginning to end. The whole article was less than 500 words.
The steps and process were not complicated.
"This white sugar is very important, keep it secret. The method cannot be leaked, and it is best to conceal the raw material of white sugar, sugarcane." Su Chen reminded seriously.
Li Tai glanced at Su Chen and nodded casually.
Su Chen saw that Li Tai seemed to be unable to distinguish between the big and small kings, and reminded again: "White sugar is related to explosives and can increase the power of explosives."
Li Tai's eyes suddenly widened, and he nodded solemnly:
"Don't worry, I will act cautiously and there is no possibility of leaking secrets."
Su Chen nodded with satisfaction.
"Su Chen, can Master Sun really cure intestinal abscesses?"
Princess Changle saw that Su Chen and Li Tai had finished their conversation, and handed the newspaper to Su Chen to read.
"It's in the newspaper so soon? I don't know if anyone will try it."
Su Chen put down the newspaper and secretly thought about whether the preparations for the operation were complete.
Gauze cotton, alcohol and scalpels are all available, as well as antibiotics.
"Huh? It seems that I forgot something!" Su Chen suddenly exclaimed.
Princess Changle and Li Tai looked at Su Chen at the same time, not knowing what Su Chen was referring to.
"I'll go to the old immortal."
After saying that, Su Chen stood up and left the study.…
When Su Chen was in the study, he suddenly thought of suturing the wound after the operation.
It was easy to suture the incision outside the abdomen, but after the appendectomy, the intestines must be tied or sealed.
Later generations must use high-tech wires, but the Tang Dynasty does not have such means now.
Therefore, Su Chen wanted to ask the genius doctor Sun Simiao how their ancients treated wounds.
Before, Sun Simiao said that he also had a scalpel tool, so he must have performed surgery on people, and wound suturing was essential.
A few minutes later, Su Chen came to Sun Simiao's courtyard.
"Old Immortal, I have something to ask you." Su Chen asked directly after entering the door.
"Haha, my friend, just say it without any defense, the old Taoist will tell you everything." It was the first time that Sun Simiao saw Su Chen in a hurry.
"I want to ask you, how do you suture wounds after you operate on people?"
Sun Simiao motioned Su Chen to sit down and talk, and then smiled and said: "My friend, have you ever heard of catgut?"
"Catgut? I have heard of it." Su Chen was a little surprised that there was catgut in the Tang Dynasty.
Before that, Su Chen couldn't remember what materials were used to suture internal wounds in later surgical operations.
As soon as Sun Simiao mentioned catgut, Su Chen immediately felt very familiar.
Sun Simiao nodded and continued: "Catgut is made of the intestines of three to four-month-old lambs. The intestines are cleaned and degreased, soaked in salt water, and dried to make catgut. This thread can be absorbed by the human body and disappears automatically in ten to half a month."
Su Chen nodded, admiring the wisdom of the ancients.
"Old Immortal, today's newspaper published a notice to find patients with intestinal abscesses. I believe someone will bring patients to the door within a few days.
I will ask someone to prepare the lamb, make some catgut, and prepare gauze and cotton balls.
Do you have anything else to prepare?" Su Chen stood up and asked.
Sun Simiao smiled calmly, "Don't worry, my friend, the amount of catgut is not large. I have two rolls here, enough for two or three times."
"It's just that it's inconvenient to take it out for you to see, to prevent dust."
Su Chen was overjoyed when he heard this. It would be easier if Sun Simiao had catgut. "Old Immortal, it's best to soak the catgut in alcohol before use, which can play a role in disinfection and sterilization."
"You are right." Sun Simiao nodded with a smile.
"Old Immortal, I'll go see how much gauze has been made, you continue to be busy."
After figuring out the matter, Su Chen stood up and left.
Sun Simiao was extracting penicillin just now, and Su Chen didn't want to disturb him any more.
All preparations have been made.
Just waiting for the patient with appendicitis to come to the door!
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