socalfunplaces Chapter 235
Chapter 235
Su Chen took the pyrite and showed it to everyone.
"This is a mineral I accidentally discovered when I went to Hua County. I know it is called pyrite.
But I don't know what it is used for, let alone what can be obtained after refining.
I heard from the villagers in Hua County that this pyrite can be ground into powder and sprinkled around the yard to drive away snakes.
In addition, doctors with excellent medical skills can use it to make medicine."
Su Chen brought the pyrite into the palace because there was an imperial physician in the palace.
In Su Chen's opinion, the imperial physician must be better than the doctors outside, and maybe he knows this pyrite.
But Su Chen obviously didn't know, let alone the doctors, even the imperial physicians in the palace didn't know how to make medicine.
"Have you ever seen this thing?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and others and asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Send it to the Imperial Medical Bureau, and the Imperial Medical Order Xie Jiqing." Li Shimin ordered Wang Defa outside the palace.
"Yes!"
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"Boy, wait a moment, just wait for the imperial physician to come, and you will know after asking!"
Li Shimin said in a positive tone.
Su Chen nodded.
"Your Majesty, I plan to open a bookstore in the East and West Markets, and the newspaper office will also be set up there.
The printing house is now fully engaged in printing books, and low-priced books must be spread all over the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible.
Your Majesty, please help me arrange the store."
"What a good one, spread all over the place, good! I will send someone to get this done as soon as possible."
Li Shimin answered immediately, and then asked: "Does the bookstore have a name?"
Su Chen thought for a while, shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, can you give it a name?"
Li Shimin nodded happily when he heard this, he liked naming the most.
Thinking for a while...
"You just said bookstore? Very good! Then call it 'Zhenguan Bookstore', how about it?"
Li Shimin looked at Su Chen and asked.
"Zhenguan Bookstore, it's a nice name!"
Su Chen smiled and replied. To him, any name is the same. It's easy to say something nice.
"Your Majesty, in the future, all bookstores in the Tang Dynasty can be called Zhenguan Bookstore. Then you can collect a licensing fee and let others open Zhenguan Bookstore."
When Li Shimin heard that this could make money, he immediately became very interested.
"Licensing fee?"
"Yes, licensing fee. Your Majesty authorized your reign to others to use, and it is reasonable to charge a small fee every year.
The name of the store contains the word Zhenguan, which represents credibility and quality assurance.
This income is your Majesty's personal income, not the treasury income, because Zhenguan is your Majesty's reign."
"Hahaha, that makes sense."
Immediately, Li Shimin asked: "Su Chen, how much do you think the licensing fee is appropriate?"
Su Chen was a little uncomfortable when he heard Li Shimin call him 'Su Chen' instead of 'boy'.
"Your Majesty, the licensing fee depends on the industry you are in. For example, for the Imperial Liquor we sell, even 200,000 guan a year is not a problem."
Su Chen did not directly say how much money he would charge, but gave a subtle reminder.
Li Shimin nodded slightly when he heard this.
"I understand. The licensing fee for Zhenguan Bookstore is 100 guan for three years."
He knew that Su Chen would then reduce the price of books and paper to an extremely low level.
The paper and books that Su Chen made were only to enable everyone in the Tang Dynasty to read and write, not to make money from it.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Wei Zheng was relieved when he heard Li Shimin say 100 guan for three years.
If the asking price was too high, Wei Zheng said he would not "die to show his determination".
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician is waiting for your order outside the palace."
The old king came to the main hall to report to Li Shimin.
"Announce!"
The imperial physician Xie Jiqing entered the palace and first saw Li Yuan and Empress Changsun, so he immediately stepped forward to greet them.
"See the Emperor..."
"No thanks, let's go over there and talk about business!"
Li Yuan smiled and waved his hand.
After Xie Jiqing bowed, he bowed to Empress Changsun and then walked towards Li Shimin and others.
"See your majesty!"
"Thank you, dear, please excuse me!"
The eunuch went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to find Xie Jiqing and told him to go to Taiji Palace immediately.
Xie Jiqing said nothing and hurriedly prepared the medicine box.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch who delivered the message said that he didn't need to bring any equipment, and that he was not going to Taiji Palace to diagnose a disease.
Xie Jiqing was very confused, he was just an imperial physician, not going to diagnose a disease.
Could it be that the Emperor wanted to invite him to dinner?
"Have you ever seen this thing, dear Xie? It's called 'pyrite'. It's said that doctors use it to make medicine."
Li Shimin pointed to the pyrite on the coffee table beside him and asked.
Xie Jiqing bowed and took a few steps forward to take a closer look.
Suddenly he noticed Su Chen sitting next to Li Shimin and was very curious.
"Who is this young man? Why is he sitting next to your Majesty, while the Crown Prince is sitting below him?"
Su Chen felt like he was being beatenMeasure, smiling and looking at Xie Jiqing.
Su Chen had never seen the imperial physician Xie Jiqing either.
Xie Jiqing retracted his thoughts and answered the question of His Majesty first.
His eyes shifted to the pyrite ore and looked at it carefully.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am not good at refining medicine, so I don't know this thing."
After observing carefully for a moment, Xie Jiqing confirmed that he had never seen this thing before and bowed.
"No problem! In this case, my dear, please go back."
It doesn't matter if you don't know the value of something, and Li Shimin didn't look disappointed.
"Yes, I'll take my leave!"
Xie Jiqing bowed and took three steps back to walk out of the hall.
"Boy, put this ore in the palace for the time being. Let the courtiers see if there is anyone who knows this thing during the morning court session another day."
Su Chen nodded. Anyway, he was not in a hurry.
What's more, it's still unclear what the pyrite is used for.
However, Su Chen was interested in the old immortal mentioned by the villagers of Hua County.
Perhaps the old immortal mentioned by the villagers was not a wandering doctor, but a master.
After all, the chief doctors in the palace did not know what pyrite was, but the old immortal knew it.
"Your Majesty, have you heard of Sun Simiao, the great man?"
Su Chen suddenly asked Li Shimin.
"Oh? Boy, I underestimated you. You actually know the name of the old immortal."
Li Shimin smiled in surprise.
In their impression, Su Chen was a wild man in the mountains, and no one knew him after he came out of the mountains.
Otherwise, how could he have never heard of Princess Changle and Li Lizhi, and the names of the important officials of the court?
"Hehe, I've heard of him a little bit. Do the people call him the old immortal?"
"Just kidding, who doesn't know the Medicine King? He is a famous alchemist in the Sui and Tang dynasties and one of the inventors of gunpowder.
The method of making gunpowder with sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal is recorded in detail in the 'Sulfur Method in the Dan Jing'."
Li Shimin shook his head and said with a smile: "Some people also call him: Sun Zhenren."
Su Chen nodded and thought to himself: 'The old immortal that the villagers of Hua County are talking about, could it be Sun Simiao! '
"Your Majesty, why don't you keep the old immortal in the palace?"
Li Shimin sighed when he heard this:
"I have the same idea, but the old immortal cares about the world and would rather travel around the world to treat the people.
I can't force it!"
Su Chen shook his head when he heard this.
Li Shimin asked, "Boy, why are you shaking your head?"
"Oh, I think the old immortal is wrong. How many patients can he save by himself? What he should do is to spread his medical skills.
This way, more people can be cured.
If you are just cherishing your own skills, that's another story."
Li Shimin and others looked at Su Chen in shock when they heard this.
This young man's ideas and insights are indeed unique!
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