These prisoners who were sent here in the past few months are mostly vagrants who have committed crimes such as robbery and theft, accounting for more than 90%. They also received the heaviest punishment. The local government hates these vagrants so much that they would like to beat them to death on the spot. Long Sun-geng and the prison guards are mostly local people, and they also hold a rejecting attitude towards the vagrant prisoners who were sent to the island, but due to the strict orders of Lin Zexu, they can only treat them equally with great reluctance.

  Even if Lin Xie wasn't a person who sympathized with others easily, he knew that in chaotic times, good people could easily become thieves and that many of those who rebelled did so out of cruel necessity to survive. Therefore, he didn't have any prejudice against these prisoners.

  Lin Guan looked at the A-class prison cell that could hold three or four hundred people, where the small beds for the wounded were packed tightly together. He watched with a gloomy expression as Wu Yanqing's young medical apprentice administered medicine to the injured prisoners.

  The young man was already very familiar with the method, and it was also because he had more contact with the wounded. The paper bag containing the wound medicine was placed on his side, and Lin Xie was standing beside him, looking too nervous. As a result, the young man accidentally knocked over the medicine package to the ground.

  The medicine scattered all over the floor like dregs, and Changsun Wu's heart ached at the sight.

  Wu Yanqing was also strict with the Christians, and whenever he saw them, he would scold the young people severely.

  Lin tied up and walked over, carefully scooping the uncontaminated medicine from the top layer into a paper bag. He comforted the young man, "Your technique is quite skilled now, it seems like you're not getting enough rest?" and handed him the remaining half of the paper medicine bag.

  "There are too many wounded, and we don't have enough hands to use. In addition to taking care of the wounded on this side, we also need to prepare decoctions and dressings. Look at these external medicines, they're all ground very roughly," said Wu Yanqing, "It's really because there aren't enough people."

  "There are two doctors who have escaped to Shanglinli, I've thought about it, I want to open a clinic at the river mouth, one person is enough, and the other can be sent here temporarily to help you, and trouble Mr. Wu to work harder, and bring a few more apprentices." Lin Fu said.

  "Go, go, you'd better bring him here right now," Wu Yanqing said.

  Chang Sun Geng felt a pang in his heart, using more people would mean spending more silver, and he said in a low voice: "If we add even more manpower, the island will be in deficit again."

  "This is also troublesome," Lin said with a frown to Zhang Sun'geng: "Zhang Sun, you write a memorial to the Procuratorate in the name of the prison island, stating that the corporal punishment in various prefectures and counties is too severe. Especially the prisoners sent by Gutang County, nine out of ten are seriously injured. Is Gutang County implementing corporal punishment or beheading? The seventeen seriously injured prisoners sent by Gutang County, what kind of corporal punishment did they receive, where were they injured, and when did they die from their injuries? All these should be clearly written in the memorial, without any euphemism. From now on, all prisoners with fractures or more severe injuries sent by Gutang County will be refused. If there are any more prisoners sent by Gutang County who die from their injuries, their corpses will be directly sent to the Gutang County government. If Gutang County is not afraid of trouble, then let them continue to cause trouble..."

  "This... " Long Sun Geng looked at Lin Xie with hesitation, "If this memorial is presented to the emperor, it will mean making an enemy of Gu Tang County."

  "Am I not enough of a thorn in the side for Jiangning?" Lin Bing looked at the crowded prison cells, furrowed his brow and asked, "We're just doing our job here, there's nothing to worry about; even the County Magistrate surnamed Liang from Gutang only dares to bully the weak."

  Lin Xian is still worried about the large number of refugees stranded on the north shore of the riverbank in Chao Tian Tang, and would rather have some small chaos now to force Jiangning Prefecture and Gu Tang County to solve the problem than to wait for the flood to come and corpses to be scattered all over the fields. His own bitter heart, doesn't know if anyone knows.

  Wu Yanqing was short-handed on this side, and Lin Fu didn't delay either. He immediately sent someone to the river mouth to find Lin Mengde, asking him to send over two doctors and several apprentices who had escaped from Shanglin to provide emergency assistance.

  Lin had an idea, which was to cultivate as many qualified doctors as possible.

  In the past, military camps also used medical officers, but the number was extremely small, with almost every 10,000 soldiers having only one military doctor. Commanders who valued military medical treatment might add two assistants to the military doctor. In peacetime, they could barely cope with treating minor ailments and training injuries, but in wartime, when there were large numbers of casualties, this number of personnel was fundamentally insufficient.

  In the heat of battle, those who die on the spot are always a minority; most succumb to blood loss or infection after being wounded, resulting in significant casualties. There are many factors that affect the morale of soldiers, and the lack of timely and effective medical treatment for the wounded is not the most important one, but it cannot be ignored.

  Of course, the medical profession has high requirements for practitioners, and the training period is long. Those who have the ability to cultivate their children to recognize characters are eager for fame and fortune. Although doctors are also respected, they do not belong to the category of scholars and officials, which also leads to the scarcity of doctors in this world.

  Lin Xiang: Even if we can't completely solve these problems, we should try our best to improve them.

  This time, I escaped from Shanglin, and no one else, including Lin Mou, took care of it or could take care of it. The two doctors and several apprentices in the hospital in Shanglin all came out together.

  Lin Tingxun is also a person with vision, the Lin family established their ancestral home in Shanglinli and Lin Tingxun did many things that benefited the local community, one of which was building a school in Shanglinli.

  Unlike ordinary private schools, Lin's school is much larger, with four teachers. All children of the Lin family, whether from the main or branch lines, can attend for free. Children from other families in the village who are introduced to the school through connections only need to pay a small amount of rice as tuition.

  Lin Jie and Lin Jingzhong's vast knowledge, Zhao Hu San's three brothers who could read and write also benefited from this. This also made the literacy rate of the villagers in Shanglinli far higher than the average level at that time. This also made it possible for the Lin family to use local children as accountants in various industries.

  Apart from the more than 1,000 refugees who were directly rescued by Lin Jia from Shanglinli, Lin Jia asked Zhao Mengde to coordinate with the sentry post on the north bank and use the ferry boats from Xihedu to transport all the refugees who had escaped to the north bank of Shanglinli to the river mouth for resettlement. At this time, there were almost 3,000 refugees stranded at the river mouth, excluding those who could rely on relatives or friends. Lin Jia set up two porridge stations in the river mouth to provide relief, and every day they had to cook more than 2,000 kilograms of rice porridge, which kept Lin Mengde, Lin Jingzhong and others extremely busy.

  In the countryside, there were over 400-500 young men, and among them, about 140-150 people could read.

  Lin Tie looked at the more than 300 prisoners with broken bones and torn flesh in the detention house, thinking that it shouldn't be excessive to add another twenty or thirty apprentices for Wu Yanqing.

  With so many wounded prisoners available for practice, apprentice doctors should also learn how to treat external injuries relatively quickly.

  The wounded prisoners who were subjected to corporal punishment and sent over thought their lives were not guaranteed, let alone expecting meticulous treatment. Moreover, the food here is much more delicious than the tree bark, grass stems, and rice bran when they were refugees, thinking that this was a paradise on earth. After arriving on the island, hearing rumors about Lin Xie was one thing, but seeing him in person was another, many people would have kowtowed to thank him if not for their injuries, unaware that Lin Xie was actually thinking of using them as practice subjects for his apprentices.

  "Mr. Wu, I have something to discuss with you..." Lin Xie said to Wu Yanqing.

  "What's going on?" Wu Yanqing threw down the matter at hand and followed Lin Xie out into the outer corridor.

  "In the meantime, a large amount of ointment was used, and only apprentices were grinding the medicine powder, which was far from enough. I saw Mr. Wu and several young brothers were all very tired," said Lin Dai. "At first, I thought about selecting a few honest and capable prisoners to help you, but later I thought there was a better way, so I came to consult with Mr. Wu."

  "What method?" Wu Yanqing asked.

  "I know that many of the medicine shops in the city are run by doctors who have previously treated patients, and now they either prepare the medicine themselves or have the patient's family members take it back to brew. For some common illnesses, especially those that require powder, the medicine shop will prepare the matching powder in advance, package it in paper, and when someone comes to see the doctor, they just take the package and leave - the tiger bone powder from Xuanjidang is very famous in Jiangning, I think it's a formula developed by Mr. Wu," Lin said, "Mr. Wu's prescription for stopping bleeding and treating injuries is more effective than others, and the powdered medicine can be stored for a longer time. I plan to set up a family medicine shop at the river mouth, hire some workers, and specialize in making this powder. Firstly, it can be used to treat injured prisoners without wasting manpower here; secondly, it can be sold as an external injury medicine to outsiders. If there is a surplus, Mr. Wu will take 20% of the profit. What do you think, Mr. Wu?"

  "It's all right," Wu Yanqing said, "Let's not mention the matter of dividing profits again. How much is a method worth? Outside the prison island, others have been saying unfavorable things about you behind your back. Whenever I return to the city, many people come to advise me to leave this place of right and wrong, saying that if they were coerced by you, they would also think of ways to help me. But I was thinking, if those who are full of benevolence and morality came to govern the prison island, who would be as conscientious as you in using medicine to treat injured prisoners?"

  "Mr. Wu is being overly praised," Lin Xian said, "A gentleman loves wealth, but must obtain it in a proper way, and loving wealth does not make one ungentlemanly. Mr. Wu has set aside a garden in his Bamboo Cottage to plant some medicinal herbs. I've heard that Mr. Wu has a grand ambition to build a medicinal garden to collect all the medicinal herbs under heaven, this grand ambition benefits both the country and the people, but it also requires financial resources to make it happen..."

  "Hmm," Wu Yanqing thought for a moment and said, "Refining medicine, the benefits are minimal, but it requires a lot of manpower. If there's any profit, I'll take 10% of it. It's just that my name is not well-known and my abilities are mediocre, so I'm afraid I might end up harming you and losing your investment."

  "I'm a man who loves wealth..." Lin Xuan smiled and stopped disturbing Wu Yanqing, who was busy rescuing the dying and healing the wounded. He then walked around to other parts of the prison and hurriedly had Lin Meng send two physicians and several apprentices to the island personally.

  Lin Mengde knew that Lin Xie had to hide at this time and not participate in the Lin family's reduction of the village braves. He had something to do on the island during the day, so he came to find Lin Xie. When he found him, he said: "Today is really a coincidence! The boat from the Western River Association just brought over Liu Niang's father and brother-in-law. After Liu An'er occupied the city, they didn't restrict civilians from leaving. They walked for five days on the road and arrived at the outpost of Gutan County's large camp yesterday afternoon. They reported your name, and Liu Xilin sent someone to deliver them to the ferry terminal. Sun Jing Tang was in the north, and he personally escorted them across the river. This is a good thing."

  Many things, Liu Yue'er didn't say, Lin Xie could also hear from other people's mouths. Liu Yue'er's parents and brother were quite stingy and selfish. Liang Zuoren sent Liu Yue'er to the Gu family as a maid, which was because her parents and brother were greedy for wealth. Lin Meng said that if Liu Yue'er's parents and brother came over safely, he could formally take Liu Yue'er as his concubine, without worrying about others bringing up the issue of "filial piety".

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  PS: National Day holiday, brothers don't waste red tickets.