Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 62
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Chapter 62
“Who is that guy?”
“That’s what I’m saying. It doesn’t seem to be him.”
“Hmph. I have eyes too, I can see that.”
“…Yes.”
Jung Myeong’s appearance description was well known. In fact, there were those who had secretly gone to see him.
To them, the person before their eyes was definitely not Jung Myeong.
“The banner clearly says Jeongjin Medical Clinic. Isn’t that the name of the medical clinic he newly established?”
“That’s right. But doesn’t the luggage he’s carrying look like some kind of bundle?”
“Huh… A bundle? You’re right!”
From the start, he looked more like a peddler than a physician.
This was an unexpected person.
‘Suddenly a bundle here? And a peddler at that? This, I can’t make heads or tails of it.’
It was difficult to grasp the situation.
Coming out with such vigor had become a wasted trip.
Having already come this far, he couldn’t just turn back immediately.
So the physician thought he should figure out the situation.
“What is this all about. Go and ask.”
“You mean me?”
“Then who else would go? Should I go?”
“No. I’ll go and come back!”
“Go quickly! Quickly!”
The physician’s scolding.
The disciple with the most shabby appearance ran out.
“Hey, wait there for a moment! Look here!”
“Hmm? Ah! Hello!”
“Hello… Ah, yes. Hello!”
The man who was organizing his bundle immediately greeted the physician’s disciple who had come out with his sleeves rolled up.
A bright expression like a merchant looking at a customer.
This made the disciple feel uneasy.
‘What’s this?’
Far from being wary of him, he was welcoming him.
Somehow it felt strange.
He hesitated at this and belatedly came to his senses.
‘Oh my. If I don’t find out properly, who knows what kind of scolding will come down again!’
The disciple gathered his wits and asked.
“What are you doing here with that tall flagpole?”
“What do you mean what am I doing? As you can see, I’m selling these things here.”
Even a peddler wouldn’t be completely oblivious.
The man before him acted as if he had been told something.
With a half-playful smiling face, he enthusiastically unpacked his bundle.
“Holding up a medical clinic flagpole to sell something…”
“Ah! I’m selling things brought from Jeongjin Medical Clinic, so I put this up. The medical clinic also told me to do this.”
“Huh… So what exactly are you selling.”
“This.”
“Gasp…!”
When he unpacked the bundle, a proper medicine box appeared. It seemed to be made for storage, with compartments practically divided.
Click. Click.
When he opened that medicine box, various things came out.
It was very familiar to him, being a disciple of a medical clinic.
“This!?”
It was all medicine!
The disciple’s mouth fell wide open.
* * *
“Physician!”
Gathering his wits.
The disciple who had purchased and taken a few medicines ran back to the medical clinic.
Inside the medical clinic he entered, he could see the physician pretending to be nonchalant while coughing deliberately.
Normally it would have seemed like his master’s intimidating presence.
“Whew.”
Perhaps because he had abandoned him and come here. Far from dignified, to the disciple he looked like a pitiful beast trying to puff itself up.
What could he do.
‘He is my master. Still, he is my master to me…’
Still, he was his master.
Hadn’t he also spent a large sum of money to enter this medical clinic as a disciple?
Though not a fortune, it was quite a strained amount for his family.
He had to make up for it. Even though he couldn’t even receive proper treatment as a disciple.
Still, he had to learn.
“I found out.”
“Really? What was it?”
“…He was selling medicine.”
“What? Selling medicine? Where did the medicine come from?”
“Yes. He said it was medicine brought from Jeongjin Medical Clinic. That’s why he carries that flagpole around. He was given permission to carry the flagpole only while selling medicine.”
“What…! This is…! This is absurd!”
“Here are the medicines he’s selling. This is called Onpye-tang for coughs and phlegm. This is called Cheongtong-hwan for pain relief…”
“And you went and bought that stuff!”
“I thought it would be convenient for you to examine…”
“You fool! Why are you taking our money there and offering it to them!”
“…I’m sorry.”
He had spent what little money they had to buy it. In the end, all he got back was scolding.
“Ha. Using peddlers to sell medicine? Is it really medicine that came from that clinic?”
“I confirmed it several times. I’m certain.”
“Heh heh…”
To think they’d use peddlers to sell medicine. It was a method he never could have imagined.
‘It would make money. But… this fool knows one thing but not two.’
Medicine was medicine for a reason. Medicine available to civilians shouldn’t be used carelessly.
Because its medicinal effects were strong. They called it medicinal effects, but if used incorrectly, it was no different from poison.
And they were selling such medicine in this manner?
‘This is going to cause an uproar! This bastard was only thinking about getting one over on us. He didn’t think about what comes after!’
Problems were bound to arise. Definitely.
The physician rejoiced at this thought.
“Go out and keep a close watch on the people buying medicine.”
“Pardon?”
“There will definitely be people who get sick from taking the medicine. There wasn’t even a proper prescription, so how could there be no side effects?”
“That… is a valid point, but…”
“But what?”
“I heard they adjusted it to the level of emergency medicine…”
“You fool! Even emergency medicine can cause problems! Go and see for yourself! Hurry!”
“…Yes.”
* * *
‘Of course nothing would happen!’
The disciple screamed inwardly.
Problems from using medicine carelessly? How could that be possible.
It wasn’t that there were no medicines with side effects. But Jung Myeong had controlled for that.
Besides, people wouldn’t use the medicine carelessly.
-What’s this?
-This is from Jeongjin Medical Clinic, so store it well.
-Ah! The medicine I’ve only heard rumors about!
-That’s right. Remember how much you suffered when you had stomach pain before. Keep this and take it when you get stomach pain.
-How could I bear to use something so precious!
-Still, it’s better than my wife being in pain. Anyway, store it away. Take it when you’re sick.
-…Thank you.
It was medicine they couldn’t use because they didn’t have it. Even when they had it, medicine was something to be treasured.
It would be stranger to abuse it carelessly.
“Master. There’s nothing. Nothing is happening at all.”
“You fool! Isn’t it that you just didn’t see it!?”
“I heard that other clinics besides ours have been looking around too.”
“And?”
“They couldn’t find anything either…”
“Isn’t it that you didn’t hear properly?”
“N-no. They really didn’t see anything.”
“Huh…!”
The disciple went in to report and got severely scolded.
“Rather…”
“Rather what?”
“If we also made more medicine to sell…”
“You damn fool! Is medicine made so easily?! Medicine only comes out after putting in all kinds of care and effort!”
“…”
Yet Jeongjin Medical Clinic was making it just fine.
Those words rose to the tip of his throat.
But the disciple couldn’t bring himself to say them.
‘Well then, why don’t you teach us how to make it…!’
Saying he wouldn’t teach a single secret technique,
his master would go into the medicine storage room alone.
Even now, he hadn’t learned anything proper.
Would he teach him now after all this time?
Rather than working in that direction, he’d probably scheme in another direction.
His suspicion proved correct.
“This won’t do. Get ready.”
“Pardon?”
The physician had lost his mind. It was probably because patients had been decreasing lately.
“We need to go to the government office.”
“The government office?”
He suddenly decided to visit the government office.
“You’re doing business without proper permission, aren’t you? We need to confront them!”
“…Wouldn’t that be difficult?”
“Then let’s go report them for selling unlicensed medicine!”
“What? No, we also sell medicine with proper licenses…”
“Hurry up!”
They prepared to set out, hoping to at least vent their frustration.
So they went to the county office where the County Magistrate stayed.
But the County Magistrate, who had recently undergone an inspection, was nowhere to be seen.
After much effort as an intermediary, they managed to meet Wang Po-du, who had survived the inspection alone.
“Ahem… What if someone else gets alarmed while investigating this! If you’re going to talk such nonsense, don’t bother coming!”
“No, Wang Po-du. Between us, investigating this is only natural…”
“Investigation!? What investigation!? Should I investigate your medical clinic instead?”
“…”
“I’ll let it slide today for old times’ sake. Now get lost! Quickly!”
“But…!”
The more the Physician tried to argue, the more it backfired.
He stubbornly tried to persist.
“Hey there! You bastards! What are you doing here! Are you just watching to hold a funeral? Drag them out!”
“Ugh… urgh…! Let go… let go! No, please let… gack…”
“Kugh… kek.”
There was no choice but to be thrown out.
* * *
“What is all this about?”
“Huh. Just when I thought we could breathe easy… isn’t this worse than before?”
The physicians who ran medical clinics. Those who could be called the old-timers of Hangzhou wore gloomy expressions.
They thought they would catch Jung Myeong, but he had turned the tables.
They thought he just needed to hold out for a while.
Without time to prepare, he had turned the tables once more.
“What should we do about this…”
“Perhaps we should contact the Uiseon Sect…”
“Over something like this? We’ll only lose credibility! Only credibility!”
“Oh my… just how did he manage to move the Provincial Commander?”
They couldn’t come to their senses.
He was attacking in a completely different way from anyone they had faced before.
There was nothing they could do.
He was distributing emergency medicine at low prices everywhere.
“He was selling medicine in front of the medical clinic again today.”
“Oh really? What did you say to him?”
“I did say something. But… it was useless.”
“Huh.”
He was selling medicine right in front of them and even provoking them.
For now, they were helpless.
“Still, it’s only temporary, isn’t it?”
“Temporary?”
“Even if it’s medicine, it’s only at the level of emergency medicine.”
“The problem is that it’s too cheap!”
“Since it’s cheap, it’ll be distributed quickly. As much as needed!”
“You mean…”
“What will he do once it’s all distributed? Won’t those who couldn’t be treated with that come to us?”
“That would be true. But still, won’t they go to him?”
“One hand can’t block ten hands.”
“Right! If we endure, we’ll succeed for now, is that it?”
“Yes. Time is the medicine.”
“Ohhh!”
So the medical clinics tried to endure.
Once this storm passed. Then…
‘Let’s wait and see.’
Wouldn’t another opportunity arise?
And so, while they were sharpening their blades, somehow planning revenge.
‘Is this stage complete with this? Then I should move on to the next right away.’
Jung Myeong smiled leisurely.
He was the one who turned the tables. And turned them again.
He intended to completely destroy the board this time.
“Are you there?”
“…”
“Aren’t you inside?”
“…Who is it?”
He was already meeting with those needed to make his next move.
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