生熟藥鋪 Every Drug Shop In The City
那醫官不復再言,即出朝門之外,差本衙當值之人,遍曉滿城生熟藥鋪,即將藥品。每味各辦三斤,送與行者。那医官不复再言,即出朝门之外,差本衙当值之人,遍晓满城生熟药铺,即将药品。每味各办三斤,送与行者。
逐句解 Line by line
The medical officer said no more. He went straight out beyond the gate of the court and sent the duty men of his own office to give notice through the whole city, to every shop dealing in drugs raw or prepared, that the stock was to be made ready.
He loses the argument and does not argue further — he simply executes, and the order runs outward through the machinery of a working state: out of the court gate, into the duty office, and from there to every drug seller in the capital. 差 is chāi, to send somebody on an errand, not the chà of falling short. 朝 in 朝門 is cháo, the royal court — the same character turns up shortly as zhāo, morning. 那 is the pointing nà: this officer has been on stage since the diagnosis.
Three catties of each flavour were to be provided and sent to Pilgrim.
A 斤 is a catty, a little over half a kilogram. Hold on to the number: somebody is going to do the multiplication.
The officer loses and does not argue further. He simply executes, and the narrator follows the order outward through a functioning bureaucracy: out of the court, into the duty office, and from there to every drug seller in the city.
不復再言 — he said no more — is doing quiet work. A stranger with a monkey's face has told him something professionally absurd, and he goes and does it. What that records is not agreement. It is the weight of the king's interest standing behind the request.