He said: "When the road is familiar in the future, we have taken care of it. If you want to leave again, I will take you."
Zhou Lijun could only agree, then handed an account book to Zhou Lizhong, and watched them count the money and send it outside the door.
Although the money in the family is currently held by Zhou Lang and Wu Lang, all the account books are held by Zhou Lijun. Therefore, Manbao doesn't know how much money the family has. Zhou Lang and Wu Lang probably don't know very well, but Zhou Lijun is.
Very clear.
She told Zhou Lang, "Fourth uncle, go early and come back early. I put a piece of paper in the book with the maximum cost I calculated. If the porcelain exceeds that price, don't buy it, otherwise you will lose money when it is shipped back."
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Zhou Lang agreed, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid, how can I let others deceive me in this matter?"
After getting on the mule cart, Zhou Lang couldn't help but sigh.
The third son looked curious, whipped the mule to speed up, and asked: "Fourth brother, why are you sighing?"
Zhou Lang sighed again and said: "I sigh that I was slapped in the face. I was just thinking about cherishing my life, but I was about to go to Xiazhou with my back foot. Alas~"
The three sons and others didn't know yet, so they were stunned when they heard this, "Aren't you going to Shangzhou? Is Xiazhou very close to Shangzhou?"
"It's far away," Zhou Lang said: "We will go to Shangzhou first to get the porcelain. After returning to the capital, we will rest for two days and then go to Xiazhou. Xiazhou is on the edge of the grassland and we have to cross the Great Wall."
"What is the Great Wall?"
Zhou Lang thought for a while and then said: "It seems to be a wall. Man Bao said that the previous emperor built it to stop the barbarians' cavalry. I have never seen it."
The topics they talked about became more and more eccentric. The third son didn't care where he went. In his opinion, no matter where he went, as long as he had food to eat, clothes to wear, and money to earn.
His hometown is in Yizhou, so as long as he doesn't go back to Yizhou, what's the difference outside?
When he makes money and grows up a little, he will go back to his hometown, buy two pieces of land, and build a house to live in.
It's a pity that the county magistrate is no longer Mr. Tang. I wonder if the new county magistrate will allocate land to the refugees. If so, he can save the money to buy the land.
Man Bao has become accustomed to Zhou Lang going out and lives his life as usual.
She went to the palace first and talked to the Queen for a while. Two days later, Gu Zhong came to her with a booklet.
It is a letter of appointment written by the emperor himself.
Mr. Zhuang took Man Bao and set up the incense table and knelt down. Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zheng also brought Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Lu to join in the fun.
Gu Zhong unfolded the excerpt and said that Zhou Man had superb medical skills, a benevolent doctor, and a noble character. He was specially named a sixth-grade imperial doctor and a fifth-grade editor, and was given a gold belt...
Naturally, the gold belt cannot be pure gold, but because the gold belt is made of gold, and the edges are also made of gold thread.
The emperor had previously given her a fifth-grade official uniform, but without a belt. Now that it was made up, she was officially conferred an official title.
Gu Zhong also closed the fold and handed it to Man Bao's hand, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, no, Mr. Zhou, congratulations. Not counting the official uniform that His Majesty gave you earlier, you can still go to the Ministry of Industry
I got two sets inside."
Man Bao took the fold and asked, "Who is my superior?"
Gu Zhong then smiled and said: "You are an imperial physician, so naturally you are a subordinate of Xiao Yuan; you are also a fifth-grade editor, and the Imperial Medical Office is the general manager of His Highness the Crown Prince, so you are naturally a subordinate of His Highness the Crown Prince."
Man Bao then understood that he still had to listen to His Highness the Crown Prince.
Man Bao was still in a daze. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Then when will I report to the palace?"
Gu Zhong knew that it was her first time as an official and she had no experience, so he smiled and said: "There's no hurry. Mr. Zhou, why don't you wait a moment. When Mr. Yang says that the Chongwen Hall is ready, you can naturally go in."
After saying that, Gu Zhong bent down and wanted to leave.
Mr. Zhuang put a heavy purse in Man Bao's hand. Man Bao came back to his senses and touched the purse. He was a little reluctant to part with it, but he still put it in Gu Zhong's hand. "I'd like to excuse you, Master Gu."
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Seeing that she was reluctant to part with the purse, Gu Zhong couldn't help laughing, then he took the purse, stuffed it into his sleeve, and left with a smile.
Man Bao reluctantly leaned against the door and watched him riding away with his men, then turned around and went back.
Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Fang looked at the gold ribbon on the tray with curiosity. Mrs. Liu took the envelope and read it again. After a while, she said: "I didn't expect that Man Bao would be given to me earlier than Shan Bao."
official."
Zheng also nodded, she didn't expect it either.
Fang asked quickly: "Manbao, do you have an official uniform?"
"Yes, it's kept in the cabinet."
"Can you put it on and show it to us?"
Manbao's eyes lit up, "Okay, just wait."
After saying that, he immediately ran into the house and started rummaging through the cabinets.
After finding the official uniform that was pressed at the bottom of the cabinet, Man Bao took off his clothes and put them on.
The official uniform of the fifth rank is light crimson. In fact, she prefers dark crimson to light crimson, but her official rank is not high enough.
After putting on his official uniform, Man Bao grabbed the gold belt on the tray and tied it, then he opened the door and ran out. He spread his arms and asked, "Does it look good?"
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Ms. Lu nodded repeatedly, then frowned and asked hesitantly: "It looks good, but I always feel like something is wrong."
While they were talking, Bai Shan and the others came back from school. When they heard the excitement in the main courtyard, they put down their book baskets and came over.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they were stunned together.
Man Bao circled in front of them again and asked, "What's the problem?"
Bai Shan shook his head blankly, "No problem, why are you wearing official uniform?"
Bai Erlang said: "It feels weird."
After looking at it for a while, Ms. Zheng said, "It's your hair, Manbao. You have to comb your hair up. It should look better that way."
After that, he stepped forward to grab her, pulled her back into the room and helped her with her hair, "Why did your Majesty only give you official uniforms but not official hats? Otherwise, you can wear them."
Man Bao looked at himself in the mirror, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll have it when I go to the Ministry of Industry to get it back."
She got closer and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. She couldn't help but hold her chin up and look at herself in the mirror seriously and said, "I'm so pretty."
Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but laugh out loud, nodded happily and said, "It's quite beautiful."
Outside the door, Bai Shan had already learned about the appointment from his grandmother and husband. When he heard that she had been assigned to the fifth rank, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's good, she won't be able to enter the Chongwen Hall."
I was bullied."
Mr. Zhuang also smiled and nodded.
They were happy here, but little did they know how big a fuss was made between the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the officials in the court because of this appointment. Even Wei Zhi blocked the door of Taiji Hall and told the emperor that this was against the rules.
He calmly lectured the emperor, "Your Majesty should have a certain degree of love for talents. She was named a fifth-rank official in one step. What do the other ministers think?"
He said: "Your Majesty is not loving her, but harming her! Please take back the imperial edict."
The emperor was not very willing to directly appoint Zhou Man as a fifth-rank official, because now that he has been granted a fifth-rank title, and she has compiled a book later, how can he still appoint him to the Imperial Medical Office no matter how meritorious he is?
We can't really let her become a second or third grade official, right?
However, he was unhappy when Wei Zhi talked to him like this, so he said, "This is the Queen's suggestion. Why don't you go and persuade the Queen?"