The last time Man Bao took out a bottle of medicine and gave it to Dr. Zheng and the others, he had a bitter look on his face. Bai Shan could guess that the pills were probably not cheap.
But the gold and silver in the world seemed useless in the underworld. Anyway, he never saw Man Bao bothering about gold and silver, so the cost of these pills should be paid by his father-in-law.
He only knew that his father-in-law liked some flowers, plants, and animals, and now that he thought about it, it should be money that could be exchanged for the underworld.
Bai Shan smiled slightly, and whispered to Man Bao: "I heard that there are many deer on the grassland. I will buy you a live deer then, and then send it to my father-in-law quietly..."
Manbao's eyes lit up and he became happy. Even Keke, who had been silent all this time, said: "According to my scan, there are many types of deer on the grassland, such as red deer, white-lipped deer, hooded deer, sika deer, etc.
In addition to deer, the host can also collect sheep. There are also many types of sheep, such as argali, saiga antelope..."
Man Bao quickly said in his mind: "I know, let's wait until we get to the grassland. Keke, we have to take our time."
Keke said he understood, "I just want to remind the host that there are actually many creatures on the grassland that are worth collecting. These are just relatively large animals. There are also many rare plants. The host used to collect plants in the mountain and forest areas. This time you can appreciate them.
The scenery of the grassland.”
Man Bao also began to look forward to it, so he said to Bai Shan, "Go and come back quickly."
Only then did she remember, "Did you choose this time to count the villages because people are coming from the capital?"
"Yes," Bai Shan said, "This time Erlang and I will take some defenders with us. Once we find the patients, we will send them back to the city. The doctors from the capital will be here soon, so they will have something to use."
Man Bao: ...I thought she would be able to relax after they arrived. Who knew that with more doctors, there would be more and more patients?
Bai Shan pointed in one direction and said: "The county government plans to choose another piece of land to build a medical shed on the southern outskirts of the city. The people sent there can live there. Construction has started today and it will be built within two or three days.
The medical shed is entirely made of wood and thatch, which is not difficult. It just needs to cut down the wood and collect and buy the thatch.
But these can all work, albeit a little more difficult.
Man Bao sighed and understood, "We will be prepared."
Bai Shan served her another bowl of soup and said, "Drink more. I see you have lost weight."
Man Bao looked at Bai Shan and said sincerely, "You have lost weight too."
Two days later, Zhou Liru, who was standing in front of Man Bao, also hugged his sister-in-law and cried, "Sister-in-law, you have lost weight."
Liu Sanniang and Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao on the side were deeply convinced.
Man Bao was so shocked, "Why are you all here?"
As the senior brother, Zheng Gu replied on behalf of everyone, "The Taiyuan Hospital posted a notice. As medical assistants in the Taiyuan Hospital, we cannot lag behind the private doctors, so we signed up together. And the master is here, as a disciple,
I should be at your side."
Manbao asked: "Forget it about you three, why is Liru here too?"
She has only been studying for a few years, and although she has some skills now, she is not able to prescribe medicine independently.
Zhou Liru said quickly: "Sister-in-law, I'm here to help you. I heard from the official that you don't even have any helpers here. The brothers and sisters can prescribe independently. They can see the patients by themselves. I will
I'll give you a hand."
Then he avoided people and whispered: "I was worried about my sister-in-law and second sister, so I came to take a look."
Everyone is here and we can't rush back. Man Bao nodded and said: "Okay, you just stay with me. Have you taken the pills I sent back?"
"Eat it, sister-in-law. It tastes like the candy you gave us when we were kids."
Manbao complained in his heart: The taste is similar, but the price is completely different. You can buy a lot of that kind of candy with one point, but this one costs more than a thousand points.
Oh, yes, after several transactions, it has now reached 1,800 points.
Man Bao touched his heart and asked, "Did everyone in the family eat too?"
Zhou Liru nodded, "I ate them all, even the servants at home."
The servants are all from the Bai family, but the letter Man Bao sent back said that he would give one pill to each of the servants in the family to avoid contracting the disease when they go out.
Man Bao nodded, turned around and went to Liu Sanniang to ask, "Have you given the medicine bottle I sent back to the prince?"
"Yes, I personally saw the Crown Princess and the little Emperor's grandson taking it. The remaining pill was not seen by me because His Highness the Crown Prince was not here, but later I asked the Prince's pulse when I went to check for the Little Emperor's pulse.
The concubine said that your highness has already taken it." Liu Sanniang paused and laughed softly: "The princess also said that this medicine is like a sugar pill, and your highness talked about it for a long time after taking it."
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Just eat it."
Liu Sanniang then hesitated and said, "Sister-in-law, Li Zhong is here too."
Man Bao stared, "Why is he here too?"
Liu Sanniang said: "The main reason why he brought food was because the family was worried about my sister-in-law and fourth uncle, so we asked him to come with us."
In fact, after they received the letter from the official, Zhou Lizhong decided to follow them to Xiazhou as soon as the announcement of the Yamen's recruitment of doctors came out.
He set aside half a year's worth of food for the restaurant and home, packed up his sister-in-law's rice and the food from the summer and autumn harvests in Pucun's fields, and followed the imperial procession to Beijing.
This time the imperial army will personally send the medicinal materials and people to Xiazhou. Because his wife and sister are in the team, and he is Zhou Man's nephew, the people in the court are also taking good care of them.
Liu Sanniang said: "As soon as he entered the city today, he was invited by the steward of the grain store in the city, and there were also people from the Yamen who wanted to buy grain from him."
In fact, there is not much food shortage in Xiazhou now, and the autumn harvest this year is still good. Yang Heshu and Bai Shan have calculated in private that people have enough food in their homes, and people will not starve to death.
But under the epidemic, people are panicked and food prices are rising. The government has to provide food to appease people. People's homes may still have food in stock, but there are not many in the government.
Moreover, after the epidemic, there is still half a year until the summer harvest. This year, because the epidemic has affected farming, grain prices in Xiazhou will definitely skyrocket from March to June next year.
Ordinary people may not think of this, but they have their own way of survival and will definitely save some food.
Therefore, there is very little food circulating in the market now.
Zhou Lizhong led his people to transport the grain to the city gate. He did not let the tenants who were accompanying him enter the city. Instead, he directly sent a message to Zhou Lang, and then opened the grain bag and distributed some grain to them, "This is the road.
of dry food, you should go back together now and take the documents we brought along. You have not entered Xiazhou City and have not come into contact with smallpox patients, so you can pass the checkpoint."
Then he said: "My father will settle the wages to you when we get home."
That's right, Zhou Lizhong didn't hire anyone outside at all. The workers on the ten grain trucks were all tenants of Pucun. It was agreed before they came that they only need to follow the grain delivery to outside Xiazhou City, and there is no need to enter the city.