By the time Zhou Lang got the letter and arrived, Zhou Lizhong was almost dragged to the county government office. As soon as he saw his fourth uncle, he immediately waved to him excitedly and shouted: "Fourth uncle, fourth uncle, our food is still in the city."
Where is the door..."
The stewards who were holding Zhou Lizhong saw Zhou Lang and immediately let go of Zhou Lizhong's hand, with regret on their faces.
Why is he this stingy and naughty nephew?
Zhou Lang rushed forward and pulled Zhou Lizhong back, saluted everyone repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Everyone wants to buy food. It's fate. It's fate. Li Zhong, come here and call someone. This is the steward of Chen Ji Grain Store."
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As the saying goes, don’t hit someone with a smiling face. Even if Zhou Lang was doing business and demanding prices, but his hands were still slippery, everyone still smiled in response to his smiling face, and then made an appointment with him to see the grain at another time with regretful expressions on their faces.
They received news early this morning that people from the capital were coming, and they were not only accompanied by medicinal materials for relief, but also grain merchants who followed the convoy.
Although they still have food in stock, this year is special and they won't have too much food.
So I waited at the city gate early. As soon as I identified the owner of the batch of grain, I immediately pulled him into the city. I wanted to go to a restaurant to have a meal and discuss business.
Who knew that the county government was also interested in food, so they had no choice but to follow them all the way to the county government.
I was still confused at first as to why this boss was so young and looked like he was in his prime.
For such a young boy to dare to transport food to Xiazhou City at this time, he may not have a good plan, but he must be courageous enough.
Who knew he was actually Zhou Lang's nephew.
Everyone shook their heads after walking away, knowing that it was impossible to take advantage of Zhou Lizhong.
Seeing that everyone had left, Zhou Lang dragged Zhou Lizhong to the city gate and asked, "Who is looking after the food?"
"The tenants in Pucun, I have just distributed food to them, but they haven't even had time to start their journey yet. Fourth uncle, there are many sick people in the city. I have agreed with them not to let them enter the city. We have to call someone."
Go bring the food in."
Zhou Lang said: "Lijun and Xiang Mingxue went there with their three sons. I heard about you being taken away by someone and came to save you when I was halfway there. You are too, you are so brave. Do you know who they are?"
Follow them?"
He said: "You are not afraid that they will make you drink and force you to put your fingerprints on the documents."
It's not like they haven't experienced this kind of deception when traveling around. They have also experienced it when a knife was placed on their neck.
Zhou Lizhong said: "The person leading the charge is an official from the county government. I can't help but give him face. Besides, isn't this under Mr. Yang's jurisdiction?"
He had no confidence in others, but he had great confidence in Yang Heshu. He did not think that the officials he managed would dare to buy or sell by force.
Zhou Lang asked: "You came alone? Why didn't Liwei follow?"
Zhou Lizhong smiled innocently, "There must be someone in the family who knows how to manage the accounts."
He paused and then said: "My wife and third sister are also here."
Zhou Lang glared, "What are they doing here? It's dangerous here. We don't even dare to go out casually. They..."
Zhou Lang suddenly remembered that his eldest niece-in-law and Li Ru were both doctors...
Zhou Lizhong nodded to Zhou Lang, "The imperial court sent out the official recruitment document, and they all signed up."
He said: "Many people came, including nine private doctors. Dr. Tao from Jishitang also came. Dr. Ding was originally going to come, but there were also people in the capital suffering from smallpox, and the court left several
A doctor..."
Zheng Gu was also reporting to Zhou Man, "Smallpox has also been discovered in the capital. Master, not even two days after you left, someone quietly came to Jishi Hall to see a doctor. The pimples on that person's body were all gone and he had a high fever all over his body. Doctor Ding only saw
I knew at a glance that I couldn't be saved because I had pimples all over my body. I wasn't sure whether it was smallpox or chickenpox, but I heard they didn't sound like they were from the capital, they sounded like they were from the north, so I reported to the county government."
"Tang County Magistrate followed the line and found out that they secretly came out from Xiazhou to seek medical treatment. There are many people like them. Fortunately, they were discovered in time. Now the number of smallpox patients in the capital is thirty.
Eight people, thirty-two of them are new additions.”
In other words, six people infected thirty-two people.
Man Bao rubbed his forehead and asked: "There is such a large population in the capital. Why are you still here since there is smallpox there?"
"The magistrate of Tang County said that although the capital has a large population, if it is discovered early and properly controlled, there will not be much of a problem. Moreover, the best doctors in the Jin Dynasty are in the capital, and the most complete and best medicinal materials are also in the capital.
In contrast, Xiazhou is now in a life-or-death situation," he said: "Tang County Magistrate said that only Xiazhou City is sealed off now, but the villages and towns outside are still open. If we can't contain it in Xiazhou
We must house all the sick and cure them. Once chaos breaks out and the victims move south or even scatter, the consequences will be disastrous."
It was also because of knowing this that the imperial court spent a lot of money to recruit doctors to come to Xiazhou, and would not deduct relief money from Xiazhou.
Because Imperial Physician Zheng is in Xiazhou and Zhou Man is also here, the Zheng family is very concerned about the goings-on in the court. He said: "My father inquired that the money allocated by the court this time is jointly supervised by Master Wei and the Ministry of Household Affairs, so
All the medicinal materials purchased were sent by the Imperial Army, and in addition to Xiazhou, there were also relief funds from Yanzhou, Gyeongju and other places below, and all the medicinal materials were exchanged for medicinal materials before being sent."
This is to prevent local officials from withholding relief funds and doing nothing.
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief, "So there will be medicinal materials coming later?"
Zheng Gu nodded, "The Ministry of Revenue has contacted several drug dealers through our family. My father made a calculation. We should be able to get another batch of medicinal materials in eight or nine days after we come out. We will allocate them again. I thought
A batch should arrive in eleven or two days."
"Great, what Xiazhou City is most lacking now is medicinal materials." Man Bao said, "Since you are here, take a rest first. When Doctor Lu is free, he will definitely call everyone together for a meeting. When we arrive,
Tasks will be assigned when the time comes. This time your condition is not as good as before, so I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you, but I will ask Dr. Lu to put us as close together as possible. If you don't understand anything then, come and ask me."
The four of them agreed together.
Man Bao asked: "Okay, let's talk about it. Apart from you, are there any acquaintances of mine among the people coming this time?"
Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao looked at Liu Sanniang, and Liu Sanniang looked at Zhou Liru.
Zhou Liru, who was closest to Man Bao, could only say: "Sister-in-law, there are only twenty-eight doctors this time, but in addition to the doctors, there are also students from the Imperial College and Chongwen Hall who were ordered to come to help."
Manbao's brows twitched.
Zhou Liru said: "Master Bai is here, Master Yin is here too..."
Only four people came to Chongwen Hall, one was Yin You, and the other three were Liu Huan, Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang.
Many people came from the Imperial College, including Bai Zhi, there were thirty-eight people in total, and together they were forty-two.