The group of people entered the inn and each went back to their own rooms to stay. They had not slept on a bed during this period, so as soon as they lay down, Manbao couldn't help but let out a sigh of contentment, rolled around with the quilt in his arms, and then fell asleep.
Go outside and let Zhou Liru sleep inside.
Zhou Liru was also sleepy, yawned and crawled in, asking: "Sister-in-law, what medicinal materials should we buy?"
Man Bao said: "Whatever is missing must be made up, and some medicinal materials for treating smallpox will be prepared. Let's check the situation along the way."
Zhou Liru remembered it in his mind, yawned and fell asleep.
Most of the people in the post station went to bed, but other people in Liangzhou did not go to bed so early.
Governor Duan of the Governor's Mansion had just returned to the mansion from outside.
A staff member followed him into the study room and reported some things that he had not had time to deal with this afternoon. Finally, he remembered something and mentioned, "There was a letter from the post station today saying that there are adults from the capital going to the Western Regions and passing by our Liangzhou."
Stop, it may take a few days."
Duan Jishi said: "Are you relying on public funds to eat and drink again? Are there many people with you? There are not many people who exceed the limit, so I will report it to him here, but I will tell Yi Cheng to prepare more staple food, vegetables and meat for them.
These are expensive, and although I am willing to pay, I can’t let them spend so much money.”
"Your Majesty, I misunderstood. Yi Cheng said that in addition to the prescribed quota, anyone who comes beyond the quota will have to pay." It's just that if you leave the official's family, you will get a 20% discount on everything, which is cheaper than staying in an inn outside.
Duan Jishi just raised his eyebrows and didn't pay much attention to this matter. "Is there anything else?"
"Won't your lord ask who is on business?"
Hearing this question from his staff, Governor Duan asked: "Which general is it? Is it related to me?"
"It's not a general, it's Dr. Zhou from the Imperial Hospital."
Governor Duan didn't realize who this was for a moment, so his staff lowered his voice and said, "You forgot, she is also the editor of Chongwen Guan, and she is the only female official in the court."
Governor Duan immediately reacted, "It's her? Why is she going to the Western Regions?"
Shouldn't a big boss be sent to the Western Region?
Otherwise, the group from Honglu Temple should go, right? Why would an imperial physician go to the Western Regions?
The staff member nodded, "I inquired about it, and the inn said that they seem to be going to the Western Regions to find ways to prevent and control smallpox."
Governor Duan immediately sat up straight and asked solemnly, "Is there a way to prevent and control smallpox in the Western Regions?"
"I don't know, but I heard them say it very solemnly, it should be true, not to mention that this is someone sent by His Majesty." He said: "In addition to the Zhou Imperial Physician, there is also Mr. Zhuang who was traveling with him. He was once the prince.
His Highness’s attendants and the four young masters accompanying him are all students of Chongwen Hall.”
Only then did Governor Duan understand the allusion of his staff, and was surprised, "Are they all His Highness's people?"
The staff member nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Not only that, sir, there is also a man named Bai Cheng."
"What is his identity?"
"Princess Mingda's future consort."
The direct consort.
Duan Jishishi's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "Write a post and send it tomorrow, asking them to come to the house for a banquet the next day. I will hold a cleansing banquet for them. No, they will not stay here for a long time, but I
As a host, I must show my kindness as a landlord no matter what."
"Yes, I'll write it right away."
Governor Duan stroked his beard and began to think deeply. It seemed that the Western Regions really had a solution. Otherwise, how could His Majesty and His Highness let them come out?
The governor's office attached great importance to this, so early the next morning the staff personally went to the door with the post to invite people.
As a result, no one woke up.
Yi Cheng said to his staff with an embarrassed look on his face: "The adults are tired from traveling and traveling, so they may wake up late. Do you want to go down and call them?"
The staff member stopped him and said, "There's no rush, I'll just wait slowly."
Yi Cheng didn't dare to keep him waiting, so he went to make a pot of tea himself.
It's just that Man Bao and others seemed to be able to sleep well today. The staff drank two cups of tea and there was no movement in their room, but Mr. Zhuang got up.
After he freshened up, he went downstairs. When he turned to the second floor, he smiled brightly at the person going upstairs. Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but smile at him.
So, when Manbao was full of sleep and stretched himself out of bed, Mr. Zhuang downstairs not only finished his breakfast accompanied by his staff, but the two of them also sat on the chair and chatted for half an hour.
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The young people all slept in the same way. As soon as Man Bao woke up, there was movement from other rooms.
The postmaster breathed a sigh of relief. There were many officials welcomed and escorted to his post station, but this was the first time for him to see a chief official like Zhou Man who could not afford to work even three hours a day.
Man Bao went downstairs to meet his staff, and after taking the post in his hand, he said sheepishly: "But we have an appointment with friends to visit the Great Wall tomorrow. If you don't mind, we can come and visit you the day after tomorrow?"
The staff member was in a daze since he saw Zhou Man. He knew that Zhou Man was young. After all, she was too famous. They all knew that she was not old, but they did not expect that she was so young.
The same words have different effects when spoken by different people. If Mr. Zhuang or a middle-aged official like him said this, the staff would definitely think that he looked down on Governor Duan and Liangzhou, so they were deliberately trying to evade it.
But what a young man of Zhou Man's age said... seemed very sincere.
The staff thought for a moment and then nodded and said: "Of course I can't let you break your trust. Then I will be waiting in the governor's house in the future."
After saying that, he smiled and said: "It turns out that your Excellency also has friends in Liangzhou. I don't know who they are. There are not many people in Liangzhou, so maybe even the humblest ones know them."
Man Bao didn't say that they just met their friends yesterday, and said with a smile: "I don't know if you recognize them. One is named Guo Tian, one is named Yue Zheng, and the other is named Quan Rui."
The staff member was startled, then smiled and said, "Look, these three are all students from the government school, and are friends with our young master."
Man Bao also raised a smile, "What a coincidence?"
As soon as the staff left, Man Bao touched his chin and asked, "Is it really such a coincidence?"
Bai Shan took the post and took a look at it and said, "What's the point? Liangzhou is not a big place, and its schools are not big either. Isn't it normal for them to know each other?"
Didn't they do the same thing when they were studying in Yizhou Prefecture School?
Man Bao nodded and put the matter behind him, but the staff ran home and said this and that, so the next day, four of Guo Tian and others came to pick them up at the inn.
Guo Tian smiled and introduced the new young man to them, "This is our classmate from Fu Xue, his name is Duan Cheng..."
Bai Shan raised his eyes to look at him, and then asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Duan's father not the governor Duan?"
Duan Cheng nodded, "Yes."
Duan Cheng was still a little embarrassed to be pressured by his father's advice. After all, they didn't know each other, and he didn't know what his father was thinking. If he wanted to make friends, he would have plenty of time tomorrow.
Bai Shan didn't show any other expression. Instead, he nodded happily and said, "Fate, fate, we are going to visit the house tomorrow, but we didn't expect to see Mr. Duan first today."
Duan Cheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he didn't seem sarcastic.