When Zhou Man walked out of the Governor's Mansion, he met Magistrate Lu who was coming in a hurry.
Zhou Man's eyes lit up when he saw him, and Cao Lushi's eyes also lit up. He stepped forward faster than Zhou Man and saluted, "I'll see you, Mr. Lu."
Magistrate Lu twitched his lips and said, "There is no need to be polite when dealing with Cao Lu."
Magistrate Lu and Zhou Man greeted each other and smiled and asked, "Master Zhou, what is this..."
Zhou Man said with a smile: "I have been sealed. Let's go to Beihai County with Mr. Bai to have a look."
Magistrate Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Is it true that your lord has not decided on the location of Qingzhou City?"
Zhou Man smiled and said: "No rush, no rush, wait until I come back from Beihai County."
Magistrate Lu simply sent Zhou Man to the inn, and sent Bai Shan and his entourage out of the city who had already prepared.
When they were far away, Magistrate Lu turned around and asked Cao Lu with a smile, "Master Zhou, have you seen any of the houses in Qingzhou City that you are particularly satisfied with?"
Cao Lushi shook his head, "No, but she made a copy and left. She will ask again later."
County Magistrate Lu: "...So Mr. Zhou intends to settle in Qingzhou City?"
Cao Lushi was actually a little puzzled, "Master Lu, isn't it a good thing that the medical office is located in Qingzhou City? Why are neither you nor Duanxian Chengtang, the county government's chief registrar, willing?"
Magistrate Lu:...So you also know that I don’t want to?
Magistrate Lu sighed and said: "You also know the situation in Qingzhou. Although some people were confiscated last year, everything is still in chaos. I won't hide it from you. I want to do a big business in Qingzhou.
Then these chaos must be sorted out.”
"Qingzhou is already in chaos. The new governor is a powerful force, and the newly built medical office must also participate in it. And the medical office is a bit special. Once it is opened, poor households inside and outside the county will go to see the doctor. When enough data is accumulated,
Then she can know the situation in Yidu County."
If Cao Lu wanted to know about it, she would know it. What harm would this do to the people?
"Do you know why there was a fake drug case in Luozhou? It's because the Medical Department has too much control over it," he said: "Everyone will get sick. This is true for people living in low-income households, and it is also true for homeless people living in hiding. Once there are homeless people living in hiding, they go to seek medical treatment.
, she can send people to the county government office to register."
Cao Lushi said excitedly: "This is a good thing."
Magistrate Lu said tiredly: "Without her move, I would have had other ways to seize the homeless shelters from those families, but not as quickly as she did. Although I am not fast, I am stable. The last thing Qingzhou can do at this time is
Anxious."
He said: "I estimate that it will take three to four years to do this and drive away the tigers and leopards blocking Qingzhou. The addition of the Medical Department will only make the situation more chaotic."
These strategies were made by him and several confidants around the Chinese New Year. Their target at that time was only the new governor. As long as they could persuade the new governor to join, their chances of winning would increase.
However, the new governor has not been appointed for a long time. Magistrate Lu is not sure why. Although he happily holds power all day long, he knows in his heart that this will do more harm than good.
It is obvious that this cannot be revealed.
He never expected that after the imperial court designated a county magistrate for Beihai County, it also designated a medical office order for Qingzhou.
Especially Zhou Man is not an ordinary person. If he is just a student from the Imperial Medical Office like other state capitals, he will have his own way to prevent him from ruining his plan.
But Zhou Man...
She has the power to write directly to the emperor, she has a high official rank, there are still people in the court, and she is the wife of the magistrate of Beihai County. Judging from her past behavior, she is not a very patient person.
Once things happen in Qingzhou, it will be another big disaster for Qingzhou. Of course, we can take the opportunity to remove those people, but Qingzhou will definitely suffer heavy losses.
He brought a group of business travelers from Beihai County to Yidu County just a year ago. Due to the official disaster in Qingzhou City last year, many affected industries and people have not yet settled down. It can be said that Yidu County cannot withstand the turmoil at this time.
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The officialdom of Qingzhou City is already chaotic enough, and adding Zhou Man into the mix will only make it even more difficult to control.
Not to mention that there is Bai Shan beside Zhou Man.
After all, Magistrate Lu was the magistrate of Yidu County, not the governor of Qingzhou, so he and Bai Shan had more of a competitive relationship.
If there is chaos in Yidu County, the three counties relatively close to Yidu County, especially Beihai County, will definitely take advantage of the chaos to rise up.
He didn't dare to underestimate Bai Shan, who was born in Shushe.
Of course, he didn't say the second half. He only asked Cao Lushi and said sincerely: "Qingzhou can't afford trouble."
Cao Lu felt a little sad when he heard about it. He sighed and said, "Master Lu is still thinking far."
Magistrate Lu: ...So if you have nothing to do, don’t do anything to promote Zhou Man.
Man Bao, who had left Qingzhou City, took out a few pieces of paper with writing on it from his sleeve pocket and said: "While Magistrate Lu is away, I asked Cao Lu for information on suitable houses in Qingzhou City. I'll look back later."
We can send people over to inquire about the conditions of these houses."
Bai Shan took it and flipped it over and said, "You can give it to Liu Gui. He happens to be opening a shop. I haven't decided yet whether the shop will be opened in Beihai County or Qingzhou City."
In fact, Man Bao has always been puzzled and asked: "We are not short of money, why do we have to open a shop?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "In order to inquire about the news, some news is only circulated among the lower levels. As officials, we are not so well-informed."
He said: "Grandma... Because of my father's affairs, there were not many people in our family in the officialdom. It was difficult to get some information, so my grandma liked to open some shops to get information. And if the business is good, there will be profits."
He smiled and said: "Now our salary is not as good as it was when we were in the capital. Although money comes from Zhuangzi and Zhitian every year, there is nothing wrong with accumulating more."
"How do you know you will make money instead of losing money?"
Bai Shan said confidently: "Liu Gui still has some experience in running a business. He won't lose money. And there is me."
Even if Liu Gui loses money, he probably won't. It's okay to take time out of your busy schedule to deal with these things.
Bai Shan folded the paper and handed it to Man Bao, "Just keep it first."
Man Bao responded.
The speed of the group was not slow, but not very fast either. After all, they brought a lot of salutes. It took two hours for the two of them to see the city gate of Beihai County.
Because it was the first place to go out, Bai Shan wanted to see his county more clearly, so he got off the horse in advance. As he got closer and closer, Man Bao's heart became colder and colder without talking about Bai Shan.
The city wall in Beihai County is much lower than that in Qingzhou County, so forget it. The word "Beihai" on the city gate is a bit blurry.
However, there are still people going in and out of the city gate, so it is not extremely desolate.
But compared with the long queues in Qingzhou City, this place is still much worse.
Bai Shan reined in his horse and looked up at the city gate of Beihai County for a long time, then kicked the horse's belly and said, "Let's go and take a look at my county."