Man Bao said very casually: "I can accept anyone, as long as it's an individual."
Bai Shan looked at her speechlessly, and after she finished finishing the book, he took her to eat, and said: "Your Majesty released you because he wanted you to find a way for the local medical office and the local county government to coexist harmoniously and develop together. You
The person you want to take with you at this time is equivalent to your right and left hand in the future, and this person may even take over your position. Do you think this person can be whatever you want?"
Man Bao frowned slightly, "I have taught all the students in the Imperial Medical Office, and they are all the same here."
After thinking for a while, she smiled and said: "At this time, Zheng Gu and the others all have their own places, and the Imperial Medical Office will not let us master and apprentice be in the same place."
Isn't this just forming a party? Who knows whether it will be for personal gain?
So what does it matter who it is?
Bai Shandao: "I thought you would have someone you like."
Man Bao thought for a while and then shook his head and said: "It's all fine. Originally, the local medical office was just trying to figure it out. Everyone has different ideas. There are so many students in the imperial medical office, so I can't understand what each of them thinks. In this case
It’s better to let it go, no matter who comes, we can get along with each other and inspire each other.”
When Bai Shan heard this, he thought it made sense, so he stopped caring about her.
After dinner, Zhou Man wrote a letter to Xiao Yuanzheng and handed it to Bai Shan together with the fold. He said like an uncle: "Please hand it over tomorrow."
Well, the inn is also under the jurisdiction of the county government. Unless it is a confidential letter, the letter really has to be handed over to the county government and then sent to the capital.
Bai Shan took it and put it on the table aside. After rubbing his forehead, he went to bed and hugged her. He covered her with the quilt and said, "Go to bed quickly. We have to go to the countryside tomorrow."
Going to the countryside is hard work. Generally, more conscientious county magistrates will choose a few villages every year to visit, learn about the people's conditions, and encourage students to teach farming;
The very conscientious county magistrate, like Yang Heshu back then, visited every inch of land under his jurisdiction.
Bai Shan planned to visit every village as much as possible, at least to know about grain types and sowing conditions.
However, unlike Yang Heshu who liked to enter the village with only one boy, he not only rode a horse and brought guards, but also brought Dong County Lieutenant and Yamen, and he also pulled two carts of grain behind him.
Man Bao also brought Western cakes with him, as well as some commonly used medicinal materials.
Lieutenant Dong Xian asked, "Where do you want to start?"
Bai Shan said: "Let's look outside and go to Lizhuang first."
It was heading to the southwest. It would take about two-quarters of an hour to get there on horseback after leaving the city. Lieutenant Dong did not expect that he would go to such a close place first. He was stunned for a moment and then nodded.
So everyone went to Lizhuang first.
Most of the people in Li Village are surnamed Li and belong to the same family. The head of the village is also surnamed Li and is in charge of three nearby villages.
The villages close to the city are developing better than other villages. Some people are already sowing seeds in the villages. Not every household has the grains supported by the court every year, and it is not enough to buy a family's grains for a whole year.
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Therefore, no one with a good family background is really waiting to sow food seeds.
Bai Shan naturally knew this, so he only asked about the population situation in the village, and then took people to the fields to see people sowing seeds, touched their seeds, and asked about last year's harvest.
Bai Shan grabbed a handful of seeds in his hand and pressed them one by one. He turned to Zhou Man and asked, "I remember we had to wait for the seeds to germinate."
Man Bao nodded, "It will take two days to soak."
Bai Shan curiously asked the villagers, "Don't you soak seeds here?"
The villager said: "We have soaked it before. It was said to be a method from the Central Plains. But after we soaked it, it grew longer and many of the buds were broken when we spread it. It is better not to soak it."
Bai Shan mused: "I'm going to soak my hair now... It was a bit hot last night, so I can get up around midnight and soak my hair. It should be about the same in the morning of the third day."
If you spend less time during the day, the sprouts won't grow as long as they do.
But the farmers' faces were a little reluctant.
Although most of their seeds are saved by themselves, it is very difficult to save them and there is not much extra. If they get soaked, they have to go to the county to buy grain seeds, which is not cost-effective.
Bai Shan didn't force himself when he saw it, and said with a smile: "You can choose to soak two or three kilograms and see the effect. This is how we breed in the south, and the annual emergence rate is very high."
The county magistrate did not force him, but the farmers hesitated and asked, "Can adults also farm?"
No wonder they were so suspicious of Bai Shan, it was because he was too fair and very different from the previous Magistrate Lu who looked smart, capable and dark.
Bai Shan then smiled and said: "I can't say that I am proficient, but I have been working in the fields since I was a child. Farming is just like studying. You can try more methods. I also know that farmers are not easy to take risks, so I can only work on a few pieces of land every year."
Try the new method given by the yamen. If it is high-yield, it will be the best. Other places will be able to keep up next year. If it is not high-yield, it will not have a great impact on you. Just try another method next year."
When they were young, they were particularly interested in farming for a while. For this reason, they read a lot of agricultural books and miscellaneous notes, which recorded farming methods in various places, as well as various strange and weird methods that Zhou Man found.
Tried it on my own small farm.
Most of them succeeded, but of course, some failed.
The people in Qili Village and Mr. Bai were used to watching them tossing around, and they allowed their wild tossing and tossing to produce results. They followed closely the next year, and if they didn't, he smiled and said to them, "Eat one."
A chasm leads to wisdom."
Bai Shan believes that farmers all over the world need this kind of experience and gain wisdom.
There were many villagers watching, and most of them were reluctant to take the trouble, but some were willing to take the risk and give it a try.
Just as Bai Shan said, take out three or four kilograms of grain and give it a try. Even if this grain is used up, the impact will not be very big.
Bai Shan was happy when he saw that someone was willing to listen, so he communicated with them and asked: "How do you solve the problem of fertilizer here?"
While Bai Shan was communicating with the villagers, Man Bao followed Keke's instructions and dug some things in the fields and mountains. Following her were mostly half-grown children and girls from the village.
Manbao also specially called several young wives in the village and asked them: "When you are sick, do you take medicine by yourself, or do you go to the city to see a doctor?"
"What kind of medicine should I take? I'll be fine after just taking it for a while."
Man Bao asked: "What about the children? Do they have to endure it too?"
"It's more difficult for children. They usually go to the town to find a doctor to get two pairs of medicines." The young daughter-in-law who spoke sighed: "The most fearful thing about raising children is fever. My child has had fever twice this year. I'm terrified every time.
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She didn't know that Zhou Man was an imperial physician, so she looked her over and asked with a smile, "Has Madam also given birth to a child? I think you and Madam are both people with excellent personalities. The child must be easy to take care of, right?"