Bai Erlang: "You want to buy their house and land?"
Bai Shan compared the drawings in his hand and shook his head, "If we don't have the money, we'll find a way to let them rebuild according to our drawings."
However, this matter was not urgent. Bai Shan just kept it in mind. The top priority was to build the dock.
The new servants followed the steward's instructions and carried the wood to the water for construction. The weather was so cold that they were shivering.
This is not the most painful thing. The most painful thing is that every three days, the long-term workers here line up to receive their wages. They are the only ones with nothing but watching.
When it comes to building docks, even the most ordinary long-term laborer will earn 30 cash a day. Those who need to work on the water or have skills will have higher wages, ranging from 50 to 100 cash.
They obviously worked for fifty cents a day, but they didn't lose a penny.
The servants did not dare to be lazy, for fear that they would be punished even more if they were lazy, so they sniffed heartbrokenly while working.
Due to the slack farming period, long-term workers who were placed in various official fields were gradually transferred to build the docks together. Just for their health, Bai Shan would let them take turns to return to the official fields to rest.
The three of them stayed at the dock, planning every day how to make the most of the people and things in their hands.
If Dong Xianwei hadn't sent someone to find Bai Shan, he could have stayed here until the dock was initially completed.
"Guo Governor summoned all the county magistrates and said they wanted to discuss major events for next year."
Bai Shan had to go back.
As soon as he was about to leave, Bai Erlang naturally didn't want to stay any longer, so he asked Yin or to go back to the county town together.
In the end, only Fang County Prime Minister could stay and help Master Cui.
Zhou Man's belly is already very big, but she is in great spirits. Apart from edema in her hands and feet and some difficulty in moving, she doesn't have any discomfort.
Recently I even went to Qingzhou City to hold a free clinic.
But I know I am tired. The bigger my belly is, the more uncomfortable I feel. Sometimes I feel soreness in my back just from standing, but I feel uncomfortable sitting and lying down, and my temper becomes a little bad.
As soon as Bai Erlang came back, she turned her head to the side. When he came around, she stood up, held her belly and went home with the eldest maid first.
Bai Erlang rubbed his head in confusion, turned around and asked Zhou Man: "What's wrong with Mingda?"
Zhou Man said: "If you don't come back to take care of Mingda, she will be angry. You can coax her to go."
Bai Erlang, "Didn't you ask me to go out to work?"
He was reluctant to go out at first, but Mingda had trained him, so why did he turn around and become his fault again?
Zhou Man raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Are you going to leave Mingda alone and continue to discuss the rights and wrongs of this matter with me?"
Bai Erlang was agitated and immediately turned around to chase Mingda.
Bai Shan turned to look at her. Seeing her warm expression, he couldn't help but ask, "Then won't you be angry if I don't come back to accompany you?"
"I'm not angry," Zhou Man said: "My health is better than Mingda's, and her pregnancy was much more uncomfortable than mine. She felt uncomfortable both physically and mentally, so she was wronged. I only have swollen feet and a sore waist, but other things are fine.
"
Seeing that she was in high spirits, Bai Shan paused and asked, "So I won't come back..."
"I'm quite comfortable," Zhou Man asked thoughtfully, "It's also very difficult over there in the south of the Yangtze River. Doesn't the pier have to be opened next year? If you are busy, you can actually live in Longchi."
She can also do other things. It's really nice to live without anyone taking care of her.
Bai Shan looked at her silently.
Zhou Man lowered his head slightly in his gaze, "I thought about it. It's cold. I've prepared kneepads for you. Just wait and I'll show them to you."
Bai Shan watched her go back to the house and immediately asked Daji to ask, "What has she done recently to make her not want me to come back?"
Daji thought for a while and said, "I haven't done much, except that I have received a lot of letters and sent them out, and there have been a lot of doctors coming to the medical office to consult with my wife on medical skills recently. My wife has also hired two young ladies to teach me.
"
He paused and then said: "My wife has also put the Western cakes in the medical office. The one who follows my wife the most now is Jiulan."
It seems that the Medical Department does not have enough manpower.
Bai Shan looked at him suspiciously, "Anything else?"
Daji shook his head, "At least what I saw is gone."
Bai Shan turned around and went back to the house in confusion. If that was the case, why did Man Bao avoid him and not want him to go home?
Zhou Man took out the kneepads for him and said, "You can try wearing them. It's windy and cold at the seaside in winter. You can wear them when you go to Longchi again."
Bai Shan held his knee pads and asked her, "There are a lot of people in Longchi now, and there are often people who get cold and sick. Do you want to go there and check on their health?"
"Sure," Zhou Man agreed, "You can choose a time."
Bai Shan became more and more confused, but he didn't show it on his face and said, "Let's go to Longchi next time."
Zhou Man asked: "When will you go next time?"
"Twelfth lunar month?"
Zhou Man looked confused, "That's not good."
"Why?"
"There are many patients in the Medical Department."
Bai Shan glanced at her face, said "Oh" and said, "That's it, let's choose a time again."
Zhou Man nodded repeatedly.
After dinner in the evening, Bai Shan went to the study to deal with official documents, and by the way, he looked through the letters recently sent from various places.
He and Man Bao never set guard against each other, so their desks were leaning against each other. When Bai Shan was not at the county office, she would open his letters first and send important ones to Longchi for him.
Go and leave the unimportant ones. She will reply to them or leave them on the desk.
Naturally, her own letters were also stuffed in the drawer.
After Bai Shan finished reading his own, he looked at Zhou Man's desk and saw that she was writing with her head down, so he walked forward and looked through the letters on her desk.
Zhou Man raised his head and glanced at him. Perhaps he was so used to it that he didn't take it to heart for a while, so he lowered his head and continued writing his own things.
Bai Shan flipped through and found a lot of letters from Xiao Yuanzheng. He would never read them if they were not mutual friends, but there were too many. Six out of ten letters were from Xiao Yuanzheng.
He piled them up and put them aside without reading them. He flipped through two letters from the prince, then leaned on the desk and asked Zhou Man, "Have I read your highness's letter?"
Zhou Man responded unintentionally.
Bai Shan opened the letter and sent it.
The prince's first letter was answered by the two of them. Man Bao mentioned this when he wrote to him. First, he told Bai Shan to prepare official salt as much as possible to cope with the subsequent shock in Jiangnan;
The second was to warn Zhou Man not to neglect his duties, but he still spread the tree she was looking for and the news she wanted him to spread.
The second letter came recently and was entirely addressed to Zhou Man.
The prince and Zhou Man asked for medicine. In addition to some medicines that might be used for injuries, there were also new medicines she had made.
And the amount of medicine is quite a lot.
Bai Shan vaguely guessed what Man Bao was hiding from him, and turned to look at her, "Have you been making medicine recently?"
"Hmm, huh?" Zhou Man came to his senses and immediately denied, "No, I've been paying attention to my rest recently, and I don't often take medicine."