Chapter 1486 Don’t Be a Treacher
Lord Tang and Lord Yang had dinner here before leaving.
Manbao and others sent the person to the gate, watched him get on the carriage and leave before turning around and going home.
Everyone and the doorman closed the door together. Zhou Silang stretched lazily and said, "This matter is finally over. Manbao, how is your fourth sister-in-law?"
"She needs to be nursed back to health for a while, but she has a good appetite now. As long as she can take the medicine and other food, she'll be fine. I'll give her an injection later."
Zhou Silang nodded, turned to Zhou Liulang and said, "Then I'll ask the official matchmaker to come to your house to propose marriage tomorrow. We can officially make the engagement after your sister-in-law is well. You should dress nicely tomorrow, and there's no need to rush to open the shop."
Zhou Wulang said, "I was just about to discuss this with you guys. We have a lot of things going on at home right now, and Lao Liu is getting married soon, so he'll definitely be very busy. We can't just close the restaurant every time he takes a break. What I'm suggesting is that we hire a chef who can cook. That way, even if Lao Liu is busy, the restaurant can still operate."
The store has hired kitchen helpers now, and there is no shortage of people to run errands and collect bills, but their cooking skills are not very good yet. In order to protect the reputation, the store has to be closed temporarily every time Zhou Liulang has something to do. This is actually not good.
Zhou Silang thought about it and decided that Zhou Wulang must know more about the restaurant than Zhou Wulang did, so he waved his hand and said, "You guys discuss it."
Zhou Wulang looked at Zhou Liulang. Zhou Liulang thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Then go find it, Fifth Brother."
Zhou Wulang agreed.
Zhou Lizhong and others were counting the gifts received today. They had been counting them since they saw off the guests in the afternoon, and now they had almost finished.
Zhou Lijun took a pen and made an account book. When he was done, he showed it to Manbao, "I have recorded what gifts each family gave. Old Madam Liu said to write it down and follow this in future interactions."
Manbao nodded, "You decide."
Zhou Lijun was in charge of all the account books in the house, including the accounts of the tea that had just been sold.
Manbao walked around the yard and found that Zhou Lizhong and others had finished their work. She had nothing else to do except giving acupuncture to her fourth sister-in-law, so she simply went to give acupuncture to Fang.
The color on Fang's face slowly returned. Although she was still thin, her complexion improved and the grayish-white aura on her body disappeared. She looked like a living person.
After Manbao put away the needles, she went back to her yard. Bai Shan was still in the yard. When she saw her come out, she nodded to Zhou Silang and left with her.
Zhou Silang stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched the two of them walking back from the corridor side by side. He felt quite uncomfortable. He and Manbao were a family, right?
Bai Shan said, "Your Majesty seems to be interested in reorganizing the Imperial Medical Bureau. I wonder if he wants to reorganize it in the same way as we submitted the memorial. If so, do you want to go in?"
Manbao was just about to tell him about this, but was surprised when he heard this. "How did you know?"
Bai Shan said, "At noon, I heard Liu Huan say that his grandfather has been losing a lot of hair recently. He wanted me to ask if you have any tips for growing hair. He wants to show his filial piety."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "I heard that His Majesty forced the Ministry of Revenue to give the Crown Prince some money to expand and renovate the Chongwen Hall. I asked Brother Yang about this this afternoon, and he said that while it was ostensibly for the Chongwen Hall, it was more for the purpose of restructuring the Imperial Medical Bureau."
Bai Shan pondered, "From what Brother Yang said, His Majesty intends to establish medical offices in every prefecture this time. This will cost a lot."
Manbao lowered his voice and said, "Eunuch Wu also told me today that His Majesty wants to hand this matter over to the Crown Prince."
Bai Shan was thoughtful. "If this is done well, it will be a good deed and a good way for the Crown Prince to consolidate his prestige. If it is done poorly, it will be a heavy blow to the Crown Prince."
Man Bao said nonchalantly, "What can we do without risk? Even if we prescribe the wrong medicine, there's still a chance we might diagnose the wrong patient. The Crown Prince has His Majesty's support. As long as he's willing to put in the effort, he can always do it well."
Manbao didn't think that this would fail. They had spent so much time thinking about this memorial before writing it. I wouldn't say it was far-sighted, but I would say it was definitely very good. How could it fail?
Bai Shan glanced at her and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Medical offices have been set up in various places. Where do all these medicinal materials come from?"
"Most herbal medicines are picked from the wild. If they can't be cultivated, a sudden increase in production would be like draining the pond of water," he said. "But if we suddenly encourage planting, it would squeeze out fertile farmland, which wouldn't necessarily be a good thing for the people."
Manbao finally pulled his mind away from the future development direction of medicine and began to look at the matter from a big picture perspective.
She frowned and said, "Then we can only take it slow. Let's try to promote it in one or two states first?"
Bai Shan nodded, "I think so too, but I don't know what the prince thinks."
He turned around and said, "This memorial was written by the three of us. If the Crown Prince is too eager for quick success, you should try to persuade him when you enter the palace. Otherwise, I'm afraid that a hundred years from now, our names will be recorded in the book of treacherous villains for future generations to see."
Manbao nodded vigorously again and again.
If you read the history books, you will know that there are always one or two treacherous ministers who are even more famous than the famous tyrants. And if the monarch is not so tyrannical, then the fault must be the treacherous ministers.
Manbao shook her shoulders. She didn't want to be a treacherous person.
Another treacherous candidate, Bai Jilang, knew nothing about this. The next day was still a day off, but because he was too tired the day before, he simply stayed in bed and refused to get up.
Bai Shan was so angry that he pushed open his window and pulled up his curtains and bed sheets, letting the sunlight shine into his window. He didn't believe that he could still sleep in such bright light.
Bai Erlang had completely burrowed into the quilt, and Bai Shan said, "I've never seen anyone like you. We agreed to go for an outing and horseback riding together..."
Bai Erlang simply rolled himself up into a silkworm cocoon and refused to go out. He was really too sleepy, and it was spring time, which was a good time to feel sleepy. Why should he go for an outing?
He absolutely denied that it was he who said he wanted to go for an outing the day before yesterday.
Bai Shan tugged at his quilt, but seeing that he couldn't pull it off, he simply ignored him, turned around and ran out, taking Dao Li out to play.
Since we have already promised Feng Zongping and others, how can we break our promise?
Old Lady Liu asked two guards to accompany him, while Daji sent Manbao into the palace.
The Crown Prince also had a day off today and had nothing to do early in the morning, so he was strolling in the garden with the Crown Princess. When he saw Manbao, he nodded at her. After she took the Crown Princess's pulse and confirmed that the fetus was fine, he rolled up his sleeves and reached out his hand.
Manbao placed his hand on the pulse pillow, took his pulse and confirmed that there was nothing wrong. Then he patted his butt and left, letting the Crown Princess talk to her.
The Crown Princess took Manbao's hand and said with a smile, "His Highness understands your intention and has promised to give you a hand card. When the time comes, you can bring your disciples into the palace for acupuncture."
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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