Chapter 2095 Transaction
The winter in Xiazhou is too cold. It is New Year's Day and there are no adults watching over them, so they naturally won't stay up all night. So after talking and warming themselves by the fire, everyone goes back to their rooms.
Bai Shan and the other two had moved into the county government office early, so not only were their houses close, but their courtyards were also close. As they walked a distance, they began to murmur, "I knew you had bad intentions. Is that pox treatment reliable?"
Manbao said, "I'm researching it, it will definitely be reliable." And there's Teacher Mo. He has found a lot of prescriptions for treating smallpox for her recently, although not many of them are useful.
Bai Shan whispered, "Don't say too much. Just tell Doctor Lu a few things. After returning to the capital, find someone to try the vaccination method. By the way, have you collected the scabs?"
"Don't worry, I sealed it and it won't leak." She kept it in the space. She had collected quite a few of them. She could just take out a small bottle when she returned to the capital.
Manbao planned what to say to Doctor Lu, slept in the next day, and went to the next yard to find Doctor Lu with full confidence.
Doctor Zheng had just washed up, and when he saw Zhou Man, he greeted him without hesitation, "Doctor Zhou, why are you here so early?"
Manbao looked up at the position of the sun. Today was the first day of the new year and the sun was shining brightly. She thought she was late enough, but it turned out that they were even later than her?
Manbao looked confused. In Old Zhou's family, only the children would sleep in. In her memory, from her parents to her second and third brothers, everyone got up early.
Well, her fourth brother and those below her are not included.
Manbao looked around and asked, "Where's Doctor Lu?"
Doctor Zheng pointed to a room nearby and said, "He hasn't woken up yet. What do you want to see him about? Hasn't the other courtyard already taken up their shift?"
"It's not about the other courtyard," Manbao hesitated for a moment, but in the end didn't bother Doctor Lu from sleeping in. "When Doctor Lu wakes up, tell him I have something to talk to him about. I'll be busy in the study in the county government office up ahead."
Doctor Zheng: "... Doctor Zhou, today is the first day of the new year."
Manbao: "So?"
Doctor Zheng: "Don't you want to take a break?"
Manbao said, "We're neither at home nor in the capital. Not even a shop is open outside. I don't have my family with me, and I can't go out and play. How can I rest?"
Doctor Zheng: ... Doesn’t it smell good when you sleep?
But facing Zhou Man's gaze, he swallowed his words. Forget it, he couldn't teach the young man bad things. At this age, he should be more enterprising.
Doctor Lu was already awake, but he didn't want to get up, so he couldn't sleep for too long. As soon as Zhou Man left, Doctor Zheng knocked on his door.
I can't even pretend I wasn't awake.
Doctor Lu got up muttering, "On New Year's Day, even if this is an outbound mission, you can't be so demanding, right? Can't we wait until this afternoon to discuss it?"
Doctor Zheng smiled and said, "I heard that Doctor Zhou and Master Bai are sorting out the data, probably for the memorial."
Not only did Yang Heshu have to submit a memorial stating the number of deaths and cures from this epidemic, but their Imperial Medical Office also had to submit a memorial, and they even focused only on this aspect, emphasizing the prevention, control, and treatment.
Doctor Lu was the lead official on this mission, so he was supposed to write this memorial, but...
He didn't have much experience in writing memorials. In the past, there was Xiao Yuanzheng above and Liu Taiyi below who handled such matters. Even Zhou Man had submitted more memorials than him.
So Doctor Lu thought about it and decided to go to the front to find Zhou Man.
Zhou Man came to him not to talk about the memorial, but about the vaccination.
Doctor Lu frowned. "Vaccination? The risk is too great. What if it can't be controlled and another epidemic breaks out?"
Man Bao nodded and said, "That's why I want to go to the Western Regions to learn. If I can master this technique, and all the people in Dajin are vaccinated when they are young, how many people will survive the smallpox epidemic in the future?"
Doctor Lu pondered for a moment, then asked, "So you're going to the Western Regions?"
Manbao nodded, "Doctor Lu, do you think this method is feasible?"
Doctor Lu pondered for a moment, "It's not impossible, but do you really have to go to the Western Regions for this?"
Manbao looked at the sky outside at a 45-degree angle and said, "If I could learn this method, it would be a great achievement for generations to come."
Doctor Lu nodded, "Indeed."
Seeing that he didn't seem to object, Manbao said, "Then should I write the memorial?"
Imperial Physician Lu then remembered and asked, "Oh, about the memorial that our Imperial Hospital should write, ahem, I heard you've already calculated all the data?"
Manbao nodded, "Doctor Lu, do you want one? I'll ask Bai Shan and I for one later."
Doctor Lu sighed and said, "After these two months of traveling, I feel my eyesight is getting worse. Now, let alone writing, even reading the pulse records I wrote is very tiring."
is that so?
Manbao looked at Doctor Lu doubtfully, hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll write it for you?"
Doctor Lu smiled and nodded, saying, "Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Zhou. If you can, please do more. While you're writing your own memorial, please write it for me. I'll just copy it later."
Manbao calculated the time and found that she had nothing to do recently, so she nodded.
However, she also put forward a condition, "Then I will also mention the vaccination method in my memorial. When the time comes, Doctor Lu must remember to guarantee it for me and His Majesty."
Doctor Lu did not want to recommend this method which had not yet been proven to be effective, but Zhou Mangang agreed to help him write the memorial, so Doctor Lu could only nod in agreement reluctantly.
So the two sides negotiated the terms and went their separate ways.
Manbao went to the office next door to find Bai Shan.
Feng Zongping and most of the students of the Imperial College were here. They were still sorting documents and files. As Zhou Man said, this was neither home nor the bustling streets outside. It was boring to go out, so it was better to work in the office.
Bai Shan saw her coming and gave her a copy of the data, saying, "It's what you asked for."
Feng Zongping, who was standing by, smiled and said, "Master Zhou, I have some data on the post-epidemic spending in each county. Do you want it?"
Zhou Man immediately said, "Yes, bring it here."
Feng Zongping didn't expect her to really want it. After a moment of hesitation, he found a memorial from a pile of documents and asked with a smile, "What do you want this for?"
Manbao took it and said, "Take it back to the Imperial Medical Bureau and keep it there. It might be useful when teaching students in the future."
A student from the Imperial College nearby stroked his chin and said, "If you're talking about epidemic prevention, the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Medical Bureau are the rightful place to do it."
Bai Shan said, "The Imperial Hospital is understaffed, and the Imperial Medical Bureau hasn't been set up yet. Even if it were, the local area wouldn't be able to support too many people. So, in the future, epidemic prevention will still have to be handled by the county government, but the Imperial Medical Bureau should be held responsible."
The others nodded and asked Zhou Man, "Does the Imperial Medical Bureau have such a rule?"
Man Bao said, "Of course there is. The Imperial Hospital has this rule, and the Imperial Medical Bureau follows it. Everything should be done according to the Imperial Hospital's rules."
Everyone understands now, so this data is really useful.
Others also started looking, "We have some data here too..."
See you tomorrow?
(End of this chapter)
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