Chapter 2134 Information
The governor's mansion is much larger than the county government office, and the official residence behind it is naturally larger than the backyard of the county government office.
Previously, it was more than enough for so many people from the Niu family to live in the governor's mansion, and it would naturally be even more spacious when Yang Heshu moved in.
Qi Ge'er was still young, so he lived with his parents in the main courtyard. In such a large governor's mansion, only the owner lived in the main courtyard, and the other courtyards were empty.
When Zhou Man and his friends came this time, Cui simply cleaned out two courtyards for Bai Shan and his friends to live in, while Manbao and Zhou Liru lived in a small courtyard on the other side, which was separate from their two courtyards.
Their carriages contained personal belongings, and the luggage carts were delivered to the post station.
Cui also prepared a lot of things for them. As soon as Manbao arrived at the room, a maid brought him clean clothes and bathing water.
So Manbao washed her hair and took a bath. When she came out of the bathtub yawning and sleepy, Cui had already made arrangements and was sitting in the outer room waiting for her.
She came out with only her inner garment on and her hair wet. Cui quickly said to the maid, "Hurry up and dry her hair."
A maid immediately came forward to serve her, and another maid brought her a coat to put on.
Manbao sat cross-legged on the couch and let them do it. He yawned and tears were about to come out. "Why is my sister-in-law here?"
Cui smiled and said, "I came to see how you were doing. I was worried that you had lost some weight on the way, but I didn't expect you to gain some weight back."
Zhou Man had been in Xiazhou for almost four months. She had lost a lot of weight and most of the baby fat on her face had gone away. But two months later, she had gained weight again.
Manbao subconsciously touched his waist. Fortunately, fortunately, although it was still fleshy, it was still a waist.
She said, "After I returned, I lived outside the palace for a while. I could eat meals cooked by my sister-in-law every day. She made a lot of soup for me."
Soup is very nourishing.
Cui reached out and pinched her cheek and said, "You look better when you're a little fatter. You were too thin before." It made her heart ache just looking at her.
Cui was closer to Zhou Man than before, and Manbao could naturally feel it. She smiled and fell asleep with her eyelids drooping.
Cui noticed that she was sleepy and guessed that she must have been fumigated by the hot water.
On the road, even if they had enough food and drink, it would not be convenient to wash. They took 19 days to get from the capital to Xiazhou, a journey that should have taken eight days. I'm afraid they didn't have time to wash properly.
So Cui looked at the maids and gave them a wink.
Soon a maid came up with a quilt, spread it on the wooden couch, and let Manbao lean on the soft pillow.
As soon as Manbao leaned down, his eyelids drooped.
Cui sat for a while, and when she heard her long breathing, she knew she was asleep, so she got up and left.
Like her, many people went to bed after taking a comfortable bath. Only Mr. Zhuang was in good spirits. After taking a bath, he sat in the yard to bask in the sun and wait for Yang Heshu.
Yang Heshu was busy until noon before he finished the important matters at hand. When he returned to the backyard, Manbao and the others had been sleeping for more than half an hour.
Cui poured him a cup of tea and said, "I saw they were all very sleepy, so I didn't ask the kitchen to do anything. We'll wait until they wake up before eating."
Yang Heshu nodded, "Okay."
Cui: "Mr. Zhuang hasn't gone to bed yet. He's basking in the sun in the yard now."
Yang Heshu stood up and said, "Send some lunch over. I'll go over to eat with you and chat with you."
Cui agreed and asked someone to prepare some of their favorite foods and send them over.
Mr. Zhuang was just about to talk to Yang Heshu about the situation on the grassland.
Even a small station knows that life on the grassland is difficult this year. Xiazhou, whose half of the territory is grassland, naturally knows it even better.
Yang Heshu said, "Smallpox is most serious in Xiazhou City, but some people have spread it to the grasslands. There are vast areas and sparse populations there, so it's difficult to spread, but it's even harder to control the disease."
He said, "Some tribes are infected once and the entire tribe is infected. There is not much medicine, so it is basically a disaster for the entire tribe to be wiped out. Therefore, life on the grassland is a bit difficult this year."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but ask, "Did the disease come from Xiazhou?"
Yang Heshu nodded. "I've investigated. The first case was indeed that Hu Ji. She became ill after entering Xiazhou City, but..."
He frowned and said, "Ever since we learned about smallpox, we've been trying to control the outflow of people. Because there's a shortage of doctors and medicine in the north, fewer people go there. The disease spread there because some herdsmen came to Xiazhou City and accidentally contracted the disease and then spread it back home. But I heard from Western merchants who recently came from Yizhou that people on the grasslands there have also contracted smallpox."
Mr. Zhuang learned more from Manbao. He said, "Someone reported this to the Imperial Hospital. Manbao suspected that smallpox broke out in both places at about the same time."
Mr. Zhuang paused and asked, "I wonder what the people on the grasslands think about this matter right now? As for the Han people in Xiazhou..."
Yang Heshu said: "They believe that smallpox is a punishment from heaven, a penalty for their bad deeds."
He frowned and said, "Although I don't hate the Han people, many people have died on the grasslands as sacrifices."
Mr. Zhuang was silent for a long time before he asked, "What's the situation now?"
"It's all in the past. The imperial court previously sent medicinal materials to the various tribes and scattered people on the grasslands three times, all according to the prescriptions of the Imperial Hospital. However, there are few doctors there, and the smallpox on the grasslands seems to be more virulent. The survival rate is only 30%."
Yang Heshu said, "The most serious problem on the grassland right now is not smallpox, but the snowstorm."
He said, "Xiazhou is fine, but Yizhou, including Suzhou, actually had another snowfall a while ago."
Mr. Zhuang calculated the time and asked, "How could it be?"
Yang Heshu nodded. "The weather is bad this year, so the herders on the grassland have a harder time. This makes them believe even more that this is a punishment from heaven."
Mr. Zhuang stopped talking.
Yang Heshu could only remind him, "Sir, please be careful on this trip. Bai Shan and the others are young after all. They should be restrained to avoid speaking out of turn."
Yang Heshu did not believe in gods or Buddhas. He knew that Bai Shan and the others were partial to Taoism, but they also did not believe in things like sacrifices.
These young people are young and impulsive. If they accidentally encounter such a thing when they go to the grassland, I am afraid they will not sit idly by and it will be bad if something happens.
The grassland is different from the Central Plains. The imperial court has basically no control over the areas north of Fengzhou and west of Liangzhou. These places are all border towns, and officials basically only manage the Han people in the city, making it difficult to govern the herdsmen on the grassland.
If they had a conflict with the herdsmen, the officials at the imperial court would not actually have that much face.
The herdsmen tend to listen to the tribes, and the tribes basically do not listen to the court officials.
Mr. Zhuang nodded seriously, his face sullen, indicating that he understood.
When Manbao and the others woke up, it was already mid-afternoon. Yang Heshu went back to the front to handle official business, and Mr. Lian Zhuang took a break and sat in the corridor to read.
The six teenagers went out, feeling their stomachs and feeling very hungry.
good evening
I'm too sleepy today. I want to take a day off.
(End of this chapter)
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