Chapter 2694 Open the Door
The lights in the medical tent were on all night long. Manbao didn't finish treating all the wounded soldiers until dawn. Then he called the two students who had gone to bed the previous night, gave them the prescription, gave them some good advice, and went to bed.
She hoped there would be good news after she woke up, and that new medicinal materials would arrive. She didn't want to buy potions from the mall. If she bought too much, the existing prescriptions wouldn't achieve the desired effect. If more people used it, the risk of being discovered and suspected would be greater.
This is different from a single individual using medicine from the mall. If it's just one or two people, then it can be attributed to their own physical condition. But from yesterday to now, more than sixty people have taken prescription No. 4. She has bought medicine from the mall three times. She doesn't know what the effect will be, but this is definitely not the effect that her new prescription can achieve. If the medicine cannot be changed in time, such data will give people an illusion and leave a wrong prescription for future generations. This is not the result Zhou Man wants.
Manbao's temples were swollen and he fell asleep with a headache.
Because the emperor was here, the camp was heavily guarded. Zhou Man had just fallen asleep when the emperor got up.
The work and rest schedules of both sides are completely reversed.
He first went to see Li Si, and saw that his wound had not worsened and he was awake. He breathed a sigh of relief and went into Baiyan City to inspect and comfort the local people. When he heard that the army on the other side was about to push to Anshi City, he left with two thousand imperial guards.
Before leaving, I wanted to ask Zhou Man about Li Si's situation, but when I heard that Zhou Man had stayed up all night and just went to bed, I gave up.
The emperor was somewhat displeased and turned to ask, "Has the medicinal materials not been delivered yet?"
The courtiers and guards around him lowered their heads.
The emperor pursed his lips, looking very displeased.
The medicinal materials and food supplies in the army are different.
The army's food and grass were originally collected in Liaodong, Cangzhou and Qizhou, and they would plunder food and grass every time they captured a city.
The remaining food and fodder of the defeated army belonged to them, as did the food in the city lord's mansion. Even the food and property of some officials' families who stubbornly resisted belonged to them.
Now at least half of the Jin army can fight to support itself.
Unlike medicinal materials, they could not afford to buy them from local pharmacies. Apart from buying some medicinal materials with money, most of them were transported from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
The journey from the capital to here is long, and any difficulty in traveling on any part of the road may result in wasted time.
But no matter how long the delay is, it has been almost ten days since the third batch of medicinal materials was supposed to arrive, and it hasn't arrived yet. What do they want to do?
Don’t you know that the soldiers are waiting for medicine to save their lives?
When Manbao woke up and knew that the emperor had left, he washed his face and said, "Go ask the general for money so we can go into the city and buy some herbs."
Xibing left immediately and found someone to report to Qibi Heli.
Qibi Heli also knew what happened yesterday, and he also knew that the emperor had lost his temper this morning when he left because the medicinal herbs were not available. Without thinking, he turned around and said to his men, "Take a bag of the pearls that were searched from the City Lord's Mansion yesterday and give it to Lord Zhou."
"yes."
The personal guard brought a bag of pearls to Zhou Man.
Manbao was shocked when she saw it. She pinched a pearl and said after a while, "Medicinal herbs are valuable, but they can't be this expensive. Don't you have money? If not, gold and silver will do. Take the pearl to buy it, who will sell it to you?"
The guard laughed and said, "Master Zhou, the city is in chaos right now. Money is not easy to buy things with. Gold and silver bars and these pearls and cloth are easier to sell."
Manbao frowned slightly, took out a few pearls and returned the bag to him, "Pearls are precious, these few are enough."
The guard didn't take it, but pushed it back, saying, "The general said that the doctors and soldiers in the medical tent had risked their lives, so these spoils should be distributed to everyone. The soldiers have all received some, and these are for Lord Zhou."
Manbao blinked, "Does it have a medical bill too?"
The guard grinned, "The lives of the soldiers were saved by you adults. What the soldiers have, you adults will also have."
Manbao touched his chin and accepted it.
Su Ye and the other girls couldn't take their eyes off the pearls in Man Bao's hand. The pearls were of very good quality, and as girls, who wouldn't like pearls?
Manbao counted the pearls in the bag and found that there were quite a few, more than a hundred.
She picked up the bag and stood up. After pointing to two students, she said, "Let's go into town to buy medicine."
Of course, it was impossible for only the three of them to go. They also brought a group of soldiers with them. The city was in chaos. What if someone caused trouble and killed them or robbed them?
A group of people rode into the city on horseback. The houses in Baiyan City were low and the streets were narrow. Because a great war had just taken place, the streets were in a mess. Only soldiers were patrolling back and forth, and people were rarely seen. Occasionally, they would walk by hurriedly with their heads down, not daring to look up or run.
The houses and shops on both sides were basically closed, and people stayed at home, avoiding going out if possible.
The emperor never liked to kill officials, he always recruited them for his own use, of course, on the premise that the other party was willing to surrender.
So although the army looted the city lord's mansion and many wealthy families, they rarely killed people. Most of the officials were still alive. They were now walking around the streets to comfort the people, telling everyone that everything was fine and that they were all citizens of the Great Jin. The emperor came to seek justice for everyone because the King of Goguryeo disrespected the superior country, sent troops to attack the superior country, enslaved the people, and ruled unkindly, blah blah.
Manbao led a group of soldiers and horses along the street for a long time but didn't see a pharmacy. He frowned and waved back, calling a soldier to come up and asked, "There is no pharmacy in the city?"
The soldier was stunned. “Yes, what if they get sick?”
Manbao: ...You ask me, who should I ask? Isn't this me asking you?
The two stared at each other for a while, and finally Manbao looked away. After looking around, he said, "Keep walking forward. I don't believe I can't find a medicine store."
The sign was all in Chinese characters, so there was no question of her being illiterate. She must not have reached the destination yet. Baiyan City was not small, so there was no way there was no pharmacy.
So everyone continued forward.
Su Mu's eyesight was still good, so he pointed ahead and said, "Teacher, do you see that?"
Just as Manbao turned his head, Su Ye shouted, "That's right."
So a group of people stepped forward.
The shop doors are also closed. Well, all the shops on this street are closed.
Manbao dismounted and asked someone to knock on the door.
Su Mu first went forward and knocked on the door politely. After a long time, no one came to open the door, so he couldn't help but knock on the door and shout, "Open the door, we want to buy medicine."
Manbao couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard him speak in official language, and pointed at a soldier and said, "You go."
The soldier stepped forward and banged on the door. The whole door clanged loudly and looked like it was about to collapse. He shouted, "Open the door quickly! If you don't open it, I will tear it down."
Su Mu: ...
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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