Chapter 2874 Frustration
Zhou Man personally escorted the person to the entrance of the medical office and said with a smile, "I've reserved a table at Dashun Hall and have also invited County Magistrate Fang to accompany us. How about we discuss this medicinal material matter in detail tonight?"
Master Fang glanced at his two competitors and his partner, and they all smiled and nodded, "Obedience is worse than respect."
After they left, Manbao breathed a sigh of relief and said to Wuyue, "I've been hanging out with the neighbors lately and visiting various places in the county. I'll need to select a few capable assistants from the Medical Bureau to help the doctors."
Wu Yue said, "Madam, that must be the medicine boy, right?"
Man Bao said: "The division of labor can be made more detailed. Some things that don't require medicine boys to do can be done after training."
Identifying medicinal materials, selecting medicines, and preparing medicinal materials are relatively difficult, and can only be done by people who are apprentices or above, but other chores can be hired out.
Wu Yue said, "Madam, shouldn't you wait until your clinic has patients? Didn't you say you don't have much money? If you keep spending like this, you're probably going to have to worry about it getting even tighter later."
Manbao said confidently, "There are no patients now, but there will be in a few days. We need to train talents first, otherwise when there are too many patients, it will not only be busy but also too much to do. Then we won't have time to deal with these things."
Wu Yue felt that what she said made sense, so she nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lady. I will go to the county town tomorrow."
Manbao was satisfied.
In the evening, I took some cakes to Dashun Restaurant for dinner.
She invited County Magistrate Fang to accompany her, and also invited Mr. Huang and Manager Shi whom she had met today, and even the two doctors from Baicaotang and Renhetang to come over. They gathered around the table and discussed medicine lively.
This time, Jishidiang in Qingzhou also sent its manager over. Due to natural reasons, Jishidiang naturally stood on Zhou Man's side, so when discussing the price of medicine today, Manager Zheng from Jishidiang directly gave the lowest price without Zhou Man having to negotiate.
Using the words of Jishitang, Manbao and the three drugstore owners said, "The original purpose of the Medical Bureau is to help the world, not to compete with local clinics and drugstores for patients. Xiao Yuanzheng and I both hope to share profits with clinics and drugstores everywhere, achieving a win-win situation. Even Your Majesty hopes that clinics and drugstores will be everywhere, so that every citizen can go to a clinic and drugstore to get treatment when they are sick."
She said, "After all, the medical department mainly targets the poor people, who in the past may not have seen a doctor once in their entire lives, so this aspect does not have much impact on medical clinics and drugstores; as for the dignitaries and wealthy families, "
Manbao smiled and said, "The medical department won't give discounts to those who can afford it, so the only reason they choose to seek medical treatment is because of their medical skills."
She said, "I've already written to Xiao Yuanzheng, asking the directors of local medical offices to communicate more with the doctors in local clinics and pharmacies so that we can learn and improve together. Speaking of medical skills, although my students have learned a lot, they may not be as skilled as some of them, not to mention the hidden talents in the local area. There are countless skilled doctors in the world."
Everyone felt relieved after hearing this, especially the managers and doctors of Jishidiang, Baicaotang and Renhetang, whose worries were immediately relieved.
Manager Zheng of Qingzhou Jishiditang lowered his eyes and thought, no wonder people in the capital have been saying that they will do their best to support Lord Zhou, it seems that a consensus has been reached in the capital.
Shopkeeper Shi and Shopkeeper Zhao looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Lian Fang, the county magistrate, hinted, "With Lord Bai here, what are you worried about? Lord Bai is the father and mother of our Beihai County, so he naturally takes our Beihai County as his priority."
Shopkeeper Shi and Shopkeeper Zhao had smiles on their faces, but they were humming in their hearts. They, the people, were important, but did the people next to them not matter?
However, Zhou Man's words still made them feel much more at ease, so everyone raised their glasses and took a sip.
Zhou Man took the opportunity to ask, "How many days will it take to prepare the medicinal materials ordered by the Medical Bureau?"
Several people looked at each other, and it was Master Fang who spoke first: "I can prepare everything for you in three days."
The others immediately said, "We can prepare everything within three days."
The medicine issue was settled, and Manbao happily prepared for other things.
She was very generous and hired three helpers for the hospital at once to do chores such as cleaning and cooking.
As soon as the medicinal materials arrived, she posted notices all over the county, bought two firecrackers and set them off in front of her door, and then waited patiently for the patients to come.
But she waited in the hospital for two days with her chin held up, but no one came, not a single patient!
She thought that it must be because no one knew that the clinic was open, so she arranged for the night watchman to ring the gong when he struck the night watch to announce that the clinic was officially accepting patients.
After two days, the person still didn't come. Manbao went to see Dahua three times and asked Dahua to help her promote her among the neighbors.
However, after half a week, Manbao and Dajixibing were still the only ones staring at each other in the hospital.
Wu Yue came over with a feather duster, dusting off the floor. She stood behind Zhou Man and sighed, "Madam, there's no one here. Do we still need those three helpers to come next month?"
Manbao: ...
She hesitated, frowned, and asked, "How come there's no one here? We used to say that seeing a doctor in the capital was free, and anyone with any health condition would come to see us. Even those who weren't sick would line up to have their doctor touch them before they were satisfied."
Who knows this?
Just as she was sighing, she heard the sound of horse hooves outside the gate. Zhou Man jumped up and ran out. When she reached the door, she saw Bai Shan throwing the whip in his hand to the guard, turning around and striding towards her.
Manbao saw that he was wearing a green robe with dirt on the hem. He had lost a lot of weight in just ten days, his face was not as white as before, and his expression was more resolute. She couldn't help but stop and stared at him blankly on the steps.
Bai Shan smiled and quickly ran up the stairs. Seeing that she was staring at him in a daze, he raised his hand and scratched her nose twice, then asked with a smile, "I'm standing right in front of you, what are you still thinking about?"
Seeing the smile on his face, Manbao no longer felt that the difficulties he encountered were difficult. "Let's go home. I have a lot to tell you."
Bai Shan nodded, "I have a lot to say to you too."
The two of them simply gave up riding and walked back hand in hand through the winding alleys. Bai Shan first told her, "Every time I arrived at a place, I told the villagers that the Qingzhou Medical Bureau would be established in Beihai County, so that if they were sick, they could come to the city to see you."
Then I excitedly told her, "I saw the sea!"
His eyes were bright, as if filled with stars. He looked down at Manbao and said, "Can you imagine? Looking up, it seems that all the way to the horizon is sea water. It is larger than any lake I have ever seen. When the tide is high, the waves are so huge that they seem to be able to sweep people to the bottom of the sea."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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