Chapter 2935: Delivering pills from thousands of miles away
Bai Shan and Zhou Man lived in the post station. Although they had a shop in Qingzhou City, that was where Liu Gui and his friends lived. In terms of comfort, the post station was naturally more comfortable.
The two men greeted the other county magistrates with a smile and went into the house. As soon as the door was closed, the smiles on their faces fell, and then they lay face to face on the bed and did not move.
Daji came over and knocked on the door, but the two of them had no intention of moving and used eye contact to force the other to open the door.
Bai Shan was ultimately defeated by Zhou Man. Seeing that Daji was so persistent, he had no choice but to get up and open the door.
But I still couldn't help complaining, "What else is going on right now?"
I wonder if he is tired today?
He was exhausted both physically and mentally today and was very tired.
Performing Nuo opera required a lot of physical strength, and he had to ride at full speed to Qingzhou. He couldn't go to see his superiors in a dusty state, so he hurried to the post station to change his clothes first...
With such a tight schedule, he didn't even want to wash up before going to bed. Why bother him at this time?
Bai Shan opened the door. Daji looked up at him and said, "Master, County Magistrate Lu has sent someone to deliver a message."
Bai Shan's spirits lifted and he instantly became energetic.
Today’s efforts have paid off. Although it’s tiring, of course I still have to go and pick the fruits myself.
Bai Shan went out, turned around and closed the door, and quietly went to the back door of the post station with Daji.
A servant was squatting at the base of the wall at the back door.
Bai Shan was speechless, "Why can't we go through the front door?"
Although there are people guarding the front door, if you don't want others to know, you can just pretend to be a street vendor. I always feel that meeting at the back door would seem more problematic.
When Zhou Man heard the door close, he reluctantly raised his head to look at the door, then continued to lie there motionless.
The biscuit that followed her finally lined up a bucket of hot water in the inn. She brought it over and poured it directly into the wooden basin on the shelf. After adding cold water, she went to pull Zhou Man, "Madam, wash up first."
Zhou Man lazily got up, washed, changed his clothes, and combed his hair before leaning comfortably on the bed.
But she was now in high spirits.
Bai Shan also perked up and ran back excitedly. He pushed open the door and glanced at Zhou Man, then rolled up his sleeves to wash up. After changing his clothes, he quickly got into bed and said to Zhou Man with sparkling eyes, "Do you know what news Magistrate Lu gave me?"
"What news?"
Bai Shan said, "Governor Guo wants to sell a large amount of official salt."
Zhou Man was surprised, "Isn't this exactly what you want?"
"Yes, the new salt field can be expanded further," Bai Shan said. "Our county doesn't have many ways to produce official salt. If the Qingzhou Governor's Office is willing to step in, then we have a guarantee. It means that no matter how much official salt I produce, they can consume it."
Zhou Man felt that this was a bit wrong. She scratched her head and said, "With so much salt suddenly appearing on the market, won't the price drop? Will those people send the official salt to the government office?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "We only have one county, Beihai County, and there aren't many salt fields open right now. How many more can we produce? Once this method is promoted, there will be even more."
He turned around, leaned against Zhou Man, and said, "But you're right to be concerned. This involves people's livelihood and national affairs, so we really need to prepare in advance. It seems I have to write a secret memorial."
Bai Shan prepared a secret memorial on the day he returned, and asked Daji to go to the new salt field in person to get a can of salt.
When Zhou Man saw them, he immediately said, "I also have something to give to His Majesty and Lord Wei."
During this period of time, she walked around the streets and heard some folk remedies. Some of them sounded unreasonable, but some of them were useful. Zhou Man then figured out two health-preserving pills.
That is to regulate qi and blood, soothe the liver and relieve depression. Zhou Man also added some rose jam to it. She thought it was delicious. Recently, she used it to prepare another kind of pill, which was for the Queen Mingda Changyu and the Crown Princess.
She eats it occasionally, especially when she is in a bad mood and wants to lose her temper with Bai Shan. Although it doesn't work sometimes, eating it sweetly will make her feel better.
Zhou Man brought out an armful of bottles and jars, spread them out, and asked Wu Yue to prepare pen, ink, and paper. He wrote labels and asked her to paste them on. "I've written names on each bottle, so they'll know what they are when they see them later."
Bai Shan curiously picked up the emperor's bottle and opened it while asking, "How dare you send medicine to His Majesty from outside the palace?"
He opened it and saw what was inside. He was speechless for a long while. "You...that's all. Your Majesty should understand."
The emperor couldn't understand it at all. He received a bundle of bottles and jars. Out of curiosity, he didn't open Bai Shan's secret letter, but opened the bundle to look at the bottles and jars first.
One of the jars was very large. Unlike the other jars which had words written on them, it was just an ordinary clay jar that would break if dropped.
So the emperor, out of curiosity, opened the jar first. Gu Zhong was so frightened that he hurried to stop him, but failed. Seeing that some white particles popped out because the emperor squeezed too hard, he stepped forward, pinched one, put it in his mouth, tasted it, and was stunned. "Salt?"
What are Lord Bai and Lord Zhou doing? Delivering a jar of salt from thousands of miles away?
The prince took two steps forward curiously, "Why does this look a bit like salt?"
The emperor also picked it up and tried to eat it. Gu Zhong grabbed his hand and quickly wiped it with a handkerchief. "Your Majesty, you can't eat anything from outside. Even if it was sent by Lord Bai and Lord Zhou, how can we be sure it hasn't been replaced along the way?"
He said, "This is salt. It's salty, just like ordinary salt."
The emperor said, "It makes no difference. They have nothing better to do than to come all the way here and send me a jar of salt."
The prince at the desk reminded: "Father, there are other bottles."
When the emperor heard this, he looked at the words on the bottles and jars and recognized Zhou Man's handwriting. He then found the bottle with the word "emperor" written on it. Gu Zhong quickly reached out to take it, "Your Majesty, let me open it."
The emperor quickly opened the bottle. He said nonchalantly, "Since it can be delivered to me, there is no problem. I still have the courage to open a bottle."
The prince also felt that Gu Zhong was making too much of a fuss, so he stared at the bottles and jars on the table. He saw his own name and the princess's name on them.
He glanced at his father and decided to share some of the burden with him, so he reached for his bottle.
The emperor had already looked into the bottle, and with a silent expression, he took out a small piece of paper and poured out a round pill.
The emperor opened the small note and read it. It contained only one sentence: "A pill for nourishing Qi and blood, soothing the liver and relieving depression. Knowing that Your Majesty is often angry, you can take this pill for long-term use, one pill a day. The recipe is as follows..."
The emperor opened his eyelids and looked at the prince, and saw that the prince had also poured out a small note and a pill, and he felt a little relieved.
He reached out to the prince without any hesitation.
The prince glanced at the emperor and respectfully handed the note over.
See you at 7pm
I was reading a novel on my phone. Halfway through, I wanted to check the notifications in the class group, so I started looking for my phone. I looked in every corner of the table, including behind the computer, but couldn't find it.
I searched everywhere in the house, feeling extremely panicked. Did I leave it in the cafeteria?
I was sitting on the chair in despair, and was hesitating whether to go out to look for it, when I saw the phone that finally reached the brightness limit and went black.
Me: ...You are right next to me, why don't you make a sound?
(End of this chapter)
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