Chapter 3105 Be Frank
Zheng asked curiously, "How do you weave it?"
"I don't know," said Xiao Qian, "but I have asked someone to write to the fourth brother and ask him to send me some wool so I can ask how it is woven."
Zheng nodded and became worried. "I see that Manbao and the princess are only fat in their bellies, and they're not fat anywhere else. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
Mrs. Qian said, "I'll ask her later. Her feet are much more swollen now, but she still goes to the hospital every day. I'm afraid she's trying to fool me and only tell me good news."
Zheng immediately said, "Then I'll ask Shanbao too?"
Xiao Qian nodded immediately, and the two reached a consensus and couldn't help but smile at each other.
In the main hall, Zhou Man finished writing the letter and asked Mingda, "Do you want to write a letter and ask?"
She said tactfully, "Perhaps there are some things Your Highness is not comfortable telling me directly, and I am too far away from the capital. I am afraid I cannot understand Your Highness's meaning. You are brother and sister, so you should speak your mind more openly."
Mingda didn't think so. Although the prince loved her, he treated her as a sister and Zhou Man as his confidant. If he had to tell a secret, he would probably be more willing to tell Zhou Man.
However, facing Zhou Man's gaze, Mingda pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.
However, the letter she wrote was much more concise. After saying hello, she hinted at the matter in just two or three sentences.
Seeing that she wrote so little, Zhou Man hesitated to speak.
Bai Shan grabbed the letter from her hand, dried it, and stuffed it into the envelope before putting it in his arms. "Okay, let's go eat. Do you think everyone is as chatty as you?"
Zhou Man couldn't help but mutter, "Why am I being so talkative? I'm obviously trying to express myself clearly to avoid any misunderstandings."
She said, "If everyone hides the most crucial information like Your Highness did, and only states the purpose, it will not only arouse suspicion, but also waste time. Qingzhou is not close to the capital. It would take half a month to go there and back."
Bai Shan then remembered and turned to ask Yin Huo and Bai Erlang, "Did you send any letters back?"
Yin Huo thought about it for a moment and nodded, "It's true."
He planned to tell his family that he would not go home for the New Year this year and would stay in Qingzhou. This was a big deal and he had to tell them.
Bai Erlang thought for a moment and shook his head, "I don't."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked at him together, "It's almost New Year's Day, shouldn't you urge them to pay back the money?"
Bai Erlang: "I'm not in the capital, so there's no point in asking them to pay it back. It's better to let them continue to borrow it."
Mingda couldn't help but ask him, "Who owes you money now?"
Bai Erlang smiled and said, "There aren't many left. They are all my former classmates from the Imperial College and Chongwenguan. I don't charge them daily interest. I just treat it as a loan from friends. Don't worry, they won't default on their debt."
Mingda was certainly not worried that they would default on their debts, but he was just very curious about why Bai Erlang liked lending money so much and would lend money even if he didn't make any interest.
Bai Erlang said sadly, "There's nothing I can do. I'm not into business, and I'm not cut out for it. The money I earn will just sit there gathering dust. I might as well give it to people. I know they're good people, and they'll definitely pay me back, and they can."
Bai Shan had already stood up and supported Zhou Man, "Let's go, let's go eat."
Zhou Man casually asked, "It would be fun to keep the money and count it, why do you have to lend it out?"
Bai Erlang looked at her and said, "Some people say that money is useless if it's kept, like a pile of scrap copper. It only becomes money when it's used and circulated."
Zhou Man: "Who said that?"
Bai Erlang narrowed his eyes and stared at her, and Bai Shan couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.
"..." Zhou Man: "Oh, it's me."
Zhou Man subconsciously glanced at the private money she left with Keke, feeling a little guilty, but said, "That's true, but don't lend it carelessly. Just keep it in mind."
Bai Erlang snorted twice, knowing that it must be another lie she made up, and she probably didn't even believe it herself.
But he didn't regret it. He didn't lend a lot of money. For large sums of money...
Apart from Zhao Liulang, no one else would borrow from him, and he always charged interest when lending money to Zhao Liulang.
Bai Erlang was too rich, and he didn't like extravagance and didn't have any special hobbies, so he saved all the money he earned. He used to save it for himself, but now he saved it for the princess as well, so he had even more money.
Well, Mingda doesn't like extravagance either, so unlike Changyu who always feels that his income is not enough to cover his expenses, the two of them feel that they have so much money that they have to build a warehouse to store it.
After they sat down to eat in the dining room, Bai Shan told Zheng and Xiao Qian, "Someone will be sending a letter back to the capital tomorrow. Mother, sister-in-law, do you have any letters to send back?"
Of course!
And there was still a lot to say. Zheng could write the letter herself, while Xiao Qian would go to Zhou Man to write the letter after dinner.
I wrote several pages and explained everything to everyone in my family before I finished.
The next day, Bai Shan handed a thick stack of letters to the guards, selected two people, and asked them to ride back to the capital as fast as possible.
The letter was sent back to Zhou's house and handed over to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang found his letters, opened them and read them, then picked out two from a pile of letters and sent them to the East Palace.
The prince habitually opened Mingda's letter first, scanned it quickly, and then put it aside.
Then he opened Zhou Man's letter and fell into deep thought, thinking about how to answer Zhou Man.
He was undecided for a moment and called Eunuch Wu over, "Is Mr. Zhuang still in Chongwenguan?"
Eunuch Wu immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhuang just finished a class."
"Please invite the gentleman here."
Mr. Zhuang was soon invited in, and the prince simply pushed the documents on the table aside and went to have tea with Mr. Zhuang.
"Minister Zhuang, if the royal family and Zhou Man ask for the prescription, will Zhou Man agree to give it to them?"
Mr. Zhuang already knew the whole story from Bai Shan's letter. He smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, are you worried that Zhou Man is on the side of the Imperial Medical Bureau and holding back on the prescription?"
In fact, it was not difficult for the emperor and the prince to get the prescription. If they just asked Xiao Yuanzheng directly how to make penicillin, would he not tell them?
It's just that it's not authorized, so it's not legitimate.
Of course, they could also use force, but the emperor valued his reputation, and the royal family did not want to be involved in disputes with the court, so they asked Zhou Man for the prescription.
The prince spun his teacup around and said, "Although Zhou Man is mine, she has few selfish motives. If she is wholeheartedly committed to the public good, I cannot do anything to her."
Mr. Zhuang was slightly stunned. Although the prince had some deviations in his understanding of Zhou Man (Zhou Man was his man), he did not expect him to have such a high evaluation.
Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, why don't you be frank? Since you've said she has few selfish motives, if you're frank, she'll surely be honest in return."
The prince fell into deep thought.
Mr. Zhuang said, "Your Highness, according to the information sent back from various border areas, penicillin, combined with the students from the Imperial Medical Bureau, can reduce casualties by at least 60% compared to the original figures. This data is calculated into specific numbers..."
The prince's face was serious, and he nodded slightly, "I understand."
How could such an important medicine be controlled entirely by the Imperial Medical Bureau? The royal family must have one.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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