Chapter 3231 A Piece of Meat
Director Shi lowered his head as he wrote his prescription, and the more he wrote, the sadder he became. They were both in the medical department, but he couldn't even get the free medicine together, while the gentleman was rich enough to support his medical department.
Thinking of the difficulties of the past two years, Shi Shuling's eyes turned red and he wanted to cry.
Zhou Man went to the pharmacy for a while and came back to see Director Shi's eyes and nose were red, as if he had just cried. Thinking that he was moved, he couldn't help but sigh.
Although he wasn't a direct disciple, Zhou Man still felt pity for him as he had taught him for three or four years. So after thinking for a while, he said, "Why don't you try making some medicine and selling it to increase revenue for the Medical Bureau?"
Director Shi was startled, then raised his head and said, "Sir, our medical department does not have the authority to produce penicillin."
"In addition to penicillin, other patent medicines are also effective, especially for treating coughs caused by wind-cold and wind-heat, as well as some ointments for treating acne." This is the experience Zhou Man has summarized over the years. In fact, judging from the trading volume, the number of these patent medicines is even higher than that of penicillin.
Shi Shuling sat up straighter and asked, "Can our medical department do this?"
"Why not?" Zhou Man said, "Your medical office should also make some of these ready-made medicines for emergency use. Since you can make them, you can naturally sell them in the medical office or to other medical clinics and drugstores."
Shi Shuling said, "Sir, the Imperial Medical Bureau doesn't have many prescriptions for finished medicines."
Zheng Gu frowned slightly and interrupted Zhou Man, "Master, this matter needs to be reported to the Dean, right?"
Zhou Man thought about it and nodded, "I'll mention it to Xiao Yuanzheng."
Shi Shuling felt a little regretful. He glanced at Zheng Gu and continued to write the prescription with his head down.
He handed the prescription list to Zhou Man, who read it over and handed it to Zheng Gu. "Give him two months' supply based on the amount used by our medical department, calculate the price, and ask him to write an IOU."
Zheng Gu agreed, took the prescription, glanced at it, and said, "We don't have much Platycodon in the pharmacy. I'll go to Baicaotang tomorrow to ask if they can give us some."
Zhou Man nodded, glanced at the sky outside, nodded to Shi Shuling and said: "It's getting late, you should rest."
Zheng Gu and Shi Shuling nodded, and hurriedly chased Zhou Man out.
“Master—”
"Hmm?" Zhou Man turned around and looked at him.
Zheng Gu said, "Master, the Imperial Medical Bureau is reluctant to give too many prescriptions to local medical bureaus because they are worried about the prescriptions being leaked."
After all, doctors in the Medical Bureau can resign after the term they signed when they joined the Imperial Medical Bureau has expired.
Ten or twenty years later, when the first group of doctors leave the medical department, they will definitely take these prescriptions with them.
The leakage of ready-made medicine prescriptions is not a good thing for the Imperial Medical Bureau. The reason why Qingzhou Medical Bureau is an exception among medical bureaus in other places is that many of the prescriptions are from Zhou Man or improved by her.
Although she handed it over to the Imperial Medical Bureau, everyone still assumed she was the owner, so she could make, use, and sell it herself, but other medical bureaus were not allowed to do so.
Zhou Man smiled, patted his shoulder and said, "I know you're worried that I'll suffer, but this matter..."
After pondering it for a moment, she came up with a metaphor: "This piece of flesh in my hand was meant to be given away. Should I give it all to the Imperial Medical Bureau, or should I give it away and then cut off a piece to give to another medical bureau? Over the years, this piece of flesh that was cut off has been cut into countless pieces. For me, it hasn't changed much, because the piece of flesh I gave away has always been this big."
"It won't become infinitely large just because more people eat it, so it doesn't really have much impact on me."
Zheng Gu was stunned. It took him a long while to understand what his master meant. He imagined the piece of meat that had been cut up and down, and suddenly realized, "Now that piece of meat belongs to the Imperial Medical Bureau!"
Zhou Man nodded, "Not bad."
Zheng Gu was confused again. "Sir, isn't this cutting into the flesh of the Imperial Medical Bureau? You..."
"Why don't I consider the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
Zheng Gu nodded.
Zhou Man smiled slightly and said, "Because the Imperial Medical Bureau is still too small, even though the piece of meat is small, the Imperial Medical Bureau's stomach can't eat it, so a lot of meat is wasted. It can only be stored temporarily until the Imperial Medical Bureau is big enough."
"But why should I do this?" Zhou Man asked, "Wouldn't it be better to distribute the excess meat that the Imperial Medical Bureau can't eat to local medical bureaus and let them manage it themselves?"
"However," Zhou Man sighed, "I don't know whether this will be a good or bad thing for the future of the Imperial Medical Bureau and the local medical bureaus, so I have to discuss it with Xiao Yuanzheng and the others."
"Thanks to you, some prescriptions can be given to local medical offices, but some cannot. I need to think carefully about which prescriptions are best given to local medical offices."
Zhou Man thought for a moment and said, "Think about it too, and then write a letter to me."
Zheng Gu: "Me?"
Zhou Man nodded, "Yes, you."
Zhou Man said, "You are the next director of the Qingzhou Medical Bureau. You can't just focus on medical skills. You should also pay attention to some matters at court, especially the Imperial Medical Bureau. Well, I'll leave this matter to you."
Zheng Gu stared blankly at Zhou Man leaving, and he just said, how come this task fell on him?
Zheng Gu scratched his head, turned around and went back to the house with a headache.
Zhou Man returned home and Bai Shan had just come out of Tang He's house. She asked, "What happened?"
Bai Shan said, "He's fallen asleep, and the fever seems to have subsided."
Zhou Man went in to feel the patient's pulse, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Mingli, "Pay attention to the temperature at night, and call me anytime."
It is sensible to follow.
Seeing that she was tired, Bai Shan reached out to support her and said, "You haven't slept much all day and night. You should get some sleep first."
Zhou Man nodded and also felt very sleepy.
But after washing up and lying on the bed, she couldn't fall asleep no matter what, even though her eyes were so sleepy that she could hardly open them.
Bai Shan lay beside her and patted her with his hand, "Are you scared?"
Zhou Man was concerned about the samples still in the teaching room and wanted to continue her research. However, Teacher Mo had not replied to her yet. According to Keke, he had not been online. It seemed that his experiment required someone for the time being. As far as she could remember, the longest time he had been out of contact was only five days.
He always needs to take a break, and he always logs into his email during that time.
When she heard Bai Shan's voice, she said "hmm" without thinking.
Bai Shan was actually quite frightened as well. He patted her back gently and said, "Fortunately, there was no danger. However, Laizhou, Qingzhou, and the capital will be bustling again. You should stay in Beihai County for the time being and don't go out on inspections."
Zhou Man is the director of the Qingzhou Medical Bureau. The three county medical bureaus under her jurisdiction are under her jurisdiction, so she has to visit each county to check the situation every once in a while.
Zhou Man didn't respond. Bai Shan raised his body and looked at her. He saw that she had fallen asleep with her mouth slightly open, curled up in his arms, looking very well-behaved.
Bai Shan couldn't help but smile, kissed her on the forehead, pulled the quilt up, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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