Chapter 303 Preparing to Collect Rice
After taking Doctor Xu's prescription back to the palace, Eunuch Liu immediately went to the pharmacy to get the medicine and brewed it for the Emperor.
The emperor was always very careful about the medicine he drank. Although the prescription could not be told to others, the emperor could still let the imperial physician smell the brewed medicine.
"Someone, please summon the imperial physician."
The old eunuch walked to the door and called out.
Liu Gonggong lowered his head, a layer of cold sweat running down his forehead. He was the one who had obtained this prescription, and if anything went wrong, he would lose his head.
At the old eunuch's command, two or three imperial physicians soon arrived.
Eunuch Liu walked forward with his head down and handed them the medicine he had prepared.
First, the imperial physician took it in his hand and smelled it carefully, then frowned.
Upon seeing this, the emperor quickly asked, "How is it? Can this medicine cure venereal diseases?"
The imperial physician continued to smell it, then took out a medicine dish, poured a little out and tasted it. After tasting it, he poured a little out for the other two imperial physicians to taste.
After the three imperial physicians tasted the medicine, they discussed it in hushed tones. After a moment, the lead physician's furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and he said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this medicine can indeed cure venereal diseases."
The emperor was overjoyed and said, "Alright, quickly bring me the medicine, I will drink it."
“However…” the imperial physician added.
Liu Gonggong was startled upon hearing this, wondering if something else was going to happen.
The emperor took the bowl of medicine, stopped, looked up, and asked, "But what's wrong?"
The imperial physician continued, "However, this medicine is very potent. It would be best for His Majesty to stop taking it after a period of time."
Upon hearing this, the emperor didn't take it to heart at all, waving his hand and saying, "I know, you may all leave."
Upon hearing this, the imperial physicians bowed and withdrew, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty."
After the imperial physicians left, the emperor drank the bowl of medicine in one gulp.
After drinking it, he immediately felt refreshed and laughed loudly, "My life is not meant to end!"
After saying this, he turned around and gave Eunuch Liu a pile of gold and silver jewelry as a reward.
Eunuch Liu breathed a sigh of relief, took the reward, and turned to leave.
After the emperor drank the medicine, he felt unwell all over whenever he didn't drink it, even though the imperial physician had said that the medicine was extremely potent and that he should stop drinking it after a period of time.
But the emperor couldn't stop; he drank a bowl of it every night before bed.
After drinking it for a month, the venereal disease seemed to have truly been cured.
However, the emperor still couldn't stop taking the medicine. He thought it wouldn't do any harm, so he continued to drink a bowl of it every night before bed. Little did he know that his body had long been controlled by the medicine.
In Cheng'an County, Du Wanchun brought Xiao Mianmian and Xiao Qing'er to the village.
Doctor Xu stayed at the estate for several days. Seeing that the Emperor was alright, everyone gradually relaxed.
Du Wanchun walked over and said, "Doctor Xu, if you find it too boring in the manor, you can take a walk in the nearby villages."
Doctor Xu came out from the backyard and said, "No, interesting, interesting."
When he first arrived, he also found this large estate uninteresting, but after discovering that a lot of medicinal herbs were planted on a plot of land at the back, he couldn't bear to leave.
That medicinal herb field has everything; it has everything that Doctor Xu can think of.
He took out a basket of medicinal herbs and laid them out in the yard to dry. As he dried them, he smiled at Du Wanchun and said, "Wanchun, all the medicinal herbs from your family's herb garden can be sold now."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Our family already runs a rice shop and a rouge and incense shop. We really can't handle running a medicinal herb business as well. If you want any of the medicinal herbs, Doctor Xu, just go and get them."
Dr. Xu was overjoyed to hear this, "Then I won't stand on ceremony."
As he spoke, he turned to get the medicinal herbs.
Little Mianmian and Little Qing'er followed behind him, calling him Uncle Xu repeatedly.
Doctor Xu especially liked children, so he took the two of them with him to collect herbs.
Du Wanchun discovered that Xiao Mianmian had a particular fondness for medicinal herbs and liked to follow Doctor Xu around.
That's why I brought the two of them here.
After waiting for Xiao Mianmian and Xiao Qing'er to go with Doctor Xu to collect herbs, she went to the fields of the estate.
The rice and wheat are almost ripe.
There are more and more rice shops now, and the demand for rice is also increasing.
The produce I grow myself is almost too much to keep up with.
She came up with a plan: to send the rice seeds from her own home to villagers in more than a dozen nearby villages, teach them how to grow this kind of rice, and then buy some of it at the normal price after it ripened.
In this way, she not only has rice, but she can also bring wealth to the villagers in the vicinity.
Especially with Zhou Ruiyuan's tax reductions, these villagers will have more surplus grain, so they won't have to worry about food. They can then exchange some of it for silver, and their lives will naturally get better and better.
After considering the matter, Du Wanchun sent people to visit several nearby villages.
Some people in those villages farm their small plots of land every day, but they can't get enough to eat or sell, and their families are dirt poor.
There are also people who grow a lot of surplus grain, but when they try to sell it, the wealthy landowners and shops always deduct from their earnings, so they don't get much money in return.
If we follow Du Wanchun, all these problems can be solved.
At first, some villagers didn't believe it, but gradually, everyone decided to give it a try and plant as much land as they could with the seeds they received.
When they inquired about Huaijiang Village, a neighboring village, one family not only refused but also slandered Du Wanchun.
"What great things can a woman like her accomplish? What if she takes our grain but doesn't give us any money?"
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