It's impossible to be interested in salted fish. They brought cotton silk. How hard would they be interested in such smelly things as salted fish
Zhou Man is sorting out medicinal materials in the medical department. She has been going to the countryside for free consultations during this period of time, and the medicinal materials have been consumed a lot, and her reputation has also been spread.
Seeing Wen Tiandong's arrival, she was very happy, and immediately took him to the backyard, pointed to the two rooms that had been cleaned up and said, "These two rooms are allocated to you, you can live in the medical office, if you don't feel comfortable It’s convenient, and you can also rent a house outside.”
Wen Tiandong immediately said, "The students live in the medical office."
Wen's family also studied medicine for generations, and he has been a doctor since his great-grandfather, but the medical skills were somewhat lost when it was passed on to his father's generation, and his family was just as well-off, so naturally he wouldn't live outside the house provided by the medical office. What a waste of money.
Wen Tiandong introduced his wife to Zhou Man, "Sir, this is my wife Chen."
Wen Tiandong was very close to Zhou Man, and said directly, "Her nickname is Zhenniang."
Man Bao warmly welcomed her, asked them to put down their luggage, and said, "You guys pack up first, and go to my house for dinner later, and I will clean up the dust for you."
Wen Tiandong readily agreed, and he also wanted to chat with Zhou Man about the medical department during the meal.
Man Bao ran back to see Zhou Liwei first.
The aunt and nephew were very happy to meet each other. Zhou Liwei beat Zhou Man even more. He grew up with his sister-in-law, so they have a good relationship.
Zhou Liwei went out to get things out first, the old Zhou only had words to bring, Mrs. Qian made a bag of underwear for Zhou Man, and Mrs. Qian prepared a lot of food for Zhou Man, including pickles in jars, and some Bacon, as well as sun-dried vegetables, are delicious after being soaked in water and fried with meat.
Then he took out a stack of letters and showed them one by one, "This is from Mr. Zhuang, this is from Mrs. Liu, this is from Mr. Yin, this is..."
"By the way, the second young master gave me a box. I don't know what's in it. It looks very expensive."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man sat on the chairs and began to open the letters. Firstly, it was Mrs. Liu's, mostly some words of advice to them, and then told them that the governor of Qingzhou had been replaced by Guo Cheng.
Mrs. Liu told Bai Shan in the letter that Wang Rong, the appointed governor of Qingzhou, was from the Wang family of Chenliu County, and was a shrewd and capable person.
However, the Wang family of Chenliu is far inferior to the Wang family of Taiyuan. I heard that there are people from the clan who are already communicating with Taiyuan, and the two clans want to join the clan.
And Guo Cheng is a member of the Guo family in Xuyang. Coincidentally, he is from the same family as Mrs. Liu Shangshu.
Mrs. Liu obviously found out Guo Cheng's origin, and said to the two of them: "In conclusion, our two families are also relatives. Guo Cheng is Mrs. Liu Shangshu's nephew, and Liu Huan wants to call him cousin. Man Bao and him peer."
Seeing this line of writing, Man Bao clicked his tongue and said, "My cousin."
Bai Shan: "...he is much older than you, even if he is a cousin, he must be a cousin, right?"
Man Bao said: "Didn't I call it from my in-laws?"
Liu Huan's father was slightly older than Guo Cheng, and he was a cousin. If they were called by their in-laws, they would naturally be cousins.
Man Bao secretly rejoiced, Bai Shan thought of something and also secretly rejoiced, the two of them lowered their heads and looked at each other happily, as if there were stars in their eyes.
Opening Mr. Zhuang's letter, he mainly encouraged them, and also talked about the governor of Qingzhou.
He said: "Guo Cheng is like a grass on the fence. Whoever benefits will favor others. Such a person is not trustworthy. Therefore, we can cooperate, but we can't have a heart-to-heart relationship."
He also said: "This person is also interested in profit. As a county magistrate, you should stand upright. If you can persuade Shangfeng, then advise him. If you can't, you might as well follow him and leave it to the censor for assessment. But although this person is interested in profit, But it’s better, I heard that County Magistrate Lu of Yidu County is a shrewd and capable person, honest and upright, if you have him fighting Guo Cheng in Qingzhou City, you will be able to survive.”
Yin Yu was even more straightforward, telling Bai Shan directly in the letter, "Guo Cheng was dismissed from office earlier because of corruption and profit, and His Majesty angered him for having a good relationship between the crown prince and Prince Gong, so he sent him to office, but this person is shrewd and capable. , Governance is very good, my father said, not only His Majesty often praises his talents, but also Lord Wei and Old Tang Lord in the court often say that he has talents, but it is a pity that his morals are not good, so they can be used, but not emphasized. You don't have to be too afraid of him, His Majesty must trust you more than him."
"However, it is a big taboo for officials in the officialdom to offend a superior official. If you can avoid it, then you will not offend it," Yin He said, "It's rare for Guo Cheng to recover. This time, he should put his heart into his errand, so he should be careful."
Bai Shan handed Yin Yu's letter to Man Bao, and said: "This Lord Inspector is really interesting."
Man Bao also handed Liu Huan's letter to him, saying: "Liu Huan said that he will entrust his cousin to take good care of us when he arrives in the capital."
Bai Shan: "Do you believe it?"
Man Bao nodded, "I believe in Liu Huan, but I don't believe in Guo Cheng. The officialdom is like a battlefield. When the interests are the same, it is natural for brothers and friends to be respectful, and the father is kind and the son is filial. But if the interests are not the same, then there is no father and son in the battlefield."
Bai Shan nodded, got up and said: "Calculate the time, he should be here in a few days, I think I have to go to Qingzhou City to meet the county magistrate Lu."
Man Bao looked at him in surprise, "What do you see him doing?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Before Governor Guo arrives in Qingzhou, transfer the people in the prison to the big prison in Qingzhou."
Man Bao: "Why did County Magistrate Lu help you?"
"Of course it's because I'm worthy of help," Man Bao said, "Don't worry, judging from the arrangements made by Lu County Magistrate in Beihai County, although he is a bit domineering in the officialdom and doesn't want people to set foot in his field, he is indeed He is a good official for the people, he has been fighting with the Song family for so many years, and this can be regarded as a result for him."
"Once the salt field controlled by the Song family collapsed, the county government's finances would collapse directly. They couldn't control the county government's finances, and naturally they couldn't control the county government. As for the private occupation of land outside, we can gradually figure it out in the future .”
Man Bao nodded.
After discussing this matter, the two of them opened Bai Erlang's box. Inside was a thick stack of paper with words written all over it. Bai Shan only glanced at it and knew that it was Xixing's biography manuscript.
He picked it up and found that there was another letter underneath, so he opened it to read.
Bai Erlang wrote down the events that happened during this period vividly, including many events in the court, and finally he also mentioned the matter of the governor of Qingzhou, and said bluntly to Bai Shan: "I asked Mingda, she said that Guo Cheng is not a good person, the empress dislikes him very much, but she also said that Guo Cheng can be used."
Bai Erlang said: "Mingda also said that Guo Cheng is a person who is very knowledgeable about current affairs. Now His Royal Highness is in a stable position. This year His Majesty has handed over many government affairs to the Prince. Just for this, Guo Cheng will be very polite to you. of."