Mr. Qian was also looking for Zhou Man with a list, "Master Zhou, this is the list we are going to purchase in Qingzhou City tomorrow. What else do you think we need to buy?"
Zhou Man took it and glanced at it, and doubled it on the back of the paper with a pen. She said: "The autumn harvest is coming to an end, once the autumn tax is collected, the number of patients in the medical office will increase, and Mr. Wen and I are also discussing how to do it again." There are several medical presentations in the medical office, and a lot of paper is needed, so buy more."
Mr. Qian took the form and said, "My lord, paper is quite expensive recently, and you haven't noticed it? The medical department spends too much on paper."
It is more than the cost of the general county government.
In Zhou Man's memory, except when she just started to read and Keke was very poor and had no points, she never worried about paper at other times.
Because the paper in the mall is really cheap.
Even now, occasionally she is too lazy to go to the bookstore to buy paper, and she also buys some paper from the mall, and it cannot be denied that some paper is not available here, but the mall has it.
Fortunately, they clean up and manage the study room by themselves. Apart from sending some food and drink to Wu Yue, they basically don't ask about the affairs in the study room.
So except for Bai Shan, no one knows that there are always some extra papers in the study.
Maybe Daji would be aware of it, but neither of them asked, Zhou Man automatically thought they didn't know.
So... "Paper is expensive?"
Mr. Qian said: "The Jinshi examination is coming soon, and Zheng Erlang of Xingyang wrote a new Fu, the paper is even more expensive."
Zhou Man: "...you're lying, will paper be more expensive now because of a piece of money?"
This is not the time when production was low.
Mr. Qian nodded solemnly and said, "It's true."
Zhou Man rubbed his chin, "Speaking of which, Zheng Erlang from Xingyang...can't be called Zheng Fei?"
Mr. Qian looked at her in surprise, "It's Mr. Zheng Erlang, don't you recognize him?"
Zheng Fei's reputation is not small, he thought that Zhou Man, who married into a noble family, had never met, so he probably knew about it.
"You didn't mention your name, I didn't realize it for a while," Zhou Man said, "But speaking of Zheng Fei, I know him well."
She has treated his head for a long time, I don't know how it is now...
"Is he in the capital now, or in Xingyang?"
"This Fu was made in Xingyang."
It seems that he did not participate in this year's Jinshi examination.
Zhou Man thought about it. His Majesty obviously wanted to use him. She asked about this matter last year. She thought he would take the Jinshi examination this year.
But she soon lost her mind about Zheng Fei, she asked about the price of paper in the bookstore in Qingzhou City, and then went to the bookstore in the county town.
The paper in the bookstore is a little more expensive than that in the bookstore. Although Zheng Fei’s Fu did not have a great impact on remote counties, the paper in Qingzhou City is more expensive, and the bookstores in Qingzhou City can only buy paper. Followed by price increases.
Zhou Man was thinking that the Fu's influence was not very great, and when he turned around, he saw a group of scholars crowding into the bookstore, asking for the best paper.
"Zheng Erlang's Fu must have the best paper to be worthy of it."
"Makes sense."
"Our news from Beihai County is still much behind. If Brother Song hadn't copied it back from Qingzhou City, we wouldn't have known that Zheng Erlang had actually written such a fu."
Zhou Man couldn't help but go back and ask Bai Shan, "What Fu did Zheng Erlang write, it seems very powerful."
Bai Shan flipped through it on the desk, and casually pulled out a Fu to show him, "The county magistrate Lu wrote to me to share with me two days ago. .”
Zhou Man took it, and after reading it again, he felt a little uncomfortable, "Is he... wanting to hide from the world?"
Bai Shan nodded, "I have the same feeling. Zheng Erlang has an uncle who is obsessed with seeking Taoism now, and I heard that Zheng Erlang was taught by him when he was a child."
Zhou Man sighed, "No wonder he's not in the capital. It seems that he really won't take part in this year's Jinshi examination. His Majesty must be very sad and lose a good talent."
Bai Shan was also sorry, but it was everyone's choice. Although he knew Zheng Fei, he was not very close to him, so he was more concerned about the current affairs.
"His Royal Highness sent a letter saying that he is about to leave for Beijing. He cut off the road from Jiangnan to Taiyuan to transport official salt. Now this road is taken over by him, and I will start supplying them with salt."
"How to give the money?"
Bai Shandao: "Although the prince is involved, in order to seize this market, I decided to slightly lower the price of official salt."
Zhou Man nodded. It seems that the county government is not short of money, but her medical office is short of money.
However, the finances of the two sides are separated. Although Bai Shan is willing to support the medical cause, other local medical departments obviously cannot.
She came to Qingzhou Medical Office to formalize the local medical office, so she didn't ask Bai Shan for help, she decided to think about it first.
But it’s okay to offer ideas, “How about our medical department making some pills for sale?”
"Okay, but who are you going to sell to? Don't worry that you will steal the business from the medical center and pharmacy?"
Zhou Man said: "I make pills that they don't have."
In terms of the types of medicine pills, no pharmacy or medical center in this world can compare to the Tai Medical Office, right
They must have the most prescriptions in the world.
But to whom
Thinking about it, Zhou Man couldn't help but sigh, "Paper is too expensive."
Bai Shan couldn't help but look at her, "You also sighed like this. Coincidentally, I also sighed that paper is expensive today. But..."
He glanced outside the door, and seeing that Daji was not there, he whispered in her ear, "Don't you have a way to get paper with good quality and cheap price?"
Zhou Man's heart moved, "Do you also think that I can buy a lot of paper and sell it to the medical office?"
Now that they have grown up and have their own influence, there are many ways to cover up this kind of thing. Even without Bai Shan's help, Zhou Man can do it well by himself, just spend a little more effort.
Bai Shan couldn't help but narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said in a low voice: "Since it's a good thing, why don't we learn it and do it ourselves, otherwise we have to spend energy and things to exchange with others every time, how troublesome?"
He looked at Zhou Man with bright eyes, and said in a low voice: "Good things can be left to my little father-in-law for other purposes, there is no need to spend on such things."
He has also used Zhouman's paper, most of which are similar to what they are using now, but there are also a few parts that are very different.
Judging from Manbao's attitude towards using paper, this thing should not be expensive, and the things she brought out from that world are far better than those from this world, so he feels that the manufacturing process there is stronger.
Although Man Bao never talked about that world, Bai Shan also deduced and understood a lot. Now he no longer wants to call it the underworld, but another world.
He felt that perhaps what was said in Zhiguai Tales might be true. That world not only had ghosts and gods, but also goblins and the like, so the composition was very rich, just like their world.
Thinking of this, Bai Shan sighed, "I don't know if we will be able to enter that world in a hundred years..."
Zhou Man: ... This is a bit difficult, and she can't answer it. I don't know what it's like after death.