By the time the prince's letter arrived in Beihai County, it was almost New Year's Eve, and Bai Shan sent the castrated and energetic piglets to various official farms and villages.
Zhou Man's belly got bigger. Because of the cold weather, she wore a lot of clothes, and she looked chubby, but her small face didn't change much, so Bai Shan was very worried when she saw that her head was small and her body was big. I'm afraid she's tired, the pregnant women he's seen are all fat.
So he did his best to help her share her worries. As soon as the prince's letter arrived, he went to read it together.
In the letter, the prince told Zhou Man very frankly that it was the common intention of His Majesty and him to open another pharmacy outside the Imperial Medical Office.
Because he thought that Zhou Man was his confidant, so he told her bluntly, "Such a sharp weapon, the royal family must hold one, and hand it over to outsiders, how can we feel at ease?"
Just like an army, the emperor must have a core force in his hands. Otherwise, if outsiders rebel in the future, wouldn't the royal family have to resign themselves to fate
The same is true for this critical drug.
Zhou Man handed the letter to Bai Shan, and thoughtfully said: "If the royal family has a pharmacy for unified production, then our Imperial Medical Office will definitely not be able to compete with them by relying on sporadic production in various medical offices, so our Imperial Medical Office should also build a pharmacy. Square."
Bai Shan: "...don't you want to take this opportunity to mention charity to His Highness?"
Zhou Man struggled for a while and said: "Forget it, let Mingda bring this up. In order not to make Xiao Yuanzheng too angry, I think we should also seek benefits for the Imperial Medical Office."
Just as he was talking, Daji came in with a letter from outside and said, "My lord, lady, the post has delivered a letter."
Bai Shan reached out to take it, and asked, "Whose is it?"
"Ma'am."
When Zhou Man saw the handwriting on the envelope, he shrank his neck and said in a low voice, "It was written by Xiao Yuanzheng."
Bai Shan opened it for her, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Xiao Yuan is not here, he will scold you at most from the air."
Xiaoyuan didn't know whether he had heard the news, or guessed that the crown prince was looking for Zhou Man for a prescription, so he wrote a letter to Zhou Man. From the difficulty of their establishment of the Imperial Medical Office to the difficulty in the future development of the Imperial Medical Office, he wrote eloquently Two pieces of paper, the last one asked the question, and talked about the royal family's plan to build a medicine workshop.
He said: "Several ministers have said that the department has a full-time job, and the medical department should be in charge of the medical department. Although penicillin is of great importance, it cannot violate this principle because of this. Otherwise, what is the use of the court and the department?" What's the use?"
He continued: "The Imperial Medical Office has always been considered as the private property of His Majesty just like the Imperial Hospital, and not a department of the imperial court. If this powerful medicine is handed over to the imperial family, wouldn't it be even more difficult to get rid of this understanding? I don't know when it will be. Only the Tai Medical Office can be recognized by everyone... "
"In addition to this, there is also the issue of the efficacy of patented medicines," Xiao Yuanzheng said, "You and I both know that the quality and quantity of medicinal materials used in prescriptions of patented medicines are also extremely critical. If there is a slight difference, the medicinal effect will be wrong. A thousand miles away, a good medicine can become a poison. The medicine is made by the Imperial Medical Office. At least the people who make the medicine are students who have gone through formal studies. They have a guarantee. If they are handed over to the royal family, if a step goes wrong, if they don't notice, it will cause a lot of harm. …”
Zhou Man pondered, Bai Shan also pondered, and said after a while: "What Xiao Yuanzheng said is also reasonable."
Zhou Man looked up at him.
Bai Shan then smiled and said, "So it's time for a cycle."
He placed the teapot on the table between his and Zhou Man's teacups, moved the positions of the two teacups, tapped the teapot and said, "There should be a supervisory department to inspect the produced medicines."
Zhou Man's eyes brightened slightly and said, "Yes," lighting two teacups, he said, "Not only the royal pharmacy, but also the pharmacy of our Imperial Medical Office, even the proprietary medicines sold in private pharmacies..."
Bai Shan: "... This seems to conflict with the functions of the county government."
Zhou Man looked up at him again.
"Well, not necessarily. Your medical department is understaffed. Not to mention the manpower, it may take no less than ten years just to designate the rules and regulations. Let's take it slowly."
Let's talk about things in ten years' time. He will definitely not be the county magistrate by then. Zhou Man can't be angry at this time.
Zhou Man put the two letters side by side on the desk, took a blank sheet of paper and spread it out, planning to write a letter to Xiao Yuanzheng first.
Then he wrote back to the prince.
Bai Shan studied her ink at the side, and said while reading her writing: "By the way, Mr. Zhou, I have a post for you."
Zhou Man asked without raising his head, "What post?"
"Our wharf is about to open. The day after tomorrow, three ships will come to berth here. These are the ships that Laizhou Wharf promised to give us a wharf."
Zhou Man raised his head in surprise, "Where did the sea ship come from?"
"The farthest is the Chaozhou area. There are two more ships that came back from the south of the Yangtze River. They are rushing back to celebrate the New Year. I heard that they brought back a lot of beautiful fabrics and porcelain. Will you go and see them then?"
Zhou Man didn't care about these things, but was very interested in joining in the fun, and nodded repeatedly, "Then we have to go tomorrow?"
"Well, Governor Guo and the others will come tomorrow too. When they arrive, let's go together." Bai Shan stretched out his hand to straighten a strand of hair that fell from her forehead, and said with a smile, "You are heavy, so we will be with Yin or them when the time comes." Let's live together in the princess' courtyard."
"Hey, what about you?"
"We live at Longchi Haisi."
It was actually a nominal name, and it was sealed by Bai Shan himself. In fact, it was a yard where several houses were put together. It was for Master Cui and other officials and craftsmen who built the wharf to live, and it was also their office space.
Zhou Man nodded, because of this good thing, she couldn't help being more lively and verbose when writing letters to the prince.
By the time the prince and Xiao Yuan received the letter, it was already time for the imperial court to seal and prepare for the New Year.
The letter was delivered directly to the home and the East Palace, because it was sent by Bai Shan's guard, so he didn't say anything, neither of them knew that they received the letter at the same time.
As soon as Xiao Yuanzheng heard that it was Zhou Man's reply, he immediately opened the letter, ignoring Imperial Physicians Liu and Imperial Physicians who were giving him New Year gifts.
Imperial Physician Liu knew that this was Zhou Man's letter, so he couldn't help but put down his teacup and looked at Xiao Yuanzheng with concern.
Seeing that his face was getting serious, and finally closing the letter slowly, he couldn't help asking: "What's the matter, Master Zhou doesn't agree with our point of view?"
Xiao Yuan was pressing down the letter in his hand and remained silent for a while.
Imperial Physician Lu was anxious, "Mr. Yuan, what are you talking about, did Zhou Man already give the prince the prescription?"
"not yet,"
The two of them were about to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard Xiao Yuan say with no expression on his face: "But hurry up, she said that she has promised the prince."
Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Lu: ... Can you talk without panting
The two looked at each other and didn't speak for a while.