Zheng Gu was dumbfounded, with a dazed expression on his face.
After Zhou Man finished writing the letter, he blew on it, and when the ink was dry, he sealed the envelope, reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Don't you understand?"
Zheng Gu nodded.
Zhou Man said: "Then don't think about it, it's a waste of brain, and save more time to think about the medical department."
She said: "Tomorrow we will arrive in Shouguang County. Mr. Qian has been in Shouguang County for some time. Although I have decided to hand over the construction of the Shouguang County Medical Office to Wei Man, if you want to take over the entire Qingzhou Medical Center in the future Department, then you need to pay more attention to the construction, it will be difficult at the beginning, you should help out more.”
Zheng Gu responded, barely taking his mind off the assassination.
Zhou Man handed over the letter to the guards and asked them to escort him back to Beihai County with a few yamen servants, while she took Daji and Zheng Gu to Shouguang County alone.
She guessed right, indeed there was only this assassin, and they didn't suffer any accidents all the way to Shouguang County.
The magistrate of Shouguang County has been waiting.
For more than a year, he has seen the development of Beihai County, and because Bai Shan taught the method of drying salt, he has been in close contact with Beihai County for more than half a year, so he has naturally seen the role of the Medical Department in the county.
In the nearby counties, how many strong men have gone to Beihai County because it is convenient to seek medical treatment
Just look at the population he lost last year.
Although their family is still in Shouguang County, and their fields are still cultivated or rented out, they have gone to Beihai County. Who knows if they will directly move to Beihai County in the future
Therefore, the county magistrate of Shouguang County didn't dislike the medical department as he did last year. Instead, he found a lot of benefits in opening a medical department.
It was also because of this that when Mr. Qian came to talk about the construction of the medical office, he was very enthusiastic about tidying up the houses in the county government for him to choose.
Mr. Qian carefully selected and selected three yards for Zhou Man to decide, "Only these three are okay, the others are either too small or inappropriate locations."
Mr. Qian said: "There are also reasons for the structure of the house, with many views and few rooms, which is not suitable for the medical department at all."
He said: "In fact, the most suitable thing is to build one yourself."
Zhou Man said without raising his head, "No money."
She brought Zheng Gu here, in addition to looking at the house, she also had to communicate with the local pharmacy shopkeeper, and learn about the local situation with the county magistrate.
She stayed in Shouguang County for two days, chose a house, and met twice with the shopkeeper of the pharmacy to confirm that everyone welcomed the construction of the medical department (at least on the surface), so she was satisfied. I took people back.
Mr. Qian also followed her back, and he felt something was wrong when he was on the road, "My lord, why are there so many guards?"
Zhou Man said: "The county magistrate Bai sent over to pick me up. He just arrived yesterday evening. What's the matter?"
Mr. Qian glanced at the guards beside the car, "It's nothing." It was just a feeling that Zhou Man brought more guards than before on this trip, and the guards were more cautious.
It was not until he returned to Beihai County that he heard about Zhou Man being attacked and assassinated. Mr. Qian was startled and asked quickly, "Is your lord not injured? Why don't you say anything? If you encounter such a thing, you should turn around immediately." , why do you still venture to Shouguang County?"
Zhou Man waved his hand indifferently and said: "Facts have proved that my guess is correct, it's all right."
She ran to find Bai Shan.
Bai Shan had just come out of the prison, his body smelled of blood, his face was cold, when he saw Zhou Man, he stopped slightly, the coldness on his face dissipated, a smile appeared on his face, and he walked towards her quickly, "You're back?"
Zhou Man also trotted forward, nodded with sparkling eyes, "Have they recruited?"
"Have you got a meal yet?"
The two asked at the same time, and Bai Shan smiled and said: "No way, but I know everything I need to know, and now I only need the confession of Mr. Fu."
Zhou Man naturally also smelled the bloody smell from Bai Shan's body, and was slightly surprised, "His bones are so hard?"
Bai Shandao: "Not only him, those assassins actually didn't confess, but just chatted with them according to your words, to be more sure of their origins."
"They should have family in each other's hands," he said.
After thinking for a while, Bai Shan smiled and said: "However, it's much easier to deal with them if they don't send dead soldiers. Knowing their origins, and painting their portraits, it's enough to send them to Yangzhou for investigation by Senior Brother Yang. The confession is complete. It's not really that important before the chain of evidence."
Zhou Man nodded, let out a breath, and quickly asked, "What about you, are you in danger?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "Let's not say it's not easy for them to do anything in Beihai County, and they will fail. Even if they can succeed, they probably don't want to kill me."
"Why?"
"Because the salt field belongs to the county seat, the method of drying salt has been passed on, and I even built the pier. After I die, the imperial court will send another person to take over. The ready-made salt field and pier can continue as long as they are loyal and obedient. What I have to do," Bai Shan said: "The Jiangnan side is still not capable of getting in front of His Majesty and the Prince without being trusted, so as long as the salt field and the wharf are still there, it doesn't matter if I am there or not."
"But you are different." Bai Shan's eyes flashed coldly, he stretched out his hand to gently stroke her hair, and said softly, "If something happens to you, I will be in a mess, maybe I will use some stupid tricks to fight them, Such me is more beneficial to them than changing a county magistrate."
"The other thing is to destroy the saltworks," Bai Shan said, "This method is the most effective. Even if the saltfields are destroyed, even if they can be rebuilt, it won't be able to be built to this scale in a short time, so that Jiangnan can regain the right to speak in salt administration. "
Zhou Man: "So the saltworks were attacked?"
Bai Shan nodded, smiled and comforted her and said, "It's not considered being attacked, it's just that someone tried to touch it and was discovered."
Things are not as simple as Bai Shan said. In just a few days, the salt farm has been targeted three times, and one poisoning almost succeeded. Fortunately, everyone is closed now, except for the recruited long-term workers, local villagers and soldiers. Outside of them, even the relatives of the villagers are not allowed to enter.
So when someone bypassed the patrolling soldiers and sneaked in to inject poison, they were discovered by the local villagers. Bai Shan stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Man and turned to go home, and said to her: "I injured a few villagers, and now they are all in the medical office." , Fortunately, Doctor Tian and the others have good medical skills, do you want to go and have a look after dinner later?"
"OK."
Because of the saltworks, Zhou Man was a little worried, not about them and the saltworks, but about Yang Heshu who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River.
"We are so far apart, even we were assassinated, so wouldn't Senior Brother Yang be more dangerous in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Yang Heshu, who was worried, was working overtime in his study. At this time, it was already dark outside, even the curfew was here, and the bustle everywhere had stopped.
He heard the sound of fighting in the yard and on the roof, and frowned slightly. After a while, someone came in and said, "My lord, it's dead soldiers, all of them are dead."
He asked, "Should I still send it to the Yamen?"
Yang Heshu shook his head, "Throw people out of the courtyard wall, there is no need to send them away."