eurekapd Chapter 249 Offer suggestions and suggestions
Chapter 249 Offer suggestions and suggestions
The next morning, Zhou Chang was guarding the epidemic area as usual.
My fever finally went away last night. Although I don’t have any strength, I felt a lot more relaxed after a night’s sleep.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the epidemic area, good news kept coming. A batch of medicinal materials were sent from the court, and the sick people gradually got better. The spread of the epidemic was initially controlled.
Zhou Chang therefore took a break and took a short nap in the carriage.
When the sun was high in the sky, she had a sore back from sleeping so much. Just as she was about to get off the carriage to breathe some fresh air, the skinny monkey outside the carriage reported: "Your Majesty, the head of Qin Academy, Lord Qin, wants to see you."
"Qin Shou?" These days, Zhou Chang almost forgot about Qin Shou.
But why did this guy show up today?
Zhou Chang climbed up from the bedding on the floor of the carriage and got off the carriage.
Qin Shou was already standing outside the carriage with his body bent.
Zhou Chang took a glance and couldn't help but wonder, why did Qin Shou seem to be smaller than before?
When Qin Shou saw Zhou Chang coming out, he shrank unconsciously for a moment before hurriedly bowing: "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yi."
"Haha, Lord Qin, it's been a long time since we last met. Have you lost weight or shrunk?" Zhou Chang looked at Qin Shou, which was considered as a greeting in return.
"Haha..., Your Highness Prince Yi, you are joking. I am really seriously ill and I am afraid that I am unrecognizable. Please forgive me for making a fool of myself." Qin Shou forced a laugh.
When the two met, they just laughed it off. They both understood each other tacitly and never mentioned what happened that day, as if it had never happened.
Zhou Chang didn't believe that Qin Shou was sick. What was even more regrettable was that she had forced Qin Shou to drink water that day but failed to make him sick.
It really proves the saying "Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years."
Now that I have come to this point, how can I not feel resentful? But I can only say: "He is from a family of doctors, and has a long history of learning. Although Dean Qin has lost weight, he is more energetic, which shows that he has taken good care of himself."
"Where, where..." Qin Shou's tadpole eyes rolled around, and he was absolutely unwilling to talk about this topic.
What Zhou Chang didn't know was that Qin Shou was thin, but that was all due to fear.
Ever since she forced him to drink the patient's water that day, Qin Shou was terrified. He crawled back home and asked his father for help.
Old Master Qin took the patient's pulse but found nothing.
But Qin Shou was worried, so he took the opportunity to pretend to be sick while focusing on "curing the disease".
With his limited medical skills, he tried every possible method on himself, so after a few days, he didn't know if it was effective or not, but he did lose a lot of weight.
The past was too painful to recall, and Qin Shou was unwilling to dwell on this topic. He forced a constipated smile and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi, I am incompetent. Please forgive me. Although I am seriously ill these days, I have not forgotten your instructions and have been studying the prescription at home. I just didn't expect that your Highness is so powerful and has already found the prescription."
"That's right. I am not modest on this point. I have indeed spent a lot of effort on this prescription." Zhou Chang couldn't help but feel disgusted when facing Qin Shou. "But now that the problem has been solved, why did Dean Qin come here today?"
"Haha..." Qin Shou laughed dryly twice, his tadpole eyes looking like an octopus. At the same time, he glanced around and confirmed that there were no strangers around before speaking in a low voice, "Does Your Highness Prince Yi still remember the previous proposal? Does it still count?"
"Proposal?" Zhou Chang's heart moved. Of course she had not forgotten it, but she didn't know what Qin Shou was up to.
After the "ice water" incident, only a fool would believe that Qin Shou could still cooperate sincerely.
Qin Shou really acted as if nothing had happened, and only reminded the key point: "Does Prince Yi still want to make money?"
"Ah..." Zhou Chang pretended to be enlightened, and then pretended to be confused, "If Dean Qin hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. I thought Dean Qin didn't care about the small amount of money and profit at that time."
"How could it be," Qin Shou said with a fake smile. Whenever his eyes met Zhou Chang's, he would feel a chill down his spine, but he still had to pretend to be close to him. "Your Highness Prince Yi, people in East City and South City have been infected with the disease one after another, and they are in urgent need of prescriptions. But the only prescription now is..."
"Oh, by the way, is it only East City and South City? What about North City?" Zhou Chang deliberately intended to find out the other party's opinion.
Qin Shou smiled awkwardly: "North City, North City is the imperial palace. Your Highness Prince Yi is joking. If something happened in the imperial palace, would your Highness and I still be able to stand here now?"
"Well, Dean Qin is right. But this way, it doesn't completely meet Dean Qin's intention." Zhou Chang looked regretful.
"Me?" Qin Shou looked confused.
"Has Dean Qin forgotten what he said before and doesn't want the credit for saving the emperor?" Zhou Chang's phoenix eyes curved like a fox again.
"Alas..., Your Highness Prince Yi, please don't tease me anymore. I can't bear it, I can't bear it..." Qin Shou was shaking like a sieve.
Zhou Chang didn't expect that Qin Shouzhen seemed to have some sequelae, so he said seriously: "Forget it, Dean Qin, just say what you want to say."
Qin Shou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and tried to force a smile but failed: "Your Highness Prince Yi, since you have a prescription here, but you are only willing to use it on people in West City... Isn't this a waste? If doctors treat everyone equally regardless of their relationship, status, or social status, then don't you think you should give others a chance as well?"
"What opportunity?" Zhou Chang asked back.
Logically, now that the prescription is available, it should be made public and used nationwide to prevent it from spreading further.
However, Zhou Chang kept delaying. She was sent to control the epidemic, but she only had the right to command and control the epidemic area in Xicheng. She had no control over other areas, nor did she want to.
Before this, both the Imperial Hospital and the Epidemic Hospital had come to ask for prescriptions, but Zhou Chang refused to give them on this grounds.
"Your Highness Prince Yi, someone is willing to pay a large sum of money to buy the epidemic prescription in your hand." Qin Shou's smile finally became more genuine.
"Oh, so that's it..." Zhou Chang pretended to think.
It is impossible to keep the prescription in hand forever. Sooner or later, it will be given away voluntarily or figured out by others. But if it is to be given away voluntarily, how to give it is a science.
When Zhou Chang did not make a statement, Qin Shou came up again and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi, this humble official is here..."
"Could it be that Dean Qin is advising me to resell the medicine packages privately?" Zhou Chang deliberately "missed the target" and blocked Qin Shou's mouth first.
"Ah, selling medicine?" Qin Shou's train of thought was lost for a moment, and he quickly responded, "Of course, buying medicine is fine, but Your Highness Prince Yi, in the current market situation, there is a shortage of medicinal materials throughout Lin State, and many medicinal materials are held in the hands of the rich. Your Highness Prince Yi spends time and effort to collect medicinal materials and then sells them to them. Even if you raise the price, how much higher can it be? Selling medicine bags is time-consuming and laborious, so how much benefit can you get?"
After hearing this, Zhou Chang's face turned blank: "What do you think, Dean Qin? Please offer some advice?"