When Jia Rong saw the Thirteenth Master, the Thirteenth Master was taking a nap on his side on the heated kang. This benevolent king who was once inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in the empire seems to be approaching the end of his life.
"You're here." A gentle voice sounded in the Nuan Pavilion, no longer as sonorous and powerful as before.
Brother Rong hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should talk about the pox epidemic to such a Prince Zhongshun.
Thirteenth Master lost weight again.
He also saw it a month or two ago, when Prince Zhongshun's illness was slowly improving, and he even showed signs of gaining weight. But I didn't expect that in this short period of one month without seeing him, he would have become so thin.
The Thirteenth Master was lying there with his cheeks looking a little sunken.
Jia Rong has seen this kind of scene before. In his previous life, it was like this a year before his grandfather passed away.
"Boy, come and see Master Thirteen." Brother Rong murmured.
"Sit next to me." The thirteenth master asked the eunuch next to him to help him stand up. The eunuch carefully held up the brocade quilt to cover the thirteenth master's legs. "What could bring a busy man like you to come to the palace?"
Brother Rong smiled shyly and said shyly: "I just miss Thirteenth Master, so I came here to say hello to Thirteenth Master."
"You bastard." King Zhongshun cursed lightly. "I'm sorry to say hello, it's time to go and do your business. There are still a few days left to carefully calculate the official duties of the Water Conservancy and Field Office this year."
The Thirteenth Master is indeed a dedicated person, a workaholic just like his half-brother. It's still the annual vacation period, and even if I start work, I have to wait until the 23rd.
Besides, if you are still sick, why can't you worry less about official duties?
Brother Rong smiled, and he was even more hesitant to tell King Zhongshun about the acne. If once told to him, the seriously ill King Zhongshun would probably have to worry for a while.
But time waits for no one. If it were during normal times, Jia Rong could use Ningguo Mansion's power to find cows with acne for experiments. But that would take more time, and it would be difficult for people in Shenjing City to come into contact with acne patients outside.
It would be much more convenient if there was an oral edict from King Zhongshun.
"The things in the Water Conservancy Camp and Tian Mansion have been almost calculated, and more just need to be done step by step." Jia Rong said.
After hearing this, King Zhongshun thought for a moment and said with a dark face: "Could it be that you are here to ask for money? The Peripheral Branch of the Water Conservancy Yingtian Mansion cannot approve the money, so don't make any decisions about this matter. I will also discuss this with the Su University Scholar. However, there are only four departments outside the Water Conservancy Camp Office, namely Guanzhong Department, Shandong Department, Jiangnan Department, and Jinghu Department."
After Master Thirteen said this, he gasped.
Brother Rong was stunned for a moment and asked: "Lingnan, Lingyou, Bashu..."
"We will discuss it after the fourth division is completed."
"Oh, I understand, kid." Brother Rong replied nonchalantly, ready to find an excuse to leave at any time.
"Have you heard about the Ping An Prefecture pox epidemic?"
King Zhongshun's weak voice came, leaving Brother Rong stunned for a while.
"How is your kiln factory in Ping'an Prefecture?" King Zhongshun said as if he was making a daily routine.
Jia Rong came to her senses. Yes, Ningguo Mansion has a cement kiln factory in Ping'an Prefecture with several hundred people, which is known to many people in Shenjing. King Zhongshun knew it even more clearly. A pox epidemic broke out in Ping'an Prefecture, and it was impossible for the Jia family in the cement kiln factory not to send a message to Shenjing.
"Fortunately, it has not been affected for the time being."
"I think so. It's cold spring, and your Ningguofu kiln factory must have stocked up on a lot of winter vegetables and grains last year. Even if you don't go out to buy for a month and a half, it will be fine, but you will be isolated from the epidemic outside." King Zhongshun sighed. .
Brother Rong replied: "We can't hold on for long. Hundreds of people spend a lot of money on consumables every day. Now in order to save coal, several kilns have been closed. If the epidemic doesn't go away for a day, the coal outside will also be burned." It can’t be sent to the kiln.”
Once coal is cut off in the cold spring, terrible things will happen.
King Zhongshun glanced at him sideways. "The Ping'an Prefecture Kiln Factory already has countermeasures for the hidden dangers that can be mentioned so easily."
Um... discovered. When the site for the kiln was first selected, a place close to the coal mine was specifically chosen. Now the coal in the kiln can last for a month, which is enough time to select a team of people who can successfully go out to buy seedlings.
Brother Rong said sarcastically: "Actually, I know a more convenient and safer way to plant seedlings."
"Vaccine?" King Zhongshun suddenly paused, and his thin body couldn't help but lean forward. Just as he was about to be overjoyed, he suddenly thought of something and looked at the old eunuch next to him with a dark expression.
Jia Rong saw the old eunuch disperse all the servants in Nuange and close the door.
Suddenly there were only three people left in the room: Jia Rong, King Zhongshun, and the old eunuch.
King Zhongshun got down from the warm bed and limped around in front of Brother Rong, supported by the old eunuch. "If I believe in you, Your Majesty will believe in you, and more people in the world believe in you."
"What does this have to do with the pox epidemic?"
"It doesn't matter." King Zhongshun shook his head. "Go to Mobei after this spring, don't stay in Shenjing. Go to Mobei, send the princess to Mobei, leave Shenjing, and leave Dayan."
"I don't understand, kid."
"Really?" King Zhongshun asked softly.
Thirteenth Master raised his upper eyelids forcefully, took a deep breath, and straightened his waist with difficulty. "I will instruct Zhou Changshi and the Jade Guards to be responsible for the cowpox cultivation. Don't ask or take care of this matter anymore. If the cowpox cultivation method can be achieved, the credit will belong to the Zhongshun Palace. In return, I promise that I can work in the Jia family afterwards. A general judge was selected."
"Young man is not greedy for success, I just want everyone in Dayan to survive the epidemic safely."
"Peace, peace, peace." King Zhongshun said softly, "Mobei is a good place, just go there and stay for a year."
"The establishment of a branch of the Water Conservancy Yingtian Mansion..."
"Everything in the Yingtian Mansion is originally managed by the Prime Minister of the King and the scholars of Su University. Without you as the envoy of the Yingtian Mansion, how can it still be done?" The Thirteenth Master smiled, and his thin cheeks smiled like It's a zombie in a movie.
Jia Rong left the Nuan Pavilion and went to pay her respects to the princess.
In the Nuan Pavilion, Prince Zhongshun lay back on the warm kang again. "Da Yong, I don't want this matter to be spread to the palace today when Young Master Rong comes to the palace to present a method of vaccination with cowpox. Tomorrow, another clean person will be arranged to go to the palace to present a method of vaccination, and then the minister Zhou Changyi and the bodyguard Duan Yu will be responsible. test."
The old eunuch Wu Dayong returned respectfully and secretly wiped his sweat after going out.
"Have you gone to see the prince?"
"I've seen it before." Brother Rong laughed and talked to Princess Zhongshun. "Your Majesty specially asked me to come to your Majesty's place to say hello. I didn't expect to see you in a few days, but your Majesty has become even younger."
"Nothing big, no little." The princess rested her head on the heated kang, with the tassels hanging from her earlobes hanging between her wrists and shoulders. "What did the prince tell you again?"
Brother Rong said sarcastically: "The prince is concerned about the princess and wants me to marry the princess in spring."
"How do you arrange for a Hutu boy like you to get married?" The princess laughed and shook her head lightly, the tassels on her ears swaying like water waves. "Could it be that you caused some trouble in Shenjing and the prince arranged for you to go out to avoid the limelight?"
