kvmb Chapter 260: A Visitor from the Ministry of Revenue
Chapter 260: A Visitor from the Ministry of Revenue
The man was about to die, and although Lin Ting hated her, she still gave silver to Shen Dali. As long as the problem could be solved with silver, she would not care.
"There's nothing serious wrong with you. Just take your medicine."
Saying this is Lin Ting's professional quality as a doctor. Not letting the patient know that he is going to die is her best lie.
After getting up, Lin Ting called Shen Zhuang and Shen Cong again.
"Shen Zhuang, Shen Cong, go to the county and buy two new quilts for your grandma, and a few more sets of clothes.
By the way, I will write a prescription later. You can go and refill the medicine for her and give it to her three times a day."
Lin Ting gave the silver to the Shen Zhuang brothers. She turned and looked at the people in the room, including Shen's mother.
"You, if it weren't for my father-in-law and Shen Qingzhou's face, I wouldn't bother with you."
Mother Shen knew, she knew everything now, but she was in this state now, and it was useless to regret it.
It was agreed that Shen Zhuxiong's family would take care of Shen's mother in the future, and Shen Dali and Yang Xiuxiu would be responsible for paying the money and would also help out, and the two families would take care of her together.
After discussing the matter, Liu Shiying and Yang Xiuxiu immediately began to clean Shen's mother's room and washed all the dirty and smelly clothes of Shen's mother.
The two of them also boiled water, planning to give Shen's mother a bath later, because she really smelled bad under Xu's care.
Shen Zhuxiong and Shen Dali also started to move out useless things, such as broken cabinets, rotten chairs, etc., which they no longer wanted.
Lin Ting looked at Shen Jizu and his wife sitting at the door of the main house. They were talking and laughing, and from time to time they looked at Xu's belly.
They have completely forgotten about Mother Shen, who once gave them everything.
When he got closer, Lin Ting observed Xu. Xu was in her forties and suddenly became pregnant, but her face was sallow and she lacked energy and blood.
The bags under her eyes are particularly heavy and have a bluish tint, which is a sign of liver qi deficiency, plus she has other characteristic features.
Without taking the pulse, Lin Ting could tell that the child could not be saved in Xu's womb.
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Under the care of Shen Dali and Shen Zhuxiong, Shen's mother's food, drink and living environment have greatly improved.
Everything was fine except that she still had no strength and was too lazy to talk.
Liu Shiying changed her clothes every day and helped her to defecate, which greatly reduced the number of times she wet the bed.
Lin Ting asked Qu Yuanxun to keep an eye out for the farm. If the county government had one, she could buy it there and get it at half the price.
Today Qu Yuanxun said that there was some news. After receiving the news, Lin Ting immediately rushed to the county government office.
The county government office is still the same county government office, but since Qu Yuanxun and Lin Lin got married, Lin Ting feels like he is back home when he comes here.
As soon as he came in, he saw that Meng Yangbo had prepared a lot of books. Lin Ting thought they looked like local information from the county government.
"Master Meng, where is my brother-in-law?"
Meng Yangbo turned around and saw Lin Ting, and nodded to her as a greeting.
"Madam Lin, you are here. Lord Qu and the Lord from the Ministry of Revenue are waiting for you."
Someone from the Ministry of Revenue? Aren't they from the capital?
Lin Ting thought Meng Yangbo was wrong, and she pointed at herself.
"Master Meng, you said the people in the hall with my brother-in-law are from the Ministry of Revenue. Are they waiting for me inside?"
Meng Yangbo nodded and said, "Yes, it's Doctor Yu Kangle from the Ministry of Revenue. He came here to see you, Madam Lin."
The Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue was a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue. He was responsible for tax collection and financial accounting. The crop conditions in many places were also under the management of the Ministry of Revenue.
Last year, Qu Yuanxun asked her for a lot of corn to report to the capital. Presumably, Lord Yu came here just for the corn.
"I know. I'll go in first."
Lin Ting's face was serious as he walked into the front hall. When he reached the outer door, he saw Qu Yuanxun and a middle-aged man in official uniform.
Before Lin Tingdu had time to salute, Qu Yuanxun saw her first and spoke.
"Lin Ting, come and pay your respects to Lord Yu from the Ministry of Revenue!"
Lin Ting took two steps forward towards Yu Kangle and bowed to him.
"I am Lin Ting, a commoner, and I am honored to meet you, Lord Yu."
While Lin Ting was looking at Yu Kangle, Yu Kangle was also looking at Lin Ting.
Such a young woman can actually grow corn, and corn can fill the stomach and is indeed comparable to grain.
Last year, Qu Yuanxun sent whole corn from Wenzhu County to the capital, picking it directly from the fields and taking it to the capital with the soil.
By the time we arrived in the capital, the corns were ripe and very fresh.
The court followed the instructions, simply picked the fruits and cooked them briefly, and they turned out to be very delicious and filling.
Even His Majesty, after eating the corn, praised it for being both delicious and high in yield.
In addition, Qu Yuanxun's memorial also mentioned the storage method of corn. The corn can be dried, peeled and pounded into fine grains, and then steamed and eaten as a meal.
They have tried it over the past few months and it works, and His Majesty is very pleased.
In addition, corn can be grown on the mountains, unlike rice, which must be grown in the fields. If this is true, it will be of great help to the agriculture in the northern part of Dongxia Kingdom.
"Are you Lin Ting?"
Lin Ting nodded. As for Yu Kangle, she also needed to observe.
"Master Yu, let's sit down and talk. Lin Ting, you sit down too."
Lin Ting sat next to the two of them, but it was Yu Kangle who spoke first.
"Madam Lin, I've been ordered to come to Wenzhu County regarding corn. This species has never appeared before our dynasty. I wonder where you got the seeds, Madam Lin?"
Yu Kangle had to record this matter in detail so that he could report it to his superiors when he returned.
"Sir, it was a coincidence that I got these corn seeds..."
Lin Ting told Yu Kangle how she knew about corn and how she bought the corn seeds.
After listening to Lin Ting's story, Yu Kangle still had a question.
“Mrs. Lin said that foreigners used this corn to play with it, and you bought the seeds from a foreign merchant.
So how did you know that corn is edible? And what are its uses later on?
Lin felt something was wrong when she heard this. It seemed that Lord Yu really wanted to know how she knew that corn could be grown and eaten.
There was some wariness towards her in his doubtful tone, and he even seemed to think she was a spy from another country.
"Master Yu, when I was a child, I once saw a book of strange stories that recorded many plants and animals.
Corn was one of them. I was still young at that time, but I still remember some of it.
The first time I saw corn, it looked just like what was described in the book, and I knew it was edible.
I read in a book about the ideal temperature for corn growth, and combined that with the climate in Wenzhu County, I discovered that corn can be grown twice in this area."
Lin Ting used to say when he was a child that he didn't want Yu Kangle to continue asking questions or investigating. Even if he did, he would not be able to find out anything about Lin Ting's background.
Lin Ting didn't know how he got here.