Chapter 47: Drug Prices
Xuan Shijing instructed the people in Xuanwu's kitchen to make some nourishing meals and bring them over, and then returned to the fifth floor.
Maybe Jin Yang really didn't sleep well last night, Xuan Shijing went down to work, Jin Yang had already fallen asleep on the chair, although the chair was big, but Jin Yang's legs were still curled up, Xuan Shijing could only find another chair, put it in front of Jin Yang, put her legs flat, so that it was more comfortable to lie down, and turned around and closed the big window facing Jin Yang.
"Master Hou" Long'er walked up, and saw Princess Jinyang sleeping on a chair, so she lowered her voice: "Master Hou, Daochang Sun is here, saying that he wants to see you." ”
"Well, please go to the fourth floor, I'll go down."
"Yes." After Long'er heard Xuan Shijing's words, she turned around and went downstairs.
Xuan Shijing covered Jin Yang with the blanket again, and then got up and went to the fourth floor.
After a while, Sun Simiao, under the leadership of Long'er, met Xuan Shijing.
Xuan Shijing saw that Sun Simiao had arrived, and hurriedly got up to greet him.
"Why does Daochang Sun have time to come to my little nephew today, come, come and sit, Long'er, serve tea." Xuan Shijing beckoned Sun Simiao to sit down, and at the same time instructed Long'er to make tea.
"Poor Dao also knew that Shijing's Jinyang Foundation had made a lot of noise in Chang'an City, so he came to visit with a cheeky face." Sun Simiao said.
"Don't be so polite to Daochang Sun, you are the brother-in-law of your mother, according to your seniority, Shijing still needs to call you uncle, if you have any orders, you can directly send someone to tell the little nephew."
"Most of the people and soldiers in Liaodong mentioned on the notice you posted were frostbitten, but is it true?" Sun Simiao asked straight to the point.
Xuan Shijing nodded: "Well, that's right, yesterday in the palace, in the afternoon, when I was discussing the affairs of Liaodong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the East Palace, I saw the eight-hundred-mile expedited excerpt handed to Chang'an by the marching chief guarding Liaodong, and the excerpt was indeed written like this, and the little nephew has now asked the people below to buy medicinal materials for the treatment of frostbite, and some of the imperial doctors in the palace hospital have also packed their bags and are preparing to go to Liaodong." ”
"How about this trip to Liaodong, plus one person from the poor road?" After Sun Simiao heard that the people and soldiers of Liaodong were suffering from frostbite, his mind had already flown to Liaodong, so after seeing the notice of recruiting doctors to go to Liaodong on the street today, he went directly to Xuanwu to find Xuan Shijing to talk about it.
"Dao Chief, do you want to go to Liaodong?"
"Yes, Shijing, not to mention winter, even in the usual summer, there are not many doctors who are willing to go to that place in Liaodong, according to the poor road, Shijing, you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are also forced to do so, so you sent the imperial doctor from the Tai Hospital to Liaodong." Sun Simiao said.
Xuan Shijing smiled bitterly: "That's right, at this time, it is really impossible to let those doctors run to Liaodong, if the people over there in Liaodong are only slightly frostbitten, they only need to prepare medicine in Chang'an, and let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince directly transport them with the materials, but those sergeants, patrolling outside in the ice and snow, I am afraid it is no longer ordinary frostbite, the military camps stationed in Liaodong are all thick tents, but no matter how thick the tents are, they can't stop the erosion of the cold wind in winter, so I guess, I am afraid that there are a lot of frostbite people in the army, and it is very serious."
"Shijing, what you said is right, in that kind of environment in Liaodong, even if it is a thick house, it is difficult to prevent the severe cold of winter, so the poor road must take this trip, and when His Royal Highness the prince sets off, he also asked Shijing's virtuous nephew to inform the poor road." Sun Simiao said.
"Okay, since you have made up your mind to go, then the little nephew won't do much to keep it." Xuan Shijing thought about it a little, and had no choice but to respond, Sun Simiao, as a doctor, was kind-hearted, and he wanted to travel all over the world to see a doctor for the poor, but after more than ten years of Qian Xuan Shijing's departure, Sun Simiao could only stay in Chang'an, to be honest, Xuan Shijing was also because of his own selfishness, so he begged Sun Simiao to stay in Chang'an, and now Sun Simiao wants to go to Liaodong, what reason does Xuan Shijing have to stop it?
"Master Hou!" While Xuan Shijing and Sun Simiao were talking, Shi Hu directly pushed the door and broke in.
Xuan Shijing frowned, his face was a little displeased, and because Sun Simiao was in front of him, it was not easy to attack, but he asked in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Why are you so panicked." ”
Shi Hu swallowed his saliva and said, "Master Hou, the person you sent out to buy medicinal materials has returned, saying that the price of medicinal materials in Chang'an City has risen, especially the medicinal materials for frostbite, and the price has almost tripled!" ”
"What?!" Hearing the news that Shi Hu brought back, Xuan Shijing was surprised and angry, someone actually took advantage of this to make a fortune!
"Early this morning, our buddies began to buy medicinal materials for the treatment of frostbite in various pharmacies in Chang'an, and now the pharmacies are basically not left, but those merchants who sell medicinal materials are taking the opportunity to increase the price of frostbite medicinal materials, Master Hou, what should we do?" Shi Hu asked.
Sun Simiao, who was standing on the side, heard the words and silently recited the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable.
"These profiteers!" Xuan Shijing said hatefully, since Shi Hu said that the pharmacy did not encounter any problems, it was the medicinal herb merchant who encountered problems.
This is tricky, and we need to find a way to stabilize prices as soon as possible.
"Shi Hu, give the order, now while the news is still out of time, hurry up and let people go to the surrounding county governments to buy it, and this can only be done for the time being." Xuan Shijing said, for a while, Xuan Shijing can't help those businessmen, probably tomorrow afternoon, Li Chengqian will set off from Chang'an, even if there are any tricks, it won't work.
"Yes, Master Hou." Shi Hu answered, turned around and walked out of the room.
"It's hard to make a fortune, it's a loss of conscience!" Hyun Se-kyung slammed his fist on the table.
"The world is greedy, and there are extenuating circumstances." Sun Simiao sighed and said: "There are still a lot of medicinal materials in the treasury of my Qianjin Medical Hall, and I will go back to tidy up in the afternoon, and I will bring them with me when I set off, plus I will buy some along the way, so I think the emergency is enough." ”
"Liaodong has more than 30,000 troops alone, and the amount of medicinal materials required is also huge. Xuan Shijing said: "Dao Chief, the matter of medicinal materials will be handled by the little nephew." ”
"Okay, Shijing, don't force everything, the matter of medicinal materials, maybe in Luoyang, or Shandong, there is a way to solve it." Sun Simiao persuaded and explained, at this juncture, Sun Simiao was a little afraid that Xuan Shijing would lose his mind and go to find trouble with those businessmen, after all, no matter how powerful a businessman is, it is also a businessman, and Xuan Shijing is an official.
"Don't worry, the little nephew really doesn't have the time to deal with this group of profiteers now, but the price of medicinal materials in Chang'an City still has to find a way to calm down, even if it is not for Liaodong, but also for the sake of the people of Chang'an City." Xuan Shijing said.
(To be continued.) )