"Huh?" Zuo Shaoyang was taken aback, "Miss Sang wants to commit suicide by taking poison?" This ......, this can't work, I can't ......"

"Who's going to kill themselves!" Huang Qin gave him a blank look.

"Didn't Miss Sang say that if she was forced to marry, she would die?"

"If you say you die, you must die? There is only one life, she is dead, are you happy? ”

"How can I be happy, Miss Sang helps me so much, I hope she is good, as long as she can help her, I can do whatever you want. Of course, it is not possible to help her take poison to commit suicide. ”

"Look at you! I said I wasn't going to kill myself. ”

"And what medicine does she want?"

Huang Qin leaned her face to Zuo Shaoyang's ear and said a few words in a low voice.

Zuo Shaoyang suddenly realized, and said continuously: "This method is good!" ”

Huang Qin hurriedly said, "Then do you have this medicine?" ”

"Yes! I'll go back right away, you wait for me for a while, and I'll bring it to you when it's ready. Soon. ”

"Alright, let's hurry up."

Zuo Shaoyang didn't move, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and handed it to Huang Qin: "There is something you can do now." When I came back, my medicine was almost ready, and we met here. ”

"What's the matter?" Huang Qin took the piece of paper in surprise.

Zuo Shaoyang looked left and right, leaned over, and muttered in Huang Qin's ear for a while. Huang Qin's face was cloudy, and she asked a few words back from time to time. Finally, nodding his head, he ran away.

Zuo Shaoyang also hurriedly returned to the pharmacy, only saying that he wanted a new medicine from the medicine cabinet and would give it to him immediately. Zuo Gui didn't ask much.

The medicine was quickly prepared, and Zuo Shaoyang came out of the back door under the pretext of going to the thatched house and quietly came to Qingfeng Temple. Huang Qin had already arrived, carrying a bag of things in her hand, and there was a look of joy on her face.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Did you get it?" ”

"Hmmm! He's not altogether! As soon as I said he gave it to me. Huang Qin grinned and said, "You should keep this thing, it is inconvenient for me and my little sister." ”

"Hehe, you believe me like that?"

"What if you don't believe you? This idea was yours, and my little sister gave you all her heart, could it be that you and your little sister are still playing tricks? ”

"Hehe, since you trust me, okay, then I'll keep it on my behalf, you feel that the time has come, just trust me with a letter, and I'll come over immediately."

"Okay!" Huang Qin handed the bag in her hand to Zuo Shaoyang. With a wave of his hand, he trotted away.

Early the next morning, Zuo Shaoyang went to fetch water again, according to the previous time, to see if he could see Sang Xiaomei.

When I arrived at the well by the river, I didn't see Sang Xiaomei, and I didn't even see Huang Qin, so I deliberately waited for a while, but I still didn't see Huang Qin coming, and after waiting for a while, it was Sang Wazi who came to carry water. Zuo Shaoyang didn't want to ask, so he said hello and went back with water.

In the morning, Zhu sent a guy from the medicine cabinet to call him, saying that the medicinal herb warehouse had been repaired and asked him to help with the acceptance.

Zuo Shaoyang came to Hengchang Pharmacy. Only one of these warehouses was built, which was used to test whether Zuo Shaoyang's theory of preservation of medicinal materials was feasible. If you expand it again. The location and design of the warehouse were decided by Zuo Shaoyang. During this period, Zuo Shaoyang also came a few times, and when he found that there was a problem, he ordered to redo it. Therefore, the project met Zuo Shaoyang's pre-design requirements, and the completion acceptance was successfully passed.

Zuo Shaoyang instructed them to start loading medicinal materials into them, teaching them how to classify and store medicinal materials, and they were busy for most of the day, and they were busy in the afternoon. Zhu Yaojie said that he had worked hard, and took two strings of money (20 Wen) to him.

Zuo Shaoyang was very happy and took the money back to the pharmacy.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw an old Taoist sitting in the lobby, with a fluttering white beard and a childish face, talking to Zuo Gui. There was another person sitting next to him, but it was Dong Fatzi, a medicinal herb merchant in Washi City.

Seeing Zuo Shaoyang coming back, Dong Fatzi was overjoyed, got up and said, "Young Master Zuo is back!" ”

"It's the shopkeeper Dong." Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly arched his hand. I was happy in my heart, but the purple stone that I entrusted him to sell on his behalf had been settled. He glanced at the Taoist chief next to him again, and thought to himself, could it be that this Taoist priest wanted to order the medicinal materials concocted? When did the Taoist priests also drum up medicinal herbs?

"yes!" Shopkeeper Dong said happily, "That's right, this Taoist chief just saw the extremely fine amester powder you concocted at my medicine stall, so he asked who made it, and I said it, and he asked me to bring it to you to discuss the matter of concocting the powder." That's why I brought it. You talk about it in detail. I'll have to go back to taking care of the business. Farewell. ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly thanked him and sent him outside the door. After coming back, he arched his hand and said, "What is the name of the Dao Chief?" ”

"The poor road law is dust-free. Outside the city, he practiced at Bixia Temple. Passing by Washi before, I found that the purple stone granted by the shopkeeper just now was unusually fine, and I learned that it was concocted by your place, so I took the liberty to come to the door, and just now I learned from Ling Zun that it was the medicinal materials concocted by Gongzi, which is very novel, I don't know if Zuo Gongzi can concoct such a delicate dansha? ”

Dansha, also known as cinnabar, is a kind of ore, listed as the top grade in the "Shennong Materia Medica", it is believed that long-term use can prolong life, and it is also a necessary dispensing for warlocks in the past dynasties to refine the elixir of immortality. Of course, later scientific research found that dansha is slightly poisonous.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Okay, no problem." ”

The dust-free Dao Chang said happily: "This is very good, it is not a secret, the poor Dao is refining the elixir, the cinnabar used in the past, no matter how it is grinded, it is impossible to get Zuo Gongzi's powder, which is as fine as flour, and if the dansha particles are not fine enough, it will not be able to refine a good elixir, hehe." ”

Before the Tang Dynasty, the method of grinding was basically used to concoct dansha, and after the Song Dynasty, it began to be processed by the water fly method. After thousands of years of experience accumulation, the modern processed dansha is as fine as flour, and Zuo Shaoyang uses this water fly processing method.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "How much is the Taoist going to order?" ”

"Well, in addition to the poor Dao to use, there are some Taoist friends in the poor Dao who are also practicing Dan, and the demand for Dansha is also very large, so let's buy fifty catties first. When you run out of poor roads, come back and buy them. ”

Zuo Shaoyang was surprised and delighted, he thought that this old way should be used by one person, and the demand should not be large, but he didn't expect that he would have to help others buy it, and fifty catties is still a not small business. Hurriedly arched his hand and said: "No problem, are you making this raw material yourself, or will I buy it for you?" ”

"The raw materials are ordered by the child, and we just have to pull away the finished product. We can pay this payment to Childe first. But I don't know how much it costs? ”

Zuo Shaoyang pinched his fingers and said: "We concoct cinnabar, and if we work with materials, we will pay two hundred wen per catty." Fifty catties is 10,000 wen, that is, ten taels of silver. ”

The dust-free Taoist nodded: "Well, this price is about thirty percent more expensive than the current cinnabar, but if you can concoct such a fine dansha, it will be worth the extra thirty percent of the money." Okay, that's it. How long does it take to concoct it? ”

Zuo Shaoyang calculated and said, "Ten days." Ten days later you come and take it. ”

"Okay!" The dust-free Taoist took off the money bag from his waist, poured out a small ingot of silver, and put it on the table: "Oh, this is a deposit of two taels, and the rest will be paid when you pick up the goods." ”

Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: "Dao Chief, can you pay a deposit of six taels, and pay the rest when you pick up the goods?" To tell you the truth, our pharmacy has not been able to turn over this money recently, and two taels of silver are not enough to buy fifty catties of cinnabar raw materials. ”

The dustless Taoist said with a smile: "That's it, it's okay, anyway, sooner or later." He poured out two small ingots of silver from the money bag and put them on the table, and said to Zuo Gui's father: "Please issue a receipt." ”

Zuo Gui was also overjoyed, he couldn't imagine that he would take such a business, the purchase cost of fifty catties of dansha raw materials was about four taels of silver, Zuo Shaoyang directly more than doubled, saying that the price of concocted dansha was ten taels, Zuo Gui was really worried that this Dao Chang was too expensive, and pondered in his heart, even if it was six taels or seven taels, this business had also been done, but he didn't expect that although Dao Chang felt expensive, he still decided to order. I can't help but be overjoyed. He didn't know that for the dust-free Dao chief, such a delicate dansha would definitely be able to refine a high-quality elixir, and if he sold it, the price would be doubled. So, for him, it's also a good deal to make money. Therefore, the price of Zuo Shaoyang is still acceptable.

Zuo Gui wrote a receipt and gave it to Lao Dao. The Taoist took his leave.

Zuo Gui was very excited, and said happily: "Zhong'er, I didn't expect that the medicinal materials you concocted were really appreciated. Without further ado, let's go and buy the goods, let's start concocting, don't wait for people to come to the door and can't get the goods, that's not good. ”

Zuo Shaoyang said that in the past ten days, he has already had a lot of spare time, so he was worried about what would happen, so he was not in a hurry, and said: "Dad, let's take this money to redeem the Sang family's jewelry first." I heard that pawnshops also charge money for pawn redemption, and the sooner you redeem it, you will lose a little less.

Zuo Gui hesitated: "It should be so, but if you take the money to redeem the jewelry, what will you use to buy it?" ”

"Sell on credit first, and ten days later, the chief will come to pick up the goods, and pay the remaining four taels of silver, which is just enough to pay for the goods."

"But are they willing?"

"Looking for the shopkeeper just now, he should be willing, but it really doesn't work, and then find Hengchang Pharmacy, I wish the medicine cabinet may give us this face." However, I want to give this business to the shopkeeper Dong, after all, it was his help that we got this business. If you have money, you can make it. ”

"Yes, I know how to repay my kindness, and I am a gentleman." Zuo Gui stroked his beard and nodded, and pushed the six taels of silver to Zuo Shaoyang, "You take the silver, go to the Qingxiang Tea Shop, and tell the shopkeeper Sang that he has raised the money, let him give you the pawn ticket, and then go and redeem the jewelry and send it to them." ”

Zuo Shaoyang knew that this jewelry was Sang Xiaomei's dowry, and he would have to return it to Sang Xiaomei in the future, but not to Sang Xiaomei's husband and wife, and Sang Xiaomei was currently struggling with an arranged marriage, so I was afraid that I would not have time to take care of this matter, so I would go and see if I could get the pawn ticket back.

Zuo Shaoyang agreed and hurried to the tea shop.

At this time, there were already more tea customers making tea in the tea shop, and they were sitting around and discussing something with great interest. When Sang Mu saw him coming, the smile on her face was a little unnatural, and she greeted him and said, "Xiao Langzhong, do you want tea?" ”

(To be continued)